European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse Poge 23 the stars and stripes thursday june 12, 1980 Usa eur audio photo Agency to close to Tonii nuts from Page ii had critics cd the Agency and proposed it be disbanded arc also unhappy with the Way us Arlhur Lias handled its decision. Because of problems with the Agency s bookkeeping and computer programming clubs that made Money look like they lost Money one Agency employee said. It s an no big cuts in Eucola utter joke he said la s just toilet paper one club manager said of the print out which shows the club s financial performance. The manager asked not to be commander was Given the Finan Cial records for his club for the past 10 quarters. Novak said liven if the Agency s information is wrong that is enough time to show the commander a trend he said. My office is prepared to provide Ihm with All the statistical information end prospects for the future Novak said. The tremendous demand for stereo equipment Means the clubs can make Money if hey Don t have to Send Money to areas will keep school bus service continued from Page ii ment for a change in the cardinals memorandum after a Survey conducted by the component commands indicated that the curbs would create a variety of problems. The defense department urged How Ever that the schools avoid sending buses on Long trips to pick up very Small num Bers of students soil Han said. Let s face it. Everybody s feeling the Energy said bus service would continue for students living close to the schools if there is danger involved such As a Busy Street to Cross. But no doubt some communities will be tightening their routes he said. Stillman said the notification on the lunch program came after Neucom asked the defense department to reverse a Deci Sion that Hafl the services fund the Cost of equipment and facilities for school meal programs. The command recognized that so Long As the services continued to be responsible for funding the school meal program other military readiness equipment and construction priorities would continue to take precedence Over school meal equip ment and facilities Stillman said. Pryor still cracks jokes despite critical condition from press dispatches Sherman Oaks Calif. Richard Pryor cracked jokes with visitors but Doc tors warned that the comedian critically burned when an alleged cocaine mixture exploded faced ices than Cven Odds in his fight for survival. The 39-year-old emmy and grammy Winner known for his biting Street Wise humor was fairly Alert tuesday As he rested in critical but stable condition with third degree Burns Over the upper half of his body. Pryor told Burn specialist or. Jack Grossman his clothes caught fire when liquid Ether used to make a cocaine derivative called free base exploded according to police it. Dan spoke. Free base which is smoked in a pipe is made by mixing cocaine with the volatile sol vent. Cooke said it was not known what sparked the monday explosion and we May never Early reports indicated a cigarette lighter had exploded sending the comedian running from his Home in flames. Cooke said no charges against Pryor were contemplated. Grossman said the next three to four Days would be critical for Pryor. He was encouraged that Pryor spent a restful monday night but cautioned that people his age who suffer such serious Burns have just one Chance in three of survival. Pryor will undergo Whirlpool treatments at the Hospital s Burn Center to help clean off the burned skin said Hospital spokes Man Gary Swaye. Grossman said the co median Mav undergo a special treatment known As a hyperbaric chamber operation in which the patient is scaled in a tube. The atmospheric pressure is doubled or tripled pushing oxygen into the blood and speeding up Healing tuesday he was wrapped in Gauze and Lay on a soft material called egg crates which is constructed in a series of Cones to Lessen the Contact with skin. Swaye said Pryor apparently was Wear ing a polyester shirt at the time of the fire. They stick to your body when they melt Swaye said Pryor was allowed to see a few friends and family members tuesday. Jim Brown actor and former pro football Star said Pryor asked to Sec him. We re very close friends. We chatted briefly and he cracked a couple of jokes Brown said. Grossman said Pryor May need six to eight weeks of hospitalization. Meanwhile arson investigators searched Pryor s Northridge Home and said no cocaine or Ether was found. When the explosion occurred Pryor screamed and his aunt Jenny Pryor rushed in grabbed some bedcovers and put out the fire said fire capt. Terry Dickson. Pryor then ran from the House and was found by two police officers on routine patrol. Officer Richard Ziclinski said Pryor yelled i can t Stop i can t Stop i la die if i Stop and then began jogging. The offi cers followed him for about a half mile until paramedics arrived and forcibly sub Dued was very wig cd out when he came in to the Hospital said a source who insisted on anonymity. In addition a defense department directive is being prepared to establish specific responsibilities and provide common policy and direction to All of the services concerning How the program should be managed he further requested that the military commands where funding permits under take the upgrading of existing facilities or equipment until Dodds can assume responsibility in 1982," he added. He said another defense department directive is expected soon that will provide additional information concerning the responsibility of maintaining and supervising meal facilities. Use Job estness As recruiting too Brown advises continued from Page it significant enlistment gains since october. Part of this has been attributed to the deep ening recession. Brown said this in a memorandum distributed to the armed forces policy coun cil including the civilian chiefs of the army Navy marines and air Force. Enlistments have tended for some time to fluctuate with economic ups and Downs and officials charged with filling the ranks of the All Volunteer Force have acknowledged that they welcomed economic slowdowns because recruiting is easier then. More worrisome than attracting recruits has., been the problem of keeping trained and skilled non commissioned officers in the services. That retention problem particularly vexing in the last year or so bears heavily on military readiness. So officials said. Brown has let his subordinates know he wants a concerted push to use the economic slump As a tool to encourage re enlist cols of those already on duty and a return to uniform for Many qualified men and women who have left the service for civilian life partly because they expected to make More Money outside the military. The most recent quarterly manpower re port issued in May showed the armed serv ices Overall had enrolled 94,100 men and women or 102 percent of their goal in the year s first three months. That represented 20,000 More than the number who joined in the same period a year earlier. And a later report says the army in april made 124 percent of us monthly goal by signing up More than 10,000 new recruits. Saboteurs blow up Oil depot in Iran continued from Page i standing at All Levels of government and society Khomeini said. It is from the inside that we Start fighting each other and destroying ourselves. We have to establish a system in order to further our meanwhile minister of state Dariush Foruhar said wednesday that the s3 american hostages must be tried without further delay in an iranian court of Law and those found innocent must be freed Foruhar emphasized that the iranian court must guarantee All Legal principles implying that the hostages must be give right of defense. His remarks followed Bani Sadr s warn ing to parliament this week that a revolutionary trial of the hostages could Bear unforeseeable consequences for Iran. Foruhar s remarks were carried by the official pars news Agency. The Agency quoted him As saying from the very outset i was opposed to describing As hostages those who turned the american embassy into a Den he said he opposed the contradictory approach of the government which led to the stalemate of the country s foreign policy during the past few the Agency said Arthur Neuwirth. Information coordinator for the Agency. He noted that last month for example the Kirch gowns club a Small club did $70,000 in business. The Wiesbaden club the largest one. Averaged $450,000 a month for March april and May. An additional problem in deciding the future of individual clubs is the fact that the next three months Are the slowest months of the year Neuwirth said. But three of the next six Are traditionally very Good sales months Novak said. They should be Able to make one Vendor who asked not to be identified because his company will continue to do business with the remaining clubs said Usa eur s solution to the Agency s problems was throwing the baby out with the Bath water. It s typical no one bin fitting. The announcement by Novak of the clo sure of the Agency was preceded by a May 20 letter from maj. Gen. Thomas f. Healy Deputy chief of staff for personnel to the Community commanders. In his Mes Sage scaly told the commanders they would get a follow up message. To help you choose the alternative you believe Best for your soldiers civilian employees and the letter told the commanders you should carefully consider the audio photo services offered by the cafes sound Center and the proximity of cafes sound centers to the local audio photo Novak said there was no intent to close All the clubs and said Friday s message to the commanders contained no reference to the Exchange centers. One Vendor predicted that with the Clos ing of some clubs some customers May get better service because his salesmen won t have As Many clubs to visit. The Agency employs 30 people and 287 people Are we no in the clubs. By Sun Day reduction in Force notices will be sent to the employees Novak said. Civilian personnel offices have already been asked to help find work for employees who will lose their jobs Novak said. Rumours of the closures have already prompted some employees to quit. One club manager quit with one Day s notice. The rumours have also Hurt the club s Busi Ness Neuwirth said. The clubs that stay open Aren t going to make a profit for about six months he said. They be got to get their customer Turkey devalues lira by 6 percent Ankara Turkey Dpi Turkey has devalued the lira by 6 percent to 78 to the Dollar from 73.3. Effective immediately the Central Bank of Turkey announced. The Central Bank said the move was due to changes in the International markets. Banking sources in London said a devaluation had been expected As part of Turkey s letter of intent to the International monetary fund in return for fresh creels. Crash kills 17, hurts 13 Orkney South Africa Dpi at least 17 people were killed and 13 other seriously injured when a truck loaded with Gold mine dust slammed into the Back of a tractor towed trailer police said. 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