European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes january 1978 emergency when death or serious illness Only service members Fly priority 1 with Mac by Mike Spear staff writer Germany when the Young Serviceman arrived at the Mili tary Airlift Abmd terminal he was in no mood for hours while on duly Back Al his he had been informed by a red that his father had suffered a heart there visa some question whether his alter would mow the Serviceman had All the Neces sary paperwork and he wanted to get Home he had a Long Way to too All the Way to the West he was accompanied by his and when he placed his emergency leave orders on the he asked right off How soon can you get us out we can get you on the next flight to me Ouire in an hour and a came the by your wife might not make that priority of Why not asked the Serviceman with and thus began one of the most Flen repealed scenes of misunderstanding concerning a Serviceman and his wife heading Home on emergency ii happens often enough to indicate there b a Good bit of misunderstanding on the a spokesman at the Mac terminal emergency leave orders give a serv ice member travel priority but according to the dependents and department of defense civilians must travel space category the spokesman most servicemen understand but their wives May the spokesman they Are Apt to be quite emotional be cause of the circumstances so its hard for them to understand sometimes Why they cant be put on the first plane out with their of if the husband wants to travel with his he can downgrade his priority to travel with he dependents and Dod civilian on emergency leave should not show up at the Mac terminal expecting to Fly out right since they Are Only eligible for category one they usually have to wait from one to five Days for a they should be prepared to meet the expense of spending some time at the Ali Finmain air the spokesman hid right paperwork the spokesman also urged that everyone going on emergency leave be sure to bring emergency travel id visas or alien registration cards As their situation May we just cant take their word for it that they have the spokesman if the Mac terminal is a focal Point or a certain amount of there Are also other problem one of the most important aspects of obtaining Emer gency which is often is the initial procedure in the the family at Home should be told to Contact the american red Cross chapter in their Hometown should a crisis said Kent a regional director Al euro Pean area red Cross Headquarters in they should provide the full social Security unit and afo of the service where air Force personnel Are this is especially important since Many families merely give the consolidated ballroom number instead of the when an emergency message arrives in the wee the red Cross duty worker is often at a loss As to How to find the individual quickly families Back Home should be encouraged to Call their local chapter before an emergency strikes so they will know what to do when one does he service personnel and their families should keep in mind that the fled Cross chapter a message overseas based on actual circumstances and not the rela Tives personal feelings regarding the Situ Hoffman said the red Cross will verify the emergency by contacting appropriate medical or other authorities and the military uses this verification to determine whether emergency leave should be Grant he adding the american red Cross has no Power either to grand or deny emergency All leave decisions Are made by military when the message crosses the Atlantic it goes to one of b5 Field offices at military installations in once the individual involved has been the Field office contacts the chapter Back Home with the individuals then the chapter alerts the when emergency leave is the red Cross provides financial if to cover the Cost of Overland Hoffman air travel from Europe to the and Back is provided by the red Cross covers the round trip Cost to the Mac terminal in Europe and from the Point of debarkation in the to the persons destination in cases of financial the red Cross also will provide for maintenance while the person is on Emer gency Hoffman which Are not Given for regular Are based on the individuals ability to repay without undue if the red Cross will make a nonpayment Grant in an emergency leave the Loans Are interest Hoffman cautioned families not to try to bypass the Hometown chapter by phoning the red Cross in Europe or the command ing officer directly this usually results in Long delays plus High Telephone he commercial cables Are both a waste of time and he often they Are As slow As regular mail and they Donl constitute a service personnel and department of defense Civ Ham should nut in on leave without first idling their unit or of lace know where they can be reached in the event of an the red Cross May have to find them Hoffman Hunt bigamy suit ends out of court api a lawsuit that claimed the late Oil billionaire Hunt had two wives at once has been settled out of reportedly for Mil Frania Tye of who said Hunt was Biga Mously married to her from iks to would not reveal How much the Hunt estate gave her to drop her lawyers or the Hunt estate would not say the Shreveport times carried an unit workers ii helped Tram a car at the Delaware county courthouse in by new trial for Boyle Charles jury Lection began monday Lor second wat on charges be 1 tribute report monday that the settlement was about the times and Shreveport journal reported earlier that Lee spurned a 15 million offer last week and held out for District court judge Tom Slagg dismissed the jury the Case has been All in my Lee said we have about three weeks of Legal work there warning me not to say a the settlement was reached after a week of Lee spent nearly two Days on the recalling her relation ship with Hunt and being Cross examined about Lee said Hunt married her in 1925 in signing in As Franklin she said the marriage collapsed nine Yean later when she discovered that All us he had been dividing his time be tween her and another wife and Lee said she was living in Dallas when she found out that Hunt had another Lyda Bunker less than 100 Miles away in Lee said Hunt was away much of the saying he was tied up with oilfield a former Annie Mae Solo testified that Hunt came Home frequently but rarely stayed son testifies Hay executor of the Hunt estate and a son of Hunt by a later testified that it was family knowledge Tat Lee 9 four children had been fathered by in her Lee sought to he declared Hunts commonly accepted she tin asked for half of the wealth he lated from 1925 to plus everything accumulated from that amount since because Hunts holdings were so wit and there was no accurate Esti mate of How much might be Hunt died in 1974 Al the age of Ovato continue shortwave arts airing by John Hart Washington Bureau Chloel Washington i Sis the voice of America will continue to broadcast armed forces radio programs on its shortwave transmitters for the time the Penta gon said according to the inc were in danger of being halted will continue pending a decision on How the year Cost will be the Pentagon said that Peter Voa and air Force May Guy Hairston commander of the american forces information Are developing appropriate to fund continued arts shortwave Broad casting Over Voa Straus has agreed to continue the Broad casting of arts program on Voa Short wave transmitters pending a review of administrative actions necessary to re solve a spokesman the which began in is a radio service of the broadcast ing about boo hours weekly in 36 Laag Dafies to All of the since Voa has provided shortwave radio transmissions of arts news and Aon ii is estimated that More than 85 per cent at arts programming transmit n they reach Only a Small number of Mili tary Pentagon official said but Are important to missionaries ind other american civilians in Remote places finnish party office Helsinki api the conserve tip one of the six parties pledged to Ite incumbent urho kick Koncen in Nita Fri presidential has reported breaking to the party Headquarters Dort town it looks like an act of sheer Vandal party spokesman Aarno Kaila the Street level door was forced during the All Campaign Patten were ripped from the papers Wert strewn on the floor and Ink bottles emptied on top of the Kalla m the fact that the election Posten hit been Lorn Down indicates that a motive might have been