European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday March 28, 1986 military Roundup military Airlift come bans smoking on medical aircraft Scott fab 111. The military Airlift come has banned smoking on its Fleet of medical aircraft after receiving results from a smoking ban test on medical evacuation flights. A smoking ban began in october for c-9 flights. After a test period on c-130 and c-141 flights Mac also decided to ban smoking on those aircraft being used for medical evacuation. Submarine tender Orion receives retention award la Maddalena Italy the Navy has recognized the submarine tender Orion s retention program As the Best within a special support ship and floating dry  category within the . Atlantic Fleet. The Golden Anchor award for Overall retention in 1985 was presented to the ship earlier this month by rear adm. Upper half Ronald m. Eytchison commander of submarine group 8 at the Orion s Home port on Santo Stefano Island. Master chief Petty officer Donald f. Holland Orion s command career Counselor said the ship retained 72 percent of people reaching the end of their enlistments. Fifty six percent of the Orion s eligible first term sailors re enlisted. Second term re enlistments totalled 80 percent and career re enlistments were 95 percent. Army announces winners in culinary arts Competition fort Lee a. Army Cooks based in Europe Are among winners in the army s annual culinary arts Competition held this month. The show with 13 categories Aims to Sharpen cooking skills through Competition As Well As shared knowledge. The commandant s award went to pfc. Rebecca Labonte Usa eur. The categories and the winners include cocktail canapes Hor d oeuvres first master class spec. 4 Stephen Whitworth Usa eur. Cold Buffet fish crustacean shellfish first master class spec. 4 Stephen Whitworth third staff sgt. Richard Warfield 5th signal come first Novice class spec. 4 Scott Richardson Usa eur. Cold Buffet meat poultry game first Novice class pfc. Rebecca Labonte Usa eur second staff sgt. Luis Romero Arias Usa eur third. Spec. 4 Scott Richardson Usa eur. Cold Buffet dessert second master class staff sgt. Dale Alwardt Usa eur third spec. 4 Gwendolyn Wood 5th signal come. Decorated tiered cakes first master class master sgt. Tyrone Harris  edible cakes second spec. 4 Patricia Jackson Usa eur. Fancy pastries first master class staff sgt. Dale Alwardt Usa eur second chief warrant officer Oswald Cassidy United , Section 3 sugar first master class staff sgt. Verlina Wilson  meal served cold third master class / Sec. Homer wine Usa eur. Light fare meal for two second master class Sec. Ferrell Davis Usa eur first Novice class pfc. Rebecca Labonte Usa eur. Bread first master class Sec. Ferrell Davis Usa eur first Novice class sgt. Alexandra Torres Usa eur. Navy issues new guidelines on variable housing allowance Washington new guidelines have been established to determine How variable housing Al Lowance will be paid to Navy people whose families live away from duty stations. In a recent message from Navy Secretary John Lehman authority was reissued to pay via based on the family s location. Normally via is based on where a person is stationed permanently. Via May be paid at the rate set for the location of the member s family when they Are required to live at another location because the member is for exam ple assigned to unusually arduous sea duty. Via at the rate of the family s location also is permitted in certain situations when they cannot be with the service member. Aggie Muster planned in Heidelberg april 21 Heidelberg former students their spouses and friends of Texas am University will conduct their annual aggie Muster in Heidelberg april 21, at the old Dominion club in Patrick Henry Village. Muster activities will begin at 6 30 . With cocktails followed by a Texas Buffet at 7 30. For More information Contact the Heidelberg mus Ter chairman capt. Kevin troller at Heidelberg Mili tary 2121-6363 or 6333, or ets 370-6363 or 6333 during duty hours or evenings at 06221-761777. Cuts in financial Aid will Hurt some students official says by Charlie Bowden Munich Bureau Munich a reduction in Federal spending for student Aid programs and changes in financial Aid guidelines will have a significant Impact on College bound students counting on Pell Grant or guaranteed student loan assistance said a University of Maryland financial Aid adviser. The Pell Grant program in which More than 2.7 million students take part has been Cut in two ways said Virginia Boehringer the adviser at the Munich Campus. The pro Gram s budget was Cut 4.3 percent and a linear reduction formula was added to determine who will receive the Aid and How much they will receive. The cuts Are a result of a combination of factors Boeh ringer said. The Pell Grant program has not received full funding since 1983, causing it to go Over budget each year. The Federal government is trying to make up for those funding shortfalls by cutting Back on the program she said. The Gramm Rudman Law also has Cut into Federal spending for All financial Aid programs. The amount of a Pell Grant depends on need Cost of the school credit hours taken and the amount of Money available. None of these factors will change but there is less Money available Boehringer said. The proposed linear reduction for Mula is designed to protect the neediest and make reduced Grants available to those students considered less needy. Student need is determined when a student submits a financial Aid application. According to the information in this form a student is awarded a student Aid Index num Ber. Previously this number would Range from 0, the most needy to 1900. Now the cutoff is 1200, eliminating a Large number of Middle income families that before had qualified for at least some financial assistance. Those Stu dents with an Index number from 201 to 1200 face de creased Grants. Those with the most need Are fully protected and do not face a reduction she said. One problem with this is that students with Index numbers from 120-1 to 1900 Are still receiving computer printouts say ing they re eligible when they re not Boehringer said. Boehringer said the Impact will be significant. At the Munich Campus alone about a fourth of the 120 Pell  students will be affected. The March 1 change in the guaranteed student loan program Means a student will pay More for the loan. The Loans carry what is known As an origination fee paid up front by the student. Previously that was 5 percent but it was raised to 5.5 percent this month Boehringer said. For example a $2,500 loan would carry a $125 fee. That fee now is $137.50. All of these changes Are a direct result of the Gramm Rudman balanced budget Law Boehringer said. Students need to make sure that they be applied for All the financial Aid programs available and applied Early Boehringer said. They could still be eligible for other types of  for additional information on the Pell Grant program Contact Boehringer at Munich military ets 440-6530 or civilian 089-690 0093. Army Captain s son 11, guesses password to . S financial files by Chuck Vinch and Tony Nauroth staff writers the son of an army Captain in Nuernberg is one of 17 children who guessed the computer password that controls Access to the $300 million financial investment files of the City of Washington . David Jackson 11, was a Winner of the bizarre contest sponsored by Alvin Frost a former Washington Cash management analyst. Frost had changed the password to deny his supervisors Access to the files and to publicize what he called the massive fraud and waste being perpetuated by City financial  Jackson saw the Story about Frost s Challenge to Chil Dren in the feb. 16 edition of the stars and stripes. Capt. Wayne Jackson a registered nurse in the operating room at the Nuernberg Hospital said his son reads the newspaper every Day not the comics politics Frost listed seven clues to the password it had seven characters two syllables was comprised of Only letters was not in the declaration of Independence and was a real word. He said the first syllable was used four times in the declaration and the word was what the declaration is All about. I was sitting Down Reading when David came in and said it has to be Freedom " Averil Jackson David s Mother said. It was pretty easy to guess it David said with a shrug. It Only took me about five  Jackson s class had just finished studying the american revolution and the declaration was a fresh subject in his mind when he saw the original article. Jackson recently received a department of defense de Pendents schools citizenship award for expressing inter est in government. This student is Well informed about school Community and country the award states. Frost also praised him. You and your parents should be extremely proud about your interest in and understanding of the United states declaration of Independence Frost wrote to the boy. In a congratulatory Telegram to David Frost said the winners can look Forward to a tour of the monuments memorials and institutions in Washington and lunch at a downtown restaurant. David said he can t take Frost up on his offer. My dad s Over Here to help protect Freedom. But it takes Money to get to  Frost said Jackson was the Only person outside the United states to guess correctly. There were five winners from the Washington area. I heard there were Many More people who wanted to write in but did t know where to Send the entries he said. I was told that a lot of newspapers would t print the clues or an address for where to Send them because they had policies against running  he said he never intended for the contest to go beyond the Washington area. The original prize for winning was lunch and a tour of downtown Washington paid for by Frost. But he said winners from outside the Washington area including Jackson will get certificates. Frost was stripped of his City financial responsibilities although not fired when he refused to Tell his superiors the code word. He later resigned and went Public with his offer to children age 12 or under. Although he says he knows very Little about computers Jackson does run Small programs on my atari 800  Washington ., officials said they used computer experts to regain Access to the hidden accounts. German phone system cutting Cost of overseas some Long distance Calls Bonn overseas phone Calls made from Germany and Calls from Germany to other european common mar Ket countries will Cost less beginning july 1. The German Telephone system measures time units for charges. The present time unit for Calls to the United states is just under 3 seconds. The new time unit will be 3.8 seconds said Gert Sommerfeldt a spokesman for the German telecommunications ministry. This Means the present 3-minute Call to new York which costs just Over 14 Marks will Cost Only 11.40 Marks Sommerfeldt said. Calls to All european common Market countries will drop to the rate of a Normal German Domestic Long Dis Tance Call Sommerfeldt said. For example Calls to England Spain Portugal Italy and Greece will Cost the same As a Long distance Call within Germany. This Tariff has already been in effect for All countries bordering Germany Sommerfeldt said. Telex costs from Germany to the United states Israel and Australia will drop from 3.30 Marks a minute to 2.40 Marks a minute starting . 1. Businesses in Germany also Are getting a break. The Basic Tariff for their service 130, equivalent to the . 800 or toll free system will drop from 1,000 Marks to 500 Marks a month on june 1, Sommerfeldt said