European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes Friday. January 23, 1s87weinberger Adamant against pullout Western Europe is Freedom s front line b Norm an Black a Iii lira write Washington proposals mat the United slates withdraw some of its troops from Europe arc ill conceived and patently dangerous because such a move would encourage soviet aggression defense Secretary Caspar w. Weinberg or said thursday we Stern Europe is Freedom s frontline and by far the greatest attraction for soviet Weinberger declared in remarks prepared for inc Denver to Lary club. The United slaves could nol live in world in which Western Europe was overrun by the soviet hordes. We station troops in Europe because it is in our in Terest to do Weinberger s speech copies of which were released at the Pentagon was prompted by a series of recent hearings before the Senate armed services com m it Tec on . Military strategy. The panel has received conflicting advice about the Wisdom of maintaining the current Force of 350,000 american troops in Europe. Zbigniew Brzczinski who was nation Al Security adviser to former pics Ideal Carter testified last week that up to 100,000 of those troops should be transferred 10 he Central come Ichieh is designed to protect . Interests in the Oil Rich persian Gulf area to reflect changes in the world Over inc past four decades. Although Weinberger throughout the past six years has made Clear his support for the current level of . Troop strength in the North Atlantic treaty organization his speech thursday contained an unusually harsh denunciation of Calls for withdrawal. Beyond the threat to the West s Security the defense Secretary accused the critics of undermining arms control and troop reduction negotiations with the so Viet Union. In justifying current troop Levels Weinberger said Europe has become More not less important to the Security and Well being of America Over the past the Senate George h. Nash a scholar he has been working on a biography of presi Dent Herbert Hoover at the Hoover presidential Library in West Branch. Iowa since l?75. As a member of the n Ai ional commission on libraries and information science. Darrell m. Trent chairman of Roll ins environmental services in Wilming ton. Del., and a former Deputy Secretary of transportation to the Board of direr Tore of the National Railroad passenger corp. David n. Baker chairman of ihu1 jazz department at Indiana univ Sruv Nina Brock a member of the Tenn swi arts commission Robert Garfias. Dean of fini1 arts at the University of califor Nia at Irvine Robert m Johnson a Flor Ida stale senator Ardis Krainik general manager of the Lyric opera of Chicago Harvey Lichtenstein. President of die Brooklyn Academy of music and Arthur Mitchell executive director of the dance theater of Harlem As members of the National Council on the arts. Frank h. Walk a new Orleans consulting Engineer and Brig. Gen. Charles Ernest Edgar Iii commander of the . Army Engineer division for the sout Atlantic Region Atlanta As members of the Mississippi River commission. Carolyn a Vash of Altadena calif., president of the Institute for information studies As a member of the National Council on the handicapped suit filed after surgery at Brooke san Antonio. Texas apr a woman who claims military doctors erroneously diagnosed her daughter As being pregnant and performed need Jess surgery has sued the Federal government. The woman Sou gift $750,000 in an administrative Sill Lemartt but he claim a i denied lust month. The Lau Uit filed tuesday asks unspecified damages. The woman alleges that on april 19, 1vb5, her daughter then 12. Was taken to Brooke army medical Center Tor an doctors diagnosed her As showing signs of being pregnant although there was no indication of sexual activity the Xaiv suit said. As a result the woman decided to have an a onion performed on her daughter. After the surgery was performed Ai Brooke staff at another military Hospital told the woman her daughter had never been pregnant and that the diagnosis was an error the suit said
