European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday May 24.1989 Geh. Saint tells women volunteers their efforts in Best interest of . By  staff writer a Willinger West Germany the us. Govern ment would be Wise to pay attention to Jotun teen work by women in communities Gen. Crosbie e. Saint said monday. What you do is in the Best interest of the . Government the . Army and the . Army in Germany the commander of Usa eur and 7th army told about 600 women attending the 33rd meet ing of the american women s activities Germany. You Lake 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 he stereotype of the person who sits around and eats Bonbons All Day. And one who Only participates in the hat and  american women s activities Germany provides training and guidance for individual women s clubs incest Germany. The women attending the six Day con Ference represent clubs from throughout the country. On another subject Safin said the Usa eur Bud get for the upcoming fiscal year although the Sam 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 Fig cwt  but his More realistic approach Invof Reweigh ing which services Are most important. " Saint said he s constantly faced with the question of where the army and air Force responsibility for fam Ilies  where families responsibility for families  Saint noted . The insufficient number of child care fac Miles in Europe and the Lack of support in con frs 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  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 Tough cookies buddy because you will take care of families take care of equipment and train  turning to the help that women s clubs provide Saint said he s working toward rewriting regulations that exclude the clubs from government subsidy be cause they re labelled private organizations. It s in the government s interests to support such charitable Gro Juljjs because they give Back to communities Many tire wider what they receive he said. The Volunteer Force it 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 Lave a thumbs up to a to movie about her 58-hour or Deal in a Well but the toddler s father says he came off too scruffy. I should have played myself Chip Mcclure said after watching the Abc movie everybody s baby the a Ciuc 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 aban cloned backyard Well in which she Rand become wedged. But i did t look that scruffy he said of actor will Oldham. Roxanne Zutl played Mcclure s wife Cissy and Laura and Jennifer Loesch played Jessica at different Ages. The subject of the film gave it a thumbs up Mcclure said. Caravan supported Stamford Conn. A leaders of Reform Judaism gave their support sunday to a reverse Freedom caravan planned next month to Mark the 25th anniversary of the murder of three civil rights workers in  Board of trustees of the Union of american hebrew congregations the Central body of re form Judaism in North America also called on the movement s 820 synagogues and 1.3 million Mem Bers to support the caravan. Iceland says . Admiral interfered in internal affairs in parting speech Reykjavik Iceland a ice land has protested to the United states that p Farewell speech by the . Mili tary commander in Iceland violated the .-Leelandic defense agreement and interfered in the country s internal affairs. In the speech tuesday rear  a. Mcvadon jr., commander of is land come Iceland urged icelanders who favor the agreement to work to pre vent the debate about the . Defens Force in Iceland from being governed by leftist elements. An Iceland defense for cd 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 . Atlantic come and the government of Iceland said it. Cmdr. Scott Wilson the defense Force s Public affairs officer. Some of the speech was taken too  Wilson acknowledged that Mcva Don s comments about the country s politics were a bit out of the  . Military commanders in overseas areas do not usually comment publicly on Host nation , Wilson added he understood what he was talking  foreign minister Jon Bald in Hanni bags soft met . Ambassador Nicholas Ruwe on Friday to Lodge Iceland s pro Tes Mcvadon who had been commander of the icelandic defense Force since october 1986, made the Farewell speech at Nas Kef Lavik about 35 Miles Southwest of Reykjavik. He has resumed to the United stat Sand will become the senior defense at tache at the . Embassy in Beijing inlay 1990. Early Dodds closure in Panama spurs contingency plans for fall 2nd army Cav Soldier Dies after car hits truck Nornberg West Germany a2nd army Cav regl Soldier died Friday when his car collided Wilh a West Ger Man truck near Bay Teulah a regimental spokesman said monday. Spec. George l. To Ayfield or. Of the regiment s 1st so in Bundlach had driven a Friend to catch a plane in Frankfurt and was returning Hoq pc when his rented car hit the truck head on the spokesman said. The Accident occurred about 8 10 . On Highway b-2. The 23-year-old Soldier was  Accident is being investigated by West German and american police. By William j. Bartma Washington Bureau Washington now that the .military has closed its schools in Panama four weeks Early because of civil unrest in the country attention has turned to contingency planning for the next school year. At this time i would be reluctant today every school is going to open As it is now said Nick fico of the department of defense dependents schools. Dodds officials in Panama arc work ing on a contingency plan for All or most schools and support activities to operation base in the coming school year fico said. The system operated 13 schools i Panama for 6,058 students this school year which ended Friday instead of june 16. Act of those schools arc on the Pacific Ocean Side of the Small country near Panama City where much of the recent violence he been entered. The three others arc on1 the Atlantic Ocean or Caribbean tide of the country in the Vicin Ity of Colon. Five of the 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 fic Esaid we Are prepared to accommodate our Panama teachers if that become necessary. We would keep the staff and move them around the  x Dodds director said Dodds could easily accommodate the 411 teachers in Panama at schools in Europe and the Pacific by hiring fewer teachers from the Pool of overseas applicants. We hire through our recruitment pro Gram. Nearly 600 teachers from the states each year fice said. And rehire in the overseas area local hires about 1,400." despite the Early end of school Friday students who successfully completed their courses will receive full credit forthe school year. The first wave of . Military family members to leave Panama arrived in the United slates on May 16. About 14,000military family members lived in Panama when unrest related to the country presidential elections began. More than fico who is special assistant to the 3,000 of the americans lived off  no killed airman injured in 2-car Accident Hahn a West Germany a 32-year-old technical sergeant was killed and a senior airman seriously injured Ina two car Accident sunday evening a base spokesman said monday. Tech. Sgt. Marvin b. Dunham of the50th component repair so was pronounced dead at the scene of the Accident said spokesman staff sgt. Johnny Ria. Senior airman Stuart a. Maxwell of the 50th trans so was listed As in very serious condition at Lan Stuhl regional medical Center Rea said. The spokesman said the Accident occurred near gals enrol 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 i wife Joan two sons David and Reginald and a Stepson Maurice Mason. The Accident is being investigated Ria said