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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 38 the stars and stripes monday August 11,19b6 the Brandenburg cite looms behind demonstrators human Chain formed to protest the 25th anniversary of the Berlin Wall. App Rio Wall foes Cross into East Berlin Berlin up about Iso West German demonstrators crossed into East Berlin to protest the Berlin Wall throwing firecrackers and ripping apart an East German hag West Berlin police said Sunda the demonstrators marched past checkpoint Charlie the Allied Cheek Point on saturday night following a rally held to Mark he 25th anniversary of the Wall which divides the City. The protesters most of them Young and some carrying Wisl German nags crossed the while demarcation line into East Berlin just outside i i East Gor Man Friedrich Strasse crossing Point for foreigners. Shouting anti communist slogans they Rcw firecrackers pulled Down a flagpole and ripped apart an East Ger Man Flag a police spokesman said. Some climbed up on the 13-foot Wall which was built aug. 13, 1961, by East Germany to halt the exodus Ofreci ices. About 20 Easl German Border guards watched but took no action. The protesters ignored repeated orders by the Border guards and West Berli police to leave but All left by Midnight about three hours after the Demon stration began. The incident took place after peaceful demonstrations were held. About 5,000 people took part in a March and rally saturday afternoon. Some carried Black crosses As they marched through the Center of Wisl Ber Lin. Flying fun food highlight Ramstein air show by Paul  Bureau Ramstein a Germany six year old Edward Hamilton devised simple system for watching the flying demonstrations sunday at the flu tag 86 air show. When the noise scared me said the Young air plane enthusiast i plugged my cars. An estimated crowd of 350,000 people joined Edward and his family at Hiim Siwill s annual open House which this year featured the red arrows a nine member precision flying team from the Royal air Force. The four hour air show included dem Onsol rations by aircraft from 11 countries hews briefs including . Air Force f-l6s, the dutch precision helicopter team the Grasshoppers and the German Navy s Vikings a two member precision flying learn. Although the crowd lopped last year s total of 250,000 people it was a quiet Day for both Security police and German police. A group of about 90 demonstrators attempted to Block the base s West in trance As Gates opened at 9 a.m., but the flow of can was not disrupted said Werner Ochs Kaiserslautern police president. One Man was detained and searched but he was later released. No arrests were made. Unlike last year police did not confiscate a Large number of weapons from people attempting to enter the base Ochs said. Inside the base medical personnel treated 76 people for blisters and minor injuries. Afternoon rain thinned the crowd be fore the end of the air show but Clear skies sunday morning brought visitors to Ramstein from Germany the nether lands and France. The children really enjoy it said Walter by Cybach from Germany s Den Waid. But we nil like the air  the five member Weckbach family travelled about 60 Miles to join lines of traffic that stretched at limes from the base Gates to the autobahn. While the number of visitors did not reach the his projection of 500,000, participants did some heavy eat ing. Various vendors of food and drink re ported Selling More than 100,000 Ham burgers 30,000 sausages 40,000 liners of soft drinks and 25,000 liners of Beer according to morale welfare and Recita Tion officials. Ground displays included aircraft from 14 countries and included some world War a i Niagu planes. After careful observation Edwar Hamilton and his 3-year-old brother Ean summed up the Day in two sentences. It was neat said Edward. I liked the red planes added Ean. Arms team in Moscow Moscow a a delegation of lop . Arms control experts arrived in Moscow on sunday for two Days of talks with Kremlin officials. Members of the group declined to comment to reporters at the Airport. The delegation headed by Paul Nilze presi Dent Reagan i top  control adviser flew into Moscow s Sheree Levo Airport aboard a . Air Force plane. Palestinian Camps raided Sidon Lebanon up four israeli Gim ships twice raided palestinian larg cts in the Southern lebanese port of Sidon sunday wounding five people police said. The four gun ships covered with a Squadron of israeli warplanes pounded two palestinian Camps on the Edge of Sidon 24 Miles South of Beirut. Lone Leatherneck discovers True meaning of the word few1 Ramstein a Germany chief warrant offi cer Robert Stambovsky knew joining the Marine corps reserves would number him among the few and the proud but he did t know just How few that few would Stambovsky who is part of a Cam that provided airborne traffic surveillance for crowds at the plug lag 86 air show is the Lone Marine among the Many airmen and soldiers in the kaisers Lauvern Community. I Lake a Little flak but it s mostly in a kidding vein he said. Basically people come up and say my brother was a Marine or my father was a Marine " Stambovsky 42, often works with the . Forces police in kaisers Laulom helping coordinate Security for festivals and events. He spent sunday morning flying a single engine plane above the crowded lanes of Raudic near the base. He wore his Khaki and Green uniform which is Seldom seen in kaisers Lamorn. Stambovsky became the fewest of the Masones few Good men when he came to Germany in 1984 when his wife an air Force major was transferred from califor Nia. After Active service in the  in the Early 1960s, Stambovsky joined the Marine reserves in 1468. But he found that there was no Marine unit in the kaisers Lauvern area for him to join. I wrote a letter to Headquarters Marine corps and asked if there was a vehicle for me to Drill with another service he said. There was. He spent two months volunteering on Active duty with a Squadron at Simbach a and one month Active duly with so curly forces in Kaiserslautern. Now Stambovsky has a full time civilian Job at rams Cin that prohibits Long term service with any air Force units. Bui Kaiserslautern s sole Marine still serves his Reserve duty part time with the so curly work. Paul Cozby  
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