European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes Friday june 24,1988 Burt Calls Berlin test of soviet glasnost continued from Page 1 of heavy air traffic in the Frankfurt area. Among the 23 passengers aboard the c-47 thursday was Gail s. Halvorson a retired air Force colonel who ally acted worldwide attention during the Airlift As the Candy Burt wiled on the United Stales to continue modernizing and expanding air service to Berlin saying the City s air links with the West remain no less important to the Freedom vitality and viability of Berlin now than they were 40 years he concluded by saying that he West s commit Mentlo Wisl Berlin which found ils Early expression in the Airlift remains As Strong. I confirm Lii is commitment and i Promise Lettl it will remain unshaken As Long As our presence is needed. Sir Christopher Mallaby in British ambassador to news briefs 100 May be buried in turkish landslides Ankara Turkey a huge landslides roared through Eastern Turkey thursday crash ing Inlo houses a school a line of cars and coffeehouse jammed with people stranded by an earlier slide authorities said. Up to 100 people were believed buried. Rescue teams recovered three bodies under the wreckage the Anatolia news Agency reported. The dispatch said at least 18 people were injured in the disaster in a mountainous area of Macka township about 350 Miles North East of Ankara and not far from the Black sea. Army Laboratory identifies remains of Mia airman Washington a an army Laboratory in Hawaii has positively identified the remains of an air Force enlisted Man missing from the Vietnam War the Pentagon said wednesday. The remains of chief master sol. John m. Mamiya were identified by he army s Central identification Laboratory in Honolulu after being repatriated to the United states on March 2 in a group of 17. Four of the other remains from hat group were identified earlier by the Laboratory including three colleagues of Mamiya who disappeared in the same incident. Mamiya was one of eight men aboard an rc-47 reconnaissance plane when it was reportedly attacked by a Mig Jet fighter Over North Vietnam on july 29, 1966. According to Pentagon records the plane went Down Over son la Hoa Binh province after a radio distress Call. West Germany called the Airlift a crucial turning Point in the postwar the flight to Berlin Halvorson who retired from the air Force in 1974, recalled his Days As the Candy bomber while talking to reporters at Rheu main. He remembered seeing a group of German children whom he encountered outside Tempelhof while he was taking pictures during a break in the Airlift when i saw those German kids outside the Gale 1 knew i had to do something. Here they were almost starving and they weren t asking me for Halvorson had Only two Sticks of gum to give them but vowed to return with More sweets. He told them to look for the Pilot who would wiggle the True to his word Halvorsen returned dropping Candy in tiny parachutes made from handkerchiefs. His style of approach As a Pilot earned him the name Uncle wiggly wings by his Youthful admirers. Word of Candy Airdrop spread quickly. I came Back to Rhein main one Day and an officer look me to a warehouse where Candy donations from people Back in the United slates were sucked up he that officer told me there 3,500 pounds of Candy right Here. There s enough Candy right Here to buy King Ludwig s Castle on the Black Market " Halvorsen who later served As Tempelhof com Mander from 1970 to 1974, said his attempts to expand the Candy life into East Berlin were scuttled by communist authorities. Even the East Berlin kids were writing me at the time. They said it would be better if i Lew Over East Berlin and dropped Candy Over there. So 1 but not for Long. An air Force officer asked me if i was flying Over East Berlin and Why. So 1 told him. He told me i had to Slop. The russians had complained that dropping Candy to children was a dirty capitalist pontiff begins visit to Austria plans to meet with Waldheim Vienna Austria a Pope John Paul ii urged austrians to remember the burdensome legacy of the As he began a controversial trip thursday that includes meetings with president Kurt Waldheim and a visit to a former nazi death Camp. Waldheim under Bitler attack from jews and shunned by most Western leaders for his alleged complicity in nazi War crimes during world War ii led the official government welcoming delegation for the roman Catholic Leader. Waldheim in his own greetings denounced intolerance intransigence and Hale among nations Reli Gions and classes but he made no direct comment about the dispute Over his past As a German army officer. The while Robed pontiffs special a italia dc-9 air Craft touched Down at Vienna s sch Chat Airport during a Light Shower. In comments delivered in German John Paul mentioned that his second trip to Austria As Pope will include a visit to the site of the former Mau Hausen death Camp. Let us when we meet bring before god not Only the great and burdensome legacy of the past but also the Joys and sorrows of the present the pontiff said. The Pope Drew the ire of jews when he received Waldheim a year ago at die Vatican an audience the Pope later defended As necessary because Waldheim came As a democratically elected president the vat ican says the Pope s meetings with world leaders do not imply his support for an individual or political system. This is not a political visit la is a pastoral visit. He the Pope was invited by the Bishops said Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro. Six american jews demonstrated outside Wald Heim s office thursday to show their displeasure with the Pope s decision to meet with him. John Paul is to deliver about 20 speeches during the trip to the country where the Vatican counts 6.4 Mil lion roman catholics or 85 percent of the 7.5 million population. He paid a three Day visit in 1983. On Friday the 68-year-old pontiff is scheduled to meet with representatives of Austria s 12,000 jews then visit the site of the Mau Hausen concentration Camp where 110,000 prisoners died during world War ii. On pilgrimages to his Homeland the pop visited the Auschwitz and Maidanek death Camps. Probe from Page Condo parking sales ruled Legal by . High court Providence . A if people Are willing to Shell out $10.000 to buy a parking spot the town of Joule Kingston can t Stop Raymond v. Mcconneil from Selling he spaces. The stale supreme court has ruled that the town has no jurisdiction Over me Connell s plan to sell 40 condominium parking spaces in his lot at popular Green Hill Beach. Mcconnell and his wife have owned the lot for four years and have been collecting daily parking fees from Mcconnell a Demist from Coventry sought to sell permanent rights to the parking spaces. South Kingstown officials objected saying he would have to seek a subdivision permit from the town zoning and planning boards. Bui chief Justice Thomaj f. Fay in the High court s unanimous opinion wrote that Mcconnell s plan Falls under the state s condominium Law which provides that plans to convert a property from rental to condominium ownership cannot be regulated by local boards. The Senate said people will really be shocked by the scale of wrongdoing involved it appears they have very Good evidence sen Strom Thurmond , said after being briefed by Henry Hudson the . Attorney for Eastern Virginia. Both Gaines and Cohen had key procurement jobs in the Pentagon. Gaines was Deputy assistant Navy Secretary for acquisition management while Cohen was a lop Deputy to the Deputy assistant air Force Secre tary in charge of buying tactical command control communications and computer systems. Both men have been reassigned since the investigation became Public. While Hudson was describing the Case to congressional leaders on wednesday former defense Secre tary Caspar Weinberger was defending his Pentagon management style and warning against Public and con Gressional Overr Calion to the Mailer How careful you Are you re not going to be Able to eliminate dishonesty Weinberger said in an interview with the associated told congressional leaders in closed meet Ings that 75 to 100 contracts Worth Lens of billions of dollars arc under scrutiny according to rep. John Dingell . John Warner r-va., ranking Republican on the 650 soldiers restricted at fort Bragg armed services committee said after hearing Hudson thai these contracts May have to be examined to deter mine if hey were in fact tainted by these Hudson told reporters that there May not be any indictments until after the nov. 8 election. House speaker Jim Wright a Texas said Hudson also told lawmakers that no member of Congress is a target of the investigation so far despite news leaks identifying several As being under scrutiny. In other developments the Baltimore Sun reported in thursday s editions that the investigation has spread to two dozen Pentagon employees and about 60 companies. Citing sources that it did not identify the newspaper said bribes ranging up to $50,000 had been paid to some government employees for sensitive contract information and proprietary Industry Dala. Joan Galvin the 23-Yeamjld daughter of a de sense consultant under investigation and an aide to rep. Andy Ireland r-fla., was relieved on wednesday of handling military Issue for Ireland. The Congress Man is one of five members of the House whose names have come up in the Case. Galvin remains on Ireland s staff As a legislative assistant dealing with other issues. Galvin was reassigned because she and Ireland agreed she would be in an untenable position if she continued to handle military mailers because her father defense consultant William Galvin is a Princi pal in the investigation said Doug Hattaway a spokesman for Ireland. Fayettev1lle, . Up Aboul 6so sol Diers stationed at fort Bragg ., have been restricted to base since june 15, As army investigators searched for two missing anti tank rockets military officials said wednesday. Members of the 4th in 125th inf regt 82nd airborne div Are not allowed to leave the base without special permission base officials said an the restrictions will continue until the two rockets Are found or the battalion commander Calls off the search. The missing rockets capable of penetrating up to s inches of Armor Are hand held and can hit targets up to 200 Yards away. We expect to keep the pressure on said for Bragg spokesman Mai. Mike Nason. 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