European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes air Force fliers Scarf getting leather act chefs Page 3 the stars and stripes hfc_rs5 authorized Umof ficus up siltation Foh the . Omeo forces vol. 47, no. 191 wednesday october 36. 1988 d 8693 a Reagan signs Bill creating veterans affairs department Washington api president Reagan tuesday signed i tit Lalion creating the department of veterans affairs telling vets hey deserve a seat at the table of our National affairs in signing into Law the Bill establishing new Cabinet level Agency. Reagan made an election year Sci option to his often slated opposition to expanding the size of Federal government. At the conclusion of a speech to the National defense University at fort my Nair in the District of Columbia the president said the nation s debt to its Mili tary men and women docs not end the Day the uniform comes All of those who have served in America s uniform deserve the nation s he said. Reagan noted that the legislation has been in the works for 13 years and said it s something that i be been looking Forward to for a Long Long time. This Bill gives those who have borne America s Battles who defended the Bor Ders of Freedom who protected our nation s Security in War and peace it gives them what they have deserved for so Long .1 scat at the table of our National affairs he told a crowd that included defense Secretary Frank c. Carlucci adm. William Crowe the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and congressional sponsors of the Bill. "1 like to think thai this Bill gives cab inet rank not just 10 an Agency of govern ment but to every single Veteran Rea Gan said. Welcome aboard throughout his political career. Rea see Reagan on Back Page troops Salute Champion olympic Warrior Ray Mercer and he wore by but by Fox staff writer Frankfurt West Germany landed in a ring of soldiers tuesday an olympic Gold for the feels real Good Mercer said amid 150 will wish re who came to Greet their hero at Frankfurt internal Ionel Birdso i can the soldiers from Mercer s unit cod 1st ,39th inf regt Kwh inf l in in Raum Holder cheered the specialist who was wearing his . Olympic awards ceremony outfit and Gold medal which he won by knocking out South Korea s Baik Hyun Man in the heavyweight boxing final oct. 1 in Seoul. The Day before Landing on Lul Thun i flight 4i9, Mercer was in the White House letting president Rea Gan Wear his was in the Oval office with him Mercer Security men in there sortie Security. Each the former Usa eur Champion was he president like we la a Mercer said in his Best Reagan imitation. He s about the nicest person you d Ever like to meet. No use being scared. Of Ron is All right. I wanted to be the first one to put a Gold medal around his no. He said 1 what did Reagan say he told me be All i can Mercer which one of Mercer s fellow soldiers said. Ray it s getting , who won the Usa eur heavyweight title from 1985 to 19s7, is the first Active Usa eur sol Dier to win an olympic Gold medal. The armoured personnel Carrier machine gunner slopped a a ech Mlo. Vak italian and dutchman before riddling the South korean with n Golden left Hook for the Kun at 2 16 of the first , 27. Said that since winning the olympic Seo Champion on Back Page Ray Mercer decorated with this olympic rold medal Metis his fellow soldiers at Frankfurt Airport tuesday. Outgoing director says ski already paying off by Handy Mcclaln staff writer Frankfurt West Germany research on the Star wars defense against ballistic missile attacks already has paid dividends by persuading the soviet Union to seriously discuss cuts in its nuclear Arsenal the retiring director of the strategic defense Initia Tive said believe we Are having an effect on the nuclear arms negotiations and an effect on the Way people Are thinking u. Gen. James a. Abrahmson said. The 55-year-old air Force three Star general who will retire front the military feb. 1, remains an out spoken proponent of developing and deploying a combined ground based and space based missed an laser defense against so Iet attack As the nest logical step in nuclear preparedness. Abrahamson the first and Only director of presi Dent Reagan s Star wars program talked with the stars and stripes in Frankfurt during a Stopover on his Way to Brussels. Belgium for a Farewell appear Ance before nato s nuclear planning group. Star wars is Well on its Way to becoming a reality by the latter half of the 1990s," Abrahamson said. And that goal remains in sight despite budget cuts imposed by Congress and delays in experiments de signed to gauge the effectiveness of the Star wars program has been slowed Down but our objective is still the same As it was when president Reagan outlined his vision of Star wars in 1983," Abrahamson said. We have not stepped Back from the president s Long Range Pentagon earlier this month announced it has revised its official Cost estimate for phase one of a see ski on Back Page
