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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday May 22,1986 news updates transplant patient quite Well Stockholm Sweden a a swedish Man was in fair condition wednesday after doctors replaced an artificial heart implanted my 6 with a new human heart in the first such operation in Europe officials said. The previously unannounced operation was performed saturday on a 56-j-car-old Man at Stockholm s prestigious Karolinsky Hospital doctors said. Eleven Days earlier norwegian heart surgeon or. Bjarno Scab implanted an artificial Jarvik-7 heart in the pallum who was in very weak condition after suffering five heart attacks. The patient who. In line with his own request was not named was taken aft life support equipment and moved from on intensive care unit wednesday Scab said at a news briefing. He is quite  Scab said of the patient a Stock Holm Man who the heart surgeon said had improved quite quickly.". Aquino information aide resigns Manila Philippines a Deputy information minister Eduardo Zialcita resigned tuesday the first offi Cial la leave he three month old administration of presi Dent Corazon Aquino. In his resignation letter Zialcita said he was quilting for Persona reasons. Military Roundup Graydon promoted assigned to nato Allied come Europe sit ape Belgium air Commodore Michael a Graydon Royal air Force has been promoted to the rank of air vice marshal and assigned Lonato s Allied come Europe As assistant chief of staff policy division Starling july 4. Graydon succeeds air vice marshal Brendan a Jack son Royal air Force. Jackson who has been promoted to air marshal will become Deputy commander Raf sri Etc come starting aug.  serves As senior air staff officer at he Raf 11th croup. Raf by Nelcy priory England Pov registration fee now $10 sending $5 results in delays Heidelberg some people who arc re registering their vehicles Wilh Usa eur through he mall arc Send ing Only is instead of the s10 fee thai went into effect Mayl. The 55 checks and Money orders arc being returned. Usa eur  officials said personnel who fail o Send the proper amount will experience delays in registering their vehicles the s10 fee also applies la divers licenses and any other transaction concerning privately owned vehicles. Exchanges in Bremerhaven Athens among Best in cafes Dallas the exchanges in Bremerhaven Ger Many and Athens Greece Are among the Best in the army and air Force Exchange service. These exchanges Are among winners in the fourth an Nual cafes beit Exchange award Competition other winners include exchanges at Sheppard fab Texas fart Lee a. Davis Monihan fab Ariz. Fort Carson Colo. Scesler fab miss. And Yokota a Japan. Air Force manpower award Given to unit at Alconbury Washington a Imil from Raf Alconbury England is one of the winners of the air Force manpower management awards for is85. Del a 7200th management engineering so stationed at Alconbury was chosen As Best Small team and will receive its award in july the awards recognize professional excellence in Man Power and organization.  by the Sim and sir Len Hall from Rwei Roll a icle about Junior Roth programs on Page 9 in edition Dave Douglass was mistakenly re Ine principal of Mannheim High school. He is t  to As the t Mannne t the assistant the stars and stripes regrets the error discipline on buses in cafeterias tops concerns Pat panel says by Mary Hladky education writer discipline for children on school buses and in cafeterias topped a laundry list of concerns parents raised this week to one of the Pentagon s top education officials. Barbara Pope appointed just two weeks ago to the. Recently created position of assistant Secretary of defense for family support education and safely met far to hours tuesday with 12 members of Parent teacher association members from department of defense dependents schools in Germany. Pope 38, formerly worked with the Small business administration providing training and adult education to business managers. She also has served As a staff member for sen. Barry Golden tar r-arii., holds a master s de Gree in education and has taught 12lh Grade psychology. In her new Job. Pope will Servo As a link Between the Pentagon and the school system and will serve under Chapman Cox assistant Secretary of defense for Force management end personnel. She left Germany wednesday for meetings with Dodds officials and some parents and teachers in the Atlantic and Mediterranean school regions. "1 think the big areas of concent were buses discipline in the buses and discipline in the lunchroom said Mich Elle Thorn president of the european Congress of Ameri can parents teachers and students which is affiliated with the is. National Pat. They would like to have lunchroom monitors and safety monitors an the buses Thorn said. Pat members also told Pope their concern about the school bus system in Germany. They worried about bus Drivers who can t speak English driving rules that do not require Drivers to Slop for school buses and the frequently used system of contracting for bus service which parents said limits Cairol of equipment and Drivers. Parents asked thai Dodds be Given Money and per Mission to hire lunchroom and school bus monitors to. Maintain discipline Thorn said. In terrorist threats and attacks also were discussed by parents who requested that teachers be trained on How la Deal Wilh students Wilh fears or questions about terrorists during her two Day Stopover in Germany Pope also met 11 with Dodds Germany Region staff and visited schools in in Wiesbaden. F she stopped at the exceptional family member pro Gram in Frankfurt where doctors psychologists social workers and other specialists evaluate diagnose and pro vide therapy far exceptional children. Dodds and Mili tary officials arc considering whether both institutions need 10 maintain staffs of experts to evaluate exceptional children. ,. The purpose of Pope s visit. Thorn and Dodds off vials said wits to learn about Dodds and its problems she said t am new 1 Don t have a lot of the answer but i will get the answers Thorn said. Although rape s main Mission was fact finding she did report that Dodds teachers will be allowed to Transfer to other schools next year under certain conditions. Dodds director Beth Stephens had halted teacher transfers As a Money saving measure prompted by the Gramm Rudman Anil deficit Law now however Stephens has decided that moves to other schools will be allowed if the teacher agrees to move personal belongings Al no expense to the government and if principals at both schools agree and an opening exists at a school for the teacher. Teachers Alto will be Able to Transfer Between regions also at no expense to the government if the two 1 regional directors agree. A i Thorn said Pope listened carefully to parents concerns. She was More than willing o take those ideas suggestions and concerns Back to Washington and. See whal they could do Thorn said. Forces of 7 nato nations meet to practice air ground firepower by Paul Cozby  Bureau Baulf Holder. Germany during its annual live fire exercises this month the Allied coma Europe Mobile Force coordinated and unleashed the air and ground fire Power of seven nato nations in the rolling Hilts of the Baum older artillery Range. The exercise called ardent ground 86. Is not Only to give held practice to the multinational Force it also demonstrates the ability of nato allies to cooperate in the deployment of a military Force said . Army maj. David Emma to a Force spokesman but for pvt. Roberto Bottero of the italian army s 40lh Alpine arty Bury that International cooperation has a practical meaning. The voice on the radio commanding his gallery spake English Wilh a German accent. The helicopter that lifted his 105mm howitzer out of the Range was a British Puma. And the air support for the artillery firing demonstration came from ., dutch belgian British and German air forces. The exercise far the land component of the Force runs May 5-25 and includes 1,500 participants from six of the seven nations supplying the Force. A scheduling problem kept the  Artillery Battery assigned to the Mobile Force Cut of this year s exercises a Nunet said. But an air Force a-10 helped provide air support in a firing demonstration last week. It s he Only Toppart tingly during the year that the Force has for coordinated live fire practice Emmeit said. The Force was created in i960 As the allies perceived the growing conventional military capability of the Warsaw pact countries. If movement of hostile forces into nato areas appears Likely the Force is tasked with putting a 5,000-Nwntber, eight nation Force on the scene to deter aggression Emmell said. The Force has land and air components from contributing nations. These remain As part of the individual countries armed forces until called for training or deployment As a nato Force. The Mobile Force covers nato s flanks in Norway and Eastern Turkey and works with the armed farces of the list nations when deployed. The Force s first Job is to demonstrate a unified military response from nato. But. The Force also roust be prepared to be the first line of defense in a Battle. Exercises such As ardent ground and twice yearly Field exercises in the nato countries Are designed to help overcome difficulties in putting a multinational Force into combat. Problems can arise when soldiers in a five Kan artillery Battery come from five countries Wilh four languages. .-.-._. For simplifying Battle orders English is the farce s com Mon language. Volterro for example had to Lake a test to prove his language ability before entering the 40& Alpine arty Bury that Italy sends to the Force. While one officer commands a Battery Liaison officers stand by at operations centers la translate orders if the need arises. In the exercises this month an artillery Battery was made up of units from Canada Italy England Germany and Belgium. Each unit brought its own guns. You Vegol five nationalities and four different Lan  said maj. Richard Clark the Force s instructor of gunnery from the . Land forces. But they actually work together As a in one  publicity before raid worried Carrier Crew Washington a the Crew of inc Coral sea feared that news Media coverage before the bombing of Libya might endanger americans lives one of the earner s Squadron commanders said wednesday. Cmdr. Byron Duff who was in charge of All Navy and Marine aircraft aboard the Carrier said the Crew was very concerned with thai coverage especially when in seemed Lilee it was very accurate too accurate at  i m sure they were publishing information that they were provided or had Access to which is certainty within their Purview Bui in did concern us Duff said on Abc to s Good morning America program. And we had to take Steps to make sure thai any or the information thai was published did not have any effect on our particular portion of the  cmdr. Robin Weber who guided the attack Squadron composed of 16 a-6s, said the april is bombing of Tripoli and Benghazi took a step in the right direction to defend our rights against  we be gone Down into the Gulf of Sidra for exactly die reasons shul were slated to establish the Freedom of navigation he said  
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