European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 10, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I a the . 52, no. 267 500 monday january 10,1994 8693health care horrors nowhere has the sting of the military draw Down in Europe been More obvious than in the loss of health care services. In the first of three meetings More than 500 americans gathered saturday to focus attention on an overburdened military medical system and the difficulties of getting care in local civilian facilities. A. A. A. A a a is amps Dav Casey Audrey Widugiris tells a town Hall meeting saturday in Wiesbaden Germany of the rough time she experienced while being treated for Chest pains at a German medical facility Early last year. Families abroad feeling the pain of military cuts by Steve scholar staff writer Wiesbaden Germany a Dawn Merva says her daughter might be alive today if army health care providers in Frankfurt had Given better care. Audrey Widugiris says she was treated in a German Hospital for Chest pains but spent most of her time fighting off the sexual advances of another patient. Military family members Merva and Widugiris related their horror stories saturday night at a defense department sponsored health care town Halls amps Dave Casey meeting at the Haine Berg Chapel. Or it Edward d. Martin acting assistant Secretary of the meeting led by or. Edward d. Martin acting defense for health affairs tells family members in see families on Page 4 Europe a your problems Are not being  w it % . To keep 100,000 gis in Europe Brussels Belgium apr president Clinton opened his first european trip sunday by pledging to keep 100,000 american troops in Europe and calling on Western allies to help struggling nations in the former soviet bloc. He warned that a rising mood of nationalism in Russia threatens to reverse the March of democracy and free economies. A we must not let the Iron curtain be replaced with a veil of indifference a Clinton said As he began a nine Day trip. Clinton a journey began with new optimism about the signing of an agreement to dismantle the nuclear Arsenal of the former soviet Republic of Ukraine. Administration officials held out the Prospect that Clinton would expand his trip to include a Stop in Kiev if a final agreement is reached this week. In a speech to Young people whom he hailed As the future leaders of Europe Clinton celebrated the end of the cold War the completion of world Trade talks and the spread of democracy. However he warned that a militant nationalists and demagogues could reverse the tide of Freedom. He said a struggle is being waged across Europe see Europe on Page 2 in Brussels lures by Joseph Owen and Rosemary Sawyer staff writers Brussels Belgium the Gilt edged grand place was cold crowded and loud but so what president Clinton was there a so Bob and Lucy Carroll and a Gaggle of other americans were too. A when else will we have a Chance to see the president when you re from Cincinnati Ohio the chances Are Remote a said Bob Carroll a certified Public accountant who works in Brussels. The couple s three children were less impressed they wrestled on a Blanket Laid out across the historic squares cobblestones. 5 the crowd around them swayed and roared with every hint that Clinton might appear. There were Sev see crowd on Page 2