European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 7, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday August 7.1986 multimillionaire Hotelier named to be new postmaster general Washington a Preston r. Tisch president of a multimillion Dollar Hole company was named wednesday As the new postmaster general. Tisch president of Loew s corp. Of Newyork was selected unanimously on tues Day in a closed session of the postal service Board of governors the Board s chairman John r. Mckean said wednesday. Tic announcement a flee appointment was made at a press conference. Tisch s brother Laurence also a Loew s executive is the largest share Holder of lbs inc. Asked whal hired Tisch to the $86,200 a year Job. Mckean said Bob is deeply committed to Public service " he said Tisch was hired because he i Jne of the country s most successful business Lead Hie Hotelier succeeds Albert v. Casey who ends his seven month tenure at the Helm of the 130 billion Agency aug. Is to each at Southern methodist University. Tisch 60, a native new yorker who earned a Bachelor s degree in economics from the University of Michigan has Home in Rye n.y., with his wife Joan. In addition to president he serves Schief operating officer and executive committee chairman of Loews which besides hotels owns the Lorillard cigarette business most of the Cna Finan Cial insurance company and Butov watchmakers. The company has annual revenues of $5.6  and his brother Laurence went into business together in the Early 1950s, buying the Laurel in the Pines hotel re sort in Lakewood no. They parlayed a series of astute Waqui Simions Over they eans into a Fortune estimated by Forbes Magazine at $ 1.7 billion. The fisches control 24 percent of Loew s Slock in equal , As proprietor of Loew s Regency in new York City claims to have in vented the custom of Power break fasts where the City s business movers and shakers Meel Over scrambled eggs Oast and Coffee to Cut deals. Casey who bid Farewell to the postal Board tuesday ii recommending thai his successor expand the use of technology in delivering the Maiti. Addressing his final Board meeting Casey called on Congress to give the postal service authority to borrow Money to expand ill investment in Auto mation and other applied technology. While in the Job Casey a former chairman of american airlines reorganized the postal service a Job the Board believed could Only be accomplished by an outsider and eliminated an entire Levei of management. In or Elliona of dollars Par fiscal year $1,000 -600 t978 80 82 "84 Chcuik Titan a Tsow a my 8tr� Forf Banning permanent site for latins school by Norman Black a military writer Washington the army after a year Long study announced wednesday it has selected fort Ben ninja ga., As the permanent Home of the school of the americas. The school which has provided military training to latin american soldiers for 40 years has operated at fort Benning on a temporary basis since it was moved from Panama in 1984 to comply with the terms of the Panama canal treaty. Following that move the army screened 41 installations in the United states and puerto Rico As potential permanent files for the school last september it announced it had narrowed the search to three Sites fort Benning fort Stewart a. And fort Polk la. The decision to permanently station the school at fort Benning was baud on the Long term training needs of our latin american Al lies an army statement said. The study process considered the anticipated number of latin american students the require ments for training and academic facilities i refunding and environmental assessments. The socioeconomic analysis conducted during thei tudy indicate no Ifni Fichani Impact upon fort Benning or the surrounding Community City and business leaders in nearby Colum bus ga., had campaigned to keep the school at fort Benning arguing that their City had already proven its hospitality in accepting the school s Tuff and students. The school of the americas with a staff of More than 320, provide instruction in a variety of Kius ranging from � command and Genera half course for majors to a leadership course for non commissioned officers according to the army. Since 1946. The . Array school of the americas has trained More than 46,000 latin american military students in a Broad Range of military  Mai. Phil Soucy an army spokesman said the school now trains about 250 students at any one time. The service plans to gradually increase the student Load Over the next four years to roughly $70, he said. Soucy said he had no estimate of the economic Benefit to be derived by fort Benning and the surrounding area As a result of the decision. The school operated out of fort Gulick Panama Between 1949 and 1984. The United Stales agreed in the 1977 treaty returning control of the Panama canal to Panama that it would move the military facility out of the country. Pentagon unveils new Structure for go special operations units by the Cox news service Washington looking to stave off congressional action the department of defense unveiled plans tuesday for a new command Structure for the armed services special operations units. A three Star general or Admiral would be in charge of the new special operations Force come and would re port directly to the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. The plan was outlined before the Senate armed services subcommittee on sea Power and Force projection. The new organization would be headquartered i Washington but would Slit be dependent on the individual services for personnel and resources according to the chairman of the joint chiefs adm. William s. Crowejr. The plan May become part of a Compromise with Senate efforts to totally revamp the nation s special operations forces by making them a separate Branch of the military. Sens. William Cohen a Mainc and Sam Nunn d ga., Are pushing a proposal that would make the special forces a joint military Organiza Tion. Create a Structure within the National Security Council especially for coordinating Low intensity military operations. Establish a new assistant Secretary of defense to oversee special operations. Cohen and Nunn wire expected to take their Bill to the full Senate and offer to join it with a comprehensive department of defense reorganization plan work ing its Way through Congress. Cohen repeated concerns tuesday that the Mili tary s special forces had been allowed to deteriorate. He cited poor coordination Between the services and a snub of special warfare office by promotion Board. It is significant to me that the three top officers now heading special operations forces have no Field or company Grede experience As special operations Olis cers Cohen said. We Scon to be sending a signal that if you want to get ahead in the military special farces in t the Way to go he said. Congress has been pressing the Pentagon to beef up m special orces for several Yean. Critics cite increased inter National terrorism guerrilla warfare and thud world unrest military situations difficult in confront wit conventional forces As evidence of the need for special Small units of highly trained commando. Under Cohen s plan the army s Delia Force and Green berets the Navy s Seal teams and the air Force s special operations squadrons would be uni fied As a separate Branch of the services. The Pentagon has doggedly resisted any plan that would mesh elements of the individual services. Such a solution would reinforce the Wall Between special operations and the my of the military we have been Labouring for years to dismantle Richard u a Midge assistant Secretary of defense for International Security affairs told the committee. Asked Why on the eve of the Senate s vote on it sown reorganization of special forces the Pentagon unveiled its own plan Crowe replied our learning curve May be shallow but ii is not entirely Flat. We were getting your message  Crowe said that the new command would be functional in about six months. Arms theft probe focuses on Forf Bragg Raleigh . Fuji Federal inquiries into the possible theft of such military weapons As mines hand grenades and anti Lank rockets have focused on the sprawling fort Bragg installation. Every place we look fort brag pops up Bill Livingstone an aide to sen. Pete Wilson a Calif said tuesday. Wilson chairs a Senate hearing on the military s inventory management which he claims is so inadequate the Pentagon cannot account for si30 billion in equipment. A general accounting office report issued earlier this summer described documented examples of thefts at fort Bragg involving training ammunition including rockets and bulk explosives in 1985. A Federal grand jury investigating the activities of the Kun flux klan in North Carolina also wants to know where those weapons Are going. In the july trial of White Patriot party Leader Glenn Miller a convicted illegal arms dealer testified he had sold the while supremacists $50,000 Worth of mines grenades anti Lank rockets and explosives stolen from fort Bragg. The testimony of Robert Jones was the first Evi Dence of the Kjan s military connection said . District attorney Sam Currin who helped prosecute the Case. Officials say the stolen munitions problem May be worse at fort Bragg than other bases because of its size and inventory. The base is one of the army s largest installations with 43,000 troops spread Over 200 Square Miles. At fort Bragg they Are dealing with a monumental problem because fort Bragg is not a training base they re ready to  Currin said. You re dealing with  troops Many of whom have Access to plus Kino of  but base officials say the army s internal auditing controls Are working. The amount of gear such Spacks and canteens fort brags soldiers illegally pawned in nearby Faycik Neville dropped by More Man half this year said Cape. Ken  said the Federal investigations Are wort Henje but the probability is extremely Remote that weapons such As rockets could leave the base. That u not in our View a major problem Minn said. We Are concerned about it., because Sam Frt could Hurt the person who stole it or Hurt other peo