European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday february 14.1987 the stars and stripes pages commuting sgt Gene Cornelias an army Recruiter balances hefty briefcase As he rides his unicycle to us Ohice in Wilkes Barre a. Cornelius even uses hit Unicode to visit the Homes of potential recruits. Tight budget forcing . To close 7 foreign missions Washington up the state department hit decided to close seven overseas missions five or them in Western Europe for budgetary reasons administration officials said thursday. Officials said the seven consulates to be closed this year Are Duess Oldorf Germany Goteborg Sweden Lyon France Maracaibo Venezuela Salzburg aus Tria Tangier Morocco and Turin Italy officials said the . Consulate in Genoa Italy also was scheduled to be closed this year but was Givena reprieve because of the role it will play in the sooth anniversary celebrations of Christopher Columbus voyage to America. Although one of the largest . Consulates in the world in Frankfurt Germany also was on the Poten tial list Secretary of stale George Shutlz said wednes Day we re struggling to keep our Post in Frankfurt open which is one of the biggest cities most important cities in the world. I guess we re going to figure out How to do it but it s very  . Officials said heavy pressure from the German and american banking communities saved the Frank Furt Mission for now. State department officials said budget cuts impose Don the state department plus the weakened value of the Dollar overseas mean the seven foreign missions Wil have to be closed this year and that More will have to be closed next year. For a combination of budgetary historic geographic and political reasons the officials said the bulk of the cuts come in Western Europe where there is the heaviest concentration of . Mission. Because of congressional opposition any cuts in East Asia were ruled out for political reasons. The potential cuts arc focused on Western Europe where the . Missions Are fairly close to each other and where the functions of one Post can be taken up by another in a neighbouring Region. The Basic reason for the Cut is a Sharp reduction in the Money available to the state department for for eign operations. The state department has asked Tor a supplemental $1.32 billion this year to Avert the cuts but lawmakers warned Shutlz that the chances of get Ting the All the extra Money arc almost nil. Missions still on a potential hit list Are Germany Hannover Frankfurt and Stuttgart. France Bordeaux Marseille. Italy Florence. Genoa. Britain Edinburgh. Austria Salzburg. Belgium Antwerp. Turkey Izmir seven . Diplomatic posts were closed last year for the same budgetary reasons. They were Bremen Ger Many Nice France Rotterdam the Netherlands Sal Vador a Bahia Brazil Seville Spain Trieste Italy and Winnipeg Canada. Boy scouts launch anti drug crusade Washington a the boy scouts of Ameri Ca on thursday unveiled a nationwide Multi Media Effort to help combat drug abuse among youth. The country is in he midst of a serious drug epidemic said Ben h. Love chief Seoul executive. Tak ing drugs is riot just dangerous it is deadly. We Are seeing kids Only 9, 10 or 11 years old playing a deadly game of russian Roulette with i hair hearts their livers and in particular with that most marvelous and delicate Organ their brains he said. He said the organization was distributing 4 million brochures to its 411 local councils nationwide. In addition to printed materials the Campaign includes a 16-Minule videotape intended for training scout leaders As Well As radio spots and billboards designed to carry the anti drugs message. Appearing with love at a news conference was  r. Schuster director of the National Institute on drug abuse he said that with the exception of cocaine drug abuse appears to have crested in 1979, when an estimated 11.5 percent of . High school students were daily users of marijuana. That figure now has declined to about 5 percent. The boy scouts material includes a message from president Reagan and his wife Nancy who has been spearheading a Campaign to just say no to drugs. Yes drugs Are indeed a deadly game. They re a game that s played Only by losers. Be smart. Stay on the winning Side with those who really know the score the White House message said. Thieves take $4,000 raised for boy s surgery Miami a hours after a hospitalized 7-year-old received a Call from president Reagan thieves broke into his school and stole $4,000 that his class mates had raised for his liver transplant officials said thursday. Ronnie Dewillers received a phone Call wednesday from Reagan who urged him to keep the Faith and promised to make a donation. Later the Money was taken from a school closet raid Elaine Patterson Prin Cipal of is. Anthony s school in nearby fort Lauderdale. I m sorry that this is the lesson my children in this school have Learned after a lot of hard work and All the Money they be collected said Patterson. Who would come and do such a thing it s a  the Money was part of approximately �100,000 raised so far in the Community for Desil Krs who is in Miami children s Hospital wailing for the $162,000 Nec activities was to have been turned Overto the youngster s fund Friday. Reagan called after learning of therase from vice president George Bush who heard of in from his son Jeb Flor Ida s Commerce Secretary. He the president asked where he could Send his donation and we talked about the National Organ donor pro Gram the boy s Mother said. Various fund raisers Are being held invade and Broward counties to raise Money for the boy s surgery. 2 More Texas Banks fail of lit is 23 in . Midland Texas up Federal banking regulators closed two Banks thursday in Midland and in a san Anto Nio suburb bringing to 25 the number of Bank failures in the nation this year. Regulators blamed poor lending practices ineffective management and the Oil slump for the forced closure of Security National Bank of Midland. Federal Deposit insurance co. Spokes Man Bill Olcheski said the Odic was trying to find a buyer for the Bank which has some 2,000 depositors. In the san Antonio suburb of universality the office of the . Comptroller of the currency shut Down Federated nation Al Bonk and said 1,400 insured depositors would receive $11.4 million because no buyer could be found for the institution. Twenty five Banks have failed nation wide this year seven of them in Texas six in Oklahoma. Robert j. Herrmann senior Deputy comptroller of the currency who announced the Midland Bank s closing Laic thursday said its problems were caused by aggressive poor lending practices by former managers ineffective manage ment by directors and poor conditions i Energy and real estate development. Reagan to visit Canada Washington a president Reagan will make an official visit loot Tawa Canada april 5-6, the White House announced. Essary for the transplant operation at Pittsburgh children s Hospital final costs could total $300,000, which the family cannot afford. Police said thursday they had latent fingerprints in the Case but had not made an arrest and were still investigating. Thieves gained entry to the account ing office where the Money was stored by breaking a window police said the stolen Cash donated by students from lunch Money bake sales and other Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Feb. 14,1947 president Traman directed his experts to find out How much Coal could be sent to Britain and How quickly and said the United Stales was ready to do everything possible to relieve Britain s fuel crisis 30 years ago today. ,. Feb. 14, 1957 Chancellor Konrad Adenauer rejected the proposal of soviet Premier Nikolai Bulgarin that East and West Germany should reunite saying Here is Only one True German slate. 20 years ago today. Feb. 14, 1967 a Viet Cong mortar squad fired at the american High come he of Gen. William c. Westmoreland in Saigon and triggered two explosions that let More than50 vietnamese dead or wounded. The shells fell snort of Westmoreland s Post. 10 years ago today. Feb. 14, 1977 a Pentagon committee that reviewed the code of conduct for prisoners of War said charges of collaboration with the enemy should be investigated and punished under military Law