European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday. January 11, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 9 War games Complete with munchies cafes to keep gis stocked in snack bar comforts by Steve Taylor Munich Bureau i Olalo chips and soda pop not the usual equipment Lor War games. Bui a ready Supply of junk food will be on hand for the More than 50,000 us soldiers participating in next week s Centurion shield it used to be meal and milk to fight. Now it s sodas and said master sgt. Redo nol Icli. One member of an Arnn and air Force Exchange service team providing americana to troops in the Field. It s a remarkable thing to come out of the Field and gel a hot Noll Coli said i makes Man Euver time More Post exchanges have been providing goods and services to front line troops since before inc Lurn of the Century and exercise Cen Laurion shield is no different. Cafes Europe will be at some 50 Remote Sites and when a unit advances inc Exchange will move with it. With 40-foot trailers and retail vans. The goal is to provide Normal Post Exchange sup port though somewhat abbreviated said it. Col. David Lanning. The cafes Europe planning chief. About 240 people arc involved in providing that sup port including Many who have been on temporary duly since before Christmas. And it s not just hot pizzas and munchies. The Exchange service has its Field exchanges locked with such things As uniforms film toothpaste and souvenirs. That s Why we re Lanning said instead of k Mart or Lanning sees providing support to the troops in the Field As a primary Job for . He plans year round for 40 exercises in some 80 different locations. Planning for most exercises begins a year in and Vance. Lanning and his staff visit units in the United Stales and Europe to determine Whai Lype of support Munich Stock workers Carl Smith left and Marshall Norris sort items for cafes Field exchanges. They will need and when and where. They try to have that customized support ready and in place when the unit arrives. Still being flexible is the Rule. Noll Clit said that eve with the months of planning and coordination inc unexpected can happen such us the Early arrival of a unit or even the arrival of a unit someone forgot to in the end. Nollen sees a Field training exercise As Jusi the grass the cows the soldiers and cafes " while the Exchange service can provide some of the essentials of modern living in Remote areas once the exercise is Var and the soldiers return from the Field. The timeless question of what to do becomes minor Lant. Especially for those troops from the i nit cd states who will he spending time at inc Grafe Wohr training in a. Us Rel r s recreation folks have some answers recreation in inc form of concerts arts and crafts Tours and a Way to phone Home arc All on Lap for the Soldier who needs a break from the routine. With activities primarily entered around Ora pc Wohr. Soldiers will be Able to watch a video read a Book sip a brew with some friends or listen to a band. Or take a tour of the surrounding Countryside from Heidelberg to Southern Bavaria. A ten the size of three football Fields will House the main recreation facility Al Grafe Wohr. Where up to 12.000 troops will be housed. Jill Mcclelland. Gra few bar s recreation Branch chief said Laid Back Active Vilics such As to viewing Reading Board games arts and crafts Pool and pingpong will be offered. An at tempt will be made 10 organize team sports but that depends on inc weather she said. Next door an entertainment Lent will offer food and beverages with live bands planned almost nightly. Country and Western music variety acts Louring department of defense shows and a army band have been scheduled by the 7th army training come morale and welfare division. Sato the army s on Posl travel Agency will be at the recreation ten offering one Day hours ranging in Price from is i to $25. And the armed forces recreation Center is offering a Low Cost alternative in gelling away. During january rooms Start Al $7 a night $13 off the regular rate in its Berchtesgaden West Germany hotels. There also arc inc usual ski specials and area Tours arc spokesman Harry Connors said. Arc offers free transportation for groups of 25 or More to and from its resorts in Southern Bavaria. Connors said. Reservations can be made by calling ets 441-5623 or civilian 08652-5862 3. 6-Fooma. Boy 7, has pituitary tumor removed Rochester. Minn. A surgery 10 Slop the rapid growth of a 7-year-old soviet boy who stands 6 feet Tail an weighs 200 pounds appears to have gone Well but surgeons say he May need More treatment. In a three hour operation tuesday at the Mayo clinic s is. Mary s Hospital doctors removed All that was apparent of a Large tumor on Igor Ladan s pituitary gland. Bui surgeons said some cells of the tumor which had resulted in an overproduction of growth hormone May re main and additional medication or radiation i Crapy May be needed to Lessen the likelihood Hal inc tumor will grow Back. Igor came to the clinic with his Mother. Svitlana Ladan. In september from their Home in the ukrainian City of Kiev following a worldwide search for doctors who could real the rare tumor. The tumor had risen out of the Pilu diary gland and was pressing on the brain. The clinic said in a statement. Doctors first used drug the crap to re Duce the tumor by about 30 or a Cal. Then decided to operate when tests showed no further reduction in the Hinnir s Sie. Said or Donald Zimmer Man a Ped Ianc who is part of the learn treating the boy. Some of the possible complications from the surgery include serious bleed ing blindness or vision loss and stroke inc clinic said. Tutors similar in St clo Igor s lend to grow around arteries and vital Struc Tures of the pituitary making Complete removal of the tumor difficult or impose the clinic said. Mayo clinic physicians have in Caird More than 60 children with pituitary la mors. Oldest biggest meteor reported found in China Beijing a chinese scientists have discovered what they say is inc world s largest and oldest meteorite near Shenyang in northeastern China an offi Cial daily newspaper reported wednes Day. Geologists estimate the meteorite known to local Farmers As he Ashita Hill is 4.5 billion to 4.6 billion years old and fell to Earth 1.9 billion years ago. The China daily said. They said the meteorite Mound located about 12 Miles Southeast of Shen Yang is about 600 feel Long. 300 feet wide and 300 feet High. It weighs about 2 million tons and is covered with Granite. The daily said geologists discovered inc Mcl Coric in 1984 after deposits of Furro Nickel Ore were Del cycled in arc. Fur ther excavation found substances distinctively different in structural composition and geological age from the surrounding area. In the area around the Granite foundation the scientists found a Glass like sub stance apparently formed under High temperature and pressure when the me Leorita hit the Earth the newspaper said. Geologists since have found evidence of a Large group of meteorites covering up to 120 Square Miles in the suburbs of Shenyang. The report said the me Corile predates the oldest Rock originating on Earth believed to be about 3.6 billion years old. And is nodular Structure is a byproduct of the formation of inc solar system. Study of inc meteorite could provide valuable information about the secrets of inc universe in said. A planetarium is to be Buill on inc site and inc place will be declared a slate proc Clad nature Reserve. Solomon s solution cuts value of Gem Brothers find Buckfield. Maine aim two Brothers who found an 80-Pound semiprecious Gem could not agree on a Way to sell in. So they had it chopped up. Apparently seriously devaluing it. I did t want 10 Sec that big Stone said Dennis Holden. He and his brother. Ronald Holden or. Found the morganite Crystal a transparent Rose coloured variety of Beryl in Oclo bar Al a Quarry they leased in Buck Field i tried to Slop him from gelling in Oul of inc Dennis Holden said his brother wanted to bring in partners. Ronald Holden said Selling up a corporation was the Only Way to properly Market the Gem. Which contained a single Crystal measuring nearly 13 inches across and weighing about 115,000 carats. At inc Lime of their find inc Brothers estimated the Gem to he Worth $1 Mil lion. Experts were reluctant to Pul a value on it. Although now Hal in has been chopped up. Stonecutter James Man said the Brothers will be Lucky to get $60.000 Mann said he has struck a Deal to sell two pieces from Dennis Holden s share of the Rock for $16.000 to a museum Al Harvard University. Slate geologist Woodrow Thompson said the Crystal should not have been Cut. I personally and Many other peo ple would have preferred thai n be Kepi Thompson said. It was a splendid Mineral dubbed the Rose of i Hegel was chopped up in Early november Al the Home of Paul Bennett who owns the mine the holdens leased
