European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 10, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 5clinton to name nato pick soon Berlin of a president Clinton soon will announce the . Ramp Ommen Dation for the Post of nato Secretary general and Washington Hopes the Art appointment will be made this month defense Secretary William Perry said Friday. Perry declined to say who will be recommend de by Clinton to replace Manfred Womer a German who died aug. 13 of cancer after six years in the Post.  a a we have decided but its up to the president to announce it a Perry said. Traditionally the top political Job is held by a european since  general currently . Army Gen George a. Joulwan commands natos military Wing in Europe. Although the person recommended by Washington May not be an automatic Choice Clinton a candidate would be considered a favorite for the Job. Among those being mentioned for the Job Are belgian foreign minister Willy Claes . Peace envoy Thorvald Stol Tenberg a former foreign and defense minister for Norway British foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd and Hans Van Den Broek foreign affairs chief of the european Union and former foreign minister of the Netherlands. Perry said he discussed the question with his German counterpart Volker Rishe while attending thursdays ceremonies marking the departure of Allied troops from the German capital Berlin. A the United states will make its recommendation in a few Days and i Hope Jive a la have a decision very soon this month a Perry told reporters after his talks with Rishe. Perry also had talks in Berlin with defense ministers from Germany Britain and France. He said the a squad talks will continue in Washington in the Spring. The new nato Secretary general will take up his Post in a delicate phase of the Alliance which is gradually preparing for expansion to include former cold War foes. Rishe said he hoped some former Warsaw pact countries could join a before the year 2000,�?� while Perry said it would not happen in the a near  both officials said Poland Hungary Slovakia and the czech Republic would Likely be the first to Advance to full membership from the partnership for peace program set up last january to offer a limited nato relationship to european nations eager to join the defense Alliance. Russia also in partnership for peace has objected to speedy nato membership for former soviet satellite countries. A. A i see no new nations in the near future but i see substantial Progress in the partnership for peace a Perry said. A i Sec it As being some number of years before the Eastern nations can join. A we believe that for the partnership for peace to reach its potential we have to have vigorous programs joint exercises and joint training a Perry  Lite Sall right by them a Sailor aboard a japanese Navy destroyer catches a Case of american Beer thrown from another japanese destroyer thursday during a restocking port Call at Norfolk naval base a. Japanese sailors who unlike their . Counterparts Are allowed to drink on Board loaded Case after Case of the Beer the Day be fore weighing Anchor. The two ships and. Two other destroyers Are on a 142-Day training cruise that has taken them to Anchorage Alaska Vancouver Canada los Angeles and Veracruz Mexico. The ships next head to Santo Domingo in the dominican Republic and Pearl Harbor hawaii.. Vets give War mementos to vietnamese Hanoi Vietnam apr american veterans on Friday handed their former vietnamese foes a briefcase of documents and a battered canteen As clues to the Fate of vietnamese missing in action. Four members of the Vietnam veterans of America turned Over yellowing photographs pages from diaries and hand drawn maps of burial Sites that the groups president James Brazee said should help account Tor at least 1,250 communist soldiers missing from the Vietnam War. The via collected the items from its members who had taken them As Battlefield souvenirs More than 20 years ago. A we look at this As a continuing process to Exchange information Veteran to Veteran a Brazee of Lafayette la., told Gen. Tran Van Quang president of the Vietnam veterans association. A we think that As fellow veterans we have much in common because we understand the horror of  Quang a former North vietnamese Field commander replied a Between us there is no hatred no prejudice  Vietnam lists 300,000 of its soldiers As unaccounted for. The United states counts 2,229 americans As missing. Brazee and Quang agreed to broaden their cooperation beyond the Issue of mias. Quang asked the . Veterans for funds to help build a so called Friendship Village outside of Hanoi for 250 elderly family members and orphans of dead and missing communist soldiers. Brazee said his group was concerned about the effects on vietnamese child rest of the herbicide agent Orange which . Aircraft sprayed on Jungles to expose communist  win in 1987 had bittersweet Impact new York apr like the Hope Diamond or the treasures of tutankhamen a $15 million lottery Jackpot from 1987 seems to have brought its owners As much grief As Gold. Three people shared the prize. Only one remains. A car crash and old age sent the other two on to a higher Reward before they could collect most of their shares. What a More their estates suffered Cash problems a More bad news for the heirs but Good news for anyone Rich enough to buy up what remained of the winnings. Two of the winners a Keith Solomon and Dora Saxon a Are the Only new York lotto Jackpot winners Ever whose tickets have been or will be auctioned. Solomon a was sold in 1992 saxons goes on. The Block sept. 20. Only Richard e. Cibelli sr., who was 55 when he won is still alive and collecting. Spared from the curse of the killer ticket Cibelli built a pharmacy and medical Supply business and plans to retire this year. A a it a been a Blessing a Cibelli said. A it added years to my life by taking the pressure off. When it happened i was Happy that others won too. A people kidded me that i had lost $10 million but i was relieved. I did no to want it to change my life or spoil my family a he said. The three winners selected numbers 8, 19, 21, 41, 46 and 48 on $1 lottery tickets for the drawing of july 22, 1987. Each received a Check for $238,095 on the spot to be followed by 20 annual payments of about $145,000 after taxes. Solomon a 55-year-old Porter cashed Only two checks before a fatal Auto Accident in 1988. With estate taxes and expenses mounting his heirs had to auction what was left. The successful bidder an insurance company paid $2,075 million for the last 16 payments a Worth $3.8 million a and figured its,.ultimate return would be a Shade under 10 percent a year. As for Saxon a 78-year-old widow who died in 1992, the surrogate court has approved a sept. 20 auction for the $3.12 million still due her Over the next 13 years. Bidders must Post $155,975 Bond just to get in the door a 10 percent of the minimum bid set by the estate. Joseph Kurey of Citibank which is an executor called the $1.56 million minimum a bargain returning nearly 12 percent a year. The estate hoped brisk bidding might boost the Price to $1.8 million. Although Solomon a was the first ticket Ever auctioned by an estate there have been court approved Cash buyouts of other winners who died before getting All of their Cash said state lottery spokesman Bill Murray. In March 1993, heirs of Earl t. Williams a Buffalo construction worker who won $1.5 million in 1983, sold the $870,000 remaining in his Jackpot for $490,000 to pay off estate taxes and debts. Cibelli is hoping his Good Luck can continue. He still buys lotto tickets every week. A i bought $300 Worth of tickets for the last one a he said. A nothing won not even for a Small prize but its fun