European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday. June 12, 19s6 the stars and stripes Page 3 military Roundup scrolls of appreciation presented to 13 by Otis Heidelberg thirteen people were Hon ored Ai Usa eur Headquarters tuesday for promoting equal Opportunity and european american relations within i hair communities. Gen. Glenn k. Otis Usa eur commander presented Host nation scrolls or Appicci Alion to the War docs. Honoured were mayor Herbert Ehrbar. Climen Ger Rainy Christyl ramble Kontak coordinator Amberg Brig. Gen. Ugo pin lord 25lh italian military int Liaison officer to setae and 5th support come Vicinia Italy Aloysius Chr chief department of family and Home care. Tem pc inf District in Berlin Leland Wellman executive manager. Morten s department store Chain. Also mayor Jochyn Riecl Frankc Plhal Pfalz Germany Irmela Pitann Clorce Mueller owner of binding Klaus Gasthaus Karlsruhe Germany mayor Manfred Wal Mann. Heilbronn. Germany Robert . Senior City director Bam Borg Germany Karlheinz mock Wurz Buryj. Ger Many director for safety Public order and person Nel the Rev. John Francis Vonston Darmstadt Germany Dicker Scherr Giessen Germany mayor Guenther act Ger Darrn Siadto great american families honoured at White House Washington first lady Nancy Reagan presented two military families and four other great american families with a porcelain paint ing tuesday during a ceremony in the East room of the White House. An inscription on inc paintings said your inner strength Ami civic leadership enhance the Quality of daily life in your Community and promote Pride in our american heritage the families of Marine co William and Anne Sweeney from Subic Bay. Philippines and of army master sgt. Stanley Una Brenda Hoisington of fort Campbell ky., were honoured As part of the fourth annual great american family awards program. Sweeney and his wife have seven adopted and three natural children. Last year the family started a program to feed malnourished filipino children. The Sweeney children helped prepare and deliver the mauls. The 10 members of the Hoisington family have made it a tradition to perform secret Good deeds for no try people in their Community. Tac air come to deploy 12 a-10s to Germany Ramstein a Germany the air Force tac air come will deploy 12 a-0 Thunderbolt ii aircraft from the 9l7lh toe fighter group air Force reserves Barksdale fab la to Ahlhorn Germany june 28 to july 11. The Short term tactical deployment will be known us Coronet Cheyenne he Safe announced. The 9l7ih will train with military element of nato while overseas. Safe s 81st tac fighter Wing at Raf Ben Walers Woodbridge England will provide support to the 917th. Also participating will be 250 maintenance and support personnel. The temporary deployment is part of a larger program called Check ered Flag in which tactical air units deploy to Europe Alaska and the Pacific. Karlsruhe ets Hookup set for completion june 14 Karlsruhe Germany Karlsruhe will join inc european Telephone system june 14, Karlsruhe s ets prefix 376 will eliminate the old 2141 prefix. All military phone numbers in Karls Ruhe Starling with s3 will be changed to 73, and those starting with s2 will convert to 74. Others will not change for example the 6578 line for Karlsruhe s Public affairs office will remain the same but inc 8377 alternate will change to 7377. Cd mailed by the Stan and so old irom Nej Rel Taipei soviet bloc Calls for big cuts in East West forces in Europe Budapest. Hungary a the Warsaw pact Mili tary Alliance outlined a proposal wednesday calling for Large reductions in conventional Lias West military forces throughout Hur pc. The soviet sponsored plan adopted at the end of a two Day meeting said that within the Neil iwo years Warsaw pact and nato forces should be Cut by Between 100,000 and 150,000 troops. It said the two military blocs which have faced each other in Europe since the end of world War should strive to reduce european land and tactical forces by 25 percent by the Early 1990s and negotiate further Raduc Giafis after in Tel it said there should be accompanying cuts in tactical nuclear weapons in Europe that have a Range of up to 600 Miles. The proposal by inc Warsaw pact which groups the soviet Union and its six Eastern european allies is an elaboration of a plan first put Forth in april by soviet fender Mikhail s. Gorbachev when he proposed reductions in conventional forces Frum the Atlantic Ocean to the ural mountains. Nato said at the Lime it lacked details to respond to the Gorbachev proposal. The proposal would go beyond the scope of the 13-year old negotiations in Vienna. Austria on reducing the size of conventional forces in seven Central european countries and would encompass the in i ire continent. The soviet Ted Alliance said Here should be a separate International forum among the european countries the United Stales and Canada 10 discuss the Force reduction plan thai perhaps could be an Extension of the Vienna Mutual and balanced Force reduction talk. The Warsaw Pei proposal was addressed Lonato countries and All countries of some Western diplomats have said a larger negotiating forum such As the Stockholm. Sweden conference on european Security thai groups 33 european slates the United slates and Canada would be Loo unwieldy for effective negotiations. The Warsaw pact called for creation of direct links in Iween the two military blocs to help resolve disputes and said this was similar to efforts to forge links Between the european economic Community and the a evict led com econ economic Alliance. The Warsaw pact statement which was read to report ers by Miklos barely Hungary s Deputy foreign minister was adopted by Gorbachev and his communist parly counterparts from Hungary Poland East Germany. Czechoslovakia Romania and Bulgaria. Militant Hincks in Crossroads South Africa Lake cover tuesday during lighting with Black Olgi lanes. Black militants vigilantes renew Battles in s. Africa shantytowns Johannesburg South Africa a thousands of squatters resumed factional fighting wednesday in Shan Liowns near Cape town the third Day of a Battle that has left at least 17 dead and raised the estimated homeless to 60,000. Police said he latest fighting involved about 3,000 combatants from each faction one composed mostly of Black anti apartheid militants and the other of Black vigilantes trying to drive them from the vast Crossroads squatter area. No new casualty figures were immediately available but police said hundreds More shacks had been set afire in areas formerly controlled by the militants. In two separate incidents one near Crossroads and the other in downtown Cape town at least four journalists were detained by Security forces. Three were released after questioning and the fourth reportedly was held according to colleagues. Anglican Bishop Desmond Tutu arrived in Cape town to try to mediate Between the rival Crossroads factions saying i m not a Miracle worker but i May be Able to help the 1984 Nobel peace Prue Winner said he planned to visit the devastated Crossroads area to try to get talks going Between the vigilante and militants. The vigilantes burned hundreds More shacks tuesday in a fresh assault against a fringe Camp that had been a stronghold of the parachutist Breaks leg during practice berlins a an army parachutist stationed in Vicenza Italy broke his leg tuesday evening during a practice jump for the annual Allied forces Day Parade a spokesman for the . Come Berlin said wednesday. Staff sgt. Ernest Green 4th in. 325th inf Reg broke his lower leg when he landed on pavement while trying to steer his Parachute away from a crowd below him. Said Cape. Bill Kirkland. The Accident took place near the Strasse Der 17 Juni in downtown Berlin where the Parade will take place sat urday Kirkland said. The Parade is an annual demonstration of the Allied Powers commitment to defend West Berlin. More than 2,700 soldiers from great Britain France and the United slates will take part in the Parade which starts at 2 40 . After an hour of band music. Standing room for approx i Mazejy 60,000 spectators is available along the half mile Parade route
