European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 1985 the stars and stripes Page 5 Marine pay errors in report says corps is trying to retrieve Over million Kansas a the Marine corps finance Center has made millions of dollars in pay errors involving military personnel and retirees in recent according to a published Marine audits revealed the corps made overpayment and underpayments to Active duty marines estimated at million in 1983 and almost million in the Kansas City Star said in a copyright Story pay errors during the first half of 1984 the most recent period when such statistics were available total de about the newspaper Marine officials do not keep track of How much of the mistaken pay is but they said the Center was trying to collect More than million in overpayment from former marines As of april Marine officials acknowledged mistakes had but said the errors represented a Small portion of the estimated billion in payroll and related payments Church bus crash killing 4 blamed on rain big Texas a the Driver of a Church bus that rolled Over times into a Cotton killing four people and injuring says the Accident occurred on a Section of Highway soaked by heavy i came up on a Long stretch of water and it Felt like the bus lifted up and turned said the Robert Scott of big the which was northbound on crossed the median saturday night and came to rest on the West Side of the Highway about 25 Miles Northwest of big Spring in Western department of Public safety spokesman David Wells the vehicle had come from san and had picked up passengers in Midland and big authorities the bus owned jointly by churches in Odessa and big Spring was headed for a Northwest Texas jurisdictional conference in the Frank pastor of the Power House Church of god in Christ in big and his were in a car be Hind the bus when the Accident some got out on their Nel son said of the injured some had to be helped they were not screaming and they were very i could hear people thirty seven passengers were taken to Malone Hogan Hospital in big Spring after the department of Public safety Ken Neth Walters identified the dead As Anita Sheila Clyde All of big Spring and Darlene of san disbursed in those paid included Active duty reservists and retirees and their survivors in what is an acceptable error rate asked Lynn commanding officer of the Kansas Cit based finance if you look at a billion and youre looking at an error rate of 1 what does that equate to More Money than Well make in our problems in the Marine pay system had been outlined in nearly 90 reports issued from 1978 to 1984 by the general accounting the naval audit service and internal Navy and Marine corps the newspaper officials at Marine corps Headquarters in Washington rebutted criticism of the finance centers the information we have on the Marine corps finance Center would suggest there doing an exceedingly Good Job in what they said George Robinson head of disbursing for the Marine Raymond National executive director of the Marine corps an Independent service said the finance Center seemed to be a very Well oiled but Randall a former private first class from said marines in his unit frequently encountered pay there were generally 10 or 20 people or More whose pay was screwed said Olio served As a Heli copter Mechanic before leaving the service in whenever you move from one duty station to you can count on your pay not being right for half a people expect the newspaper said the Marine corps was trying to improve record keeping in the Field by installing computer terminals that would give outlying offices Access to Central computers in Kansas truck Accident in new Mexico a photo a group of bystanders help extinguish a fire caused when a truck overturned on interstate 40 near five passengers of the truck were treated for the Fate of another Man Riding in the truck was not messes arrest warrant Tor jaywalking reinstated Sands of time in the stars and stripes los Angeles a an arrest warrant issued four years ago against at Torney general Edwin Meese for failure to pay a jaywalking ticket has been re the warrant had been withdrawn Friday to determine if the ticket had been but no payment was said Ted a spokesman for City attorney James Meese now owes Goldstein Meese was cited in june 1980 at an intersection near president reagans election and the warrant was issued a year Goldstein although jaywalking is a minor the City expects such Fine Stein fines to be Gold he said the City attorneys office received word that messes executive director of the California department of motor will be coordinating payment to the court administrators of Meese has been Given no special favor whatsoever Goldstein police chief Daryl Gates wrote to Meese monday assuring the attorney general that extradition was never said police commander William Booth noted that Meese was easily to we try to be reasonable and we try to maintain that what Ever the prominence of the Booth 40 years ago today july 1945 military authorities in Frankfurt revealed that in a 48hour showdown inspection which covered All of the american held have arrested More than germans and seized Large amounts of ammunition and 30 years ago foday july 1955 former Secretary of state Cordell father of the United died in Washington after a Long Hull won the Nobel peace in 20 years ago foday july 1965 president Johnson signed the Bill which is to bring Coppe Nickel Sandwich coins to the Public Early next the president asked that not Hoard the present Silver 70 years ago foday july 1975 in astronaut Thomas commanding the last Mani space Mission for at least four said he regrets the end of this Era of space exploration but predicted a new age with the space