European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 06, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday. February 1990 the stars and stripes Page 9 i la a it was a trashy Job but he liked it go found his duty of dump we come break from routine b John Millar our Buirk Bureau . West Ocraman spec. Kevin Christian was do in in the dumps during inc Centurion shield exercise literally d in n in Thi dumps. Christian assigned to Berv. 4th in. 3rd air defense am. Was inc if 120 soldiers monitoring i landfills and five dumps or Sii s during the two week exercise thin ended last month. The Job required Christian to direct trucks through garbage at the Landfill but to him the work was far from being the pus he thought it was a great Way to gel away from the army routine and meet people. Being in inc army it gets stagnant after a Christian said. You end up doing the same thing Over Andover. This recalls forces Sou to gel out and talk to reminded that he was working in a garbage dump. Christian said. I be talked to people in weirder places than when not Busy monitoring army trucks getting weighed dumping trash and getting weighed again. Christian would break out his German English dictionary and talk to the Landfill operators and civilian garbage truck Drivers. They re Irving to teach us German and we re trying to teach them Amer. I mean he said during the january Man Euver. Christian s partner. C pm. Frank aus tin did t quite say it was a dirty Job but somebody s got to do he said. I d rather be doing this than be out in the Austin said. Although he stood in trash most of inc Day. He returned to the warmth of facilities on a German army Cavern near killing in at night. His Job As a Chaparral missile gunner normally would have left him shivering in the Field during a Winter exercise. While directing traffic in a garbage dump May seem like the Bottom of the Centurion shield trash barrel it helped save the aim si.4 million in Ali Pis in . Saul i a Siou Ink Lander. i unt Rol Tolver. Trah collection in a was is i to Cost si.s3 Milho but Llu n3rd in or. Arty logistic if incr c Apt. Mite Presley devised a pm to use Landfill and dumpster contracts reduce me the Cost to $700.000. In the end. Refuse disposal costs were held to an estimated $380,000 to $400.000. Kirklandjr said inc soldiers in inc dumps were the keys to Success. We could t keep track of the Irish if in was t for the the army paid Only for inc amount of Irish delivered to the landfills. Also helping lock the Cost were flexible . From a room in a German army Ca sern called trash a map of the Man Euver area was constantly up dated. Green yellow and red Slicker were placed Over dumps or Sites on the map indicating How full each was. When dumpsters reached red status Soldier monitors at the Sites notified re forger trash Central or a contracting officer to have them emptied the next Day Kirklandjr said. Re forger trash Central also received maps of Floc Day s Battle plans which allowed in to coordinate the movement of dumpsters. Christian said the system improve relations with the germans. Because we re nol spreading trash around we re helping them out and people Sec us in a different Light. They Don t see us a americans Over Here destroying their not directing trash trucks. Christian did his part As Goodwill ambassador. "1 wave to he said a gotta be Friendly. If you Stan around like a bump on a log people Are Gonna just pass you on by. I d like to talk to them bul All i be got is this Little dictionary. I d like to know about Well not Aboul this bul other people. There s nol really much you can say about this. It s just a c pm. Frank Austin i lit supervises 3rd amid Ilia Cis a Eltink rid of Irish. When dad s in White House children May suffer Washington a an unusual study of presi dents children concludes that having a father in the while House brings More problems than opportune almost any Enterprise is said the report on All inc presidents children commissioned by George Bush s eldest son. George w. Bush while his father was still president elect. Douglas cad. A while House Liaison to conserva Tive groups reviewed the lives of presidential offspring from John Adams to Ronald Reagan and concluded that history should be a sobering warning to any new arrivals Ai the White House. Being related to a president May bring More prob lems than Wead cautioned in his 44 Page treatise. Excerpts appeared in the latest Issue of . News & world report. If an Enle Prisc is successful it s assumed Hal ii is because of the relationship Wead reported. If not. The Public assumes the son or daughter is Lay or in Wead found a consistent Pailca of trouble for the sons and daughters of inc Magazine reported. There were higher Ihan average Rales of divorce alcoholism and accidental death a wide variety of scandals Over real or perceived conflicts of interest and constant frustration Over Lack of some presidential offspring became prominent in their own right John Quincy Adams became president himself and Theodore Roosevelt s four sons were War he roes. Others met tragedy during their father s term Calvin Coolidge or. Died of blood poisoning after a Freak Accident on the while House Tennis court and Abraham Lin Coln s son Willie died of pneumonia in his father s Maga Ine ran. Inc excerpts As pan of a Story on How inc five Bush children Are faring under the spotlight George Walker Bush 43. Became owner and managing partner of the Texas rangers baseball learn last year. He also ruled Oul a race for governor of Texas. Another son. Neil. 35. A Denver Oil executive is under investigation by Federal Hank regulators. The probe involves his former membership on the Board of directors of a major Bank thai collapsed. Silverado banking savings & loan association. The Silverado bailout is expected to Cost taxpayers $1 billion. Civ orge w. Bush the Maga me imported that when Neil called his father recently to say he walled to fight the Silvera do charges rather than accept a negotiated settlement the president Lold him Don t worry about me. Don t w Orry about the presidency. Do what s Best for Neil daughter Dorothy . .30. A tourism offi Cial for the slave of Maine recently filed for divorce from her husband of seven years. Jeb Bush. 3d. Is a Miami real estate Developer Active in stale gop politics. Marvin. 3.3. Is a business entrepreneur who Lues just Aei Oss the Potomac in Alexandria. A. Pan of his Colon was removed in ivs6. And he has been a prominent supporter of the National foun Dation Lor hems and colitis. Wead spelled out some of the Pitfalls of White House kinship for the Bush children to something great and you appear grandiose and he said. Try to Lead a quiet Normal life and you appear la a or unambitious Fry something Arl Islic and Sou will offend those who believe in causes the presidential child in business faces the pres sure of enormous Wead added. Two things the Media and the Public won t allow1. Suc Cess or failure. Keep the business mediocre main Tain a personal Low profile and you will be left
