European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday june 26, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 5 Reagan awards medals to former pos Washington a president Rongan pc san cd medals to former prisoners of three wars Fri Day and pledged continued efforts to bring Home anymore american prisoners of War who May be held. We write no final chapters Here Reagan told crowd of   at a ceremony on inc South Lawn of the White House. Our country his not forgotten former comrades who arc Stilt missing those who fought in Korea or Vietnam and have not returned Home or been accounted for the president said. We must be Faith Ful to them and their families and demand a full accounting of the Fate of those americans who arc missing in action. If americans Are being held against i hair will we must bring them Home he said. Repealing his often expressed View of the Viet Nam War Reagan told veterans. On inc Bank Field you knew Only Victory Only to have your Victory Tost by a failure of political will. Nevertheless you did Honor to  Reagan presented the medals to two prisoners from world War ii two from inc korean War and iwo from the Vietnam War As representatives of the Many who arc eligible. The defense department began awarding the medals in Panl. They were authorized by Congress in the defense authorization Aci for the 1986 fiscal Secretary of defense Frank c. Carlucci told the crowd. This is indeed a hard medal to earn. We Hope that in the future we will not have to Sivc out any More of these medals the recipients were up. Albert j. Bland of Joppa md., retired from the air Force who served in the Pacific theater during world War it it. Charles m. Williams of Gaithersburg md., a retired air Force officer who served in the european Heater in world War ii Cpl. Charles a. Burton of port do posit md.,who served with the army in Korea col. Jesse Booker of Beaufort. S.c., a Marine corps officer who Carluci said was the first in be shot Down and one of the longest held officers in the korean wan col. Floyd James Thompson of key West Fla an army officer who was described As the first to be shot Down and the longest held in the Vietnam War and cmdr. Everett Alvarez of Rockville md., Anavy flier who Carlucci said was shot Down Over North Vietnam and was the second longest held Pris Oner of the War 2 Small computers stolen from Star wars offices Washington a defense department and Fri investigators Are prob ing the thefts of two Smalt computers on two consecutive nights from the Star wars offices in the Pentagon a lightly controlled Security area. Pentagon official who asked not to befit mined said Friday the theft of one privately owned computer and one government owned computer occurred two months ago and appeared to he an in Side  the thefts did not Compromise any Dative organization the Pentagon uni responsible for the Star wars anti missile program the sources added. The thief or thieves entered the facility by sabotaging the Security system protecting the Star wars office local telex j Sion station Wila reported Friday. Videotape cameras failed to record in theft because they had not been loaded a common occurrence in the High Secu Rity office the Abc affiliate reported citing unidentified Pentagon investigators for the information. Maj. Bisl o Connell a  said in a site mint that one privately owned stand alone personal computer was stolen from offices within the Solo s Pentagon Complex in Early  since that theft the defense Crimi Nal investigative service and the of behave been conducting an investigation. The. Investigation to Dale leads us to con clude that no National Security information was compromised in any  Laic Friday the spokesman released second statement saying agents were investigating a potentially related Mailer involving the disappearance of an ism compatible at class personal computer. From the Stdio computer training  no classified materials of any sort Are used in the training  o Connell declined to elaborate but source said the thefts occurred Over the weekend of april 9-10. The first theft involving a commo Dore personal computer owned by a mid level manager in the kinetic Energy program occurred Between Friday evening and saturday morning. The Sec Ond theft occurred Between saturday evening and sunday morning the official said. Kinetic Energy weapons Are designed to destroy enemy missiles through the sheer Force of Impact. Rosle a 6-Yeamtld mixed Berf dog keeps her focused on mane Murphy of Newport 8.1. Haste won an american humane association medal for saving life saving guardian a Chu Murphy s life by alerting the household when a Power failure shut Dow the Iron Luni Hutts Al n he is year old Wimus Tb3ng total the sleeping guest is killed As hotel ceiling collapses shuttle discovery linked to rockets Cape canaveral Fla. A the space shut tie discovery Friday was linked to the two solid fuel Booster rockets that arc to hurl it into space this sum Mer on inc first Post challenger Shurle Mission. A giant overhead Crane hoisted the 85-ton spaceship on a Metal Sling and gingerly guided in into position for mating with the 126-foot-tall boosters and a 154-foot fuel Lank that will feed the Craft s i rec liquid fuel engines. Nasa workers then made electrical fuel line and other connections. On sunday they Wilt begin testing the connections barring problems. Discovery will be transported to the. Launch pad Friday starting just after Midnight. The ship s five Man Crew and Nasa officials will participate in he Roll out ceremony from a Flag bedecked grandstand outside the shuttle Assembly building Forrest Mccartney director of the Kennedy space Center will present the astronauts with an autograph Book which they will carry into space on their four Day "55�n the Bank con in the signatures of the15,000 Center workers Here who have Laboured to return the shuttle Fleet to space. New York a a bedroom Ceil ing of a j200-a-Nighl suite collapsed Fri Day killing a sleeping guest on the top floor of the Helmsley Windsor hotel. The City buildings commissioner said the collapse was caused by a Long term leak from the roof that was covered up with a false ceiling. He said i a to 2 tons of Concrete plaster and cinder fell fro the ceiling. Carmelo Liuzzo 35, of Greensboro n.c., was buried under the debris. Onefour foot chunk of Concrete about 10 inches thick fell squarely on him a policeman said. As much As an hour and a half May have passed Between the collapse and the discovery of Giuzio s body police officials said. Giuzio cheeked into the hotel wednes Day with his wife said inspector James Mccabe. Mrs. Liuzzo checked Oul thursday. A summons will be issued charging failure to maintain a structurally sound building buildings commission Rcharles Smith said Ai a news conference Friday. He said the maximum Penally for the violation is a s5,000 Fine or 30 Days in jail. The hotel which Smith said Dales from 1926, is leased by Wismar operating corp., a subsidiary of the Helmsley organization a hotel spokesman said. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today., june 26, i94s eight european nations under the domination of Russia called Lor the formation of a provisional democratic peace Loving All German to Vern ment in a communique issued in Warsaw Poland. Airman b can 30 years ago today. ,. June 26, 1958 the Bernard got finc Sherman Adams investigation before Ahouse subcommittee a plod cd into an angry Row climaxed by the dismissal of he Lormor chairman of the securities and exc Hanfie commission from the witness stand 20 years ago today.jntir2n i96sj�= of Wick retained his share of the world heavyweight title v  Over Mexico s Manuel Ramos in the second round of their bout Al new York s Madison Square Garden. ? 0 years ago today. June 26. 1978 Argentina Defeated the Netherlands 3-1, in 30 minutes of dramatic overtime soccer to win the world cup