European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 7, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes june 1985 House May wait on proposed go Bill Extension by Clint Swift Washington Bureau chief Washington a House proposal to give Active duty  a Chance to qualify for the new i Bill May have to wait for Senate action on an earlier Capitol Hill staff members the latest offered by the Guam Delegate to the Ben would extend the program to members who were on Active duty when the program became Law last year and who have at least three years continuous Active a spokesman for designed As a recruiting the veterans education assistance act of 1984 was aimed at men and women entering military service and excluded members who were then on Active he the Bill has been referred to the armed services committees subcommittee on military pay and compensation and to the veterans affairs it is cosponsored by Sonny d the chairman of the veterans affairs a spokesman for who is a retired Marine Briga Dier said he is optimistic that the Bill will pass this year or next because of the Speed with which the House agreed to an earlier amendment of the new i Montgomery has proposed that the new i Bill cover not Only firs time recruits but recruits with prior serv that measure awaits Senate the Blaz and Montgomery staffers agreed that Blazs Bill probably will not be acted on until the Senate verdict is in on the Montgomery extending the benefits of the 1984 veterans educational assistance program will encourage enlistment and the Blaz spokesman it also was born of the belief that those people performing Active duty deserved the Blaz Bill also would cover members of the selected Reserve who have two years continuous Active selected Reserve part of the ready Are equipped and trained to perform a wartime the spokesman said the amended program would offer to a month in educational benefits for three the level of assistance would depend on the length of members continuous Active service members with five or More years of continuous Active service could qualify for supplemental most service members fall under one of three educational those who entered service before May qualify for the Vietnam Era i which runs out in people who entered service since then generally May apply for the veterans education assist Ance but they must do so before it ends on the last Day of this the new i Bill starts july people who qual Ify for the Vietnam Era Bill May elect to receive benefits under that program or switch to the new i people enrolled in leap May stay bit May not starting july new service members will be enrolled automatically in the new i unless they Tell their service they do not want to those who take part will have a month deducted from their pay for a year to help pay for the promotion from Page 1 and al ready have been recommended for promo during its the worksheet underwent several the final announced earlier this included some significant changes that left Many soldiers be Lieving their chances for promotion had been dealt a serious that May be says because the change made Gim Mcc Points a thing of the for soldiers previously could receive a maximum of 200 Points for time Ingrado and which required no individual Gimme Points Are said explain ing that categories that didst reflect a son Diers future performance were the idea behind the change was to put More emphasis on self improvement and military soldiers can get a maximum of 50 Points based on weapons qualification results and performance on the physical fit Ness civilian and is Worth 250 a 50point duty evaluated by the com increased 50 Points to a maximum of 200 As did the value of performance on the skill qualification the promotion previously Worth a fourth of the total now can award a maximum of 200 Down officials say this is a reflection of the army View Prem As airman Dies that the Board results Are based on a one time look at a the other categories reflect Lon term Effort and Are now weighted More education and training is a Good example of this change in soldiers now can earn a maximum of 250 up from for military and civilian education completion of military schools make up 150 Points of that civilian Worth 100 is evaluated at the rate of one Point per semester this can include University correspondence courses and completing the Clep general sol Diers who begin taking classes after they enter the army can earn a Bonus of 10 additional Points for but the Maxi mum total is 100 looking at the big Mckeough said individual soldiers and the army will Benefit from the whats Good for the Soldier is and whats Good for the army is a trained he the new worksheet puts More responsibility for being promoted into the soldiers the new system allows for recognition of individual said a Soldier now has incentive to he that the Overall army promotion scheme remains the same just the vehicle is the transition from the old worksheet to the new worksheet wont affect the num Bers of he that is still based on what the army needs and is authorized to terrorists from Page 1 they the terrorists came on so Strong it was Brad Mckay the mock terrorist Leader is really he barks out orders that would just about make your Knees he said children under seven Are always let out of the service the takeover was planned for just after the children a sergeant in Danaus 567th engr came up with the he said the realism was a result of hard we practice this almost three weeks in twice a two hours a Mckay said much of the practice time was spent making sure the team members kept their rifles pointed toward the and preparing for emergency i had briefed the members that if an incident did How they were supposed to approach the he among the things the terrorists worked on was How to react if someone ran for the Mckay said the mock terrorists we rent to touch or Chase anyone an usher was ready to explain to anyone running out of the Chapel what really was Mckay said even the execution of chaplain Willaim Ritchie was the chaplain stood up and said he was Mckay he said this should not happen in a place of something you cant take this Freedom away from in motorcycle Accident a Engele Sembach Germany an airman assigned to the 601st tactical control so at Prem died As a result of injuries sustained in a motorcycle Accident Clarence apparently lost control of his motorcycle while negotiating a curve on Highway b410 Northwest of the City of Prem at about 7 tues a base spokesman said Reed was taken to the Prem City Hospi where he was pronounced dead about an hour the spokesman a native of was assigned As a ground radio operator at Prem in february he had been in the air Force since february from Page 1 nation that protects in the former administrator of the cemetery said he remembered the Man now said to be Mengele and witnessed his burial in Gino told the associated press that the Man he knew As Wolfgang Gerhard was buried in the same grave As his Friderike the Gravestone bears Only her Carita said Gerhard used to visit the grave he described Gerhard As about 6 feet 2 inches with an athletic Gray Light eyes and a thick a he said Gerhard looked Well Over although his official death certificate listed his age As Gerhard was buried in a sealed Carita he said the funeral was at tended by four or five people who spoke with thick and that no one visited the grave after who would be 74 if he were still is the most sought after nazi War he reportedly fled to South America after the War and was variously reported As living in Paraguay and Mengele was notorious for the medical experiments he allegedly carried out on prisoners at he is accused of ordering the deaths of hundreds of thou Sands of soldiers body found in Dettelbach Quarry Germany the body of a 3rd inf div who was reported missing May has been found in a Rock Quarry near the who apparently was Richard of co 4th support in in Mitchell was swimming in the Rock Quarry in Dettelbach when he was last a division spokesman he had swum to one Side of the Quarry and was attempting to swim Back when he disappeared under the the Quarry is of limits to but Many germans and americans swim officials have a Soldier who witnessed the incident Noti fied the military and German scuba divers conducted a search of the but were initially unable to locate Mitchells body was recovered at the Quarry at 7 Mitchell is survived by his the couple was from where Mitchell will be memorial services for Mitchell were held thursday in Mckay said he believes the team did a Good when i was up there in the front i definitely saw a couple people who were bowing their Heads and shedding he i feel that the emotion was placed there where it needed to it was just to make them aware that we take the Freedom we have today for Betsy wife of chief warrant offi cer Eddie Holton of the 205th trans in in likened the incident to what christians Are going through in the soviet she had her third Grade daughter with and Hopes that she Learned that she has to stand up for what she believes she realizes that she has to fight for she Karen wife of 1st James Skellion of the 814th eng was impressed by the when he took Over the service and said pass All even though i knew it was just the thought of not having my Bible and being ordered to give it up was enough to make me feel very i was really proud of sergeant Mckay and his group and the chaplain to take this kind of she Webb said after the Sermon the Congre gation Sang America the and that was really he temperatures june 5 Rock Angeles Beach Paul Orleans York City Louis Petersburg Lake City Diego Francisco european weather forecast for Friday Cloudy skies in the North with rain mostly Cloudy afternoon and evening thunderstorms will High temperatures in the 70s lows in the 50s in the 60s Sunset Friday Sunrise saturday Outlook for saturday decreasing cloudiness in the North and in creasing cloudiness with Rainy conditions moving to the temperatures will be slightly temperatures recorded thursday 4am 4pm m cd f f f cd 59 59 p 59 72 68 73 54 63 66 84 68 82 4am 4pm f 59 68 p 63 72 54 55 54 68 59 79 59 72 66 86 of far mostly Cloudy partly Cloudy a Cloudy by Del 7th weather tra Bentzar r m p p f 57 75