European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 14, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes monday november 14,198b/ f � a German doctor tikes rare of neg Tive blood from British army Cape. Luke soar on sunday. British soldiers give rare blood London a British soldiers on Maneu vers in West Germany came to inc Aid of a 38-year-old Man with a rare blood Type who was undergoing major sur Gery the British army of the Rhine said sunday. The German who was not identified developed complications during surgery at a Hospital in Homer and a nearby unit of the German army was Only Able to Supply one donor with the Type o negative blood thai he needed the army said. An Appeal to German police failed to turn up any donors so the Hospital contacted the temporary head quarters of the British armoured exercise Iron Hammer 88 in neighbouring Al Lesheim late saturday the army said. Seven suitable donors were rushed to the Hospital he army said. Three gave blood immediately which stabilized the patient. But his condition deteriorated Early sunday and an additional live soldiers dashed to the Hospital before breakfast. The army said the blood donors were still involved in inc transfusions while More than 24,000 British troops involved in the exercise held services in the Field to remember the dead from world War 1 and world War ii. Lemnitzer from Page 1 during value of a lifetime of service to la Milzer is survived by his widow Katherine Mead Tryon la Milzer a daughter and a son. No cause of death was Given in the army s announcement of Lam Nilica s passing. He will be buried in Arlington National cemetery on tuesday following a funeral mass at the old Post Chapel of fort Mcyr near the Pentagon. Lenni Izot attached to the War plans division of army Headquarters helped plan the Allied invasion of French North Africa in november 1942 and served on the Staft of Gen. Dwight d. Eisenhower the com Mander of the invasion. He accompanied Gen. Mark Clark on a dramatic Mission by submarine to visit French. Officials three weeks before inc invasion. Later he Wilh Marsha Pittro Bado Slio for the surrender of Italy in 1943, and Wilh is Gen. Karl Wolf in Switzerland for the surrender of German forces in Northern Italy and Southern Austria a few Days before the final capitulation of Germany in May 1 94 5. For much of world War ii he was chief of staff to British Field marshal sir Harold Alexander supreme commander in the Mediterranean. La Mintier helped plan the beginnings of nato in the Laic 1 940s, and helped persuade the Senate to ratify inc nato trealy assigned to command the ii in airborne div at fort Campbell by in 1950, he quietly took the Basic airborne course to qualify As a parse commanded the 7th inf div in the Battles of Heartbreak Ridge the punch bowl and Chow on Val Ley in the korean War and was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry. After the War he served As commander of the . Forces in Korea before becoming army chief of Staft in j9s9, chairman of the joint chiefs in i960 and nato commander in 1962. It is briefs hurry or you la miss that deadline for Sam rheingau West Germany Only about a week remains to take advantage or the least expensive Way to Send mail to the United states in time Tor Christmas. Space available mail or Sam must be ship Ped from Europe by nov. 13 to be reasonably sure of arrival before dec. 25, according to an official at army postal group Europe. Sam parcels can weigh up to 70 pounds and measure up to 100 inches in combined length and Girth. The saving when you use Sam can be significant the official said. A 20-Pound Box shipped Sam to Chicago would Cost $7.16 or $9.20 to Dallas. That com pares to parcel Airlift rates of $8.36 to Chicago and jto.40 to Dallas priority mail rates of 115.2710 Chicago $ 1 7.27 to Dallas and express mail at $30.55 to any eligible . Destination. The pal deadline is dec. 2, and priority mail and letters should be mailed by dec. 9. Lawmakers discuss ways to maintain nato backing Hamburg West Germany Apt nearly 200 lawmakers from the 16 nato nations began on sunday to grapple with How Lopre serve popular support for the Alliance s policies in the face of soviet president Mikhail Gorba Chev s popularity in Western Europe. An appropriate Western response to or. Gorbachev is inc subject of intense discussion within the Alliance said ton printing a dutch lawmaker and president of the i so member group called the North Atlantic Assembly peacekeeping forces capture hostage taker Jerusalem Jap finnish soldiers Over powered a palestinian terrorist sunday after he shot and killed a lebanese hostage ending a 17 hour drama in which guerrillas seized a . Peacekeeping outpost officials said. Timor Goksel spokesman for the 5,700-Man . Interim Force in Lebanon uni Fil which includes soldiers from Finland said the gunman was under the influence of drugs or Al Cohol and stayed awake by cutting himself with a knife and pouring Salt into the wounds. Polish activists continuing or strike in Cathedral Hung Warsaw Poland a More than 80 people persisted in carrying on a hunger protest sunday in a Cathedral in Southern Poland saying that their chief purpose has been changed from protesting police violence to demanding the re hiring of workers dismissed for taking part in strikes last summer meanwhile Lech Walesa and the National executive commission of the banned Solidarity Trade Union issued a Call for Job and pay Assur ances for workers whose plants face closing under the government s economic restructuring officer from Page 1 chairmanship apparently Sei off whisper campaigns within rival military services to promote candidates for the prize Job. i know exactly what Crowe is going to do his plans Are to stay on the close associate said he has nol been contacted by anybody with the new i minis Iraklion to suggest int he resign.". Efforts to obtain comment saturday from Crowe or members of the Bush transition team failed. Clearly there Are group that Are trying to support their favorite candidate Sulten said. This is All Idle he and others said a serious contender from the air Force who might succeed Crowe was Gen. Robert t. Hems the vice chairman and an enthusiastic advocate of space based anti missile defences. But Smullin said there s nothing that says the air Force will Jet me next chairman. It s really the next president s Choice the joint chiefs of staff is composed of staff chiefs from the army air Force Navy and Marine corps a chairman and vice chairman. They provide professional military advice to the president. National Security Council and defense Secretary. The panel created shortly before inc United slates entered world War ii once exercised Power Only by reaching unanimous agreement on issues ranging from weapons procure pent to strategic policy. But a landmark 1986 Reform Law sponsored by for Mer sen. Barry m. Goldwater r-ariz., and rep. Bill Nichols created a Strong chairman who theoretically Raul make a military decision even if the other military chiefs opposed it. The Law shifted Power to the chairman to encourage an emphasis on cooperation among the military services rather than Competition a former commander in chief of All the . Forces in the Pacific became chairman oct. I 1985, after president Reagan named him to the first of two two year terms. Although he is entitled to appointment for a third term the Admiral has said privately he it nol interested in crying More than four years military source said. V. -.-/. The staggered term for the chairmanship provides continuity in military planning and command especially during a change in civilian leadership at the Pentagon the sources agreed. Although inc Goldwater Nichols Reform maintained the president s prerogative in naming the chairman lawmakers have regarded the position As a professional rather than political one. Crowe a Well regarded strategic thinker with Exten Sive experience in leading joint military operations has much support in Congress Bui also some detractors in the Navy because of his reputed ability to Sec beyond parochial service interests. He demonstrated his diplomatic skill last summer As Host to marshal Sergei f. Fakhr Omeyer chief of the soviet general staff who agreed to a variety of military exchanges Over the next two
