European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes Dodds seeking academically d Girardelli wins ski cup d today Dollar buys Page 27 Page 9 23 the authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces 337 March 198s Voity on d 8693 a Gao of review travel contract Agency reconsiders Appeal by american express by Charlie Bowden staff writer the general accounting reversing an earlier has directed the army to submit a report cover ing the solicitation and award of a travel services concessionaire contract for us Reurs morale support Divi earlier this the Gao dismissed requests from american express travel officials for the Agency to re View the circumstances surrounding the award of the lucrative contract to the Barbarossa travel Agency of a Gao spokeswoman said the Gao rules on contract protests Only when appropriated funds Are american express officials say they have not received an official response from the Gao rejecting the company protest of the contract last american express lawyers submitted a request for reconsideration to the Gao and provided additional information pointing out that certain amounts of appropriated funds Are involved in the Gao attorney David who is handling the Case for the said thursday that the Gao had re Quested an Agency report from the the report is due april 18 and Ashen said the Gao would Issue a decision by july Ashen explained that the Agency report would in clude All relative documents and information pertain ing to the contract these include copies of the request for abstracts of offers from the two parties and contracting officer Frankfurt based american attorney Robert Daly now on retainer with american express military travel in said the company would be allowed seven Days to comment on the army report to the Gao before a decision is he said american express could then provide additional information based on what is supplied by the army concerning the award of the the Leader of the pack Libby glides across the finish line wednesday As the first woman Champion in the Idita Rod trial sled dog race in the anchorages gnome course took her 18 20 min utes and 17 seconds to although that was the fourths lowest winning time in the races 13year Histo it was enough for a riddles endured subzero temperatures and screaming concessionaire Daly submitted a protest 28 by telex directly to the comptroller who oversees the in his Daly he brought out new objections to the army request for bids and questioned the qualifications of the Barbarossa travel he would not lab Dalys As Well As one submitted by senior counsel Andrew Somers from american express new York repeated allegations brought out in the company initial Appeal filed 4 with the army contracting the Gao decision is the latest development in the army contracting which has stirred up rumours and uncertainty in the military travel Barbarossa owner Wolfgang Scherer said he began operation monday in at least 34 locations of the 43 included in the the others didst open be cause the army  get the location ready in see Gao on Page 28 South african police kill 16 Black protesters South Africa a police shot 16 Black protesters to death and wounded at least 22 others thursday when a crowd tried to March from a Black township to a White suburb in the town of Umiten police the shootings occurred on the 25th anniversary of the police shootings of 69 Black protesters in South of it was a Day of memorial services in Black areas Henry Beck at police Headquarters in Pretoria con firmed that 16 Blacks were killed and said 22 were Mono a Black journalist for a Johan Nesburg sunday newspaper for visited the shooting scene soon he said a fire truck washed the blood from the victims off the the reporter said eyewitnesses told him a crowd of several Hundred was trying to March from Langa through site phage to another Black on the other Side of the to a funeral for three Blacks killed in rioting 10 Days the crowd did not know that the Kwan Buhle funeral had been banned by a magistrate judge several hours Badela the owner of a shop 50 Yards from the shootings told the reporter that police in armoured riot vehicles ordered the marchers to turn and stoning and shooting broke the sequence of events in the clash was he police spokesman Steve Van Rooyen said the Situa see police on Page 28 military must obey local Laws Washington a the which traditionally has allowed Beer drinking by personnel under age must begin complying with local drinking age Laws on june the Pentagon in a directive signed earlier this month by assistant defense Secretary Lawrence the Marine corps and air Force were told there could be Only three exceptions to the those were if a base was located far from a such As Remote radar facility in Alaska if a base was located close to another nation or state with a lower drink ing age so that intoxicated soldiers would ply the highways Between the base and those locations or if there was a uniquely military such As the conclusion of arduous military duty or the anniversary of the establishment of a Mili tary organization or the services qing have followed state drinking Laws regarding hard but base commanders were Given latitude in allowing the Sale of Beer to Active duty personnel under age those policies came under fire last year when Congress passed a Law threatening states with the loss of Federal Highway funds unless they adopted a strict drink ing age limit of 21 by state legislators said the government was being hypocritical if it did not do the same at military the Pentagon says there were roughly men and women under age 21 on Active duty As of last 30 out of a total military strength of the new policy will not affect Active duty personnel posted