European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 01, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d president Bush praised for european policies Page 2 o fort Stewart suspends mortar firing Page 4 d Navy s super stallion pulls its weight in med Page 9 d Blue jays beat orioles Clinch tie for title Page 21 authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 48, no. 167 sunday october 1,1989 Ftp it of i Utmar d 8693 a a views Hugo s aftermath 2-/iour in Charleston . A presi Dent Bush Friday viewed roofless build Ings stripped forests and other legacies of Hurricane Hugo and defended his administration s handling of Aid to the storm s victims. I do know that there s two that s  expected. But. To the critics i simply May understand. We arc trying be " Bush said at Charlo sign flip Eric end of Histo a lining Down at Charleston signed a $1.1 billion Relief package approved by Congress on thursday. He was greeted on his arrival by gov. Car Seph p. Riley or. Riley planned Aerial tour by the president As being too removed from the people. However bad weather forced Bush to travel by motorcade through Charleston and to Summerville 22 Miles Northwest which suffered major Utility and Timber damage. Summerville mayor Berlin Meyers gush the grounds of the Dork a our thous littered with fallen Trees Smas Mii Chi Les and twisted Metal. One thing i me very much was a Young Hom cows there saying that he had had offers of see Bush on Back Page president lauds Crowe for quiet valor by the los Angeles times Annapolis my. President Bush and the armed forces bade Farewell Friday to adm. William j. Crowe jr., retiring chairman of the joint chiefs of staff who pioneered personal contacts Between the superpowers military leaders. Praising Crowe for a lifetime of quiet valor Bush thanked the 64-year-old Admiral for launching a series office breaking visits with his soviet counterpart marshal Sergei Akrom Eyck see related photo Page 28. That s Bill Crowe Bush said at a ceremony at the . Naval Academy where Crowe s naval career began 43 years ago. A no nonsense toughness a re solve when it comes to defending America and a warm heart for what makes America Worth fighting  when Crowe visited the soviet Union in june Bush said a soviet naval band paid tribute to the visiting american Admiral by playing the Star spangled  moments like that Are rare not Only in the lifetime of men but in the lifetimes of nations Bush said. Crowe reflecting on the series of personal exchanges with the soviets that he set in motion called them an Opportunity to Clear away some of the underbrush of hostility and  built up by years of Mutual suspicion. I instinctively believe that increasing military contacts Between our two organizations is worthwhile Crowe said. Every meeting i have with my soviet counterpart the environment gets  at the same time Crowe warned that it is Way too Early to say the soviets arc going to be successful with their Reform movement now fast they re going to achieve it or if they re going to achieve it. Crowe said that he had been reluctant to leave his Post while the challenges of the world s transition arc still under Way. We re getting mixed signals and that s the trouble with transition complained Crowe who earned doctorate in politics at Princeton University during his naval career. Everything s in flux. It s interesting but it in t going to be  the Oklahoma native offered . Policy makers a bit of Homespun advice drawn from the lessons of the barnstorming Wing walkers of Fairground air  the first Rule of Wing walking he said. Never let go of something until you be got hold of something  on sunday Crowe turns Over the chairmanship of the joint chiefs of staff to Gen. Colin a Powell a 52 year old army infantry officer who served As National Security adviser to former president Reagan. Powell is see Crowe on Back Page rain Airlift vets Reli America s finest Bour Byk Clauson alter Berlin retired air twice Gen. . Milton a Veteran of the City saving Efto known As the Berlin Airlift remembers thinking thae project would be Short term work. Most of us thought it was an  said Milton who As a colonel was the Airlift Kef of staff most of us did t think the Airlift could what we ended up  but by the time the Mission s 277,569th dig completed on sept. New definition Foi Milton t949, Milton found he had  forty years Jip saturday a c-54 loaded with Coal touched do Josl Tom Palhof air base ending the 15 month  Airlift Mission that a participant  s finest  a the Airlift began on june 26, 1948, the shoot War had been Over for three years but the first icy binds of the ensuing cold War already had begun blowing through the occupied City. As the residents dug their Way out of the rubble left from world War ii the american British and French occupation authorities wrangled with the soviets Over currency reforms up rations structures of government and control of " occupied zones of the country. Incr liners became pawns in the Power struggle when rack soviets blocked All land and water routes into the ton june 24,1948. The Cucu Sowas technical difficulties but the in tent was to sync the berliners living in the three Western sectors enforce the other three allies to give in to soviet deman Aflfe leave a City they could not support. By original estimates the by needed 12,000 tons of supplies a Day to survive am ugh that figure was reduced considerably by ration pc Trinity and Coal and flying in As much dried food Are fusible. The Sovi ets May Nave figured it would be Imp Wilc to bring that much material in by air but they i Akell count on continued silk Page 3 ear Abby cd rep Ace aim Landers dear Abby have a problem. 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