European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 6, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 most in military paid by direct Deposit after All army recruits will have pay sent to Bank by Bob hover staff writer do you prefer Cash in your pocket to a checking account in your Bank if you your thinking May be in the past High Speed Money checking accounts and credit cards have replaced the use of Green Dol Lars in millions of everyday financial in keeping with this the military now pays the majority of its direct Deposit into financial institutions of their with direct the chances of the family running out of Money when the head of household is in the Field Are substantially military finance officials they Point out that the Grenada inva Sion in october 1983 proved that soldiers receiving direct Deposit pay experienced far fewer financial problems than those paid by More than 70 percent in the army and about 80 percent in the air Force now Are paid by direct in the Navy sailors have their pay deposited in Finan Cial known As sure pay in the army and air Force and a do pay deposited quicker in the direct pay is the wave of the the army will move a step closer to the standardization of direct pay by requiring sure pay for All recruits entering the serv ice after direct pay remains an option for recruits in the other its the Long Range goal of military planners who regard it As an instrument of direct they is sure and and eliminates snags that can cause financial especially during National Emer older military members who prefer Cash reflect earlier in the past All services paid in in the evolution of pay the army moved from Cash to pay vouchers to paychecks to sure pay delivered to troops on site once was Standard while direct pay remains optional in the air the Campaign to push it has been in 88 percent of personnel Are using sure at Rhein main a military Airlift come facile 82 percent receive their pay by that soldiers on Active duty As of 30 will continue to have a Choice of pay of but the Campaign for a Standard direct pay system moves inevitably ahead 1 with the sure pay requirement for All we must pay soldiers in peacetime As we intend to pay during chief of staff John Wickham said in support of sure rapid deployment dictated by global commitments has reduced reaction time available for soldiers to Settle their Finan Cial Wickham conversion to sure pay As the army Standard pay method facilitates the decision to make sure pay Manda tory for future soldiers is the result of an army George executive officer of the group making the said military experiences during the Grenada invasion confirmed the advantages of sure we Learned that some families had hungry empty cupboards and no yet the soldiers paychecks were on the Kitchen Sumrall units with a High sure pay participation experienced far fewer pay problems and pay inquiries than those with Low Par our support systems such at army Community services and army emergency Relief helped families in but a lot of the anxiety for the family and the Soldier could have been avoided if the sol Dier had planned ahead and had the Check deposited directly into a Sumrall said Many soldiers interviewed during the study expressed doubts about the Check Obank system because they objected to monthly service but the study revealed that 80 percent of the soldiers in the United states and 83 percent assigned overseas have Access on military installations to Banks or credit unions that offer free checking the accounts Are completely free when the sure pay option is Sumrall when the army Cranks up its mandatory sure pay prospective soldiers will be informed of the Standard pay sys tem at recruiting but they will not be affected during initial new soldiers will have 90 Days after arrival at their first permanent duty assignment to arrange for their pay to be deposited into an institution they Sumrall soldiers will receive training on Finan Cial matters during Basic and advanced Sumrall said financial education for sol Diers spouses also will be available and is considered an important Clement of family in the those who insist on carry ing wads of Green Cash will have have to write a Check to do Cash wont be obsolete for Small trans but the need for it has been substantially reduced by banking changes of the past Dodds advisory group rejects proposed Bill by Clint Swift Washington Bureau Washington the Parent teacher advisory group for defense department schools has narrowly rejected a Senate recommendation that it stay in the department of education even if the schools remain in the department of the vote 6 to 5 came Friday at the end of the latest three Day meeting of the advisory committee on dependents during the the com Mittee discovered that a Senate Bill that would abort the projected Transfer of the schools from the defense department to the education department also would make the advisory committee a defense the Senate armed services committee approved leaving the schools in the defense department and mov ing the committee during its markup last month of the fiscal year 1986 defense authorization the defense department has proposed the with at least qualified support of the education depart in the advisory committees administration panel urged that All language referring to move ment of the Acde from its present departmental location be All language referring to deletion of the office which provides support to the Acde should be deleted As opposition to the Senate Bill was led by Charlie an English teacher from Yokota High school in and army Edward a regional defense attorney from who serves on the committee As a Jewett and Anderson argued that the committee would have More Independence and credibility if an outsider such As the Secretary of education continued to appoint the committees members and provide its sup port while the schools were run by the defense depart Beth director of the dependents and representatives of the military european and Pacific responded that the present setup As Stephens put Stephens said it probably was without precedent that a committee appointed and supported by one government Agency should advise on operations of a second she said lawmakers had envisioned the arrangement Only for the period Between creation of the education department and Transfer of the schools from the depart ment of the advisory committee was created in 1978 As part of the defense the following the legislation that created the department of Edu cation called for the defense schools eventually to be transferred to the new and it placed the advisory committee under education As the Law stands the Transfer of the schools could take place any time after May Tom chairman of the administration said that even if the measure had the committee could Only ask Stephens to intercede for he said the committee is strictly advisory and would not go to con Gress Anderson also objected to language in the Bill that would change authorization for the committees meet Ings from at least four times each year to not More than four times each he said that could mean that the committee might legally not meet at Stephens and Thomas a representative of the education said that the ceiling would enable financial planners to make logical budget the committee approved Andersons suggestion that the defense department seek congressional approval to change the wording to require meetings at least two times a year but not More than four times a Stephens promised to pursue air Force Thomas the european come said Neucom would support meetings at the present frequency three times a year would fight any attempt to reduce he said the command regards childrens education As the 1 mor ale Factor for its Stephens also placed in the record her support for the there is no intent in Dodds to abolish this she we do not have elected school and we need your she noted that she had assigned an executive full time to be the school systems Liaison with the committee and continually sent Dodds executives to committee meetings to Brief the during the latest three Day Dodds staff members gave the committee presentations on drug abuse and sex the new automated Supply sys the systems participation in the National writing program and its efforts to serve talented and gifted Stu the Senate Bill would make the three command representatives full voting members and reducing Educa Tion department representatives from two to at the committee is made up of two representatives of the education two from the defense four four three school administrators and a the main support for the Transfer has come from the overseas education which represents teach ers in three of Dodds five sea leaders have argued that the Best Hope for Quality education in the schools in placing the schools under a department whose business is critics of the proposed Transfer have said that the special nature of military the role of families in morale and the fact that military communities provide much of the support for the schools argues for leaving the schools under defense department group comes out swinging against paddling up a group of parents and teachers opposed to Corporal punishment in Public schools wants to slap Down Missouri Law allowing the group will meet May then will begin collecting data on school paddling to present to legislators next teachers Kathi Jenkins and Barbara French and Parent Ann who says children Are emotionally harmed by Vio Lence on the part of school organized the the fact that a child can be even for academic reasons like not doing his Homework or forgetting a makes me question the value of that kind of Educa said the Mother of two Young i dont want my children learning out of Jenkins said opposition to spanking As a Means of discipline is Arent we being rather hypocritical she when a kid gets in trouble for hitting How do we punish him we hit it makes no who teaches children with behavioural disorders and recently was selected teacher of the year by the Rolla school questions the motive behind Cor poral i find it offensive and hypocritical that teachers or administrators feel they have to Pound on kids in order to prove there big she that All violence after i think the worst thing spanking does is take away the responsibility to face up to what the kid has she the kids gets says Hes sorry and never has the Chance to address the wrong Hes fireworks blast kills 3 Monte Carlo up three peo ple died and 14 were injured when a truck carrying fireworks from Italy to France sex police in the Mediterranean Princi Pality of Monaco