European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 04, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes Friday october 4, army studying european separations i 11 u a n a Iascu. It dr.ivmnj1 kurd in an Hie Ilie idi.1.i i in so soldiers 1o k i a i he service in 1 ihdfx.1 a Tiller  Elji Jint them Back in the states Lur their  the concept initial planned to begin list summer was shelved after senior army leaders visited the two separation Points in he United Stales and gave them Good Marks. In the years past he two separation Points tort Jackson . And for . Have come under the army did not sourcing  nor earing of i to be going on there tid i i Gen Robert . Dennl thief Plati Nini i  lir per not a fur inc army.  s   Tom tired oms derails in Lite tar of ill at Lew  and recent s a jut Kimit. Bin in s an Uphill Ull lion. Ilmi  the seere army Apnar cylk teen  the  indicated that the units p Job i i by senior present setup is Fine. U or with Soldier Cate thai their Ever care  senior personnel officials Lieve the idea has Sci ing their pitch Dollar Savi it lies there Impi ipe to include he like is our j  be have Ibio show Hind 1 1 ear be non ones d efficiency As Nel Offieri rating soldiers in l Europe. Can be accomplished a proposal in an inter annual personnel and adminis i being held this week in the 1st personnel  to person separation r the proposal a Mil i separation men  opposed to the Transfer re ints would be established in Liu Etui Rosment that a Soldier exp rope to handle most soldiers separating or under the present system. Problems co retiring from the Arm at inc end of a be resolved at the Soldier s unit and once  assignment. Separated the Soldier can leave Europe be is we a ivc to show that what a Are with just one trip ahead the trip Home. Courley said Hurij Fin William gourdes. Commander of 1st personnel c Tond is an outspoken advocate of he change. We stand firm in ,. We 1 dignity and control to the separation process for soldiers in Europe Yourley said. The idea is Ruil Lial lire organi a tons in inc Stales Are doing a Rex r Job Gourley said the idea is that the separating Soldier can be handled More smoothly in Europe with is travel required and head Home Oti a positive note As i Potentia Goodwill ambassador in his or her Hometown. Gourley said the revised pitch for them including Cost savings data Tod now would probably Lake the program could ays of approval 45 Days two trucks two cars a Rifo Cycle und a car Dealership s Scricc building were All victims of Thi. Large sinkhole in Jacksonville a. Sinkhole caused by water that broke through drainpipe Jacksonville Fla. A a sink Hole that consumed tvo cars two trucks and a motorcycle  destroyed u service building at a car Dealership apparently Vas caused by overflow-1 from nearby Small Jakes that broke through a drainpipe under the lot officials say. The water weakened the ground beneath the building said ski. . Petty of the Jacksonville sheriffs office. When the sinkhole was first discovered Early tuesday at Steve Hull Chevrolet it was reported to be about 40 Yards wide and .10 feel deep. Estimates on he  of the Hole now Range from 80 feet wide and 80 feel Long to More than 100 feet Long Public works officials said. It is 60 feet deep in some parts. A Crew of 20 men worked 16 hours tues Day removing the destroyed service building from the Hole. We re just taking inc building a irl and hauling it off. It s All scrap said Randy Ellis president of mandarin taking of Jacksonville. He said his workers pulled iwo vehicles from inc Hole and saved another that was on the Brink of falling in. Two others re Pini cd on the Edge. Sinkholes Are common in parts of Flor Ida. They usually Are caused when natural Limestone formations arc weakened and col lapse. The last sinkhole in Jacksonville occurred aug. 12, when a 25-fool-wide Hole formed in a couple s Fiona Yard from a Cave in around a storm sewer. . Products top imports poll shows general s car blown Ope Washington a despite complaints Ameri can Consumers have a High degree of Confidence in  products and believe them to be generally of higher Quality than imports a new Survey suggests. The Gallup poll said the number of surveyed Consumers who expect higher qualify from american than foreign goods was nearly four limes inc total favouring foreign made items. The poll was sponsored by the american society for Quality control an organisation of corporate and individual Quality control specialists which released it tuesday. There were exceptions foreign cars trailed  autos by Only a Small margin and american Consumers said they favored foreign made televisions and other Home  items. But respondents showed Clear preferences for Ameri can made products in Roost major categories the poll said. At a time when Many live bund american Industry want ing in Many areas these Survey results show that american business is doing something right said James Olson presi Dent of american Telephone and Telegraph co. James Harrington president of the sponsoring american society for Quality control said the results were Welcome especially in Light of earlier polls and what seemed to be a generally accepted notion that left . Business feeling that we d lost american Consumers  the poll comes As the nation s foreign Trade deficit has soared to record Levels and representatives of numerous american industries arc asking the government for Protection from imports. Perhaps the poli s Centrepiece question was one that asked whether Consumers Felt american made or foreign made products were More Likely to meet your own per Sonal expectations regarding  fifty three percent said products made in America by american owned companies compared with 14 percent for foreign owned foreign made products. Among other respondents 9 percent favored foreign made products turned out for an american owned company and 8 percent supported items produced in the United states for a foreign company. Ten percent called it equal and 6 percent gave no answer. Asked about specific categories Consumers said they favored american made products by these percentages furniture 84 percent to 4 percent. Major appliances 78 percent to 6 percent. Clothing 70 percent to 13 percent. Small appliances 58 percent to 19 percent. Automobiles 46 percent to 38 percent. Personal computers 41 percent to 22 percent. However the preference swung to foreign producers 45 percent to 40 percent in the category of television radio and other Home entertainment equipment. Rome a police blew open a suspicious car it Leonardo a Vinci Airport on wednesday but it turned out to belong to an american air Force general italian news Media reported. The car an Armor plated Mercedes 500, was parked in front of the departure terminal and police said the License plate corresponded to another car. Police who had stepped up Security at the Airport Fol lowing the israeli bombing of the Plo Headquarters in Tunisia on tuesday called in the bomb squad which blew open the doors of the vehicle and searched it for explosive. Italian news agencies which did not cite any source said the car belonged to it. Gen. James r. Brown com Mander of Allied air forces Southern Europe and that it had been left outside by his Driver while the general went to catch a flight to the United states. They said the car had been Given another License plate to protect Brown s identity. A spokesman at nato Headquarters in Naples said he had no information on the incident