European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse The sir amp Andis ripes. W pm flu Wsul a a a Ato. 53, no. 41 500 saturday May 28,1994 a amps Vince Crawley pfc. Kenny Toms left and pvt. 2 Russell Schaad Spruce up the area around a Headstone at Normandy american cemetery at Omaha Beach where . Soldiers landed on june 6,1944. A different kind of detail at cemetery in Normandy by Vince Crawley Normandy Bureau Omaha Beach France army sgt. Gene Bass 23, dipped his hands into a bucket and using Only his fingers delicately rinsed a Tombstone at the american cemetery overlooking the a Day invasion Beach. Other soldiers were nearby rinsing crosses and stars of David and using Long handled clippers to trim the grass around the headstones to the Short perfection of a military haircut. Bass who s from Blanchard mich., shrugged about the clean up detail and said a a it a a privilege. Only a few people were selected for Bass is one of about 75 soldiers from Btry a 4th in 27th Field arty regt out of Babenhausen Germany who Are pulling duty at Normandy american cemetery near the town of . Along with cutting grass and rinsing the 9,386 headstones of fallen americans they will raise and lower the cemetery Flag from june 1 to 8, and fire the guns during the military ceremonies that will include thousands of world War ii veterans and president Clinton. In one of the years largest military deployments More than 2,300 Active duty troops Are to be on hand for the 50th anniversary commemorations of the a Day landings. The june 6, 1944, invasion led to the Liber see detail on Page 2 d 8693 a top copter on Golf Washington a anxious to avoid another festering image problem the White House moved with haste to oust a senior aide who hopped a presidential helicopter to a Maryland Golf course., David Watkins the director of administration who is a Friend of the presidents from Arkansas resigned under pressure thursday. A second aide was reprimanded for tuesdays excursion to Holly Hills country club near new Market md., �?o1 was very upset about it Quot a terse president Clinton said just hours after the incident be Watkins came the talk of official Washington. A the Treasury will not be out one red cent for whatever it costs $2,380 an hour to Fly the Type of presidential helicopter used on the Golf Outing according to the Pentagon. That figure includes fuel and maintenance costs but not the costs for the personnel who Fly the aircraft. Reports surfaced Friday that there May have been More than one helicopter involved. Phil Berkheimer an investment broker who was playing Golf at Holly Hills on tuesday said Friday that a second chopper joined the aides aircraft As it departed from the course. He was not sure where it came from. Spokeswoman Dee Dee Myers said the White House was still gathering facts about the incident and could not confirm that there was a second aircraft. Aides to Republican rep Roscoe Bartlett whose District includes the Golf course said see aide on Page 2 return from exile Vladivostok Russia apr greeted with bread and Salt and the emotional cheers of thousands Alexander Solzhenitsyn returned to his Homeland Friday after 20 years of exile and said he will never write again. A i have already written All of my books and fulfilled my literary task a he told the itar Tass news Agency a now i dont have any time for writing. Its time to Start the hard work of rebuilding and reviving Solzhenitsyn a writings got him sent to the gulag As a Young Man in world War ii and expelled from the soviet Union in Kab Handcuffs. His works detailing the Ltd of the communist system like the first Circle and one Day in the life cruel of Ivan Benisovich also won him the Nobel prize in literature and acclaim As russians conscience and greatest living writer. A a / /. A a. Solzhenitsyn 75, looked Pale and tired after his 38-hour trip from Vermont but was driven in a White japanese minivan straight from the Airport to this Pacific ports Central Square. From Vladivostok Solzhenitsyn plans to travel by train across the country to see the sweeping changes Russia has undergone since he was exiled from the former communist police state under Kab guard in february 1974. He will live in a red Brick Home overlooking the Moscow River on the outskirts of the Hurrah a shouted about 4,000 people in Vladivostok after they had stood in the see russians on Page 4 inside today two teens from Italy and Germany wins amps scholarships the Walls have ears at some dunking donuts a see Page 8
