European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 20, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Creative cleanup Washington a an army pay Roll system thai handles billion a year in salaries is no poorly designed that one clerk could write fictitious checks for him self without a government the general accounting office also said the army computers that generate checks or 69 per cent of its civilian employees Are programmed so badly that they could Issue a paycheck for for two weeks thai would be equal to a salary of about a year the Cao did no say fraudulent checks or exorbitant amounts had Bee paid Only would allow such despite its the civilian payroll1 system was designated in 1975 As the Model for All defense depart ment civilian payroll which pay out about feb billion a in response to the the army said changes would be made in the payroll f continued on Page j Washington api the Senate acted tuesday to keep groceries a bargain for the nations military service personnel and refused to Block double dipping by military it voted h to 33 to kill a proposed three year phaseout of the million the government pays each year to subsidize Sala Ries of clerks and managers who staff the 418 commissaries which citrate groceries to military families in the United states and around the by a far closer to 46 Rol Call vote 11 adopted an amendment by Ted Ste which strikes from a Pend ing fill billion defense appropriations a prohibition against military retirees accepting their pensions while at authored unofficial Fuyii cation the 93 july if 21855 a time Recd info salary from a new Federal Seil Thomas said mat persons currently receive both a military pension and a Federal armed forces personnel Are permitted to retire after 20 years of service and often Are required t Eagleton said so called double dippers Are under age about a billion dollars a year in pen Sion checks arc being paid to doable dip Eagleman he said should act to Correct the situation in Light of a ballooning annual which he said is threatening the Cut into the Bone and muscle of defense the senates Republican said that both the 10year retirement policy and the availability of Low Price commissary foodstuffs Are commit ments made to induce enlistments in continued on Page 11 Ai insured Drivers to get rebates again after 38 an old Friend Protaso former socialist mayor of 30 Miles North of embraces an old Friend and former town councilor Fortaw Gutter m after emerging from to years of hiding from the Franco mental to began hiding in his cellar at he end of Thi Spanish civil Apdy George Eberl Slaff Wriler car owners of the forces who were insured by Aiu during 1976 arc in line for rebates on their Premium according to the firms military division Bob on average of about will be returned to an estimated eligible or a return of about ii car owners insured by Zurich insurance will also receive a said that company military division Tenbusch he added that the amount of the rebate has not been deter Tenbusch said details will be announced the approximately americans insured in 1976 by Deutscher Lloyd and for tune will not receive a Herman spokesman for the two jointly held insurance said that a number of Large automobile insurance tosses have influenced Deutscher Lloyds underwriting results to the Point that we Are unable to pay out technical excess on 1976 so far As we could our underwriting results for the first half year of armoured brigade coming to paper says Bonn api the plans to Send a armoured brigade to West Ger Many to reinforce the German newspaper die Welt reported u officials in Bonn and at Usah Euh he in Heidelberg said they had no information on the last week Alexander us prune Allied commander in told reporters nato had drawn up a list of to improvements u planned to implement to upgrade combat Haig declined to reveal the improve ments for Security but die Well said the new brigade was on the according to the the new brigade would be stationed West of Hun Nover in Northern Germany it land for a new Garrison could be troop strength in West Germany numbers about including army troops in 1974 the Ford administration announced it was sending two additional Bri Gades to West one brigade is of payed in Wiesbaden and the other is based near Grafe Wohr in Southeastern Germany until a new Garrison is completed North of 1977 have which leaves Hope for a better end result this this is the fifth straight year Aiu has paid technical excess to la the firm is resuming 11 per cent on Lia Bili 23 per cent on comprehensive and per cent on last year Aiu paid out 12 per Cunt on 10 per cent on and40 per cent on Dorman estimated that about 20 per cent of alus policy poders carry full Cov the Aiu refund also will go to american personnel insured through the government employees financial services ii offices or the International services insurance Agency Dorman technical excess Dorman said Aiu had Good claims experience during enabling the company to once 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