European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 16, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes Friday. October 16,1987 Home folks Honor Yeager historic flight Ham Lin . A with a few Tow passes and a parting barrel Roll. Chuck a Cager wednesday saluted his Hometown from a Jet fighter while the Home folks pulled out All the slops to commemorate the 40th anniversary of inc flight some say launched the space age. On oct. 14, 1947, Yeager became the first Man 10 Fly faster than sound break ing the nearly 700 Mph Barrier in an experimental aircraft so secret that for Yean the world thought the accomplishment belonged to the British. Wednesday s right was a Tamer ver Sion of the passes made by a younger and More reckless Yeager who was some times accused of shattering neighbor Hood windows with his greetings to family and friends. I thought he d come in a title  observed Sharrell Lovejoy who Dis played a trove of a Cager Memorabilia from High school basketball pictures to Magazine coven in his furniture store window. He s put on some real shows Over Hamlin Over the years Lovejoy added. There have been limes when he knocked nearly All he leaves off the  a Cager a retired brigadier general now lives in the ii Cora Foothills of Cali fornia. When Yeager left Hamlin to join he  air corps in september 1941, he also left behind an image of being a Man who would try nearly anything. He Only reinforced it when he started flying often buzzing the town in his aircraft. He s been known to make the Steeple shake said Jerry Mullins pointing to the whitewashed Tower Topping Trinity methodist Church where Yeager used to spend a sunday mornings. Yeager returned to Hamlin by More conventional meant later wednesday for the unveiling of a statue of him dressed in the flight suit he wore on his historic journey. The $70,000 statue stands on the front Lawn of Hamlin High school Yeager s  mater. It s kind of exciting said longtime resident Olive Burns of the Celebration but 1 can remember him waking my baby up with his airborne shenanigans she said. Go from Page 1 Jion for the meeting but did notify authorities that he intended to Contact Western reporters to explain his defection. He said there was no apparent objection although he reported that he was asked to meet with soviet journalists in recent Days. Roberts 22, seemed concerned about angering his soviet hosts. I Don t want to seem ungrateful for what the russians have done he Saidat one Point. They have been very accommodating. It s just that i Thi nit we would feel More Al Home right now in East Ger  he made Clear that he hoped publicity about his Case would Lead soviet authorities to approve the move to East Germany before his Girlfriend Petra Neumann gives birth to their child later this month. I also want americans to understand the reasons i left so some Day 1 can go Back he said. An  spokesman in Washington said Roberts who is considered a deserter would be subject to arrest if he returned to the United states. Roberts was issued a soviet residency certificate that permits him to travel to soviet cities that Are open to westerners.  briefs Senate debate on Bork will Start monday Washington a Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole said thursday hat debate will begin monday on the supreme court Nomi nation of Robert h. Bork a schedule that would allow a vote by next wednesday. Dote a Kan. Said no specific time for a Vole has been set telling reporters we re trying to get something worked out. In any event Well Start debate  a number of republicans Hare said they wanted three Days to make their Case in favor of boric. That would permit a vote wednesday. Senate majority Leader Robert Byrd has been urging a unanimous Senate agreement to vote St a specific time. Cause of housing area fire still not determined Darmstadt. Germany s4s a fire de pan mint spokesman said thursday that inspectors could not determine the cause of a housing area fire that caused an estimated $33,000 dam age Early sunday. The fire broke out at about 2 30 . In staff ski. David w. Johnson s apartment in Lincoln Village. Johnson is assigned to co a 547lh Engineer in in Darmstadt stairwell a residents of building 4411 were evacuated but no one was injured or treated for smoke inhalation. The fire was controlled by 3 10 ., said Volker mocker fire control oper Ator. The Kitchen and dining and living rooms of Johnson s apartment were destroyed with Knoke damage reported throughout the rest of the apartment and neighbouring apartment in the stairwell. Fire officials estimated the damage to government property to $25.092. Damage to Johnson s property was about s8.000. Roberts a tall thin Man now wears a Wispy Beard. He said his decision to leave his unit Bury a 3rd in 79th Field arty 42nd Field arty brigade in Giessen was the culmination of months of frustration. To was the target of arbitrary harassment and mis conduct by officers he said. He bolted from the military compound Al Giessen Germany on March 2, after learning from an officer that he a child be restricted to base and was subject to court martial on misconduct charges. The  spokesman in Washington said records showed that Roberts once was punished for a minor infraction of military discipline. The spokesman provided no details or Dale for the incident. Roberts Horn in san Bernardino calif., said he enlisted in the  in january 1985 after failing to find a Job after High school graduation. He said that when he left his unit he was not plan Ning to defect to the soviet bloc but soon realized he could not live underground in Europe. When it was Clear i would have to go to a socialist country i figured i might As Well go All the Way and move to Russia he said. He reported that soviet officials in East Berlin questioned him closely Over the course of several weeks. He and Neumann who is seeking a divorce from her German husband were flown to Moscow april 3. After a stay of several Days during which be was interviewed by soviet reporters the two were taken to Ashkhabad the capital of the turkmen Republic which Borders Iran. I think they sent us there because they thought it was similar to Southern  he said. Apparently because he told soviet diplomats in East Berlin thai he would like to work with exotic animals the government assigned him to a Snake research inst. Tute. I guess they were going out of the Way to be responsive but i Don t know anything about snakes and was t too pleased to be handling asps and other poisonous creatures he said. Roberts also was unprepared for life in a City that combines the spartan accommodations of the soviet Union with the customs of Asia and the. Middle East. One Day they slaughtered a sheep outside our win Dow the people were eating Camel meat and there were All sorts of traditions we could t gel used  he said. He received a higher salary than other Laboratory aides but found that this did not increase Access la scarce goods and he still had to wait in Long lines to buy groceries. We did t expect to find shortages of Basic things we take for granted in the West he said. When he and Neumann read a soviet newspaper article about High infant mortality rates in Central Asia they decided it was Lime to leave he said they came to Moscow on sept 6 to petition the authorities for permission to move to East Ger Many. He has not received a response. There s no question where i d like to go if 1 could he said.  soldiers from Pago 1 Merit thai Roberts should not be allowed to return to the West or said he should face the Legal consequences of his actions if he did come Back. A private from the Field artillery in Berbom Seelbach who was not in Germany at the time of Roberts defection said yeah let him come Back Ucma All  the Soldier was referring to the uniformed code of military Justice and a possible court martial. Four Soldier who remembered Robert when be l was in their unit laughed when told Roberti wanted to leave the soviet Union. I think he better stay one private said. A Field artillery specialist four said he Mig it be an agent now the russians might have taught him one trick. 1 think he should stay where he s a. Other soldiers commented that Roberts should be put in jail if he returned and a few said they would t Trust him. A v corps spokesman said the corps could give no comment on the news until officials read the interview article. Kids from Page 1 item classrooms to Lell children they can expect Emer gency help at designated apartments but should t expect any food drinks medical care rides or Access to the Bath room. Schenitzki said the program is limited to Paul re vere Village because children in other Karlsruhe area military housing units Board a school bus in front of the buildings where they live. See. Thomas Faucette of the Usa eur crime prevention office said his office distributed blueprints of the helping hand program to  commands in Europe Bui responses to a recent Survey of military communities give no evidence that other communities Are adopting it Faucette said he recommends anti crime program Only to solve existing problems not potential Onn. If you Don t have the crime Don t Start the pro Gram because it la be met negatively he said. But he acknowledged that aside from the need to keep re cords helping hand is a Low maintenance program that could spread to other communities Schenitzki said Karlsruhe last received a report of child molestation two years ago and that incident occurred indoors nol on the Street but children did complain five months ago about construction worker who allegedly harassed them. Sub Nitzki said that is grounds enough to establish helping hand. We Don t want to wait until something happens before we Start doing something about in then we fail our Mission in a  body from Page 1 said. The nun has not come Forward according to his family members bared i a was sup used to receive information from a Man a hich would Barschel resigned sell 25 As the governor of the Northern West German stale of sub Weswig Hostein after a former aide alleged Wanchel tried to smear a rival in but month s state elections. Social Democrat Boera Engholm. The Day after his death Wanchel was scheduled to testify at a state parliamentary committee investigating pose l have cleared him of allegations he was involved in a dirty tricks Campaign against a political rival. Vau Dioz also denied reports in several West German newspapers that notes were found in Barschel s room