European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 6, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes thursday october 6,1988 military Roundup former Row to address protestant men s meeting willing in West Germany the protestant men of the Chapel european Council Wilt conduct a fall Retreat nov. -1-6 at willing in. The guest speaker will be William h. Ril Tenhouse a world War ii prisoner of War and a Rounder of High Friehl foundation. Music will be provided by catalyst a Christian musical and acting troupe. Reservations should be made by Del. 22. More information is available from local chaplains or by culling ets 480-2277 or German civilian 06371 4j370, workshop will address family member employment Kaiserslautern West Germany a Daylong workshop to discuss family member employment pro Grams in Usa eur communities will be held oct. 20 at the vog Cloch officers and civilians club. Representatives of Usa eur s family member assistance programs ure invited to attend the workshop which will last from 9 . Until 4 . The workshop mainly is to discuss and evaluate Usa eur s summer teen work programs and consider possible improvements for next year. Sponsored by kaisers Laulom army Community sen ice he workshop also will focus on one Stop employment centers Job sharing and funding issues. For More information Call Mary Stevenson at army Community service to Gelwich Center at ets 489 647ft or German civilian 0631-536-6476. Conferees will discuss How to help Vietnam veterans Hei Deli erg. West Germany a discussion group to help Vietnam veterans Deal with the stress of midlife retirement or return to a civilian environment will begin nov. 15. The group which will hold six 90-minute meetings will meet at 4 . In the Community conference room in building 3850 across the Street from the Heidelberg shopping Center. Nancy Tail of army Community service will Lead the group discussion. Tail who has worked with Viet Nam veterans for the veterans administration can be reached Al of oct. 17 at ets 370-6975. World today second american woman reaches top of it. Everest Katmandu Nepal a a second american woman has reached the Summit of mount Everest less than a week after a Portland Ore., woman became the first american woman to climb 10 the top of the world s Vallesi Peak the tourism ministry has announced. It said Peggy Luce 30, of Redmond wash., reached the Imp of the 29,02 a foot Peak sunday morning. Also reaching the top on sunday was Geoffrey Tabin 32, a physician from Glencoe 111., the ministry said. Their successful assault came a week after the first Conquest of Everest by an american woman Stacy Allison. 3d, of Portland Ore. Stic is a member of the same expedition As Tabin and Luce and reached the Summit with a Sherpa guide last thursday. Yugoslav workers March on parliament for 2nd Day Belgrade Yugoslavia a about 5,000 workers demanding the ouster of Yugoslavia s communist government marched on inc National parliament wednesday in a second Day of protests about 2,000 of the demonstrators marched into the parliament protesting that they were locked in their factory tuesday and prevented from joining the March on parliament. On tuesday a cordon of police officers holding hands prevented about 5,000 workers front two Facto Ries in the Belgrade Industrial suburb of Rakovics from entering the parliament As they chanted demands for Premier Branko Mikulic to resign. Facing up to criminals London police Constable Theresa Sloan demonstrates a flt electronic facial identification techniques computerized method of making graphic images of crime suspects. The system introduced in London tuesday was developed for police by England s Home office with the assistance of British computer Rehperta Laos silent on status of people seeking to spread Mia Reward Bangkok Thailand a the . Embassy in Laos said wednesday that it is trying to determine the tale of two americans arrested after they tried to advertise a $2.4 million Reward for the return of . Soldiers in Indochina. An embassy spokesman contacted by Telephone in Laos capital of Vientiane said he embassy received no response to a note sent to the laotian foreign min istry1 asking about the americans seized by authorities sunday. Donna Long 45, and James Copp 43, had planned to float thousands of dollars Down the Mekong River. The Money was stamped with an offer to Reward any laotian cambodian or vietnamese who brought an american prisoner of War to the International red Cross. The two also had planned to advertise the Reward to villagers in Laos. Ross peeing the . Embassy spokesman in bang Kok said tuesday that the two were being held at Han sing Samphan in the Southern laotian province of Cha pasak. He could not confirm whether they were still in the Village tuesday or had been moved. Long of Jacksonville ., has described herself As an Mia pow activist and revealed her plan sunday to the associated press before making the trip to the River. She was travelling with Copp. A teacher and Viet Nam Veteran from Hamp Scad Pom Thipa Vajrabukka a thai hold manager said she saw the americans rut was not allowed to speak to them. Porn Hipa said they were being held in a Small House in the Village. She said authorities told her monday thai the two would be released within three Days. But they refused wednesday to say when the americans would be freed she said. Pom Thipa said the hotel management Felt responsible for the two because they had made Contact with the hotel before making the trip on the River m a rented boat. The americans speak neither thai nor lao and have limited knowledge of the area. The two carried $3,000 in single Bills As Well As some russian and indonesian currency. Bills were stamped in red with the Reward offer and placed in plastic pack ets. To e Mekong River forms a Boundary Between Laos and Thailand. It then flows on to Cambodia and Viet Nam. The Reward is being offered through the National steering committee for american War veterans a in vat group. The group says the Money has been pledged by 21 congressmen and the american defense Institute another group concerned with mias. The . Government lists 2,393 americans As miss ing in action from the Indochina War in Cambodia 1,aos and Vietnam. The three indochinese govern ments deny holding any live americans. Ford to halt . Sales of Merkur xr4ti Detroit Dpi Ford motor co. Has confirmed it will Stop . Sales of its West German made mar Kur xr4t1 Coupe at the end of the 1989-Modcl year largely because of the High Cost of equipping the sporty cars with required passive restraints. All cars sold in the United slates must be titled with either air bags or automatic scat Bells by the 1990 Model year. We just could not justify the Cost of engineering passive restraints for the car Thomas p. Rhoades a spokesman for the car maker s Lincoln Mercury Divi Sion said tuesday. Rhoades said High currency costs and the fact that inc a Titi was bin Buill solely for the . Market were other factors in Ford s decision to Stop Selling the car about a year from now. He said the decision would also allow inc no. 2 . Car maker to redirect its efforts to product development for the mar Kif Scorpio a More luxurious Sedan imported from West Germany since May and priced be tween $24,018 and $26,500.both the Scorpio and the Yrtti Are made in Ford of Germany s Cologne facility
