European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stmsand�tripess&%gw8$ vol. 53, no. 149 500 new course for spouses expected to keep gis in by Effie Bathen Heidelberg Bureau Heidelberg Germany if the army wanted you to have a wife it would have issued you one the saying goes. . Army officials feel they have come a Long Way from that notion even More so with the Al location of $1.8 million in defense department funds for training to familiarize spouses and other family members with the army. The attitude that the army does not want you to have a spouse went out with High top boots and crinoline said Valerie Tilelli wife for 30 years of Gen. John h. Tilelli jr., vice chief of staff for the army. She briefed Europe s com Mand Sef Grants major Friday on what is called army family team build ing. Sall the Tilelli studies show if the army did t want you to have a wife Back then they should have Valerie Tilelli said. The family team building ses Sions Are for family members to in crease their knowledge of a Chang ing army lifestyle that increasingly includes sudden deployments an peacekeeping missions. The formal training sessions Are not to be con fused with family support groups which Are focused around individual units. The army believes that the new program will help with retention and readiness Tilelli said. Studies have shown families who Are More contented and Happy with what. They Are doing cause soldiers to stay in the Soldier to be More ready for his Job she said. The course scheduled to Start in late fall will be taught by family members to family members on three Levels depending on How Many years of experience a course participant has with the army. The see spouses on Page 4 tuesday september 13,1994 d 8693 a a firefighter hoses Down debris that came to rest against the White House on monday after the crash of a Cessna air plane. Maii plane crashes next to White House Washington a a Maryland Man with a history of mental illness stole a Light plane and crashed it Early monday into the White House Lawn kill ing himself the secret service said. The plane slammed through a Magnolia tree and crumpled against the presidential mansion. President Clinton and his family were staying in a guest House across the Street at the time and were unharmed. It does not appear to be directed to the president Carl Meyer a secret service official told a White House Brief ing. \ the Man was identified by authorities As Frank Eugene Corder 38. The crash occurred at 1 49 . Not Meyer said. The plane appeared to have been stolen from a Small Airport near Baltimore he said. Corder had a prior history of mental illness Meyer said adding that the  Constitution ave