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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, April 29, 1987

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday april 29, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 3 army May recruit More men Over 25 Washington up the Mili tary May Start recruiting More men Over age 23 to till its rants a hedge against an expected Sharp decline in the next tour Yean in the youth population the army j lop Recruiter say. Since 1980, the military has be enable to full its ranks with High Quality recruits partly because of the decline i High paying Industrial jobs available to Young men in civilian lire. Col. Jimick Essaid last week. Also contributing to increased sol Dier strength has been the entry into the civilian Job Market of Large numbers of women More effective recruiting by the services and a More patriotic Alti tude toward military life he said. I see no1 reason for it the current recruiting environment not to continue the chief of the army i enlisted accessions division said. Jewel said he ii optimistic despite the projected drop in potential 17 to 21-year-old prime Market recruit from 820,000 today to 540,000 in 1991 the result of lower birth rates Start ing in the 1960s. The prime Market excludes those i College end he unqualified. Therefore he said to continue the Quality Volunteer Force we have today it is prudent not to assume everything s going to continue Rosy. There May be Aneed to expand into the older Market place. And we Are considering research on ways to do that  one Way. Jewel said would be for Recruiter to Telephone eligible Candi dates in the older groups just As the have been doing in the prime Market age group Over the past three years As opposed to traditional passive Mea sures such As advertising. Nearly half of All army recruits no come from telemarketing efforts and the proportion has risen from 23 percent in1983 to 42 percent in 1986, he said. Men Over age 25 currently make up Only 8 percent of the army s recruits. Jewel raid he believed there is an untapped Market of intelligent highly motivated men primarily College Stu dents needing Money to continue their education or College graduates who cannot find a satisfying Job in facing out to the prime Market jewel Aid recruiters have been Able to work from lists such Ashl Fth school  difficult is How to actively Prospect in the older marketplace efficiently to said. Obviously you could take a Telephone Book and Star  the Telephone Book is terribly inefficient How such prospecting can be done efficiently is the object of research no being done by All the services he said. Judge killed by Ira did t disguise travel plans London up Northern Ireland s no. 2 judge Long a target of guerrillas of the outlawed Irish Republican army had tailed to disguise his vacation travel Plant when he was kilted by a car bomb. Northern Ireland Secretary Tom King said monday. King Britain s chief minister in the province said the judge had Given a travel agent full details of his car and its registration plate number. King reported id parliament on the killing of lord Justice Maurice Gibson 73, and his wife Cecily who were blown up on the Northern Ireland Side of the order with the Irish Republic saturday virtually under the noses of police bodyguards from both coun tries. Gibson was one of the highest ranking British officials killed by Irish nationalists since the assassination of Queen Elizabeth s Uncle lord Louis Mountbatten in september 1979. King said the Gibsons were killed by explosive planted in a Blue Cortina car stolen a month earlier. The method of detonation appears to have been by radio signal King said. King sought to counter charges by Northern Ireland protestant readers that the couple had been betrayed by a Security Leek inside the Irish Republic s Security forces which took Over the Gibsons Protection on arrival at Dublin on the Way Home front an easter vacation in France. King said Gibson s Holiday had been booked in disown name through a Belfast travel Agency on dec. 29 last year and on feb. 12 a change was made in the return route. A description of his car and its registration were included on the reservation form King said. Referring to the Gibson killings and a recent  in Ira attacks that have taken is lives mainly Security personnel King told the House of commons the Clear purpose of the Ira at this time is to under mine the morale of the Security forces to increase ten Sion and hatred. Thus to provoke  France s policy on visas successful in combat eng terror official says Paris a visa requirements imposed last fall to combat terrorism Are considered successful even though Man visitors passports Are not checked a government official said monday. A spokesman for the French foreign ministry speaking s n condition of anonymity in keeping with government policy said the passports of people entering the country by car Are not checked regularly As those entering by or train. A spot  can entering Franjic Emrany of the eight adjacent countries. Paris car rental agencies say Only one out of every 100 cars is stopped by Border police. Nevertheless France is satisfied the program has been effective in dissuading a the official said know we re checking care fully eve Htwe Don t Stop everyone so for them there tithe threat that if they try to enter with  for example they could gel caught the visa sept.  of a series of i few Nungi that killed ii people injured More than 150. Prime minister Jacques Chirac announced that visa would be required for citizens of the United states and 40 other countries who previously did not need them. The requirement initially was impose for six months and has been extended indefinitely. The official said the visa requirement complements other measures such As in creased police patrols greater cooperation among International in services and a flaw Timmi. That fami7wfnronthosb charged  he said . Tourists have been cooperative despite the inconvenience. Marvin Groneweg head of the visa Ion of the . Embassy in Paris Trot Tyras received at least two Calls Aday  from disgruntled americans Toffi Talback at French  because  have visas these travellers Stu afeard sent to the French consulates in  or London to obtain the visa Pip he said adding that the us embassy can t do anything to help travellers without visas. Hiker killed by Bear in Glacier Park Glacier National Park Mon a a Man last seen trying to photo graph a grizzly Bear and her cubs was found dead sunday and Glacier National Park officials said he was killed by a Bear. Charles Gibbs 40, of Libby was the seventh hiker or camper killed at Glacier since it was created in 1910, official said. The last fatal attack was in 1980. Gibbs and his wife had been hiking in the pork saturday when they spotted a grizzly and her three cubs on Elk Mountain assist an superintendent Alan o Neill said. Gibbs wanted to gel closer to take photographs so the two split up and arranged to meet later but he never re turned o Neill said. A 20-member search parly using dogs found his body it was definitely a Bear incident Oneill said. Gibbs apparently had tried to climb a tree to escape a Bear but was pulled Down by the animal and mauled said Park spokeswoman Karen Whitney. An estimated 250 grizzly bears live inthe Park s Back country and recent warm temperatures have brought Many out of hibernation. Burned to death a family photo  Ian Nell of Naples Italy shows the 4-year-old boy shortly before hews trapped and burned alive in an oxygen chamber at Naples Hospital the Mother and � mine were present when the unexplained Accident occurred but were unable to pull the boy  arc  the bizarre tragedy explorer was mistaken for cop officials say Bettendorf Iowa a age explorer shot in the head while on patrol with police apparently was mis taken for an officer by a Man who then went Home and killed himself official say. Sheryl Horak 17, wire tilled Early sat urday to she Tat alone in a patrol car parked outside police Headquarters. Later in the Day the body of Kenneth. Griffith 33, of Riverdale was found _ Home bal Lundorf police  said at a news conference sunday. Aut Wilus said Griffith had been upset with the Depatt Guji we think he was or mini Nhin to  Felt police depart police Are not sure if Griffith realized he had shot someone other than an offi cer or if he  Man up or shoot an officer and Sheryl happened to be in the police car at the rear of the station he chief  was wearing an explorer uniform which officials said included a badge an could be mistaken for a police uniform. Taid.1 "  wailing in the squad Cor As her purifier of Cicilie night offic Rbruce Schwart it Toifl to make a phone Call. She was. Shot beet a the Check and once in the neck some Trow Between 2 2 and 3  said Griffith Catt cd Bettendorf police at 11 25 . To report that his live in Girlfriend had taken some Money from him. When the police dispatcher determined Griffith lived in Riverdale Griffith was referred to the Scott county sheriffs department. Griffith abruptly Hung up and apparently walked the two Miles id the police station where he shot Horak with a .22-l.  
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