European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Edition  vol. 50, no. 42 saturday May 25,1991 authorized unofficial pub cation for the . Armed forces 350 d 8693 a army communities awarded big Bucks.  run a Washington up Gen. Carl Vuono army chief of staff handed out millions of dollars in awards thursday to army bases and units in recognition of their efforts to improve the Quality of life for soldiers. Three army communities in Germany were among the winners. Winners of the a chief of staff awards Worth $1 million each were fort Belvoir  Heidelberg military Community Germany Schofield Barracks Hawaii and we Bruecken Mili Tail Community Germany. Runners up in that category got awards of $250,000 the Bamberg military Community in sits and fort Dix n.j., won $125,000_ awards As the most improved communities. Runners up in the category got $25,000 awards. Vuono said the army communities of excellence program was to Honor a communities that have captured the spirit of the army and embody our uncompromising commitment to taking care of our  now in its third year the program provides Cash to base officials to be used for projects that improve the non military aspects of army Community fort Bragg n.c., was recognized As the army a Winner of a service wide a Community of excellence program and was to receive a $1.5 million award Friday at a separate ceremony along with the naval air station in Jacksonville Fla Moody fab in Valdosta ga., the Marine corps recruit depot at Parris Island s.c., and the defense general Supply Center in Richmond a. Moody fab is on a list of bases recommended for closure. Within the National guard the North Carolina army National guard won the $1 million chief of staff award. The Overall Winner within the army Reserve category was Wright Center at Mobile Ala. Speaking in the Center courtyard of the Pentagon Vuono said that the sense of family the army has was embodied in the response he got from an army wife when no visited an installation and asked her if she would be going Home while her husband was fighting in the desert. A a a this is my Home. The army is my family a a he said she told him. Home of the Brave spec. 4 David Lemker of Anoka minn., a member of the army a 3rd inf div goes about the annual ritual of planting a . Flag beside each Headstone at Arlington National cemetery in Arlington va., Early Friday. In a three hour period soldiers placed nearly 222,000 flags in preparation for memorial Day on  bids Farewell to Gandhi new Delhi India apr Rajiv Gandhi was committed to flames Friday in an ancient rite that by hindu tradition freed his soul from Earth and from the political violence that scarred his nation and ended his life. The former prime ministers 20-Ycar-old son Rahul lighted the funeral pyre of logs atop a Flower draped Brick platform near a memorial to Gandhi smother prime minister Indira Gandhi who also fell victim to assassins. More than 150,000 people lined a 10-mile funeral procession through the capital for the funeral for the scion of Independent indians most important political family. A the procession ended at a Riverside cremation site next to a memorial to Gandhi smother whose killing at the hands of her sikh bodyguards in 1984 thrust her son into Power for five years. A Gandhi 46, met the same Fate on tuesday when he was killed by a bomb blast at a Campaign Stop while trying to make a political comeback in parliamentary elections Indian investigators helped by a video cassette re see India on Page 10germany plans to close Down 213 army bases Bonn up a Germany will close Down 213 of its 688 military bases in Western Germany by the end of 1994, defense minister Gerhard Stoltenberg said Friday outlining plans for the biggest shake up of the German armed forces since world War ii. The planned closures of the bases reflect the reduction in the size of the German armed forces from about 500,000 to 370,000 troops which was agreed in negotiations Over German unification Between Germany and the four victorious world War ii Powers. Stoltenberg said the German armed forces will see bases on Page 10 clinics say they la continue to give abortion counselling by Catherine Crocker associated press writer family planning clinics around the country say  forfeit millions of dollars in Federal Money rather than abide by a government ban on abortion counselling. A your principles arc not for Sale a Jill june head of Iowa a planned parenthood affiliate said thursday after the . Supreme court ruled 5-4 that clinics using Federal funds cannot discuss abortion with their patients. Abortion foes hailed the ruling As a step toward reversing the landmark Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion in 1973. A a it a about time a said Dottie Roberts of family action an anti abortion group based in Lake Stevens Wash. A the general Public is fed up with the biggest disaster of sex education any civilized society has  a it can no longer be presumed by the abortion Industry that the nation s highest court is in their pocket Quot said Arlene Champoux of Massachusetts citizens for life. But family planning officials said the ruling would mean two standards of care a one for the poor one for the Rich a and prevent doctors from fulfilling their ethical duty to inform patients fully of their medical options. Others said some clinics that forgo Federal dollars might have to Cut services or close. The High court on thursday upheld regulations issued by the Reagan administration in 1988 that say federally funded clinics May not discuss abortion with pregnant women or Tell them where to get one. The Federal government supports about 4,000 clinics see clinics on Page 10