European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday july 2, 1988 the stars and stripes Usa eur commander to stress importance of sergeants roles by Rosemary Sawyer staff writers Rasdorf West Germany soldiers in Europe can expect their new top officer to place a whole lot of emphasis on sergeants weapons proficiency and taking care of families e. Saint said Friday. They sergeants Are the Leader where the rubber meets the Road said Saint who was visiting troops at observation Post Alpha on the East German Border North of Fulda. When the War starts when the fight starts or when you need to get something done it s the ser Geant who actually makes it happen. So i put a whole lot of emphasis on the training of them the Quality of them and the rewarding of on the International level Saint said soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev s policy of openness or glasnost and change resulting from the intermediate Range nuclear forces treaty Don t erase the need for the United states to protect it self the question however is to what extent that Protection must be maintained. What we re doing is we re starting to dance with the Bear and we re not sure what the music is said Saint who also commands 7th army and nato s Cen trial army group. The Usa eur commander of on week said High on his priority list is ensuring that soldiers and their families enjoy a Quality of life comparable at least to that of the people they re protect ing a task made More difficult by the defense department s budget cuts. On the one hand you talk about organizations and inf and Mutual and balanced Force reductions and those kind of things and also you be got to take care of the soldiers he said. I be got two competing strategy problems so i m going to be working on Saint who served As 11th army Ca regt commander from 1976 to 1978, visited soldiers from the regiment Stroop a 1st so on duty at the Post 17 Miles Northeast of Fulda. Later Friday Saint flew to Frie Bergand Mainz to visit troops there. Saint chatted with at least a dozen sol Diers at the Border Post including two who said they will be writing Home about their Brush with the new four Star. Pfc. Anthony Parker knew he was duet receive another Stripe Friday but he figured his first sergeant or company commander would pin it on the collars of his camouflage fatigues. When he Saint walked in the door he asked me when i la be Able to be promoted to specialist. I said today " the beaming specialist said. That was it. He said get your rank and i la pin it on you " the Driver from he troop combat support so said his letter Home to or Lando fla., will Start out dear Igot promoted by the highest ranking Gen photo for is by Ken Parr pfc. Anthony Parker receives his specialist s insignia from Gen. Crosbie e. Saint. Eral in the pvt. 1 Todd Clark just six weeks out of Boot Camp admitted he was a Little nervous about the general s visit. Eve with a father who s an officer Clark had t had Many chances to see a four Star he said. The Soldier from Seattle wash.,should have More opportunities in the future As part of the 1st so which work the observation Post closest to regi mental Headquarters the Post that draws vips like flies. The Squadron is even nicknamed flagpole Squadron be cause it s always showing the colors. But unlike the Case of his fellow sol Diers of Bravo company such visits had t become old hat to Clark yet. All he had to do Friday was to stand a attention before two tanks on display no big Saint came along Shook Clark s hand noticed the Soldier s Bare Collar and the rest is was speechless All these cameras were flashing in my face and i thought this is really happening in t it " capt. Kim Wixon who was to award Lark s Stripe later that Day jokingly said he did t mind Saint coming along to do it for echoed his Captain s sentiments. I did t mind. I did t mind at m kind of walking up about Here right now the private said As he held his hand level with the brim of his Cap. Rains in Plains too Little too late by the associated press heavy rain soaked the Central Plains Friday bring ing new life to wilting crops and flooding parts of Kansas but some Farmers complained that the wet weather was too Little too s too late for this Corn even if it does rain said Oklahoma Farmer Ronald lir non edging into Chest High stalks that should be 3 feet higher by now. The struggling ears were Pale the kernels were widely spaced. You can hear it rattle when the wind blows. An that s a bad sign Limon said thursday hours before scattered rain fell on the state. But we re thankful. It could be no ears at rain fell thursday night and Early Fri Day from new Mexico to Missouri and from Mississippi to South forecasters cautioned that the drought Contin indications Are that this is a temporary inter Lude said Lonnie nine of the National weather serv ice in Springfield mo., where 3.72 inches of rain fell by thursday. Over the Long haul we expect to return to the dry hot weather. Ten Days from now people will be needing water rain came too late to help the wheat crop said Paul Nordquist crop production specialist for the University of Nebraska Lincoln West Central research and Extension Center in North Platte. For some it was not Only too late but too , roads and Bridges in northeastern Kansas were under up to 5 feet of water thursday. The heaviest rain reported was 12 inches in Douglas county kan., South of 20 Douglas county residents had to be evacuated some by boat because of flooding county authorities water washed away Large chunks of Asphalt from county roads and uprooted Fields of crops mad fragile by the heat and drought. Residents were Al Lowed Back in their Homes brought cooler temperatures but the heat wave that had gripped the Midwest claimed another victim thursday. An 80-year-old Oklahoma Man died of dehydration three Days after he and his wife were found suffering in a wheat Field. Waldheim withdraws lawsuit against head of jewish group Vienna Austria a austrian president Kurt Waldheim Friday withdrew a lawsuit for slander against Edgar Bronfman president of the world jewish Congress who last year described Waldheim As part and parcel of the nazi killing machine a spokesman spokesman Gerold Christian told the associated press that Waldheim cited three reasons for the move in a letter sent to the Vienna prosecutor s office. He said first the . Justice department has refused Legal assistance which is in contrast to International Legal norms ruling out a Quick court , the International commission of historians. As Well As International historians have determined Waldheim s personal innocence. Third there is an Endeavor on the part of the president to contribute to calming Down and rec also said Waldheim took the step to Calm things Down for Austria because the country always has priority Over personal it was believed that Waldheim decided to Stop Lega proceedings against Bronfman because there was virtually no Chance for the court action Ever to take place i Austria and even less so in the United states. With the . Justice department unwilling to cooperate by having Bronfman testify in a . Court and Bronfman refusing to appear in an aus Trian court the austrians could have never decided the lawsuit against the wac historians commission in february found no conclusive evidence that Waldheim himself committed War crimes but said he must have known of atrocities committed by his unit and did nothing to prevent , who in May 1987 said Waldheim. Was part and parcel of the nazi killing machine recently vowed to travel to Austria with american journalists to make his 69-year-old former United nations Secretary general has also decided to drop a lawsuit against Swiss journalist who in a Book likened him to deposed philippine president Ferdinand Marcos. File photo Kurt Waldheim Christian Vienna Magazine Wiener which was ordered confiscated from Newsstands for reporting testimony by a yugoslav who allege Waldheim As a wehrmacht intelligence officer accepted bribes from prisoners in Exchange for their lives would soon print a retraction or an apology. A lawsuit against the West German Magazine de Spiegel has not been resolved. Der Spiegel printed the facsimile of a document later shown to be a fake which purported to show that Waldheim s signature was on orders authorizing the Transfer of prisoners and refugees to work Camps in Yugoslavia
