European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes Denmark is for children see stripes Magazine n Congress focuses on go 3 q medal will Honor Vietnam 9 n no Al stars beat Al 17 the 91 authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces july 1985 Ooisy Ond sunday d 8693 a Dollar plunges further Market volatile London up the Dollar fell sharply on european currency markets hit by concern about the american Economy and president reagans Gold strengthened on the dollars weak Bullion closed up in Zurich at and up in London at Silver also closed on the London Money dealers re ported nervous and volatile currency Trad the Pound reached its highest level against the Dollar since last closing at compared with in the Dollar closed at Down from and in Zurich it slumped to Down from sales of Marks to personnel be at the rate of based on a midday see other conver Sion rates on Page in hectic the Dollar lost More ground when false rumours circulated in London financial markets that Reagan had terming the false reports the height of Deputy press Secretary Pete Roussel said in Washington that there had been no change in the presi dents dealers said the rumours about Reagan originated in and they Only temporarily affected the London Stephen chief dealer for their ving Trust Bank in predicted that the Dollar would continue to the Dollar was also hit by Market sex see Dollar on Page 24 first lady visits Carrier America As Bush sees Reagan in Hospital aboard the America a lady Nancy in an abbreviated tour of this giant aircraft car Rier As part of her Antidrug wednesday gave the ships officers and Crew a message from her hospitalized when i kissed the commander in chief he will you Tell them How proud i am of How often i think about them and Tell them there Are no americans i have greater respect or affection for than those Fellows out there defending vice president George Bush visited presi Dent Reagan for the first time since reagans surgery on saturday in Bethesda naval Hospital and said the presi Dent discussed the problems of government just As if he were sitting there in the Oval it really is dramatic the Way the recovery is taking Bush said after meeting with Reagan for 45 min utes in the Hospital outside he said Reagan walked toward him to Greet him and looked very Good Bush said they discussed the Progress of congressional budget negotiations and agricultural among other the main Point is he was clearly read up and concerned about the various problems just As if he were sitting see first lady on Page 24 meat from might be shipped to 6 commissaries in Europe As test by Clint Swift Washington Bureau chief Washington a cargo of meat on a truck that broke Down in Montana last Spring May be behind a House amendment calling on the department of defense to try shipping meat to commissaries in the offered by Robert r would require a six month test of sending pork and Lamb to three army and three air Force the test would seek to establish the feasibility of the shipments and examine How Well they were received by commissary after the the defense depart ment would have six months to write up the results and transmit them to the amendment was offered during debate on the defense authorization Bill for next there was no such requirement in the Senate but conferees see meat on Page 24 political issues a photo american born Margaret wife of greek Premier Andreas told delegates at the women decade conference that All issues discussed at the gathering should be consid ered political see related Story on Page army directs Barbarossa of rescind Check restrictions by Charlie Bowden staff writer Heidelberg army contracting officials wednesday directed the Barbarossa travel Agency to immediately rescind its policy of not accepting personal checks writ ten against stateside Bank the army contracting Agency based in directed bar Barossa to revoke its it also told the company to drop the limit imposed on checks written against american express military Banks or overseas branches of Federal credit the policy change violated a provision of the contract that Barbarossa has with the army to operate exclusive travel concessionaire offices at army communities in a contracting official the which took effect March requires that Barbarossa accept As payment for services Cash Dol Lars and credit cards and any changes require a written contract modification negotiated with army contracting the contract has not been the official Barbarossa owner Wolfgang Scherer said wednesday afternoon that he was in the process of notifying his Branch offices at 34 army communities that the policy on Check acceptance was Barbarossa spokesman Werner Kaus Mann said tuesday that the restriction was introduced in reaction to about per Day in bounced checks that the firm had received from he said the firm had about Worth of bad checks still at that Pausmann said the policy change had been discussed and cleared with army contracting the army message also directed Barba Rossa to retract that Scherer we informed us acae the contracting Agency at a meeting about 10 Days ago of the which was needed to protect the company be cause of losses from bad they didst say so we started the Scherer said Pausmann was not at that asked if he had clearance to make the he said i informed but it was not a i heard no objections at that the contracting official said Scherer has been told he could not implement such a at a meeting in mid june when Scherer brought up the prob Lem of bad he was told to present specifics by and the problem then would be addressed through Community the official Scherer did not present the details of the problem although reminded twice june 26 and july the official on july after the Check acceptance policy was in Scherer was sent a telex telling him to change the policy and was again asked for the details of the the official