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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, January 25, 1988

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday january 25, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 vow Breaks policy in backing inf treaty Toledo Ohio up1 the pc crans of for elfin wars has broken a Long standing policy by sup porting a  treaty that would eliminate intermediate Range nuclear missiles a vow official said. Larry Rivers of Alexandria la., inc Organiza Tion senior vice commander said the group believes  the treaty which eliminates land based missiles mainly deployed in Europe with ranges Between Joo and 3,400 Miles will Benefit inc United states. We in he vow support the treaty Rivers said. Thai an important step for us because it has not been our policy in inc past to support treaties with the soviet Union simply because it has been our opinion they have used these treaties in order to gain political advantage if not military advantage in the  the treaty signed in Washington last month by president Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorba Chev must still be rail tied by inc Senate. Riven who in August will become the second Vietnam War Veteran to hold the National Organiza Tion commander in chief Posi said inc treaty de serves the group support there Are concerns we have but with All of the potential flaws we feel it in inc Benefit of ibis country and the american people and we support  Rivers said. Rivers said there should be a place in inc presi Dent Cabinet devoted to veterans affairs. Me said membership in his organization has increased every year for More than three decades and now stands at 2.1 million veterans. Probably the most important thing going on that affects us veterans is the continuing debate Over whether or not we should elevate the director of the veterans administration id cab incl level Sirius Rivers said. A Efna Mese Mother wins race to Comfort dying son san Jose. Calif. Lips a Young vietnamese refugee with spinal career slur Geld to tight Baric tears saturday As he embraced his Mother who noved from Vic Nam Oiler winning a bureaucratic race to com fort her dying Ion. I love you. 1 love you  the bedridden Nguyen Ngoc Anh said As he embraced his Mother Dinh Thi by who left Vietnam Afler an intensive lobbying Effort Urgani cd by the Hosp Tal staff and a 1av, i r who specializes in obtaining the release of amerasian Chil Dren. I Brave i m Lien by who had repeatedly tried to escape from Viet Nam after learning her son was dying lot Anh. I love you and missed you every Day when 1 wis in  by arrived in sin Jose and immediately rushed to Valley medical Mcnier. Where her son was near death Anh 20. Fled Vic Nam with his Sis ters five years ago. He was adapting Well to life in California until Early Las year when he was diagnosed As having transverse myelitis a rare spinal can cer. He was near death last wednesday when Hospital social worker Judy Fric Dyberg told him Vietnam officials had agreed to his cd Atli a j wish and were allowing his Mother to leave. His spirits improved considerably lawyer brute bairns. Who led inc Campaign to bring by to the u ,s., said. Doctors had said it would be touch and go Iii lit the Young Man would survive Long enough. It was a matter of getting inc plane Here on time Burns  nothing else Delors can do. There no Chance of recovery at All la was a race Between an air plane and inc grim reaper Buths said the medical staff was impressed thai he was Able to hang on this Long vietnamese Mother Dinh Thi by is reunited nil her Juhik son. Nguyen a Fink a tin. Or. James Thompson said. He has a Strong will to  friends and relatives of Anh first got word that by had been granted Permis Sion to leave Vietnam on feb. Ii. Burns quickly got on the phone Loviet Nam Anil Bangkok and persuaded officials to gel bar Oul sooner because Anh probably would t live another three weeks. When we started trying to set Herout nine months ago. There Vire 675,000 people applying to leave Viet Nam and she was number 21 1.0 1 1," Burns said. Fric Dyberg said Anh was in a lot of pain and under heavy dosages of morphine. We re All pulling for  Fric Deburg said. When Ann Mother teamed of her son illness bums said she made 22 separate escape attempts. She was twice jailed by the vietnamese government and twice came close to drowning Afler falling into inc Ocean from a boat. The lawyer who has helped dozens of amerasian children relocate in the United slates made several trips to Thailand and Vietnam last year to plead for by release Anh fled to inc . With his Sisters five year ago. His to incr and brother in a different bout were caught and sent Back to Vic Nam. Ann father. Nguyen Van by. Fled to the United slates shortly after the fall of Saigon. The Hospital workers acted on Ann behalf because this kind of thing does t came up that often Hogg said. Many of us were his surrogate mothers Fric Dyberg added although he had Only one to incr and he wanted to bring her Over. Everyone loves his company Here Thompson said of the Slraight a Stu Dent and artist he a remarkably sensitive and caring Young  Man tumbles to death during break in opera new York. A an 82-year old opera Buff fell to his death from the top Balcony of the Melro poloian opera House during intermission at a performance of Verdi a  Johanna Fiedler a metropolitan opera spokeswoman said the Man a i Gular opera go a fell about  feel from the top Balcony onto an aisle in the orchestra Section Midway be tween the stage and the Back of the Hall on saturday afternoon. Police spokesman sgt. Norris Hollo Man said the Man identified As ram Clio Ranic Havsky of Manhattan was dead when officers arrived at the Hall in the Lincoln Center samples on Man Hattan upper West Side. Banc Havsky was a bulgarian bom singing coach. Police sol. De Burns said police did not know if the Man jumped or fell the death occurred As Many of the 4,000 people at the mating performance waited in seals for the Start of the final portion of the show. There was terrible screaming by people who saw the body coming Down said Sophie bloc scr who was in the audience. The scats and aisle where Bant Chc sky landed were empty and no of her injuries were reported Fiedler said the performance was broadcast to a nationwide radio audience which was told during the intermission that the broadcast would be curtailed be cause of an  the remainder of the performance was can celeb. Diana Fanizza said she had been outside i9ic Hall for inc intermission and was returning when she heard someone scream. La was very very frightening. I got very Shook up she said. Former Dole aide got second consulting fee Washington api the former finance chairman of sen. Bob Dole presidential Campaign received a �4.500 monthly consulting fee from a company after pole office helped it land a government contract the Washington Post reported sunday. David Owen who resigned Jan 14 from Dole Campaign for the Republican presidential nomination received the payments torn exp enterprises inc., which received a s2f million no bid contract with the army in i486, the newspaper said citing unidentified knowledgeable sources. The Post said it could not determine precisely when the payments started or if they had stopped. Exp owned by John Palmer received a contract to provide food in the army mess Halls at fort Leonard Wood to. Dole in a statement Jan. 16, said his office tried for More than a year to help Palmer a Black businessman compete for government contracts under the Small business administration minority set aside program. Owen has acknowledged serving As a consultant to Palmer company and helping set up financing for it. A company owned by Owen Eagle distributors inc., is a main supplier to Edi far the foil Leonard Wood contract. Owen a former  governor of Kansas also was financial adviser to a Blind Trust for former transportation Secretary Eliiabeth Dole the senator wife. In. Dole Blind Trust was Dis solved Jan. 15. On a separate Deal Owen has said he contacted Dole office regarding an Effort by a. Business associate Darol Rodrock to extend a .4 million housing contract at fort la Vanworth. Owen acknowledged receiving about 7,000 a month As a consultant for thai firm. On Friday Owen issued a statement saying he did nothing improper but Wai frustrated to realize that i should have been More careful with the appearance of some   
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