European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 24, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes july 1985 legless vet three fourths of Way to Capitol a its taken Bob a legless Vietnam almost three years to finish three fourths of his Cross country and Hes far closer to the Atlantic than to his goal of Mil lion to feed the when reached Effingham last he had finished about 75 percent of the journey and million of his Yard Long Steps each one taken on his but his plea for corporate sponsors has raised Only the walk to raise Money for thousands of physically and spiritually hungry began at Knotts Berry farm in it will end on the Capitol Steps in the next year or of said he walks three to five Miles a usually trav Els six Days a week and Hopes to Cross into Indiana in he said his goal is to obtain corporate and individual donations of for each of the approximately million Steps of his walk for poor weather rarely slows him he if it is unsafe for then i for precautionary Wieland said his coldest Day was 26 de Grees below in the past three years there has not been too much one of his most startling experiences was discovering in a Chat with a passerby in Missouri that the two had served together in the 25th inf div in they also discovered that the Dennis had carried him to a helicopter after he stepped on a mortar when Wieland regained consciousness after numerous transfusions and a bout with malaria he found his body had been blown in his Hopes of playing with the Phila Delphia Phillies he began weight for six he coordinated strength and flexibility programs for athletic teams at California slate University in los Wieland gear for his current Challenge includes special shoes for his hands and an Orange reflecting once a month he flies Home to visit his and their four asked what keeps him Faith in the Jesus will provide the ability to overcome the a Laguna the spirit of is overseeing the fundraising Wieland Money will be distributed to the Sal vation world the american red Cross and other Charity his corporate sponsor is the sportswear emergency leave program Nof limited to Continental Washington air Force members and their fam Ilies overseas will no longer incur so Many out pocket expenses to travel on emergency leave to areas not within the Continental United according to an air Force news service transportation officials in Washington said the funded emergency leave program has been expanded to pay for members and their command sponsored family members to travel almost anywhere in the world when military flights Are not in the the air Force paid Only for commercial travel to locations in the Continental United states or a Possession if military transportation was not officials the program also covers members and their families stationed in the United states who go on emergency leave to an overseas to the members Home of place of entry into the place of first enlistment or Legal residence must be local traffic management officials have More information about the Gryphon is fhe new name ground launched cruise missile Ramstein Germany Gryphon is the win Ning name for the ground launched cruise missile in the name the Glam contest sponsored by air a command official Safe commander Charles Donnelly announced the winners in the which gave air Force members in Europe a nickname for the first place went to James Glam operations staff Safe employment and plans for the Gryphon the mythological Crea Ture had the wings and forelegs of an Eagle and the body and Hind legs of a Thomas Doughterty won Sec Ond he is chief of the Glam operations inspection Branch at the Safe inspector general Nichols nominated for alaskan air come Post Washington a air Force David Nichols has been nominated by president Reagan to be come the new commander of the alaskan air de sense Secretary Caspar Weinberger said is the air forces Deputy chief of staff for plans and operations at the he will replace Bruce who plans to retire 1 after More than two years in the alaskan Harley Hughes will succeed changes in regulations provide More time for House Hunting Randolph Texas changes to the Permis Sive temporary duty assignment program allow members to take up to five Days to look for a Home while on their Way to a new duty station without being charged according to manpower and personnel Center a member could Only make the trip before the permanent change of station members have the option of House Hunting under under the previous rules or the new which became effective in members can also take the five Day trip in conjunction with leave and in conjunction with an overseas but since the time is counted As permissive members going to overseas locations will not be eligible for Tempo Rary lodging allowances for those officials All services expected of test new toy allowance system by Dwight trimmer Washington Bureau Washington the other military services will Likely join the air Force next fiscal year in testing a simpler and quicker method for paying temporary duty per diem according to a source with the House armed services the air Force has been testing that system of pay ment filtrate per Dies since february the House armed services committee wants the testing to continue this time with All the services supporters in the armed services committee believe the filtrate method is simpler and less expensive than current payment according to the committee the House version of the by 86 defense authorization Bill contains a provision that would extend the flatmate per diem test through september that provision would include All the military services in the the armed services committee source explained that Congress last year authorized the coast the air Force and the defense logistics Agency to test flatmate per diem he the committee wants All the military services to test flatmate per diem pay ments at the same the armed services committee contends in its report that the flatmate method of paying per diem allowances May be More Cost effective and less administratively Complex than reimbursing service members for their actual travel a per diem allowance is paid to service members whenever they must travel Between duty either on temporary duty or when being the allow Ance is designed to offset the Cost of lodging and other incidentals associated with official a Sepa rate mileage allowance also is during reassignment the service member receives per Day to cover those the House armed services committee wants to authorize a per diem allowance for family the House version of the by 86 defense authorization Bill contains such a the per diem allowance for family members would be for those Over 12 years and for those 12 and the flatmate per diem system being tested by the air Force applies to temporary duty travel per diem during reassignments is not if government meals and lodging Are not provided during temporary duty the military normally reimburses service members for the actual amount they spend on those the defense per diem com Mittee sets separate maximum allowable per diem pay ments for Norma land High Cost duty under the flatmate per diem a single daily rate is paid to that rate is the same for All areas service members receive a reduced per diem if govern ment meals or lodging Are enlisted members draw per diem payments with their food allowances subtracted from the officers receive the full German offering a Reward for every baby born in District Germany up a wealthy retired alarmed by Germany plummeting birth tuesday offered Marks to the parents of every new baby in his children Are the future of a the founders of families and taxpayers of the said Wilhelm Rade explaining his unusual Rademacher said he will give a Crisp Mark note to the parents of any child born in the franconian town of West of be tween now and the end of Germany is losing population at the rate of people a year because of the Low birth apparently not caused by poverty or unemployment but by a materialistic reluctance on the part of germans to Burden themselves with in the abortion rate is particularly one pregnancy in four is terminated despite the fact that nearly 50 percent of the population say they Are roman the abortion rate has prompted Calls for widely abused abortion Laws to be Germany population has been falling since then there were million in there were Only soviet envoy discuss Summit Moscow a the new soviet foreign Eduard has met with ambassador Arthur Hartman to discuss the Summit meeting set for november and bilateral the official Tass news Agency embassy spokesman Jaroslav Verner said the meeting at the foreign ministry monday night lasted about one hour and was hartmans first session with she who was named foreign minister on july when Andrei Gromyko gave up the Post to become Verner said the meeting took place at hartmans re the Tass account discussed were questions of bilateral relations Between the and the including in connection with the forthcoming meeting of general Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev and president Ronald it gave no other who has been the communist party general and thus the top soviet Leader since March plans to meet with Reagan in Geneva on it will be the first Summit in More than six Shevardnadze plans to meet with Secretary of state George Shultz at the end of this month in during ceremonies marking the 10th anniversary of the signing of the Helsinki pact on european Security and