European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 c the stars and stripes Friday May 8, 1992 at a glance Marlene Dietrich wooed and won and then spurned Germany rejecting nazism at a time when germans would not in the end Many forgave her. Others refused. See Story on Page 10. Work injuries costly occupational injuries carry High human and economic costs witnesses told a Senate committee. A Page 5 Parkinson a disease Aid an experimental surgical procedure has improved the conditions of patients with Parkinson s disease surgeons said. A Page 6 soccer toll decreased authorities lowered the death toll to 12 in the collapse of a stadium grandstand reportedly built in haste that transformed a French cup semifinal match from a jubilant soccer event into chaos. A Page 8 experience a plus tech sgt. David Schwartz of Hahn a Germany said that his experience with the draw Down will help him in his role As newly elected president of the european Congress of parents teachers and students. Page 9 Blacks firms Post gains the nation s 100 largest Black owned companies posted a 10.4 percent increase in sales last year despite the recession according to a Survey by Black Enterprise Magazine a Page 17 Index i Abby Ann Landers 19 action line.16 comics.19-21 commentary.13 crossword .19 faces a no places .18 letters .12 Money matters.17 sports.22-28 to listings.27 weather.11maddox from Page 1 accordingly our training. A i would Hope that we can see a reduction of turbulence while continuing to focus on training and military preparedness Maddox said. He foresees making no changes to saints Quality of life reforms a particularly the initiative to improve single Soldier Quality of life a the general said. In comments released by col. Phillip Childress chief of Usa eur Public affairs Saint was quoted As saying that he was looking Forward to the future and would miss his a German and Allied organizations always need a someone to come on Board with new ideas and fresh perspectives a Saint said. Saints retirement and Maddox a promotion and reassignment Are subject to Senate approval but army officials expect no problems. Although Saint s exact retirement Date depends on when the Senate acts he is expected to step Down within two to three months Goodno said. Maddox 54, a native of Chicago has an Armor background. He has been assigned to Europe several times including a 3w-year stint in the Early 1960s in a variety of jobs with the 14th army Cav. He returned to Europe in 1975 for a two year tour As a Squadron commander with the 11th army Cav regt and in the Early 1980s spent More than two years As 2nd army Cav regt commander. In july 1989 he was assigned As commander of bad Kreuz Nach Germany a 8th inf div Mech which was recently inactivated and moved from that Job to Frankfurt to take Over v corps in late 1990. He served two Tours in Vietnam As an adviser to South vietnamese military units in 1966 and 1971. Saint 55, has served in Heidelberg Germany As commander of Usa eur and the Central army group under Allied forces Central Europe since june 1988. He was in the Job for just Over a year to think my biggest. Objective will a to Lead Usa eur into a period of stability after the necessary turbulence of the last two a it. Gen. David m. Maddox when the first cracks in the communist bloc began to appear. Since the fall of the Warsaw pact and the withdrawal of former soviet forces from Eastern Europe he has guided the redeployment of half the army a combat Power in Europe with hundreds of troops leaving for the United states each Day m recent months. By the end of 1993 As the draw Down continues 120,000 soldiers and their families will be sent Home two years ahead of schedule. About 92,000 soldiers and 60,000 people from other branches of the service Are scheduled to remain in Europe after the draw Down is completed. Half of the . Land Force in Europe has either been disbanded or is in the midst of being withdrawn including an armoured and an infantry division a tank brigade and an armoured cavalry regiment. The troop withdrawals have been characterized by Swift action coupled with reluctance by the military to make timely announcements. The handling of the draw Down was recently criticized by congressional investigators who said the army and air Force s delayed notifications could Cost . Taxpayers $207 million in Severance pay to foreign workers. Although he did not command troops in the persian Gulf War Saint trained Many of those who did deploy and fight including the Vii corps which decimated elite iraqi tank formations. Saint and Maddox collectively instituted a policy to eliminate a Lousy Barracks a giving single soldiers More Freedom in their off duty time and making soldiers quarters More like family housing. Saint like Maddox began his career As an Armor officer and served his first tour As a platoon Leader in a cavalry regiment in Europe. He has served a number of other Tours in Europe including stints As commander of the 11th army Cav regt the 1st army div and the 7th army training come. Saint a native of West Point n.y., also served two Tours in Vietnam with the 23rd inf div known As the America division As a cavalry Squadron commander and later As assistant chief of staff for operations. Staff writers Vince Crawley and Deodene Doke contributed to this report strike from Page 1 demanded 9.5 percent increases. The government stood by its offer of 4.8 percent until thursday saying 5 percent inflation and the High costs of unification with East Germany made it unable to pay More. The postal Union said it would not end its Job actions until an actual contract was signed but Monika Wulf Mathies chairwoman of Oto a which represents bus Drivers Streetcar and subway employees garbage collectors school janitors and nurses a said the Union was suspending its strike. Rail workers also ended their walkout immediately. The first strike related injury was reported earlier thursday. Union Leader president los Angeles a president Bush got a firsthand look thursday at areas devastated by last weeks riots expressing a horror and dismay Quot at the scenes of destruction. Bush walked with heavy Security through the ruins of a burned out inner City shopping Center peering into looted stores Ana talking with some who had lost their businesses. A this is just Wanton lawlessness a a he said. The president also visited a police precinct in the heart of the devastated area. Bush told reporters he was a sharing a sense of outrage that honest people in the City Bush a motorcade moved along downtown streets lined with burned and boarded up buildings. Children waved and adults looked on solemnly As the president passed through a hispanic Section and then through parts of Korea town where korean owned businesses were hit hard by last weeks rioting. The smell of smoke still Hung in the air As the motorcade drove past burned out said a picketing woman in Tromsdorf near Dusseldorf was slightly injured when she was hit by a Carload of strik Breakers trying to get to their jobs. It apparently was an Accident. As a result of the strike . Military communities in Germany had been encountering problems with trash removal. For example Aschaffenbur cancelled its hazardous waste pick up said Werner Bereman an engineering technician at a Schaffenburg. The incinerators that usually dispose of hazardous waste which includes Oil aint and cleaning fluid had been closed because of the strike. A Schaffenburg a problem is compounded by deactivating units and their troops who Are cleaning up the buildings in preparation to leave Germany Bergman said. The military Community in Aschaffenbur was asked to hold its hazardous strip malls restaurants and Small food stores. Armed military personnel stood on Street Corners with rifles. The presidents first Stop was the Crenshaw town Center a burned out shopping dealer in the heart of South Central los Angeles. Onlookers were kept Back from the ruined shopping Center As the president walked past the looted and damaged stores including a pay less shoe store and a Thrifty discount store. He Shook his head and grimaced As he peered in at the twisted Metal and skeletal remains of a Row of washing machines and dryers in a laundromat. Then he visited the South West station police precinct Shook hands with Law enforcement officers and was shown a map of the riot areas. Asked for his initial reaction Bush Shook his head and said a horror and Security was so tight that television network Crews said the White House asked them not to broadcast any of waste until the end of the strike. In Giessen the military Community did no to have a problem with Normal or hazardous trash pick up said Max Steager an Engineer with Giessen s engineering services Branch. The hazardous waste at Giessen is picked up by contractor and destroyed by a privately operated incinerator Steager said. In Frankfurt the strike shut Down the incinerator and Landfill. However the City allowed the 97th general Hospital one truckload of Hospital hazardous waste daily said master sgt. . Jones of the 418th base support in. The striking garbage collectors made no such allowances for regular trash pickup. Frankfurt military residents were asked to keep recyclables in their houses. The president spoke with store managers Ana employees of looted shops including Derek Carr manager of the boys Market. Carr 30, told reporters a her that the supermarket was saved from being gutted by fire Only because of its sprinkler system. Of the rioters Carr said a i guess it was just frustration and i think they realized shortly after that they needed these stores. They asked us to housing Secretary Jack f. Kemp who accompanied Bush called for a cease fire among Republican and democratic leaders who have blamed each others parties for policies they said contributed to the riots. A if we just Point fingers we re going to lose the moment a Kemp said. Health and human services Secretary Louis w. Sullivan sen. John Seymour r-calif., and gov. Pete Wilson also joined Bush on the tour. Staff writers Chuck Roberta and sue Harper contributed to this report Tours riot torn areas Bush s visit live to keep from giving away the presidents exact location while he was still in the area
