European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday october 15, 1988 the stars and stripes Paga 9 Soldier s show to pay off for crash victims b Michel Ray staff writer Mccormick did t attend the rams Cin air show aug. 28. The non commissioned officer in charge of the surgical nursing Section at he Tan Stuhl army regional medical Center in West Germany was on leave in inc slates and heard of inc disaster on a television broadcast. But he could t Stop thinking about the Vic Tims and their families. When he returned to Wesl Germany. Mccormick said. I went to the ser Geant major of the Hospital and said that we need to do something for  the result of that conversation is the Lan Stuhl army Hospital memorial Benefit concert scheduled for sunday at the Lan Stuhl gymnasium. Mccormick and volunteers from the lands Tull area have assembled More than a dozen acts some from As far away As Stuttgart and Pulda to donate their talents and perform at the All Day show. People need a Way to Deal with the disaster. They feel helpless and Vulner Able when they Don t know How to  Mccormick said in a Telephone interview. The. Benefit concert is giving a Vernonc a Chance 10 assist the Vic Tims and at the same time console their own  volunteers from the Lan Stuhl Community have come out in Large numbers to participate in inc Benefit to run the Concession stands Call local Busi Nesses for donations assist in planning the Day and help with the cleanup of  concert will begin at 11 15 . And will include a choir Rock and coun try hands a lip synch group a Comedi an Folk performers and clowns. There is no admission charge but donations will be accepted Mccormick said Concession stands will be set up in front of the gymnasium Selling bal loons food concert logo Hals and band to shirts. Army Community service will hold a Flea Market to raise Money for the victims. Logistical support and equipment also arc being provided by several local military units and organisations. Profits will he divided proportion ally Between victim assistance funds established by germans and Ameri cans said Marie Shaw. Lan Stuhl spokeswoman. The German disaster re Lief fund is account 992 at Krei spar Kasse 5j05020 in . One . Fund already was established at a Branch of merchants National Hank at Ramstein a. Hut Shaw said  Benefit proceeds will be placed in a new account not yet open. Organizers of the initially established american account have yet to decide on a use for those funds said senior airman Rich Romero a Kam Stcin spokesman. Those who cannot attend the concur but would like to make a donation can Contact the lands Uhl Public affaire of fice at German civilian 06371-86-7181 for details the Lan Stuhl concert is not the Only fund Raiser  to the air show disaster which killed 69 people and injured More than Joo. Airman 1st class Michael Rivera is Riding a Bike 800 Kilometres about 500 Miles from sons Lerberg a. Nether lands to Ramstein to raise Money. Rivera 23, an aerospace ground equipment Mechanic with inc 32nd tac fighter so at . Is asking people to donate one cent per Kilometre in support of his Effort. He departed from soc Storberg at 11 . Tuesday and planned to reach Kam Stcin Friday evening. Anyone interested in responding to Rivera can Send donations to the rams Cin merchants National Bank account ssi063996. Designated for the Flug lag 88  month students at bad Kcruz Nash elementary school will be seeking monetary pledges for a nov. 22 Book feast a school spokeswoman said. Students will spend the Day Reading and will ask for pledges for each hour spent in the Effort. Participants plan to take the Money collected and present it in person at  la ites Loperl a a Widen Deareo Arrington of cred i kit i a Mim and Jim jew " Der it Bulj corps lifts grounding of ch-53es Washington api the Marine corps has returned to operation its Fleet of ch-53e super stallion Heli copters after an inspection prompted by inc discovery of a defective nut officials said Friday. The heavy lift transport copters Al most All of which Are based in the United Stales were temporarily grounded sunday after mechanics at a training Squadron at the Tustin Marine corps air station near Santa Ana calif., found a scratch on a main trans Mission Gearbox nut. The 1 it Inch nut subsequently judged to be defective was one of 12 used to secure the main transmission in the ch-53e, allowing it to deliver Power from the engines to the copier s Rotor Blade. La. Col. Fred i cock a Marine spokes Man in Washington said All 93 of the super stallions were resumed to serv ice after the emergency in spec Lions failed to turn up any other defective nuts the naval air systems come has concluded however that some of the transmission barrel nut assemblies purchased by the defense logistics Agency for inc super stallions Are defective and they Are being removed from the inventory Peck said. William Armstrong a spokesman for inc naval air systems come declined to comment on the matter. The temporary grounding was the third for the super stallions in two years that was prompted by a transmission problem. The Fleet was grounded in february 1987 because of a defective gear thai forced an emergency Landing. The Fol lowing july another grounding was or dered because of three bearing failures one of which resulted in an emergency Landing. In a related development officials ill the Muslin base said thursday that a super stallion was damaged sept. 27 when one of its three engines caught fire while taxiing. Base firefighters extinguished the flames and none of the four marines on Board was injured. Reagan supporter Thatcher pledges of be staunch oily to his successor Brighton England a prime minister Margaret Thatcher winding up the annual conference of her conserva Tive party Friday pledged she will be As staunch an ally to the new american president As she has been to Ronald Reagan. She was speaking in a keynote address received with thunderous applause and chants of id More years from the 4,500 delegates Thatcher also urged britons to main Tain a generous society in what was widely seen As an initiative on social is sues following nearly a decade of her right Wing economic policies. Millions of britons have become Rich eras a result of Thatcher s policies but unemployment has More than doubled and critics charge she has encouraged a materialistic greedy and uncaring society. At the end of the 4s-minute address delegates waved Union jacks and the Blue Flag of the conservative party As the convention Center in this South England resort echoed with More chants of "10 More  Thatcher 63, flanked by the party Hierarchy declared the conservative party occupies the common ground of British politics., and so it has fallen to us to Lead Liri Tain into the 1990s. And who knows  the delegates joined in a traditional chorus of the National Anthem god save the  and the favorite tory and him land of Hope and  on Britain s particularly close relationship with the United states in the 1980s while the and Reagan have been in office Thatcher said Reagan has re built the strength and Confidence of the West not without a Little help and inspired the democracies to go out and win the Battle of ideas it is vital that Britain and America should always stand together so the next president of the United Stales too will have the United kingdom As a staunch ally on social issues Thatcher said her economic policies were encouraging not greed but the Best in human nature.1 she urged britons to give More to Charity and assist in crime prevention. And the promised new efforts Lopre serve the environment. The fact is thai Prosperity has Cre ated not the selfish society but the Gencur prime minister Margaret Thatcher just turned 63, dances with her husband Denis. Ous society said Thatcher. She also said the founding concept of the european economic Community was under attack from those who Sec euro Pean Unity As a vehicle for spreading so  referring to a speech last month in which she ruled out a United Stales of Liuro pc and stressed inc separate identities of the 12 dec countries Thatcher said it stirred criticism because it was t at All convenient for those who want to bring about a Federal Europe by  we Haven t worked All these years to free Britain from the paralysis of social ism Only to see in creep through the Back door of Central control and bureaucracy from Brussels she said of inc dec Headquarters in the belgian capital. Thatcher s Domestic Iheme of civic responsibility in the keynote speech reflected official anxiety about rising crime including Street violence and hooliganism by soccer fans in a period of growing Prosperity. On thursday Chancellor of the exchequer Nigel Lawson the Treasury chief said the government was deter mined to hold Down spending a goal that is a Cornerstone of Thatcher s poli  inflation up to 5.7 percent and rising Lawson in his address avoided a timetable for a government pledge to Cut Basic income tax from 25 to 20 percent. He promised lax cuts when prudent and forecast a drop next year in inflation. Despite signs of trouble in an econ omy where earlier lax cuts and huge Bor rowing by Consumers have fuelled growth Thatcher retains a comfortable Lead in polls Over the opposition labor party. Labor which held its annual Confer ence lost week is ussling with a policy overhaul aimed at moderating its left Wing platform