European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse Why vary Gnu find out Why milk in them. Saturday july 2, 1978 the stars and stripes Page ii could to t we i the com ussary costs $1.07 plus four percent sur a German store the same amount of milk Cost Only 94 cents. This is fresh milk same if not better As the kind sold in f commissaries. A vol Milch Cost 89 of flags a liter Low fat milk Cost 75 pen m a liter fresh milk Cost 99 pfennig am remember that s pfennig not its and one half gallon is Only 1.89 lit seeing How the commissaries receive aug milk from Holland in even larger entities than the germans would there cheaper Why the big Mark up in m the German stores make profits. They have to pay overhead and wages Stria so Why up the prices Stephan b. Roeshink Hekleberg i arrived in Germany sept. 12. 1977. 1ent to the Bremerhaven commissary the leg Day to discover that one half gallon offt was 91 cents. I left the Lawton fort 01 area sept. 7 and one gallon of milk ate fort Sill commissary was $1.24. I be ten Here seven months now and not re of the milk producers raising their rices yet the commissary has beep Stead pc increasing their prices until now one ilfgiiknofmilkcost$1.07.Why a difference in Price from the Meade commissary to Here ainu Gibson Jarstorf Germany editor s note col. Chester a. To a talc commander defense subsist Lem Region Europe replies the subject of the Price of milk in . Nind Searles in Europe is very timely sandlot special interest to the defense subsist lace Region Europe and to those of Nisito shop at the commissaries. Milk prices n influenced by Many factors so our re Pute to the writers is by necessity rather Factor that most recently has of total the Price of milk in oar comm Lisa the has been the relationship Between the is. Dollar and the German Deutsch Efat do. Milk and milk products arc a coated under a fixed Price do contract i one year period. This Means that the h Price for these products remains the me throughout the contract year. Saw july 1, 1977, Price fluctuation sve been solely attributed to changes in h nhe of the Dollar. For example theer Tase in the Price of milk from 92 cents Al cents to $1.07 at the Bremerhaven european edition . Usa it to inherited unofficial Pum Kalton Recti of Texas. Tin Sun Tat sinon conjunction with in armm Force intern no of Uta Dao Armant of Afama. Contant of Yttria to Ara not Naca tartly to official Stan and str Pai Apo oh7j. Intaro tonal Sun and str Pai Post Adi to u h a Awo grm Liam c Praful new bureaus oar Many Dan Synovic building to " military am or brom. Huh Kalmar Elautar Carmany Ian Ebinuma in. Pisa he Barrack Vogal a or Kalian Lauharn a out him my. Jonn Savard bulong to William Nabaro military a or Nuorn Barg oar Many de Hill. Bide. 4x10.�0ar1 military 7001 or Stuttgart Civ Marroli. Raf Miu Amii co . ". 7u9i1 at a or cd i. Tola 01ui Wahington Iii curation offices civilian i Braw no Vanbarg c la Mist. Mil not Lagoon. Rlwln-malnmil7ioor c5 Smi Civ is Spain Madrid kingdom or Metiam common Cit in letters to the editor travel reimbursement policy p&3�3gttzw Safe s a by ejected and approved Eri tartans. Presently Central am to an open letter to the wonderful. To decided to by l travel Reim thrill Fly is Wilh this in Fulda and one year As a de pendent n Frankfurt.1 he thought i had seen it All until today now i know i have seen u All. Frrfj1? ? Deutsche Mark drop be 6oveTmenl Cut Back Benefi i and services to the i and their in changes in delivery schedules for army commissaries Nave led to an actual Price reduction. Based on the official Dollar conversion rate established for our procurement do 2.00 i prices for half Gallons will de crease five cents per half gallon in army commissaries located in the Federal re Job by of Germany. Price red Etlas Natu rally a Fol Torreas if the value of the us. In the interest of offering the commis sary store patrons an alternative we Are negotiating contracts to Soppy milk Sost authorities feel will become i milk of the future. This product-1 by a new process can Ultra patrons fat " reminder the editor must contain Lett w in i he Witt me and address 01 us ask you this a. What about the service family no is making a permanent change of Sta Tion to lets say. San Antonio. Texas. It s to Fly direct on a Rammer Oal flight than to go Mac to Charlston fab s.c., have the family around for maybe one to 12 hours waiting for a connecting flight. And what if you have a pet. Do you Geld of it or do you Fly it commercial and pay the extra dollars to have it put in Kennel How about the reduced rate for people Over Here on airline flights to the Stales How Jong will it take those prices to Rise after All the airlines will lose business be cause of this volume and we All know what that Means and not to mention the expense Accord ing to the stars and stripes article this move will Cost More Money to the . Government. Now gentleman and or ladies Are Youso perfect that you have never broken or Bent a . Army regulation if you Are would like to meet you because you Are one of kind what i m trying to say is this with All of the problems the army has today Why make More you help one and Hurt a Tot of people at least in my opinion. And i ask you is that any Way to run an army Richard Cook Frankfurt regarding the change in regulation concerning Rel Nursement on discount military fares Hurrah the army in its infinite Wisdom has made it possible for me to spend approximately $400 on a regular fare to the states and get reimbursed $190, or i can get a Mil itary discount fare for $250 and get reimbursed $0, or i can go on the Marvelou Mac flights for free. Anyone who s sat in a Mac terminal freight hours waiting for his flight like i did in 1975 knows they Aren t overcrowded an that they run on time. I think that Iff great the army has finally decided to live up tits work Credo if it does t make sense do it if it does make sense forget it the army brass has really Given a punch in the nose to those socialist pigs i Washington who be been crying for travel entitlements to Junior enlisted. Keep up the Good work. Sgt. George p. Rithel Langburg Germany As usual the army appears to be throw ing the baby out along with the water. I am referring to the article concerning the Stop payment by the army for official travel on seems to me that As Long As Charier flights Cost less than Mac flights $154 vs$190 to the East coast. It would be to their advantage to permit charter flights How Ever pay Only the actual amount spent for the same distance and class As tourist. This Way the saving would directly Bene fit the taxpayer while the customer could choose when he wishes to travel Wolfram Wolz Frankfurt Advance return of dependents my family and i arrived in Germany on july 20,1974. As you can see i have been Here nearly four years. I m on a second Extension of my foreign Selce tour. My cur rent Deros is nov. Is. 1978.i recently submitted a request to have my two oldest children returned to the states at government expense so that they would not have to change schools in the Middle of the year. The request was Digap then submitted another request citing personal reasons for returning my Chil Dren. This re Aust was disapproved by the personnel action Center of the 502nd i san. They said i did not have any evidence showing that i had a personal , they did not even Forward the request to the regional personnel Cente herein Augsburg b seems that the Only Way 1 can get my children Home before november is to pay for the tickets myself. Since have completed a Normal tour Why wont the government allow me to return my children to the states will it Cost the government More to re turn them now than it will to return them in november no one can give me a satisfactory answer. The ony answer i have gotten so Faris that there is no provision for the Early return of dependents. Could you pleas help me resolve this problem name withheld Augsburg Germany editor s note it. Col. . Vernl in u chief dependent movement Branch he Usa eur replies be facts As presented in this letter do not qualify the service member to advancer turn of us children. The service member normally obtains an entitlement to Relo Cate ids dependents Only by virtue of his own permanent change of station orders. The dependent travel entitlements the service member accrues Are governed by title 37 is. Code through volume 1 of the joint travel regulations. As dependent travel entitlements Are matter of Law exceptions can not be granted. However in the Case of this service member there is possible sort Tiki to them in tout the service member receives att Anent Tara exons w that pcs orders a be issued be can return i de per Teal in Advance of his movement based us upcoming the service member require More Matlon he Iho old Contact Theep Eads movement Branca military be Nobel Center Europe. Telephone Rodnan military Tot hut us daring Normal duty ask ask teacher if miss name. Withheld in a recent letter titled does the army resent teachers is really a teacher she should be fired. Anybody who can write a phrase like. Regarding we teachers de serves no consideration. She made what is called the elegant error which results when an ignorant person is trying to impress someone. Robert Ford Simbach a Germany
