European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 7, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Award winning cops / Ages 8-9 q Industry leaner Reagan says Page 2 q Texas sting nets 50 Page 5 d College football results sports Section the stars and tripes authorized undo Floral publication for thu to Ahmed Fth act vol. 46. No. He monday september 7. 1987 7jio�ir.4w.4tr 0 8693 a Webb opposed Gulf buildup paper says Miami will Navy Secretary James Webb challenged the buildup of . Ships in the persian Gulf in a strongly worded. Top secret mcmoran Dum to defense Secretary Caspar Wein Berger. The Miami Herald reported. Webb argued that american military forces should nol be committed to the Region without a Clear military objective support from the Public and strategic co operation from . Allies conditions Weinberger Sel Oul for military actions in a 1984 speech the newspaper said sat urday. The Herald quoted a source film liar Wilh the july memorandum As saying eth tried to convince Weinberger 111 at the United Stales should play a less prominent role in the Gulf. The newspaper quoted a source who said Webb challenged Weinberger by asking. When do we know we have won a St cond source said web asked whal Are our objective when do we know we have achieved our objectives Weinberger answered that the United slates scores a Victory whenever a com Mercial ship passes safely through the Gulf the Herald s sources came across As almost a reprimand that urged Webb to join the team Anil support the Reagan policy. L in i in see Webb on Page 28 weather helping firefighters out West by the associated press Crews battling Forest fires that have charred an pm imaged 980 Square m lies i n the West got help sunday from Calm cooler weather after the smoke was blamed for an aviation near collision and the last evacuees were allowed to return Home in Oregon. A Sacco of firefighter was killed in Cali fornia this one by a falling fires in Remote areas were being allowed to Burn partly because of a shortage of trained firefighters. No dam age estimate was available yet for Cali fornia but Oregon officials estimate statewide damage at s318 million mostly in Timber loss. In addition to prime Limber official said the blazes also were destroying valuable illegal marijuana crops hidden in the forests. We be basically used up All the fire fighting resources in the nation Jim Torr acc regional forester for the .Forest service said at a news conference sunday in total burned area in California has grown to More than 475,000 acres since aug. 28 and 107,000 acres have gone up in smoke in Oregon. About 35,000 acres have burned in Idaho and smaller tires were reported last week i Washington Arizona Montana South Dakota and Wyoming bringing the total Saa fires on Page 28 App to a stanislaus National Forest firefighter Shields himself from a backfire thai has set to protect the Lonn of Pine Mountain Luke. Officer fronts his by quest Battle alcoholism a a by Janet d Acostino medical writer As an officer and an alcoholic. Thomas Dane knew what he had to do to protect his drinking and his career Dane which is not his real name knew How much he would drink so he could still gel up in the morning and do a Good Job. He knew he had to live on Post so that he could walk to his favor Ite watering holes and not get caught Drunken driving. Nothing Maii cred More than his career and his drinking and he did both Well i was drinking As much As 1 could drink said Dane who is stationed in Germany and asked that his real name and rank nol be fwd. I knew As an officer i could not gel caught dui. I would nol drink and drive because of my career and that was the Only thing that stopped me. That was the no i motivation for me living on this Post. I got Here on ibis Post and there arc Sev eral Nice drinking establishments and isaid hey this is heaven " Dane started drinking As a teen Ager me slopped for several years but resumed drinking heavily shortly before he entered the army eight years , the never tarnished Dane s performance As an Pffifer according to his former supervisor. He s much better than average said the supervisor. He docs a goo Job he s intelligent and he has a lot of Pride in the work that he the supervisor never suspected Dane was an Ateo Holie. I knew he drank but not of the magnitude that he later told me he said. As a father and husband Dane was a failure. I can t Tell you How bad my Home and my family life was he Laid. I had never physically beaten my wife but i mentally abused her. 1 had destroyed her and the Beth Dane a pc try. Suit spoken woman said "1 was being blamed for his drinking. He would say if Ouw Ere More attractive if you were a Bel Ter housekeeper i started believing it and tried changing my personality. Nothing i changed about me Dane rarely spent time with his wife or children because he did most of his drink ing away from Home and he was drinking much of the time he was not working. They knew they had a daddy said Beth. But they would never ask me where he was. He would never have a evening meal with us. He never participated in family decisions or the rearing of the children. I was totally the children had trouble sleeping a night and doing their Schop Kork because of Fth tension Between their parents. A believe their performance suffered bet Auw they were not she said. The Tea Diers had Esen asked me continued on Pago 28
