European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 b the stars and stripes thursday july 18,1991you never walk alone Nijm Egen vets say by Ron Mckinney staff writer Nijm Egen Netherlands a veterans of the International four Days marches walk away from the experience with fond memories of a convivial atmosphere. That a what keeps staff sgt. Brad Bok Kean and others coming Back each year to Nijm Egen to March even without a military team. Bokkean assigned to the 7th special operations so at Rhein main a Germany is walking the 100-mile March for the third time. A look at this a he said gesturing toward the crowd lined five deep along the route in Witchen. A the people Are great Down Here. You wont find anything in the states like this Short of the Boston Marathon. And that would kill me. A anyone could do  Bokkean is among the bulk of the 39,000 marchers who do not represent a military unit. Although the Nijm Egen March is strongly associated with the participating International military units More than 31,000 of the marchers Are civilians from 43 nations. The military teams generally Lead the Way with some leaving the starting Point As Early As 4 30 . Shortly after the military teams pass through singing cadences and signing autographs the throng of civilians clogs the path. Military teams March 25 Miles each Day but individuals Are Given the option of 19-mile, 25-mile or 31-mile daily marches. For most of the civilians the Pace is More leisurely and the Mission More relaxed. Every town offers ample opportunities to Stop for a Beer and Fries. And there is always someone standing by ready to offer a smile or assistance. For some that Independence of walking without a team makes it easier to enjoy the four Days of hikes. And with hundreds of walkers laughing and singing Down every Street they say you never really walk alone in the Nijm Egen March. A you can fraternize with the people a lot More a said spec. Sean Cook of the 122nd Maint support in in Hanau Germany who walked with spec. Arthur Sammie. A we just walked and  blisters forced Sammie to slow Down after tuesday the first Day of the March. A this was a lot better a Sammie said of walking without a military team. A you done to have to stay with the Pace As you would on your  senior airman Gary Christner of the 36th tac fighter Wing Hospital at bit Burg a Germany returned this year to Nijm Egen for his third March. A once you come up Here the feeling gets addicting a Christner said. A you talk about Nijm Egen All year while you re  while some train for the four Days of walking there Are those who underestimate How rigorous the March can be. A live got blisters this big a claimed sgt. Arthur Saltus holding his hands apart about the distance a fair size Trout. Saltus has no plans to return for another Nijm Egen March. A i just wanted to push myself to the limit and see if i can do it. If i can do it i done to need to come up Here again a Saltus said. A he limped along with two buddies from the 13th medical det in Mannheim Germany. They were spec. Brian Sampson and staff sgt. Douglas Morgan. A it just hurts a Sampson said. A i did no to think it would be like this. It got hard at the  spec. Tracy Carlin of the 11th signal in in Kaiserslautern Germany marched with his units team last year. This year Carlin was on his own and enjoying the Freedom of talking to others. A everyone out Here will talk to you if they speak any English at All a Carlin said. He spoke with some British and dutchmen about american politics. A one of them a he said a even said they like vice president Dan  military exercise in Iceland to involve All . Services Washington a amps a . Joint serv ice Man Euver called exercise Northern Viking �?T91 will begin july 30 in Iceland the Pentagon announced monday. The nine Day exercise is part of a series of similar exercises conducted every two years and will include participants from the army Navy air Force marines and coast guard. The major objective of the exercise will be to test plans and procedures for the defense of Iceland officials said. Ground forces will conduct Field training and a command Post exercise will test the defense forces ability to defend Iceland. Military traders set blistering Pace jazz trumpeter Dies in Paris Paris up a expatriate american jazz Pioneer Arthur Briggs Vulio played trumpet with Many musical legends in is Long career died tuesday of lung cancer. He was 92. Briggs a disciple of Louis Armstrong played trumpet along  jazz greats As Sidney Bechet Benny Carter Coleman Hawkins and Django Reinhardt. Born april 9, 1999, in Charleston s.c., Briggs first came to Europe in 1919 with Bechet As part of the Southern syncopated orchestra. Faces no places by Ron Mckinney staff writer Nijm Egen Netherlands a at Camp Heumen Soord the biggest talkers Arentt boasting about their walking exploits during what is commonly called the Nijm Egen March. For that they let their blisters speak for them. A instead those big talkers Are Busy trying to Hawk their military wares to the 8,000 military marchers from at least 16 nations who Are staying at the Camp during the International four Days marches. Trading military gear is what people Are looking Forward to one Marcher said. A a it a the highlight i think a said sgt. Cassie Paladi no of the 73rd signal in in Pir Masens Germany. A drinking would be second. And third is the  sgt. Michael Jinks of the 97th my in in Mannheim Germany brought unit patches stickers and american flags to give to children along the daily 25-mile March routes. A if they could take our Rucksacks they a like that too a Jinks said. Here for his fifth Nijm Egen March Jinks also brought along an extra pair of boots and a Battle dress uniform to Trade for a swedish uniform possibly the hottest commodity at the Camp this year. The uniform is made of rugged material to withstand Mountain climbing As Well As swedish rain showers. And Rickard Lindell a sergeant first class with the swedish army Wasny to about to give up his As he browsed through the american tents looking for  Lindell said he was willing to Trade for knives and unit patches but he will not Trade his uniform to get them. A nothing like that a Lindell said. A a in a rather keep the swedish uniform than a . Uniform. It the . Uniform is not very interesting to me  sgt. Patrick Meister of the 527th military intelligence in in Augsburg Germany had his wares a various unit crests and patches plus medals a Laid out on a picnic table for visiting soldiers to see. A i had a lot More stuff Here earlier but it was All gone in a couple of hours a said Meister who was wearing a norwegian shirt with the name Rogstad sewn on it. Not everyone was eager to give up a uniform. A group of 21 Canadian women some of them military and some civilian had sweat shirts made especially for this trip featuring a cartoon figure with bandaged feet. A we worked hard for these a said Tracy Sainsbury. Just the same Sainsbury said she would be willing to Trade her sweat shirt for another. However trading simply Isnit for everyone. Helen Cairns a Junior technician with the Royal air Force planned to give British rank insignia to children. But her uniform Wasny to going anywhere. A a in a Happy with my own uniform a Cairns said. A i done to need somebody  terminator s buddy now in custody Battle from wire reports Edward Furlong the 13-year-old who shot to stardom in terminator 2 As Arnold Schwarzenegger a Young buddy is at the Center of a custody fight Between his Mother and aunt. The boy went to live with his aunt and Uncle 13 months ago after his Mother left his Stepfather. That was shortly before he was signed to do the film. Marc Berry a lawyer for the aunt and Uncle said in los Angeles that the boys Mother Eleanor Torres is interested in her son now Only because he a a film Star. But the attorney for Torres who serves on the commission for children and youth in Pasadena calif., said the woman wanted her son Back before then. Furlong discovered by a casting director at a boys club has won Praise for his film performance As a juvenile delinquent fighting off futuristic cyborgs. He earned about $30,000 for the blockbuster said Phillip Mcyr Torres Albany author recovering pulitzer prize winning author William Kennedy was hospitalized Over the weekend for internal bleed ing after minor surgery for an unspecified gastrointestinal problem. A emr. Kennedy is in excellent shape and he a anxious to return to work a Joseph Pofit a spokesman for St. Peters Hospital in Albany n.y., said tuesday. The 63-year-old Albany native was expected to leave the Hospital soon he said. Kennedy set a series of novels in Albany including legs Billy Phelan a greatest game and ironweed. Ironweed won Kennedy the pulitzer in 1983. The Book was made into a movie starring Jack Nicholson and meryl  a family affair author Gay Talese is switching publishing houses to avoid a family conflict. Talese is leaving Doubleday where his wife is a senior vice president and taking his new Book to Alfred a. Knopf. A i saw the situation As a conflict of interest a said Talese author of thy neighbors wife and Honor thy father. A my wife Nan would have been sitting in on meetings where they would have been discussing How Many books to print the jacket and so on. It would have been awkward for her and for  Talese a first work for Knopf will be unto the sons a history of his  denies spilling Beans Lynn Armandt a former Friend of Donna Rice a is suing Simon and schuster for publishing a Book that blames her for revealing the relationship Between Rice and 1988 presidential candidate Gary Hart ruining his Campaign in the process. In a lawsuit filed Friday Armandt denies a claim in the non fiction Book Blue Thunder that she tipped off Miami Herald reporters about the Rice Hart affair. The Book by Thomas Burdick implies that Armandt was part of a mob plan to ruin Harts political career but Herald reporters have denied she was the source of the Story that scuttled Harts presidential aspirations. She also denies that she ran a prostitution ring As she claims the Book alleges. The lawsuit asks for an amount equal to 14 percent of the publishing company a net Worth. The Hart scandal is Only a Side topic in Burdick a Book which is primarily about mob implication in the 1987 ambush shooting of Miami boat builder Don Aronow. R