European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday april 26, 1986 Lackland fab s top doctor appointed Eucola surgeon by Clint Swift Washington Bureau Washington the air Force is sending the commander of its largest medi Cal Center to be the european come sur Geon starting May 15. The assignment of maj. Gen. Or Monte Miller was announced Friday at the Pentagon. Miller is commander of the 1,000-bed Wilford Hall air Force medical Center at Lackland fab Texas. Miller succeeds air Force maj. Gen. Or William h. Greendyke who was relieved feb. 27 after he lost the Confidence of defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger. Since then the acting Neucom surgeon has been  maj. Gen. Or Frank led Ford jr., the 7th medical come commander. The Neucom Post was Only made a full Lime one on feb. 1, partly due to criticism about interservice rivalries that surfaced As casualties were being cared for after the 1983 bombing of the Marine Headquarters in Bei rut. Weinberger and or. William Mayer assistant Secretary of defense for health affairs pushed for the Post to improve medi Cal readiness and assure cooperation Between the services. Greendyke apparently was sacked be cause of his Public reservations about Pentagon plans to change the Way military families and retirees receive their medical benefits. Miller 55, graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Kansas in 1951 and received his doctor of Medicine degree there four years later. He became an air Force flight surgeon in 1957. From 1958 to 1962, Miller had a private practice in Garnett kan., according to his air Force biography. Miller re entered the air Force in the sum Mer of 1962, with an assignment to Wilford Hall for training in internal Medicine. From july 1967 to july 1968, Miller served As chief of Medicine at the 12th air Force Hospital at Cam Ranh Bay Vietnam. In May 1975, Miller was appointed com Mander of David Grant medical Center at Travis fab calif., where he took part in the prisoner of War Homecoming from North Vietnam and operation baby lift. In 1980, he was named commander of Malcolm grow medical Center at Andrews fab outside Washington . The Fol lowing year he became command surgeon of the military Airlift come at Scott fab 111., where he was responsible for Mac s worldwide aeromedical evacuation Mission. He took command at Wilford Hall in april 1985. Miller s decorations and awards include the distinguished service medal the legion of Merit and the Bronze Star. One of Miller s children Mark is an air Force lieutenant studying at the uniformed services University of the health sciences near Washington ., to become a physician. News update Hutton probe continues Washington a government investigators Are far from closing the Check kiting Case of . Hutton which admitted to fraud charges stemming from a Cash management scheme that obtained Mil Lions of dollars in free Loans. The Case is still alive As far As the securities and Exchange commis Sion is concerned. The Sec plans to hold a hearing in the next several months on whether Hutton should be granted a per manent exemption from the Law that prohibits convicted felons from act ing As investment advisers. Better african harvests Geneva Switzerland a food supplies in some african coun tries that suffered last year from drought have improved due to Good harvests and some even have Grain surpluses says a report released by the . Food and agriculture organization. But the report cautioned that per capita food production has been de Clining in the 45 sub saharan coun tries and said Many african coun tries still need Long term structural assistance. Shuffle Crew s remains Wiff be flown of Dover fab Cape canaveral Fla. A the remains of the seven astronauts killed in the challenger disaster will be flown to a Mili tary mortuary at Dover fab del., on tuesday the space Agency says. At Dover the remains will be prepared in accordance with the wishes of the individual families the National aeronautics and space administration said thursday. Dover fab is equipped to examine and identify military personnel killed in combat or accidents. Bodies of the marines killed in Lebanon and of the military personnel killed last year in the crash of a charter plane in Canada were brought there. Nasa said no formal ceremony is planned to Mark the flight although a Mili tary Honor guard and escorts from the astronaut corps will be present when the cof fins Are loaded aboard an air Force plane. The plane is scheduled to leave from the shuttle Landing strip at 9 30 . Edt and arrive at Dover about noon. The five men and two women were killed Jan. 28, when the space shuttle challenger exploded 73 seconds after liftoff nine Miles above the Atlantic Ocean. Divers often fighting Strong currents murky water and Silt completed the search for remains and wreckage saturday from an area 18 Miles offshore. The shattered Crew compartment was found 87 feet be Neath the surface March 7. Some searchers said the bodies were unrecognizable. The victims were Richard Scobee space Craft commander Michael Smith Pilot Mission specialists Judith Resnik Ellison Onizuka and Ronald Mcnair Gregory Jar vis a Hughes aircraft Engineer and school teacher Christa Mcauliffe Nasa s first Ordinary citizen in space. No burial plans have been announced but it is believed some will be buried in Arlington National cemetery. Onizuka s family has said it wants to take his remains Home to Hawaii for burial. Copy process inventor Dies St. Paul Minn. A Carl s. Miller inventor of a duplicating process that doomed Carbon paper and created the mod Ern copying Industry has died at 73. Miller began working for 3m in 1940 and produced a prototype machine in 1944. His process thermography used heat sensitive paper and was commercially introduced by 3m co. In 1950, in the Thermo fax copier. Miller served As technical director of the division his invention created and retired in 1978. Elections 86 Washington primary elections for Federal and state officials will be held in several states during june. The following information is provided by the Federal voting assistance office in the Pentagon. Voters May Contact the Federal voting assistance program director room 18457, Pentagon Washington ., 20301 or Call Auto on 225-0663. Information for military members and their families also is available from unit voting assistance officers. Maine the primary election will be held june 10, not june 6, As previously published. South Dakota primary election june 3. Military members and their families May Register and request ballots using a Federal Post card application. A separate card is needed for the nov. 4 general election. Montana primary election june 3. Overseas military members and their families May Register and request ballots using a Feder Al Post card application. The same card May be used for the nov. 4 general election. Virginia primary election june 10. Registration and ballots May be requested using a Federal Post card application. A sep Arate Post card application must be used for the nov. 4 general election. O California primary election june 3. Voters also will decide on six proposals to change the state Constitution and four Bond measures. Military members and their fam Ilies May Register and request ballots using a Federal Post card application. Special write in procedures also May be used. North Dakota primary election june 10. Military members and their families Are not required to Register for the election and can request ballots using a Federal Post card application. The same card May be used for the nov. 4 general election. However those ballots will not be mailed until october. Mississippi primary election june 3. A Runoff election is slated for june 24, if needed. Air Force members and their families do not have to Register for the election and May request ballots using a Federal Post card application. A separate application must be used for the nov. 4 general election. New Mexico primary election june 3. Registration is waived for air Force Mili tary members and their families. Ballots May be requested using a Federal Post card application. A separate application must be used for the nov. 4 general election. British director of . Company murdered in France Lyon France a an unidentified gunman Friday shot and killed the regional director of the .-owned Black & Decker manufacturing co. On the Doorstep of his Home in suburban Lyon police said. In a Call to a French news Agency an apparently recorded voice said we Are a Small Arab group. We claim responsibility for the attack this morning against the director of Black and Decker in reprisal for inaudible  in another Call to a British news Agency the name of the group claiming responsibility was inaudible except for the word  the recorded voice said we will destroy All american and English imperialist interests in the world wherever they  police identified the victim As Kenneth Marston 43, a briton. He was shot once in the Chest and once in the stomach they said. A neighbor was quoted As saying Marston s wife and Young daughter were with him immediately after the shooting. The daughter reportedly said she saw a masked person dressed in Black. Arson attacks damage Van go s car by the stars and stripes Heidelberg a Canadian military Van and a . Service member s car were damaged thursday in separate arson at tacks near Heidelberg German police said Friday. The vehicles were unoccupied. No one claimed responsibility for the at tacks which happened minutes apart shortly before 2 ., said Manfred Tietze Heidelberg police spokesman. Tietze said a Molotov cocktail was thrown at the american car in Leiden St. Ilgen. The Canadian Van was attacked Ingerberg about three Miles from Leiden St. Ilgen. The towns Are about four mile Southwest of Heidelberg. The firebomb bounced off the american car but the ensuing fire did about 1,000 Marks $450 Worth of damage Tietze said. The second attack was against a Canad an military Van parked near a sports Field. The front window of the military Vanwas shattered and gasoline was poured into the vehicle and ignited Tietze said. He said the Interior of the Van was Exten sively burned with Between 3,000 Marks $1,380 and 4,000 Marks $1,840 Worth of damage. Police said no one was injured in either attack. Marston was leaving his Home in Cully a suburb of this Southern French City when he was shot police said. He died in his Home about two hours later. Black & Decker based in Towson md.,is a leading maker of Power tools and apply , his wife and three children had lived in Lyon since May 1984, when he became managing director of Black & Decker France which has 1,100 employees. Correction first place winners in the Dodds Ger Many Media festival in the transparencies cassettes category included Kathy Cook first Grade class at Ramstein elementary school and four students from Aukam elementary school. The winners from Ramstein elementary were inadvertently omitted from an article in yesterday s Edi Tion. The stars and stripes regrets the error