European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes monday May 11,1987 it s a Long Way to tipperary. Ufa photo be eth Ambrose a 9j-year-Otd Veteran of world or i shakes he hand of another Aid Soldier retired Gen. William Westmoreland. The sex doughboy from Jollet 111-, was attending a ceremony it the lint National vet Erans Unity conference id los Angeles Friday where Watmore Teod the former commander of us. Forces in Vietnam was dedicating one of he uniforms to the los Engilos patriotic Hall museum. La has thank you Parade honouring Vietnam vets los Angeles up about 100,000 people including several of the Vietnam War s Rop military leaders turned Oul saturday As veterans marched under an Armada of gunships in the City s first Parade snoring americans who fought in Southeast Asia. The one mile thank you Vietnam veterans Parade attracted 20,000 sex soldiers and featured speeches by civic leaders and the dedication of a plaque commemorating America s Vietnam veterans by mayor Tom Bradley. It s a wonderful Parade said or. Roger Well 41. I had no Homecoming. This is my Homecoming. Peo ple Are cheering clapping and bae slapping. It s Good to see my fellow  another Veteran Robert Smith 43, a computer consultant shared that sentiment. People arc coming up to you strangers saying hello. Us been great. Irs a very Good feeling to be Here and see your fellow veterans whom you Haven t seen for 20 years Smith said. Veterans marched alongside tanks and armoured personnel carriers under a sky resounding with the Wail of cobra and Hucy helicopters and Light observation at tack planes. They were joined by military dignitaries such As retired Gen. William Westmoreland com Mander of the . Forces in Vietnam and former South vietnamese Premier Nguyen Cao by. Organizers of the Parade called the event a hug Success. They said that in addition to the estimated 100,000 people who lined five streets hat were closed to traffic thousands of last minute phone Calls were placed by veterans who wanted to March in the Parade weddin t cd pct this Biga Parade Parade spokes Man David Parks said. The police expected Only 10,000 people. But we have veterans from both world wars and the korean  another spokesman said All 50 Stam were rep resented in the Parade As were the nine foreign coun tries whose troops fought beside . Servicemen in Vietnam. But not everyone involved in the event was Asen Thusia Stic. I m disappointed said Tommy Mahan an unemployed Vietnam Veteran. I expected to see More vet Erans but i Don t see that. Instead 1 see  Mary Rose wife of a Vietnam Veteran who marched in the Parade complained it was poorly publicized and therefore prevented Many people who would have showed their support from doing so. There was t enough advertisement she said not enough people to support the  sex afm a to sail Columbus path port canaveral Fla. A by the time the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus voyage to America Rolls around retired Navy adm. William Lemos expects to be commanding the Nina he Punla and the Santa Maria. They will be full scale replicas of the famous sailing ships that completed the first recorded voyage to the americas on oct. 12, 1492. The Columbus flotilla Lemos Hopes will be built a Florida s port canaveral next door to that other port of discovery the Kennedy space Center. Lemos and new York based Geo arts associates would like to begin construction of the three wooden vessels this year completing them by mid-1990. The tour of seaports in the United states. Canada and the Caribbean will continue through Ilic 500th anniversary Date of oct. 12, 1992, until the end of that year. Funding is expected to come from private corporations. The replicas will be built by shipwrights from Maine from designs developed after years of research. Early builders did not work from plans but project officials say the ships specifications and details of construction will be As faithful to the originals As possible i would like to Lay the keel for the Santa Maria on ocl. 12 of this year says Lemos 69, whose last com Mand was As chief of the joint . Military group in Madrid Spain. Stateside pal donors seeking vote on Falwell s leadership fort Mill . A a newly formed group of pal donors saturday called for the Rev. Jerry Falwell to hold a referendum among regular donors on whether he should remain As the group s Leader. We think it is a fair question thai no honest Man should Duck said Don Lee spokesman for the group calling itself the pal partners advis Ory Board we re challenging or. Falwell to Send the referendum to the membership everybody s worried Aboul protecting the grandmas and the grandpas who sent the Money to support the ministry but 00 one s asked hem their opinion said Lee a 43 year old Michigan schoolteacher. Falwell took Over the ministry in March after former Leader Jim Bakker resigned and admitted he had had a sexual tryst with a Church Secretary in 1980. Action on applications for amnesty delayed los Angeles a amnesty applications for hundreds of immigrants seeking Kigali Zavion have been delayed because a required fingerprint form was not available in Many immigration offices official said. We re using the forms up left and right said Ernest Gustafson los Angeles District director of the . Immigration and naturalization  of the shortage he said local ins officials decided to accept applications with other types of fingerprint forms. That led to complaints from lawyers and social service groups helping undocumented residents apply for amnesty and eventual Legal residency under revised immigration Law. Applications were accepted beginning last tuesday. Summons to irs audit puzzles High school girl Rockland mass. A Tara Hitchcock did t even make s3,000 last year and the High school senior is trying to figure out Why the irs wants to audit her lax return. I m 17 years old and they want me to Comein for an  the senior at Rockland High school said irs pretty funny. It s ridiculous on their  Hitchcock said she earned $2.800 last year work ing part Lime at two clothing stores and expected to get Back about $230 from the government. Instead she got a idler summoning her to meet with irs officials in Brockton next month. Irs spokesman Bob rut Renburg said the com Puter that picked Tara to be audited did t know the circumstances. Houston s arts Center opens with Black tie gala Houston a a s70 million arts Center heralded As a sign of recovery from this City s economic doldrums opened saturday night Withan to Vilato i Only Blacer lie gala. With actor Tony Randall As master of ceremonies More than 2,000 people watched performances by the Houston Ballet Houston grand opera Tommy tune Diahann Carroll and the tango Argentina dancers emmy award winning producer George Stevens or. Staged the perform  Wortham theater Center spread Crow two downtown blocks is the first opera House built in the United states since the Kennedy Cen Ter in 1971. The West s Santa be Trail becomes historic site Washington a president Reagan has signed a Bill designating the Santa pc Trail stretching 950 Miles from Missouri to new mex Ico As the Santa be National historic Trail. He signed the measure in a private ceremony in the Oval office attended by members of con Gress. It Grants administrative jurisdiction Over the Trail to the Secretary of the Interior. The Trail was an important Trade and settlement route from about 1820 to 1880