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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday june 1 a 19bs news updates Baptist Resolution Dayton Ohio Cox the Southern Baptist convention has passed a Resolution condemning Atlanta based con newspapers for firing Dennis Shircas publisher of the Dayton daily news last wee because he rejected advertisement by two homosexual groups. The classified advertising Sher rejected publicized a series of health lectures. The Resolution tilled on persecution of christians also called upon All Media to refuse Advertis ing Hal promotes homosexuality or any other lifestyle that is destructive to the  its passage thursday came on the final Day of the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Conven Tion held in san Antonio Texas. The Sec is the nation s largest protestant denomination with about 14.7 million members. Nashville symphony Nashville. Tenn. A the Nashville symphony association has filed for chapter 11 reorganization after almost five months of struggling with its musicians to solve Money problems. The music City s is member orchestra shut Down feb. 3 be cause of financial trouble and since then a task Force of Board members and musicians has wrangled Over Cost cutting plans to keep he symphony alive. Eagle scouts Mannheim West Germany two senior boy scouts have advanced 1o the rank of Eagle the highest Honor in boy scouting. Robert f. Brisson 111. 14, has been i scouting seven years. Brisson s service project was to identify Public facilities accessible to the handicapped. He surveyed More than 100 facilities on the six military installations in the Heidelberg Community and logged 86 hours on the project. The son of it col. Robert and Joa Brisson will enter the i oth Grade in the till i. Andres Mcculey 15, also has had a seven year scouting career. For his serv ice project he designed and built 30 benches for the so much Community. The work involved coordination within the Community and the organization of More than 20 volunteers who logged More than 200 hours on the project. The son of it. Col. Roben and Barbara Mccaulou just finished the ninth Grade at so much Junior High school. To attain the Eagle scout rank a boy scout must fulfil requirements in the areas of leadership service and outdoor skills. Only about 2.5 percent of All boy scouts earn the Eagle scout award according to boy scouting officials. No has heart attack at club Dies in Hospital Augsburg West Germany a 45-year-old Vii corps arty senior no died thursday evening at a local Ger Man Hospital following an apparent heart attack at a Post dub. The Soldier was pronounced dead at 9 44 . Upon arrival at the Hospital from the augsburger club a combined officers and enlisted club a military spokeswoman said Friday. The Soldier s name was withheld ending notification of next of Kin. According to Pic spokeswoman the Soldier Dico despite repented efforts of German and american paramedics using cardiopulmonary resuscitation. . Report confirms Cia hired sex nazi wanted for War crimes new York not . Intelli gence authorities in Europe employed a belgian nazi War criminal for 10 Yean after world War ii without properly checking his identity even after he repeatedly gave different names a govern ment report acknowledged thursday. After the True identity and crimes of the informant Robert Jan Verbelena be came known the report said the Cia sought to assist his Transfer without prejudice to an unnamed Allied Intelli gence service that officials later identified As West Germany s. Vrr Belen the report concluded manipulated the army s counter Intelli gence corps into protecting him from being brought to  the report in preparation since 1984 by the Justice department s office of special investigations was cleared in and Vante with the Cia the army and the state department. It also cited 13 other cases of War criminals and Active German nazi collaborators who were recruited after the War by the counter intelligence corps. At the insistence of the army and the Cia. The 13 were not identified in the report Verbelun is now 77 years old and lives in Vienna Austria where he writes espionage novels and works As a speaker and publicist for Neo nazi organizations the report said. In an interview with the new York times in 1984, Verbelena dented complicity in any War crimes and said he had organized an Mai Stu asian spy network for the americans in Vienna after the War. A belgian military court in 1947 sentenced him to death in absent a for the murder of 101 people. In 1965, an aus Trian jury found him guilty of inciting the murder of two people but then acquitted him on the ground dial that he was following orders. The acquittal was later overturned by a higher court but hews never retried. The report examined charges first brought to Light by the anti defamation league of b Psi b Rith. It ii the american nazi Hunting unit s first major investigation since the 1983 inquiry into the counter intelligence Corn hiring of Klaus Barbie the former Gestapo Leader in Lyons France. The investigation found that Verbe Len As a Leader of the nazi Allied flemish is directed a Campaign of beatings and assassinations for which he was later cited on an Early War crimes list of Secu Rity suspects.1 Verbelena s explanations of his work for the americans after the War the re port said were Replete with exaggerations lies and  in one account it said pc Belen asserted that his first  handler capt. Frank harm a Titour aged him to adopt an alias Peter Mayer and urged him to file a false personal history form. Harris could Aoi recall Many details when interviewed in19s4, the report said. Between 1949 and i9s1, or. Mayer went under a variety of other names which should have tipped off his handlers the report said. In 1956, Verbelena told american superiors his True identity. Instead of begin Ning an inquiry then  officers with the Cia s help sought to Transfer Verbelena to the West German intelligence service. French woman mistook lost boy for grandson Elpaso Texas a a French woman said she was mistaken when she thought the unidentified hearing impaired boy found Las year wandering the streets of Juarez Mexico was her grandson. Camille Mullet thought photos of the boy strongly resembled he grandson Philippe Mulfor 13. Bui she said thursday night from Paris that she had just spoken by Telephone with her son who told her Hal he her daughter in Law and her four grandchildren were in Al Pas and m Good health. She said she had not heard from her son who runs a restaurant called Jdc Paris in Elpaso since january 1987. The Fri helped he locate the family after she contacted us. Officials the Fri arrived at the restaurant As i was talking to my son mull snid. For All that the mystery of this child is not solved. I am delighted for me and 1 am very upset for this  Muller said her daughter in Law s Mother in Mexico City had been very ill and possibly had died. She speculated that the family could have been on its Way to Mexico City at the Lime of the plane crash. Camilla Muller s daughter in Law. Marguerite Muller said i saw the news last night and hey were talking about it and my daughter Pearl and 1 were laughing and saying it sounds like some thing Mamie Camille Muller would do but we just did t believe it could be her. She showed a picture and it did t look much Liker Ilicito. Knowing her it sounds like something she would do. 1 can t get Over it. But being so far away from her son and not knowing his whereabouts i can see where she would jump on this Camille Multer contacted the . Embassy in Paris tuesday after recognizing the boy from pictures in a French to news report. She sj1 "jT?1 Ter in was struck by the resemblance. On thursday she gave the embassy a dozen family photos of Paul Ippe that were forwarded to authorities in Texas the resemblance is More than passing said Christopher English chief of special consular services at the embassy who received the photos. Air traffic controllers in Greece plan walkouts to demand better pay Athens Greece a greek air traffic controllers on Friday said they would stage a series of four hour work Slop pages starting june 2 1 to Back demands for better pay and work conditions. Next tuesday s walkout will be repealed several times before the end of june the air traffic controllers told a news conference the controllers want an immediate 3d percent pay hike and retire ment after 30 years instead of3s Yean of service an air traffic controller with 12 years experience currently earns$643 a month. The air traffic controllers also claimed that outmoded radar equip ment a Lack of Well trained staff and the Rise in flight arrivals Over to summer months pose safely Rulu Al greek airports. Greek airspace is not always absolutely Safe said Manolis an Fantakis. President of the controllers Union despite a 10 percent annual increase in International and Domestic nights to Oreee since 1981. The government has employed Only 33 extra air traffic controllers an Fantakis told the associated  has is 3 air traffic controllers. Dodds Roundup final paychecks mailed to 7,000 Dodds workers Heidelberg final paychecks including retroactive payments were sen Friday to about 7,000 teachers and other school employees barmy finance officials in West Germany. A Usa eur spokeswoman said Friday that it was Uncertain when the Cheeks mailed through the Apo would be received by school employees in West Germany Belgium and the Netherlands. The pay adjustments include average salary increases of 5 percent for teachers Counselor and social worker. Dodds teacher pay Scales Are determined bythe defense department s wage fixing authority. Averages of stateside school districts of100,000 students or More Are used to determine salaries of Dodds teachers. Computations of the pay data was completed in april. Dodds claims a worldwide student enrol ment of about 153,000. The 1987-88 school year ended Friday Feu teachers. Principals and their assistants com plete their school year june 24. Drug awareness program in schools to expand Berchtesgaden West Germany an additional 36 police officials will enter a 12-Day training program beginning aug. I it was Dis closed Here As the military s overseas school sys tem announced a expansion of its drug aware Ness resistance education or dare program. The program founded by the los Angeles police department in conjunction with the City s Public schools brings Law enforcement officer into sixth Grade classrooms to provide Insl notion that focuses on anti drug techniques. The dare program was introduced into the department of defense dependents schools forthe 19s7-ss school year at 13 communities in West Germany. Education officials lauded the program resulting in the program s expansion into the Atlantic Region for the 1988-89 school year the instruction provided to the 21 army and 15 air Force Security personnel at the Beretes Gaden seminar will provide enough trained offi cer 10 bring dare instruction into 286 sub Grade classrooms in Germany and Atlantic re Gion Elemen Laries  
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