European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 5, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday october 5,1994 . Wii vet French pal reunited in Maine by Jerry Harkavy associated press Sanford Maine a it was 50 years since the former i had seen the French teen Ager a lifetime of wondering what happened to the boy who saved the lives of an entire american unit by pointing out German mines and guns. Much has changed their hair has turned White and they each have children who Are grown. But Philip Roy and Claude Ganaye never forgot each other. And when they finally hugged each other sunday tears streamed Down their faces. A Mon Ami my Friend Mon Ami Quot said Roy 78. A a in a just  a so am i my Friend a replied Ganaye 67, Ganaye flew to Maine from his Home \ in Glen Ellen Calif for the reunion and ,r4 he did no to come empty handed. He brought Back a cribbage Board that Roy had Given him during their few Days together in France. _ Ganaye had carried the game with him during Tours in Somalia and Madagascar with the French marines then to Canada and the United states where he worked for More than 20 years As a test Engineer with United airlines. Their reunion followed an associated press Story about roys dream of finding the French teen Ager he credited with saving his life during world War ii. Ganaye a daughter saw the Story and contacted roys family. Roy had planned to track Down Ganaye in France armed with Only a name a snapshot and two return addresses Ganaye sent him in 1944. Now they plan to revisit the our  together. The two men met when roys 29th inf div was mopping up after the surrender of the German Garrison at Brest in september 1944. Roy a Quebec native was one of the Only French speaking soldiers in his unit. Roy remembered giving bread and a pair of shoes to the boy who visited his foxhole. Ganaye whose family had been driven from Brest by the germans told Roy How to avoid German troops and minefields. Without the information Roy said his unit would have been destroyed. With it they captured 40 German prisoners without losing any men of their own. The pair lost touch after Roy moved into Germany where he was wounded by mortar fire in fighting near Cologne. Ganaye later tried the address Roy gave him but Roy had moved on to Sanford where he found work in shoe factories. V a i never thought this was possible a said Roy who began his search to tie up Loose ends after his wife of 50.years died last november. A now the Circle is closed a Ganaye said. A a somebody a looking out for us a the stars and stripes Page 7 soldiers wearing world War ii uniforms fire a Cannon Salute during a ceremony Friday closing the army base at fort Ord Calif. Former sen. Alan Dixon of Illinois has been nominated to Lead the panel deciding the next round of base closures. Sex senator named to head panel deciding base closures Washington a president Clinton on tuesday nominated former sen. Alan Dixon to head the commission deciding the next round of military base closings a process economically painful for communities and politically difficult for the administration the year before the 1996 election. The Senate Quot armed services committee received the nomination tuesday and scheduled a confirmation hearing for today. Dixon an Illinois Democrat was ousted by voters two years ago. He is the administrations Choice As chairman of the defense base closure and realignment commission. The former senator did not return messages left at his St. Louis Law office monday and was said to be out of town. He began working Here after unexpectedly losing to Carol Moseley Braun in the democratic primary in March 1992. Dixon said earlier this year that he was not seeking the Job but added a i would not want to decline a tendered offer from the president if i can accommodate him. Its not the thing to do.�?�. _ Dixon was chairman of the Senate Dixon Boatswain mate Louie Duke of naval station Long Beach salutes the Flag Friday As the National Anthem is played at the closing of the California facility one of Many installations listed As surplus by the defense base closure and realignment commission. _ armed services subcommittee on readiness sustainability and support. He helped write the legislation under which the commission operates. The departing commission chairman Jim courier resigned in june. The former new Jersey congressman a Republican steered the panel through two rounds of installation closures in 1991 and 1993. Dixon has the necessary military background along with a a sense of Fis Cal prudence to i think do a very Good Job and he knows How to work with Congress to get something enacted a Simon said. A a unless Congress is willing to follow through the commissions actions Are just null and void a Simon said. A so 1 think having a former member. Is very  Clinton has until Jan. 3 to Send com Mission nomination so the  Ura n cum storage i a it paper says new York apr safety violations have nearly closed Down the Only department of Energy Plant that handles uranium from disassembled nuclear bombs the new York times reported tuesday. The Plant in Oak Ridge tenn., disassembles and stores the uranium from up to 1,000 warheads annually. The most serious violations involved packing uranium parts More closely than safety rules allow. Such mishandling could spark a nuclear Chain reaction that would Spray a deadly Shower of radiation through the storage vaults Quot the times said. Such accidents have occurred at other Energy department bomb plants. All of the approximately 1,300 employees handling nuclear materials at the plan t have been ordered to undergo further training the Oak ridger newspaper re Porte Jast month. The Sloppy handling was discovered by an inspector from the Independent defense nuclear facilities safety Board but went uncorrected by a Chain of workers and supervisors after the inspector pointed it out the times said. Only when the inspector went to a senior Energy department official at the Plant were operations stopped. A follow up inspection uncovered hundreds of other violations said John t. Conway chairman of the safety Board. The Plant is run by Dartin Marietta. A spokeswoman told the times that no one who could comment was available. In 1992,19 workers were contaminated with radioactive cerium an investigation found that the contamination had spread to the Homes of three workers. Last year a worker died in an Industrial Accident at the Plant