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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Storms battered bases budget communities a Rob Peter to pay Paul by Rosemary Sawyer staff writer m Ore than three months after Hurricane Force winds pummel cd . Military installations in Europe army Community commanders Are still hoping to repair the damage that the storms wreaked on their budgets. . Army in Europe officials have asked the department of army for help in paying for More than a 3 million damage to army installations. But so far no Money has been granted. Quot commanders will have to prioritize and decide what to fund and nut to fund if additional funding Isnit received from Headquarters department of army Quot said Millie Waters a Usa eur spokeswoman. Some Community leaders expressed optimism that Money eventually will be made available. Quot at the recent Deputy Community commanders conference in Heidelberg we were assured by usar eur that they were doing everything they could to reimburse the communities and i believe them a said col. . Scaly Deputy Community commander of the Hanau Community. The West German Community suffered $700,000 in roof damage alone. Officials of the . Air forces in Europe also went to Washington for help. For the $4 million damage at its bases Safe has received $2.3 million from the air staff. The command is paying the rest from amounts reserved for year end Bills said col. Bronislaw p. Prokuski jr., Deputy chief of staff comptroller. A funds. Are being temporarily borrowed from this account while we pursue additional funding from the air Force a Prokuski said. Officials at Usa eur were unable to provide a Complete picture of How much damage has been repaired and How the repairs were financed. But a spot Survey by the stars and stripes showed that army commanders have been forced to creatively juggle accounts to Patch hundreds of smashed roofs and Miles of downed fences. A a it a a Case of robbing Peter to pay Paul. We re Paul 1 guess a said Steve Donnelly director of engineering and housing for Aschaffenbur. A Schattenburg had to Cut right across the Board a wherever there was a Penny a to repair $800,000 damage to housing areas and caverns a finance official said. Community engineers who normally would be performing routine maintenance have done nothing but repair roofs and fences for two months Donnelly said. And there a still work to be done. The Community does no to expect to be reimbursed for the in House work but does Hope to get Back some of the $380,000 paid to contractors. Interviews with other West German communities showed a the Stuttgart military Community took a $2.5 million pounding said capt. Renee Mongo a Community spokeswoman. About $700,000 has been drawn from engineering and housing funds for temporary repairs Mongo said. Some of the repairs were temporary fixes until insurance officials could inspect the damage and provide payment. The Community carries insurance As required by the German state of Baden Wiir Temberg Mongo said. Also Stuttgart Hopes for $300,000 in reimbursement from higher Headquarters Mongo said. A Frankfurt suffered about $2 million in damage. It received $1.25 million from v corps engineering and housing to repair roofs in the housing areas said it. Col. Peter Geloso Frankfurt a engineering and housing director. The corps came up with the Money by delaying renovation projects in Frankfurt and other communities. Other funding came from the Community operation and maintenance account forcing building facade renovations and other contracts to be deferred. A Ansbach Drew $700,000 from its annual recurring requirements fund to pay for emergency repairs in the Community said spokeswoman Frauke Davis. A Wurz Bui is continuing to repair the $1.6 million damage that it suffered. So far the Community has sunk $600,000 of its engineering and housing Money into repairs said Dale Bryson Community spokesman. An additional $200,000 in repairs was paid by the 3rd inf div. A Baum older suffered $1.5 million in storm damage said Albert Marshall facility management officer. Community operation and maintenance funds have gone toward All but about $200,000 in repairs which were reimbursed by department of defense dependents schools and family housing funds. The funds shift has forced the Community to delay its sewage renovation project Marshall said. Contributing to this report staff writer Deewee Arrington Doke in Kaiserslautern . 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Adhesion often appear after abdominal surgery and Are rarely serious said Zbigniew Petrovich a specialist in col rectal cancer at the University of South Ern California. When a patient has adhesion the exterior Wall of the bowels becomes attached to another part of the Bowel Petrovich said. In extreme cases he said surgery is required when the adhesion obstruct the Bowel. A but they Are rarely that serious a Petrovich said. Contemplated now Contemp surgery is not now hospitalization is not plated a Weinberg said. A president Reagan a physicians have advised him to limit his travelling for the next several weeks. Therefore president and mrs. Reagan strip to Europe planned for next month will be postponed a Weinberg said. A the is otherwise in excellent health Quot the spokesman said from the Reagan office in Century City. Reagan was seen by a doctor on Friday but Weinberg did no to discuss any aspect of the visit Reagan has had several intestinal operations in recent years. On july 13, 1985, doctors removed a 2-Inch, cancerous polyp and 2 feet of Reagan a intestinal tract. Six months later Reagan had three Small benign polyps removed from his intestine and six months after that two Small non cancerous polyps were removed from his Colon. Reagan underwent prostate surgery in january 1987. Six months later two Small benign polyps were removed from his Colon. A Miracle of Dunkirk anniversary marked european weather l of Rocabo Foi sunday fan to partly Cloudy in All areas occasionally Mosley Cloudy in Northern Germany the Northern Bon a Lux. And Alvirty Southern Gor Romny isolated Mph time log. High Lernor uterus sb-60 North. 60-65 South lows 30-43 Sunset sunday 9.22, Sunse monday 5 24 Outlook Lor monday continued Lair to partly Cloudy a nil areas with a Olulo nighttime log. Highs 57-62 North. 62-67 South tows 3843. Lemp Cutuli s i Usu Ltd sturdily Atli Ita i Amsler darn. Athens c Aviano. C Ife ilm c  p Ikus sols. P 4jm 4pm 57 95 . P 43 59 Frankfurt. P 70 90 London p 63 72 mailed c 45 57 much. C b2 54 Purij. P 4t 61 rooms c i to i i ii i p. V a Pius idea by Del 13, 2nd we Allier Wing Tirben Laibach other worldwide Long Pelunis Cairo. 1 a Ulm 1 Helsinki c Jerusalem. Lisbon c High Low 93 4nm 4pm 43 55 45 64 46 64 52 79 43 59 46 64 64 70 High Low 61 54 79 c Cloudy p Pruy Cloudy i Lair 68 Mobeal. A 41 Moscow c 63 46 43 Oslo 1 59 37 a Toronto. A a 68  a a supplied by the associated i ass Dunkirk. France up a Mist eyed veterans of the a a Miracle evacuation of 338,000 troops from Dunkirk converged saturday under a sea of Union Jack flags to Mark the 50th anniversary of the legendary operation Dynamo. The Harbor was lined three deep with 75 of the original a Little ships that ferried British expeditionary Force troops trapped by the advancing German a Blitzkrieg a from Bullet strafed beaches to the safety of English ports from May 26 to june 4, 1940. Ceremonies marking the a Miracle at Dunkirk Quot were to Peak on sunday afternoon with a service on the Beach at which thousands of veterans were expected. During the ceremonies a Royal air Force helicopter was to lower a Wreath into a Circle formed by the Tittle ships which sailed on thursday from Dover England to Dunkirk. The town Hall and other buildings were decorated saturday with British flags flapping in the Brilliant Sunshine. Store windows displayed bottles of Whit bread Beer. And the sidewalks were filled with britons most in their 70s, All eager to share the nine Day evacuations memories of a lifetime. A i was on the Beach for two Days before i was evacuated a said Herbert Parkinson 75, of Margate England former member of the 44th army dives signal corps. A we were constantly being strafed by Stuka dive bombers even in the trenches we dug in the Beach a he said. A i was so tired i done to even remember Docking at Dover Quot Dunkirk veterans Many walking with canes braved rickety ramps to visit the fishing boats and pleasure ships that formed part of the 700-vessel a Mosquito  the Dunkirk Retreat followed a thorough thrashing of Allied troops by Hitler s armoured Panzer divisions which raced through Holland Belgium and France. Historians say the successful evacuation was crucial to the allies eventual Success because so Many trained troops lived to fight another Day Coolidge demoted in Quayle slip Wausau wis. Apr oops Dan did it again. Vice president Dan Quayle told 3,000 High school students Here that he was proud to be the first vice president to visit Wausau since vice president Calvin Coo Lidge did so in 1928. Wrong Dan. Coolidge was president in 1928. A Tonjo Ischer principal at Wausau West High school where Quayle spoke said he expected few students even noticed the mistake. A what the teachers and kids realize is Here is a Guy who is on the Road constantly giving speech after speech and under Public scrutiny so those things happen a Fischer said. A the probably misread a  mostly Fischer said the visit went Well  
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