European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 28 the stars a n d stripes Friday september 11,1987 cafes from Page 1 Ami a Jonh with inc army Materiel come readily admits thai in Itte minds of some customers inc image of the service oriented organization May he a Little tarnished. Bui he feels strongly hat the Organ ipalion and its is solid and he a lumps inc customers image of cafes on a Hora Down in communication. Thoughts such As Here we arc we re All you be pot. Lake it or leave it were simply perceptions on Ilu pan of inc customer base and it was caused because we were not communicating effectively u Hal our real philosophy was and is Lecky said. Cafes has As Many images As it docs Cus one image inc Indianapolis born general Dis coun cd was the View of an expansion Islic Exchange service out to gobble up local competitors such As mar outlets and bring them under he a fes umbrella. Leedy described assertions that he Exchange was attempting to drive some mar outlets out of business As categorically not i Rue cafes is not Irving to drive anyone out of Busi Ness Leedy said. Cafes is Bent on accomplishing i Mission of providing he goods and services hat arc required and desired by our Cus Tomer base at a uniform level of Quality and at consistently to Ltd Competition Between Exchange stores and mar outlets has not gone away Leedy acknowledged but i would say that we be come a Long Way toward Resolution of that problem the problem primarily was in the areas of Elee 1 remits sports merchandise and food service he said and probably will continue but at a much reduced level. We feel strongly that we can provide those goods and services and we be demonstrated thai we can belter generate earnings for mar. There fore it becomes simply a matter of who has the Mission and by joint army and air Force regulations. Cafes has the the subject May become moot in some areas. The army is pondering whether to turn Over tothe Exchange service some of is mar Revenue generating activities i feel strongly thai the army will make a de termination to Transfer some elements of its mar Revenue generating activities to cafes Over a period of time Leedy said. Whether or not it will begin this year i Don t know however i would anticipate that the process of Transfer will occur Over the relatively Short Range say in the two year Lime last year was the Best in Exchange history and in Europe dollars were being resumed to communities through agreements for such franchises As Burger King and Baskin Robbins. Lecky predicted that worldwide earnings prob ably would be up More than 20 percent this year and Carni nos resumed directly to communities in Europe probably would reach s4.5 million Dou ble last year s figure. I expect that to double again in 1988," Leedy said. Apache from Page 1 have been single nation exercises conducted Between one or two countries fam Dale said. Ill corps is a Reserve element for the nato Central Region As such it can be attached to either the Northern or Central army group. If attached to his army group fam Dale said Iii corps would become a major Reserve element to be committed at the right moment. There has been a Good deaf of misrepresentation about part of the reason military analysis question the ability of the Northern army group to de fend key North German Plain invasion routes is because nol ail of the i belgian corps and i no Nerland corps Are stationed in Germany. Most of the dutch troops Are based in the Netherlands and 20 percent of the belgian corps arc stationed in Belgium. . Troops travelled about 6,200 Miles from fort Hood to participate this year. German and French forces also Are participating they do have a distance to travel but it is nol that far Farndale said of the belgian and dutch troops. That Mia is alive is 10 years old Pentagon says by Chuck Vinci Washington Bure a Washington evidence thai an american Pirn listed As missing in Loos in 1968 is alive there today is simply inc same information printed on liners passed out in Indochina in the mid-1970s by he Pilot s father according to military officials. However inc Pilot s father said he is not prone to fantasizing or Wishful thinking and believes his son is alive. I m convinced my son has been trying to reach us with information on his whereabouts said retired air Forte co . Donahue of Cocoa Beach Fla. I m also certain the government does t care. They just want the. Issue to die so that previous administrations arc nol embarrassed by a Bunch of crippled and Dis eased american boys suddenly doming Home Billy Hendon a former North Carolina Congress Man Active in pow affairs held a press conference last week to publicize what he Cai cd unimpeachable conclusive evidence that Morgan Donahue is a prisoner in Laos Donahue was a Captain in the air Force when he was shot Down. Mundon s information is based on a letter from a refugee and an interview transcript the Pentagon sent to . Donahue in june and August but Pentagon officials As Well As a warrant officer stationed in Heidelberg who served with the joint casualty Resolution Center in Southeast Asia in the Early 1970s, maintain All of the information in the documents was listed on paper fliers that the elder Donahue circulated widely in Indochina. Hendon old the stars and stripes this week that one report is vague but the second leaves nothing to the imagination saying that Morgan Donahue is alive at a specific location in Laos with five other Ameri cans. A map of the prison area also was provided by inc source of the report but was not forwarded to the elder Donahue Hendon said. Morgan Donahue and five other americans went Down in 1968 aboard a c-123 aircraft that collided in midair with a b-57 during a night interdiction raid Over Laos. Officially 549 americans Ere listed As Roniss Ingin Laos. This map fives the location of the lamp where Morgan is held said Hindon who Heads the pow policy Center for the american defense Institute a Washington think tank. We Don t buy the line that this is Alt made up be said. " the Pentagon debunked reports about Bobby Carwood until he walked out of the Jungle it s become a habit with them to debunk these reports. We Jusi Don t buy it anymore but a Pentagon official said the map is not what Hendon claims. The map is the size of a playing card on a Sheet of paper and has the Borders of Laos Thailand and Viet Nam drawn As if they were traced from a Book the official said there Are two Points on the map Danang in Vietnam and another town in Laos he said. There is writing on the paper but it has dog Magdala on a service member who is no longer missing. There is no reference 10 a the information accompanying the map he said was from a refugee who ran across a childhood Friend also a refugee who said he knew a member of the pallet lao who had guarded two americans. That s hardly firsthand information the official said. The other report was a letter from a refugee who has been in the United states since 1979, but who maintains Contact with the laotian resistance in Thailand. A member of the resistance knew someone who had guarded american prisoners the report said. Both reports include Morgan Donahue s full name birth Date and the aircraft he was flying when it crashed. They also contain a five digit number which corresponds to the zip code of the family Home inf7or a. All thai was on the fliers that Donahue himself passed put in Southeast Asia the official said. It s interesting that the Only name in these reports is the one on the fliers. One report said the source had information on five other americans thai s exactly the Way Donahue s father phrased his the elder Donahue advertised extensively in Southeast Asia for information on his son and one flier even filtered up to the Pentagon in 1980, the official said. Chief warrant officer Lynn a Olson of Heidelberg agrees that the information came straight from the fliers. Olson a 17-year Veteran said he was once As signed to the joint casualty Resolution Center. In mid-1973, he look a 90-Day temporary duly trip to Thailand to set up an aviation Section. While in Bangkok he met with Donahue who was seeking information on his missing son Morgan Olson said Donahue gave him a flier with detailed information on the missing Pilot. He said he thinks the elder Donahue is getting Back the same information he planted years ago yet accept it As proof that his son is alive. I Don l think there s anyone Over there now who does t want to be Here Olson said referring to allegations that some americans Are still being held is Indochina. I think we did everything in our Power to resolve things As. Well As we could he said although head fitted the Jarc never had authorization to operate in Laos. The Jarc operated in South Vietnam and Cam Bodia for about 12 years through 1974. Bui Donahue said it s impossible that his fliers could be the basis for the current reports. "1 circulated those fliers Over a decade ago in a place with a humid climate a Long Rainy season and people who dress in rags he told the stars and stripes. I can t believe those papers would survive this Long he remains convinced that the information a been sent out of Laos somehow by his son and he thinks the zip code is a key piece of information. They Don t speak much English in the provinces Over there he said. So rather than giving i Mother s name or something like that and running the risk of having it screwed up along the Way Morgan gave our zip code As an there is no evidence of a scam by any laotian. Donahue said. There s been no request for anything in return for this information. I can t imagine that people who must fight just to slay alive would play such games to amuse Hendon Morgan Donahue s brother Jeffrey Dona Hue and eight other relatives of americans missing in action plan to release Gas filled balloons Over lao next week with leaflets offering a $2.1 million Reward for anyone who returns an american prisoner alive. Hendon claims the Pentagon has callously closed the Book on Morgan Donahue a charge the Pentagon official firmly denies. No file on any american missing in Southeast Asia is Ever closed until he or his remains Are found and resumed to . Authorities us official said. But in this Case the defense intelligence Agency has Analysed these reports and has concluded they con Tain no new evidence of americans held in Loos and certainly no evidence that could be called unimpeachable or Pope from Page 1 through Metal detectors. Those who brought Little Yel Low and White paper Vatican flags on wooden Sticks had to tear them off and leave the Sticks behind. In the front Row of the reserved Section near a covered podium where the Pope and the president spoke was a Row of churchmen wearing the colourful purple and red Skullcap that denoted their rank in the Church. In Europe and elsewhere we continue to place our might on the Side of human dignity Reagan said. In latin America and Asia we Are supporting the expansion of human Freedom in particular the Power Ful movement toward democracy Reagan said. Though the president made no specific reference to Nicaragua aides had said privately that Reagan in tended to make an obvious reference to his support forthe Contra rebels. From the Airport the Pope was driven to is. Mary s Cathedral on the Edge of he Little Haiti neighbor Hood where he held a service and then addressed representatives of various National groups in eng in Spanish and Creole. He then departed for a meeting with priests a the archdiocese pastoral Center from Miami the Pope will Fly to Columbia , then on to new Orleans san Antonio Texas Phoenix Anz. Los Angeles Monterey Calif. San Francisco and Detroit. He is scheduled to visit fort Simpson in Canada s Northwest territories on sept. 20 before re turning to Rome
