European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 17, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes july Barbarossa travel stops accepting personal checks on accounts by Charlie Bowden staff writer Kaiserslautern Barbarossa travel Agency has stopped accepting personal checks drawn on Bank accounts in the United a change that could have a significant Impact on travellers in the military the policy change was made in response to what a Barbarossa spokesman described As a tremendous amount of bad checks that were being received from service members for travel spokesman Werner Pausmann said the company had been receiving an average of about per Day in bad the travel firm has about Worth of bad checks we had to take some immediate said Kaus the policy change was started about two weeks and a notice was posted in Barbarossa offices at 34 army communities in Germany to inform customers of the new Pausmann said the change was discussed and cleared with army contracting the change is considered Pausmann Barbarossa officials Are negotiating with an insurance company to provide coverage for such and a Deci Sion is expected within two Barbarossa will continue to accept personal checks written against american express military Banks or overseas branches of Federal credit but Only in amounts up to company officials Are attempting to reach an agreement with those organizations for Tele phone confirmation on personal checks written against accounts with those once an agreement is reached with the overseas Bank ing organizations and insurance is Pausmann said Barbarossa will again accept stateside How he said a ceiling would but it probably would be raised to the Impact of the change could be significant for defense department civilians and their the prime Market for last according to american express travel offi express received about personal checks written against stateside Bank american express operated travel offices on military installations in Germany for nearly 40 years before hav ing to close Down its on Post army operations after los ing to Barbarossa Early this year in bidding for an exclusive concessionaire travel the army contract with Barbarossa took effect March the air Force in Europe later asked for bids on a similar contract for its bases in Germany and the Neth but american express did not Sun based in won that contract in Sun Tours currently accepts All personal checks for travel services at its 10 locations and has no Dollar the firm is not experiencing a problem with bad according to a Sun Tours but travel officials said it generally takes about four to six weeks before a bad Check is returned from a stateside in some Pausmann it appears that the bad checks Are attempts at he said som have been received from the stateside banking firm stamped account smuggling Reagan from Page 1 tiny the secret indictments were handed Down last week by a Federal grand jury in san state department spokesman Robert Smalley declined to comment on the arrests saying As the matter is be fore the i can Only refer you to the department of Justice for but he did say that the United states has maintained neutrality throughout the course of the Ira Iraq and we continue to do we do not Supply either directly or to either Smalley and we support the Independence and territorial integrity of both we want a negotiated settlement that will protect these rights of we think we have a Bunch of thieves that figured out a system and worked the the motivation was said Quentin customs commissioner for the Pacific Webster said the five were charged with illegal interstate shipment of stolen prop which carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a All five also were charged with theft of government which carries a Maxi mum penalty of 10 years and a and with violating the arms exports and imports which carries a maximum Fine and two years in according to from Page 1 reagans i think theres kind of a collective sigh of Relief around the world when the operation was successful and then when yesterdays on was very the vice president Reagan is expected to remain in the hos Pital at least until the and then his recuperation is expected to take six to eight weeks plans have been drafted to reduce his workload and turn Over some of his decision making to Regan and the a tentative decision has been made to Clear reagans schedule of Public events until his planned departure for a California now set to begin according to one speaking Pri some officials said the vacation Date May be moved Senate oks Burt As new ambassador Washington a the Senate confirmed Richard Burt As the Ambas Sador to West Germany and approved two other appointments on writing the final chapter to a struggle Between the state department and conservative Jesse the assistant Secretary of state for european was confirmed on a vote of Rozanne a career Diplo mat currently serving As ambassador to East was named to succeed Burt on a vote of Edwin Corr was confirmed As ambassador to Al truck from Page 1 after Midnight on saturday and that the vehicle was nowhere near any permanent or restricted soviet military let me underscore at the outset that we View this matter very said the intent of the soviets who were involved in the incident is regardless of whether it was an Acci Dent or a deliberate it accentuates once again the problem that we have faced in recent the difficulties that our perfectly legitimate Liaison teams have been experiencing in operating in East the military authorities have made a protest to the and the Sovi ets have said they will look into but it is very puzzling to us that our vehicle could not have been recognized for what it was and Given the appropriate berth of space on the As explained by the three americans were doing their observing a soviet military unit returning to its a truck with at least two soviets inside pulled up behind the vehicle and flashed its High beam the spokesman the americans then seeded up after travelling farther Down the High moved to pull off the As they were pulling off the Road to turn the soviet vehicle rammed the vehicle from the Hoffman the spokesman said he was unsure whether there was any confrontation be tween the americans and soviets after the the americans quickly returned july is March from Page 1 est one 77yearold woman is marking a Hal Century of Nijm Egen marching this hotels in the City and surrounding villages Are and the Nijm Egen tourist Board was finding rooms in private Homes for late the March week began sunday with an ecumenical service at Antonius Church near the Start and finish the theme was a Flag Parade at Nijm Egens Offert stadium opened the marches monday night with an extravaganza of hot air bal Parachute drops and colourful the Berlin brigades Drill team put on a As did two bands from the the High school band and the Central High school show band from por joined with the Stampede show band from to help launch the Dan curator of the army 3rd army is Back again with his roman its the second time he has brought a team dressed in roman military gear Complete with Spears and sandals to this year they Hope to according to a league 51 teams totalling More than 750 military marchers from units stationed in Europe Are hitting the four separate another 170 from stateside installations Are also participate she two bands from the 8th inf div in bad and the 3rd army div in Frankfurt Are along with another 12 International military the spokeswoman said the marches Are not a but Are instead a matter of it is difficult to she in what to the Blister footed soldiers is an obvious those who do finish will receive individual and team medals if 90 percent of the team there Are also commemorative med als for bicycle orderlies who ride along with their teams and dispense liquid first Aid and third army div units Are providing Mili tary Shower and dining facilities and most other support for the huge military Camp set up i the Heumen Soord for est adjacent to the Southern Edge of the women military marchers Are being billeted in the the marches end Friday afternoon in what is being called the most colourful highlight of the according to the league spoke Swo spectators waiting at the finish line will Shower the marchers with Flowers and All will be wearing their very Best in what she called a marchers fashion l h 70 82 68 90 53 69 69 89 74 78 75 95 57 78 70 89 62 96 71 85 69 78 68 88 78 93 70 91 67 80 75 87 69 83 76 99 58 85 64 86 70 85 51 74 49 79 58 85 76 91 75 90 70 86 72 92 76 85 76 108 74 100 Albany Albuquerque Anchorage Atlanta Atlantic City Baltimore Billings Birmingham Boise Boston Buffalo Burlington Charleston Charleston Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Worth Denver Des Molnes Detroit Fairbanks Fargo Hartford Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Kansas City Las vegas Little Rock l h 69 87 los Angeles 78 92 Louisville 79 95 Memphis 79 86 Miami Beach 57 82 Paul 77 96 Nashville 72 89 new Orleans 73 92 Norfolk 74 84 new York 72 95 Oklahoma City 62 82 Omaha 72 91 Orlando 75 90 Philadelphia 85 105 Phoenix 68 85 Pittsburgh 60 85 Portland 60 85 Portland 71 87 Providence 68 91 Raleigh 53 98 Reno 73 88 Louis 73 85 Petersburg 75 99 Salt Lake City 70 76 san Diego 53 72 san Francisco 74 78 san Juan 55 83 Seattle 67 84 Syracuse 72 101 Tucson 78 95 Washington 72 83 Wichita to their Mission offices in he noting that defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger has still not received any reply to his demand for an apology and compensation for Nicholson Hoffman added the Secretary was very disturbed by the latest the United states maintains a 14man military Liaison Mission inside East Ger Many under the terms of a 1947 the treaty allows the soviets to maintain similar missions in West the teams Are used by both sides to gather Mili tary intelligence and Are guaranteed the right of Freedom of travel under the terms of the the incident last weekend was the third involving soviet and Allied forces in East Germany in less than four in Britain protested to the soviet Union Over an incident that occurred Between British and soviet military forces on june temperatures european weather forecast for wednesday mostly Cloudy skies with widespread rain and thunderstorms in Southern Ger Many while Northern and Central areas will be partly to occasionally mostly Cloudy with morning fog and blah temperatures will be in the High 60s to High 70s lows in the Low to Sunset wednesday Sunrise thursday Outlook for thursday mostly Cloudy to Cloudy skies isolated ral showers and thunderstorms will affect Western areas and the Ben Elux temperatures nearly the temperatures recorded tuesday p r Fig m p 4pm 74 84 57 63 72 88 73 90 61 81 r 48 57 55 4pm m 52 63 m 55 75 m 55 70 f m 88 m 57 77 p 57 75 f 70 88 partly Cloudy mostly Cloudy Iraln of fog f by 7th weather