European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday. Decembers 1988 the stars and stripes Page 9 bulge vets to revisit site of history in a nuts Shell Cen Anthony Mcauliffe by David Tarrant stuff writer it remains anyone s guess Why . Army Gen. An Thony c Mcauliffe chose be word nuts when he brushed off German demands for a surrender outside Bastogne Belgium on a bitterly cold dec. 22,1944. But to the residents eventually liberated by the americans in Bastogne he phrase seemed almost pre ordained on saturday belgians and americans will celebrate the annual nuts fair a test that began 150 years ago with a traditional Exchange of walnuts but that took on new meaning with Mcauliffe s utterance. The be t now chiefly commemorates the dedication of the stand in the Winter of 1944, of the embattled 101st airborne div and attached units during the Bat the of the bulge. For the first Lime since the War the 101st airborne div veterans association plans a reunion in Bastogne in conjunction with the festival. For 101st vets the Fisl will Mark their first return to the City since the War ended said Andre r. Meurisse a Bastogne Resi Dent who helped organize the reunion on the morning of the festival veterans can be ushered in world War la Era army vehicles to the exact spot in Bastogne they defended during the Battle Meurisse said. In the afternoon there will be a Parade in the town along with a ceremony at memorials for Mcauliffe and Gen. George Patton. The Day s events also will include performances by . Army Drill learn from Berlin As Welt As a 6 . Serv ice at St. Peter s Church dedicated to those killed during the War. The Day will conclude with a Boll at the City Hall. While the Celebration has focused on world War ii in recent years there arc still vestiges of the traditional Walnut festival remaining. Saturday afternoon local officials will throw Walnut from the City Hall Balcony to youths gathered outside the front of the building. According to Mourisse the festival originally coincided with the last open Market of the year. All the Farmers around were coming to that open Market either to buy things they needed or to sell their own farm products like All kinds of fruits and vegetables fatties draught hones he said. Most of the Farmers had helpers who worked under annual contract so Llic Market also became a Center for renewing the work agreements. Helpers who already had received a contract wore red scarfs with White spots to distinguish hem from those still looking for unmarried Young men who received contracts bought walnuts to offer to the Young women they wished to marry. woman accepted the walnuts she would place them in her Basket then take the Young Man to her parents House for a night of feasting and dancing Meurisse said. At this time inc festival was known us Poire a Amoureux or lovers festival he said. When the festival was resurrected after he War it adopted . As the word nuts was in some Way the origin of that specially feasted last open Market of the year an that celebrated one word reply from the 101st air borne div commander was also nuts the people began calling the event la fire Aux Nix " or the nuts leak at nuclear Plant near Hamburg disclosed Frankfurt West Germany a just Days after disclosure of a 1987 incidental a Hesson stale nuclear Power Plant officials on wednesday announced that a Cooling system leak was discovered at an atomic Plant in state last May. environmental ministry officials also reported that in this year alone there have been 14 Inci dents at the atomic Power Plant i n Slade is Miles West of Hamburg. Gln Thor Jahsen Energy minister in the neighbouring state of Schleswig Holstein charged that operators at the Static Plant failed to shut Down the re actor after a serious technical mishap. Jansen also likened the incident at the slide facility to events surrounding the december 1987 incident at the biblis Power Plant in Hussen. In that incident which was just Dis closed this week a Cooling system Mal function was not corrected for 15 hour Sand radioactive steam was released into the atmosphere. There were recently similar problems in Slade. In which nothing was done until Tuv ordered it Jansen said. Tov is a technical inspection Agency contracted by the government to insure that safety standards arc complied with. Jansen said he was demanding thai officials in Niedersachsen make Public a full explanation of what happened. The environmental ministry said there was an incident at the Slade Plant on May 27 and that a leak was found in the reactor s primary water feeding line during a test according to a ministry spokesman who asked not to be identified there was never any danger of a serious nuclear Accident occurring from the leak. The spokesman also said that the Inci Dent was not reported to slate official for three Days and that an investigation has been launched against the Utility to determine whether it had violated proce Dural guidelines. The spokesman did not release any More details on the Stade kids make sure Santo knows How to find them Santa s correspondents Are being careful to let him know of their address changes. Knusli Mead was Tak ing no chances in her letter sent 10 Santa in care of the stars and stripes. We moved from Spain to Italy this year she wrote. Just want you to know so you can find she adds it s cold Here so dress warm others Are worried about the health of the Reindeer. 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