European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 15, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday april 15, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 army imposes restrictions on wearing of headphones Roundup i by Steve Morrison i slant writer Heidelberg a revised army regulation a i verely fast Ricks the wearing of stereo headphones on i army installations. I safety official Are concerned because the wearing offal Karmund stereos and headphones has become extremely popular and Al lean one Soldier has Bee killed while wearing headphones. Pfc Gregory Wilton of the 317th end in was struck and killed in january by a train As he walked atone the Frankfurt Streetcar tracks. German notice concluded nil stereo Headphone prevented him from hearing the train approaching. The army s revised regulation 385-js. Prevention of motor vehicle accidents prohibits anyone from wearing Headphone and earphone while driving army vehicle. Headphones also May not be worn while driving private automobiles motorcycle or moped on army installations or by anyone walking jogging skating or bicycling on installation roads an streets. The air Force has had similar restrictions in effector a Little Over a year a spokesman said. An interim change to air Force regulation iz7-7 outlaws the wearing of headphones or earphones while operating motor vehicle or during virtually any physical activity outdoors on an air Force installation said Doug Moore Safe spokesman. Wilson is believed to be the tint Soldier in Europe Labe killed while wearing headphones but the air Force attributes two deaths to airmen wearing Headphone while walking on Railroad tracks. One airman died in August 1985 near Lahn Germany and the second Les than one month later near Tilburg Germany. Card struck a safety specialist with Usa eur he thinks part of the problem May be americans unfamiliarity with the German train system. In the state you can walk along the tracks for Long periods of time without Ever seeing a train struck said. There Justin t As much rail traffic in America and the soldiers come Over Here expecting the same thing. They need to realize thai the German rail system is much much More  Usa eur Deputy chief of staff for personnel maj Gen Archie s. Cannon jr., expressed his con Cerns on the subject in a recent letter to theater com Manders stressing that Alt soldiers civilian employees and family members need to know of the hazards of High Speed trains and of the fact that it is illegal to Cross Railroad tracks except where  Lincoln assassination mementos Given up by or. Mudd s grandson Saginaw Mich. A when a Couch Sorn tables and other mementos leave for a Little Bouse i Maryland it will be a sad Day for the grandson of the Man who set the broken leg of president Abraham Lincoln s Assassin. They re All going sadly enough or. Richard Mudd said monday of the articles relating to his Grandfather. Or. Samuel Mudd and the Lincoln kill ing. Beginning wednesday the 122nd anniversary of Lincoln s assassination part of Mudd s collection will be displayed in Saginaw on May 2, it All will removed to a Small House three Miles East of Waldorf md., where Samuel Mudd set the broken leg of John Wilkes Booth shortly after the fatal shooting of Lin Coln in Ford s theater in Washington. . In Maryland the articles will be on permanent loan to the or. Samuel a. Mudd society inc. I will be giving them Many things said Mudd 87. The Couch on which or. Samuel Mudd examined Booth s pkg. And then i have a round Chest late that was made by or. Mudd in prison a Square checker table made by him in prison and a jewel Box made by him for cot. Charles Hamilton the prison com Mander. Inside Are several valuable letters including one from or. Mudd s sister in which she begs the com Mander to be Nice to her  Mudd is also sending More than a million documents connected to the Lincoln assassination to Georgetown University a school which members of his family have attended since 1799, a decade after it was founded. After Lincoln s assassination and Samuel Mudd s treatment of Booth a military court sentenced the 32 year old physician to life in prison at fort Jefferson in the Florida keys. He was released about four years later for his pan in stemming a yellow fever outbreak. Mudd said his father also a doctor never talked about Samuel Mudd or the Lincoln assassination. He could t do anything about it Mudd said. The Lincoln records were secret but that did t Coo Mudd s interest in his Grandfather or the assassination. When 1 was a teen Ager and i suddenly realize that my Grandfather was a Federal prisoner and since my father and Mother would not discuss it i began to study it and make notes he said. In 1926, while work ing As an intern Mudd began to devote More Lime to the search for his Grandfather s past. He hoped eventually to Clear the Mudd family name. Since 1933, i be been supported by possibly 90 senators and representatives in my Light with the government be said. In 1979, president Carter signed a letter saying he did t Bave the authority to Grant a Pardon from the military panel s verdict but be believed Samuel Mudd was unjustly accused and imprisoned. I m Happy that a president finally did something. He said. What Carter did i think is All that i can get and i certainly would t want to Embarrass president Carter by trying to do  3 8th-graders earn trip to mat counts contest Wiesbaden Germany three eighth Grade Hoys from Germany Region schools will travel to Washington . To compete in the National mat Counis Competition Michael Brand from Bonn High school James Clark from Ramstein Junior High school and Derek Adair from Wiesbaden Middle school will leave Germany May 12 for the May 15  Houp a teacher at Ramstein Junior High school will accompany the boys who will return to Germany May 18. The Frankfurt society of military engineers win help pay for the trip. Michael James and Derek finished first Sec Ond and third respectively in the final phase of the Region s math counts Competition april 4. Applications for program in Spain Are sought Madrid Spain applications Are being accepted from nigh school students in the Over seas school system to attend a three week col lege level summer program in science mathematics and management. The Challenge program co sponsored by the department of defense dependents schools Mediterranean Region and Depauw University will run from july 12 to july 31. Students entering heir Junior or senior year in the fall Are eligible. Challenge program director Guy Abramo said 36 students Wilt be accepted. Cost for the program is si50, which include tuition registration fee supplies and dormitory fee. Students will reside in the to Cjon High school dormitory. Application forms have been mailed Lod Odds High schools in the Atlantic Germany and Mediterranean regions. More information May be obtained by calling Abramo at 723-5380. Technology fair scheduled for May in Heidelberg Heidelberg More than 350 Industrial arts students and teachers Are expected to attend a technology fair May 29 at the Patrick Henry Village officers club. Sponsored by the Germany Region the fair win offer  9 30 am to 2 30prn Jim Zucchetti at 339-3096 or 06121-88299has More information. Music educators group plans meeting in May Aschaffenbur Germany the euro Pean music educators association will hold a meeting for Nan music teachers May 2 from 9 am. To 4 . At a Schallenburg elementary school Van Edwards at 37wi10 or 06227-51534 has More information. Nato must share Beans bullets fuel Otis says Betony Nauroth staff writer garm1sch, Germany making nato a More cohesive Force May have As much to do with sharing Beans bul lets and fuel As with sharing sophisticated hardware the Usa eur commander said. We must use each others consumer bics. In Soldier language that s Beans bullets and fuel Gen. Glenn k. Otis told delegates a the european association of the . Army monday. Otis told about a Soldier he once talked to who was on a held exercise with the German army. Would you eat this sir the Soldier asked pointing to a Large tin can. The can had a picture of a cow s Tongue on it. In some parti of the world Tongue is considered a delicacy Otis said. Try telling that to a go from  the theme of the 18th annual Ausa convention is partnership the com Mon defense or to a Canadian Soldier ". The common  Canadian maj. Tom Patterson in a forum on cooperation among the allies upon sort by the 1st Arrond div said the difference in spelling is just one minor difference in armies Patterson with the 4 combat mechanized brigade in Lahr Germany is a Liaison officer with the 1st army div in Ansback. Patterson said he understands German briefings Teller than american briefings because of All the acronyms used by the americans. An even More difficult area thai Hin Ders cooperation in nato comes Kinder the heading of what Patterson called cultural  he cited the example of a woman offi cer in the . Army working with a Ger Man whose army and culture has not yet accepted the idea of women in a fighting Force. Otis said he sees three areas where co operation can be effective. None has anything to do with weaponry. The first is sharing Beans Bulli is and  the second is radio communications. He pointed out that in the 1950s, Ger Man and . Army radio frequencies did t overlap. We solved that problem he said but now the threat is digital inform  he said nations Bent on protecting their information systems could return nato to the problems left behind in the 50s. The third area is in differing tactics and techniques used by each nation. Otis and several speakers in the 1st army div forum stressed the need for partnership training especially at the lowest Levels. Usa eur units have 673 partnership agreements Witt Allied armies most at the battalion level. In peacetime such training can get logged Down in National interests Cen tired on who s going to foot the Bill for what the speakers said. They said How Ever that in War most of these parochial interests will be left behind and the Dif Ferent armies will fight As one. In the Rase of Patterson s 4 Canadian combat mechanized brigade support from other armies is vital not just some thing they Hope will work itself out in the heat of Battle. We have no support of our own Patterson said. As a giant the . Army tends to look inward for solutions. As an adopted child we must look out