European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday May 14,1987 the stars and stripes careers in Harmony of scale differs by Mike Heronemus Furness Wuerz bog Germany the lunch is familiar but the final Curc is arranged a link differ truly for army Bandsma Antoin own under. Basically it s the Jutt Job done by . Armbands men said sgt Josh Walker an australian flautist whose 10-Day gig win be 3rd inf div ban ended saturday. It s the coreerik4vaiuxmeni mobility that really differ be said. He and fellow australian suit sgt visited Hie manic div band u part of Job training after 10 month it the .Musk school in Norfolk a. Lite the More than 40 . Arm bands the a australian army bands have two minions. The first Job a to support the military of course if there is a military mid fumes. Our priority two Job would be for Public relations. Living i Chook concern riving major concerts for Whirity. Playing for regal a flours Wei As the Queen visiting. Walker is the equivalent of sergeant first class inthe . Army. He joined the army when he was i s through an apprentice school program Furness those rank is the equivalent of a master sergeant joined the army when he was 16. Aspirin australian Bondsmen can t do that today however. They must wait until they re 17, Walker said then go through Basic in try training just american Bondsmen before they can play once they re assigned to a band the aus March to the tame beat u their ame Ricoff counterparts Walker raid you have to allow for . Grouper Hontall concert band rehearsal Junen if you have other groups within the band Hij Faux need time lore Heane Furness said. H l a Case of you la play playing what you be practice Cynd squeezing in military training and teeing Joffen it s required or needed for promotion Furne the Australia army with about 30,000 soldiers ii smaller Juri the . Army and so Are their bands. Crime bands have so musicians and others of a Traua staff sol Karin for less cod a stay a a Iuo 1 inf do band at the Wienburg a Oldna t Hof Gatten. He 3rd inf div band has about 40 musicians and major command bands would have to Many As 6$playing, said chief warrant officer George t. Armijo the division s bandmaster. Even with a limited number of players bands i both armies try to Moke the most of whatever Talent they have putting together Small combos that specialize in certain kinds of music such As jazz dance Bluegrass or featuring soloists. We be done a major concert where in the Middle of the selection it called or a Good strumming Banjo Furness said. We had a Guy who could do it so we borrowed a Banjo from somewhere i Don know where in came from but we utilized him on with the frequent moves american Bondsmen ice Talent comes and goes but in australian a the song of life can have a More regular Bent Don t care to gel promoted beyond Cor i can slay in one band do your 20 Yean and gel Furness said. There s a lot of people that do Titan he and wan twp Ever Are to be commissioned As lieutenants and finishing More training with bands at fort Sam Mon Texas and Washington in with that rank they la Bunij Telhea second in com Mand of bands in Australia thing could be better than hat in Furness Point Fol if he had it to play again i Wou Iov Hange d do exactly tie same thing Over weather puts freeze on crime in London London up thank to a Short Sharp Shock of British Winter London s criminals were somewhat less Busy in the first three months of this year Scotland Yard said tuesday. Figures released by the capital metropolitan police department showed recorded crime in London in Down by 4 percent from january through March compared with the tame period in 1986. This fall was associated largely with a marked decrease in recorded crime during the Adverse weather in the Middle of january Scotland Yard mid. Al Wai one of London s worst cold spells in half a Century and not Many people criminals or otherwise moved for several Days. Still lawbreakers did not take a Holiday. A total of 180,937 crimes were reported in London during Ibe three month period although that was Down slightly from the 188,556 of the tame Quarter in1986. Police said sexual offences decreased by 11 per cent motor vehicle theft by 13 percent and Raug in Tkv ii percent fraud and forgery crime not normally affected by her were Down 23 percent. Scot land Yard explained hat these offences Are subject to considerable under reporting to the police and hence recorded numbers do not provide a reliable indication of but burglaries were up by a fraction and robberies by 4 percent the report said Saroyan s brother Dies Santa Cruz Calif. A Henry Saroyan the inspiration for Many characters in stories written by his late brother William Saroyan Tiu died of lung cancer. He was 82. Vips family join in try to free Man jailed As drug smuggler Madrid Spain not nine months after he graduated cum laude from. Syracuse University and two months before he was to report As a second lieu tenant in the . Army Conin David Owen found himself in a Spanish jail accused of being part of a International drug ring. The arrest on March 13, and the charges of being courier Icem inconsistent with much else in the 22 car old s life. He Wai graduated from the . Newhouse school of Public communications at Syracuse last May was a White House intern in 1984 on vice president George huh i staff spent a semester in London was on the Dean s lift for six semesters and was regarded As a outstanding Cadet in the Reserve officers training corps. Id addition he served As a picture editor on world Magazine a National geographic society publication for children and As an intern at the Buffalo Newi As a photographer. While he was waiting to report to his tint posting the army intelligence school at fort Hua Chuca ariz., he took an assignment As a photographer. He was sent to Chile purportedly to take pictures for a travel Bro Chure he was to be paid s1,000. In Santiago after the work was done., be was asked to go on to Barcelona Spain for additional shooting for another $200. He was to take along a suitcase full of brochures Given to him before leaving Washington by the Man who hired him. At the Barcelona Airport customs gems found false Bottom concealing 2 kilograms of cocaine. Owen was arrested As a drug trafficker. Owen has denied any knowledge of the drugs. The Spanish authorities have declined to discuss the Case ant Owen s family and investigators in Madrid and inthe United Stales have refused to provide any details about the Man who offered Owen the Money and provided the suitcase. His family friends and former co workers say the believe him and Are convinced he Wai let up and they have begun a Well coordinated Effort to free him the Case is under investigation by Spanish authorities and the drug enforcement administration. An Ameri can investigator Laid it s a Good possibility he was those working on his behalf first to get him out of the la Modelo prison in Barcelona and then to Havethe charges dismissed include the vice president s of fice the state department s emergency office for United Stales citizens overseas the offices of m. D Amato and rep. Jack f. Kemp both new York republicans the National press photographers association and a defense fund in Mclean father Ernest Owen an official at the world Bank said he has spent $20,000 on the Case so far. I be spent a month in Barcelona so far and the defense fund hat raised about 12,500," Owen said. We know he did t do it and we expect him to be completely three Days before the younger Owen was to go to Chile he was Given the suitcase with the brochures by the Man who aired him his father said. When hear Rived in Santiago on March 5, he left the suitcase unlocked in his hotel room As he did throughout his slay while he took the pictures. He was offered 1200 extra to slay Over and shoo another Day and Ihen asked if he was Able to do some shooting in Barcelona his father said. It was More Money and he said sure. He left for Spain the next Day. He was charged with Possession and trafficking but it s not Joseph r. Travers director of the photographer association contacted the White House a month ago because he Felt not enough was being done. I Don t know if our letter prompted attention to therase or not but things began to happen afterwards travers said in an interview from Buffalo
