European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 13, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d i tech Glamour at Frankfurt Auto show Page 3 d children and food what s Yucky what s  Magazine d today s Dollar buys 2.95 Marks rates Page 27 the stars and tripes vol. 44, no. 148 Friday september 13, 1985 in in qty � w sumo d 8693 a military jobs pay less study says civilian workers generally fare Beffer in Blue Collar Fields when the pay was averaged Over a 40 hour week the study found the military member received less per hour worked than the civilian in All  the study compared pay records taken from the defense manpower data Center to the Bureau of labor statistics wage surveys for 12 major cities. It found less than a 3 percent difference Between the lifetime earnings of an e-7 who retires after 20 years service and then works in the private sector to age 63, and a High school graduate who earns average pay for his work in the private sector until reaching the same age. By Clint Swift Washington Bureau Washington military members Art paid less and work longer hours than their civilian counterparts a study of More than 20 Blue Collar jobs shows. In the 22 occupations studied Milieu y Cash pay exceeded civilian Cash pay in Only two of eight apprentice comparisons in Lix of 21 Journeyman comparisons and in none of four master level comparisons according to the study by computer based system of Fairfax a. The study was commissioned by the Senate appropriations committee. Trains collide in Portugal at least 46 die Viseu Portugal a an eastbound express train carrying hundreds of migrant workers to France slammed head on into a westbound local train wednesday in the mountains of Central Portugal. At least 46 people died in the blazing wreckage and More than 100 were injured news report said. The seven coach express bound from the coastal City of Oporto to henday France was behind schedule and did not wait for the Coimbra bound train to move onto a tiding the portuguese Domestic news Agency Anop quoted railway  As saying. The wrecked coaches derailed and burst into flames setting fire to a Pine Forest firefighters and witnesses said. Some can burned for As Long As three hours. More than 500 firefighters 100 ambulances air Force helicopters paramilitary police and the portuguese red Cross converged on the disaster site Between Mangu Alde and Nulu in the mountainous Serra de Estrela Region Iso mild Northeast of Lisbon. The trains were travelling on the same track in opposite directions railway official said and the eastbound inter National slammed head on into the westbound local at 6 40 pin. The officials spoke on the condition that they not be identified. Weinberger assures Active duty personnel the study looked at pay at three Levels of experience apprentice e-3journey Man e-5and master e-7. It examined Basic pay and allowances bonuses special and incentive pay holidays and vacations sick leave health life and disability insurance survivor benefits Exchange and commissary discounts and retirement pay. The authors said conclusions should be drawn with care because the number of Job categories and military cases studied was Small. The study used enlisted Mem Bers because they arc the majority of the Force and because their jobs arc better defined than those of military managers. The main criterion for picking the jobs examined was availability of consistent data from a variety of cities on skills that had counterparts in the military. The study immediately excluded military members assigned to Armor infantry artillery and similar occupations. The occupations studied included com Puter Programmer Stock clerk Auto me chanic Carpenter electrician and Painter. The study tried to Minimi a Bias by using labor and defense department Job and pay data and by hiring classification experts to say which civilian jobs matched see pay on Page 28 Reorg Gaertner surrenders in los Angeles. Adolf Hitler s last soldier7 Calls it quits los Angeles up for Gcorge , world War ii ended wednesday. Claiming to be the last fugitive German prisoner of War in America Gaertner turned himself in to the immigration and naturalization service after running and hiding since 1945 when he escaped from a pow Camp in new Mexico. Not even his wife of 21 years knew of Gar incr s lonely desperate secret that prompted at least 20 moves and the use of several aliases. For All these years i hid my secret Gael nor said fighting Back tears. His wife Jean became so fright ened and confused by my unwillingness to discuss my past that she threatened to leave he said. With Only a Trace of a German accent. Gaertner said her bags were packed and a Tani was  relieved by her husband s decision to unburden him self of decades of fear Jean Gaertner said it s been very difficult. I m very confident that hell be allowed see Soldier on Page 28 pension cuts won t affect current members by Norman Black Washington a defense Secretary Caspar w. Weinberger in an unusual open letter to the troops has pledged that no personnel on Active duty will face a reduction in their pension Bene fits. The letter dated sept. 6 but released wednesday notes that Pentagon officials Are now grappling with a proposed con Gressional reduction in the defense department s retirement budget. If that reduction becomes Law however changes to the system will affect future entrants Only Weinberger told the nation s 2.1 million Active duty service personnel. I want to emphasize to you again in the strongest terms that the dedicated men and women now serving and those who have retired before them will be fully protected in any options we Are required to submit to the Congress. You can be assured that our efforts on this Issue will not  asked what had prompted the letter Pentagon spokesman Fred Hoffman said Weinberger has been getting feedback from the Field that some people in uniform arc getting very nervous about losing their  concern like that can have an effect on morale and retention and the Secretary decided he should restate his position the spokesman added. A House Senate Compromise on the Pentagon budget for fiscal 1986 includes a $2.9 billion reduction in the $18.2 billion requested for military pensions. Wein Berger has contested thai reduction Bui so far to no Avail. The Compromise plan has been passed by the Senate but is still awaiting House action. Currently an individual can Sci inc with 50 percent of his Basic pay after 20 years service. Former budget director David Stock Man celled those pension benefits scandal Ous earlier this year. Rose Breaks Cobb s hit record Page 21