European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 25, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday september25, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 3 Germany go checks mates places 3rd fort Belvoir a. Is. A . Soldier from Grafe Wohr Germany out thought his opponents to take third place in the army chess championship a release said. Pfc. George Stefurak of cob 25th Field arty also took first in the Blitz tournament an optional five minute event in which competitors play two games against each other using both Black and White pieces. Stefurak 20, a Field artillery radar operator was one of five . Army Europe soldiers who competed in the tournament held sept. 11 to 16 at fort Belvoir. A total of 15 soldiers competed taking first place in the championship was spec. Paul Lane of fort Hua Chuca ariz., who won 11 games and Drew three. Spec. Gregory Steele of fort drum n. Y., took second. I feel that there was a few games i which i tied that i should be won Stefurak said thursday. Last year Stefurak placed fourth. Only one Point separated Stefurak from taking the title. Lane scored 13.5 Points Steele 13 and Stefurak 12.5. Stefurak received two chess books an All army running suit and a chess bag for placing third. He also was Given an Oak desk plaque with a built in clock for winning the Blitz tourney All soldiers participating Are required to hold . Chess federation ratings. This year s games had a 90-minute limit compared with previous years when a game could last nearly four hours. It Cut Down the Quality of playing somewhat but it allowed each player to play every other player said Ron Braud tournament director. Other Usa eur soldiers who placed were. It. Anthony Carbone with the 5th signal come Worms Germany seventh place.  Carter with the fwd support co Southern european task Force Seta inf brigade Vicenza Italy Lith place. Spec. Nicholas Gainsborough with co a 3rd in 325th inf regt airborne combat Tea Vicenza 13th place. Sgt 1st class Thomas Burhani with setae inf brigade Vicenza 15thplace. The armed forces chess championship is scheduled for oct. 8 10 in Washington . However the various services Are not sending teams because of funding restraints the release said. As a result Only those personnel living in the Washington area will be Able to compete Stefurak said. Las year Stefurak took second in that Competition. The army s eight of players Are invited to represent the United states at the nato invitational chess tournament held in the Netherlands in november. Vet seeking by Sanford Maine a with his 79th birthday just around the Corner Phillip j. Roy knows he May not have much time left to find the answer. He wants to know what happened to the 12-year-old French boy who came to his world War ii foxhole and told him the location of German forces and mines information he is convinced saved his life and the lives of his fellow gis 50 years ago this month. Roy is returning to France on oct. 6 with Only a name a snapshot and two re turn addresses on letters written in 1944 Togus Denim. Roy was a Rifleman with the 29th in div which landed at Omaha Beach on a Day and advanced into Central France. Roy who spoke French befriended Young Claude Ganaye near Brest and gave him food and a pair of shoes. The boy had been sharing his Only pair of shoes with his father. He had never seen White bread before and he called it cake " Roy recalled. Claude told Roy about a Field planted with German mines and gave the locations of German troops and weapons emplacements. We took 40 prisoners without losing a Man without any casualties at All Roy said. The Soldier gave Claude his Home address before his unit moved on through France the boy wrote two letters to Roy s wife Louise and sent her the snapshot. His correspondence contained two addresses one in Brest and one in the near by Village of qui Bignon. So far Calls to people named Ganaye in and around Brest have yielded no clues to Claude s whereabouts. And if he does find Claude Ganaye ill hug him. I la kiss him Roy said. I get tears in my eyes just thinking about  escape a brat set Heidelberg show Heidelberg Germany is recording artists escape and a brat will perform at the former officers and civilians club in Patrick Henry Village to night. Escape is Best known for its song just Kickin it. Admission to the concert planned for 9". At the Village Pavilion is $25. All Ages May attend said a spokesman forthe show s promoters Debo Jones productions. The doors open at 8 . A a i., " ? \ \ r a to if v a president Clinton in Chicago for a democratic fund Raiser jogs along Lake Michigan on saturday with Developer a tit acc r left two secret service agents rear and attorney Myron Cherry. Clinton stumps for dem Chicago a shunned by some democrats As a political liability presi Dent Clinton put his million Dollar fund raising abilities to work saturday for candidates who still think he does them More Good than harm. Clinton on a four state tour carried a familiar Campaign pitch in which he claimed a Long list of accomplishments for  denounced republicans As naysayers. In his weekly radio address delivered from Chicago on saturday morning Clin ton also took credit for helping promote democracy in Russia South Africa and Haiti. Over the next two weeks Clinto will play Host to Russia s Boris Yeltsin and South Africa s Nelson Mandela. America should be proud of our leadership in helping to build open societies around the world Clinton said. By supporting democracy and promoting economic growth we Are actively helping others. But we Are helping ourselves at the same  in Haiti he said american Power marshalled in Pursuit of our National in Terest enabled american diplomacy to succeed. Our presence in Short is helping to restore civil order to a country racked by violence and  arguing that the United states must not hide behind Walls of protectionism and isolation Clinton urged congressional approval of a world Trade agreement that he said would generate 300,000 to 700,000 new jobs Over the next Loyear. Clinton s four Day Road trip was taking him from Chicago to Minneapolis before planned saturday evening stops in Kan Sas City and new York. Today he meets with foreign leaders gathering in Newyork for the . General Assembly which he will address monday and holds one final fund Raiser. Along the Way Clinton was expected to raise More than $1 million to help his party s candidates in november s mid term elections where democrats Are try ing to hold Down expected losses Intlehouse and Senate. It clearly rankles Clinton that despite an improving Economy and action on is sues such As crime and National service polls show his Job approval ratings Sag Ging and a continuing Public cynicism about government. His Campaign appearances often Fea Ture lengthy discourse on what has been done on his watch. At a Friday night appearance in Chi Cago on behalf of democratic Senate candidates Clinton got so caught up in his chronicle of accomplishments that one sentence stretched to 364 words. He listed a Litany of achievements and then predicted people would have thought that i had slipped a Gasket if head promised such accomplishments when he was a presidential candidate. This election is going to give us a Chance to get that record out there he predicted. Such Rosy predictions aside some democrats Are just As Happy to Campaign without the president preferring to Dis Tance themselves from negative perceptions about the Clinton administration