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...three dozen major U.S. military bases in West Germany, community leaders welcome dependent families as a moderating influence on military behavior, which they say would be much worse in an unaccompanied force. "Kaiserslautern used to be sin city back in the 1950s," says Marie Mayer, a West German community relations adviser for the U.S. Air Force. "There was a lot of drinking and fighting by single G.I.s, who were in the majority back then. Now, with more people married, the military is much better behaved." About 30% of the soldiers in today's volunteer Army are married...
...Mayer also received "generally favorable responses" from the U.S. Olympic Committee, local and state government officials and the White House, Pease said...
...spokesman for Boston Mayer Kevin H. White said Thursday White had no comment on Mayer's proposal...
Pease said Mayer supports President Carter's call for a boycott of the summer games as a response to the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan...
...Mayer's proposal has received the support of the presidents of Boston University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard...