European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 13, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday july 13, 1994 Clinton in Europe the stars and stripes Page 3 first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton left and Hannclore Kohl wife of German Chancellor Helmut Kohl await graduation ceremonies at the John f. Kennedy school in Berlin on tuesday. Berlin apr Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered the commencement address at a German american Public school tuesday urging students to a accept the burdens and responsibilities of living in a volatile world. The first lady visiting Germany with her husband evoked the memory of president Kennedy for whom the school was named. She told about 70 graduating seniors that Kennedy a challenged americans three decades ago to be committed to Community and service to give to their  Ken Tedy s message is still urgent in this Post cold War world where a hostility and aggression is much less organized and can burst on the scene in a moment s notice a she said. The first lady urged the students not to a accept hatred indifference or aggression in a world brimming with prejudice and ethnic wars. A what president Kennedy taught us is that you have to accept the burdens and responsibilities that go with being a member of a larger Community Quot she said. She was received with enthusiastic applause by an audience of some 1,200 parents teachers and dignitaries including Chancellor Helmut Kohl s wife Hannelore. The 34-year-old John f. Kennedy school was set up to attract equal numbers of German and american students and focuses on bilingual and Bicu Tural  is operated by the Berlin government with . State department input and 40 percent of its faculty is  some by Joseph Owen staff writer Berlin a Traudl Sadach closed a historical Loop tuesday afternoon. The 55-year-old stenographer drove several hours from her native Saar Brincken to Berlin in 1963 to Bear witness to president Kennedy s historic visit. On tuesday now a resident of berlins Neu Kolln District Sadach watched Kennedy a Distant successor Bill Clinton summon the germans to new challenges. Kennedy a dramatic Ich bin Ein Berliner address made a lasting Impact in Germany to the Point that every school history Book mentions it Sadach said. Sadach and other germans on the Pariser Platz said their presence tuesday was a Way to thank the United states for its decades of support against communism. A i keep coming Back to the same thing but a thanks a amps John Bohmer president Clinton accepts a unit Coin from col. Jimmy c. Banks Berlin brigade commander As they ride in a jeep during the inactivation ceremony. Standing next to Clinton is Gen. Walter h. Yates or. Up close with the president by Joseph Owen. Staff writer. Berlin a to staff sgt. David a. Carruthers hav ing a . President drop by to thank him for his work is something special. Carruthers an emergency operations Center desk sergeant assigned to Berlin is scheduled to Fly to the United states today. Late tuesday afternoon he stood in the Shade of a scrawny tree at the Back of the Mcnair Barracks Parade grounds about As far As he could be from president Clinton and still look at him straight on. A this is my first Chance to see the president up close and personal As personal As it can get a the Oakland Calif native said. He added however that his wife Patricia probably was getting better pictures from the grandstand. A he volunteered to help keep things running smoothly at the Berlin brigade and the . Army in berlins inactivation ceremony tuesday held on the same Sun soaked Parade Field where the command held its final. July fourth Parade last week. For his part Clinton wrapping up a two Day visit to Germany praised the brigade for its decades of service and recalled individual acts of courage such As the soldiers who leapt Over the Berlin Wall in 1964 to Rescue an East German whom Border guards had shot and wounded. _ a few moments in the life of a nation Are As proud As when we can thank our sons and daughters in uniform a he said. Referring to the 100,000 . Service members who served in Berlin Over the past 49 years Clinton added later they would have been the first casualties in the worlds final War but they never  German Chancellor Helmut Kohl thanked the troops for their service and called their departure the end of a historic chapter in German american relations. He called attention to a memorial Tablet that would be placed on the army Post As a reminder of the brigades presence in the City. Kohl also told Clinton that their East to West symbolic stroll through the Brandenburg Gate earlier in the Day was for him the High Point of an exciting presidential visit. Gen. David a Maddox commander of the . Army Europe noted the brigades recent service in Iraq Turkey Macedonia and other crisis zones. A and now they re finally going Home a he said. As the ceremony ended a uh-1 Iroquois helicopter flew Over the Parade grounds dropping Small parachutes As a reminder of its earlier Mission. The aircraft named a the spirit of Stein stricken a was the Supply lifeline to the tiny Village of Stein stick in a part of West Berlin that was Cut off from the rest of the City when the Berlin Wall Rose in 1961. Maj. Christopher g. Essig commander of the local military Community was one of several unit commanders who greeted the president during the ceremony. A i just Shook his hand and said thanks a he said. A obviously he had his business downtown but the Berlin brigade symbolizes our presence in Germany a Essig said when asked Why Clinton had chosen to Honor the brigade above All other . Units departing Germany. A so i think its fitting that the president came. In a glad that he  Robert Scheid and Alan Lindsay freshmen at the nearby John of Kennedy school attended with an unusual Komi of sunscreen a part of the . Flag painted on their faces. A Clinton waved at me. He saw me. I know he did a Lindsay said. S Scheid said he came to watch his father March in the Parade and because a i always wanted to see a president  is an important word a Sadach said. Stephanie Kohler an eighth grader from Hugo Gaudig Rea Schule in the City a Tempelhof District passed out miniature flags with her classmates. She said she looked Forward to seeing Clinton but not German Chancellor Helmut Kohl. A a in be never seen Kohl laugh and Bill Clinton laughs a lot a she explained. Kohl is important too countered her classmate Bian Ca Tedde Dieck who said she attended to show Ger Man american Friendship. The two girls said their trip to hear the speeches also was part of a school project. Today is their final Day of school before summer vacation. Hans Konietzny 60, waiting in front of a red and White Metal barricade and occasionally  by impatient spectators in Back of him said he went to see Kennedy speak at the Schoneberg City Hali in 1963 a in order to demonstrate the Solidarity of  Konietzny a Markendorf resident who retired july 1 from his Job As a postal supervisor awaited Clinton a appearance tuesday for a different reason a a to thank America that things have come this  Angela Wossner a teacher admitted that she once was unenthusiastic about what Konietzny regards As Progress. A i was totally against the reunification. I did no to take part in anything a she said referring to the joining of East and West Germany As Well As the two sides of Berlin in 1990. A now i see it differently a she added. Wossner cast a glance at the Brandenburg Gate in front of her several dozen Yards to the West a when you think about it As world history its wild. Seven years ago the . President Ronald Reagan stood on the other Side and now the president is  \