European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 29, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday March 29, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 9 by Mike Heronemus staff writer the army has saved about $7 million since it got smart about four years ago. The savings have come from suggestions by soldiers and civilian employees to the Supply and maintenance assessment re View team at fort Lee a. Smart gives people with Good ideas an open door to experts who can evaluate their suggestions quickly said master sgt. . Corson who oversees the smart program in Usa eur. Suggestions do not go through any Chain of command Corson said. They can be submitted on any piece of paper in any format As Long As they give the problem and suggest a  Corson said smart employees at fort Lee Transfer an idea onto the army s suggestion form and Send it to the appropriate Agency for evaluation. A Post card is sent to the suggested stat ing what has been done with the suggestion and giving its control number. Ideas Are it tips have saved army millions program helps turn Good ideas into reality Kex tym it if t .1evaluated within 90 to 120 Days unless extensive testing is  Corson said ideas submitted through the army s incentive awards program can take As Long As two years to get results in the form of adoption and personal recognition. With smart the suggested quickly knows whether the army thinks the idea Osgood Corson said. He has the Chance to see changes made while he s still in the  smart Sug Gesters May qualify for awards ranging from a certificate of appreciation to $25,000. The amount of Money depends on the savings the idea produces Corson said. However smart does not make the payments. If an idea is adopted smart sends the suggested an award recommendation and instructions on How to apply for the award through the local incentive awards pro Gram. Corson said authority for granting a monetary award lies with the local incentive awards Board. Corson said ideas sent to the incentive awards program also can be submitted to sex Dodds principal gets 2 years for Embezi Emend smart if no evaluation has been completed. They should inform smart that the idea has been suggested and give the suggestion control number he said. Smart suggestions must pertain strictly to things the army buys and How they Are maintained Corson said. Suggestions must have an army wide application. Fort Lee has received More than 4,000 suggestions ranging from How to improve the army ballpoint pen to inventions like the Mobile loading ramp developed by members of the 21st support come. The ramp allows loading or unloading of equip ment at any Railroad Point even if fixed facilities Are not available. The 21st support come also has devel oped several pieces of equipment to improve combat equipment group Europe operations for maintaining or issuing equipment to arriving stateside units said Barbara Fil Bert,.command spokeswoman. The Kangaroo a platform on a Spring loaded pole is being used to lift and lower heavy tank batteries. A Winch Mirror allows one person instead of two to rewind front winches on 2vi or 5-ton trucks. A robot has been approved for local use by 21st support come Cage units storing tanks. Three enlisted soldiers devel oped the wheeled compact Generator Power system which can be used to perform sys tems checks exercise tank gun tubes and Supply Power to turrets. By conducting equipment tests in warehouses instead of moving tanks outside about 1,100 work hours Are saved for each stored tank Battal Ion. A flex pallet developed by 1st army div is being evaluated As part of the smart program. Used during certain Sentinel 86, the pallet was designed to reduce the time needed to get spare parts to broken tanks and to ease the Burden on transportation assets. Another 1st army div smart development is the computerized unit level logistics system now being tested in Ger Many and at fort Stewart. Questions about the smart program should be directed to command coordinators Corson said. Corson can be reached at Heidelberg military 2121-7093 or ets370-7093. By Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a former depart ment of defense dependents school Princi pal was sentenced thursday to two years in prison for embezzling $550,000 in school tuition Money and income tax evasion. Chester j. Karpowicz was fired As Princi pal of the Dodds school in Pusan Korea in May 1984. He pleaded guilty in . District court in Detroit to embezzlement making a false statement and income tax evasion. He could have received five years in Pris on and a Fine of up to $70,000. In a separate civil suit decided Early this month the Justice department reached an agreement with Karpowicz in which he will ism president to succeed firm s retiring chairman new York a John opel will retire As chairman of International business machines corp. On june 1 and will be succeeded by president John Akers ism has announced. Opel 61, has been chairman of the world s largest computer company since february 1983. He will succeed Frank t. Gary As chairman of the executive commit tee of the Board of directors april 28, the company has announced. Gary had been chairman of ism before opel. Akers 51, will retain the titles of presi Dent and chief executive. He succeeded opel As president in february 1983 and As chief executive in february 1985. Repay the Money with interest. The government s civil suit filed last summer charged that Karpowicz embezzled the tuition Money Over 13 years and deposited it in More than two dozen private Bank accounts a District court spokeswoman said. The school provides free education to the children of . Military personnel and department of defense civilian employees. But other students including children of private american citizens living abroad must pay to attend the school. Shortly after the civil suit was filed the court froze $550,000 of assets Karpowicz had accumulated in recent years. Under the terms of the agreement Karpowicz will Transfer to the government his Bank accounts stocks and similar liquid assets As Well As interest in several pieces of real estate within 60 Days the court spokeswoman said. The investigation into Karpowicz s activities was conducted by the army s criminal investigation come and the criminal investigation div of the internal Revenue service s foreign operations District. The investigation found that in 1983 alone Karpowicz embezzled More than $80,000 in student tuition. Dodds spokeswoman Kay Garvey said neither students nor staff at the school which includes grades kindergarten through 12, were deprived of supplies or services because of the missing funds. She said the school system has revised its regulation governing collection of tuition fees and an internal Agency group has been designated to routinely audit fund trans actions. A f a " or pinpoint Landing a photo a Supply helicopter of the Gren Schutz Germany the helicopter Landing pad the German Border patrol approaches atop the Vogelsand Lighthouse in the what is reputedly the smallest Airport in North sea. We Bruecken teacher Dies in boating Accident in Spain Vii Conr i ? is. Bwe Bruecken Germany Nino Digiovanni an Auto mechanics instructor at we Bruecken High school died thurs Day during a fishing excursion to Lak Caspe Spain. The Accident occurred about 11 . When Digiovanni 39, and a Spanish guide were in a boat on the Bass fishing Lake said Richard Penkava principal of Zweibruck in High. Two other men accompanying i Giovanni on the trip were setting up Camp on the Shore when they noticed the boat circling and saw the two men in the water. Joseph Young a fellow we Bruecken High teacher and Harry Ament a civilian crafts instructor at we Bruecken a did not see How the two men went into the water Penkava said the two teachers were on leave. The two men attempted a Rescue but Only were Able to reach the guide. Rescue workers recovered Digiovanni s body at420 . Digiovanni had worked for the depart ment of defense dependents schools since 1975 after serving with the army for three years. He taught As an Auto mechanics and welding instructor at the Darmstadt career Center before moving to we Bruecken. Digiovanni had served As his school s faculty representative for the overseas federation of teachers for the past two years. He was a great Guy Penkava said. He was respected by All his colleagues. I still can t get used to the idea he  survivors include his sister army staff sgt. Antonia Marie Archuletta of he co 59th Ord brigade Pir Masens Germany his parents or. And mrs. R. Digiovanni of Derby Conn. And a Cousin Jeanie Miami a v corps civilian employee in Frankfurt. Names of another sister and an Uncle were not immediately available. Plans for a memorial service have no been finalized