European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday March 3,1987 i ices up thanks to Gorbachev Washington a an american scientist near death from fasting for nuclear disarmament has written to thank soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev for us. Ini him the attention he is finding hard to attract at Home. Gorbachev last week urge Dcharles Hyder. A former Nasa astrophysicist to end the hunger strike he began last sept. 23. Sav ing is spiritual strength i needed to work for arms control. Gorbachev asked Hyder logo Toich soviet Union for medical Turcol ment and rest but the Mexico native refused. Hyder who is now Down trabout 150 pounds from 3io pounds in september would no comment sunday on his letter. But a longtime Friend James Lee Evans said Hyder was very gratified by Gorbachev s offer. 4 explorers Safe Christchurch new Zea land Puli four explorers who abandoned their bid to reach the South pole on fool were reported Safe monday aboard la in suppl ship after trekking 535 Miles. Everything is of and every one is in Good condition said Cape Bernt Steinsland by radiotelephone from the Bay of whales. Norwegian glaciology so Monic Kristensen her three person learn and 22 Greenland huskies boarded the vessel Aurora saturday. Temperatures european Wea Atner sailors on Carrier donate $31,000 to help sick boy aboard the Carrier John sailors aboard the air Craft Carrier John f. Kennedy collected More than $31,000 for a 7-year-old Miami boy who lost part of his live transplant fund to Thieve. Ronnie Dewillers who had suffered from defective liver ducts received a new liver during a 12-hour operation Las week Dewillers Case received National Atten Tion and the attention of the Juk sail ors following news reports that $4,000was stolen from i Florida medical fund the shipboard collection began when a letter from a concerned crewman was read on the ship s daily to program. The crewman s letter was accompanied by tin Knout to i must tin set told in Ownly he tto Uji Sld Sis Adamm and. A in Moi Lewun Oman v eur Rawi. Of at find. Pamir him. R Matt Ftp. A Taro. A 0�bniwrtn t of Ommul by Dot 13.7v def of work adv wttptf4iwn Cand. D 4�m 4pm 4t h 4b 41 few must i41 14 Lemon a 32 h Ufa. P 11 19 Uwi i 4im 4pmu n 44 h3d 48as 8 s. Hll. Fit 41 Mew. Ito. F �4 39 Tonto r 71 h Van Louiw cd s46 to Imd Pitu si00 and a plea to please find someway to let others know thai people still first started As my daily show mushroomed into an Impromptu Tele Thon master chief Petty officer w Tiam Green said. Before i knew it sail ors were lining up outside to donate Money ship and Squadron patches bal cups just about everything imaginable to Ronnie in a few hours the Kennedy sailors donated More than $31.000 pesetas s4s3. 238,000 Taliban lira $1b31,870 French francs $309 and 10 German Marks $5.50. The Money will be turned Over to the fund to help for the liver transplant operation All this happened because a warm cruise missile tested successfully in Canada hearted shipmate was deeply disturbed that someone would steal from a sick child Green one Crew member put it. Sailors just can t stand to see a kid ripped Days after receiving a new liver paid for by donations from around the country do Sillers was Silling up sunday smiling and telling people Al children Hospital of Pittsburgh what he want to be when he grows up news reports said. 1 think i want to be in the Media " said his Mother Maria Desil lers. " or maybe i la slay with being on the Miami swat team and then he said look t might As Well be president because i have the same first name As he Reagan does. And the Media liked me so i won t have any problem with them " schools Updale cold Lake Alberta a . Air Force has completed a Success Ful lest of its cruise missile the second Ina week. The test which had been postponed twice ended sunday afternoon when the unarmed missile landed by Parachute on the sprawling Primrose Lake air weapons Range on the Alberta Saskatchewan Bor Der. Stormy weather in the United slate had grounded support planes fonday and saturday. While the 21-foot winged mis Sile and inc giant b-52 bomber that car Ries it could Nave flown surveillance air Craft incl Monitor the test could t maj. Jan Martinsen Canadian Force spokeswoman at Canadian forces base of staff sergeant sentenced for sodomy Raf ch1cksands, England Sis an air Force staff Ergeant and father of three was sentenced monday to three years in prison and Given a dishonourable discharge after pleading guilty to molest ing a child. Staff sgt. Thomas a Loder 33, a disaster preparedness specialist from enc pa., pleaded guilty m a general court martial to one charge of sodomy and one charge of indecent assault according to senior airman Ken Carlson. Loder who was assigned to the 7274thair base group also was reduced to the lowest enlisted Grade. Sodomy As defined by the military includes anal or Oral sex with another was sentenced by air Force it. Col. Sieve under military circuit judge in England. He could have received a maximum sentence of 25 years in jail and been ordered to forfeit All and allowances. Cold Lake said the missile s 4w-Hourflight was on Lime and on target. Six Canadian fighter aircraft fro cold Lake intercepted the missile along its route in practice runs two tracked i by sight As it reached the end of the flight sunday s lest was conducted without the protests thai have accompanied pre Vious nights including one last tuesday. The Canadian government last wee announced a five year Extension of the agreement under which the United tales tests the missiles m Canada. The air Force uses the Canadian rout because it allows Long relatively straight travel Over terrain that resembles portions of the Northern soviet Union. The air launched missile built by the Boeing co., Flics at subsonic speeds and carries a sophisticated guidance system that allows it to Hue the ground making detection difficult. The missile already sin use. Sunday s flight was the eighth in a series thai began three years ago. $85 for police Protection Washington a the average City resident spends 85.71 annually for police Protection the largest ongoing item in cily government spending according to a new census Bureau study said City governments averaged $781.34 in general Revenue an spent 1720,13 per resident a the 1984-85 fiscal year the most recent period for which detailed figures were available. China s doctor shortage peking a China has Only,20,000 doctors to care for is lion of More than i billion an720,00 population official news report said. The China daily news new paper said the ratio of qualified doctors to the population is especially severe i Rural areas. 8th-grader wins math contest Heidelberg Nick Rakigjija of Heidelberg Middle school achieved the highest score in the first round of the department of defense dependents schools Ger Many Region s match uni com petition , an eighth grader out distanced 103 other seventh an eighth graders representing 26 schools. The three hour Competition tested students in arithmetic algebra and geometry. Brandon Thornton an eighth grader at Ramstein Junior High school finished second in the individual Competition and paced his school to the top spot in the team finished second Fol Lowed by Wiesbaden Middle school Patch High school. Bonn High school wife Focken Middle school and funds Lull Middle school the top 80 students Advance to the next math counts stage. Heidel Berg Middle school Andlee society of american military engineers will Host that Competition april 4. Rope team schedules tour Lan Stuhl Germany the skip its jump roping team from Boulder colo., will open Anine City Dodds tour March 23 at und Stuhl team will be making us sixth appearance in Germany. The Lour ends april 3. Some Sites for the show have not been determined but the tour Khe Dule will include slops m Munich Stuttgart Grafe Woehr. Bud Loplz Nuernberg Mannheim Giessen and bad Kissinger. Jump of to keep on base local workers Ramstein a Germany is the air Force has no plans to birr us. Military spouses to replace local employees Al Safe installations. Air Force officials said after a meeting with Ger Man employee representatives . Family members will be consid ered for local National positions Only in the absence of qualified local nationals or in Mission required Job conversions said col. John j. Salvadore Safe Dep Uty chief of staff for personnel. Congress passed a Law in 1986 requiring the department of defense to give preference to us. Military spouses when filling jobs both in the United states and overseas. Air Force implementation of the Taw provides that treaty arrange ments local Law and other considerations be observed. The Safe policy also will apply to countries other than Germany where treaties and other agreements could cause minor adjustments in the number of positions available to local nationals or . Military spouses in accordance with local considerations officials said
