European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 the stars and stripes wednesday september 17, 1980 Check the rules first not All military can shop at the pm Munich the red faced Man is indignant. He proclaims that he has just re tired from a Long military career of giving orders and having them obeyed. Now he is travelling in Europe and he wants to come into the pm. The Young woman is in her third month As an Entrance id card checker and is show ing remarkable composure under the circumstances. She acknowledges his argument but politely refuses his demands. He is not authorized to use the Exchange she tries to explain. Cafes reports that this scene with Many variations happens every Day at exchanges in Europe. People not authorized Exchange privileges Are turned away and id card checkers entrusted with protecting the privileges for others often become targets of verbal abuse and frustration. According to col. H. E. Nilson director of the plans and management division for cafes Europe the categories that draw the most confusion and doorway confrontation Are retirees reservists and Active duty personnel stationed outside Europe. The rules regarding who May shop at the Exchange vary by nation based on Host country policy or nato status of forces agreements and in no Case is the decision As to who is allowed entry left up to cafes he said. We Are however responsible for enforcing those most countries in Europe do not allow retirees or their family members Exchange privileges of any kind but there Are exceptions. For example Spain Grants privileges to retirees either living in or visiting that country but members of the Retiree s family May not shop in exchanges there under any circumstances. In Germany privileges allowed retirees and their families Are limited to purchases of items that arc not rationed. These Pur chases Are subject to German tax and patrons will have to show a Retiree id card and a customs card. If you Are a Retiree Only visiting in Ger Many and Don t have the proper documents please Don t try to shop at cafes Neil son said. Customs rules arc strict and no amount of browbeating Exchange employees will help you gain the colonel acknowledged that there also is a general misconception that any Active duty service member can shop in any Exchange around the world. Personnel assigned outside Europe and North Africa and their families May enter exchanges in most european countries Only if the military person is on official duty. Leave orders will not permit entry to exchanges. Spain is the exception to this Rule. That country has granted All Active duty person Nel Exchange privileges. To illustrate How perplexing the rules can be Nilson said that a service person ordered to England on adv would be authorized full Exchange privileges in that country. But if the person should de cide to shop in an cafes outlet in Ger Many while on leave the person would not be authorised to do so. Reservists sometimes run into difficulty As Well he said. For example a reservist might be vacationing in Europe either alone or with the family and try to enter an Exchange. Neither that person nor the family would be so authorized he said. On the other hand a reservist from the ., in Europe on Man Euver or toy would be permitted entry to an Exchange with orders explaining his official duty stat us. That reservist would be authorized to bring his family into exchanges in every country except Nilson said that although All cafes Europe outlets have signs posted which explain who is authorized shopping in those facilities a confrontation at a pm or by Entrance is a Little late to discover the Why and wherefore s. It would pay to become familiar ahead of time with the various restrictions of the country where a visit is planned or retire ment contemplated in order to avoid disappointment he said. In any event i d like to stress that cafes does t make the rules he concluded. Please Don t argue with Exchange employees. They Are simply doing last charges dismissed against 3 Tenn. Klansmen this red Label Book was sent to most shopping Center bookstores this week. Chattanooga Tenn. A atthe request of the prosecution a judge has dismissed the last charges pending against three Kun flux klansmen in the april by shootings that injured five Black women. Prosecutors said they requested Mon Day s dismissal because their evidence was weaker than that used in a july trial in which two of the klansmen were acquitted and a third was convicted on reduced charges. That trial involved four of the women. Three Days of racial violence followed the verdict. George key Chattanooga chapter presi Dent of the National association for the advancement of coloured people said he was surprised by the dismissal and said he would discuss it with the prosecutors. I have no comment other than disgust key said. The klansmen still face a $1.5 million lawsuit filed in District court last thursday by the five women each of whom demanded $300,000 in damages from the klansmen. The women contend their civil rights were violated by the klansmen. Criminal court judge Joe Dirisio Dis missed on monday a charge of assault with intent to commit murder against Marshall thrash William Church and Larry Payne. That charge involved the fifth Black Wom an who said she was Hurt by flying Glass when Shotgun pellets hit a parked car on the night of april 19. That same night the four other women were shot and wounded As they left a tavern in a predominantly Black Section of All White criminal court jury acquitted Church and Payne on july 22 of All charges in that incident. Thrash was convicted on a reduced charge of assault. He was Fine $2i5 and sentenced to nine months in the workhouse. Thrash is serving the sentence and Church and Payne have moved to locations their lawyers refuse to disclose. Blacks assailed the verdict As unfair. The disturbances tha followed occurred near predominantly Black Public housing projects. Golden fleece award Federal funds paid athletes to compete Washington a sen. Wil Liam Proxmire says he s giving his Golden fleece award this month to the labor department for letting a federally funded youth program pay Junior College athletes to practice and compete i track. The department says it had started its own investigation of the matter before Proxmire found out about it. Proxmire a Wisconsin Democrat gives an award each month for what he considers to be a prime example of wasted taxpayers Money. This month s spotlight is on Tucson ariz., where says Proxmire 14 track performers were paid for twice a Day training sessions weekly trips to com Pete in races and we Klong trips to Flag staff ariz., and Reno nev., for training and Competition. Proxmire said the athletes Job super visor was their track coach and the local sponsor of the youth training program was his wife. The 4 athletes were paid per hour for 240 hours or $744 for eight weeks of work this summer Proxmire said. Thus the Cost to the Federal taxpayers was Over $10,000," he added. He said the Money came from the budget of a summer Job program de signed to provide work for poor and unemployed youths. While it appears that a number of the athletes May not have come from poor families they became eligible. By slating that they were Independent of their families and not living at Home the senator said. The original proposal for the project said the Young athletes would landscape the school s Cross country course but made no mention of the running racing and out of town trips Proxmire said. He quoted the coach As saying the youths did landscape and maintain the course and May have put in More than the 30 hour a week maximum for which the could get Federal funds. Wayne Kamorl a special assistant for Public affairs m the labor depart ment said the department Learned of Tho situation before publication of the Art Zona daily Star article which evidently brought it to Proxmire s attention. A Mosky said it was under investigation by the department s office of inspector Gen i
