European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Germany Cross plans closures to revamp blood process san Diego apr the american red Cross will close its 53 blood centers in rotation next year to install a new computer system and make other changes to protect the nations blood Supply from the aids virus and other threats the organization said monday. A i am announcing what is perhaps the most ambitious project the red Cross has Ever undertaken a the total transformation of How we collect process and de liver one half of the nations blood Supply a red Cross president Elizabeth h. Dole said in remarks distributed before a news conference. The plan will Cost $120 million and take More than two years to Complete she said. It was Given final approval by the red Cross Board of directors sunday. A we will with this program revolutionize blood banking a Dole said. Details of the plan were worked out with Bush administration and congressional health leaders and private blood Banks Over the past Lew months. Said a source familiar with the program who requested anonymity. Quot the 53 centers nationwide will be divided into 10 regions with As Many As eight centers being closed at a see blood on Page 10knighthood bestowed on Schwarzkopf Tampa Fla. Apr Queen Eliza Beth ii conferred an honorary Knighthood on Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf commander of  forces in the persian Gulf War in a private ceremony monday that was shorn of the traditional English pageantry. The Brief function represented a change for the general who has been heaped with Public accolades since returning from the Middle East last month. The British Monarch and the general appeared on the front Steps of Macdill fab Headquarters of the . Central come. That Schwarzkopf oversees. Schwarzkopf displayed the two Cross medallion of Knighthood which is the highest Honor Britain can bestow on a foreigner. A it was marvelous. She is a Lovely  Schwarzkopf later told reporters. A she just said a i would like to present you with this  Schwarzkopf who commanded the Allied rout of Iraq is the 58th american since world War ii to receive an honorary Knighthood the Queen presented him with them Signia during a two hour visit to Tampa with her husband Prince Philip. The Honor does no to include the title a sir Quot which is reserved for britons who Are knighted. And unlike britons who Are knighted Schwarzkopf did not Kneel and was not tapped by a sword on the shoulders. The last american to get an honorary Knighthood was president Reagan in 1989. Other . Recipients include former Secretary of state Caspar Weinberg see Knighthood on Page 10 Queen Elizabeth ii watches Gen. Ii. Norman Schwarzkopf show his medallion of Knighthood. At Center is his wife Brenda. By John Millar and Chuck Vinch staff writers Wurzburg Germany a the 3rd inf div sent the commanding general a Cook to a five Day gourmet cooking course at a West Virginia resort in March in what division officials called a Normal  the $1,300 course run by the head instructor of the la Varenne culinary school of France was held at the Greenbrier hotel in White Sulphur Springs and featured classes on such dishes As Selle do Aneau in Croute de Sel Saddle of Lamb in a Salt crust and Cheddar cheese and Poblano Chili soup. Staff sgt. Lori Williams the Cook and personal aide of maj. Gen. Wilson a. Shoffner attended the Greenbrier beginning March 16, according to division spokesman maj. Steven Shively. The Greenbrier sponsors eight culinary classes of 50 to 60 students each year according to Martha Holmberg the hotels cooking school coordinator. Williams May be the first service member to attend the school Holmberg said a a in be looked through our record going Back several years and i Haven to found any other military people on the class lists a she said. Williams who has been Shoffner a aide for 18 months helps plan and conduct official functions and dinners Given by the general. Those duties include purchasing and preparing food for the functions which include dinner parties for local dignitaries and visiting vips. Shively said Williams attendance at the course a was not to support general Shoffner but for professional development. It will give her significant opportunities to train other soldiers in the skills she s  a to us this was a Normal training course a he said adding that other division Cooks train in restaurants in the Wurzburg area. A we done to look at it As a How do you make a rack of Lamb a or �?~1 Low do you make a better meatloaf a a Shively said. A we Bixik at it As a How do these things interact with each other How can we better leed the soldiers in the Long run a a Shively said division Lood service officials arranged see Cook on Page 10