European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 22, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday. October 22, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 9 military Roundup defense official to address recreation society conference Frankfurt Jerry Calhonn acting assistant Secretary of defense for Force management and personnel will deliver the keynote address for the 26th annual  can recreation society fall conference to be held nov. 18-22 in willing in Germany. The society is a Sarf or approved professional organisation serving morale welfare and recreation profs socials and paraprofessionals in Europe. All civilian and military mar employees arc invited to attend. Employees of the Uso red Cross club systems and family support divisions As Well As nato forces arc Welcome. Pc registration deadline is nov. I. For More information Ca l Frankfurt civilian 069-595733, military 23 i 5855orets320-55. Netherlands ceremony honors dutch soldiers killed in Korea Herto Tenbosch Netherlands More than 600 people gathered at King Willicm i Cavern last week to Honor 123 dutch soldiers killed during the korean War. Although the Netherlands had most of its soldiers committed to a gating in Indonesia it sen 3,972 men to Korea Between oct. 27, 1950, and july 27. 1954, to serve with the . 38th inf regt of the 2nd inf div the Indian cad division. They sent six warships four of which served with the . 7th Fleet in Carrier escort support infiltration patrols rescuing downed aircraft and firing against coastal targets and in support of Landing actions. Before the for Mal ceremony a Monument was dedicated to two sailors who were killed. Among those attending the ceremony was the South korean ambassador to the Netherlands a Jong Yoon. French belgian British and . Officials and military attaches from France and Korea also attended. Cafes Roundup Kwh i he by customer appreciation prize of new Chevrolet Van awarded Munich is an army tank commander has won the keys to a new Chevrolet Van. The top prize in cafes Europe s customer appreciation Campaign. Staff sgt. Freddie Miller 84lh liner co 2nd army Cav Rygl in Bundlach Germany won the Van saturday in Frankfurt. Drawn second and the Winner of a 27-Inch Remote control color television was Jill Brown. Brown is a defense department civilian assigned to Delnato support activity at Chick res Belgium. The third place Winner was Cap. Samuel fistel. A Doc Tor assigned to the 3rd general dispensary at Karlsruhe. Fistel will receive a mini compact disc player. Lack of privacy results in phase out of White bags Dallas army and air Force Exchange service customers will soon be Brown bagging it when they shop. Cafes has changed the color of its sacks from transparent while to a less transparent Brown in response to Cus Tomer complaints that their purchases show through the plastic while bags. Battleship Iowa sails into Kiel after exercises in Baltic sea by ton vat Roth staff writer Kiel. Germany a flotilla of privately owned boats met the battleship Iowa and circled the Gray Batty Wagon As it sailed into the North German port of Kiel during the wee end. The Crew manned the rails in Navy blues and saluted a Germany Navy vessel As they approached their berth ing station off i he i Lott Nau German naval facility. It was their fifth port of Call since the ship left its Home port of Norfolk v a., in August to Lake part in inc mid Atlantic Ocean safari s5 and Baltic sea bal tops 85 exercises. The Iowa sailed to within a few Miles of the soviet coastline in the far Eastern portion of the Baltic sea. But still within International Waters. It backed off and fired a broadside Salvo that Shook the sea As soviet intelligence gathering vessels watched. The Navy is using several pieces of new equipment in this year s exercise bin officials said this does not Indi Cate a change in . Naval strategy. This is a reflection of the ongoing growth and mod Croni action of the . Navy across the Board said capt. Michael -. Fit Gerald the Oil scene exercise com Mander you Are seeing and will continue to Sec these and other new ships and systems anywhere and every where around the  some of this equipment includes the guided missile Cruiser Ticonderoga s Aegis defense system which can track 24 targets simultaneously and could spot a Golf Ball at 100 Miles according to Navy officials. Also tactical aviation so Fob Seahawk lamps battleship looked like. I be never seen an Orange battleship before said of Petty officer David Olsen an Iowa spokesman. Save by ma/7/ng Christmas gifts Early by Brenda ii Ostek staff writer it s not too Early to mail Christmas presents. Army postal officials in Europe say. By mailing Early and using Sam space available Mai postal patrons can save up 10 k6 percent of the Cost of using priority mail said army postal group Europe spokesman 1st it. Daniel Olsen. A Sam parcel travels by surface transportation once it gets to the United states and requires the least amount of postage Olsen said. The key to using Sam is meeting the deadline. To be eligible for the cheapest postal rates and have your Par cel Home in Lime for Christmas you must mail it by nov. 29," Olsen said. Sam parcels Mav weigh up to 70 pounds and measure up to 100 inches in Fengl and Girth combined. The deadline for pal or parcel Airlift is dec. 9, and he Date for priority mail and letters is dec. Ii. Pal travels by air once it reaches the states and costs More than Sam pal parcels Are limited to 30 pounds and 60 inches in length and Girth combined. The volume of mail processed in Usa eur will increase about 200 percent Between nov. 1, i9k5, and Jan. 15, 1986," Olsen said. Early planning is essential to ensure prompt handling and delivery to addressees before Christmas  Olsen said All army Apos will have increased operating hours including weekends and free package wrap Ping areas in Apo lobbies. The mail by appointment program will be available for customers with five or More packages. Mobile units will be operating in some communities with outlying caverns he said. If you mail too Laic to Lake advantage of the Sam and pal rates you will have to pay priority postage Rales to ensure your gift reaches that special someone in Lime Olsen said. Priority mail can measure up to Ion inches in length and Girth combined and weigh up to 70 pounds. The key Points to remember when planning Christmas mailing said Olsen Are package carefully address correctly include a Complete to and from address inside the parcel and mail Early. If you need assistance Contact our local postal unit Olsen said. The personnel at the Apo Are there to help and will do so with  Olsen said the dates set for Sam and pal Are the latest dates patrons can mail and expect delivery but Hose dates do not guarantee that delivery will be made by Christmas. An air Force spokesman from inc 70?.5lh air postal Squadron said most air Force Apos will offer extended financial service Stamps parcels Etc and longer operating hours. Parcel pick up hours will be extended. The spokesman said most air Force Apos will remain open dec. 24 to take care of customers. He said it is possible for custom ers mailing multiple package to make an appoint men. Patrons should Contact their local Post office for details. New ballot planned to make Absentee voting easier Washington athe govern ment plans a new kind of Absentee ballot in an Effort to get More Voles from the 3.5 million eligible americans who arc out of the country every election Day. Under the Curry no system americans abroad receive Absentee ballots from officials in each individual stale. But Many receive their ballots Laic or find inc system too complicated. Under inc new plan a new Federal Absen tee ballot would be available Al military installations embassies consulates and other places outside the United Stales. Americans could use  if the Abs Nice ballots sent by their Home Stales failed to reach them in time. Henry Valentino head of the Federal voting assistance program said the pro posed ballot is not controversial and we have Good Hopes of gelling it passed at this session of  he said the plan has been approved by defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger. The voting assistance program is under the Pentagon even though it also helps civilian Vot ers who Are far More numerous than the american military overseas. Armed forces stationed outside the United slates account for about 750.000 Poten tial voters Valentino said. All americans of voting age abroad on election Day arc entitled to Casl Absentee ballots in the stale where icy last lived whether they Are living abroad for an sex lend cd Lime or Are on a Short visit. Valentino estimates thai Only Aboul 33 percent of eligible civilian voters cast bal lots from abroad in the 1984 presidential elections. That compares with an estimated 53 percent in the country As a whole. The figure was 55 percent for members of the armed forces where military units have voting officers to help get ballots cast. There arc nearly 240,000 members of inc Navy and Marine corps at sea at any Given Lime Valentino said. Those on picket ships submarines Small ships unattached to con Voys or any ship sailing Between Heaters can be outside Normal mail communications for Days or weeks Al a Lime. The largest numbers of americans abroad live in Canada and Mexico but those living in Remote places often find in hard to get a ballot on time. Some americans abroad do not vote be cause they fear voting would make them liable for stale taxes. Some Stales have cumbersome procedures Hal require voters to gel several documents Notari de. Others Don t Send Oul Absentee bal lots Early enough for voters in Remolo spots to return them before the deadline. People have to want to vote Valc Lino said. We found Hal a Large number of americans abroad mistakenly though they were nol eligible. Others did t know How to go Aboul  the Bill to provide inc new ballot would be drafted in inc Senate rules committee which May hold hearings on it As Early As next month a Slaff member said. The pc scr first Musl have applied for the regular Absentee ballot not later than 30 Days prior to the election to be eligible to use the special Federal ballot . The ballot would be sent to the same local election official who would receive inc regular Absentee