European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 19, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 23 of is Bru is the stars and stripes Friday december 19,1986 Rogers had operation for cancerous prostate Washington is Gen. Bernard Rog ers supreme Allied commander in Europe in Iler want surgery dec. 11 for removal of a cancer Ous prosaic gland Al Walter Reed army medical c enter Here a shape spokesman said late thursday. The exact nature of the surgery was not Dis closed unlit a week after the operation under ropers orders last week the associated press reported 1h.it f of. Cordon brat7, chief of Public information for shape said the surgery was routine Iid not of an emergency nature. The dipl minion took two hours and 40 minutes and was completely successful in that llu1 can err was totally confined 10 the prostate gland Aivor def of Rogers attending physician. A ii a. Rogers is recovering esl remely Well Vita quickly Braz said. He was up and walk ing around one Day after the operation and he has been working from his Hospital room More my More Cadi Day since the  bran said the attending doctors intend to re lease risers 13ec. 20 to conv Alesce in washing ton Chr about two weeks Afler which he will return to his Headquarters in Belgium. Tie fi5-u a old Rogers who has commanded . Anil Allied forces in Europe since 1979, was in Washington to testify before Congress on arms control issues just prior to checking in the Hospital fur the surgery. Voyager Heads for Africa Breaks own distance Mark los Angeles a the in Peri mental air iral i Vonjager on thursday broke its own re Jorj Fiir the longest non refuelled flip he As it i Rossl d the Indian Ocean and headed Lor Africa n in elixir to in Circle the world without refuelling. The to Iii eclipsed the 11,600-mile Mark it set m july snid project spokesman Hob Brubaker. Irmund control Crews also received unofficial word Lull the Craft had passed the Halfway Markof i -.5du Miles on is journey but could t con firm that with the pilots because of bad radio comm Ideal ions. Brubaker said. Al last report. Voyager was about Halfway be twi in sri Lemka and the Eastern coast of Africa. After passing sri Lanka on wednesday eve Ning. Vicy Sijer broke thy ii,235-mile distance record in straight line flight for a Piston drive plane Sei 20 years ago by a Lockheed p2v-1. Hasenfus from Page 1 Las gave for releasing Hasenfus. They said this was the Christmas season and that they warned to reunite a family. 1 think they wanted to demonstrate to people in the United slates Hal they could be  but he added i m certain there were also some political  asked whether Hasenfus re lease was linked to the Iran con Ira scandal Dodd responded if it is it did t come  the advocate of Stamford Conn thursday quoted Dodd As saying Hasenfus and his wife had a Candle Light dinner Al the Home of . Ambassador Alberto m. Hiedra in Guatemala City. He had some Nice wine and a Good dessert the newspaper quoted Dodd As saying. Dodd also Mcl wednesday in Nicaragua with another captured american identified by the leftist govern ment As 49-year-old Sam Wesley Hall of Ohio. Sandinista officials said they arrested Hall on Friday near an air base Wilh maps of military installations in his socks. Ortega said Hall would be tried before a revolution Ary court called a people s tribunal As was Hasenfus. In Washington thursday White House Deputy pres Secretary Albert r. Bras car said of Hasenfus release we arc pleased that or. Hasenfus has been released we Are Happy for him and for his  but bras car went on to criticize the sandinista saying that if they wanted to make a gesture it should be toward those in Nicaragua who oppose their oppressive policies he said that if the sandinista made such gestures our relations with Nicaragua certainly would in  National Assembly voted 70-4 to Pardon Hasenfus with the four opposing Voles cast by members of several far left parties. Weinberger my forgone testify Bush meets with inquiry panel Washington a defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and former National Security adviser Rob in Mcfarland testified again thursday about the Iran arms affair while vice president George Bush met in his office with a special panel looking into operations of the National Security Council. The vice president asked to meet with the panel just to give them his ideas about changes that could be made in the functioning and operations of the Csc said Bush spokesman Marlin Fitz Walcer but he declined to say what the vice president told the group. The appearances of Weinberger before the House. Incl licence committee and of Mcfarland Velum ing to the Senate intelligence committee also were behind closed doors. Mcfarland was responding to questions that have Arisen since his original appear Ance dec. 1. After the morning session sen. Dennis Deconcini Dari. Said Mcfarlane had failed to Clear up a discrepancy with the testimony of other present and for Mer High while House officials. He said Mcfarland has held to his original testimony on dec. I that when Marine it. Col. Oliver North told him during a Mission to Iran last May that the arms Sale profits were being divert d to the Comras he assumed that it had approval from higher  White House chief of Stal Donald Regan and other shave testified under oath that no one authorized the diversion and that North operated entirely on his own authority Deconcini said that Afler listening to witnesses answer questions for three weeks he believes it is possible the president did not know of the diversion of the Iran Money. Also before inc House committee was new York businessman Roy Furmark who says he tipped Offia director William Casey in october to the possible diversion of profits from the Iran arms sate to Nicara Guan rebels. As he left Furmark told reporters i just answered All their questions concerning All of my involve ment with or. Casey my meetings with him. I had three meetings Wilh him. Attorney general Edwin Meese 111 said after his 4 a hour App ranch before the Senate commit lace wednesday that he now has More details on the funds Transfer and that North Stilt stands alone As the scheme s prime mover. Meese acknowledged he still can t Trace the Money Trail and can t be sure the Contra rebels really got the funds. Photo Tot Sis by Jim Don Grimes sorts through some of the More than 25,000 cards and letters with pfc. Steve Elsun Teutz Christmas from Page 1 an 8-Ycar-old boy from Pontiac mich., who sent a card. I Send him pictures of tanks and stuff like that Jaeger said. When we first started he thought we were Al War. He said he hoped i did t get Hurt in the fighting. Kids think like  regimental chaplain maj Vincent Inch Guerra tossed letters to Rifle toting cavalrymen of troop a i a tsp. They were clamouring for the ones from their own slates. Pfc. Keith Villareal 20, of Detroit held letters from Janet Brown of Arkansas John Lisinski of South Huntington n.y., and la. Kozlowski of Simi Valley Calif. His buddy. Spec. 4 Brian Hammond 22, of ports Mouth Ohio pored Over letters from Linda badman of Minneiska. Minn and Jennie Durel of Mandeville la. They said it was great and could t believe people would take the time to write. Grimes who served five years in on airborne Ranger Long Range reconnaissance patrol unit said he began the project after seeing a picture of an american sol Dier serving at the czech Border at Christmas. He said he Felt As though he would be letting that Soldier Down by not doing something Tor him. My guilt grew until 1 decided i had to do some thing he said he has spent More than 115,000 of his own Money and is now working full time on America remembers. His next project already in the planning is to bring Young american leaders to Germany to show them the Border. He also wants to expand the mailing Campaign so that every Soldier Sailor airman and Marine serv ing overseas gels a letter for  what s real scary is that the american people Haven t done something like this since the end of world War ii. 1 suspect it s simply because nobody asked them