European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday november 23,1994 Helms regrets warning to Clinton Washington a sen. Jesse Helms the incoming Senate foreign re lations committee chairman expressed regret tuesday for saying president Clin ton is so unpopular on military bases in North Carolina that he better have a bodyguard if he visits the  the secret service looking into remarks he made to a North Carolina newspaper Helms issued a statement that stopped Short of apologizing. I made a mistake last evening which i shall not repeat he said. The statement followed an uproar caused by his monday interview with the news and observer of Raleigh in which Helms said or. Clinton better watch out if he comes Down  president Clinton will of course be welcomed by me and other citizens of North Carolina any time he chooses to visit us Helms said in tuesday s statement. He said the remarks came in an informal conversation and should not have been taken literal  but Helms stood his belief that Inton has serious pop deems with his record of draft avoidance with his stand on homosexuals in the military Helms and with the declining defense capability of America s armed  the secret service said it was investigating the comments and two democratic senators denounced the arc conserva Tive " f it does seem almost like a veiled Jobu Kvin tells troops he s Damn proud of Africa Relief Effort by Doyle  Bureau Mannheim Germany army Gen. George a. Joulwan visited Mann Heim on tuesday to Praise task Force 51 soldiers and their families for the Success of an african humanitarian Relief Effort. I m Damn proud of what you be done said Joulwan the commander of the . European come As Well As nato s top commander in Europe. And let me Tell you there la be other opportunities for you to demonstrate your  privately Joulwan said his reference to other opportunities was not an Indica Tion of an operation on the horizon. Rather he said there could be another such Mission next year or five years from now for which soldiers and families will need to be ready. Task Force 51 took part in operation support Hope which involved the easing of water problems that developed during the rwandan refugee crisis on the Zairi an Border. What you did represents a great example of a trained and ready Force a trained and ready army and an army that can respond very quickly to a whole series of different events he said. Joulwan also discussed the Little bit of activity yesterday in the Alliance a refer ence to monday s nato airstrike at serbian air base in Croatia. Yesterday we saw 40-plus nato air planes and helicopters launched against a very Clear target. They did it the right Way in conjunction with . Forces on the ground the Burly commander said. There were 11 nations involved it sends a very Clear message to Stop certain actions by warring  the general after shaking each sol Dier s hand refused to talk about operational aspects of the airstrike. Task Force 51 was among the first . Elements deployed to Goma Zaire last summer in connection with the water Cri sis./.  / within four hours they were pump ing clean water Joulwan noted. He attributed the Success to leadership train ing and working equipment. The death rate among refugees before the american intervention was nearly 6,000 per Day. Within a week the death rate declined to about 500 a Day and at 30 Days had fallen to less than 100 deaths per Day he said adding that the Effort saved a generation of  for Rebecca Marbury wife of Cpl. Thomas Marbury a task Force 51 sol Dier Joulwan y visit meant a lot to me. Especially that he s proud of the Job they did in Africa. It is Good when people like that come and recognize said. Threat and it would be very unfortunate if indeed he said that said sen. Tom Harkin a Iowa. It s ridiculous said sen. Joseph lie Bermand Conn. There May be policy disagreements occasionally. But the men and women who Wear the uniforms of the United states Are absolutely Loyal to their commander in  Lieberman said he hoped Helms was misunderstood because it stretches credibility " Republican leaders were careful not to criticize Helms saying they had not seen the remarks. Incoming Senate majority Leader Bob Dole of Kansas said the president is Welcome to come to any state. That s the Way it should  the president of the United states is Welcome in Georgia said Newt Gin Grich who is expected to be the next House speaker. A11 americans respect and Honor the presidency the secret service has requested a transcript of the newspaper interview Al though spokesman Jaime Cagigas said it would be overstating the Case to say the Agency is investigating Helms. This would be the Normal procedure for us Cagigas said. / we Are obviously with the president 24 hours a Day and Are always concerned about comment regarding his  asked if the remarks appeared to be a threat against Clinton Cagigas said i would t think so. No. Certainly in this instance no. We Al ways take into consideration the people making the remarks. We always take into consideration the  there was no immediate comment from the White House. Wife Rebecca looks on Rhein main no earns history Honor Rhein main a Germany is to read a Book by the air Force Stop Wing historian for 1993, you May have to wait about 25 years for it to be declassified. Master sgt. Roger Seeholzer of the 435th Airlift Wing has been named the air Force s top Wing historian and co Winner of the air Force s excellence in history program for 1993. Seeholzer 39, earned the honors during his previous assignment at the largest Wing in the air combat come the 55th Wing at Offutt fab neb. Seeholzer who h As served in the air Force nearly 20 years has been a Histo Rian for Only about the past four years. He worked As a ground radio equip ment repairman for nearly 15 years. A number of his works have also been published As books and pamphlets for the air Force s history pro Gram including a recent one on opera Tion provide Promise. He is also writing a second volume on operation provide Promise s history. The operation is the . Portion of the peacekeeper Mission to former Yugoslavia. It includes Relief flights to Sarajevo the capital of Bosnia arid Herzegovina. At Offutt Seeholzer who is married and the father of three children wrote histories for such programs As the looking Glass airborne come Post and the National emergency airborne come Post As Well As about National reconnaissance programs such As rivet joint. He also deployed for operation South Ern watch an recorded the history of coalition airstrikes in response to Iraq s violation Seeholzer of a . Security Council Resolution that established the no Fly zone in Southern Iraq. Southern watch keeps an Eye on the no Fly zone South of Iraq s 32nd parallel. Ecumenical service set for thanksgiving at Ely Cathedral Raf Mildenhall England is an ecumenical service will be held thursday at 7 30 . In the Ely Cathe dral in Celebration of thanksgiving Day. The service is being put on by the Raf Mildenhall and Lakenheath chapels. The service is free although a collection will be taken for the Cathedral. The Cathedral which dates from 1031, is in the Center of Ely off Minster place. Ely is about 12 Miles Northwest of Mildenhall and Lakenheath. A prese vice will begin at 7 . Light refreshments will be available after the main service