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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, June 22, 1987

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday june 22, 1987iviunoay, jute Zzz Imby i me stars and stripes Page 5 uniform directive generally accepted to a Ruivo try it a  up _ the of one of the nation s uniformed services decided two months ago that his troops needed to Spruce up heir professional image. His order gel Back Inlo uni form appears popular in even he most far filing Corners of the corps. The top officer who gave inc order is surgeon general c. Everett Koop. Who bears the rank of vice Admiral of Llie commissioned corps of the Public health serv ice. Ranks and uniforms in the commissioned corps parallel those of the Navy. On april 6, Koop sent a Leller to All commissioned officers on Active duty in the Public health service ordering that they own and Wear the appropriate  saying the commissioned corps has become the object of criticism and at limes  Koop proposed several Mcquirt s to revitalize the corps. We Musi maintain our identity As members of a uniformed service. To maintain our identity As a uniformed service we must be in uniform he said. The uniform demonstrates our Pride in our service in our Mission and in one  Navy launches wooden hulled minesweeper Sturgeon Bay wis. A _ a 224-foot, Wood in hulled minesweeper one of the largest such vessels built by the Navy his Century was  saturday amid Praise hailing ii As a Stalc of the Art warship. Hilling the water at a Speed of 7 Mph the guardian became Only the third Avenger class Navy mine sweeper when it was launched at Peterson builders. A Navy Craw will sail inc ship Oul the St. Lawrence Seaway to Charleston. S.c., for its duly assignment said Ellsworth l. Peterson president of Peterson builders. The guardian k the third mine count Ormeasure Mcm ship to be launched at Sturgeon Bay in inc last two years. Two others arc under contract and Peter son builders is bidding on three others. The Navy plans to have 14 eventually. Peterson said wooden hulls do not set of mines which Are detonated by magnetism. As a Metal Hull would. Keynote speaker Hugh o Neill former staff representative for Ocean Poncy affairs for the Secretary of defense and joint chiefs of staff noted that the guardian is one of the largest wooden hulled ship built by the Navy this a Colury. The Structure is a Iri Buie to the artisans who Cre ated ii. It s a slate of inc Art warship. She s Tough she s smart o Neill said. The guardian which will have a Crew of 81, will be used for detecting Clearing an j neutralizing various types of mines said Paul a. Schneider executive director of the amphibious . Mine and sea lift directorate i Washington. Shifts such As inc guardian will be a vital part of he nation s defense for at least the next 25 years he said. The first National american Indian and Alaska native he ally promotion conference last week demonstrated How the directive is playing in the corps. Attending was an assortment of health professionals Many of whom Are commissioned officers in the Indian health service a Branch of the pcs. Michael Rathsam who works on hopi reservations in Arizona is required to Wear his uniform Only one Day a week but said he Hopes his local unil will re quire uniforms More often. At least on our reservations the tribes like it. It shows respect he said. You act differ Nhy in a uniform and people react differently to  Richard Smith who works in the Indi an he ally service s Headquarters in Rockville md., said uniforms were required 15 year., ago bul corps members had been Given the option of wearing civilian dress in recent years. Winorra town chief of nutrition an dietetics raining with the is in Santa pc n.m., said she docs no mind Wear ing her uniform everyday. "1 think they look real Nice and have a positive influence she said. Jonathon Clark samples his birthday cake As he celebrates his first birthday it the children s medi Cal Center in Dallas where i Fresno calif., Sweet tasting birthday youngster underwent a liter transplant operation in May. Civins him a hand with the Cau is his fall a John while his Mother looks on. 2 killed 32 Hurt in jeep bus crash Woodville Texas a a jeep and a chartered bus carrying teen agers from Church Camp collided head on sat urday killing the women in the jeep and injuring 32 people aboard the bus officials said. The men were killed instantly in the Accident said department of Public safely dispatcher Sheila Swan. The Accident occurred at about 6 45 . On . 69, five Miles South of Woodville. Authorities said. The Driver and 31 bus passengers were taken to Tyler county Hospital. The bus was returning from a Church Camp in Glorieta n.m., where the Yonks had been for he past week said one of the passengers Wilton Wall Pas Tor of he red Oak Baptist Church in Livingston. La. Most of the passengers were teen agers from a Church and the first Baptist Church of Independence la. They were accompanied by about six Duhs Wal said. The dead were identified As James a thur Bell 34, and Marvin Edward Slub Blefield 32, both of Lufkin official said. The bus Driver suit cred a leg fracture and was to remain hospitalized for the next few Days. The rest of the injured were treated and released by saturday afternoon said Hospital administrator James Molsbee. Car Salesman madman Muntz Dies at 73 Rancho Mirage. Calif. A Earl madman Munzir. Whose Zany ads for used cars were the butt of radio Era comedians jokes died saturday of lung cancer. He was 73. Muntz who also was an Early maker of televisions and car radios died at Eisenhower medical censer. He had been suffering from lung cancer for More than a year said his publicise. Tod Faulkner. Muntz began buying and Selling cars As a teen Ager in Elgin iii., Bui came to the Public s Aue lion after moving o the los Angeles suburb of Glenda in the 1940s and launching an offbeat and Campaign on billboards and radio. He adopted the  madman in Defiance of the thinking then that used car salesmen ought to project a staid image. Instead lie was portrayed on Bill boards As a cartoon figure in red flannel underwear and a Ihlen com Rcd hat. I buy pm retail and sell pm whole Sale More fun that Way read one Early billboard. His radio ads played on classical Illume Selling them in to  to music. Muntz who Learned to build radios As a boy. Both manufactured and sold Tele visions in inc Early Days of that medium but Muntz to which made Only Black and White sets collapsed in 1953 when word go around that color television was on the Way Faulkner said. Muntz electronics co. Was a Pioneer of car stereo with its Muntz stereo Pakin the mid-1960s, Muntz embraced the Wacky image of his ads and revealed in their use by such comedians As Bob Hope. Jack Benny and Steve Allen said his longtime and Man Michael Shore. We wanted to set ii apart from All the other automobile advertising Shore said. He loved  Shore still proudly quotes a 1946 sur vey by Pannor motor Tours that found madman Munoz ranked so Ventili among Southern California Phenomena that interested Lou Risis. Munoz is survived by a son James 46, a daughter Tina. 34. And a sister Cathy. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. June 22, 1947 after 29 hours inc third longest filibuster in . Senate his Lory ended. Senators were delaying a vote on president Truman s veto of the tart Hartley labor Bill. 30 years ago foe a. June 22, 1957 the United nations corny told North korean maj. Gen. Chung Kook Rok Al a korean joint armistice commission session that the allies would introduce modern weapons Inlo South Korea because of Complete disregard by the cumm Nisis of inc l3j armistice terms. 20 years ago today. June 22, 1%7 a Federal judge convicted and sentenced heavyweight boxing Champion Cassius Clay to live years in prison for refusing induction into Llie military service. Clay s a Birney said they would Appeal. To years ago foday. June 22, 977 heart  Pioneer cons Liana Barnard s Ati Empl in grail a Baboon s heart onto the Hen of a 26- far old woman ended in i r death. Tin us Fol on said he would Prii bully use a  s to an next Inie  
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