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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday. June 15, 19b6 Viet vets gathering calms the pain Chicago up one Man came to Sec the name of a Friend Olio died in his arms another came to feel the evil of Ibe Vietnam War. And others viewing a cup of the the Vietnam veterans me Morial in Grant part were too choked up to spent. La got friends buddies on the  Sard Victr Jim pc Loran Hank bade. 44. Of Chicago As he stood before the copy of the Monument in Washington. D.c., thai lists the names of All american military personnel killed in the War in Vietnam. One Man on the Wall Dice in my  hade said of a Friend killed by sniper tire outside Danang in l%5. "1 have Triec if 1 can find his  Rade was one of thousands who flocked Friday night to Grant Park the scene of Antiwar demons rations in Ibe 1960s, following a Welcome Hanie in Rad earlier Friday to Honor the veterans of the Vietnam War. Many of the veterans viewing the miniature Black plexiglass copy with the names silk screened in White said they Felt the Day s activities helped assuage anger about the Way they were treated when they resumed Home. I m satisfied. It calms the nerves calms the spirit calms the anger Calnis lie  said Ken Johnston. 44. Of Charles City. Lova. Now All that feeling of agony and pain what was said Aboul us and to us i Don t think it Means anything said Johnston an air Force paramedic in Vietnam from 1966-1968. There were thousands of people out Here Ai the Parade shaking our hands. And throwing their arms around us today is like the found of july. Christmas and is. Patrick s Day thrown Al together 10 years of  Johnston said. Robert a. Comp Rall. 44. Of Chicago said the Monument evoked feelings of guilt. Compratt stayed Home got mar ried and did l go to Vietnam Bui he said he was affected by the War anyway. Thai s a part of my life i feel kind of guilty Aboul. Said comp Alt. He said he has seen the Monument in Washington twice Boih limes at night. At night you gel the impression you re walking Inlo evil. Those who went to Vietnam feel the evil of the War and those who stayed Home feel the evil. You tace he comfortable Way out but you still pay for your  several people questioned by reporter were too overwhelmed by emotion to speak. The copy. On display in Chicano since last saturday was to be dismantled Iii weekend Anil Scal to san Antonio Texas. The copy was built by Vietnam Veteran John Devil of san Jose. Calif., and first Shon in Tyler Texas in i9s4. The Only disturbance Friday night at Crane Park where a Celebration was also staged to Honor the veterans occurred when a police officer was struck by a hit and run Driver John Fleming 44, Wai Lis cd in Rood condition Al Northwestern memorial Hospital officials said. Soviets offer arms concessions to keep a t Washington up ii the soviet Union jus put Forth a new arms control proposal dropping is demand Hal . Fight or Bombini in and around Europe be counted As strategic weapons and of Fering to raise the limit on total nuclear forces . Officials said Friday. 1 n Exchange for accept Jig Reulas on the _ i have to Ajmal Radde by inc icbms of the of Enli ballistic missile treaty for lilo 20 years the officials said. The Reagan administration is reluctant to accept any modifications to the abm Accord thai would threaten re search Inlo a Star wars anti missile defense. The soviets have off i 8,000 the 6.qqfrlhlhiipmifwconti. Lbs and air. Incited cruise  the officials. President Reagan first did card publicly wednesday thai the soviet had made a formal new proposal at the strategic arms reduction talks in Geneva. Switzerland. The new York times published details of the offer Friday the proposalundabpm9wywc and White Len one Ess wrangled heated Lyver inc meaning of Reagan s pronouncement that the limits in he Unrath find 1979 Salt it Accord no longer  Reagan has pledged to forgo the treaty s provisions by deploying air launched cruise missiles aboard the 131st b-52 bomber when the weapon is readied in mid november. Under the terms of the abm i scaly. I Side must notify the other within six months if it wants to withdraw from the pact for reasons of National interests. There is no expiration Dale but the treaty comes up for review every five years. The next review is in 1987. In their proposal the soviets for the first Lime dropped their demand that hundreds of nuclear capable . Fighter bombers based in Europe and aboard air Craft carriers be counted As pan of the . Strategic nuclear forces targeted against the soviet Union the officials said. News briefs 5,000 meet in nuclear Power protest Wiesbaden api some 5.000 demonstrators gathered before the Hesse it slate parliament building Here saturday urging authorities to shut Down Germany s nuclear Power plants. Several demonstrators threw eggs and Rotten Vcci abcs at the parliament building but police said no injuries were reported. Some 70 percent of the Central state of Hussen s Energy Reeds Are provided by nuclear Power plants. In recent weeks tens of thousands of germans have staged  protests across the country. Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges Dies i Aris and Jorge Luis Borges. An Argentine considered one of latin America s great est writers died saturday in Geneva. Switzer land where he had been living for the past three months the French news Agency a once Francc Presse reported. He was 86. Borges Borges born aug. 24. 1899. In Buenos Aires. The Only child of a Diplomat. For More than 50 years he produced Short stories poems and essays in a precise almost mathematical slyly that Sci the Standard for a generation of Spanish language writers. He humbly dismissed the bulk of his work As second rate and con tended that Spanish is inferior to English As a vehicle for Art Borges was Best known for his fic  compact stories of fantastic speculation that often masqueraded As Suys or look the form of adventure tales and detective stories. His verbal ingenuity and narrative skill were compared to those of Edgar Allen pee and Franz Kafka whose stories he translated Inlo Spanish. Like Pothe believed that the Short Story is the Basic unil of literature and that novels Are full of  copters frontage the Early 1970s by Hughes helicopters which is now a division of the Mcdon Nell Douglas corp. And is now operated primarily by National guard units. James Reed a spokesman at Mcdon Nell Douglas Headquarters in St. Louis said his company docs not know of any similar incidents involving the oh-6. The army plans an investigation. The army acquired its last oh-6 in 1970 but still has 364 worldwide including 17 on loan to the Justice department s Bor Der patrol. Those also have been grounded. The helicopters Are especially useful to the immigration service because it gives the Agency night time flight capability. Daytime Border patrols will continue with air planes Rick Kinney a spokes Man for the immigration and naturalization service said Friday. According to an army statement an oh-6a copter assigned to the Tennessee National guard crashed during a morn ing flight on june 1. The helicopter was flying at an Altitude of Aboul 1.000 feet near fort Campbell by. When the Abra Sion strip on its Tail Rotor came off. The Pilot was Able to maintain some control of the copter but the Craft dropped rapidly to the ground about five Miles cast of the Mckellar Airport in Jackson Tenn. The leading edges of the Rotor Blades on helicopters Are normally fitted with a special strip of abrasive in serial resembling sandpaper that is designed to protect the Blades against Wear caused by Sand dust or water. The abrasion strip is bonded directly to the Metal Blade with a special agent. Although the Metal Blade will not fall apart if an abrasion strip separates the loss of such a strip can throw the Blades seriously out of balance. Dan o Boyle a spokesman for the army aviation systems come in St. Louis said Friday it was too soon to de Termine whether the crash was caused by a problem Peculiar to just Hal helicopter or a generic fault that might require modifications to i he entire Fleet. O Boyle said the entire Fleet of oh-6will remain grounded until All Are inspected and a determination made As to How serious the problem is. Kelso from Page 1 planning has been nominated to become the next commander of the Atlantic Hecei s submarine Force. The Pentagon said. Cooper. $2. Is a native of East inv Serpool Ohio. Jeremiah also 52, has been nominated to receive a third Star and to assume Cooper s position. He is now the director of the Navy s general planning and programming division. Jeremiah is a native of Portland Ore. Violence from Page 1 forces will be in Complete control of the  he added the govern Wal regards monday As a Normal working Day. The sow clo uprising began when schoolchildren demonstrated against being taught in afrikaans the language of the afrikaner whiles they regard As their oppressors. Police said 575 people were killed in the 1976-77 violence but some unofficial estimates put the total Al More than 1,000. More than 1.700 people have died mostly Blacks in a nearly 2-year-old uprising against White domination. One of the most significant aspects of the stale of emergency Jan extensive series  on press coverage of violence and political activity. The government had no immediate plans to allow publication of the names of the hundreds of activist detained following the emergency declaration. Steward said. The press curbs apart from Banning the filming or coverage of anti apartheid disturbances prohibit the publication or transmission by local or foreign journalists of statements judged  the government also has threatened foreign Jour Nal its with expulsion if they described president . Botha s a Mimsi ration As a White minority  demonstrating its intent to enforce the press restrictions the government seized copies of two newspaper arrested television Crews and ordered one journal to leave the country. Crews for lbs and Abc were arrested Friday in Dow pwn Johannesburg and Steward said police were investigating possible charges of dissemination of tub aversive  managers of he us. Network Johannesburg bureaus said the Crews were conducting Street interviews to obtain reactions to the emergency declaration. On Friday the 15-member . Security Council condemned the stale of emergency  
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