European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 23, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday. October 23. 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 americans who drive in us. Get lessons from one who cares in dam ii 111. I a Bureau Only a him of color throughout the mass tit Wycal when he Culici is the Way some americans drive. A lot of the accidents involved people who would t even Wail for an oppo he says. They la have an Accident with after a few hours red Dunningham will have convinced the newly assigned americans that British roads Are the most demanding in the world. And be cause of that hopping in a car and Dol ing Down the Motorway cannot be taken for granted if they want to mime their hours at Raf Mildenhall. Red has been working for the 5ulh tac Airlift Wing safety office since j7. And he believes he s been instrumental in lowering both traffic fatalities driving while intoxicated incidents since then he knows the Mildenhall base has the Best driving safely record in the command and he thinks the be?.i in the air i orce. Indeed Mildenhall s i \v1 stats Are at 22 so far this year compared with 43 at the same time last year and red says that incentives like a Day off Tor the base populace for every 30 Days it goes without i Dpi incident and involvement by commanders Are the keys to Success. Bunnin glum s full time Job i As to explosives and weapons safety officer Lor the base. His driving school and his involvement in the base s a i Preven Tion program Are Only Volunteer work but he says he needs to do it. He says he does it because he cases. He started out a the Raf commander it the american base. Red says his hobbies Are Antii us As he himself claims to be. Me plays Squash daily and rur. The London mar athon annually. Dunningham touts his membership in the club he had open heart surgery five years ago. He found out he had a heart problem after having Chest pains soon alter leading 1,200 runners in 58.s Polo by Dave d til Al . Dunningham or red teaches newcomer s course at Raf Mildenhall. A 23-mile race "1 would have never thought of run Ning before i met my american friends he says. The Only running i would do is from the office to the pub Dun Mangham says those Days Are Over. He says one of the reasons he s so opposed to drinking and driving is because he did so much of it himself. "1 have More experience with drinking and driving than anyone on tins base he . It was fashionable then. Ind i was at the that was years ago As a dashing Young Pilot for the pm i Uday. He the most of his nine trying to convince people nut to do the same lie nays he Only has one reason for doing . Because Ai my age. Caring a ii peo ple is he said. And campaigns for against sd1 Are taking off Washington a friends and foes of the Pentagon s strategic defense initiative arc intensifying their television and radio and campaigns. In a Buttle to influence . Arms control policy before next month s superpower Summit meeting. The coalition for the strategic defense initiative announced monday it is trying to raise is 7 Mil Ion to buy television time nationwide for a newly produced a second commercial that Bills ski As a peace shield. With an initial outlay of 5175.000. The spots began running this week on two Washington channels. Howard Ris executive director of the Union of concerned scientists which spent about is 00 000 earlier this year on anti ski commercials said the group is planning a new Campaign of its own and might announce details later in the week. Officials of both sides say they get funds from private. Non taxable donations. F the airwaves began earlier this year when militarism Pace and increase the possibility of nuclear the commercial depicted a child Gaing at the night sky and seeing a Star explode in a burst of Light Akin to a nuclear explosion launching a broadcast counterattack on monday re tired it. Gen. Dante o. Graham a leading figure in the pro ski movement said in our commercials the Little girl gets saved by sol the commercial open with a child s Crayon drawing of a House car Trees and Slick figures Are covered by a Homelike shield. Al o drawn in Crayon suddenly. N caning missiles Are App cd by the shield which turns into a rain Bow. Frowning laces in the picture begin Minim through it All. A child s voice says. "1 asked tin daddy what this Star wars stuff is All about. He said thai right now we can t protect ourselves Ironi nuclear weapons and that s Why the president wants to build a peace shield it would Stop missiles in outer space so they could t hit our House. Then nobody could win a War. And if nobody could win a War there s no reason to Start one. My daddy s smart. Support the peace Graham said he Hopes his commercials will in Puri a the term peace shield As a replacement for the phrase Star after this week s opening in Washington at least 20 major Media markets nationwide will see the commercials Between oct. 28 and the nov. 19 opening of president Reagan s Summit meet i. With soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev in Geneva. Swit or Lauri. Graham said both sides also have run newspaper and Maga me advertisements. Though the immediate targets of the campaigns Are the hearts and mind of America. Of Lisciak in both Camps say they Are trying to influence the Reagan administration itself in the weeks leading to the Summit. Reagan has said he will not give in to soviet demands that the strategic defense program be cancelled As the Price of an agreement to reduce the numbers of offensive nuclear weapons. But Graham said a i a soviet Compromise formula that might Mon the defense program is being discussed within the administration. A purpose of the and Campaign is to counter the tremendous soviet Public relations Campaign to scuttle ski Ai the Geneva Summit meeting he said. The Union of concerned scientists new Effort will be aimed mostly at opinion leaders in Washington who might have influence Over i s. Policy. Ris said. The scientists group opposes ski on grounds that revolutionary defences against nuclear missiles will not be Lea proof will be too expensive and will fuel the arms race
