European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 16, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                              November 1964 the stars and stripes 15 Central pay plan for services under study Washington a centralized pay Agency for each service is in the offing if an All service study group deems such u system More advantageous and economical than the the study is being conducted under the heading of joint uni form military pay called scheduled to begin the study would involve one service As test to the manager Hai not been expected to take about four it is possible that the test will include a live operation for a minimum of six at least pay accounts of the Tost service will be used com prising about 90 per cent enlisted and 10 per cent officer the test a comp troller official will use locations which will reflect the varied conditions to which a centralized pay system must re proposed by Charles assistant Secretary of defense the main goal of jumps is to provide the same Basic pay system for use in All military services for the accrual of military it was explained some advantages the centralized military pay system must provide arc High degree of flexibility and rapid modification or expansion to meet the requirements of service operating changes in pay improved and effective operations under varied conditions on a global and timely pay service to each member for Reg or i transit payments regardless of he members issuance of a per indie Slaton tent of earnings to service was pointed out that the study May aim provide the capability to make regular pay ments to military personnel at least twice a both Cen trally and in the besides local finance the army finance Headquarters is at Benjamin the air forces in the navys in Ohio and Marine corps in i around the circuit us plans Celebration to Mark Neil program Case Reu Tott Dulic Issei Case Kestory with Robert  s18 Paolo Germany Spe Cial a banquet and Ball at the Wiesbaden Kuxhaus on Fri Day will Mark the establishment of the University of Southern California overseas graduate pro Gram in military aerospace Man the first such program Ever alumni of us and current students in the graduate program Are invited to attend the affair which is to begin at 7 with registry of initial enrollees in the Trojan Golden the masters degree which began at Rhine main and Ramsten air bases in is the first comprehensive graduate education program Ever created by a Una verse of to meet a special air Force heading the crowd of approximately 390 expected to attend the banquet and Ball arc two us Vic presidents Thomas Vic president for University and Mulvey Vic president for student and alumni affairs Wiesbaden a incl mayor Gcorge col her Bert Deputy chief of staff and representatives of the three bases where the us program is now being the banquet is scheduled to be Gin at 8 dress will be mess dress or for further in those interested May Call the Safe education a Lvi Wiesbaden military 22334 or Heidelberg the overseas dependent schools administrators association will hold a lout meeting Here next saturday with the Enro Peai Branch of the american per sonnet and guidance Assoc in the personnel and guidance meeting will be held at in Patrick Henry Village officers the joint meeting at the same location with the dependent schools administrators and principals organization will Start at 1 53rd fires win team shoot title France special continuing their domination Ullh the Rifle in the Windup of the 37th transports Ion comes ism Rifle pistol the 53rd in flyers shot a sparkling 1227 3v out of a possible to Lake lome their second straight com Mand team once again it was spa William logic sparking the 53rd marksmen As he fired 218hv he was backed up by sp4 Stanley Earle pfc Edwin Maynard spa Joe Stanley pfc Gordon Hadcock 1h7v and pfc Thomas Woods second in the team Rifle com petition was the 2nd which Ola cd while the 2rth in placed third with a score of High winds hampered the shooters to a degree in the team especially in the pistol finals where Veteran Pistole or spa John Kusch led his 28th in to first place with 7m4x Points out of a possible the 2nd in took second with a count of 711 5x and the 53rd in was third with the 37th trans come grand aggregate tit list in who was competing Only in the team event this topped the with a 2i31x pfc Franklin Glan Cota pfc Ernest Bigelow 2002x and spa Gordon All of whom Are new rounded out the winning Cullen reds his aide Athens Franz enlisted aide to maj Gen John Safe sur has been reenlisted by Cullen in the Shadow of the acropolis during a visit Romes a office for a helping hand by Sam Bauman has Naples boreal Rome Gordon Al of los is a Busy Man in this casually comfortable his business manager of the veterans american veterans when they ing disabled american veterans on the double Metoi Fotte Ueva Cua Tion Hospital Dick below the Blades of a hell Cert Era they carry a simulated the surgery the men were participating in a 2nd medical up exercise shown to visiting copt Jeaa de Smedt of the belgian army medical the belgian doctor spent a week with the through 71 embassies and consulates in the Elliott providing those offices with technical guidance and assistance n handling veterans Elliotts office also determines he degree of disability when it can and authorizes medical treatment at a expense to those qualified and in we use military facilities whenever he and when we Cunt we usually set up medical or Hospital con in France and Italy we iry to use department of defense by often their Reg ular workload is too great to take extra he explained that his staff consisted of three other americans and five part of the staff is often out of the office on hold investigation we Check now and then to see if a veterans condition has improved or if the individual needs additional he we recently ran a Large investigation in one area and were Happy to find almost n evidence of abuse of our Melca the Rome a office was established after Public Law 8781 went into effect in 1962 that Low authorized veterans re siding permanently overseas of medical benefits for service con nested we pay Only for serve Ceconi necked disabilities or Elliott hut it often pretty hard to draw a Soli if theres any doubt we a ways try to lean in favor of the he outlined a some hat his offices and recently a Veteran wrote requesting Elp with a serious dental prob the a office quickly checked his file and found that e was suffering from service connected schizophrenic a drano bleeding a diabetes and a duodenal a Check with the medical peole revealed that any disruption f the individuals Normal diet would result in a worsening of i i s service connected a Esabill the Rome office authorized dental we have no doctors on our staff said just it our various medi Cal consultants cant agree on a we then Forward All our medical reports and discussions o Washington for a were dealing with a human problem and we realize there u a time Factor a Man with a malfunctioning artificial limb Doest want to sit around and wait for someone to shuffle papers so that he can walk and we recognize Elliott Mats sailing dates Germany following is the list of Mats transports scheduled to arrive and depart Here for uie