European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday May 3, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 7business booms in military towns hit by downturn during Gulf War Oceanside. Calif. Apr the economic slump that affected military towns during the persian Gulf War is making Way for a min Boom As returning soldiers who saved their dollars in the desert look for things to spend them on. Many Are splurging on new cars dress uniforms tattoos and dozens of other things they dreamed about under the saudi Sun a a it a just been crazy a said Donna Holmes owner of Abc laundry and surplus in Oceanside. A a in be been working daytime and nighttime Only going Home for an hour in the Holmes business dropped off sharply in August when nearby Camp Pendleton began sending its marines to the Middle East. A by october we really Felt the crunch. My business was half a she said. A we were just gritting our Teeth for a while. We did no to know How much longer we could now she said she a so Busy a i could use a couple More sewing machines and a couple More people to the same thing is happening up and Down Hill Street the main drag in downtown Oceanside where most Camp Pendleton marines do their shopping and cruising a a it a not like a morgue anymore a said to Marie Cerda co owner of Dorothy a military shop a combination laundry dry cleaners and surplus shop. A the last three weeks is when its been really similar stories can be heard in other military towns around the nation although some of them face another permanent slump when bases Are pending military a this new Rush of disposable income has been fantastic a said David Jameson executive vice president of the chamber of Commerce in Fayetteville n.c., the Host town for the army a fort Bragg. Terr Culta a Tattoo artist at Jesse a Tattoo shop across the Street from fort Campbell ky., said business has tripled since the troops began returning Home a couple of months ago. Business had dropped about 75 percent during the seven months the troops were gone she said. Now she has recouped her losses and is enjoying a vigorous Trade As marines return from the Mideast. A they might have just got Back in this morning and be in Here this afternoon. They want those tattoos that bad a Culta said. A they saved their Money while they were Over there and now they re getting the expensive ones a big dragons that cover their whole ,. Marine Chevrolet in Jacksonville n.c., near Camp Lejeune is scouring the state for cars for returning troops sales manager Dan Batchelor said. A they re looking for a vehicle a Batchelor said. �?o1 think they re thinking a in be done a Job and i Reward of some they be been in a situation that makes them think about things they want to like life a. Businesses that were Able to weather the Tough times a mostly by catering to customers eager to show their patriotism and Pride Iii the military a continue to Prosper. A we weren t really hurting too much a said Derek Harper a manager at Kings men shop in Oceanside. A there was a lot of tourism the parents of the kids in the military made a he said the stores customized jackets decorated with Marine emblems and embroidered with military slogans were big Sellers among stateside marines and helped keep business steady. A it got so bad we had to get .a,.second machine to do the embroidery a Harper said. Now that the marines Are Home. Kings is having trouble keeping some merchandise in Stop Elk. Harper said desert storm patches Are popular and the store is awaiting enormous Back orders of the National defense ribbon. Soviet scientist Gennady Baryshnikov holds a Sample of the Mammoth give perfect gift rare hair from Mammoth Springfield 111. A a bag full of hair excite most people the Way it excited scientists at the Illinois state museum. But then most people Arentt studying the Mammoth. The soviet unions zoological Institute gave the bag of rare Mammoth hair to the museum wednesday. The smithsonian institution is the Only other museum in the Western hemisphere that has such rare material. A the material comes from an animal that is 10, pm years old but preserved As if it were collected from the animal Only yesterday a said state museum director r. Bruce Mcmillan. Mammoths first appeared about 5 million years ago and roamed across much of the Northern hemisphere. The giant elephant like creatures reached North America about 1.9 million years ago then mysteriously died out about 10,000 years ago. The hair Given to the Illinois museum belonged to a female Mammoth discovered Frozen in Siberia in 1979. It is believed to be one of the species last survivors. Quot a a Mammoth experts Quot from the museum have worked with soviet officials before Mcmillan said a we Are glad to have the cooperation of the United states of studying the mammoths a said soviet professor Gennady Baryshnikov who presented the hair to museum officials. The museum May conduct tests of the hairs genetic material. The hair will go on display by summer. . In 1946 made $100 million offer to buy Greenland Washington a the United states in 1946 proposed to pay Denmark $100 million to buy Greenland alter flirting with the idea of swapping Oil Rich land in Alaska for strategic parts of the Bleak Arctic Island documents in the National archives show. A the $100 million was to be in Gold. And even though the Sale did not go through the United states ended up with the military bases it wanted anyway / discovery of the documents which have been declassified since the Early 1970s, was first reported sunday by the Copenhagen newspaper Jylland Posten. One alternative that was discussed was for the United states to Trade land in the Point Barrow District of Alaska for those portions of Greenland the United states considered of military value. Under this plan the Danes would have received the rights to any Oil discovered in the District and would have had to sell the Oil to the United states. The. Richest Oil strike in . History was made in 1967 in the Prudhoe Bay area 200 Miles East of Point Barrow. The Point Barrow area now is part of the National Petroleum Reserve which contains Oil Fields reserved for National defense. The . Air Force currently maintains two bases in Greenland Thule and son _ destroy. Construction of the Thule base in 1952 followed a defense treaty signed by the United states and Denmark. Originally designed As a refuelling base for Long Range bombing missions it has been an Early warning site for ballistic missiles and a satellite telemetry station since ll/61. Fondest rom a Mission is in support of. The base at Thule. The proposed Purchase of Greenland apparel rely first came up in november 1945, when sen. Owen Brewster a Maine said Arife rican military and naval authorities favored it. In april 1946, state department official John Hickerson attended a meeting of the planning and strategy committee a. A amps Sharon Killay of the joint chiefs of staff and reported that a practically every member. Said real objective As regards to Greenland should be to acquire it by Purchase from a the committee indicated that Money is plentiful now that Greenland is completely worthless to Denmark and that the control of Greenland is indispensable to the safety of the United states a 1 lick Erson said in a memo. 7 in a. Follow up memorandum on May 24, 1946, William c. Trimble then assist Quot Cint chief of the state departments division of Northern european affairs suggested the United states offer $100 million in Gold for the North Atlantic Island. _ / Greenland would give the United states a valuable bases from which to launch an air Quot counteroffensive Over the Arctic area in the event of attack a i rouble said. Then Secretary of state James Byrnes made the offer to visiting danish foreign minister Gustav Rasmussen in new York on dec. 14, 1946, according to a Telegram from Byrnes. A your needs. Seemed to come As a Shock to Rasmussen but he did not reject my suggestions flatly and said that he would study a memorandum which i gave him a Byrnes said. A the archives file containing Byrness memo did not contain any indication of whether the Danes responded or simply let the matter die
