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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday. September 30,1987 Weinberger from Page 1 Weinberger said in an interview on Abc s Good morning  catty s daughter Berndac Etc Casey Smith. Appearing on he same show said Woodward never got the deathbed confession concerning Casey s involvement in inc Iran Coulm affair. He never saw my father when he was a the  Woodward assistant managing Zdilor of inc Washington Post describe the interview in his new Book veil the secret wars of inc Cia 1981-1987." Woodward said thai when he asked Casey if he had known of the diversion of Iran arms Sale proceeds to the nicaraguan contras the ailing Cia director nodded in affirmation Casey from Page 1 Guan contras the ailing Cia director nodded in affirmation Casey s family has disputed the account say ing they were with him 24 hours a Day while he was hospitalized prior to his death May 6, and that Woodward did not speak with hint. Woodward however has said he was Able to enter Casey s room briefly with the help of a source at Georgetown University Hospital. The times quoted the doctor As saying that after physicians treating Casey Tor Bruin cancer removed the frontal lobe orbit brain he suffered from aphasia which left him unable to understand or reply to questions. Or. Woodward is asking us to believe some thing that is medically unfeasible it s just not possible the doctor said Woodward in a statement in the Post said i stand by everything in the Book including the visit t made to Casey s Hospital room when i talked to him As  Reagan from Page 1 retired in 1985 from his Post As physician to the president it s certainly news to me and i was there most of the time. I think his recovery was  in veil the secret wars of the Cia 19si 1987," Woodward says that the morning after the president returned from the Hospital he limped. With the hesitant Steps of an old Man. Those who observed were frightened the president used an inhaler to help him breathe Woodward says. He could concentrate Tor Only a Lew minutes at a Lime then he faded mentally and physically his wounded lung de pendent on the inhaler. Woodward says in his Book that Reagan s senior aides were intent on protecting this terrible secret and their own uncertainly at least until the Progno Sis was clearer. These men sensed that More than the president had been wounded Reagan was wounded in the March 30 assassination attempt by John Hinckley or. Your stars and stripes car lir will be calling soon. Please have your payment ready. Fees from Page 1 continue to pet Iligir utilities paid. In the . They won t get their utilities  other activities Hal could see a decrease in appropriated funds include acre clubs amusement centers Large armed nixes recreation ctn Lars Bowling Cen ters with More than 12 lanes Golf courses paid admission motion pictures package stores Rod and gun Dulis. Snack bars and soda Fountain. Activities at re Mold silts Are protected under the proposal. In Remote Silas like in Turkey and Greece and some of the Remote Sites Here in Germany the club can receive All kinds of appropriated funds he said. It s based upon the premise thai the taxpayer has an obligation to provide the Soldier with the same Quality of life thai he would have Back in the United  an Issue of continuing concern to army club mar Agurs is a proposal to either give control of some mar activities to the army and air Force Exchange service or create a new command for mar. The Marine corps said Cofer has cram cd a separate command for clubs. The Navy is moving its club operation to the Exchange system and the air Force plans no organizational changes. La is a great degree of frustration that these people army club managers arc undergoing and potentially some uncertainty. If some things go to cafes there is a question of whether icy would have jobs or  Cofer said. We ought to solve this thing icon la is my understanding that the Secretary of the army will be making a decision sometime before the end of octo  Cofer was attending the International military club executive association conference. The gathering this week attracted More than 150 mar professionals from seven european countries. The conference included a Trade show with Iso vendors Manning 93 Booths with wares ranging from Beer and wine to Fine China and Carpel cleaners. Mine from Page 1 do Over again i would t do it that  he said the Navy probably overrated our Intelli gence about iranian capabilities the Navy is now looking at ways to reduce the number of ships and men in the Region Crowe said but he warned that it would be a terrible error for the dam Coralic controlled Congress to order a . Withdrawal. Crowe said the Pentagon is groping As to whal the Long term level of forces should be there. We arc looking at ways to draw Down our forces to a More reasonable  he said about 10 . Ships arc in inc Gulf itself and another 20 in nearby Waters. It is costing about s20 Mil lion a month to carry out Reagan s program of a flagging 11 kuwaiti tankers and using Navy convoys to protect their passage through the War Lorn waterway. Crowe spoke As the Senate was considering a Penta gon budget Bill that democrats want to use As the vehicle Lor a proposal Hal would Hall the a flagging program within 90 Days unless both the House an Senate approve it. The amendment is backed by democrats who com Plain that Reagan should have invoked the War pow ers act the 1973 Law that limits a president s authority to Send troops la areas of imminent  no vote has yet been set on the democratic backed amendment. Crowe asked to assess the Impact of the democratic proposal said to withdraw would be a terrible error and admission. I just think it would be a Bona fide mistake i Don t Sec what it would  democrats on the panel said their proposal does not mandate the removal of All . Ships from the Gulf and does not require that . Ships leave a waterway where they have patrolled for almost 40 years. I believe a flagging would be interpreted much As leaving would be said Crowe adding that he believes . Allies arc sending ships to the area Only because they have been told that the . Commitment is firm. Bush from Page 1 where victims were shot through the head Bush completing a four Day visit to Poland placed a Floral Wreath at a Stone memorial in nearby Birkic Nau never again. The american people said a White ribbon attached to the Wreath. Signing a guest Book Bush quoted a saying in remembrance lies the secret of  he added May the children of the future be spared the agony of this horrible  during hit stay in Poland the vice president met with government officials Church leaders and leaders of the outlawed Solidarity Union movement. At a news conference in Warsaw on tuesday morn ing. Bush said he would report to president Reagan that the basis exists for lasting productive and mutually beneficial relations Between our two  tuesday night. Bush left for Bonn the next Slop on his nine Day european tour after being seen off at Krakow s Balice Airport by Deputy slate Council chairman Kazim Tcruz Barcikowski and an Honor guard of polish Mountain troops he was greeted on arrival at the Bonn Cologne air port by us ambassador Richard Burt at whose Resi Dence he and mrs. Bush were spending the night. At the death Camps Bush s aides mane Vered for the most dramatic possible news coverage for the . Television audience. At one Point an aide asked every one to Wail for the Bushes to make a dramatic walk alone apparently for the Benefit of the to cameras and still photographers. Other aides made similar re quests at different limes. Domestic politics also came up at the Warsaw news conference. Bush was asked whether he thought his trip to Poland including appearances with Solidarity Leader Lech Walesa would help his unannounced Campaign for the 1986 cop presidential nomination. I Don t know he replied. I really Don t know. But when you say do i Hope it helps you of course i Hope it helps me with  Gulf from Page 1 Sian Gulf a few sailors asked when they could expect to go Home. We were Able to Tell them of course individuals would be rotated. But that the task goes on and the task will go on and the Mission will be required until the iranians change their behaviour and i m afraid that s going to be quite a Long cold Winter until that happens he said. Weinberger said the United slates would not Hesi Tate to attack again if it caught the iranians sowing mines in the Gulf but he declined to say whether a preemptive strike would be made if . Forces encountered a ship believed to be carrying mines. We Don t talk about any operations in the hypothetical sense Weinberger said. But when mines Are being Laid and we see them men of course we would attack the ship and try to Lake it. Just As we did the other one . Forces last week attacked an iranian ship that had been Lvii Tomines in  later sunk the vessel. Ford from Page 1 death saying it occurred at 7 21 . Ford was admitted to Henry Ford Hospital on sept. 12 for treatment of pneumonia but his condition deteriorated As he developed heart and kidney problems. He had become ill while h Europe. During his tenure. Ford won recognition for his advocacy of corporate contributions to social Progress for his backing of Detroit s Renaissance Center and for his tempestuous dealings with such corporate lieutenants As Lee Iacocca. Whom he fired As company president in 1978. For it pan. Inc company under Ford enjoyed some notable successes including the Mustang and suffered a notable bomb the Edsel Henry Ford ii turned Over the chairmanship of the company to a non family member As it began a retrenchment to counter foreign Competition but remained on the Board of directors and As chairman of the finance committee. He was born sept. 4, 1917, in Detroit the oldest of four children of Edsel Ford and Eleanor Clay Ford. He graduated in 19j6 from the Hotchkiss school in Lake Ville conn., and attended Yale univer sity but did not graduate. Edsel Ford the elder Henry Ford s Only child took Over the presidency of the automaker in 1919 and died in 1943. The senior Ford resumed the Post Ford began reorganizing the company in 1944 while executive vice president. In july i94s. Ford motor became the first manufacturer to exhibit a 1946 Model car but it lost $8 million in 1946. Ford by then had launched a mull bit lion Dollar International reorganisation and expansion program that resulted by 19 5 a net prom of about s430 Mil lion  
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