European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday october 19, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 3 Gulf briefs actor Newman sending lemonade to Gulf troops Westport Conn. Orpi _ actor Paul Newman has announced that his non profit food company will Send about 47,000 Gallons of lemonade to . Troops in the persian Gulf. Newman a own the company he started to raise funds for worldwide charities will ship 30.000 bottles of Newman a own old fashioned Roadside Virgin lemonade to the Middle East. The actor and his wife actress Joanne Woodward founded the company in 1982 with author . Hotchner. The company began by producing a salad dressing that Newman had been making in his Kitchen for friends. Newman a own later added Popcorn Spaghetti sauce and other products. Newman donates All his profits to  families of gis in Gulf get helping hand Indianapolis apr the american legion says its members will mow lawns buy groceries baby sit and do other chores for families across the country who have soldiers in the persian Gulf. American legion National commander Robert s. Turner said tuesday that the legions 16.000 posts 10,000 auxiliary units and More than 4 million members will help needy families during the military buildup. The legion is setting up a nationwide toll free number a 1-800-786-0901 a that will be available around the clock. Callers need a touch tone phone to tap in their area code Telephone number and zip code. A the Only limit on the kind of help we can offer depends on the imagination and capabilities of the local legion officials a Turner said. The idea originated with a letter sgt. Michael Harger of the 82nd airborne div at fort Bragg n.c., wrote to his wife. Harger told her that if she needed anything she should Contact the american legion. By coincidence Hargers Mother had tried to Send him a package containing a tape recorder Blank tapes and recordings from his wife and two children. However the package was opened in the mail and the recorder was stolen. Hargers Mother who lives in Millersville md., called the local chapter of the veterans group. Turner and other members of the Indianapolis based group will travel to saudi Arabia next week to Tell american troops about the program. A we have asked the state department to allow us to see sergeant Harger and we re going to take him a tape recorder a he  Hopes troops get a kick out of toys Palo Alto Calif. A amps a concerned about the boredom facing . Troops pulling desert duty in saudi Arabia inventor Alan Adler decided to Send Over $10,000 Worth of the rubber flying rings he designed and Sells. The rings called aerobics  similar to fris bees but travel farther. Adler figured the donation would be the perfect Way for the troops to while away their time in the wide open desert so he asked one of his staffers to Call the Pentagon to ask where he should ship the rings. A they just laughed at me a said Shar land an executive at adlers firm super flight inc., of Palo Alto. Land said she had no better Luck talking with army and Marine corps Public affairs staffs. A i finally got through to the defense logistics Agency a she said a and they agreed to accept the super flight donation. Hopefully  go  land said the shipment contains 1,000 aerobics and 150 of the firms latest design which returns to the thrower like a Boomerang. A we thought our troops would get a kick out of them a she said. A but the hard part is getting them in their  spokesmen at the army and Marine Public affairs offices in the Pentagon said they had no record of being contacted by the firm. A i done to think anyone Here would laugh at them a the Marine spokesman said. A it would be a great thing for the  in the null the 7th�?Ts desert rats show the Victory sign before leaving Hamburg Germany for the Gulf wednesday. Commander says desert rats will have to learn Marine abcs in Eastern saudi Arabia a the commanding officer of Britain a 7th army brigade says his desert rats and the . Marines should be Able to merge smoothly by the Middle of next month a if they learn to speak the same language. The British army unit which earned its nickname during the North african tank Battles of world War ii is expected to have 9,500 troops and 120 challenger tanks in saudi Arabia by nov. 1, Brig. Patrick cording Ley said. Cordingley said he expects the transition to go even faster just As soon As he learns the acronym sprinkled language that his american counterparts speak. A they have a list of acronyms As Long As your Arm a he said. But Cordingley said he was hesitant to Call in a translator. A i was a bit overawed with All these american generals sitting around me so i made a note of the acronyms and expect to have them translated later on a said Cor Dingley who would be a one Star general in the american military. There is one Point however that the americans and British understand completely the vital of role that the britons heavier tanks can play in a War. They  expected to complement the Marine Force Well since the latter a m60 tanks arc not As powerful As the soviet built t-72 tanks that dominate the iraqi forces. A the challenger has got probably the Best Protection of any tank in the world today. Its gun will penetrate the vast majority of t-72s,�?� Cordingley said. Cordingley said 1,500 British troops had arrived so far and that the 40 ships at sea would Start arriving with Materiel in the next few Days. At least 4,500 British troops will be in the Field and treated As a brigade in the . Marine corps while the rest of the troops will be in the rear dealing with the britons special logistics needs. The challengers use their own ammunition and need separate maintenance facilities. German accused of giving . Secrets on Gulf to Iraq from staff and wire reports Karlsruhe Germany a a German foreign ministry official is suspected of supplying Iraq with a secret . Assessment of the Middle East before american forces went to saudi Arabia prosecutors said wednesday. Jurgen Mohammed Gietler 35, a senior Secretary was arrested aug. 28 near Bonn and has been held by police since then. News of his arrest was not announced until tuesday. Investigators suspect that he worked for the iraqi military secret service and that he received 20,000 Marks about $13,000, when he began spying in March or earlier said a statement released by the Federal court in Karlsruhe. According to the prosecution the documents included the highly classified . Evaluation of the Middle East. A foreign ministry source termed the potential damage very  Germany a mass circulation newspaper Bild alleged that Gietler provided Iraq with details of secret nato consultations and analyses of the persian Gulf As Well As reports by the . Ambassador to nato William Taft in. According to the German news Agency spa intelligence sources in Bonn said the alleged spy had revealed a just about the Complete american assessment of the situation in the Gulf before the deployment of . Forces in saudi Arabia. Bild said the suspect had probably been hired by the Stasi the now disbanded state Security Agency of former East Germany. However a spokesman for the German Federal court would not confirm the Stasi connection or reports that about 200 secret documents were found at Gietler a suburban Bonn Home at the time of his arrest. Gietler will be kept in pretrial confinement until he goes on trial