European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 4, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Daf issues advertorials on b-1b bomber. Page 2 d Charlotte May gel Aba franchise. Page 21 d jazz great buddy Rich dead at 69 Page 25 gripes Tui Mohito unofficial Fri Lichtig thu. Humid vol. 45, no. 349 saturday april 4, 1987 win 08693 a suspected defector left note by Connie Dickey and Chuck v1nch staff Orlim soldiers in i Csick Germany Friday said a private second class suspected of defecting to the soviet Union left a note on his Barracks bed a month ago saying he might not be Cut out for the  speculation on the identity of the . Soldier who reportedly defected 10 the soviet Union centers on pvt. 2 Wade e. Roberts a 22-year-old combat Wireman who went absent without leave March 2, Pentagon officials said Friday. The san Bernadina calif., native who was listed As a deserter thursday is assigned to Btry a 3rd in 79lh Field arty 42nd Field arty brigade in Gissen about 45 Miles North of Frankfurt. Four soldiers from Robert Bat Tery said they would not be sur prised if he is the i Soldier the soviet Union claims defected. The four Roberts agreed to talk to the stars and stripes Friday but asked that their names not be used. The soldiers described Roberts As a quiet person but said he had been mouthing off about leaving Itic Battery after being restricted and Given extra duty. We went to marburg for training in february and the sergeants had been Messing with him,1 a specialist four said. When we got Back from the Field Rob erts was put on 30 Days restriction and extra duly. He Roberts started mouthing off that he Felt he was being unduly harassed and that he was getting out of Here the Soldier said. The Soldier would not specify what the sergeants did to Roberts in photo workers in Augusta Maine float a building Back to a relatively Safe place after it was lifted from its foundation by the flooding Kennebec hirer which crested at a record level thursday. Rain and melting Snow Are causing some of the worst new England flooding in Ream. Story on Page 3. Uso to close 2 offices Combine programs by Chuck Vinch staff n Riter Washington the United serv ices organization saying it can no longer afford to support All its programs will close offices in Frankfurt and a Heinberg Germany and consolidate programs in Kaiserslautern Wiesbaden Ana Hanau Germany by july 1. The organization also will scrap its family outreach programs in Fulda Stuttgart Mannheim and Baum older Germany according to Uso president Charles t. Hagel. The resources of am organization Are finite Hagel said thursday. What we re doing is Matching our program priorities with our available and projected  signs that the organization was experiencing financial difficulties first surfaced last year when the Uso reported a projected deficit of More than is million for he fourth fiscal Quarter. The organization raised $750,000 in three months delayed some hours and reduced operating hours at some facilities to overcome the crunch but an offi Cial noted at the Lime that the Uso would be operating under a More conservative fiscal policy in the future. Hajj cd said the Frankfurt operation was pinpointed for closing because it is in a Large City with abundant military and civilian resources. Operations at Frankfurt International Airport and Rhein main a however will remain open. The Uso a i Khz Cinberg opened last july also will be closed even though the Community has needs Hagel said but current Uso resources and priorities do not match those needs he said. It would be unfair to provide anything less than fully supported and funded pro  satellite programs in Wiesbaden Hanau and Kaiserslautern will be consolidated into one location in each Community Hagel said. Collect Telephone Call services concert Lickert sales and Sony other Small programs probably will be discontinued at some locations. Reached at his Heidelberg office on Friday Christian Sachs the Uso euro Pean executive director said he had Only recently received notice of the cutbacks from Washington. He had no other immediate comment. A staffer answering the phone at the Frankfurt office said she had not been told of plans to close Down her Job Loca Tion. Employees at other Uso locations also expressed Surprise when told of the cutbacks. In a related Cost cutting move the Uso plans to eliminate a layer of Middle management and give More autonomy 10 local overseas affix rates As Ilu first my in a five year plan to strengthen operations at inc local level had said. The. Uso overseas is now made up of 33 affiliates in three major command areas 17 in the Pacific. 12 in Europe and four in the i Diter Cancun. Each Seo Uso on Page 28