European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 8, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse A Reagan travels to Kansas or Landon s 100th 2 d Nixon lists Cuomo As democratic Leader Page 5 q Lewis snares 2nd Gold in world games sports Page 21 the stars vol. 46, no. 143 tuesday september 8, 1987 d 8693 a weather helping firefighters some evacuees allowed to go Home by the associated press Crews hauling Forest fires Hal have charred an estimated 980 Square Miles in the West got help sunday from Calm cooler weather. In California she smoke was blamed for an aviation near collision and in Ore gon the last evacuees were allowed to return Home. A second firefighter was killed in Cali fornia this one by a falling Ricc. Some 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 estimated statewide damage at $318 million mostly in Timber loss. In addition to prime Timber officials said the blazes also were destroying valuable Ille Gal marijuana crops hidden in he forests. We be basically used up All the firefight ing resources in the nation Jim Torr acc regional forester for the . Forest service said at a news conference in Oregon. The total burned area in California hat grown to More than 475,000 acts since aug. 28 and 107,000 act of have gone up in smoke in orc ten. About 35,000 acres have Bumcum Idaho and smaller fires were reported last week in Washington Ariz ifs. Montana South Dakota and Wyc mine bringing the total acreage 10 amt 629,000. The burned area is Only 72 Square Miles Mailer than the slate of Rhode Island. Smoke and Haze from the fires had see weather on Page 28 a firefighter throw Din on burning res East of Tuolumne City Calif one firefighter was reportedly killed by a falling tree. Iron blames . For Kuwait expulsion order Manama Bahrain a Iran has accused the United states of pressuring Kuwait into that country s weekend decision to expel five iranian diplomats Kuwait on saturday ordered the five iranians to leave the country within a week and complained that Iran fired a missile at its coast. Iran considers Kuwait anally of Iraq Iran s foe in the year-old Gulf War but Kuwait insists it is Neutral. Meanwhile six . Mine sweepers left . Ports and headed for the persian Gulf to hip protect re flagged kuwaiti tankers. Commenting about Iran Mcmon Walters . Envoy to the United nations said in Washington sunday Hal if anybody there is thinking logically at All leaders in Tehran will accept a cease fire when . Secretary general Javier Perez de cd Chr travels to the Region this week. Wallers made the statement in an interview with the British Broad casting corp., but on lbs s face he nation he said "1 think they will try to stall in another development Iran said it would free 100 iraqi prisoners of War the official islamic Republic news Agency reported. Mohammad Nazaran Secretary of Iron s supreme see Iran on Page 28 officer fights his biggest Battle alcoholism by Janet d Agostino medical writer As an officer and an alcoholic Thomas Dane knew what he had to do to pro incl his drinking and his career. Dane which is not his real name knew How much he could drink so he could still go 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 gel caught Drunken driving. Nothing manured More than his career and his drinking and he did Boih Well. I was drinking As much As i could drink said Dane who is stationed in Germany and asked that his real name and rank not be used. I knew As of officer i could not gel Caugh 0ut, i would not drink and Dnon cause of my career and hat a the Only thing thai stopped me. That was the no. I motivation for me living on this Post. I got Here on this Post and there Are Sci eral Nice drinking establishments and 1 said hey this is heaven " Dane started drinking As a teen Ager. He slopped for several years but re turned drinking heavily shortly before he entered the army eight Yean ago. However us booze never tarnished Dane s performance As an officer according id his . .,.- he s much better said the supervisor. Up Ufler ipod Job he s he has a in at Pride in in Luumi that he Jyh supervisor never suspected ,. Khe was an alcoholic. I knew he drank but not of the magnitude Hal 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 he said. I had never physically beaten my wife but 1 mentally abused her. I had destroyed her and the Beth Dane a pretty soft spoken woman said "1 was being by jew his drinking. He Vum of if you were More Jalm Tefft if you were a bal started believing it Emo tried changing my personality. Nothing 1 changed about me Dane rarely spent time with his wife or children because he did most of his drink from Home and he was drinking muc1�e Lime he was not working. This they had a daddy said Beth. Bui Tow Ifould never ask me where he was. He Weald never have an evening meal with us. He never participated in family decisions or the rearing was totally the children had trouble sleeping at night and doing their schoolwork be cause of the tension Between their parents. I believe their performance suffered because they were not restful she said. The teachers had even asked me if there was a problem at Beth said she stayed with Dane be cause she hoped he would change and because she believed he was faithful to jilt. Thai was the one thine 1 held she said. He s been faithful. I thought Hal was his love for me even though he was t doing anything else in the House being a rms band or a father 1 look Hal As love. When i found out about his infidel Ity Hal was the Straw thai broke the continued on Page 2b
