European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 5, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday May 5. 1988 the stars and stripes Page 5 military base closures to be studied car Ucci Esab wishes 9-member panel by Norman Black a military writer Washington defense Secretary Frank c. Carlucci optimistic that Congress will pass legis lation ranking in easier to close Unn coded military bases an tuesday established a bipartisan commis Sion to select redundant facilities. Some have suggested that this May be an Cser else in  Carlucci wrote in a memo id the service secretaries and joint chiefs of staff refer ring to past efforts to close military bases to he contrary. I am convinced that the Corn miss Ion s Effort can be fruitful in developing a pro Cess and criteria for closing or realigning bases and proposing candidates by the end of the year. Former sen Abe Ribicoff h-conn., and former rep. Jock Edwards a Ala. Have agreed to co chair the com  the defense Secretary said the panel would con Sist of nine members including Ribicoff and Edwards and that he would name the other seven members soon. I will be known As the commission on base realignment and closure. Congress has prevented the Pentagon from Clos ing Unn coded military bases for More than a decade with individual members always stepping in to protect facilities in their District. Over the past few months however Carlucci has joined forces with a Small band of Huus and Senate members to push Forward a new procedure for base closings advanced by rep. Dick Armey. A Texas. The key to Armey s plan which has already gained the approval of the Senate armed services committee is that Congress would approve the shutdowns before the doomed bases were actually named it would be up to the bipartisan commission to review nil military facilities for their continued usefulness and by dec. 31, unveil a list of bases that were no longer needed. Carlucci would Hen have to either accept the recommendation Anil agree to close All of the buses on the list or else keep them All open if Carlucci accepted the recommendation the pending legislation would authorize the waiver of environmental and other Laws Antl the bases could be shut Down. Various studies have suggested the Pentagon could save Between $1 billion and $5 billion every year by closing unneeded bases. Ukrainian girl doing Well after heart surgery Pemberton . Us l a 5 year old ukrainian girl who flew 10 the United slates for treatment of a life threatening Hcan defect was re covering Well after surgery monday that soviet physicians apparently had feared trying doctors said a six member surgical team spent two hours closing a Hole Between the lower Chambers of Maya Shrago s heart and repairing associated dam age to the Organ doctors at Deborah heart and lung Cen tar said. We did a Complete repair of the anomaly and the child is doing Well said or. Loren of Gonzalez lev site chairman of the Hospital s surgery department who performed the operation. Shrago is  to remain in the Hospital s intensive care unit temporarily the doctor said. The child suffered since birth from a Complex condition known As Tetra logy of the fallow which kept her All but bedridden for most of her life. The girl flew to the United slates with her Mother and grandmother Early last month because doctors in the soviet Union were concerned that she was too frail to withstand surgery Gonzalez Lovinc said. He said soviet physicians arc Able five year old Maya Serafio rests following Hurt surgery " new Jersey. To Correct the condition but doctors at the new Jersey Hospital have More experience in the procedure particularly in Young children. The defect was so severe that Sara go was believed to have had Only a Short Lime to live without surgery a Hospital spokeswoman said. Surgery had to be postponed for nearly a month to allow a drug Sara to had been taking in the soviet Union to be purged from her system Coni Alc Levine said. The drug temporarily weakened the girl s heart muscle to prevent in from obstructing blood flow to the lungs. The child s paternal Uncle. Boris Shoiket of Manhattan who Immi grated to the United Stales from the soviet Union in 1973, initiated efforts in february to have her transferred to the new Jersey Hospital. Her treatment in the United states is being paid for by the Hospital s children of the world program which provides care for about so for eign Young people n year. Shrago will remain hospitalized for up to 10 Days and will remain in the United slates for another two to three weeks after her release to Recu Perate before she returns Home. Con Walcz Lovinc said. Portrayals of god As a woman approved by United methodists St. Louis a the United methodists voted tuesday to write Mankind out of their hymns in favor of people and include portrayals of god As a feminine figure but the denomination did t Tam per with psalms. The nation s second largest i to Testant body overwhelmingly adopted a new hymnal that generally shifts to inclusive language for humans such As using All for men and people for Mankind but members decided to retain masculine pronouns for god in the Book s psalms denying the request of several delegates to use gender Neutral nouns such As gods rather than  delegates of the 9.6 million member denomination whine founder John Wesley exhorted followers to sing Lus tily and with full courage approved the new hymnal by 83 to 69. An exciting and historical moment proclaimed the Rev. A re Bevins of Lincoln neb after applause quieted in the Cervantes convention Center packed with about 3.000 visitors and observers. It was the eighth Day of the Church s 11-Day quadrennial governing Confer ence. Delegates also began considering a major revamped summary of doctrine also regarded As a key matter for the Church. But the new hymnal replacing the old edition of 196, provided the is Toul note of the Day. With several interludes of rousing song from the Book and deliberations about it. The hefty 960.page volume combines ritual psalms and 625 songs compared with 552 in the old Book. The hymnal has 330 songs new to methodists including gospel songs spirituals ethnic hymns and new compositions. Some hymns such As Faith of our fathers and dear lord and father1 of Mankind were not changed at All be cause they Are imprinted deeply in peo ple s memories. Bui the most Papular easter hymn Christ the lord is risen today was Given a revised first verse changing sons of men and Angels say to Earth and heaven in chorus  the Book also includes Good Chris Tian friends rejoice instead of the old Good Christian men  and substitutes god of the Ages for god of our  the Rev. Carlton Young of Nashville tenn., editor of the new hymnal said the revision offered a Chance to address god in alternative terms other than masculine but a barked off because of  As a result he said Only three hymns off for Mittic images of god. Several others were rejected. Those three include wonder of won Ders and How can we name a love by British poet Brian Wren which por Tay god both As Mother and father. The third song the care the Eagle gives her Young compares god to a Mother Eagle. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. May 5, 1948 eleven Days before the end of British Rule Over Jerusalem the United states admitted defeat in its attempt in the United nations to establish a protective trusteeship. 30 years ago foday. May 5. 1mb former president Truman said president Eisenhower s de of Csc reorganize lion plan Wasa duplicate of the one he had proposed in 1949. 20 years ago foday. May 5. 1968 Bobby us cry Rode dancer s image to Victory at Churchill Downs in Louisville by. To become the first jockey in 66 years to win consecutive Kentucky derbies. ? 0 years ago today May 5, 1978 the United stale Sand the 1 Hilin pics reaffirmed an agreement to place american military bases under filipino commanders the statement was devoted exclusively to the status of Clark air base and Subic Day naval Bast and made no mention of human rights issues