European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday september 18, 1978 the stars and stripes Page 11 Art Buchwald Washington when president car iter first introduced his Energy Bill he de scribed it As the moral equivalent of  the Bill now being debated in the Senate bears no resemblance to the one1 Carter asked for. What went wrong to find out i went to see an Energy Gen s eral at his Headquarters. He had charts All Over the War room and his aides were pushing Dollar signs Back and Forth across a Large map on the table. How s the War going i asked. Everything s going according to plan he replied. Our boys should be Home from the Senate by  reports from the front lines indicate your people took a terrible mauling from the Oil and Gas companies and the Energy Bill that the commander in chief was hop ing to get is in  the general scowled we had to de stroy the Bill to save  but did t your people surrender on eve Ery major front ? we did t surrender he said. We made an orderly Retreat. When you re waging the moral equivalent of War you have to expect casualties. We lost the Bat the on deregulation of Gas and we suffered a setback on the excise profits tax on Oil and we were hit with a Surprise attack in our attempts to make Industry switch from Gas to Coal. But we decided they weren t Worth fighting for. Our main objective now is to Rescue the Energy Bill before it is  thought the original objective was to protect the consumer and conserve our Oil and Gas  the consumer is Safe the general said. He May have to pay More for Gas and Oil if the Bill is saved but you can t fight a moral War without some civilians getting Hurt. The strategy of the commander in chief is to win the hearts of the people so we can have free elections in 1980." what about conservation your forces seem to have lost the  we Haven t lost the Battle. We be just changed our tactics. Instead of charging up the Hill we have the enemy sur rounded. If they expect to survive they re going to have to produce More Oil and Gas. Our troops Are dug in and our intelligence indicates morale amongst the major Oil companies is dropping every Day. It s Only a matter of time before the Energy forces that have been fighting us will wave the White  seem to have won everything is european edition col. Billy e. Spangler Usa de torn chief . . Usan. Deputy editor in chief Mert Proctor of Jefe Elmerd Frank production manager Henry a Epstein circulation manager this newspaper is an authorized unofficial publication for . 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Mil 8119 Frankfurt Civ 692050 Kaiserslautern Civ 57617, Mil Vogel Weh 6050 Munich Civ 6901503 or 6901504, Mil 6556 Nuernberg Civ 712558, Mil 7256 North German Region Rhein Maln Mil 7103 or 6025 Stuttgart Civ 814596, Mil 6030. Greece Athens Civ 9923390 and telex 216892. Italy Vincenza Civ 559346. Spain Madrid Civ 2057546 or Torrejon air base Mil 7546. Turkey Istanbul Civ 664372. United kingdom Greenham common Civ 44768, military 46263 ext. 209. They wanted. Even if they sued for peace tomorrow what will your Side have gained the general said bitterly the Media keep saying we re losing. But there is More at stake Here than whether we win or lose a few skirmishes. Do you realize that if we Don t save the Energy Bill the entire pres Tige of the United states will go Down the Drain the Dollar will be attacked and the National will of americans to fight for Energy will be in doubt an aide put several More Dollar signs on the  s he doing " i asked the general. We have to put More Bucks into the line the general said. Our original Esti mates of what this War would Cost every american were much to  Why Don t you people just quit and Start All Over again because said the general tartly the commander in chief does t want to go Down in history As the first president who lost a moral equivalent of  c los Angeles times tiber making a comeback with romans Rome a a boat service on the tiber initiated by a group of conservation minded Fiu Maroli River enthusiasts is enabling romans to slowly rediscover the delights of their City s Long neglected Riv  from View by the Trees lining the Riverside drives on either Side of it and the balustrades of the 39-foot High containing Walls built in the 19th Century to protect the City from flooding the tiber has been slipping into collective forgetfulness since Benito Mussolini declared it contaminated and banned swimming and transport in 1924.nowadays, those who know the River Best Are a few eel fishermen and members of private social and sports clubs installed on barges moored near Bridge landings. Unlike parisians whose literature often mentions their beloved River Seine romans have no particular love for the tiber. This situation began to change when Carmine Gammella 56, president of the association of friends of the tiber contracted a boat and the skip Pering services of the owner of one of the floating social clubs cleared the weeds and hardened Silt from the Garibaldi Bridge Landing near the tiber Island and set up a  area. For now the boat service consists of a sole Blue and red converted fishing boat that leaves the Garibaldi Bridge Landing at about 5 30 p.m., or whenever enough Pas sengers Are aboard. The hour and a half cruise to the Foro italico and Back costs 1, 000lire about $1.20. A cruise on the tiber plunges you into a silent bucolic world of Green water tall Trees and overgrown Bridge landings frequented by a few eel fishermen and the occasional Seagull. The Trees along the streets above effectively mute traffic noise and hide All but the upper stories of the buildings along the River. Letters to the editor archaic regulation assailed is it time to change an outmoded Regula Tion the problem is an old regulation of the civilian personnel office american tourists can t be hired for appropriated fund Job  this is a very ridiculous regulation for it is not compatible with the individual rights movement now being stressed. There Are some air Force jobs that Only an Ameri can raised individual can know How to per form. For example sports directors. How Many europeans know How to teach baseball most recreation Job open Ings can Best be filled with americans but Many so called dependent slots can t be filled with qualified american tourists or residents because of an outmoded Regula  a dependent can t be found to fill a dependent Slot it is possible to hire an englishman irishman greek italian spaniard or German but no american. Hiring for hard to fill jobs could be improved tremendously by changing this regulation right  positions in recreation services should be made available to americans to fill. This would give commanders better support by having Job vacancies filled so As not to have recreation facilities closed for a Long period to time while trying to find an authorized person. Who knows Best How americans like to spend their free time better than Ameri cans i just  outstanding employee be cause 60 Days after her husband left the army Shef was changed to tourist status and did not qualify for the Job she had held for 18 months. This old regulation is the same As if All German fuss Ball soccer coaches must be americans. If it takes an act of Congress either Ger Man or american to change this aged regulation then action should be taken to Cor rect it. I will lose another outstanding employee in two months if action is not taken  requiring technical knowledge should be open to All qualified personnel regardless of their nationality or status in this  like Auto crafts instructors arts and crafts instructor gym director photo instructors librarians All require an american background in order to Best serve american military communities. These technicians Are required to know English and be prepared to work nights weekends and holidays making these Job slots very hard to fill. The resident and tourist americans save the government much travel Money plus they Are used to european living conditions. I Hope this archaic regulation is looked at in an intelligent manner and appropriate action is taken As soon As possible. Name withheld Ansbach Germany editor s note Frank p. Cipolla assistant Deputy chief of staff personnel civilian personnel he Usa eur re plies a appropriated fund positions Are designated for either . Citizen incumbency or local National incumbency. The . And other nato states have agreed to utilize local National employees wherever possible and Are doing so with the exception of a Small number of key positions designated for . Citizen occupancy. In 1972, recognizing a need to provide increased employment opportunities for dependents of . Forces he Usa eur and Dod obtained permission from the . Civil service commission to Institute the present dependent hire program. Agreement Between the . And Ger Man government has allowed use of local National positions for the dependent hire program. The dependent hire program has two goals first to provide increased employment opportunities for dependents and second to provide a source of employees for Usa eur activities. The first goal has resulted in regulations requiring participants to be dependents of . Forces personnel. Loss of de pendent status results in loss of the Job. If qualified dependents cannot be found then the co will recruit either locally or in the states in the Case of . Designated positions or from the Host nation s work Force in the Case of local National positions. Employment in local National positions Means compliance with Host nation Laws on Resi Dence taxes Etc. While resident Ameri cans May meet these requirements . Law prohibits payment of . Citizens in anything other than dollars while incumbents of local National positions other than dependents must be paid in local Curren , tourists Are excluded from employment in local National positions. However they May be employed in Many . Positions keeping in mind that dependents must be Given preference. While employee turnover always causes some disruption we believe this disruption is More than balanced if those positions can be used to provide employ ment to . Forces  pen other pals and picture movie to producer group s sex chief Dies in los Angeles los Angeles up Charles s. Boren head of the association of motion Pic Ture and television producers for 15 years and a labor negotiator in the Industry for 24 years has died of cancer at his Home in West los Angeles. He was 71 years old. Boren who retired March 25, 1973, As vice chairman of the association Board be Gan his career in the personnel office at Paramount pictures in 1935, and in 1941 was named studio manager and Industrial relations manager. We Are a Young couple aged 25 and 33 looking for an american couple of about the same age with similar inter ests for spending the Leisure time together. Our interests include classical music piano opera museums and archaeology. Sabine Rausch Herman Strasse 32 6000 Frankfurt am 1 West Germany i am German and i am interested in some pen friends. I will answer All letters. Gabi Breu Friedrich Ebert Strasse 18 8201 Kolbe Moor West Germany i am 19 years old and from Ghana and my hobbies in clude Reading sports and Exchange of Post cards. I would like pen pals from All Over the world. Rowland Koufie Hho a84-4 Negem Street Cape coast Ghana West Africa i am 18 years old and my hobbies include music danc ing All sports and travelling. I would like to write to people who live in the Philippines England Germany and the scandinavian countries. Terry Villanueva co capt. James Cole to Box 4976 Apo 09057 i am very interested in american culture and would like some pen friends. I will answer All letters.  to Box 1-25 Tam-shui2s Taipei Taiwan Roc i collect drinking glasses and my collection numbers More than 400 glasses. I would like to Trade glasses with other collectors throughout the world. I prefer glasses with City names or country names printed on them. Pfc Robert a. Porch hhb3rdlnf div arty Box 157 apo0970t i am a professional Soldier Corporal chief serving in the belgian army 8th line regt. I collect patches from the . Army and would be glad to correspond with any one interested in trading patches. Corral chief Josef Maes 8 line regt  Kazerin Straat b-3538helchteren Belgium i am a 28-year-old Anglo Indian who lives in India. I would like some pen pals. My hobbies include sports music and the English language. Jude Oscar Barton no.2mico1stcross Adu Godi Bangalore-560030 South India writing letters is my Hobby and i would like to write to servicemen. I will answer All letters. Karen Reger 209 s. Main Milan to. 63556 group picture of a tour to the Berchtesgaden Salt mine. Photo was mailed to and May be picked up at the following address any weekday after 5p.m. Derrick anderson4453a Santa Barbara Village Edison Strasse Darmstadt West Germany