European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 31, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday March 31, 1988 the stars and stripes i v1 Marine gets medal for shield idea qlmnt1co. A. Apt common Sens and fire filling Harf have won a Navy achievement medal for an 1  Marine. 1 pc. Neil r. Wadley won the medal for his idea hat could make fou is invisible to enemy heal selecting devices. The award was presented to Wadley by Tien. Alfred m. Gray jr., Marine corps commandant. Wadley or is. Maries. Idaho is stationed 91 the Quanico base and sums cd thai combat ants Wear a special lightweight shield hat would neutralise the enemy s Tensors. Lie said he got the idea from his work fighting of Kiwi ires with the department of lands in Idaho before he became a Marine. Everyone was issued a fire shelter a five Pound Sheet of material Capa ble of reflecting severe temperatures he said. Wadley said he was t prepared for what happened after he wrote a letter to the Marine carps garlic. Outlining his idea for the poncho Type shield the editor of the Gazette forwarded a copy of the letter to Cray and the general immediately wrote Wadley n idler pm really cd cited by your idea and am latins the Liberty of initiating immediate measures to Deture that its possibilities arc thoroughly  be prepared to stabilize Dollar briton tells . London up the . Dollar has fallen far enough and Washington should defend it with a Rise in interest rates if necessary. Chancellor of the exchequer Nigel Lawson Gaid tuesday. On the value of he Pound Lawson said be is perfectly satisfied with its current rate against the Ger Man Mark and declined to discuss any lurid zones for the Pound Mark change Rote. A conversion Rait. Pige 20. Speaking to a meeting of the association of Ameri can correspondents the Chancellor said the opinion of the finance ministers of the major Industrial 07 nations is thai no further Dollar decline is called  Lawson said that in now is evident there is no recessionary threat at All in the United states so the Federal Reserve Board should be ready to raise inter est rates to support the Dollar. I m not saying it is necessary now but i think it is essential that the fed arc prepared to move in this direction if it seems necessary he said. On the whole the Dollar has been much More Sta ble than Many people were predicting 01 the end of last  but he said that to gel desired currency is Abnir by purchases by Central Banks Are not enough. Touve got to be ready to use interest Rales in order to Back up the sort of stability of would like to  he said on Ilie Pound Mark role. Lawson said i m perfectly satisfied Inith the Pound Al the current Rale but thai does t imply anything in  the Pound was trading in London tuesday it around 3.10 Marks to the Pound. For months it traded at or below 3.00 marts due la British intervention. Until earlier this month when prime minister Marga ret Thatcher decided thai defending such a level could be inflationary Lawson Laid that while he is Happy with tuesday s rate you should not draw any conclusion from that that there is somehow a target. By in is possible for Curren cies lobe uncomfortably High or uncomfortably  the Chancellor declined to describe in detail his tactics saying that would be a great discourtesy to the House of  he was to meet with n House of commons committee on wednesday. But he did contend our intervention is not Infra  Lawson said that is for the widespread Feare thai there would be Al recession or even a depression in he United Stales after the oct. 19 Slock mar Kcal crash i never believed  High school musicians Trade notes at Italy gathering a Alba Bra Coli Mediterranean Bureau Vico Quense Italy there were no our notes for the l0 department of defense dependents schools students who gathered near Naples for the i9ss All Italy music festival. Most High school bands in Italy arc fairly Small and this is a unique Opportunity for our students to experience the flavor or a big band sound said Rtchard Duncan a music teacher at the american High school in Naples and festival coordinator. The students from High schools Al Aviano Brindisi c miso Livorno Sig Nelja Vincnza and Naples arrived in Vico Educ disc a tiny Lown South of Naples on the Sorrento Peninsula Early on March 21. There they participated in a four Day Marathon of instructions and rehearsals that ended with a hand and Iligir concert Al the Allied officers club in Naples. During Llic first rehearsal after spending All night on the Road we were kind of hanging in there said Kathy a Eiith a freshman from Vienna. But the Al morph arc it so exciting Here thai we could probably do without sleep  the festival which has been held at different schools in Italy for the past 15 years gave students an Opportunity to meet with other Young musicians and work together Loward a common musical goal. It in t like in sports where a school plays against another  said Rodney Bristow a senior from Naples. We Are not in Competition we Are working  for Many of the students in is was the first Lime they heard a musical score being performed by All the re thu Rcd instruments. We arc not dealing with the Large High school bands l