European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday May 25, 1986 women Viet vets Start statue fund drive Washington Dpi for More than 10,000 women who served in America s longest War Vietnam is particularly painful because they have been forgotten. But some women who saw the ravages of combat As military nurses during the Vietnam War have decided to do something about it. At a news conference Friday the former nurses announced plans for a is million drive to Correct an inequity and put a Bronze statue of a female nurse in combat fatigues at the site of the Vietnam veterans memorial. Although no one knows for certain How Many women served in Vietnam the Vietnam women s memorial project which is sponsoring the project estimates More than 10,000 women in uniform served in Vietnam. Americans Don t seem to know we were there said Donna Marie Boulay of Minneapolis an army nurse in Vietnam from 1967 to 1968 who is organizing the Effort. The Vietnam veterans memorial a huge slab of Black Marble near the Lincoln memorial was dedicated in 1982 and lists the names of 58,322 soldiers who died in combat including eight women. But Boulay said the women who served or lost their lives in Vietnam have never been remembered. Two civilian women who were doing missionary work in Vietnam Are listed As missing in action according to the Pentagon. There is an overwhelming sentiment that the women s role should be honoured Boulay said. The project has the support of a number of veterans organizations that Are helping raise the Money needed to construct the statue designed by Minneapolis artist Rodger Brodin. To Date $65,000 has been raised. This is an Effort to Correct an inequity said John Hanson of the american legion. The statue depicts a woman in combat fatigues and boots with a Stethoscope around her neck and a combat helmet in her hands. When completed it would stand 7 feet High on a two acre site near the main a shaped Vietnam memorial. Nuclear protests held throughout Germany Saa Bruecken Germany a thousands of German anti nuclear demonstrators blocked a major Highway at the French Border saturday to protest the scheduled autumn Start up of an atomic Power station in France. Meanwhile about 6,000 anti nuclear activists marched through downtown Frank Furt and thousands More rallied in Berlin calling for the immediate shutdown of Ger Many s 20 nuclear reactors. No incidents or arrests were reported. Public protests by Germany s Strong anti nuclear movement have increased in number and intensity since the april 26 soviet chernobyl nuclear reactor Accident which spewed Clouds of radioactive fallout All Over Europe. German Border police said that Early saturday afternoon anti nuclear militants parked about 40 cars on the a-6 autobahn As Well As a parallel main Road just before the French Frontier a few Miles Southwest Ofscar Bruecken. A police spokesman said officers at first tried to Start Clearing the highways by carrying some of the 3,000 demonstrators out of the Way. But officers decided a few minutes later to let the protesters and their cars stay and Border traffic was do toured through nearby country roads he said. The demonstrators ended their blockade about 4 . Police reported there were no incidents and no arrests. The Highway protesters chanting radiation knows no Borders demanded that French authorities cancel plans to Start up a nuclear reactor at Catt Nom in extreme northeastern. France about 3 Miles from the German Border. France draws much of its Energy from atomic generating stations and has nose rious anti nuclear movement. The a-6 freeway is a heavily travelled route connecting southwestern Germany and Paris. The Border demonstrators also called for closure of All nuclear reactors and for Energy policy in keeping with the environment meanwhile in Berlin about 4,000 anti nuclear activists massed outside the remembrance Church in Defiance of a police order that protesters not gather in that area of downtown. However the protesters did not March Down the City s showcase Boulevard the observing a police order last week aimed at preventing a repeat of window smashing and other violence by militants in previous protests along that route. Instead saturday s protesters rallied in front of the Interior ministry building and called for. A mass demonstration at the Brookdorf nuclear Power Plant in Northwestern Germany on june 7. Brookdorf was the scene of police protester clashes earlier this decade. In Frankfurt thousands of anti nuclear protesters formed human chains and also marched through downtown. Some demonstrators threw bags filled with coloured liquid against Bank building Walls but police said there were no other disturbances. 3 . A subs link surface at North pole for first time Washington up three nuclear powered attack submarines linked up and surfaced at the North pole for the first time earlier this month on a Mission that signalled a boosted . Sub presence under the Arctic ice pack Navy officials said Fri Day. The operation by the Hunter killer subs came As soviet submarines armed with intercontinental Range nuclear missiles increasingly have been exploring the frigid Depths of the Arctic from which they could launch their weapons against the United states in the event of War the officials said. Our own increase in operations is a re sult of much heavier concentrations of soviet subs in the area said a Navy official. We re seeing much More increased operations by the soviets up the Pentagon announced Only that the three attack submarines linked up and sur faced at the geographic North pole May 6 but gave few details about their Mission. The Mission of the submarines was to collect scientific data and test submarine Force readiness under Arctic conditions without logistics base support a Pentagon statement said. The announcement was held up until the three submarines returned to their Home ports. Navy officials said. Missiles cannot be launched from under water through thick ice requiring a submarine to surface and expose its position. But they can be fired through wide cracks or a thin ice cover. Navy officials acknowledged that disclosure of the operation was intended to signal to the soviets publicly that the United states is boosting its attack submarine pres ence in the Arctic in response to heavier concentrations of soviet subs there. Soviet missile submarines generally patrol close to Home shores to prevent their detection by american Hunter submarines. . War planners expect them to launch their weapons at the United states from those positions in Case of War. Sub launched missiles have a minimum Range of 6,000 Miles. Navy from Page 1 in Shore Dougherty said some ratings such As boiler technician will remain sea intensive because it s difficult to find comparable jobs ashore. We can t create billets ashore just for rotation purposes he said. We have to have a valid even so Dougherty said the situation is much better than it was in the late 1970s and Early 1980s, when dismal retention rates caused headaches for All the services. He said the situation then was a death spiral because slipping retention rates meant sailors had to spend More time at sea. That caused retention rates to drop further. The Low retention rates forced the sea Shore ratio for Many ratings out of balance. A machinist s mate Back then theoretically was required to spend 10 years at sea and three years ashore he said. He said no one is assigned to sea duty for More than five years at a time. But a machinist s mate May Only have gotten a two year tour ashore rather than three before being sent Back to sea. Machinist s mates Are now theoretically seven three so we re making improvements Dougherty said. It s some thing we work on All the time. It s critical now with new ships coming on line and Congress attempting to hold Down our end temperatures l h 54 72 9 86 55 74 is u 50 71 51 68 72 88 46 72 51 70 70 88 72 87 55 70 65 95 Albany ally Bosto Chicago Clevelan Dallas Denverd Elrodt Honolulu Houston Kansas Clylus vegas l h60 b5 72 86 50 68 69 to 51 75 68 90 74 99 56 74 48 70 60 75 46 n 50 75 58 79 los Angele Miami Minneapolis new Orleans new Yor Orlando Phoenix Philadelphia Pittsburg Portland Malm sail Lake cell san Francisco Washington hands from Page 1 salutation dear Ken Kragon. Organizer of hands across America said the president s decision demonstrated More clearly than anything else we could have done that it s not too late for anyone to come and be part of the Mitch Snyder director of the Community for creative non violence and an activist on behalf of the homeless said there s room for everybody in line just like there s room for everybody in making solutions to As soon As the line Breaks i d like the president to stick his hands in his pockets and pull out a Little More Money so we can really eliminate homelessness and hunger in this country Snyder said. Speakes said the so a head donation re Quested from All those who join the line will be paid by an Anonymous donor on behalf of the 225 volunteers officials estimate will be needed to stretch the Chain inside the White House Gates. He said the reagans would make their own contributions and any of the volunteers who wish to make donations May do so in addition to the Money Given on their behalf. The Reagan family will do its part the president said in remarks relayed to report ers by Speakes. Shortly after the change in plans was announced Reagan proclaimed sunday As hands across America Day calling the Observance a visible Symbol of the determination that unites americans in the fight against hunger and on this Day then let us join not Only our hands but our hearts and prayers in efforts to ensure that America s god Given abundance is shared with those in need the president said in his proclamation. The privately organized Effort seeks to raise $50 million by forming a nearly unbroken human Chain from new York to California. Speakes said the family conclave in the White House residential quarters thursday night was attended by the president first lady Nancy Reagan Maureen Reagan an Maureen s husband Dennis Revell. Speakes denied the switch in plans was a reaction to criticism of the president follow ing his remark to students earlier during the week that hunger in America is due not to a denial of Aid to anyone but to some people s ignorance of where to get food. Activist Snyder however said he s backtracking and the Only Way for him to backtrack is to jump on line the reagans invited members and families of the White House and executive office staffs the secret service and news Media to join them in stretching the line along the semicircular White House drive off Penn Sylvania Avenue the original demonstration route. European weather forecast Tor sunday mostly Cloudy skies wll occasional rain in in Benelux and Northern Ger Many. Central and Southern Germany will have partly Cloudy skies. High temperatures win Range Iron 52 to 60 in the Benelux and Northern areas 65-70 elsewhere. Lows will be from 40 Lei in the North 50-55 elsewhere. Sunset sunday will be Al 9 18.sunrise monday will be at 536. The Outlook Tor monday Ilelle change in weather Ullh temperature slightly cooler. Temperatures recorded saturday 4am 4pm 4am 4pmadana, m 59 73 Copenhagen r so 50 Amsterdam 50 57 fran Lurl. P "66 84 London m 66 75 Madrid p64 54 Munich r 52 59 rom Athens a Plano the Berlin Bremerhaven the Brussels p provided by Trarbach. Other worldwide temperatures High low84 63 Montreal 54 47 Moscow i59 46 Oslo i 73 s4 Toronto -70 57 Vancouver 61 64s 59 12 54 57 54 6466 a Graben Cairo Dublin cd Helsinki a Jerusalem cd Lisbon i High Low 73 54 55 47 j. I supplied by the associated presi a ram a
