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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 9, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Sunday october 9,1994 in the stars and stripes 10 years ago oct. 9,1984 a registered voters a saw democratic nominee Walter Mondale As the Winner of the presidential debate 54 percent to 32, according to a poll for Newsweek Magazine conducted by the Gallup organization. 20 years ago oct. 9,1974 a president Ford proposed a Broad ranging anti inflation package that would Combine selected tax cuts with selected tax increases coupled with special help for the unemployed and new moves to conserve Energy 30 years ago _ oct. 9,1964 a Secretary of defense Robert Mcnamara took Issue with Republican sen. Barry Goldwa Ter of Arizona who said the administration was Quot phasing out 90 percent of our nuclear delivery  40 year Sago oct 9,1954 a a growing drive to prevent the rebirth of the German military Hierarchy threatened pro Mier Pierre mends France with an All out fight to win French National Assembly approval of West German rearmament. 50 years ago oct. 9,1944 a Germany was5 hammered by the greatest Aerial assault of the War As More than 5,000 aircraft Many of them b-17s and b-24s of the . Strategic air forces struck key Industrial and commit a cations targets from Britain France and Italy. C world War to 3 50 years ago today oct. 9 1 >9 4 4 american attacks in Western Germany meet heavy resistance from nazi troops. Canadian soldiers land at the Small dutch port of Breskend on the South Bank of the Scheldt Estuary opposite Flushing pushing the drive to open sea Access to Antwerp. British prime minister Winston Churchill arrives in Moscow for a conference with soviet Premier Josef Stalin. . Warships bombard Marcus Island in the Pacific. Source 2194 Days of War w. H. Smith j publishers inc. Tha world almanac of world War if Bison books corp. 1981 a North say sex Arlington a. A a Vietnam Veteran accused Oliver North of lying about his military record and . Naval Academy classmates criticized the gop Senate candidate Friday for attacks on his opponent s Marine service. A a a a a. Bill Cowan a Silver Star Winner who served three Tours in Vietnam said North gave official statements in the 1970s indicating that he had served two Tours in Vietnam when in fact he had served less than one full year. North also lied when he said he had been a company commander Cowan said. Quot neither of those things were Correct a he said at the iwo Jima memorial in Arlington. A Cowan said he had reviewed North s statements and re sum while on the staff of former sen. Warren Rudman r-n.h., during the congressional investigation into the Iran Contra scandal. Quot we had Access to his a it a sum which actually we used to ridicule because it talked about All kinds of experience in counterinsurgency counter terrorism and things which All of us knew never occurred a Cowan said. Discrepancies Between North a 1983 National Security Council biography and his Marine record were reported during the 1987 Iran Contra investigation. The Csc biography said North was involved in Quot conventional and unconventional warfare in Southeast Asia and was a company commander in combat. But his Marine record lists him As a platoon commander a lesser position and reflects no a a unconventional a experience. Last week North referred dismissively. To sen. Charles Robby a military service calling his democratic opponent an a eighth and in Marine. That term refers to the address of the Washington Barracks where the ceremonial White House guards Are stationed. Robb served there but also was a Compa grateful immigrant leaves millions to . Boston apr an austrian whose family fled persecution of tews in 1906 never forgot the country that took him in when his Homeland forced him out. When he died Stanley Newberg decided to say thanks. He left $5.6 million to the .  it is my expression of deep gratitude for the privilege of residing and living in this kind of government a notwithstanding Many of its inequities a Newberg wrote in his will. The will tied no restrictions to the gift which was forwarded to the Bureau of Public debt in Washington d.c., to cover general expenses. Considering the Federal budget for 1994 is $1.5 trillion a or $4.1 billion per Day a Newberg a gift would cover less than two minutes of government spending. Vav a you should not assume or. Newburg was an old person who had lost his sense of sanity who gave away his Money to the government no less a said attorney Mark c. Of Connor who handled the estate. A a it a very patriotic but its not very unusual for people to give Money to the government to express their appreciation particularly immigrants. Most people do not have this kind of  Newberg who died in 1986 at age 81 without any surviving blood relatives left most of his $8.4 million estate to the government. The department of Justice received the $5.6 million earlier in the week . Attorney Donald k. Stern said Friday. A born on Christmas Day 1904, Newberg came to the United states with his family at the age of 2. They settled in new York where his father who spoke no English peddled fruit on the lower East Side. \ \ Newberg went on to Start general aluminium corp. In Woburn just North of Boston. He was chief executive and owner until his  married once to a woman who had three children from a previous marriage. The children whom Newberg never adopted contested the will. A lawyer for the children Tom Waldstein said they received some Money when the Case was settled out of court but he declined to say How much. By commander in Vietnam. John c. Mckay a classmate of North s at the naval Academy in Annapolis md., said North had yearned to be assigned to the eighth and i office in 1975, after his return from Vietnam. But because North had a been hospitalized for some cause a he was denied the assignment Mckay said. North wrote in his Book under fire that he had received treatment for depression and marital problems following his Vietnam service. James Webb who also went to school with North 30 years ago and was Navy Secretary and assistant defense Secretary during the Reagan administration said North so eighth and in comment prompted him to join the other prominent republicans who have repudiated North a candidacy. Retired col. Roger Barnard who was Robby a battalion commander for about four months in 1968, praised Robb As Brave and resourceful. 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