European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Pago 2. The Star band stripes Friday May 23,1986 military Roundup air National guard unit to join nato exercise in Germany Ramstein a8. Germany the . Air Force tac air come will deploy 12 Rf-4c of hansom aircraft from the air National guard s 123rd tac reconnaissance Wing Blandiford Field ky., a  and Ger Many in an exercise named Coronet Shoshoni. The 123rd will train with nato military Clem cols. During the deployment from june 28 to july 12, Safe he said. The 26lh tac reconnaissance Wing at Owci Brach Ken will provide support to the 123rd. Thief to will refuel in flight from strategic air come Tanker aircraft. The deployment is part of a by Ger program called Check ered Flag in which . Tactical air units deploy to Europe Al ska and the Pacific sex Grafe Woehr commander cited by German government Heidelberg a former commander of. The Gra few och raining area received the prestigious bonuses  commander s Cross from the German government wednesday. Col. William c Parnell commanded the training area from. August 1931 to August 1984. The award which was presented during a ceremony Al Usa eur he is Given for cooperation with German Community leaders and Public officials for joint a Foru to machine Mutual defense  were unique reasons to make this award to colonel Parnell said Robert Ruder Baden  state Secretary for the ministry of it Interior he overcame serious problems in the Grafen Wocher area. By visiting numerous clubs unions and other organizations the local German population better understood the american presence Parnell is now Secretary of the general staff at he Usa eur Heidelberg. Twenty eight awards announced at annual Kontak conference bued1ngen, Germany individuals groups and military communities won a Tola of 28 awards during the third annual Kong at conference that ended thursday the City of Mainz received the Koala Al outstanding civilian service award and the Hanau and Schwa Ebisch Gnu end military communities shared the department of the army Community relations award of excellence. The individual High achievement award went to Karl Guenther Olingi of lire Friedberg Kontak group capt. Christopher Hamilton he  the Stuttgart Vai Hingen group and Ulrich Kluss of the Moe Ringen be Gerloch group. Kontak is an Independent organization that promotes Friendship tolerance and better relations among Gerr Vansand people Orother nationalities through activities. The awards for High achievement were awarded to Kon take groups in lie Fod owing categories membership Worms honorable mention Geln Hatunen and Baum older. Publications sub Zaebisch Hall honorable men lion Erlanger. Interest group program Worms. Funds and fund raising Schwa Ebisch Gemuend special events Atn Borg honorable mention Schwa Ebisch glue nil Public relations Darmstadt honorable mention Babenhausen Community action Heidelberg honorable men Tion Giessen inter group cooperation group development and maintenance Schwaeb sch Muend honorable men Tion worm and Erlanger education Darmstadt honorable mention Hei Delberg cowl i a tip sin tit news update Sailor moved to Bethesda Lan Stuhl Germany is a 6th Fleet Sailor who was seriously wounded in a May 3 robbery has been transferred in Good condition to belch sea naval Hospital near Washington a spokeswoman for lands Uhl army regional medical Center raid  apprentice Robert Scott Zampino. Assigned to Carrier Early warning so 123 on the aircraft Carrie America was robbed and stabbed in Naples. Italy another Sailor who was assaulted at the same Lime was treated Tor minor cuts and released Zampino was treated for abdominal wounds Al lands Tull the medical Center spokeswoman said. He was transferred tuesday to Bethesda naval Hospital for further treatment she said. The investigation into the assaults is continuing. Test program gis eco Nomy housing hassles by Betty Bell stiff writer Frankfurt v corps housing officials Are testing a new program they Hope will Case Many of the problems soldiers face when securing family housing on the local Colony. The trial government housing rental program eliminates Security deposits and other initial occupancy expenses soldiers must pay. It also increases the number of local Economy dwellings. Testing began May 1 in the military communities of bad or Cugnach Darmstadt and Gissen said Tim Cohrs v corps chief of housing h includes about 200 families per. Community. Cochis said incoming personnel with orders authorizing concurrent travel arc eligible to participate. Although a government leased housing program is in place where we go out to the local Economy and lease Large multifamily buildings we still Don t have enough govern ment housing he said. Locating a building and negotiating the lease with the German government can take As Long As two years. We feel i Here s a Gap Between what the government can pro vide and what soldiers need. Soldiers want their families with them. Butt thai comes at a Cost Cochis said. The Impact is that More families arc on temporary lodging allowance. Initial Start up costs arc expensive and the drops in the Dollar put a Strain on the Soldier the program has the advantage of allowing soldiers and their families to get off to sooner he said. Under the lest program any dwelling listed with the housing referral office or any apartment or House the  independently locates thai is suitable and docs not exceed his housing allowance is eligible. Cochis said the army will sign a contract Wilh the German landlord hat require the landlord to install and outfit the apartment with Light fixtures cupboards and All major Kitchen appliances. The  will not have to Malce any Security Deposit but will forfeit his Basic allowance for quarters. The array mils change los Way of doing business Cochis said hrs is an administrator program for hous ing referral and offers some assistance  local customs. But they Are not charged to find a Soldier a set of  he said Many German landlords do not want to rent id soldiers because of previous poor tenant relations. Germans Are concerned with the character of their tenants Cochis said. It becomes advantageous for a landlord to Deal with the government to recover Cost for  government will pay six months rent in Advance every sit months la the landlord and guarantee to main Tain and restore the property to its original condition minus Normal Wear and ear. The program is expected to save approximately s3.1 million Over its 12-month test period said Jim Brown program analyst. The savings should come from reducing la payments eliminating the Cost of moving and storage fees for service members who would occupy temporary quarters and from reducing the Cost of procuring installing and maintaining Kitchen appliances cupboards furnishings and other equipment he said. If the army decides the ibs program is a Success it will be adopted army wide Brown said. Retirement changes won t affect is in service now officials say by Cunt Swift Washington Bureau Washington Pentagon officials Are trying to assure service members that proposed retirement changes will not Hurt people already in the service the Pentagon s top manpower official called a news conference wednesday to get that message to the troops. Chapman pm assistant Secretary of cd sense for Force management and personnel said defense department officials continually receive questions from soldiers sailors and airmen in the Field about How pending changes will affect their benefits. Neither of the Bills that have been passed by the respective houses of Congress affect anyone currently in the Force or any retirees Cox emphasized. Cox said one reason the Pentagon has not been Able to get the message across is hat it has never before had a retirement Bill stating that it did not affect the current  father everybody that s currently in the Force he said. The current Force is exempted from tic chances because defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger convinced con Gress that service members made career decisions based on their retirement expectations Cox said. Weinberger was less successful in convincing Congress thai changing retirement would severely harm retention Cox said. Cox said isolating the effects of retirement changes is difficult but the Pentagon can show by analysis and experience that reducing retirement benefits hurts retention. The Impact of the changes will not be Felt until people who enter the armed services after the retirement charges become Law have five to 20 years experience he said we did the Best we could o make those changes the least damaging on the future Force people who enter after the Bills arc enacted he said. Iran s in. Envoy caught shoplifting new York a Iran s ambassador o the United nations was caught stealing a s100 Raincoat from a department store but was freed because of his diplomatic immunity police said. Said Ruusie Kab Grassani to was trying on a Raincoat on the second floor of the men s department at Alexander s in raid town Manhattan when he went behind a clothes rack ripped off the Price tag and headed for the exit said sol. John Venetucci a police department spokesman. A store detective observed Ramaie Khor Assant trying to Seal the Coal the sergeant said wednesday the detective and a Security guard intercepted Ramaie Khorasani before he left the store Fri agents called by store officials recognized Ramaie Khorasani As the ambassador and no charges were pressed because of his diplomatic status Venetucci said. The incident occurred on May 7, but City police were not notified of it until wednesday Venet cd said. In by to quoted on iranian spokesman As denying the theft saying it was either a misunderstanding or an attempt by the Fri to create a scandal. 2 is charged in murder of Amberg Soldier Amberg Germany is two 2nd army Ca regt soldiers have been charged in the murder of a Soldier found beaten and unconscious in a Farmer s Field Neara Nunenthal. Spec. 4 Carl l. Abrahams who was found by a German Farmer May 2, died May 13. Regimental spokesman Cape Christopher Holshek said thursday that Pis. Dennis m. Moya 21, and pee Troy w. Diamond 20, both of com 3rd so based at Pon Barracks in am Faery Are being held at the us. Army confinement facility in Mannheim. Holshek said Moya was apprehended May 10 following an investigation by German police and the army s Crimi Nal investigation div. Moya was charged with attempted murder but the charge was changed to murder when Abrahams died at Erlanger University Hospital hols Bensaid. Diamond was identified As a second suspect apprehended and charged after Abrahams died. Abrahams 33, was assigned to troop a 3rd so 2ndarmd Cav regt Al Pond Barracks. He is survived by Bis Mother Barbara Abrahams of Newbury Moss