European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes sunday june 15,1986page of a Chicago welcomes Vietnam vets Home Chic ago up Hundred of thou Sands of pc Jik Many with tears a steaming Down their faces waved flags and cheered Friday a 200,000 Vietnam veterans marched through Chicago s Loop in a triumphant Welcome Home Parade nearly a decade Afler inc end of he War. Retired Gen William Westmoreland proudly led his former in cups through a sea of shredded paper urn throngs of cheering spec Talon. A lot of veterans really need his. A Jot of us needed do eight years  said Dave Fra Ier 36, who served in Vietnam in1971, an estimated 300,000 people lined the streets Many carrying signs rending Wel come Home and we love you. Veterans hundreds leaned aug of High Rise office windows to throw shredded paper. It s the least 1 could do after All these Guys have done for our country said Rose Alexander 30. _ Westmoreland in a Brief speech Flora the reviewing stand t ranked City and state officials. This is an unprecedented event and we Are grateful. Lor the hospitality that has been extended to us he said we will never forget it the country will never forget  gov. James r. Thompson said it was the veterans who were welcoming Back Ameri cans not the civilians welcoming the Veter ans. The important thing is that they Are forgiving America he Sild. We All think we Are taking hem Back but  Tak ing us Back and i think it s Damn Gener Ous of them Westmoreland was ranked by two Veler War from Page 1 their search for solutions to South Africa problems and said they should consider again the Stark consequences of violence before lighting he net match or pulling the Neil  what we Are seeing now is an outright civil War and it s no longer just the contest below Chi the Black popu Lalin and the Whit population he told reporters saying Blacks Are fighting Hacks because of the tribal  the comments were Reagan s first re action to the South african situation since the govern Chi in Prelo Iii announced a sweeping set of emergency measures to Deal with continued outbreaks of violence linked to the country s apartheid policy thai re quires separation of the races. While he voiced concern about the blood shed in both sides. Reagan said he had directly conveyed to South african presi Dent . Botha his deep feelings against at least one provision of the Emer gency decree limitations on Freedom of As Sembly. The american people feel strongly thai permitting non violent meeting is the Hall Mark of civilized governments and in the Bat Ira Dijion of the Western democracies Reagan Laid. Herman Nickel the us. Ambassador in Pretoria met with Botha to convey the president s views. Stale department spokes Man Bernard Kalb said he knew of no plans to Register disapproval by recalling Nickel. Copters from Page 1 Lai Lolor  Lone Pilot and that copter was not injured in the ind ont but the helicopter struck the ground shard it lost its main Rotor Blades. B usual Insp can with a to Power magnifying Glass of b entire Edge of each so from Pake 1 he involving rear adm. , the nest com submarine Fier 52. I Scremi receive Posi Liq lord. Cooper and Navy program Ligated to become of the Atlantic Fleet s it agon said Coop Liverpool Ohio. Nominated to Star and la assume Cooper s Fie is now the Dii h Lanning and Prograis a native of Portland r of the Navy sting division. Tail Rotor abrasion army said. If the Blade will be Rupla the oh-6 is a Ter it cd for Aerial capable of carry manufactured fran Early 1970s by Huj is now a division of corp. The oh-6 Isby National guard James Reed a s Douglas  docs not dents involving the an investigation. The army acquit but still has 364 Worl loan to the Justice patrol. Those have a the helicopters a ins because it Gin flight capability. A will continue with Aira spokesman for the i a realization service Sai according to an oh-6a copter assign National guard eras flight on june 7, the at an Altitude of about Campbell k when t its Tail Rotor came off rip has begun the is a separation the i. Lightweight Helicon observation purposes four persons it was in mid-1960s to thei helicopters which Mcdonnell Douglas operated primarily its Man at Mcdonnell in St. Louis said his of any similar Inci 1-6, and that it plans its last oh-6 in 1970 Ide including 17 on Lent s Border grounded specially useful to Agency nigh mime me Border patrols its Rick Kinney migration and Nal today. Statement Anto the Tennessee during a morning Ter was flying feet near for abrasion strip on ans who lost their legs in the War and accompanied by 10 officers of Llie Izish Spe Cial forces Reserve unit. Bob Wieland 40, of Pasadena calif.,who lost both legs in 1969 during the bomb ing of Hobo Woods in Vietnam walked the Parade route on his hands a Small accomplishment compared to his recently completed walk across America. A local hero double amputee Jim Pat Ridge was to the left of Westmoreland. Pal Ridge 38, of West Chicago received a Spe Cial ovation when he was cited by Thompson for his extraordinary heroism in dragging himself 75 feet through a neighbor s Yard to save a baby from drown ing on june 4. The Parade was one a the Many reunions and memorials scheduled for veterans Over the weekend. Michael Blacker 36, who fought in Viet Nan from 1968 to 1970, said Many of his comrades would have second thought about participating in the War again. Just ask the vets who feel strongly about fighting communists and confronting rus sians on every foreign tire imaginable How they d feel about having their children going through what we went through said Sleeker. He works in san Francisco with an anti War group that aids disabled veterans. Veteran lne Roy Pipkin 38, who lost a leg in the War travelled from Tacoma wash., hoping lie Parade will help him turn his life around. I came Here because i was sick my life just fell apart he said. For is years i be been lost. 1 had a ruined marriage alcohol ism you name it. I feel great today. I be got my brother Here with me Pipkin said As he turned to give one of his friends a Bear hug soviets offer to raise nuke limit not count . Fighter bombers Washington up the soviet Union has put Forth a new arms control proposal dropping its demand that .fighter-bombers in and around Europe be counted As strategic weapons and offer ing to raise the limit on total nuclear forces us. Officials said  Exchange for acceptance of new for Mulas on the numbers of missiles and weapons the United states would have to agree to abide by the terms of the 972 anti bal Listic missile treaty for u la 20 years the officials  Reagan administration is reluctant to accept any modifications to the a Maccord that would threaten research into a Star wars anti missile  soviets have offered to raise o 8,000 the 6,000-Warhcad limit an continent Span Ning missiles bombs and air arid sea launched cruise missiles said the officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity. President Reagan first disclosed publicly wednesday that the soviets had made a formal new proposal at i lie strategic arms reduction talks in Geneva Switzerland. The new York times published details of the offer Friday. The . Officials confirmed those and other details. The proposal under study by the administration surfaced As the White House and Congress wrangled heatedly Over the mean ing of Reagan s pronouncement that the limits in the in ratified 1979 Salt ii Accord no longer  Reagan has pledged to forgo the treaty provisions by deploying air launched cruise missiles aboard the 131st 11-52 Bombe when the weapon is readied in mid novem  the time Between now and then is viewed As a final Grace period for in soviets to comply with the treaty one . Official said. The implied understanding i that cruise missiles will not be deployed if Moscow corrects what the administration says arc violations of Salt ii. The new soviet proposal is a formal ver Sion of a vague offer in connection with the abm treaty made May 29 by the head of the soviet delegation to the Start talks Viktor Karpov the officials  the terms of the abm trealy each Side must notify the other within six months if it wants 10 withdraw from the pact for reasons of National interests there n no expiration Dale but the treaty comes up for review every five Yean. The next review Hin 1937. Defense Secretary Caspar w. Weinberg or said june 5 it would be terribly wrong to accept a proposal extending the Lime limit for withdrawal from the treaty be cause it would be a backdoor Side door sort of Way of killing Star wars re  their proposal the soviets for the lint time dropped their demand that bundred iof nuclear capable is. Fighter bomber based in Europe and aboard aircraft carriers be counted As part of ice us. Strate Gic nuclear forces targeted against the Sovi Ell Union the officials said in Fth Neviels previously have defined  As strategic instead of tactical Wear a iras because they could reach soviet soil if refuelled on the Way from their land or car Rier  include air Force Al i based in England and a-4e intruder aboard carriers both of which look part in the air strike with conventional bomb against libyan targets in Tripoli and Benghazi april in return the soviets would permit the ital number of strategic nuclear warhead 10 be raised from 6,000 to 8,1 thefts investigation at the since the bartenders arrest or up Prefi profits at the club have increased by 4 percent the of official said. Receipts at the club have risen if 00 per Day he  americans and six britons Are aligned drink Money from waiters wait a to kept it As tips . They also Are accused1 of uhf Fine drinks Tat themselves and giving free drinks to friends and fellow employees. The Osi spokesman said investigators estimate the club lost $�27,000 in goods services and Cash during the past10 years. The first bartender to be convicted of crimes connected with the investigation was air Force staff sgt. Robert c Montgomery life support specialist who Moon lighted forthe past three years at the club. A court martial panel thus  " bad conduct discharge a reduction Mogu Bej Nunt. He also was fined Tel Montgomery. Flout Montgomery from Clackamas ore., testified he in other workers would put Money they received for drinks into tip jars and later split the Ihil s tips. An air Force spokesman said the three other air Force members were questioned and have been or will be the subject of command  British police arrested the other Eibl bartenders a eluding Mary Ann Turner and Glynits Feeley both family members of us. Personnel. The women Are charged Wil larceny and conspiracy to commit larceny. Turner la charged with stealing $36 and Feeley $23.a spokesman for the British court said the larceny " " been committed for that amount. The eight Are expected to appear before mag Suita of Risoni involved ire Ellen Hammond Thomas Hiir Trail Jet Mercde Trevor Ray Puter Michael Ray Clark the Hijab tuner end put Richanne Nelson