European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes d a fair Day on the River Page 3 d last victim pulled from collapsed building Page 7 q Raines gedman Boone Guidry of contracts sports Page 21 the stars and stripes Ruth Orideo unofficial publication Fok the . Ahmed Force vol. 46, no. 16 sunday May 3, 1987 d 8693 a keep Navy Strong Webb says by a Batman Washington Bureau Annapolis i the american people must never again permit the decay in physical strength and morale that the Navy suffered Only 10 years ago the new Secretary of he Navy said in special swearing in ceremonies. Saying that the Public can never fully comprehend the buffering Navy personnel went through in the late 1970s, James h. A ebb added. We cannot do this to our iwo Pii Igau i to matter Bow dedicated and How uncomplaining our people might Webb a decorated Marine who saw combat in Viet Nam is Only the second graduate of the . Nava Academy to serve As Navy Secretary. He spoke of the damage that the Vietnam War did to the conscience and combat readiness of the United slates by 1979, Only six years after the War ended the greatest Navy the world bad Ever seen bad dropped from 1,000 ships to Only 479 combat vessels Many of which were tied up to the pier for Lack of operating parts he said. Webb praised president Reagan and defense Secre tary Caspar Weinberger for the restoration or the american military Over the past six while Webb officially assumed office from outgoing Secretary John Lehman on april 10, Friday s ceremony at the naval Academy the first of its kind for a Navy Secretary was to Honor the fun ice ceremony was often emotional with Webb at one Point introducing 23 Vietnam Veteran friends and la menting the vicious whiplash suffered by those who served their country in that War. Webb who was graduated from the Academy in1968, is the highest ranking Vietnam Veteran in the Reagan administration. He has worked As a lawyer journalist and Public servant and has written the Best sell ing books Fields of fire a sense of Honor and a country such As Webb was sworn into office by Weinberger who called the new Secretary a tested Leader and a True american hero he said the selection of Webb carries out the highest goal for the Navy s civilian Leader experience in the service he runs. Webb got off on the right foot with the Navy s Lead ers when he declared the service s promotion system sacrosanct and said it should not be meddled Withy the service s civilian leadership. Lehman had an gered the leaders by engaging in what Many considered favouritism in promotions. Two Days after taking office Webb reversed leh Man s decision to allow two naval Academy athletes to participate in professional sports. Lehman while controversial led the Navy toward its stated goal of a 600-ship Fleet a Cornerstone of the Reagan administration defense buildup Pope praises slain nazi Era unionists gelsenk1rchen, Germany a Pope Johnpaul ii on saturday paid tribute to three labor Union Leaden killed by the nazis for alleged involvement in the 1944 attempt to assassinate dictator Adolf Hitler Sec Relitch Story Page 2. The pontiff for the third straight Day on his visit to Germany spoke out on third Reich atrocities and theroman Catholic Church s role during Hitler s Rule. During an outdoor mass in the town of gel Senkir Ehen 55 Miles Northeast of Bonn the pontiff praised Nikolus Gross Gottfried Koensgen and Bernhard Kellerhaus. The three were prominent roman catholics and Union leaders from the Ruhr Industrial area. They were killed after being convicted of being involved i planning the 1944 bomb attack on Hitler. They sacrificed their lives for their Faith and for their Church the pontiff said of the three Union Lead in in his homily. The nazi dictator was injured in the attack in his Wolf s Lair Bunker near the russian front suffering bums bruises and temporary paralysis of his right Arm. Top ranking army officers dissatisfied with hit Ler s leadership and with looming defeat in world War ii carried out the bombing. Gross and letter aus were executed while Koen Gen was sent to the Mau Hausen concentration Camp where he died of malnutrition and Lack of medical care. The notorious people s court in Berlin which sentenced to death thousands of Hitler s foes convicted All three of helping to plot the attack. The Pope who has been delivering All of his speeches in German had praised Gross and Koen enduring an earlier Stop in the Ruhr town of Bottrop. John Paul started his trip on thursday in Cologne with a condemnation of the nazi death he also strongly defended the conduct of German Catholic Bishops and the Vatican during the third Reich. On Friday the Pope beatified jewish born nun Edith Stein and called for Christian jewish Solidarity to counter any signs of renewed anti semitism. The nazis killed an estimated 6 million jews during their 12-year Rule from 1933 to 1945. On sunday in Munich the Pope beautifies the Rev. Pope John pan ii Speaks in Bottrop Germany. In the foreground is i group of Coal miners. Rupert Mayer a Jesuit priest and victim of nazi Perse cution. While the pontiff continued with the nazi themes on saturday he also spoke out on other contemporary issues especially those racing the economically Trou bled Ruhr area that has a 15.3 percent unemployment Rale. He called for the just distribution of jobs an wealth and urged better treatment of foreign workers. His speech was presented in Bottrop about 5 Miles West of Gelson Kirchon. There Are about 1.6 million foreign guest workers in Germany Many of them performing menial tasks such As Mcc cleaning Street cleaning and trash collecting. As Many of the older heavy industries move out of the Ruhr Union leaders have called for worker retrain ing to attract High technology businesses to the area. The Pope added unemployment that is not the fault of the unemployed becomes a social scandal when available work is not distributed fairly and the profit of the work is not used to create new work for As Many a choir Sang the hallelujah chorus from handels Messiah and the crowd applauded As the Pope dressed in a red Cape Over his White vestments arrived by helicopter. Final police tallies said 12,000 people turned out in a Light rain to Greet the pontiff who delivered his speech under giant Green towers placed atop a Coal mine. John Paul also denounced the dangerous military arms potential in the world the development of increasingly lethal weapons of destruction and the arms Export Industry associated with the pontiff started his Day with a visit to the Pil Grimage town of Kevetter near the dutch Border where 70,000 cheering and waving people turned out to Greet him. Work for International understanding for the Slep by step elimination of All weapons of mass destruction and for common efforts by All nations to Foster peace and Justice in the world the roman Catholic Leader told a prayer service. John Paul frequently has called for the reduction of nuclear weapons since Bis pontificate began in 1978. North linked to Sale of soviet made arms Washington a it. Col. Oliver North helped arrange for communist countries including China and Poland to sell russian made arms to Nicaragua s Contra rebels according to a published report saturday quoting congressional investigators. On another Mailer involving lie tired White House aide an Fri document shows that he received a lip about a bogus saudi Prince s desire to contribute Money to the nicaraguan contras from a Man who operated As a free Lance intelligence operative. The new York times reported that congressional committees investigating the eran Contra scandal ave found that North persuaded China to sell soviet made Sam-7 antiaircraft missiles to the contras but such sales were Cut Oisin 1985. The times quoted an unidentified official As saying he believed that the Deal had been made through contacts with the chinese military and that it was possible the chinese political leadership was initially unaware of the sales. The contras were also buying arms from Poland the times reported adding that North was said to have told associates he helped arrange that Effort. The report said one associate recalled thut North was amused because ships bearing arms destined for both the sandinista and the contras were docked in the sea North on Page 28
