European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 28, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes August 1985 Earmy officer suing to get bars Back former Captain resigned Affer he was relieved of duty Texas a a former army Captain who wants his Silver bars Back says the army relieved him of duty in retaliation after he submitted reports Crit ical of units in Texas and i would Call it being Peter Cole said in the trial of a lawsuit he filed against the army seeking reinstatement and Back Cole said he was informed by his Battal Ion Raymond Tomlin that he was being relieved As the battalions Supply officer on june while on duty in i realized my career had been Cole being relieved meant i would never be promoted again in the Cole turned in his resignation the next because he said he wanted to protest what i considered retaliation by the i did it to protest in an authorized i had no intention of getting out of the the court of was the resignation made second Cole spent much of the Day detailing How did the army act improperly in not letting he was assigned As a Supply officer in a him withdraw his now a civilian army research analyst at fort 50th infantry brigade battalion at fort Hood and continued to serve when the Bat Talion went to Germany for six he frequently reported the battalions equipment was not i believed i had a right to express my self on problems i encountered in mismanagement and Cole the result i was relieved of my duties As a battalion s4 Supply coerced into submitting a resignation and other Justice department attorney Alvin was hired As a Hood near trial of his with sessions in Austin and is expected to take two he began his testimony by telling of controversies with Superior officers when As signed As battalion Supply officer at fort his Job was to keep track of supplies and maintenance of equipment of the Bat which consisted of 861 officers and one battalion commander told him to Schall protested frequently that Cole Testi clean up the Supply Cole and fied in Broad without exact details he filed 250 reports of about in and lost and destroyed we need to know two Schall told the next battalion commander was Cool to his cleanup Cole said that in november he attracted the attention of the division assist ant commander and began getting directions directly from he said his battalion com let me know he did not like the idea of me going to the Cole is a West Point graduate and the son and grandson of army he was honorable discharged in but says he was pushed out by army brass because he had gone Public with complaints including statements to Congress that nato troops in Europe were not combat the army said Cole resigned his com Mission then tried to take the Resig nation his superiors refused and went ahead with the military re Junsup air Force Aid society offers College Loans to eligible families Washington the air Force Aid society offers College Loans of As much As a year for Stu dents and a year for graduate students could get As much As a a new processing system installed this year makes it possible to receive loan Money three weeks after afas certifies the an Aid society spokeswoman applications for the Loans will be accepted up to 45 Days before the end of the 198586 school she Henry Arnold Loans Are for children of Active retired and selected Reserve George Brown Loans Are for selected re serve their spouses and repayment of Arnold and Brown Loans May be deferred until the student leaves the spokeswoman then they must be paid off in instalments within 10 the interest rate for firs time borrowers is 8 there is a needs test for families with annual income Over but one in three of the society guaranteed student Loans went to such families last the spokeswoman repayment of Loans to parents begins 60 Days after the loan is she the interest rate is 12 parents can qualify even if the child receives an Arnold loan or is disqualified by the needs applications May be picked up at air Force Aid society sections on Sherpa cargo plane christened with Beer at Pitburg a b1tburg Germany the fourth c23a Sherpa cargo plane to be named for an air base was christened last week with a bottle of Beer rather than Peter 36th tac fighter Wing command doused the plane with a bottle of bit Burger Pils from the brewery near the air the bases name is painted on the Side of the the Sherpa has been making scheduled runs carrying people and equipment among european air the first regular delivery run began in thirteen cargo runs Are made each the 18 planes the european delivery system will eventually receive Are to be named for air said system chief Theodore who attended the Cere three of the 13 in service Are named Span Dahlem and the Rhei main is to be named this week for the military Airlift come base near 1 St 80th Field arty tops other units at firing exercise Germany a Lance missile battalion Here has outscored All other nato units in live fire exercises in Crete this a spokesman the 1st 80th Field arty sent three batteries to the nato army missile firing installation at Crete for their annual firing a spokesman said the battalion averaged with Btry b Topping the list with a the spokesman said Btry is score was the highest in nato this the units began firing one missile for each Battery on july 31 and completed on Samantha Smith is eulogized by soviet Gorbachev Moscow a soviet Leader Mikhail Gorba Chev sent a Telegram of condolences to Samantha Smiths and soviet newspapers paid emotional tribute tuesday to the american schoolgirl who toured the soviet Union As a guest of its the youth league newspaper Komsomol Skaya pravda eulogized who died in an air plane crash Sun Day As a Small person with a bold it de voted More space to the Story than it might to the death of a High ranking soviet in a Telegram to Jane who lives in Gorbachev said please accept deep condolences on the tragic death of your and your everyone in the soviet Union who knew Samantha Smith will remember forever the image of the american girl like millions of Young soviet men and dreamed about peace and about Friendship Between the Peoples of the United states and the soviet he according to a Tass news Agency the soviet reaction to Samantha death reflected the instant Fame she acquired in july 1983 when she and her parents took a two week whirlwind vip tour of the soviet Union As guests of the president Yuri Komsomol Skaya pravda devoted almost a Quarter of a Page to a Blac bordered article about Samantha that included a photograph of her ringing a Bell aboard a Black sea tour boat and a shot of the cover of her Jour Ney to the soviet other National dailies including the authoritative communist party Organ pravda carried the Tass Dis Patch announcing Samantha death sunday night when a commuter plane crashed in was eulogized by a soviet commentator on National television monday her death also was reported during the evening which showed film of the crash in addition to reporting Gorbachev Tass carried a translation of the Komsomol Skaya pravda article and a dispatch on How Western Media were reporting the Childs Samantha had been in London filming an a ctr action adventure Lime and was returning Home with her father when their bar Harbor airlines plane crashed and exploded sunday night As it approached the aubur Lewiston municipal All eight people on Board were in the Samantha played the daughter of an insurance played by Robert Wagner is sued a statement from London saying she touched the and she touched we quite a ctr spokeswoman Sheri Nicklaus said that the cast and Crew of Lime Street planned a memorial serv ice for Samantha in on she was such a Normal kid in Light of All that Fame and said her school William when she heard kids stereotyping shed say she met really Nice Preble said Samantha had taking on assign ments like going to new York to speak before a Large group of in a few Miles from the Smiths Home in Joseph Brennan said in a statement that Samantha was an inspiration not Only to the like but to All of All of America has lost a very special Little girl with the tragic death of Samantha Samantha had been waiting at the Augusta Airport sunday night for the she recalled that her daughter had other ambitions besides her impending career As an Samantha dreamed of being a a journalist or a Smith i think she had lots of dreams she was still interested in the people of the world living in Arthur had quit his Job As an English teacher at the University of Maine in Augusta to manage Saman thas career and had travelled to London with his Smith said monday that she and her husband were not trying to push their daughter in a particular but wanted to let her do what was right for she always seemed like a regular child to in grateful for the years she she lived a very full life in her 13 Star wars for dramatic arms cuts Carfer urges Swap air Force a the United states should forgo deployment of a space based defense system in Exchange for dramatic reductions of soviet offensive former president Carter told a mostly military audience Here monday Carter said the United states should be the champions of nuclear arms but goo Faith negotiations Are something that has been lacking for the past few the most important Issue for president Reagan to tackle during his upcoming Summit meeting with soviet Leader Mikail Gorbachev is to remove the almost insurmountable Wall to arms control Carter told an audience of about Reagan is to meet with Gorbachev in Carter said he cant recall any nuclear protesters picket ing the White House during his and he said dedication to negotiations has been a tradition among presi the former president was applauded when he called for Strong action against the apartheid policy of South i think our nation ought to do everything it Short of actual military to bring about an end to the apartheid Carter