European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday july 24,1986 Federal Aid Likely for South s Farmers by the associated press rain has eased 2w weeks of heal in the South but it Hai brought no Relief from the drought that s Cost Farmers at least $800 million and a top . Agri culture official says he will recommend speedy Federal assistance. More help was coming wednesday from the Midwest where Farmers have been donating Hay since the weekend to help feed starving livestock in the South. Iowa prison inmates helped National guard members Load 3,600 Bales of Hay on three military cargo planes bound for South Carolina officials said. About so Georgia cattlemen lined up Early wednesday at the Atlanta Farmers Market for a share of the 40 ions of Hay flown in tuesday from Rockford Iii. This is our Only Chance to keep our cattle alive said Sara Dockery of Royston who drove 100 Miles with her husband an daughter to get some of the Hay. The first Farmer in line was Dale by Ford of Winder who said he arrived tuesday night he said he has had to feed his 60 beef cattle apples and stale read. This is a Short Start but it s a Start he Sard. Goods and rain were expected to keep most of the South below 100 degrees wednesday for the second consecutive Day. Columbia , reached Only 97 de Grees tuesday breaking a record string of is Days of triple digit temperatures. Tuesday s High in the South was 99 degrees in Macon a. The heat has been blamed for at least 42 deaths since Early july. Scattered thunderstorms were reported tuesday evening from Maryland to Florida with More than 3 inches of rain falling on Valdosta ga., within six hours and 2vi inches on Tifton ga., within 30 minutes causing flooding. Despite rain especially across Southern and Eastern Georgia and the South Carolina coast there s a lot of farm land that has remained dry through the period said Pete Reynolds of the National severe storms forecast Center in Kansas City to. So i seriously doubt that you can say the drought has been  a radio station in North Augusta s.c., held a rain dance in its front Yard tuesday Al Mooon but Only a Trace of rain fell there in the evening. It s a Way to try to get people s minds off the negative said wbb reporter Dana Mclntyre. Everybody around Here is  a Federal task Force on tuesday completed a two Day inspection of farms in the drought stricken South and assist ant Secretary of agriculture George Dunlop said he will recommend that fed eral assistance be expedited. I m hopeful that the message i can take Back to the Secretary is it s time to move these along Dunlop said during a tour in Elfand . He said disaster assessments normally arc not completed until the fall but he will report to agriculture Secretary Rich Ard Lyng that there Are severe farm losses in Alabama Georgia South Caro Lina and North Carolina. This is a terrible situation. It s almost unbelievable to see the crops in this destroyed position said Dunlop who headed the task Force. North Carolina agriculture commissioner Jim Graham who accompanied the panel tuesday said that although the tour showed concern for Farmers problems he won t be satisfied until he sees Federal Aid pouring in. All i want them to do is put up or shut up he said. Months of below Normal rainfall have withered crops and nearly dried up wafer supplies in parts of the Southeast despite scattered storms  As those that hit parts of the Region monday and tuesday. It s the worst i be Ever seen said Harold Arant a 75-year-old Dairy Farmer whose farm in Bowman s.c., has been in the family six generations. His son Todd who farms about 600 acres and has 200 head of cattle in Orangeburg county told the panel he s lost 80 percent of both his Corn and Hay crops. Some experts say $400 million of North Carolina s $4 billion annual farm income May already be lost and South Carolina crop losses arc estimated at $100 million. Crop losses in Virginia Are estimated at $61.5 million and the Georgia department of agriculture Esti mated damage at $ 140 million. On tuesday gov. Harry Hughes Esti mated crop losses at $100 million in Maryland and he asked that 21 of the stale s 23 counties be declared Federal disaster areas o make Farmers eligible for Low interest Loans. Teen age parents look Forward to returning to school Nashville Tenn. A twice married and the father of two 15-year-old Hal Warden is looking to the end of summer vacation and beginning 9th Grade. Catherine Warden Hal s 14-year-old wife who gave birth july 8 to Ashley his second daughter plans to attend private school part time after taking last year off on maternity leave. Both of the youths who live with Hal s parents say the birth Marks the end of having children. When i first got pregnant i thought one was All i wanted Catherine said tuesday. I love her Hal said of his new daughter. But there were seven kids in my family and we were Al ways fighting so i Don t want any  Catherine s pregnancy is not a rare statistic in ten Nessee. In 1984, 16,400 teens became pregnant about 4s a Day the state Center for health statistics said in a report in May. One in 47 girls age 10 to 17 became pregnant. Hal and Catherine were married feb. 4, just a few months after discovering she was pregnant. The moved into his parents Home and Hope to move next week into their own trailer in a Rural area near the City limits. Hal was with Catherine when she had the 8-Pound, in ounce infant at Nashville memorial Hospital meanwhile Hal s first wife Wendy Chappell War Den 17, on saturday brought the couple s 2w-year-old daughter Heather Nicole Warden to Nashville from Richmond vs., where she lives with her parents Hal said. He said Heather is to spend the rest of the summer in Nashville under the terms of his divorce agreement which allows him three months of custody each year. Hal began dating his second wife in August a Mont before his divorce from Wendy became anal. He was 13 and Wendy was is when they married in january 1984 after she Learned she was pregnant. The marriage took place in Chugiak Alaska where she lived with her parents. Hal and Wendy were involved in a Long and bitter custody Battle with Hal still vowing to obtain full custody although no court dates have been set. He said Catherine filled a place in my heart that was gone after his divorce from Wendy. Hal said his father Herbert still supports him and his family. He supports me about 99ft percent Hal said. I do what i can. That s All i can  Catherine said Hal wanted her to raise the children and not to work. He won t let me. He says taking care of the children is my Job. That s just Tine with  in the meantime Hal is working in his father s Asbestos removal business. He obtained a Driver s permit on a hardship basis when he was 13, he said the hardship of being  teen age parents Hal and Catherine Warden of Nashville Tenn., with children Heather left and Ashley. A photo 30% of West Point grads leave army after 6 years Washington up the .military Academy at West Point consid ered the incubator for tomorrow s Gener als watched 30 percent of its graduate Between 1970 and 1980 leave the army Afler just six years the army times re ported. The unofficial military newspaper has quoted a West Point study that tracked its graduates of the last decade. It said the Academy now wants to Leam Why the soldiers left the army and what might have induced them to stay. A West Point spokesman confirmed the statistics printed by the times an told United press International they were higher than the decade before 1970. West Point graduates Are committed to serve Only five years but Are expected to make the army their career. Educa Tion and training of a single Cadet costs taxpayers about $175,000. According to the Survey 24 percent of the 1970 class left for civilian life after six years 41 percent called in quits after 10 years and 45 percent had departed by March 31 of this year. Graduates from the 1971 and 1972 classes registered the highest drop outrage after six years 39 percent. The lowest six year rate during the Survey period was 20 percent from the class of 1978. Fifty five percent of the 1971 class was gone after 10 years and 59 percent had departed by March 31. It. Col. Jerome Adams a research psychologist with the science research Laboratory at West Point and head of the study was quoted by army times As saying that although he had no data the Vietnam War experience probably contributed to the attrition rates. Each group reacts differently to the experiences they have Adams told the paper. We All want to keep our Good people but it s different with us. If we lose a Captain with five years experience it s going to take us that Long to replace  Only 18.3 percent of the 1957 class left the army after the mandatory five year commitment a West Point spokes Man said but the percentages began Ris ing with the class of 1964 As the United states became More involved in Viet Nam. The 1964 class registered a 27.6 per cent departure rate after five years and the figure Rose to a High of 33.4 percent for the 1965 class then dropped off to 28.6 percent for the 1969 class. The class of 1980 was the first at Westpoint to include women and attrition after almost six years was higher than for All male classes but not As High As expected the spokesman said. As of March 31, 23 of the 62 female 1980 graduates had left the army for a departure Rale of 37.9 percent. Of the 857 male 1980 graduates 223 or 26 per cent have returned to civilian life