European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 17, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Glisten might be a Nice dear Santa. Many Christmas Santa the Snow Down Here has melted. How is mrs. Santa Claus is Rudolf still working for you. Hows prayer and the other Reindeer. Today is raft cold out. But still we Don t have any Snow today. Has any of your Deer have a baby. If they did what would you name it. How about Glisten. I d name it Glisten if it sparkled i la give you something for Christmas like i did last year. We made some toc Tompoles or something like that. You know what. My birthday is on december the 4. Cane you try to bring me some of these objects a Sycicle cause my old one is getting to Small for me. A secret Labra Torie. A Castle a tank like i bought two years ago that makes noise but not loud noise i Don t want to bother my Mother. A Remote control air plane and a Remote control he la copter so my dad can Nave one and can have one. A Remote control rasing car. That it instill you come to my House for Christmas. Is curly. Juan Miguel Gonzalez 1 dear Santa Claus How Are you i am Fine. I would like the Black Nursery babies and the . Drawer for Christmas. Do you Ever wan t toys for Christmas. Did you put lights on your House for Christmas do you have any Brothers or Sisters what s your favorit color have you Ever put stikes or stones in some once stoking do you realy Wear red and Whight. And do you realy live in the North pole i love you Singerly. Elizabeth Chennell dear Santa Claus i wont a piano for Christmas and i won t to go to my real Tome in Georgia. That is All i ask. I want More friends when i get there. 1 wish i had Good grades All the thime one More thing i want from you Chenes. Sincerely Ashley Stephens Santa also received Christmas letters and lists from the following classes mrs Kelly and mrs. Springers first graders at Wurzburg elementary school in Germany Joy,1 of Washin Comy Juc Neritha Ctet Stalna Sandra jumbo Park Kat film Conaron Hwy Natty Danny meow Jessica Hawy Christina Patricia Warrian Franx aka Kyta Eric two sneer thai Nico Robert Pechi Jennifer Ashley luts Keyatia Travato is. Kline and is. Steu Field s fourth and fifth graders at Lan Stuhl elementary school in Ger Many Manfe entry Jonathan Hunt Leneil a. Anen Adamco Arditi Jessica we i twi Baucom Dyla Huffey bet write is Smith s third Grade class from Kitzinger elementary school in Germany Melos Brittany Cedric Joshua Enk Tricy Curtiss Serena Patrick Chenele Chad mrs russells class from Smith elementary school in Baum older Germany Jeny Heili Oah Megan Une Michaela Goikman comely Adoreu Mycue Menfort Michelle Wood Brian Durfee Michaei Walla Sergis Ybarraa mocha a class from Yokota Japan a a t a a Xun Dey Shellhammer Dexter Poison Holly Blackman Wesley. Danisl Small Samantha Jones Leon Ferguson Keoma Howel Donald Sanders Robert Wright Whitney Isaacs Teresita Gonzales Evan Thomas Albert Lechugo Savanna Revelle Siehs Hewitt Jennifor Kuntz Turner mrs. Davidson a third Grade class at Patrick Henry Village elementary school in Heidelberg Jimmy f by njord Kevin Bloom Jaclyn Carver Josh it. Chesarek Austin Cook Justine Corcoran Quot Randolph e. Gadson Johanna m. Dixon Michael a. Galvan Milton Johnson or. Barbara j. Al Kusch Talitha Robertson Jeffrey a. Stanoy ferns of Young Jaime Faure Juan Miguel Gonza Lei Mark g. Green Brooke a. Jones Joshua d. Kri Creasa Davtd g. Matthews Pamela l Milton Sarah Rosario Sabrina m. Rowland Stefanie Sibley Tara Watson Ira May keep weapons awhile under proposal it Belfast Northern Ireland apr the Ira can join peace negotiations without immediately surrendering arms Britain s top official Here said thursday. Northern Ireland Secretary sir Patrick Mayhew also said an explosion or other sporadic violence during a three month trial period following an Ira renunciation of violence would not necessarily wreck the Deal. A if they had Given up justifying the use of violence we should be saying to them come to exploratory discussions and High on the list of what will be relevant there is what you Are going to do with your arms a Mayhew said in a radio interview Mayhew s comments came a Day after British and Irish leaders announced a framework for peace in Northern Ireland putting pressure on Ira commanders to declare More than their usual Christmas ceasefire. Under the Deal the outlawed Irish Republican army could join preliminary a talks about talks a within three months of renouncing violence. Some months later talks involving the British and Irish governments the main constitutional parties in Northern Ireland both Catholic and protestant and the Ira would begin. The declaration by primp minister John major of Britain and Irish prime minister Albert Reynolds solved nothing immediately and most of the principles had been enunciated before. But in the strongest language yet the declaration spelled out that Northern Ireland will remain part of United kingdom As Long As it is supported by inc majority who Are protestants. But it also envisages Irish unification As a possibility and invites the Ira to achieve its goals through the democratic process. The two governments hoped the set of principles would Lead to an end to communal violence and create a better climate for negotiation and accommodation Between pro British protestants and Irish nationalist catholics m the British ruled province. The Cycle of political violence in Northern Ireland a involving the Ira protestant based armed groups and British Security forces a has claimed 3,100 lives since 1969. Since 1990, the Ira has declared a three Day cease fire each Christmas and major and Reynolds want to build on that Opportunity this year a there is no excuse no justification and no future for the use of violence Quot major said. A your determination to withstand terrorism if it continues is . Major said he and Reynolds agreed that the Ira a must renounce violence a not for a Day or a week but for . The men who run the Ira Campaign will meet this weekend in secrecy to debate their response said Ira sources in the Irish capital of Dublin. Mayhew interviewed by the British broadcasting corp., said a bomb explosion after a renunciation of violence would undermine Ira credibility i Quot but it is very important not to be tied Down Here and now to precise circumstances a said from Page 1. The greatest continuity at the Helm of the nation s armed forces. A i know he will be a National asset As Secretary of defense Quot Clinton said of his nominee. He recited an impressive re sum of government service and said Inman and risen on the strength of a this brains his Talent and his hard Inman s appointment is subject to Senate confirmation Anil initial .1____�?�__.�?� a a a a re h a w n no a a a of the House foreign affairs committee. If confirmed As the nation s 19th defense Secretary Inman would face a daunting set of challenges from unresolved problems Over North koreans nuclear capability to ethnic fighting in Bosnia and Herzegovina to r fresh uncertainty Over democratic reforms in the former soviet republics. Inman also will inherit stringent budget constraints that played a role in Aspin s departure. The administration s budget experts Are seeking s50 billion More in defense cuts than the outgoing Pentagon chief thought acceptable. Aspin submitted his resignation wednesday after a turbulent year marked by numerous policy controversies and his own heart illness he cited Quot personal reasons for his decision and Clinton said Aspin would remain in the Post at least until Jan. 20 to permit a smooth transition to his successor Inman 62, a retired Navy Admiral is leaving his Job As president and chief executive officer of microelectronics and computer technology corp. In Austin Texas. He served in the Carter administration in the late 1970s As the nations youngest head of the super secret National Security Agency. President Reagan tapped him As the no 2 official at the Central intelligence Agency a Post he held until he resigned in 1982 because of policy differences Clinton s announcement of Inman s appointment was unusually Swift for an administration in which drawn out nomination procedures have become commonplace. The search for a replacement for retired supreme court Justice Byron r. While consumed several weeks before the president settled on Ruth Bader Ginsburg. And the president has yet to name a head for the civil rights division at the Justice department a months after Lani Guinier a nomination was scuttled. White House aides said Clinton and Aspin had discussed the resignation for several Days or weeks. Meanwhile Clinton was quietly searching for a replacement and Inman indicated he and the president had had several talks. Aspin is the first to leave the Clinton Cabinet and his one year tenure will Mark the shortest for a defense Secretary since Elliot l. Richardson resigned from the Post in May 1973 after just five months to become attorney general and chief watergate investigator. Just last sunday Aspin told a television interviewer Quot i Don t think there s any problem Quot that would Cut Short his tenure As Pentagon chief. Clinton offered fresh Praise for Aspin s tenure saying he was a deeply grateful Quot for his service. Aspin 55, who had a heart pacemaker implanted last Winter after being hospitalized with breathing difficulties cited personal reasons for his decision to quit. He did not elaborate. In task no speaking on condition of anonymity said that he had asked the Secretary whether he resigned because of his health the controversy Over . Deaths in Somalia or Pentagon budget disagreements and that Aspin replied a it s All those things 9 vice president a1 Gore making the rounds of mom info i cats . Caff am it Miriah i Wuu a Iuri a tier me i he has requested to accept other duties in the administration. We Hope hell do the importance of the defense Secretary ship has grown in recent years and the nature of the Jou has changed in Many ways with the demise of the cold War Aspin is the j8tn person a Alt men a to hold the Job since it was created in 1947, decades had focused mainly on the perceived threat from the relatively stable and predictable soviet Union the choices about using . Military might in the Post cold War period have become More Complex. Spending while trying to keep the Foras ready for com. Nowith social issues such As women in combat and Gays in the military. And been criticized for a tendency to ruminate a wis a ack to be aps the most Damag of a request from military ujeteegto�,�?T0 a a Quot do a a re ana0 10 pr0, decision on oct. 3, 18 american and Amin to f Aclas u w�?~tl1 Somal an gunmen the Exira Armor to Quot add rred in a a a ing it appeared that one of the biggest issues dividing irtpe8�n White House entered on a 550 billion five year Gap m projections of the defense department s Long term budget needs. in weeks had differed with budget director Leon e. Panetta Over the problem which arose is Mulh y 0p, Esli Miltus of Rale of in inuit any Ralic co Quot Gress has ordered for the
