European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 04, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Country store thursday May 4, 1978 the stars and stripes Poge 9 by Bobyl Llen staff writer h1skl. Germany is if i had a pot belly stove i know where i d take it. A Black course with a ferocious appetite. I d cart it to a certain air defense Artil Lery Battery set on a wind blasted Hill Here Romiles West of Pitburg. Germany. When 1 arrive with my present one couple Here will be pleased but not sur prised. Eddie and Yvonne Warren would Proba Bly say in their Southern drawl talking Iran Auto scheme stirs a warning Tehran americans should be warned about an Auto importing operation in Iran according to a memorandum from the american embassy Here. The operation appears to begin mainly in Munich and apparently involves mostly Young people the memorandum said. Americans Are hired by a firm or individual to drive cars in caravans from Germany to Iran where they Are sold. The principal Point the memorandum said is that once a car is imported into Iran by being included on the passport of an individual it must be taken Back out of the country or Dis posed of in accordance with iranian Cus Toms regulations. Iranian authorities will not permit a per son with a car registered in his passport number to leave Iran until one of these two Steps is completed. The memo says the embassy has helped some americans leave the country in the past but it is a difficult process. Previous cases have resulted in americans left with no car no Money for their expenses and Little Means of satisfying the iranian authorities the memorandum said. Fiat hikes prices 2.7 percent Turin Italy a Fiat the giant privately run italian Auto manufacturer has increased by an average 2.7 per cent prices of most of its models. Couple runs Boondocks Exchange Whf Down Home style and flavor clearly so this Midwest Emer can under stand the much obliged you could Stop by. Set yourself Down and have a Beer and we ii set this thing up right and Eddie will draw on his Asheville . Experience to wrestle the stove into the Corner Hook on some pipe and fire it right there in the pos Exchange. Yep. That s Correct. Right in the pm. The Warrens run the Hisel area aah a Exchange. If you be never heard of Hisel. Don t feel badly. It consists of two houses or so 1 was told by one Soldier who claimed he was the assistant mayor of Hisel by virtue of the fact he lives in one of the two houses while the mayor lives in the other. A Stone s throw from thriving Hisel is Battery c Charlie pattern of the 2nd in. 62nd air defense arty. Charlie Battery holds the rein on a Soli tary Hill some 10 twisting winding Miles from Pitburg. A big air Force installation with the usual accompaniment of base facilities. Though a Mere 10 Miles away the soldiers of Charlie Battery unless they Rosemary Hager holds a copy of the naval station brochure she compiled. Is Cole welcoming newcomers to Roto Spain typist hones skills on Guidebook by Mike Spear staff writer Rota Spain is More than a year ago Rosemary Hager went to the Community relations office and talked to its director Pedro Diaz about a Job. She mainly wanted to Brush up on her typing. In Little More than a year she and her husband would return to Jacksonville fla., her Home and she wanted to be ready Togoto work. Italy gets Loans to Spur development of South Rome up the european invest ment Bank has agreed to Grant Italy a total pm j203.4 million in Loans for development of in impoverished South. The Loans will help finance expansion of Fiat Auto plants in Sicily and at Cassino. Exploitation of a natural Gas Field near Crow. Construction of a Floe Cost pharmaceutical Plant in Truzzo. Expansion of the Telephone network and construction of new is and port facilities in Sardinia and no pollution installations at . Diaz happily put her to work but her Job was t exactly what she expected. She envisioned a variety of typing duties common to any office. But that was not to be and the base and newcomers to Rota Are Richer for it. For More than a year with the help of the Public affairs office and the overseas diplomacy policy Council Hager compiled updated researched and typed a new 63 Page brochure on the is. Naval station Here and Spanish history. It is aimed Pri Marily at newcomers but there is information aplenty for those stationed Here for sometime. It is designed to give general information about the Rota area and will answer most questions newcomers have on Cus Toms base facilities housing and educational opportunities Hager says. It has 18 chapters that include every thing from maps and a history of Spain to hotel living How to ship your car and Avail Able medical facilities. It tells you what to brine and what not to was a brochure before but it was outdated. Her new one with a brighter format and More information. Came out in mid april. It will be sent to the four major naval facilities in the . And to All Navy families coming to Rota she says. For example it tells people coming Here through Philadelphia what facilities Are available there and where they can Check in off leave says Hager. If you be never been overseas it s of the year Long project Hager says it looked like a Challenge. It had been two years since it had been redone. And the old one was Patchwork. I wanted a neat with that work behind her which was All Volunteer she thinks her typing is Back up to Par. She s looking Forward to Early summer when she and her husband Petty officer . Robert a. Hager of san Anto Nio Texas head for Jacksonville. I might get my old Job As Legal Secre tary she says. If she does to it won t be because she in t a proficient typist. Ufos sighted at i Ian Milan Italy t i a of milanese reported sighting a Bright flying object in the evening sky. Police and aviation officials said they did not know what it was. Radar at Lunate Airport ruled out the possibility that it was a plane. Have private transportation do not have ready Access to the Post. The bus Only goes by Here twice a Day and that s at 2 in the afternoon and 2 in the morning one sergeant said. To serve the soldiers of Charlie Battery. Cafes operates a mini Exchange that has existed for some time with various soldiers in the unit operating the Concession. However since the Warrens took Over the conces Sion some seven months ago the Hisel Exchange has started to thrive. They Are stockers managers Cashiers and sales clerks for the combination Exchange clothing sales store Woodland tailor shop lounge and beverage shop. You know anything we can get that the Guys want Well get it for them Eddie said. Pleasant atmosphere the atmosphere in the Warrens store is warm and Friendly. A color to and several overstuffed chairs Beckon the soldiers to kick Back As says and relax aftera Day s work. Not Only do they try to Stock every sort of goods soldiers might need they also try to make the goods available As often As Possi ble. Although they Only get paid for operating the store 39 hours a week the Warrens keep it open longer. In fact their Boss in Pitburg told them they were open " Way too Many he told us. 1 think six hours a Day would be Good " Eddie said but it won t work. That s just not enough hours for the Guys to get what they Yvonne does t mind the Long hours partly because she has always wanted a Little store of my she likes operating the Exchange because you Don t have the pressure on your Back someone breath ing Down your neck saying hey you did t Dotha right " however there is pressure in running the store but from a different set of Bosses. Technically our Bosses Are the Guys in the Battery. We be got to please said. Beer shortage to e Bosses Are not altogether pleased these Days and neither Are the Warrens. Eddie said because the Hisel Exchange has a shortage of american Beer. Eddie said the Exchange Supply system could not be faulted because whatever the Exchange system gets from the Stales we can cafes. They do the Best they can to get it. It s just that sometimes they can t get it he said. Eddie expects the american Beer shortage to be Over soon. It is apparent during a visit to the store that Yvonne is More to the soldiers of the Battery than just a cashier sales clerk. Friendly but firm big sister would seem an accurate appraisal of her position. Parked behind the counter is a sewing machine one of Yvonne s additions to the store and a popular service. She bought it in the seven months they be operated the con cession and she has sewn about $600 i do their Blue jeans their Hemming she said. Through the Day it s not always super Busy so i can sew. If i m not waiting on customers i m she paused and then added. And if i Ever get that All done i try writing letters Home. Those three keep me Busy All stove needed about the pot belly stove Yvonne Al Lowed you d be surprised the people who walk in Here and say that s what you need we be been talking about that for a Long time. That and a barrel of pickles a barrel of pickled eggs or sum thin if i find a pot bellied stove and Send it out i asked them will you it it up ill set it up right there Eddie said pointing to a Corner of the lounge. Sure Yvonne said smiling. You come Back Here the next time and it will be sitting Here the Guys gathered around the to their fatigue shirts unbuttoned feet propped on the old Coffee table several nursing Beers turned to smile at Yvonne s answer. Their smiles summed up their appreciation of the Warrens country
