European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Captain conserve wows Wiir Burg Page 9 the stars am stripes uth Ohi to unofficial publication of the . Ahmed forces Good morning vol. 47, no. 185 wednesday october 19, 1986 on a d 8693 a Gulf Fleet won Arab friends for ., Force s Leader says Manama of Bahrain fall the i Bahrain api the United Stales has gained unprecedented credibility with Arab leaders us a result of its Large scale naval commitment in the persian Gull says the general who runs Military operations in the strategic waterway this May be the firs successful military application of a political objective that we be pulled off per haps since Korea said Gen. George b. Crisp. The four Star Marine corps general who retires next month As commander of the Central come said aboard the Navy s Gulf flagship la Salle the United states has its Strong Cal Cvar relations with Arab slates who originally expected Washington lock and run a Alicr than become deeply involved in trying to Slop iranian military moves in the Gulf the soviet Union whose Effort to establish a presence in the Gulf helped Spur the Decision recently has bolstered its tied and is not showing any signs of the cd states will continue to reduce its naval Force if the aug. 20 Iraq Iran cease fire holds but Kuwait will decide when to remove he stars and stripes from 11 Oil tankers re flagged by the Reagan see Fleet on Back Page filipino workers tuesday put the Fin Ishing touches on the newly restored Sulit of pm. Douglas Mic Artilur which was damaged by a dynamite Bluml four Days ago. The philippine government rushed to repair the slime in time for a thursday ceremony Hon Oring the world War ii hero. The rites again standing tall will be attended Fay veterans involved in Macarthur s Campaign to recapture the Philippines from Japan. The statue is in Palo Leyte Island where the american general s forces originally landed on their return to the philippine. Police suspect communist re Bels were responsible for the bombing. Reagan aide dismisses possibility of 5th Summit Washington a president Cagan s spokesman tuesday dismissed speculation of a fifth superpower Summit in the waning Days of the administration saying the idea is completely ruled spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said the White House generally hesitates to make Flat statements about plans bul in he Case of another Summit we have to Sayno no plans Are under Way for Reagan to meet with soviet Leader Mikhail Gorba Chev before the president leaves office in mid january Fitzwalter said. Yes i think it is completely ruled out he said in response to a reporter s question. The superpower leaders have held four summits since they first met in Geneva Switzerland in november 1985. Other summits were conducted in Iceland in october 1986, in Washington in Decem Ber 1987 and in Moscow last May. In Washington the two men signed a treaty eliminating heir countries incr Midi at Range nuclear weapons Fitzwalter also said that comments made Over he weekend by Deputy Cia director Robert m. Gates were totally consistent with the administration s views on what is happening inside the soviet Union. Gales in speeches Friday and sat urday gave a gloomy assessment of cur rent events in the soviet Union and said the soviet Union has stepped up its spy ing activities against americans since Gorbachev came to Power. He said Gorbachev s reforms have not brought about economic improvements and i would even say it is doubtful that Gorbachev can rejuvenate the soviet sys tem moreover the soviet system is threatened by ethnic disturbances he said. Military Bank to Stop mailing cancelled checks to customers b Randy Mcclain financial writer after 17 years of gelling cancelled checks in the mail with her monthly Bank statement. Mary Downham is going to have to get used to a new Way of doing business. The department of de sense and its Community Banks Are put Ting an end to free delivery of cancelled checks starting Early nest year. February Bank statements will be the last to include cancelled checks and starting in March a is fee will be assessed Tor each old Check a customer asks the Bank to photocopy. Downham. A math teacher at Wiesbaden Middle school Calls the move a continuing erosion of our Mer chants National Bank the s5 billion institution that holds the defense depart ment s banking contract for West Germany Greece and the Netherlands says it s just trying to make its custom ers lives easier. Our goal is to get our employees out of the Back room where they re Busy filing away customers checks and to put them into the Teller windows where they can help reduce our unbelievably Long lines said Yvonne Wise Public affairs manager at merchants Headquarters i Frankfurt. Al the heart of the disagreement be tween Downham and Wise is the world wide implementation of a new defense department policy calling for what will be known As Check the program which starts in Germany and later will go to other parts of the Globe where Military personnel serve is designed to Cut Down on unnecessary paper work and improve banking serv ices. So far however the program is prov ing to be a Tough sell. As far As i m concerned Check Safe keeping Means an added expense to me to gel inc checks Hal i have been keep ing for myself free of said Downham. Who has circulated a petition at her school asking the defense depart ment and merchants to scrap inc pro Gram. About so teachers have signed the pc lotion at Wiesbaden Middle school and see checks on Back Page
