European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Friday May 30, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 3 military Roundup unit in Germany named Best army Rockef Flaune system team Baum older Field arty has. Brei rocket system unit ii the firing Battery presented by the serial Ala. The8lh inf dive Superior missile ma1 1984 to August 198. We have the i unit in he army,"1 commander. V of 4 api presented Maxwell Al four students Allende military education awards for the 1985 Mai. Patrick a attends the air comi army cd Linja 2 top prize Washington team headed by a top prizes including in the National i Corn petition. Chief warrant of support come 3rd three weeks to prepaid petition in Chicago. 1 category took first i for the Best exhibit in air forces Atlo Rennes Jermany Bury a 3rd in 16th named the tap multiple launch the army. Pc lived the Holger n. Toftoy award army missile come Redstone aril earned the award by maintaining a Ricl readiness rating from october readiness rating of any Mars Aid capt. John a. Bonsell Battery Ade ship awards Lisafe major la. A Safe major is one of. The air University s professional ols to receive air Force leadership 5 academic year. Harvcy Raf Ben Waters England Rind and staff College. Iry arts team wins in Competition the . Army culinary arts 5areur Servic member look two lie grand prize during Competition tyrant association s 1986 culinary a Larry Waldron of he co div ,. Div in Kitzinger Germany had f his i 1-member team for the Corn team s entry in the grand Buffet and won the grand prize trophy Ishow. Sens commissary a v/2 years Early Florenne a opened a new commit ahead of schedule. Thi Ennes a until a Largi 1989. The two cashier 1. Opened May 20, saves had to take Daylong Chimes a. The release said. An Contact he company to Cement. For information i group 2525 slate Street inflation rate Foj drops to 1.12 Brussels. Belgium Al inflation rate dropped to 1.1 Isery of economic affairs rep it was .45 percent in april lion rate in More than 14 years the consumer Price Index we equating Loa provi 0.2 percent from 131.58 in april. Ii i Belgium recent in May Belgium s year to year Sec Cal in May the min wednesday. I was the lowest Infra uses 19b1 Asa base year onal 131.28 in May Down ministry said. Trips by Chuck Vinch Bureau Washington sometime this fall the army expects to launch a program thar ill allow troops to use diner s club credit curds while Ira Wirig on official government business. The army completed a tour month Lisp to Lac program involving about 9,000 card holders in Jan Aryl. The results have been sent to Michael Stone assistant Secretary of the army for financial Mana Nunt said Cap. Charles Kacsur army project manager for Etc credit card test at the army finance and Jaccoi Intini i Center fort Benjamin Harrison ind Kacsur said he expects Stone to approve the Proi concept. But some questions still need to be Ruel Wercuch As whether All pay grades should be authorized acc civic the card and whether a Fri Quincy of i Ravel Cafuir Cmunt should i built into the program he said. _ the program will by voluntary Kacaj said. Each installation will have a program can offer application information to eligible Perst Nel he said. The card will be in the Namer tie authorized travel or Kacsur said. There will no membership fees and no interest fees the idea i scr people to use the card to pay Bills while Ira Velitis in they would submit their travel vouchers gel reimbursed by the army and pay off their charge card balance under the plan such cd to Stone card holders would be authorized a re Timur 40 percent travel Advance rather than the usaa Timit of 80 percent Kacsur said. He explained hat the card could be used for major expenses such As lodging and rental cars while the lower Advance would be used for lesser expenses such As incidentals and Feals. The army has programmed safeguards into the plan to prevent people from using the Carder personal reasons. On the applications you that the card is to be used for official purposes Only he said. The pro Gram director at each ins Natian gels a monthly printout of All charges made guards issued to people under his jurisdiction. So Haj rain Tell whether the card has been is for official use Only no credit Check will on people who apply. The card will not an individual s credit rating in any Way. He said. The program offers advantages to the individual As Well the government Kacsur Saidt Many use. Their own credit curds when Ting on toy he said. With the diner s club card ult have to use your own he Sata the government benefits by not having to pay out As much Nijmey in travel advances. The army will Mil pay diner s club for the service Kacsur said. Diners rib will make its profits from fees that credit card compares routinely charge businesses that accept their cards. The army also plans transportation officials to use centralized dings club accounts la pay for airline tickets for personnel on Morary duty. The Navy has authorized use of diner s club curd for individuals on temporary duty sine september officials said. The Navy program has no pay Vade limitations and no travel frequency requirement. The Navy program to authorize transportation untie tils to buy airline tickets for adv personnel using of liner b club accounts is in its final lest a personnel official said the air Force is testing a similar program through december a spokesman said. Taiwan fishing vessel off Falkland reportedly shot at by Argentine ship port Stanley Falkland islands a an Argentine naval ship fired on a Taiwan fishing vessel wednesday isl outside the Iso mile exclusion zone imposed by Britain around the Falkland islands a Taiwan fishing official said. The ship later chased a second taiwanese fishing vessel which it was unable to catch and then threatened to fire on a third vessel if it did t accompany it to Argentina said Tsu Kang Lei who represents Taiwan squid Fisher men in the falklands area. The third vessel the Chian Der 3, put Down Anchor in heavy seas and was seeking advice from its owners Lei said. ,. The British defense ministry said it had heard reports of harassment of Taiwan fishing vessels and had sent an aircraft to investigate. The Argentine Navy said it knew nothing of the incidents but was investigating it. In the first incident. Lei said the Crew of the squid trawler Chii fun 6 escaped injury by hiding in the engine room. He said Crew members of another taiwanese vessel he Yulian far old him by Telephone that the shots Possi Bly fired by machine guns wrecked the Mast and the radio room of the Chii fun 6. The Argentine Shin identified Only partially As Foree 28, chased the Chii fun 6 for More than two hours before opening fire at about 7 30 ., Lei said. The attack occurred about 10 Miles outside the exclusion zone Northwest of the falklands he said. The Argentine ship later chased a second fishing vessel the Chian Tah. But was unable to catch it. Then the Argentine ship turned ils attention to a third vessel the slower Chian Der 3, Lei said. The Argentine ship s Captain ordered the Chinn Der 3, which had put Down Anchor in heavy seas to accompany it to Argentina and threatened to fire on the fishing vessel if it did rot comply Lei said. The incidents were the most serious in a series of reported harassment of fishing trawlers by Argentine naval vessels. Argentine ships have boarded fishing trawlers from several countries operating in the Waters Between the Falkland islands and Argentina. Britain and Argentina fought a three month War Over the Falkland islands in 1982 after Argentina sent troops and captured the lightly defended British Colony which is populated by about 1,800 people most of them of British descent. British prime minister Margaret Thatcher dispatched a naval task Force to the South Atlantic and recaptured the archipelago off Argentina s coast in a 74-Day Campaign that killed 255 British and 712 Argentine military person Nel. Lei a representative of the Taiwan squid fishery development Board said the Chii fun 6 was one of 55 Tai wanese vessels operating in Rich fishing Waters off in Falkland islands. Cosmonauts fest construction techniques Moscow of two soviet cosmonauts walked in space for nearly four hours wednesday and assembled a Large Frame above their orbiting space station soviet Media reported. Leonid Kizim and Vladimir Soloveva took pieces of material out of a Cylinder and clipped it together then attached if to a platform above the salyut 7 space station the official news Agency Tass reported Tass gave one dimension of the Structure As being nearly 50 feel but it did not specify whether the figure was for Width or length the Agency quoted Mission control As saying the Experiment Ushers in a new stage in the work in orbit and opens the possibility of Large scale Assembly work in outer the work will serve As a prototype of the big structures that Are to be assembled in near Earth orbit in the future Tass said the cosmonauts also tested new spacesuits radio mos cow said Tus said this spacewalk began at 9 43 Moscow time and lasted 3 hours and so minutes. Kizim and Soloveva set a 237-Day space endurance re Cord in 1984 aboard the salyut 7. During thai Mission they went on six spacewalks for a total of 22 hours and 50 minutes setting a record for the longest time spent walk ing in space during a single Mission. The previous record was 22 hours and 13 minutes set during four walks by the us skylab 3 Crew in 1973 and 1974, the cosmonauts have been aboard the salyut 7 com plex which includes a cargo spacecraft and u soyuz to is spaceship for three weeks. Kizim and Soloveva blasted into space on March 13, Docking two Days later at the space station Mir which a launched in february. They remained aboard Mir until may5
