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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 08, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes military Roundup five of brigadier generals nominated for promotion Ramstein Germany president Reagan has nominated five air Force brigadier generals in Europe for pro motion to major general. John c. Scheldt jr., commander of the 65th air div and vice commander of 17th air Force at Sembach a Germany Richard j. Trzaskoma commander of the 322nj Airlift div and Safe Deputy chief of staff for Airlift at Ramstein a Germany Cecil w. Powell commander of the 316th air div at Ramstein. John h. Voorhees Deputy director of logistics and Security assistance has Neucom Stuttgart Germany Thomas r. Olson assistant chief of staff for operations has Allied forces Central Europe stationed Al Brun sum Netherlands. The Senate must approve the nominations. Physical fitness specialists to give guest presentations Schwet Zingen Germany internationally known physical fitness experts or. Kenneth and Millie Cooper of Dallas will be guest speakers at the no pm club and conference Center on nov. 18. Presentation times arc 1-3 . For Kenneth Cooper and 3 30-4 30 . For Millie Cooper. Anyone interested in aerobic exercise and physical fit Ness is invited to attend. Admission is free to . Forces personnel and heir guests. New Eagle scout earned rank by organizing Benefit dinner Mannheim Germany is Peter James jul rack 14, of Cobham England has earned the rank of Eagle scout Laid transatlantic Council boy scouts of America officials. Jurack is a member of troop 184 in Cobham Surrey England. He earned his award by organizing and supervising a Spaghetti dinner which raised about ,500. The proceeds were donated to the Geneva Switzerland based evangelical lutheran Church pastoral Relief fund to Aid refugees and needy people. Jurack a student at the american Community school is the son of or. And in. James Jurack. Cash and carry retail Sale planned by re utilization office Nuernberg is the defense re utilization and marketing office will hold a retail Sale from 9 . To j . Nov. 14-15 in building 946, Johnson Barracks. Terms Are Cash and carry with payment required in dollars. More information is available from Peter thurn at the disposal office Nuernberg military 2621-7039 or civil Ian 0911-713935. College cites Dodds teacher for his 1952-55 baseball career Munich is fifth Grade teacher Ray Hyde has been delivering pitches to Dodds students for More than 20 years but is Alma mater recognized him recently for the pitches he delivered from his spot on the Mound. Hyde who has taught in Dodds since 1963, Wai in ducted into the athletic Hall of Fame at Lewis and Clark College in Portland ore., during a halftime ceremony at the school s Homecoming in september. The award honoured his exploits As a Pitcher for the Kabool i baseball team from 1952-1955. Hyde was 31-12 with an earned run average of 2.89 and averaged 11 strikeouts per game. In 1954 he was chosen As the outstanding baseball player in the state for that year and was selected by the is. Olympic committee to play on the us. Team in the 1955 pan american games in Mexico City. Al the pan american games where he had an Era of 1.3 while pitching in rotation Hyde was chosen As the top Pitcher among the teams competing. Correction this list of ingredients in the stripes Magazine recipe for  spinach Spaatz la was incorrect. The Correct ingredients Are v Pound raw spinach 4 cups All purpose flour i Teaspoon Salt i Teaspoon freshly grated Nutmeg 4 Large or 5 Small eggs u cup water the Stan and Stripe re Mattce error. Friday november 8,1985 Houston woman royally feted for selfless work with elderly by Dave d1ehlij.k.vire.u London Barbara Higgins of Houston often vis its her native England but never for the reason she returned thursday. It s a once in a life Lime thing Higgins 49, said of the Honor she received from Queen Elizabeth ii in a Buckingham Palace  who was born in Wam Nylon England be came a member of the most excellent order of the British Empire for her work As president for six years of the mount Batten House a Home for the elderly in hous ton. Watching her receive the medal in the Palace state ballroom were her daughter Beth Anderson and sister Betty Simpson. Anderson s husband army copt. Allan Anderson commander of cob 16th engr in in Fuerth Germany wanted to be in London but he was slogging through the mud of the  training area. With about 300 invited guests looking on thursday about 100 people received awards for service to the Brit ish Empire or its subjects. The Queen presents the awards twice a year. Higgins was honoured for her role in coordinating the finance and construction of the retirement Home for British expatriates in Houston. She resigned in May As president of the Home run by the daughters of the Brit ish Empire a charitable organization. Princess Anne attended opening ceremonies of the Home Allen Anderson said. She s a selfless person Anderson said of his Mother in Law. And every once in a while people get recognized for their selflessness. This is a big event for the  being invested by the Queen was a proud moment for Higgins As a British citizen she said. While the six years of Volunteer work was a worthwhile investment of her Lime being honoured by the Queen makes it even More special she said. Kig joins who like the other women wore Glove and a hat to the ceremony curtsied to the Queen when she went up to receive the award. But she is not lure her friends in the United states understand its meaning. I be been telling people that the beatles received the same award said Higgins who left England u a teen Ager in 1951, a year before the Queen s Coronation. However the realtor said her friends do not have any problem recognizing the significance of being invited to the Queen s Home and she u hoping her Chance of a lifetime May come again soon. She has heard that . Recipients sometimes Are invited Back to the pal Ace by the Queen. I May be coming to Tea she said with a Grin. Anderson said people in his unit who know about his Mother in Law s award Are pleasantly surprised. A few have asked him to put in a Good word for us with the  Anderson said he thinks the British Are fascinated Barbara hug tons with award. A big event for the family with Royalty because it a part of their culture a Rem Nant of the British Empire. For americans though Anderson said it s a curiosity. We wonder what it s like being Royalty. We ask our selves would t it be neat " Itono Nirom of new Muter Turg to Uruu Contr bulk to Imi port 5 More air bases listed by air Force As possible midget Man missile Sites by Norman Black Washington a the air Force said thursday it has expanded its list of Sites being considered i possible bases for the new midget Man ballistic missile to include five air bases in North and South Dakota Missouri and Montana. Maj. Rick Oborn an air Force spokesman said the service began notifying the Congo is ional delegations and governors of the states about the decision wednesday. He identified the bases being added to the study list As Ellsworth fab in South Dakota Minot fab in North Dakota grand Forks fab in North Dakota Walteman fab in Missouri and Maln trom fab in Montana. In addition . Warren fab in Wyoming which was already part of he study has been re listed under the same new criteria that prompted the addition of theother five Oborn Laid. Last april the air Force announced its initial screen ing of More than 4,200 federally owned reservations around the country had resulted in the selection of 46 Sites for further study. The additions disclosed thursday bring the number of potential Sites to is i pred across the midget Man is the nickname for what the Penta gon cads the Small intercontinental ballistic missile or Sicam. Congress Han already approved the Start of development work of the missile u an Uiti �.n t of modernizing the . Land based missile Force. Unlike the giant my missile the country s newest intercontinental missile which can carry 10 nuclear War Heads the midget Man would be a Small single warhead missile that could be transported and fired from Large truck like vehicles. Congress has supported the project to Date because of that mobility which would make it difficult for the met Siles to be targeted by the soviet Union for a first strike attack. To Date however no final decision has been made on whether the missiles will be carried on Mobile launchers or placed in new specially hardened silos. Oborn said the air Force was adding the five bases to the list because the service wants to study the possibility of More limited mobility for the midget Man. He explained the initial list of 46 Sites was drawn up using criteria that called for the missile launchers to roam across wide areas of the Countryside. The air Force now wants to study the possibility of deploying the missiles on Mobile launchers but restrict ing their Range of movement to Small areas. Any Educ Tion in Range areas or the be of hardened ground site would reduce the Cost of Manning and operatic the midget Man a key concern of the air Force. The five bases adder to the list could not support wide ranging movement of the Mobile launchers but they Coop support a More restricted deployment Oborn said  
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