European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 a the stars and stripes sunday april 26, 1992 Navy s oldest Salt retires after 40 years a i a i i14 cont it Del n t cart sunday april 26, 1992 Norfolk a. Up the Navy a Only 40-year Veteran command master chief Petty officer Bobby l. Scott retired Friday and officials said with new rules limiting enlisted men to 30 years of service he Likely will be the last to hit the four decade Mark. Quot i have had a Good time but i know its time to leave a said Scott 58, who last served aboard the Cruiser Thomas s. Gates. A a there a really no room for me  Scott was 18 when he enlisted in 1952 fresh out of High school in Union City Tenn. He has served in the korean Vietnam and persian Gulf wars and visited nearly every major port in the world including the once closed City of Sevastopol in the former soviet union.7 7 year old makes news with interview by Kevin Robinson Staft writer Good reporters arc said to have a nose for news. If True then 11-year-old David Dagan a fifth grader at the american elementary school in Bonn Germany followed his instincts and turned a hot tip into an exclusive interview with democratic presidential candidate gov. Bill Clinton on april 5. David a reporter for his schools Rhein currents newspaper in Bonn was in new York with his family at the Sheraton Manhattan hotel he Learned that Clinton a who was campaigning in the new York primary a was also staying at the hotel. A i was kind of nervous. My Knees were shaking and i done to know if my voice was loud enough a David said about the seven minute interview. David had found out earlier that the Arkansas governor had a meeting in the hotel at 7 30 that evening so he wrote Down some questions and waited in the lobby at 6 30. He figured the Best place to meet Clinton was inside the hotel away from the rest of the Media who were grouped outside. His Hunch paid off. A when the governor came in David managed to get hold of him immediately Quot said David a father Daniel an israeli journalist who works in Bonn for the israeli Haartz newspaper and the jewish telegraphic Agency. A the governor said a hello and was about to turn away but i think he noticed How All the cameras were watching. A i think he asked All the right questions a Daniel Dagan said of his son who because of his German Mother and israeli father can speak German hebrew and English. When Clinton started to turn away David just kept asking questions. He asked the candidate what he would do to improve education would he raise taxes if he were elected and How Well president Bush was handling problems in the United states. His tour of duty included volunteering for Vietnam twice and 5 i years on the battleship Iowa. He was transferred from that ship just a few months before a gun Turret explosion killed 47. �?o1 lost a lot of friends he said. As a chief Petty officer Scott has been a Tutor and Mentor to Botn Young sailors and Young officers. A if an officer is going to be a Success he needs to listen to his co until he finds out what he is doing Scott said. A that is part of being a chief Petty officer training Young officers. A sometimes it required an abrupt manner and sometimes you need to Pat a kid on the Back. I probably used the first one More than the  he said if there was anything he could have changed David Dagan a Pupil at the american elementary school in Bonn Germany interviews democratic presidential Hope til Bill Clinton in new York earlier this month. David said he was satisfied with Clinton a answers during the interview. He also said that the Arkansas governor May make a better president than Bush except for one problem. A the Only thing that bothers me about Clinton a David said a is that he played at a Golf club that did no to admit jews or  Nancy Earl the teacher in charge of the elementary school newspaper said David a Story on Clinton will appear in the papers june 1 edition. She said she Isnit surprised that David got the interview. The Young reporter she added has worked with the school paper for three years writing news stories fiction and drawing cartoons. A David is the kind of person who is always thinking about what he can o for the paper Quot Earl said. A you give him an idea and he is very  to David a father writing is a family affair. David a sister Miriam 13, was among the top 100 finalists out of 7,500 entries in the 1991 . National written and illustrated by children books contest in Kansas City. David has written a Book and entered it in this years contest. Because of the Clinton interview David has become an instant celebrity. Two German newspapers a die Welt and the Bonn general a Zeiger a have written stories about him he also has appeared on a German to show his father said. David downplayed his new York interview and the publicity that went with it a i just wanted something really big for our last Issue of the school year something that real reporters do a David said. About his career he would have spent it All at sea. As the Navy is downsizing it will not let enlisted men stay longer than 30 years. Navy officials say Scott a tenure will Likely never be matched. And despite his reputation As a Gruff old Salt he gives a lot of credit to adm. Elmo Zumwalt a former chief of Navy operations for making the Navy what it is today. In the �?T70s, Zumwalt pushed through dramatic changes that allowed sailors More Freedom such As wearing civilian clothes off the ship and having somewhat longer hair. A a lot of people said he ruined it but i think Admiral Zumwalt was a turning Point a Scott said. A the was the first Guy who started thinking about our  unit to move to Lan Stuhl by Kevin Robinson staff writer medical patients from . Bases throughout Europe who require specialized Hospital care will soon be flown to Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center in Germany instead of to the air Force Hospital in Wiesbaden a 7th medical come spokeswoman said Friday. Barbara Slifer said maj. Gen. Michael j. Scotti jr., commander of the 7th medical come has agreed to the plan to move the air forces 18th air medical staging flight. She said no Date has been set for the change involving the air evacuation unit. Maj Paul Williamson director of medical readiness plans and programs at the Wiesbaden Hospital said the move stems from the reduction of operations at the air Force Hospital. The facility will become an outpatient clinic by the end of 1992. The Wiesbaden Hospital can no longer accommodate the air evacuation unit said air Force master sgt. Yvonne Mclain a supervisor with the staging flight. A an air evacuation unit must be attached to a medical Center a not a clinic a Mclain said. Currently Mclain said the flight acts As a a Central collection Point for 500 to 700 patients each month from Turkey Spain Italy England saudi Arabia Germany and other european locations. When it moves to Lan Stuhl the air evacuation unit will set up a 30-bed inpatient Ward Mclain said. A we Are also negotiating to House air evacuation outpatients in a billeting facility on the Lan Stuhl compound a Mclain said. The Wiesbaden Hospital also will reduce the number of inpatients Williamson said. Only 100 Beds will be available for inpatients beginning Friday. Currently 185 Beds for such patients Are available. Laos villagers killed mias senator thinks Washington apr a Republican senator visiting Laos said Friday that about 500 missing americans apparently were killed by laotian villagers after being shot Down during the Vietnam War. Sen. Hank Brown in Laos As part of a Senate delegation investigating the pow-m1a Issue said confirmation came from Soubanh Sithirath the country a vice minister of foreign affairs. A it appears that those american aviators who survived the Downing of their planes were simply killed by the laotians a the Colorado Republican said in a Telephone Call to reporters in Washington. He said this could account for 522 americans listed As missing in Laos since the Vietnam War. Brown said the laotian official a acknowledged that the official policy of the Patchet lao was to take prisoners. He then acknowledged the practice in real Ity was the laotian villagers killed  nearly 2,300 americans Are listed As missing since the War in Laos Vietnam and Cambodia. Of those about 550 have been reported missing in Laos. In late March it was disclosed that Laos had turned Over to the United states what were believed to be the remains of two american pilots killed during the War according to the . Embassy in Bangkok Thailand. A transcript of an official laotian radio report of feb. 26 said the men were found buried in Khan Khai Village in Xieng Phouang province. Buried with them were a pistol eight keys a . Air Force insignia and three towels according to the report. First Day of cafes Sale grosses nearly $1.6 million Birndorf Germany a a mothers Day Sale at exchanges in Europe emptied the shelves of nearly $1.6 million in gift items in the first Day a spokesman for the army and air Force Exchange service said Friday. Mothers Day is May 10th. Barbara Kitsch said that Many exchanges sold out of the items thursday the first Day of a four Day Sale that ends today. The items were advertised wednesday in a flier inserted in the stars and stripes. The items included vases Candy boxes Crystal and porcelain figurines musical jewelry boxes and Ceramic masks