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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, August 8, 1991

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 8, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9 a. I a a a a o to is Fairfax a. Apr Johnny Cash once Sang that life ainu to easy for a boy named sue. The Singer could do a sequel on the tribulations of the Man named o. Take for example the hassles of Stephen o from Vienna va., in applying for a credit card. The 23-year-old o said credit companies have repeatedly rejected his applications because their computers can to recognize a single letter last name. Of who came to this country from South Korea in 1974 when he was 7, had finally thrown in the Towel. This week he reluctantly filed papers in court to change his name to of. On name he plans however to continue using o for his personal correspondence. Nancy Muller a spokeswoman for the american express co., where o said an application for a credit card was turned Down said she was unfamiliar with of Scase but insisted that the company can accommodate single letter last names. She said the problem might lie with credit bureaus. A a it a a common name in South Korea a said of an underwriter with a Washington insurance company. But in the United states the single letter name has caused multiple headaches. On the first Day of school he would cringe As the teacher called the Roll. Invariably teachers would stumble when they got to o. When he Calls restaurants for reservations he now says his real name is of Shaughnessy. One year his sister was listed in her High school yearbook As of Brien. 1 there Are some benefits like when o attends a Baltimore orioles game and the crowd shouts each a a of during the National Anthem. Friends turn to o. A they say a Stephen they re talking about you a a o . Military advisers to Aid Peru in drug fight by Clifford Krauss the new York times Washington a the Bush administration plans to Send military trainers to Peru to help the peruvian military Deal with drug traffickers and guerrillas involved in producing and smuggling cocaine state department officials said tuesday. Administration officials said the dispatch of More than 50 advisers including Green berets and Navy personnel re fleeced an emerging View that the peruvian government was losing control of its an Dean Mountain provinces to the drug Barons and to the rebels of the maoist movement shining path who protect the traffickers. The new Aid program which the administration plans to make Public once it works out the details with peruvian officials will Mark a break from More than 20 years of limited Contact Between the United states and a peruvian army known for its dismal human rights record. Officials insisted that president Bush had no intention of sending the advisers anywhere near combat. But noting that 70 percent of the worlds cocaine originates in Peru Bernard w. Aronson the assistant Secretary of state for inter american affairs said a you can to have a serious counter narcotics program if you write off the largest cocaine producing state and if you wont help the peruvians provide Security for counter narcotics efforts. Peru desperately needs our  president Alberto Fujimori and his High command agreed last month to the outlines of a $34 million american military program that will include the training of two combat battalions the creation of a River patrol Force and the refurbishing of army helicopters and air Force combat jets. The program is also to include american supervision of a Reform of the peruvian military Justice system and instruction led by army lawyers aimed at improving the human rights record of several peruvian military units. It is not known when the advisers arc to leave for Peru but their departure is expected in the next several months. I a 0 service members save Wornan unconscious at resort Nas keflav1k, Iceland a an icelandic woman rescued by a group of . Military members last week after being found unconscious in a hot Spring resort was still recuperating in a Reykjavik Hospital wednesday. Maj. Leslie filapello a . Army Reserve nurse participating in the biennial exercise Northern Viking �?T91, is credited with reviving Eva Hacins Dottie who is re1 covering Iii the Borgars italian Hospital. The Story was released by the Iceland defense Force Public affairs office. Hacins Dottie was found face Down and without a pulse july 31 at the Blue Lagoon a hot Spring resort near Nas Kcf Lavik. She was pulled from the water into a boat and taken ashore by master sgt. Richard Block capt. Arnold brings and capt. Ronald Vaughn who Are stationed at Kef Lavik. That a when filapello a nurse with the 376th combat support Hospital from Liverpool ., began cardiopulmonary resuscitation. She was assisted by a medic from the same Reserve unit staff sgt. Austin Westphal and two unidentified icelandic men. Filapello As a civilian works in a vascular surgical unit at St. Josephus medical Center in Syracuse  Although she has years of experience in applying car she said this is the first time she performed it outside of a Hospital. A we gave her car. We got a pulse Back got Back respiration and the ambulance came and took her to the icelandic Hospital a said filapello a native of North Flats neb. Filapello and Westphal will receive army commendation medals for their lifesaving efforts. Filapello who served As an Active duty nurse in the Navy Between 1970 and 1973, has been in the army reserves for 17 years. As a reservist she is the officer in charge of the intensive care unit for the 376th combat support Hospital. More than 700 reservists in stateside units from All branches of the military service have been participating in Northern Viking an exercise to test . Ground forces ability to defend Iceland which has no military of its own. 1 he exercise began july 30 and was to conclude wednesday. This is the first time that the 376th, with about 70 staff members has set up its 400-bed Mobile unit self transportable Hospital to support the exercise. Bit by bit  Subway roof is lifted fishing on the Fly a him renter Pilot recently directs a 350-Pound halibut onto the bed of a pickup truck near Kodiak Ausla the fish a Type of tender belongs to is year old Dino Karl of Munich Germany who made the catch while vacationing with his parents. New York apr nothing faces new yorkers the roof of a Brooklyn subway station was stolen bit by bit and no one noticed until it was All gone. Pilfering brass fixtures and Copper wiring is a common Way of making Money but the theft of the 600-foot-Long aluminium roof is something unique for the transit authority. The above ground portion of the Stop new resembles what looks like the Bones of a beached whale. The area is next to a cemetery so there were fewer than usual living souls to look in on it. A if they Are taking it in 6-foot pieces Over a several year period of time until a Good piece of it was missing people really did no to notice a said to spokeswoman Caren Gardner. She said such an aluminium roofing nil Hal in Csc �70 000 to q0 000  
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