European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 7, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page b the stars and stripes tuesday april 7,1987 Donnelly leaving Safe legacy of inc   Brand Ramstein a Germany Gen. Charles l. Don belly or. Steps Down As Safe commander this morn ing and Heads for Washington d.c., wednesday Loput the finishing touches on a 36-year air Force career. Donnelly who retires May i entered the air Forcen 1951 As an aviation Cadet. For the past 2vi years he has headed both Safe and Allied air forces Centra Europe. The two hat Jab has meant not Only seven Day workweeks but also Long work Days where after hours entertaining is a requirement. More than 700 official guests went through the Donnelly Home in 1986. The figure does t hint at the number of other occasions disposition required him to attend. Although Donnelly likes to play Golf and enjoy Reading military history he will not Trade seven Days a week in uniform for seven Days on the Golf course he wants to stay Busy. He wants to tit in his suits better take care of your people firs and the Mission will follow  Charles l. Donnelly or. Hell look for work in Washington that will keep him involved in the air Force. Donnelly 56, is Gray haired and tall he looks directly at the people with whom he Speaks. He is serious most of the Lime. At an interview in his office i March he wore the camouflaged fatigues required of All Headquarters personnel during exercises a Ramstein. He answered questions quickly and in a Strong voice. Does he Ever wish he had done anything different  did he Ever consider leaving the air Force there was never a time when we were discouraged or did t Tike what we were doing. As a result of that we stayed Donnelly decided to make the military a career in 1954 while stationed in Tripoli Libya with his wife Carolyn. It was a less than Ideal living situation still they liked the air Force life. He applied for regular commission and embarked on a Road leading through 127 combat flying missions in Southeast Asia a Wing commander s spot at Torre Jon a Spain the top chair at 5th air Force at Yokota a Japan and finally Germany. Donnelly had two Basic goals when he came to Safe in August 1984. The first was to take care of people with an emphasis on the family. The second thing i wanted to do was to be Able tonight right now he said. Our whole emphasis with people because humans do everything in this world tour training and our exercising and so Forth has been focused on that item. Right now. We must be Able to fight right now i m confident we Are prepared to do i right now with what we have Donnelly sees no conflict Between people goals admission goals. Take care of your people first and the Mission will follow automatically he said. Printed at the Bottom of Donnelly s menus arc four letters a p e  accentuate the positive eliminate the negative Donnelly also has a sign on his desk cinc Posi Tive a play on the phrase think positive and the acronym for his Safe role. Over his door hangs a plaque if you Don t take care of your people you Anft Fly and fight  Donnelly spoke of his goals As Safe commander by first offering a caveat that serves Well As the final note for his  commander Ever finishes As much As he wants to finish he said. What you can Hope to do is make an Impact while you re  during his tenure Donnelly insisted that Headquarters personnel put on chemical gear Wear camouflaged fatigues and eat Field rations during  reminds people that someday you la be out there said chief master sgt. John  senior enlisted adviser. I be seen full colonels eating res in the parking lot. Maybe they re at head quarters but you re still in the United Stales air Force As the head of Safe and the six nation Allied air forces Central Europe Donnelly also faced More than the concerns of his own people. Jack Aimin Host nation adviser to the Safe com Mander characterizes the challenges of German Amer ican relations As More difficult than Ever before. I dealing with the German people Donnelly also has scored Well he said Safe has come a Long Way from being up on mount Olympus in the Clouds making policy army said. Donnelly had to Deal with increased concerns Over aircraft noise and environmental issues. He established an advisory committee of business and Community leaders from the state of Rheinland Pfalz Home to the majority of . Air bases in  germans were a bit sceptical of the open Dia Logue offered by the committee Arm in  the German air Force had no such animal he said. But the Success has been  members rave Donnelly a plaque calling him Friend and Leader. The German government gave him one of its highest honors the Knight commander s Cross of the order of Merit in february Donnelly received the order of the sword Given by non commissioned officers to people they hold in High esteem. He is the first Safe com Mander to win the award and the first person in Theair Force to receive it twice he also bad been Hon ored by his cos in  first told of the award. Donnelly cried Mccauslin said. Mccauslin served As Donnelly a senior enlisted adviser at 5th air Force and retires May i. Somebody else might get it twice but it la be dam rare if it s from two different tactical air forces in two different major command 6 Alpine skiers 2 climbers die in Austria Italy and Switzerland Innsbruck Austria a six German skier died sunday in an Avalanche on Dalpe Mountain about 40 Miles Southwest of Innsbruck police  other skiers were found alive by rescuers. In Northern Italy an Avalanche buried nine Austria hikers it was reported one of whom died. In Switzerland authorities said an american climber injured in a fall on thursday died sunday in a  police said the West germans killed four men and two women were skiing despite warnings to leave the Alpine slopes marked As prone to avalanches due to a recent warming trend. Vit was the worst single instance of Avalanche deaths in Austria this  television said eight skiers were buried but two were found alive by some of the 200 Rescue work ers who gathered at the disaster scene the two were flown to a Hospital by helicopter for treatment of undetermined injuries. In Bellono Italy officials said an Avalanche buried nine austrian in the Dolomite mountains of Northern Italy on sunday and ail but one a 50-year-old Manfrom Killib survived. In Chur Switzerland cantonal police said Kristen Mahler 25, from Aspen colo., died of injuries Sun  and a companion were on their Way Down from the 13,295-foot fit Bernini Mountain near St. Morison thursday when she slipped on ice and fell 800 feet on the mortar alien Glacier of the Eastern face Accord ing to police. Her companion roped to her was dragged with Mahler. The companion s identity was not reported but authorities said he was badly Hurt. World today Survey offers japanese tips on living Long life Tokyo a a warm climate plenty of Milkani --1 Are Tome i Post to results or i nationwide Survey by a Tokyo based geriatric research Center showed the num Ber of japanese Over 100 Yean of age has in creased More than tenfold since 1963, when there were 153. The Survey was reported by the Kyodo new service. Officials at the research Center could not be contacted Over he  the 1,260 centenarians who responded to the Survey Many cited Law abiding lifestyles and an abundance of simple food. French ministry criticizes soviet expulsions of 6 Paris a the foreign ministry said the expulsion of four French diplomats and two businessmen from Moscow was unjustified retaliation for the expulsion of six soviet citizens from  ministry commented in b statement is sued  week France said it had old the soviet Union to withdraw three of its diplomats for inappropriate activities a euphemism for espionage. The expulsions apparently were in connection wit the arrests of seven people accused of trying to acquire european space program  its statement sunday the ministry Dis closed three other soviet citizen had also Bee told to leave France. They were not identified and a ministry spokesman would not say if they too were diplomats. 300,000 criminal cases handled in China in 86 Beijing up the courts last year handled nearly 300,000 criminal cases about one third of them for violent crimes carrying a Maxi mum penalty of death China s chief judge re ported  Lianxiang president of the supreme Peoples court also blamed the corrosive influence of decadent Bourgeois ideas and slackened emphasis on ideological work for a 5s percent increase in economic crimes. These offences included smuggling embezzle ment bribery swindling robbery and profiteer ing Zheng Sai Zheng delivering his annual report to the National people s Congress said Public order re Mains unsatisfactory or Nasty in some Large size and medium size cities that have contacts with the outside world. Makers of film fined for polluting Shanghai Beijing up1 the makers of a movie directed by Steven Spielberg about the japanese occupation of Shanghai have been fined More than $13,100 for polluting a crowded area of the City with toxic fumes during filming a report received monday said. The Shanghai based news report newspaper said Warner Brothers the Shanghai general film co. And the China cooperative film production co. Created serious pollution during shooting last month of the Empire of the  order to generate smoke for the set the film makers burned tires in the densely populated eng Yang Road and Jiu Jiang Road area of Shanghai for five successive Days spreading Large Quantity of toxic substances the newspaper said. $720,000 Renoir stolen from London Art gallery London a thieves forced open the front door of a London Art gallery and stole a Renoir masterpiece the vase of Flowers valued at $720,000, police said sunday. Police said the theft of the painting by the19th-Century French impressionist Pierre a uste Renoir from the Wildenstein gallery Wasisco cred saturday night