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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 25, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Is takes a break the stars and tripes author into uhf merry Christmas vol. 47. No. 251 sunday monday december 25-26,19bb " � " s d 8693 a Elizabeth Dole gets labor Post Washington Al president elect Bush on saturday announced his Deci Sion to appoint former transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole to he his labor Secre tary. She is the first woman named to the Cabinet leaving just one Post Energy Secretary yet unfilled hush revealed his Choice at a news con Ference with Dole by his Side. He stressed thai As a woman she would he in ouch with the dramatic changes in the work Force in which women have entered in Large num Bers. Dole 52. Is the wife of Senate minority Leader Bob Dole a Biller and unsuccessful Rush opponent during the presidential Pri Maries. She left her Post As Iran Portalios Secretary to work on her husband s Campaign. La looks like to dinners for me again but i la still probably Vole for her Confirma lion said the Oiler hair of Washington s Premier Power couple. Dole a native of. North Carolina and a Veteran of Public service was appointed As White House Public Liaison tinder president Reagan he lore moving Over to transportation. She previously served on inc Federal Trade commission. Pijush said he would have no More appointments to announce before next Fri Day following his return from a Post Christmas vacation. The current labor Secretary is Ann Dore Mclaughlin. Prior to saturday the lop ranking woman appointed by slush was aria Hills  representative hush plans on spending the rest of the Christmas weekend in Washington with his family before leaving on a fishing and Quail Hunting trip in Texas arid Alabama. His wife Barbara will remain ionic to pack for the move to the White House in january. The Hunting trip to the 1-a/y f ranch in Leeville Texas is an annual excursion for hush and some of his male friends aides said. The ranch is owned by William far  Leahh businessman from Houston. As of Friday. Hush had filled 12 Cabine positions four of Thinn thursday. They it guided Edward Derwinski for the depart ment of veterans affairs rep. Manuel Tijan. R-n.m., for Interior Samuel skin Ner for transportation and or. Louis Sulli Van for health and human services. Hush also picked William Reilly it conservationist to head the environmental i Fote Elion Agency a non Cabinet position. If s business As usual on Border at Christmas k  Nort Lotrn Bur Iii Rotz. West Germany spec Ira Drenon watched the Cech soldiers on the other Side of the Border. I wonder if it s Christmas for Vliem Loo he said. Veah probably so sgt. Joseph Mari said Drenon kept studying to soldiers in the guard lower across a Sno Ivy Ravine. Every now and then you see some Short timers he told Mank. Last tour in june,".he said they were out playing with their dog. Wras Llin with  hut Friday morning the cd chs seemed to be keeping themselves and their patrol dogs inside the heated watch towers. Although the superpowers Are calling this the season of peace. Christmas Day will be business As usual fur the More than 300 2nd army Cav Rygl soldiers. Who. Are keeping watch Over the East German and czechoslovakian Borders. The regiment patrols about 100 Miles of Borderland Between West Germany and the two Warsaw i act countries. The ill army Cav Rygl patrols an area North Oft Hal. Including the Fulda clap. Rotating in and out of Border Camps each company Sii e Uii ii Veranes a one month mint every four Numis a enl. Irm to sgt. In ing shill Cluid. A Veteran of six such Border hours. Christmas is Jum Agio Glicr Day out. Continued on Page 3. Ski. Ninh shilling Ifird ill life and spec. Michui1i Ell Suni j Hie i Nunter id of the Cecli harder near Ruth in Wald Willow angered by failure to warn Public ii Rosemary Vav or staff Brit or me it sheim West tie Many the widow of a Mainz army sergeant killed in wednesday s crash of a jumbo. Jet expressed anger saturday at govern ment authorities who failed to warn the Public Ofa terrorist threat against a 1 an am night. La seems like Ifju re a person who is at an embassy that in in you re an in Porlant  Barbara Ludlow 40. Widow of sgt. 1st class Lloyd in. Ludlow said of a a arising about a pos sible attack issued to diplomats. Mccause it the warning did t go to other people it Means that they re. K. That they re not import tant.". Mrs. Lud lev s husband was on his Way to a sister s funeral aboard pan am flight 103 when it apparently exploded and crashed near Lockerbie Scotland. On Dye 5. The . Embassy in Helsinki Finland received an Anonymous Telephone warning saying a bomb would be placed aboard a pan apr flight originating in Frankfurt a Jilin the  two weeks ally Tough notice of the threat  at least one. . Embassy the warning never was made Public. Thai s. Cari a Smriti mrs. Ludlow said in an interview at her government do Aries near main. I know the Percsi. Dent to they Felt it was t important  president did t have anybody on the airline either. I just feel everyone is important no matter who. That s 259 i ,.lhose people Are important. To me they were basically placing god 1 hey Wori Mak ing the decision who should know and who should t know. Mrs. Ludlow also Felt deceived by. I an am personnel who Sec Sid red to her when she called wednesday night to inquire about the crash. After hearing shocking television news of an airline crash wednesday she called pan am although four hours had passed since the Accident airline  assured her twin her husband s flight was still in route to the United states.  want is an answer whether it s Good or bad. All you wanted was to be told one Way or another mrs  Low said of the ordeal. They made us. Feel every thins Asok. We were relaxed we Houghl hell be railing any  instead the Post Serj Jean major appeared at their door Early thursday with news that her husband s plane Tud crashed she said. On saturday. Mrs. Ludlow also questioned whether Security had been a creased at the airline in Liglin of the. " see anger on Back Page  
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