European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday december 29, 1993 . The stabs and stripes Page 5 Ruth Rich 77, chats with her 98-Ycnr-old Mother it Hal Krukofsky Beal at a nursing Home in Racine wis. Woman 77, finds mom 98, Racine wis. A it took 45 years of searching and a Good Deal of Luck but 77-Ycar-old Ruth Rich finally found her Mother. Ethel Krakofsky Beal 98, gave Rich up for adoption As an infant. Rieb who began looking for her Mother in the 1940s, was reunited with her dec. 11 in a Racine nursing Home. Quot its a Miracle from heaven that a what it is a Rich said last week. Quot she said she s prayed for me every night since she gave me up. That made me feel wonderful. This is the Best Christmas in be Ever  Beal married twice after giving up her daughter but never had another child. Rich has lived in Glen View ml., since she was adopted in 1916. Quot i think she a a Lovely lady to want to see her Mother after Alt these years a Beal said. Quot when you let something go out of your life you done to know if its coming Back or not a. Rich a a search might never have started if not for a painful childhood memory when she was 10 or 11 years old a neighbor introduced her As a friends Quot adopted daughter. Rieb Hadnot known. Quot i was in Shock Quot she recalled. A i  speak for Days after that. As e where her s name and in 1947, she wrote to lift orphanage Mother placed her and Learned beat that both of her parents were of German descent. Content for the moment Rich turned her attention to her husband and 10 children. In the late 1980s, her curiosity reawakened. But she and her daughter Kitty Goski were frustrated in the search for new information. That changed in november when Gorski met a woman at a Craft fair whose Hobby is genealogy. By poking through Chicago census records the family found Beals parents and teamed her father was buried in Burlington in Racine county. Racing county records yielded a Racine address and neighbors said Beal had moved to the racing Community care Center. After making arrangements with a social worker Rich and her daughter were allowed to observe Beal As she talked with staff members at the Home. It was up to Beal to give permission for a face to face meeting. A a at one Point she asked the two workers a what would you girls think about me if 1 told you i had once had a baby daughter a there we were sitting in the other room Quot Gorski said. Quot it was too  Beal said she gave up her daughter because single parenthood was not considered an option at the time. She said she named her daughter Alice Ethel. �?o1 did no to have any Money. I Wasny to working. You had to do the Best you could a a she said. "1 did no to keep up with what happened to Alice. 1 knew that whoever adopted her would love her and take Good care of  veterans bid to keep Gays out of Parade digital magic changes face of warfare fort Monroe a. Apr the Dusty wooden crate that hauled War maps and hastily scribbled orders during Gen. Frederick m. Franks  rout of iraqis Republican guard sits at once end of his office. At the other his desktop computer. From his office at historic fort Monroe Franks a persian Gulf War commander is molding tried and Truc army fighting methods with the nigh tech future a putting computers in tanks and helicopters and even on the backs of foot sold ices in the 21st Century. A you have to continually adapt your methods. You have to stay out ahead of change. You have to Experiment with new methods of warfare a said the four Star general who led one of the largest armoured attacks in history Franks As the commander of the Vii corps during operation desert storm. Now As head of the army a training and doctrine come Franks is in charge of the army a Effort to keep its soldiers weaponry and thinking As up to Date As possible even As the service is forced to become smaller in the Post cold War world. Franks has established seven mini think tanks run by Battle tested officers from operations in Panama and Iraq to bring from the drawing Board to reality Quot Quot concepts dubbed the Quot digitalized Battlefield and the �?o21st Century land  on the Battlefield of the future soldiers at All Levels a from platoon Leader to the highest commander a will be Able to share information that today is often garbled by radio transmission. Computer screens in tanks helicopters and commanders tents will display the position of each vehicle or  will make it possible for each . Soldier to identify hot Only where he or she is but where other . Forces Are and where potential targets May be. The information will be gathered via satellite and radio. Lasers will be used to identify unknown entities. Air Force Navy and army aircraft also will be brought into the communications web. Of a tank Driver makes a wrong turn or gets lost he will realize it quickly. Knowing where others Are on the Battlefield will greatly reduce chances for deaths by Friendly fire which accounted for a Quarter of the persian Gulf War deaths. On the ground the individual Soldier will have a helmet with a display visor putting computerized Battle or map information right in front of his eyes. Long Range radios will allow them to talk with their buddies and commanders and microphones will enable them to eavesdrop on the enemy from As far As 100 Yards away. They will carry laser aiming rifles with Thermal sights that will display images undimmed by darkness fog smoke rain or Haze. His think tanks dubbed Quot Battle labs a also use computers to try out such newfangled weaponry saving Money because concepts can be tested before they Are put into production. In april 50,newly outfitted m1a2 tanks and Bradley fighting vehicles will conduct an Experiment using some elements of the new technology at the National training Center in californians Mojave desert sharing information with artillery units and Apache helicopters. Quot it will be the first digitalized Battlefield in miniature Quot said maj. Pete Keating a spokesman for the army Materiel come. Information about enemy movements will be gleaned from scout helicopters operating behind enemy lines and using lasers and night vision equipment. Information such As attack plans will be transformed into flashing symbols on terrain coordinates for Battlefield officers and rear Headquarters commanders to read. And one Day the system will digest information sent by each infantryman a processed by computer and relayed up the Chain of command. By 1998, the army a 1st Cav div is to be the first division that is fully digitalized with computerized systems that will allow tank to tank communications. The army Hopes to equip 1,000 tanks and about an equal number of armoured troop transports with the. New technology by 2004. The Cost of updating the tanks and transports alone is estimated at $6 billion. Boston up a veterans who sponsor Bostons annual St. Patrick s Day Parade said tuesday that they will cancel the event next year unless a court order allowing homosexuals to March is overturned. The South Boston Allied War veterans Council is appealing a permanent injunction that bars it from excluding homosexuals from the March Parade. If that Appeal fails the Council will pull out of the Parade it has sponsored for 47 years Council president John a wacko Quot Hurley said. The Suffolk county Superior court earlier this month issued a permanent injunction preventing the sponsors from keeping the Irish american Gay lesbian and bisexual group out of the Parade. The veterans said that ruling amounted to a prior restraint censorship of the veterans constitutional right to free speech. They have appealed that ruling to the state supreme court. A we take this action regrettably but necessarily to Send the Clear message that we believe our first amendment rights Are at Issue Quot Hurley said in tuesdays Boston Herald. Quot the traditional family values which have been the hallmark of our Community and Parade Are Worth fighting  Hurley said the veterans would rather cancel the Parade than Quot suffer the continued embarrassment and humiliation of having a group calling itself glib flaunt its unwelcome mess age a a Hurley said the Council s decision denies the homosexual group a the Opportunity to use our forum to mock the parades values.�?�. Glib said it will continue to insist that it be included in the Parade which it called a Public event. Boston mayor Thomas Menino has appealed to the veterans to reconsider their position and he hinted the City government stands ready to ensure that the Parade goes on