European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 20, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page �8 re the stars and stripes tuesday october 20,19b7 defector says he will return to Moscow a an american Soldier who de  six months ago said Mon Day he is ready  stand Inal on charges of desertion. Wade Roberts 22, said he is  pared to come Back to the United states because things have been hard enough on my family since i be come Here he old the associated press thai his Mother who lives in Apple Valley calif., had been under attack by people angry at what he did but said she thinks " wrong and never supported the defection i am going to face the charges As up Raj i have civilian Legal representation and i  a fair trial Roberts added. Roberts an army Penval to icel his unit in West Germany and was Speair across the Border into East Germany by  faces charges of desertion under the us Ifim code of military Justice. He said he  be sentenced to up to four Yean . He said his West German Girlfriend Petra Neu Mann 24, is expecting a baby this month and i go Wilh him to the United states. Roberts said he had been in loudya0iwriofficlal at . Embassy in  the embassy i return old Fine United slates if he is he Haia Fly Cir my i Iauco authorities that if Iju afteme logo i can i Jiler Roberts  said his first step would be to apply for an amb ican passport. He currently has Only a military identification card and needs a passport to travel across inter National  never renounced my citizenship Roberts said. He first indicated last week thai he was having som second thoughts about what he had done. He said then he was seeking permission to leave in soviet Union and resettle in East Germany where Neumann has relatives. He added that he was having difficulty learning russian and was disenchanted with his stale assigned Job As a Snake Catcher in the Central Public of turkmen la. Robert and Neumann travelled to Moscow nearly six weeks ago and have been living in a hotel while wailing for action on their application logo id Bui Germany. Shortly after Midnight sunday Robert telephoned the a to say he had spoken to his Mother in califor Nia and was Upsel to hear about the abuse to which she and other members of his family had been subjected it s not my parents or my family s fault that 1 am he said. I wish the Public to respect my to Noah uni because it is hard enough on her already. She Hasm nil Mutin what i have  Roberts Halm Tylef cited because he disliked army service. He Lear aim i Gissen West Ger Many and Rode in the  car across the Border to East Germany defects Rob soviet embassy in East Berlin. He said he is allowed to have a civilian lawyer if he can afford one adding that he May help finance i Legal defense by writing a Book. He Doe not Yel have a publisher or a Book contract he said. Mrs. Reagan gets 95% Chance for recovery Washington not Nancy Reagan s doctors said sunday that final Laboratory tests of tissue removed during her breast cancer surgery on saturday showed no spread of the malignancy they said mrs. Reagan was recovering remarkably Well with an excellent Prog Nosis for full recovery. Mrs. Reagan s left breast was removed after doctors discovered a cancer seven millimetre in diameter or roughly the Width of a Pencil. Sunday s statement from the White House physician. A Mycol. John hut Lon jr., was the first offi Cial statement regarding her medical prognosis and follow up care. Hulton said the Only further treatment required would be routine checkups. Mutton s statement confirms earlier impressions expressed by doctors not connected with mrs. Reagan s Case that he cancer was caught in its initial stages giving her about a 95 percent Chance of surviving the cancer. The final Lesis of the tissue and Lymph nodes that were removed in the modified Radical Mastectomy surgery confirmed the tentative diagnosis made at the Lime of surgery mrs. Reagan s cancer was a common form confined to a duct and that it had not spread in the breast or to nearby Lymph nodes. Mrs. Reagan was reported to be feel ing Good. Spokesmen said she was walk ing around the suite at Bethesda naval Hospital and experiencing very Little pain. Minimal analgesic medication was prescribed said Button who also indicated thai doctors found no complications when they examined mrs Rea Gan sunday. Mrs. Reagan joined the president Sun Day morning in telephoning the parents of 18-month-old Jessica Mcclure the child in Midland Texas who was pulled from an abandoned Well late Friday. Mrs. Reagan told the Mcclure she had delayed her pre operative preparations Friday evening because the was watching the Rescue of the child on Tele vision and could not leave the television until she knew Jessica we Safe hut Lon said. When she i aware give her a big kiss mrs. Reagan told the Mcclure to. Bush from Page 1 urday when doctors performed a proce Dure on the fool to relieve pressure from swelling Viney said that in addition to the foot surgery monday doctors will insert Skine panders to stretch skin near a forehead sore about the size of a Silver Dollar above her eyebrows. Once the skin stretches in will be pulled Forward to cover the sore he said. Viney said there did not appear to Beany hearing lots despite the hours of listen ing to jackhammers and other equipment while Rescue workers dug through Rock to Jessica we say hello to Jessica and she opens her eyes and turns to us so we thinker hearing is Fine he said. Bush who once lived in Midland said Jessica was sleeping comfortably when he and his wife Barbara visited Wilh he parents. Chip and Reba Gayle Mcclure at her bedside for about 15  said they met Wilh the Mcclure just to wish them Well congratulate them on their  the Mcclure both 18, received Telephone cat from president Reagan about a half hour  Jessica was t sleeping she was responding to the doctors sometimes becom ing Cranky about the medical procedures. Reagan from Page 1 from the aircraft Carrier Ranger against the iranian silkworm batteries around the Shatt Al Arab waterway Al the North Ern end of the Gulf. Pentagon off dais said lop military commanders had been working in their command posts All Day suggesting Hal military response May have been set in motion the new York times reported. Al was the Caw with the invasion of Grenada in 1983 and the bombing of Libya in 1986, it is Likely that the Brief ing for congressional leaders would beheld when military retaliation against Iran was imminent or under Way i betimes said Baker interviewed on John Mclaughlin s one on one program was asked if any . Military action would  i would t even say that. You know the options Are before the president he replied. He added however thai what ican Tell you is that this country is very concerned about this development with Many members of Congress clamouring for a larger congressional Rolein determining persian Gulf policy Baker said the administration intends to keep lawmakers informed. Sex no from Page 1 what the military was All  what the military offered. In 1953. He joined thfhs44kborn div. Three years later while stationed in  is him Fli he me his wife Juliana and was married. Steadily moving up the enlisted ranks 3,000-Man Green Beret contingent at fort  i960 and stayed Wilh the special forces unit until he retired in 1969.Laclair twice volunteered for Vietnam in Hopes that a tour there would allow him the Chance to return to Augsburg. When the army rejected his second request for a Vietnam Lour Laclair decided to hang up Bis sergeant major s uniform while stationed at fort de Vens, figured if i can t pitch i la just take my Ball i go  the players and the rules had Cha Laclair last lived in  to the less structured Civita i was no longer part of  Cord of the military society thai Tobjy Ifni my needs physical As Well As  oui i had to like care of those needs Hysaj twas   degree by Day and sell ing in nil acc by night it look Laclair More than a year before he fell comfortable with  military is cloistered. It s a fraternity. When you belong to the military you tend to look at Civili Ansas outsiders. Then once you become a civilian you see that they re not different. You begin to think that maybe your thoughts should have been expanded a Little bit  i broadening was tied to his Pursuit of Aca Demic degrees. By 1974 he had a Bachelor s degree Anda Job teaching sixth Grade in Lunenburg mass. By 1976, he had a Mailer s degree. He received his doctor ate in 1981. Laclair rejoined the defense department As military s overseas school system. In i9z" tkaisen1 the department came five years later Jer Centary in Bauro Vilseck Ruth Erade teacher at 1taryt his firs i of defense depend As an assistant i bolder. He Palm Fred As an assistant Piffl to High school before being i a High Tor 1986-87. He was offered inn Cipolat Kaisen Mautern High last summer. He sees a school As a social catalyst for the average american  american society offers Leen Agurs the Opportunity to leave school at the age of 16. You really can1 do it in Dodds. They can t go out and buy a car and Date  Laclair finds today s Len agers Wiser because of the Media but no More problematic than those he grew up with including  helped sponsor a dance along Wilh my wife he said. And she said look Al the Way they re  s so suggestive. That s awful i thought about that. When i was that age. 1 was trying to walk through a girl on the dance floor. You could t get us apart with hot water. They re doing what we were doing Only it s safer now because they re farther apart Laclair admits he does t have All the answers including How Best to  the school year. At i  the Best school this Yarrow How the hell am i going to do that _ ludicrous for Region director Joeand to announce at a principal s conference that Bill you be got the Best school in Dodds there be four people wanting to kill  Laclair s erect gait and spartan office Are reminder that his military past has t entirely disappeared. But his past is the last thing be wants Kaiserslautern Stu dents to Deal with. To Don t want them to look to me Ai an authority figure he said. I want them to look up to me As to educator because that s what i  i meeting other military retirees at the snack bar Dini a special forces decade association Book much to remind Laclair that he once won e-9 stripes of Hilba Green bent"1 know Nelm Aijoo different people he said. I know there is these Iii. Laclair who once served inthe military and diet Terji twas trained to do. Then there is the . Laclair woo is principal Al a major High Ichio Lix adds doing what he was trained to do. Of i be outgrown one life and grown i life. I cherished every bit of that one 1even bit of the one i have Here. It s a different me. And yet it s the same