European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 4, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes Denver working on image problem Page 5 n baby Sitters warned on social Security tax Page 9 q taking action on child abuse daily Magazine the authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 44, no. 319 tuesday March 4, 1986 fall Ond sunday d 8693 a Reagan pleads for Aid to contras Washington a president Reagan seeking congressional approval of $100 million for Nicaragua s anti government rebels warned monday that defeat of the package would trigger a strategic disaster that could Lead to the establishment of soviet military bases on America s intensifying his Campaign to renew military Aid to the rebels Reagan met in the White House Oval office with three leaders of anti government forces. The president said defeat of the rebels known As con tras would open up the possibility of soviet military bases on America s Doorstep threaten the Security of the Panama canal inaugurate a vast migration March to the United states of hundreds of thousands of those who would invite this strategic disaster by abandoning yet another fighting ally of this country in the Field will be held fully accountable by history the president said. Reagan who faces an Uphill Battle to win approval of the Aid package used a Long list of arguments to defend his proposal. Defeat for the contras would mean a second Cuba on the Mainland of North America he said. It would be a major defeat in the quest for democracy in our hemisphere. It would mean consolidation of a privileged Sanctuary for terrorists and subversives just two Days driving time from Harlingen Texas Reagan said. The world is watching to see if Congress is As committed to democracy in Nicaragua in our hemisphere As it was in the Philippines. The asked for $100 million in assistance and Well fight for it he vowed. Simple humanitarian Aid is not he said rejection of the proposal could Well deliver Nicaragua permanently to the communist bloc. Procrastination risks a military Victory for the sandinista who Hope to finish off the Freedom fighters before american help can Secretary of state George Shultz in remarks monday to the veterans of foreign wars said Congress in debating Aid to the rebels faces the question of whether we will allow this hemisphere to be taken hostage by military help for the democratic resistance will give the nicaraguan communists an incentive to negotiate seriously Shultz said in the speech copies of which were made available to reporters sunday. He also linked the .-backed rebels with the non Vio see Reagan on Page 28 Soldier dances in fhe dark with the boss7 by Tony Nauroth Nuernberg Bureau Fuerth Germany pfc. Cathy Reyes was really teed off that Bruce Springsteen concert organizers confiscated cameras at the door. But from her Vantage Point on stage in the arms of the Boss she could see the flashes popping on the cameras people managed to sneak in. She wants some of those pictures. Anyone who s seen Springsteen s video dancing in the dark knows what Reyes must have Felt while danc ing in the dark with the Singer on a hot summer s night last july 18 in Munich. Springsteen picks one Lucky lady out of each concert audience to recreate the video scene with him. In Munich the night belonged to a Soldier an administration specialist with he co support come 1st army div at Monteith Barracks. Reyes a 22-year-old native of Long Beach calif., tells the Story to the tiniest of details it was hot crowded and sweaty. I vowed to reach the stage but when i got to within four bodies i was crushed by the swaying crowd. It was so tight i could lift both feet up off the floor and not fall. I could hardly breathe. Somebody asked you want out that s when they lift you up and pass you above the crowd to the rear i said no Way but i could breathe. The Security guards were squirting Spray bottles to Cool Down the crowd. I was drenched but i still could breathe. Finally the Guy in front of me let me sit on his shoulders. That was better but a Security guard kept pointing to me. I thought he was telling me to get Down. I leaned Down and he shouted do you want to dance with Bruce what a dumb question. The answer was yes yes yes the guard pulled me Down into the fenced off area s8.s photo by Tony Nauroth pfc. Cathy Reyes. A night i la never forget in front of the stage and told me wait until Bruce Points at you. The spotlight will Shine on you and i la lift you up while he pulls you on stage. It la look like he s just picking you out of the crowd i was Down there looking up and every time he looked at me i screamed. The guard told to me to shut up or he d throw me Back Over the Fence and get some one else. I shut up until Bruce looked at me again. Then the guard warned me again. Then they played dancing in the dark and Bruce asked the crowd does anybody want to dance with me and All the girls screamed take me Bruce take me but i just sat there All smug and Calm cause i knew it was me. When the spotlights came on they moved around the front of the crowd As if they were searching for someone but they stopped on me. And when Bruce pointed the guard lifted and there i was dancing with Bruce. It was great we paraded around the stage up around his band members and Back Down. And when the song was Over he gave me a big hug. That s when i said give me something he said i Don t have anything so that was it. I was so freaked out afterwards that i forgot to get a to shirt. Some Guy on the bus gave me a red Scarf though. It s a night i la never a few weeks later Reyes was at a popular club called the Green Goose in downtown Nuernberg. She saw a stranger wearing a Springsteen concert to shirt walked up to him and demanded take that off i want it took some convincing but he gave in. In return he got a Plain red sweatshirt from her. But Reyes still in t satisfied. She wants pictures from those contraband cameras. I know they re out there. I saw the Reyes can be reached at hic disco Apo 09068-1112. Firms told to return army s overpayment Washington a Federal Audi tors threatening stiff financial penalties Are demanding that private firms ret Rasome of the army s substantial overpayment for ship ments of military household goods. Six companies Are indebted to the United states for $2.6 million in overpayment for 545 personal property shipments according to a general services administration memo obtained by the associated press. Joseph j. Cosimano the transportation auditor who wrote the memo said the Effort to recover the $2.6 million is just a beginning. More companies will be notified of their debts on a weekly basis As More examples of army overpayment Are discovered he said. An internal army document obtained by the a last month said the service s Mili tary traffic management come discovered More than $4.5 million in excessive pay ments for household goods shipments. The Gas memo acknowledged that its figure was understated and said the Esti mate would Rise As new Billing records Are entered on the command s computer. The army s own internal investigation is running ahead of the Gas count thus the army s estimate on the overpayment has reached $4.5 million. The overpayment resulted after military shipping clerks abroad selected High Cost companies for International moves from about 20 origin Points to the Washington d.c., area. The clerks were supposed to select the lowest Cost companies moving up the ladder to the next cheapest companies if necessary. Instead the clerks often picked Compa Nies that bid for the shipments at costs of More than 10 times the rate of the lowest Cost companies. The companies said their rates were so expensive because they did t want the Washington business. In an internal memo dated Jan. 31, the army acknowledged that from april i 1984, through sept. 30, 1985, there were 731 overpayment totalling More than $4.5 million. Records of shipments after sept. 30 Are now coming in the army said. The records show for instance that a Panama Washington shipment Cost $6,594 when the lowest possible Price was $1,230 a shipment from Japan that Cost $2,848 could have been handled for $823 by the cheapest firm goods shipped from Frank Furt Germany at a Cost of $32,170 could have been shipped for $3,063. Cosimano told the companies in separate see firms on Page 28
