European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 14, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                12 die in fort Bragg helicopter crash Washington a a army helicopter on a routine training Mission crashed at fort wednesday killing All 12 passengers and an army spokesman announced at the the a new Model uh60 crashed today at said spokesman Miguel the aircraft was totally destroyed and All 12 Crew and passengers were the spokesman the spokesman said the helicopter was flying in formation with several other copters at the time of the crash and a Accident investigation is already under Monteverde said the helicopter was being flown by a Crew of three and was carrying nine soldiers attached to the 82nd the victims have not been authorized unofficial publication Fob the armed forces 329 doily end March 1985 d 8693 a Moscow a Konstantin kissed Farewell by a grieving widow and hailed by his successor As a Man of was buried in a heros grave wednesday on a Bleak and wintry red Square As artillery boomed an factory whistles and sirens Chernenko ornate coffin was placed at the far right of the Row of soviet leaders whose busts Mark Graves Between the Kremlin Wall and the mausoleum which houses the embalmed body of Vladimir the founder of the soviet re lated Page Chernenko grave is just to the right of that of marshal Semyon a hero of the bitter civil War that followed the 1917 bolshevik moments before the coffin was lowered into the Chernenko weeping bid Farewell to the deceased who died sunday at the age of he had been in failing health for several suffering lung and liver the widow stood at the Side of the open stroking Chernenko forehead and bending several times to press her Cheek against his face and kiss after two another woman led y cd Nenko her and the 10 surviving members of the headed by new Leader Mikhail stood at their arms raised in Salute As Chernenko coffin was lowered into the the soviet Anthem then rang out across the Cobblestone expanse of red and red flags atop Kremlin buildings were raised from half to full politburo members and other top officials then removed their Redan Black funeral and Gorbachev led his nine colleagues on the ruling body Back to the top of the they watched from there As soviet military forces marched slowly past the flanked by Premier Nikolai Tikhonov and foreign minister Andrei then descended from the mausoleum to a door in the Wall of the where he was to receive dozens of visiting foreign dignitaries during a ceremonial embassy spokesmen said Gorbachev met wednesday afternoon with vice president George British prime minister Margaret Thatcher and French president Francois wednesdays funeral ceremony began see Chernenko on Page 24 soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev greets vice president George Bush at burial of Konstantinap photo Bush delivers peace message7 to Gorbachev Moscow up vice president George Bush met privately wednesday with new soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev and delivered a message of peace from president the chief representative at the funeral of president Konstantin attended a Kremlin reception following the then met privately with the new Secretary general of the communist it was the third time in 28 months that Bush has trav eled to Moscow to attend the funeral of a soviet Leader and carry a message from in who asked not to be said that the latest letter from Reagan suggests that a soviet american Summit meeting be held in the United states with no soviet sources in Geneva hinted that the soviets would prefer a Summit in Helsinki on the 10th anniversary of the signing of the human rights accords Bush arrived on the eve of Chernenko calling for better relations with the Kremlin and announcing that he was carrying a personal letter to Gorbachev from Rea i have brought a message with me to Moscow from president Bush said at the it is a Mes Sage of after the Bush joined at least 100 other foreign dignitaries a reception hosted by the new communist party Leader inside the the Brief exchanges of greetings at the reception included a 30second Exchange Between Bush and Gorbachev the first High level american encounter with the 54year old soviet Gorbachev impressed British prime minister Margaret Thatcher during an official visit in december but he has never been to the United plan could save million per year of to fest use of travellers checks for duty travel by Dick Hodgson Kaiserslautern Bureau chief Ramstein Germany some air Force Mem Bers who request Advance payment of travel entitlements after april 1 will be receiving Citicorp travellers checks instead of according to Safe finance twelve bases air Force wide will be issuing the travel or s checks for six months As part of a test that officials say they Hope will save the government million per ram Stem and Yokota Are the Only two overseas bases participating in the which also issues diners club credit has agreed to provide the checks at no Cost to the govern officials it will also provide credit cards to stateside bases in the test at no chief master Robert Deputy chief of finance at Safe explained that the test is the result of a joint study conducted by the office of management and the general services the department of defense and the state the committees he recommended the use of travellers checks and credit cards for payment of travel related credit cards Are being tested Only at stateside he the people who Are considered to be frequent duty travellers will be issued credit he commanders within each major command will deter mine who receives the the primary Benefit to the government is in the area of Cash Bailey the million in savings will be generated by reducing the amount of interest the Treasury is required to pay on Cash which is held by agencies outside the if our disbursing offices dont need Cash to pay the see test on Page 24