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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, June 12, 1988

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Yeager gives Blunt advice to graduates by  Arrington Doke Kisi r luuk Ril Bureau  Chuck a Cager does t re member any words of Wisdom passed on 10 the class of 1941 by the guest speaker at his High school graduation. And his Gin a notion thai most graduation talks arc forgotten within an hour anyway. So inc first Man to break the sound Barrier Kepi inc advice Brief and to the Point Friday when he addressed  High school s class of 1988 at graduation exercises. A Man or a girl or a lady who enjoys their work is usually pretty Good at  a Cager told the assembled graduates and i hair families. Regardless of which Job you pick pick one you like to do. If you Don t enjoy in.  if those remarks Bear a resemblance to sensible grand fatherly advice in in l coincidence. Two of the retired air Force brigadier general s grandchildren Jason and Tammy a Cager were among inc 1988 Kai scr Lauk in High graduates. Jiwon 17, is the son of master sol. Michael Yeager assigned to Ramstein a and his wife. Linda. Tammy 18, is the daughter of Don and Francic Scag or of Norwood colo., bul lived with her Uncle s family in Germany for her senior year to broaden her educational and cultural horizons. When Jason wrote me and asked me would i come Over and be the graduation speaker his grandmother made the decision we were going Yeager said keen Blue eyes twinkling during an interview thursday. Said Jason he s a celebrity. And throughout my life people have asked about him a lot. He Speaks a Lott different places and i just thought it would be a fun idea to have him come Over and speak for us the graduation served As a Niin family reunion for the year cars. Tammy s parents joined the senior Yeager. 65, and his wife Clennis her name has adorned assorted Yeager flown planes Over the years in their trip overseas. During their stay Chuck a Cager has been seeing old friends and showing other family members his former stomping grounds during previous hours in Germany mix ing a Little business with pleasure that s the Way i live Yeager said. Retired from inc air Force in 1975. Yeager spends up to 10 Days a month Al Edwards apr calif., on flight and weapons system tests also filling his Lime Are to commercials for automotive products and Campaign appearances on behalf of vice president George Bush in his bid for the presidency. Sunday june 12, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 3 by Nulo by a mob Morrison Chuck Yeager shares a smile on graduation Day with his grandchildren Tammy 18, and Jason 17. His successful 1985 autobiography a Cager will be followed in september by a second Book which focuses on Hunting fishing and flying experiences he shared with his Friend Bud Anderson. Yeager is amused with his celebrity. Whatever happens  he said. That s the Way you should take life you know. You Don t pay an awful lot of attention to in really. Like when i m in an Airport a lot of people come and want to Eccl you or look Al you. And they say arc you who i think you Aret and i say How would i know who you think i am?1 or they say you look like Chuck a Cager and i say i should " Fame often poses disadvantages for family Mem Bers such As frequent requests for autographs and interviews from Yeager. But his Down to Earth Altitude about his High recognition Factor appears to be shared by his family. I used to worry that people just liked me because i was his grand kid and they wanted an autograph Jason Saia but i Learned that people arc different. I Don t worry Aboul in  your real friends practically forget he is a celeb Rity Tammy said. In s your friends thai arc l always asking for inc  next year Jason will major in engineering at Oregon state University and Tammy will study physical therapy in  Grandfather on the other hand admits that he did t do very Good in High school subjects that required Homework and he did t have much Choice in mapping out his future immediately out of High school because world War 11 was , Alt in All High school graduation signals the time when Young people must Start thinking Aboul making a living Yeager  think most kids. Basically have had their moral fibres pretty Well adjusted and their Way of thinking and what they want to be is pretty Well established just from i hair parents and the teachings they got at Home a Cager  always remember when you graduate from High school because it s inc end of a drag to Pul it bluntly he continued. And that s the Way school is to most people. You learn actually a lot of things that help you later in ," he said it s no great Milestone As far As accomplishing  israelis order speedup of Arab judicial reviews Jerusalem a the army or dered a speedup in inc judicial review process for some of the 5,000 palestini ans arrested during the Arab uprising in the occupied territories. Defense officials said the new system would Benefit detainees by increasing judicial supervision. But palestinian lawyer Jonathan Kui Tab saturday called the move a charade and said defense minister Yitzhak Rabin ordered the changes after All detainees decided last week to Challenge the system by filing appeals. About 2.000 arabs Are being held for up to sin months without charges most of them taken into custody since inc uprising began dec. 8, they Are called administrative detainees. The army also holds about 3,000 Arabi awaiting trial or serving prison terms on charges of anti israeli violence. Underground leaders of the uprising set aside saturday As a Day of Solidarity with palestinian prisoners and called for renewed anti israeli protests. On Friday soldiers bulldozed the Cin Deblock House of an Arab from the West Bank refugee Camp a Clahoun after he was arrested on suspicion that he stabbed an israeli appointed Arab  the West Bank Village of Beita troops expelled about 100 israelis who were planting Olive Recs to protest the army s uprooting of Orchards and demolition of 14 Arab houses. The army measures were in reprisal for an april 6 clash Between villagers and Racli teen age West Bank settlers i which two arabs and a 15-year-old jew ish girl were killed. Also Friday the government press office reinstated the press credentials of Abc television correspondent Martin Fletcher after a six week suspension imposed because he allegedly violated Mili tary censorship. Kuttab said the changes in the appeals process were ordered because under the Currim system the army would be unable to Deal with the expected wave of appeals. Weihin the next two weeks All detainees will have filed appeals Kuttab Lold the associated press. This is going to impose a heavy Burden on the  under present rules a three member military committee hears inc appeals and then refers inc Case to the area com Mander for a final decision. Rabin on Friday ordered a military judge to Lake the place of the review committee and make the final ruling in the Case said ministry spokesman Euan Haber. Weather or note a Pham by Brenda Kot Lirt Ronald milk is read for the wet or the warm As he Waits for a ride to Mannheim West Germany Friday. Metier Gat a ride from Obe Schliess Helm which is near Munich id he hard Wald rest Slop near Heidelberg. Then he sat under his umbrella far Mare than an hour. He did t get an other ride but he did t get rained on either  
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