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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, September 25, 1985

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 25, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes q bomb injures 10 outside Vienna Bank Page 3 q ethiopian children find new Home new life daily Magazine los Angeles rams defeat Seattle in pro football Page 21 the stars and str Pes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 44, no. 160 wednesday september 25, 1985 i , Ond Sun a d 8693 a Buck steadies after Sharp drop London a the Dollar steadied tuesday on foreign Exchange markets a Day after its biggest one Day fall in i years. Gold prices Rose. Foreign Exchange dealers said fears of massive intervention by major Central Banks to restrain the Dollar and inflate other currencies had kept a rein on the . Currency s advances. Sales of German Marks to . Personnel for person Al use will be Al the Rale of 2.69 wednesday. Related stories on pages 2 and 9. See other conversion rates on Page 27. In the far East a modest Dollar rally tuesday morn ing was quashed when the bunk of Japan intervened by see Buck on Page 28 Banks Back of Normal As Dollar stabilizes by Bob hover business was Back to Normal at military banking facilities tuesday As the Dollar stabilized on world Exchange markets. After a record 16-pfennig plunge against the Ger Man Mark tuesday the Dollar lost an additional pfennig tuesday based on a noon fixing of 2.7130 pfennig at the Frankfurt Exchange. The 16-Pfcnnig drop was the largest one Day decline in the 12-year history of floating currencies. That Means a 2.69 Exchange rate wednesday at military banking facilities. Things quieted Down at Branch Banks tuesday said Martha Hill spokeswoman for american express military banking in Frankfurt. Branch manag see Banks on Page 28 Nancy Reagan views earthquake devastation during a tour of Mexico City. Medical student Hernandez crawls from the rubble of Juarez Hospital. Medical student brought out alive Mexico City not last saturday night three Days after the earthquake struck someone heard a muffled cry in the Mound of rubble that had been the Benito Juarez Hospital. A French disaster team started probing the wreckage and 35 hours later in the chill moments before Dawn monday morning they dragged a dazed medical student to safely through a serpentine Tunnel that was caving in As they made their Way out. As some members of the team had tunnelled toward the medical student others working with specially trained dogs and electronic sensors rescued a 27-year-old resident physician and a female patient whose legs had to be Ampula cd in order to free her from the  Rescue of the medical student. Juan Jose Hernandez see student on Page 28 first lady Tours quake area pledges . Help los Angeles a Nancy Rea Gan says she is deeply affected by the Hor ror wrought by Mexico City s killer quakes and she emerged from her tour of the stricken capital with renewed admiration for America s Southern neighbors. "1 Felt badly the whole time mrs. Rea Gan said following a four hour visit to the City on monday. I be never seen devastation like  mrs. Reagan carried a letter from presi Dent Reagan to mexican president Miguel de la Madrid As Well As a is million . Government Check from the Agency for International development for Mexico s re construction fund. In his letter Reagan pledged that the United states would accelerate its efforts to meet mexican requests for assistance As Well As consult on Long term reconstruction plans if the mexicans wish to do so. Mrs. Reagan said she was very impressed with the mexican people s valiant spirit in the face of tragedy As Well As de Lama did s handling of he Relief Effort. She said that she hoped her visit would help her husband and de la Madrid to keep see first lady on Page 28 Vessey Cas space command deterrent to War Colorado Springs Colo. A the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff says the n w . Space come will not escalate he arms race but it will make the nation s military space Effort More effective As a deterrent to War. The command which will oversee and coordinate space programs of the air Force and Navy and will eventually include an army unit was formally opened monday. It will share the Headquarters of the air Force space come and the North Ameri can aerospace defense come Al Peterson fab in Colorado Springs. About 12,000 military and civilian personnel in the air Force and Navy space commands initially will be brought under the new command. Gen. John w. Pc secy jr., the chairman of the joint chiefs said at the opening ceremonies that there Are several things the command will not  it is not a Force built to escalate the arms race Vessey said. It is not a Force built to achieve dominance for the in itch states. The command will make its contribution to that fundamental Clement of United states strategy the prevention of  Vessey said the unified command would serve the National Security interest by pro Viding an organizational Structure that will centralize responsibilities for More effective use of space  Gen. Robert t. Horres. Commander of see Vessey on Page 28  
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