European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 20, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes Friday november 20,1987 takes More than willpower to quit from Page 1 the staff sergeant Wilh he troop combat aviation brigade on Flieger horse Casein will continue to do his smoking on the couple s apartment Balcony. "1 May spend inc night in the office Booth joked. If i can make it through today i la be All right. Seeing my husband smoke.,Nooth s Blue eyes twinkled with a smile while she pushed a Pencil behind her ear. I m a very nervous person she admitted. I m used to smoking a pack to a pack and a hair a in preparation Tor giving up smoking Tor the Day Booth Cut Down during inc Las week to about half her Normal amount. The Day before the smoke out she got Down Loci Ghi cigarettes. I May not cat lunch because 1 love to smoke after eating Booth said folding another piece of gum into her Mouth. Of the six people in Booth s office she is the Only smoker. Nevertheless All her co workers sympathized Wilh her. She s trying real hard said Mullins an Edu cation specialist. Debby has a real Lens Job and smoking meets a lot of nervous Booth s office supports All five child development centers in Hanau. Missile transporter overturns 2 gis Hurt Darmstadt. Germany two 32nd air defense come soldiers were injured thursday when a transporter carrying four Patriot missiles overturned in a ditch near launcher transporter Slid Oft a narrow rain sickened curve on Highway b-48, about a mile Southwest of Annweiler. About m a.m., capt. Gaylan Johnson said the missiles fell into the ditch but there Wasno danger of explosion at any time Johnson said. Patriot missiles Are unarmed when being transported he told United press International. Military and German police and explosive Ord Del personnel were summoned to the scene and the missiles were removed by 5 soldiers from Bury a 6lh in 3rd air de sense arty were transported to the regional medical Center in lands Uhl their names and conditions were not available Johnson said. Airman gets 6 months for cocaine Possession Hahn a Germany an airman first class has received a bad conduct discharge and six months confinement for Possession of cocaine a base spokesman said. A. . Michael w. Marios 22, of the 50thcombat support group pleaded guilty nov. 9 at the general court martial to charges which stemmed from his arrest at Frankfurt International Airport sol. Paul Richard was arrested at the Airport june 6, when customs officials found one Quarter Gram of cocaine in his Possession. He was returning to Germany from leave in his Hometown of , who had been in the air Force since april 19s5, also was reduced to Al and ordered to forfeit All pay and allowances. Hijacking suspect Hamadi to go on trial Jan. 5 Bonn a Abbas Ali Hamadi the brother of a jailed Twa hijacking suspect will go on trial Jan. 5 in connection with a related Kidnap Ping in Beirut Lebanon the chief Federal prosecutor s office said will a tried for attempting to coerce the West German government into releasing his jailed brother in Exchange for West German nos tages held in Beirut. She s working but she s More irritable and shit in mrs in fun Booth s Boss Cecilia Kandior. Booth s legs went numb and she fell Lighth Cudd before lunch. She fell better after eating despite the other diners smoking around her. I held my breath Booth said with can t believe How i m feeling now. My feel like their floating. My veins must be opening Daniels explained to Booth that smoking slows blood circulation. I started smoking when i was 16," Booth recalls shaking her head. It began when 1 was lighting up cigarettes for my Boyfriend in Melbourne for about 30 mimics during the Laic afternoon Booth disappeared. Suppl or thought she was with Daniels. Daniels was t in the building. "1 went up to the computer room where no one is allowed to smoke Booth said. I talked Wilh some one calmed Down and by 4 30 ., Booth was standing tall. "1 still feel anxious and nervous but t feel Good she said. I m so proud of myself because i made in this far. I know i la make it the rest of the Daniels said about 00 adoption packets were distributed in the Hanau military Community for use thursday. Bis Phon by Sulu new Gloria Sumpter and John Daniels offer Debby Booth toothpick and moral support in her no smoking Battle. Amelco loses Appeal on Banff conf race by the Sara and stripes american express has lost its Appeal of a defens department decision awarding military banking con tracts in Germany the Netherlands and Greece to merchants National Bank and Trust co. Of Indianapolis company officials said thursday. The general accounting office decided not to re open the bidding process As requested by american express in its protest lodged in August the american express vice chairman and chief operating officer said in a statement from new York. Naturally we arc disappointed with the Gao s decision As we believe we have the resources and exper Tise needed to provide the Best possible service to our military personnel overseas Robert a. Savage said. It is still our belief that the bidding process was flawed however our top priorities right now Are to continue to provide our military customers Wilh Quality banking Serif pcs As we have done for the past 40 years and to ensure the transition is As smooth a Savage said american express officials already have been in touch with merchants to discuss inc transition. Merchants officials could not be reached for com ment thursday. At the time the protest was lodged a merchants spokeswoman said company officials expected to begin service in february. American express said in was told after in loss the contract that the selection process focused on retail banking in the United states. American exp Reil it bes known for its worldwide charge card service but in does not operate any Banks in the United states. Fire from Page 1 will identify any accelerant explosives or any other terrorist or fire accelerant that May have been Michael Doherty Deputy chief fire officer of the London fire brigade ruled out cigarettes As the cause and said we Are pretty confident the fire started on the not beneath in us previously thought. The tire erupted at 7 36 At the Tail end of the commuter Rush period and would have claimed an even heavier loll had it occurred an hour Keith Bright chairman of London regional transport said the fire started about Halfway up wooden escalator and quickly spread into the ticket area which is compte iely burned said they saw people Wilh burning hair and Zihere lying face Down and motionless in the charred main ticket Hall of the Mammoth station which in served by five lines of the London survivors said transport staff directed them to escalators thai carried them into flames and fire official said the Blaze was so hoi thai it blew tiles from Walls of the the dead were passengers except for fire station officer Colin town sly 43, the fire brigade of the injured Are in serious condition including three bum victims in intensive was by far the worst fire in the history of the 124 year old London underground the world s oldest sub Way and its second deadliest Accident. Forty three weit killed and 74 injured in a 1975 subway train crash. Classified advertising Coupon today on Page 12 Cut from Page 1 provides us Wilh the Power in our defense that matches us up with the heavier strength of soviet and Warsaw pact conventional forces Calvin soviet military doctrine stresses gaining advantage through Surprise Calvin said so the unite states should maintain a Large opposing conventional Force to Dampen the effect of a Surprise. Also be said a . Force reduction might prompt other Natona tons to drop their la say Why should we make the sacrifices we re making if the Leader of the Western world is not witling to make those same sacrifices Calvin said. They la say the . Must know something we Don know. The . Must know thai there s really not a threat out there because they re backing off their own people. So if there s not a threat Why should we put so much Effort Inlo defense he acknowledged thai the expected inter Media Range nuclear Force treaty would have a i Eccl effect on some . Troops such As and air Force units thai control perching ii and ground launched cruise missiles. Some units will stay in existence Wilh some reorganization Galvin said. Some units might go put of existence. But this it of course the life of any he praised the soldiers and airmen who have serve Din the missile units saying their presence has forced the first turnaround in the expansion of the nuclear race. That is probably the biggest move toward stability that we be had in. The Alliance since in Wai formed certainly the biggest move in the last couple of the face of defense department budget cull and the Low value Dollar commanders More than anyone else will be put to the test As they try to keep service to personnel intact Galvin s no doubt that we re going logo into a period of aus Eniy ii is not just going to happen to the military. It s going to happen it appears to All Ameri cans he Tola the Sun and May have to Ratchet Back a Bil. We May have to do some Belt lightening Galvin said in a separate interview Wilh an. Bui that does t mean everybody s going to go oui of business. That does t mean that All the agencies that Are there 10 support Aren t going to be there any More. What in Means is thai behave really got to put a Loi of command interest into
