European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 13, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Fags 6 the stars and stripes monday March 13,1989 Germany transition Leader John j. Mccloy Dies at 93 Stamford. Conn. Jap John 1. Mcloy. A presidential adviser and former head of the world Bank who As . High commissioner to Post world War ii West Germany helped ils transition to civilian control died saturday. He was 93. Mccloy also served As an assistant Secretary of War. _ 1 during world War ii and was chairman of Chase National Bank. He died a his Home in Stamford his private Secretary Terry Rucca said. President Bush in a statement from Camp David md., said we arc saddened by the death of John j. Mccloy one of our country s most out standing citizens. Barbara and i Send our most sincere Condo Tosh j. Mccloy in pcs to his family. John no can set High standards for Public service his decency and his sense of Honor will Long remind us of the very Best m our tradition of service to  Mccloy left a Law practice in 1940 to assist fellow i publican Henry l. Stimson then the Secretary of War. Shortly afterwards he was appointed assistant Secretary of War and he eventually won the distinguished service medal in -1146 and 1147. He was a member of the stale department committee on atomic Energy. From 1947 to 1944, he was president of the world Bank. Mccloy capped his Public career by going to West Germany in iy49 and serving for Shrek years As . Most Back Bush performance poll indicates Washington a most americans approve of president hush s performance in office even though they Are split Over whether he hould have withdrawn Juhn Tower s name from nomination As defense Secre tary according to a Newsweek poll released saturday. The poll conducted he the Gallup organization showed that 62 percent of those interviewed said they approved of hush s handling of the presidency so far compared with 6 percent who disapproved and 22 who said they did not know. Thirty two percent said hush was performing belter than they Erx cod while 26 percent said he was not doing As Well As they expected and 30 percent said his performance was about what they expected. Forty Sis percent said he .should.have, withdrawn  5 nomination and chosen someone else while.1 43 percent said he handled the nomination properly and 6 percent said he fought harder on Tower s behalf. The Senate rejected Tower s Norm nation on thursday and Bush on  rep. Dick Cheney r-wy6, for the Job. The Newsweek poll also said 52 percent of those questioned said they expected economic conditions in the United states to be the same a year from now while 2 a percent said they expected conditions to be belter and another 23 percent expected them to be worsi1. High commissioner. His appointment marked the beginning of a changeover from military to civilian control in the american British and French occupation zones. Mccloy had resigned As president of the world Bank to accept the Job in Germany. He knew a great Deal about Germany and knew it was essential that Germany come Back into the demo cratic Community of nations. " said Shepard Stone who was Mccloy s director of Public affairs while he was High commissioner. He Felt that there were sufficient numbers of Ger mans who had not been Hitler ites or a is and that it was essential to help them in the rebuilding of their country added Stone who is honorary chairman of the Mccloy scholar program at the John f. Kennedy school of government at Harvard University. Mccloy Horn March 31, 1895, in Philadelphia graduated from Amherst College in Massachusetts and then entered Harvard Law school where his studies were interrupted by world War i. As a second lieutenant he went with the 77th Field artillery to France. After the War he served with the army of occupation in Germany. Then he re entered Harvard Law school and obtained a decree in 1921, in 1930, he married Ellen Zinsser. She died in april i9s6. In 1953, after his service in Germany Mccloy left government to become chairman of Chase National Dank. Before his retirement in december 1960, he led Chase into a merger with the Bank of Manhattan co. And the Bank became the second largest in the nation. Mccloy later was an unofficial disarmament adviser to president Eisenhower and was lapped by president Kennedy to be his official adviser on disarmament and negotiations. Camel heir Spock u 3-Vteek-old bactrian Camel take a stroll Ullh his proud maim Carol at he Brook Field Iii to. The Long hired two humped Jou Bijster weighed in at 200 Pound just before making his first Public appearance-80 pounds More than his weight when he was born. Speck is the 10th Hadrian Camel born Al the zoo. Stateside Farmer Calendar firm going out of business Bismarck. Re. A an organization that set out to help needy Farmers through sales of a Calendar featuring Young Bachelor Farmers is folding a stale official said. The debts of food inc s leaders far outweigh the meager assets that they have and it is unable to pay its Bills James Vukelic. Nonh Dakota s solicitor Gener Al said. Food inc., which stands for Farmers of ongoing determination produced a Calendar called Dakota men which pictured a Young Man for each month. The 1988 Calendar featured North Dakota Farmers. The 89 Issue contains Farmers from both Dakotas. The venture was launched in 1987 but ran into serious trouble last year when an audit revealed that some of the $175,508 raised from the sate of the first calendars in 1988 had been spent on questionable expenses including parties and none went to charities. Arms firm admits bribery will pay $1 million penalty Hopkins Minn. A a company that markets weapons systems to the . Government and More than 60 other countries has agreed to plead guilty to bribing foreign officials and will pay a $1 million pen Alty. No charges have been filed in the Case but officials of the pc Turian corp. Said the company s lawyers had made a plea  pc Deal prosecutors after a i a year grand jury investigation. The grand jury continues to investigate and could indict officials at the company which markets a wide. Range of weapons systems including armed patrol boats and accessories for the m-16 family of military rifles. In a Public statement. Pc Turian said its plea agreement could bar the company from receiving de sense contracts and strip it of Export privileges. Skunk s programming foils computer experts Las Cruces . A experts tried to delete a Skunk from the City schools computer services build ing but the Critter appears to have won by a nose. Jerry Cavatta. Director of data services said the Skunk was discovered about three weeks ago. School District officials tried a deodorant but that smell mixed with the Skunk s odor and Only made things worse Cavatta said. Employees complained of nausea headaches and sinus problems and productivity dropped he said. Finally 1 said that s it and Sec moved everyone out Cavotta said. The District also has tried trappers animal experts from new Mexico state University and exterminators but he said All were skunked. I would never have believed one Skunk would disrupt a computer Center Cavaya said Cavatta said he thinks the Skunk May be caught in a trap placed in the crawl space. Driver fired for leaving boy on bus overnight Memphis term a i a school bus Driver who unknowingly left a mentally impaired 9-year-old boy overnight on her bus in freezing weather has been fired school officials said saturday. Belinda rounds 27, was not available for comment the child whose family has asked that he not be identified was found by another Driver and was taken to a Hospital w Here he was treated and discharged. 12-hour standoff ends in death of hostage taker Honolulu a an escaped prisoner took so people hostage and held police at a for 12 hours with an Auauli Rifle but he died Early saturday when a lire and gun Battle ended the st3nilolt,.blticial