European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1981 the stars and stripes Page 9 experts defend the army one of safest vehicles in military by Keith Bennetts staff writer Heidelberg recent controversy Over the Road safety of commercially made vehicles in the United states  taint the reputation of the fabled army according to usar eur safety Raymond head of usar eurs general safety management Sec said the army m151a2 ton Utility truck simply referred to As a jeep by most soldiers is one of the safest vehicles in the when driven the Way its supposed to be the m151a2 is a very Safe Lehi he its Only when people try to do things with it that it want built for that we Start to get into Sirianne comments came in Light of a lbs 60 minutes television report ear Lier this month concerning the Road stability of the commercial jeep sold in the in the Independent insurance investigators and safety experts said the commercial made by american motors corporation was danger Ous to drive at moderately High speeds and around Sharp they in certain the commercial jeep was prone to turn Over five times As much As regular passenger an am spokesman said the jeep was As Safe As other comparable vehicles on the Usa eur safety officials would not comment directly on the television they did say the army jeep like its commercial cousins is primarily an offload not designed for High Highway when the first version of the army modern jeep first came put several years i had the Opportunity to take a test ride in Sirianne As Long As we drove at the recommended it handled but As soon As we started pushing you could feel trouble concern about the army jeeps Road stability did prompt the service to modify the vehicles rear suspension system 12 years Sirianne one of the problems was that with the old suspension system a Driver  vehicle Sway to the right or left on Sharp Sirianne with the modified the Driver can now feel the vehicle pitch to the right or and slow Down to prevent it from turning Sirian Rte said the army jeep May have been victimized unjustly years there were All kinds of reports that the thing was flipping All Over the but i really the vehicle was it was just an unfortunate weve had no major safety problems with jeep accidents in he major accidents involving army jeeps usually involve other bad weath and human error not mechanical officials in March 1979 a 42yearold no was killed on an autobahn near Nuernberg when the jeep he was Riding in was struck from the rear by a tractor trailer last an army second lieutenant stationed in Kaiserslautern was killed when his jeep Driver attempted to pass another vehicle and ran head on Ito an oncoming civilian another army Sergant died when his jeep skidded on an icy Road in Bamberg and collided with a German Motorist last its not the its the people who drive said Horst safety Spe you cant drive military vehicles like you would Normal cars especially on the German the military vehicles Are not meant to keep up with or perform like German passenger if you try to keep up with or compete with youll be in sixty one Usa eur soldiers were killed in traffic accidents last Sirianne said Only 22 deaths involved Mili tary the jeep is not the Only army vehicle that can become dangerous on the open Road when driven officials Sirianne said the Gamma a heavy duty cargo vehicle can be extremely unsafe at higher the Gamma Goat want meant to be driven like a sports Sirianne if you get it going too fast it can Start bouncing on you and possibly cause you to lose Usa eur safety officials said soldiers seem to drive military vehicles More Safe education is still a problem convincing people to drive Sirianne you can take All kinds of safety but if the person behind the wheel Doest follow what do you do Bills Over favored by counterfeiters Why bulging wallets Are Here of say by Brad Durfee staff writer Heidelberg Many peo especially when they first arrive in receive Large sums of Money mostly All in Bills when they draw their temporary living allowance la every 10 Days at their finance Many complain about their bulging wallets and would prefer to be paid in Bills of larger denominations or but those bulges Are Here to stay according to Sharon Volgyi of the Susareu finance office there is a Good reason for issuing nothing larger than the larger Bills can present a counterfeiting problem at the pre sent we dont have a counterfeiting problem could surface at any there is no Way of predicting this sort of those who Deal in faking currency would rather imitate the larger its More Volgyi some counterfeit Bills turned up in the area during the past according to Usa eur finance of the counterfeit Section of the German Federal Bank in Frankfurt has approximately 600 Dollar falsifications on said Bank officials the Treasury department permits us to use a few of the and Bills but we cant order them for general circular Volgyi most Bills of these denominations Are brought Over Here by people coming from the states when they arrive at a Bank or a finance we Are allowed to put them Back into she an older regulation required a persons signature and social Security and then the cashier would have to record the serial number of the or this has been Volgyi All you have to do if you want action in the desert i Marine corps tanks and infantry move during a make believe units of the repel a soviet like invader in the test of through the Mojave desert in California rapid deployment Force advanced to equipment and a photo one of the larger is if they have it on hand  give it to there Are about million Worth of the larger Bills now in circulation in usar according to finance some foreign Banks will give you a better Exchange rate for the larger said its my impression they give a higher rate because they prefer the larger Bills there More economical for them to handle when transferring the military banking facilities wont give you a better rate for the larger she Volgyi said that Usa eur replaces about million a month in workout mostly and Volgyi also said they have to replace million in leaked Bills Money that this is Money that is spent on the Economy Railroad Sta Crystal finance officials said that nothing pro Hibits anyone from using currency on a local theres nothing wrong in doing from our Point of Vologi but it causes us to replace this lost merchants turn this Money in to their local Banks when larger finance institutions get or million they sell them on the foreign currency Market at a she we also reclaim Money from for eign these Are dollars that have been exchanged for and other currencies spent on the local Market Over she Usa eur finance office for the new monies or include All military banking finance no appropriated fund activities and Pope Calls seizure of hostages Barbaric Vatican City up Pope John Paul ii said he prayed for the release of the american hostages every Day of their Captivity and called their abduction an act of fanaticism and in a private audience with rabbi Henry sober of Sao John Paul discussed the release of the american hos tages after 444 Days of i have been praying for the hostages every Day of their Captivity and i Pray with that never again will such acts of fanaticism and barbarism re peat Sobel quoted the Pope As telling him during the 30minute