European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 c the stars and stripes sunday february 16,1992u.s. Exhibit at world s fair May be fair Washington a tight on Cash the american exhibit this Spring at the 20th Century a last full scale worlds fair is banking on the Bill of rights and Arnold Schwarzenegger to give it some extra muscle. The . Exhibition at expo-92 in Seville Spain has scaled Back its construction but its organizers dismiss predictions that it will be overshadowed by More costly productions from countries such As Japan and France. A the Quality of the ideas will make the United states stand out said commissioner general Frederick Bush the Pavilion chief. A a we re making a statement a very timely  the exhibit will include the first display outside the United states of an original copy of the Bill of rights a one which Bush promises will make a powerful statement As new democracies emerge across the world. Copies of the Bill of rights translated in seven different languages will be Given out to visitors so they can study the . Constitutions first 10 amendments guaranteeing Basic liberties such As speech and religion. And to add a touch of Glitz the . Exhibit will feature a Competition of the worlds top bodybuilders in september that will be organized by Schwarzenegger the former or. Universe turned Hollywood Star and presidential adviser on physical fitness. Former president Reagan originally had sought $45 million in Federal funding for the . Exhibition but Congress Cut the appropriation to $18 million. The project has attracted about $13 million in private donations organizers said. But critics have predicted the . Expenditure will be drawled by those of other countries. Japan said last year it planned to spend $60 million in an Effort to make its Pavilion the largest wooden Structure in the world. And the British and French government pavilions Are reported to Cost about $50 million each. The difference led some . Publications to make dire predictions about the . Exhibit. New Republic Magazine charged a the american exhibit degenerated into a pathetic twin  and an editorial in the new York times editorial entitled a world class Flop in Seville predicted earlier this month a barring last minute Energy the american Pavilion May convey indifference weariness and  denies charges it aided nazis escapes Vatican City a the Vatican on Friday denied news reports that it helped nazi War criminals escape from Europe at the end of world War ii. The reports alleging that the holy see issued passports to nazi officials and others who persecuted jews have appeared in the italian press and other european newspapers in recent Days. They followed a recent announcement that Argentina which is known to have harboured top nazis would make its files on them Public. A this idea is historically false a Vatican spokesman Joaquin Navarro said in a statement Friday. A a what a certain is that during the War and immediately after the War the holy see effectively contributed to saving the lives of Many  charges that the Vatican and Catholic Church officials sympathized with or helped the nazis have surfaced for decades. On Friday the major italian daily la Republica quoted nazi Hunter Simon Wiesenthal As saying that the documents that the notorious Josef Mengele used to flee to Argentina were provided by the Secretary of an italian Cardinal. Mengele adopted a new identity and is believed to have died in Brazil in 1979. Last month investigators appointed by the French Catholic Church concluded that French cardinals monks and nuns helped one of Frances most infamous nazi collaborators Paul Rouvier evade Justice for decades until his arrest in a priory in Nice in 1989. A report written by a Jesuit theologian in 1944 and published for the first Lime this month condemned most of Frances Catholic Hierarchy under the nazis for supporting the pro nazi government of Vichy France. In his statement Navarro said Many jewish organizations sought Vatican help in obtaining transit documents a for example through Italy and Spain and across the  pleads guilty to bad Check charges Raf Alconbury England a amps a weather forecaster assigned to Raf Alconbury will spend 18 months in jail for fraud writing worthless checks and failing to pay his debts according to a base spokeswoman. A military judge also recommended that staff sgt. Gary e. Gleichman of the 511th fighter so be demoted to airman first class and receive a bad conduct discharge. The general court martial was held wednesday and thursday. Gleichman 37, pleaded guilty to two counts of failure to maintain funds in his account to cover checks totalling $1,065, said sgt. Tina Hughes a base spokeswoman. He also pleaded guilty to failing to pay debts to the army and air Force Exchange service and the noncommissioned officers club totalling $710. He also owed British telecoms 540 pounds about $1,000the judge also found him guilty of two charges of writing Baa checks with intent to defraud Keesler Federal credit Union of More than $1,100. All the incidents occurred Between March 1991 and january 1992. Gleichman has begun serving his sentence at the Raf Lakenheath confinement facility. Karl Heinz Stein sits in his Barbershop at Ray Barracks where he used to Cut pvt. Ems a. Presley a hair. Elvis mane Man in military May have to shut up shop by Mark Fritz associated press Friedberg Germany a Elvis old Barber is All Shook up. The Guy who pruned the Presley Pompadour is worried he May have to find a new place to dwell. A sure in a afraid a says Karl Heinz Stein the head hair Cutter at the base where pvt. Elvis a. Presley spent his overseas army hitch. The legacies of Presley a stay at Ray Barracks North of Frankfurt have suffered from the reduction in american forces in Europe the Pentagon plans to pare the number of . Troops to 150,000 by 1995 in Europe compared with 321,000 in 1989. The Elvis a. Presley dining facility recently closed and Presley sold Alpha company is moving to new quarters. Presley was in co a 1st in 3rd army dives 32nd regt. Its now co a 4th in 1st army dives 67th regt. So far Ray Barracks has survived. For As Long As it does Stein intends to keep his shrine to Elvis including the scissors and straight razor he used to maintain the Presley Pompadour after his Basic training Cut grew out. With troop reductions in Europe however layoffs Are expected among the civilians whose jobs depend on american soldiers. Stein 56, has Cut hair in Friedberg for 34 years and recalls the Day the soft spoken Soldier shuffled into his shop in october 1958. A after 10, 15 minutes i was done a Stein said. A i showed him a Mirror and said a is that of a he said a yeah How much a Quot Elvis paid him a Dollar for a 35-cent Cut Stein said. Presley returned twice monthly for 17 months. He sat in the chair Stein still uses and read comic books sometimes whooping with Delight when he came to a Good part  said. Soldiers who sit in steins chair say they done to feel the Kings Karma race through the Barbera a fingertips although they Are impressed. A i think its neat a said it. Col. Dan Robertson. A i told my wife a hey Elvis Barber Cut my  a military food Aid to Africa to begin in Namibia Windhoek Namibia apr tons of unused . Military food supplies Are being donated to Namibia for distribution to children the . Embassy announced Friday. The rations left Over from the persian Gulf War would go to schools and centers for needy children an embassy statement said. Similar shipments will go to Angola Ethiopia Libe Ria Somalia and the Sudan the embassy said. The 3,000 tons donated to Namibia will arrive today with the United states paying for Ocean transport and Namibia paying for further transport storage and distribution the statement said. It said the shipment contains bulk food items rather than individual rations with a typical meal consisting of beef patties peas potatoes cake and lemonade