European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday May 23,1989 Gen. Saint tells women volunteers their efforts in Best interest of . By Rosemary Sawyer staff writer Willinger. West Germany the . Govern ment would be Wise to pay attention to Volunteer work by women in communities. Gen. Crosbie e. Saint said  you do is in the Best interest of the . Government the . Army and the . Army in Germany the commander of Usa eur and 7tharmy told about 600 women attending the 33rd meet ing o f the american women s activities Germany. You take an Opportunity to do something he said. You Don t just sit around and squawk about something. You killed the stereotype by your Intelli gence and what you do that is the stereotype of the person who sits around and eats Bonbons All Day and one who Only participates in the hat and Glove  american women s activities Germany provides training and guidance for individual women s clubs in West Germany. The women attending the six Day con Ference represent clubs from throughout the country. On another subject. Saint said the Usa eur Bud get for the upcoming fiscal year although the same amount of dollars As this years actually represents a 6 percent decrease because of inflation. Saint said one Way to escape the effects of inflation on a Flat budget might be to ignore the hell out of it and Hope your tour is Over before somebody figures it  but his More realistic approach involves weigh ing which services arc most important. Saint said he s constantly faced with the question of where the army and air Force s responsibility for fam Ilies stops and where families responsibility for families begins. Saint noted for example the insufficient number of child care facilities in Europe and the Lack of support in Congress for building additional ones because of recent soviet initiatives. Despite the shrinking buying Power of the Penta gon s budget and an Ever increasing Bill for programs to support forces overseas. Saint said the solution is not having service members serve unaccompanied Tours. It s not cause i m such a Good Guy Saint said when the applause for his Promise not to split families died Down. But soldiers do not function Well alone. They did not join the army to be  if the military were Ever to Start unaccompanied Tours Saint estimated that it would take three to five units in the United states to rotate in for each unit in Europe. He said this arrangement would be costly and not make for Happy  Saint said caring for soldiers equipment and families is the responsibility of Community commanders. And when commanders ask him whether their wives should work. Saint said he tells them anybody who tells somebody s wife what to do is crazier than  he said he reminds commanders however that their task in caring for soldiers and family members will require help. If you can get help Fine if you can t get help that s just Lough cookies buddy because you will take care of families Lake care of equipment and Irain  turning to the help that women s clubs provide. Saint said he s working toward rewriting regulations thai exclude the clubs from government subsidy be cause they re labelled private organizations. It s in the government s interests to support such charitable groups because they give Back to communities Many times Over what they receive he said. The Volunteer Force is More than just free labor Saint said. By participating the volunteers help make the system human he said. News update Well drama movie Midland Texas a jes Sica Mcclure gave a thumbs up to a to movie about her 58-hour or Deal in a Well bul the toddler s fall or says he came of too scruffy. I should have played myself Chip Mcclure said after watching the Abc movie everybody s baby the Rescue of Jessica Mcclure on sunday night. Mcclure said he knew he did t always look his Best during his daughter s Rescue in october 1987 from an abandoned backyard Well in which she had become wedged. But i did l look that scruffy he said of actor will Oldham. Roxanne Zal played Mcclure s wife. Cissy and Laura and Jennifer Loysch played Jessica at. Different Ages. The subject of the film gave in a thumbs  Mcclure said. Iceland says . Admiral interfered in internal affairs in parting speech Reykjavik Iceland a ice land has protested to inc United slates Hal a Farewell speech by the . Mili Lary commander in Iceland violated the .-icelandic defense agreement and interfered in the country s internal affairs. In the speech tuesday rear . Eric a. Mcvadon jr., commander of is land come Iceland urged icelanders who favor the agric Mcnol to work to pre vent the debate about the . Defense Force in Iceland from being governed by leftist elements. An Iceland defense Force official monday said Mcvadon s remarks were meant to be neither derogatory nor pro Vocative. The comments offered by rear Admiral Mcvadon were his personal views and do not portray a change in the relationship Between the Iceland defense Force or the . Allanic come and the govern Mcnol of Iceland said la. Cmdr. Scott Wilson the defense Force s Public affairs officer. Some of the speech was taken too  Wilson acknowledged that Mcva Don s comic nos about inc country s politics were a bit out of the ordinary1." . Military commanders in overseas areas do not usually comment publicly on Host nation politics. But Wilson added he understood what he was talking  foreign minister Jon Bald in Hanni Walsson met . Ambassador Nicholas Rusc on Friday to Lodge Iceland s pro test. Mcvadon who had been commander of inc icelandic defense Force since of Lober 1986, made the Farewell speech at Nas pc Flaynik about 35 Miles Southwest of Reykjavik. He has returned to the United slates and will become the senior defense at tache at the . Embassy in Beijing in May 1990. 2nd army Cav Soldier Dies after car hits truck Nornberg Wesl Germany a 2nd army Cav regt Soldier died Friday when his car collided Wilh a West Ger Man truck near Bayreuth a regimental spokesman said monday. Spec. George l. Mayfieldjr. Of the regiment s 1st so in Uin Dulach had driven a Friend to catch a plane in Frankfurt and was returning Home when his rented car hit the truck head on. The spokesman said. The Accident occurred about 8 10 . On Highway 11-2. The 23-year-old Soldier was single. The Accident is being investigated by West German and american police. Eagle scout Goppinger West Germany a ninth grader at Stuttgart High school has been awarded the rank of Eagle scout the highest rank in scouting. Thomas e. Dawson ii 14. Is a Mem Ber of troop 102 at Cooke Barracks in Goppinger. His Eagle scout project performed in Newport r.i., involved supervising 18 scouts and scout leaders in Clearing an owl habitat at a Bird Sanctuary. He is the son of it. Col. Michael t. And Judy Dawson. Early Dodds closure in Panama spurs contingency plans for fall by William j. Bartman Washington Bureau Washington now that the . Military has closed its schools in Panama four weeks Early because of civil unrest in the country att lion has Lur cd to Conli Ncncy planning for inc next school year. At this Lime. I would be Reluct and to say every school is going to open Asil is now said Nick fice of the department of defense dependents schools. Dodds officials in Panama Are work ing on a Conli Ncncy plan for All or most schools and support activities to operate on base in the coming school year fice said. The by slim operated 13 schools in Panama for 6,058 slide nos this school year which ended Friday instead of june 16. Ten of those schools arc on the Pacific Ocean Side of the Small country near Panama City where much of the acc Cal violence has been entered. The three others Are on the allanic Ocean or Caribbean Side of the country in inc Vicin ily of Colon. Five of inc schools Are on . Mili tary installations. The other eight Are in military areas where . Military police have jurisdiction. Jim Wolf. Dodds Panama director was unavailable for comment but a spokesman said the director expects the system to reopen for the new school year. If the schools were to close fice said we Are prepared to Saccom modal our Panama Leach cars if that become necessary. We would keep  and move them around the  fice. Who is special assistant to the Dodds director said Dodds could easily Saccom modal the 411 teachers in Panama at schools in Europe and the Pacific by hiring fewer leathers from the Pool of overseas applicants. We hire through our recruitment pro Gram. Nearly 600 teachers from the states each year fice said. And we hire in the overseas area local hires Aboul 1,400." despite inc Early end of school Friday students who successfully completed their courses will receive full or Ceil for the school year. The first wave of . Military family members to leave Panama arrived in the United Stales on May 16. About 14,000 military family members lived in Panama when unrest related to the country s presidential elections began. More than 3,000 of the americans lived off base. No killed airman injured in2-.car Accident Hahn a West Germany a 32 year old technical sergeant was killed and a senior airman seriously injured in a two car Accident sunday evening a base spokesman said monday. Tech. Sgt. Marvin b. Dunham of the 50th component repair so was pronounced dead at the scene of the Accident. Said spokesman shafts it. Johnny Rea. Senior airman smart a Maxwell of the 50lh trans so was listed As in very serious condition at lands Uhl regional medical Conler Ria said. The spokesman said inc Accident occurred near Gosc Norih about five Miles South of the base. Dunham was assistant non commissioned officer in charge of the electronics shop in the repair Squadron. He is sur Vived by his wife Joan two sons David and Reginald and a Stepson Maurice Mason. The Accident is being investigated Ria said