European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 13, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                President elect George Bush and wife Barbara catch a ride with the coast guard near Gulf Stream Fla. Bush wife unwinding in Florido Gulf Stream Fla. A Long weekend of Ocean swimming jogging and telephoning political associate from this exclusive Atlantic Seaside Community is pc Sidcot Clell George Bush s formula for unwinding from the elect Ion. While aides in Washington were working on the transition that will bring Bush s appointees to the White House Jan. 20, Bush and his wife Barbara were spending their second full Day vacationing at the sea Side Home of their multimillionaire friends William and Sarah Parish. Bush intends to return to Washinton late monday or tuesday when he has a meeting scheduled with West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. On Friday Bush told the associated press he had spent the morning poolside talking on the Telephone to various political associates including former president Nixon whom Bush called to thank Tor sending a congratulatory Telegram. Bush appearing in High spirits and in a Happy mood As he kidded with his hosts and wife said he still had not settled Down after the election. "1 Haven t really gotten Down to the Bottom of the unwinding yet he said. He went for a jog accompanied by his secret serv ice agents for about two Miles around the Gulf Stream country club Golf Coune across the Palm tree lined Street from the Parish  arid Parish joined their wives who had been walking on the Beach and then went out to a coastguard Cutter stationed about 400 Yards offshore. The president elect invited along an associated press re Porter who had greeted him at his driveway. The group was ferried to the Cutter by a motorized rubber raft and the Bushes jumped in for a swim mrs. Bush first followed by her husband mrs. Bush an avid swimmer swam the full distance Back to Shore the president elect grabbed a line on the Back of the raft. He told his agents and aides to Rev it up for the Tow Back to Shore in the Choppy warm Atlantic. Back on Shore Bush playfully took a camera from his official photographer and snapped pictures of his wife and friends. He commented several limes about How pleasant the Balmy setting was and joked that he was roughing it by working Al poolside. Later he played some Golf among those with whom he spoke on the Telephone Bush said were gop leaders South Carolina  Campbell Illinois gov. James Thompson and new Jersey gov. Thomas Kean and democratic sen ate majority Leader Robert Byrd of West Virginia. Asked if he was doing much work on the while House transition. Bush said that was being handled by his team in Washington. Was he making lists of Poten tial appointees no no he said then headed off for an afternoon Nap. A " news Brief s Bush uses special letter to thank troops abroad president elect c thursday to military a National program de service members abroad Trica with  i Lel copied to the . Bush said your Fork has benefited Mil who hint Tor Freedom i have a great Deal of Buse you carry an Awell you have our deepest Itic vice president an Atlanta based Lanier by that is sponsoring the ice president message army bases in 21 coun Ial will be on Active duty Washington / George Bush sent a Mes forces overseas by Way signed to tin the spirits i through letters from a in his Teller which v forces in Seoul South Talent courage and Dpn cation Are largely responsible Tor our Ambrifi s peace and Secundy. Furth Condre your Lions around the work and strive for peace which to be proud some Burden. As a i gratitude and Pride Tony Amason i general manager of voice products com program said the would be telc copied tries plus four ships during the holidays. Participants in Sovcy us cities Atlanta dal Las Chicago Hartford conn., los Angela. Seattle and Phoenix can std letters via a facsimile communications  other tetters will be sent directly to the nation capital where they will be packaged and . The goal of the of Spany is to reach 500,000men and women wife arc stationed outside the Continental United sates. Amason said 255,000 letters have been Recti cd so far 3 Cre Merj feared dead when helicopter crashes san Diego an a Navy anti submarine helicopter crashed Vilic preparing to land on the frigate Barby in the North arabian sea and it three crewmen we presumed dead officials announced Friday. A. The helicopter wac returning to the Barby Al the end of a Dawn flight thursday said Ken Mitchell spokesman for North Island naval air station. The Barb its based at san Diego. Lost and pc sums dead were i. Cmdr. Ger Ald c. Pelz 37, of Coronado. Calif. It. J.g.1 Gerald t. Kanu Dej of Ridgewood nj., and Petty officer 3rd cts William e. Martinic 24, of Coria 111. J helicopters from he aircraft Carrier Nimitz. 70 Miles away and boats from the Barbey an the guided missile Cruiser California unsuccessfully searched for survivors. Veterans fro Pagal _. Be. Why that is is beyond me Koch said at the Parade s end at Madison Square. There were Mare marchers than spectators who numbered no More than 500 peo ple said Reginald Ballen jr., new York county commander of the american legion. Koch vowed that new York would build a Monument to korean War vets. Speakers also pledged assistance for disabled veterans some of whom Rode along the Parade route in a special Van for the bedridden and homeless vets. At the Texas Capitol gov. Bill Clements gave keys to a Mobile Home to a disabled decorated Vietnam Veteran that was provided by a group called helping our Bro Heroul.  Jackson miss., More than 100 former prisoners of War were presented with maj j als in a ceremony at the Mississippi War memorial building. V .-.-. In Boston a Parade of about 4,000 Veter ans and Active and inactive military units wound its Way around the Boston com Mon and the Public Garden. In Springfield mass., bagpipers played the Marine corps hymn As dozens of veterans marched Down main Street. Post Al workers re enacted the raising of the Flag at two Jima on a float followed by the Post Al Eagle on roller skates., two Hundred people attended a ceremony at he Wadsworth veterans adm Nistra lion medical Center in los Angeles where a band belled out marching tunes and a formation of jets thundered overhead. Georgia dedicated its first memorial to Vietnam veterans a Bronze sculpture near the Capitol in Atlanta and a War  dedicated in Meridian miss. Organizations representing 250,000 Northeast Ohio veterans called for refurbishment of Cleveland s War memorial Fountain which has fallen into disrepair and has been used temporarily for construction storage. In Frankfort ky., officials on saturday were dedicating the new Kentucky Viet Nam veterans memorial a huge Sundial on a Hillside overlooking the Capitol. In Honolulu retired . Navy submariner Ralph Adams recalled How he helped Rescue five airmen shot Down in two planes44 Yean ago from a rubber raft about 70 Miles off Osaka. Over the years the name of one of the men George Bush became increasingly familiar " sure i m proud of that said Adams 76. I m Happy thai at the same time we also rescued four other  in North Miami Fla Elmer Smith an 88-year-old world War i Veteran showed up at the City veterans Monument for what was originally intended to be a posthumous memorial service for him. Smith wearing his uniform and medals As participants Laid wreathes and played laps in Honor of the Day joked about the mistake. I Don t know How it came about but i m making the most of it Smith  m glad to be alive and  be from Page 1 president because he wanted to avoid dam age to the office and because he believed he lost the Trust of Many Cou Eagus. A member of Chancellor Helmut Kohl s Christian democrats Jenninger has been a lawmaker since 1969 and was  closest aides by fore  bundestag president in november 1984. In his speech thursday Jenninger talked at length about the positive feelings of Many Ordinary germans Early in die Hitler dictatorship ii tier bring to reality what Kai Kajy Donny promised thalis a Lead the germans  was t he chosen by provide in  i Given to a people Only once in a . For the Fate of the germans and euro Pean jews Hitler s successes were perhaps even More fateful than his crimes and mis deeds Jenninger said. The years from 1933 to 1938, even from a Distant retrospective and in the knowledge of what followed still Are a , since Dirouhi Liuha my flu re. A yell Ltd Hitler s triumphant procuring the first years Bui a Leader of West Germany s jewish Community defended Jenninger speech eng he could not understand Calls for his. The parliament president described in full Cla a vat was happening in Germany Between 19  said Michael furst a Deputy Chasmur Malthe Central Council of jews in West Germany starting with the Krist Albiach of nov. 9  nazi made Clear their intentions to wipe out european jews. On that night nazi thugs destroyed jewish Homes businesses and synagogues sending 30,000jews to concentration Camps and lulling 91 jews. Shattered Glass covered the streets and the nazis mockingly named it Kristal nacht or Crystal night. The nazis killed 6 million jews and Many others during Hitler s Rule from 1933 to 1945