European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday june 3, 1986 demonstrators March at . Base in Spain soldiers guard the Gile to Zara Joia a Spain during a Denns Lialiou against is. Busts in Spain. From staff ind wire reports Caracoza Spain protesters burned a . Flag m Ham of the .-Lcascd Zaragoza a and broke a Gate lock during a proles March sunday. Spanish police estimated there were 3.000 demonstrators but base Security police said monday Only 1,500 to 2,000 people were demonstrators threw toilet paper on the wire Fence surrounding the base and broke the lock As they surged toward the Gate police other damage was reported during the hour Long protest said i s1 it. John by cacti of the base Public affairs of fico. The employees and residents were told of the Demon stration about a week in Advance and the employees used the Buck Gate to enter and leave inc base Bickell Lold the stars and stripes. A military police detachment and civilian guard reinforcements with drugs and a water truck were ready inside the base but did not intervene the associated press included provincial left Wing political leaders and members of Zaragoza pacifist associations who or Gan Rcd the demonstration against the presence of is. Troops in Spain the a reported. Protesters carried placards and shouted us. Bases out and at the four .-Lcased bases in Spain he United slates maintains 12,500 military and civilian personnel under an agreement signed in 1953. Primc minister Felipe gon Jiledi s government approved a five year Extension of the treaty in 1983. Ariane aftermath Kourou. French i Riaia Dpi european space officials said sunday there were no indications thai customers Wilt cancel satellite delivery contracts following the explosion of an ariane rocket that destroyed a si5 million communications satellite. We be got some encouragement from our customers. Of course they Are wanting to know How much their launches Are going to be said Patrice Albrecht customer relations manager for Arian space the French led International consortium that builds markets and Bunches he rocket Tor the european space Agency. The Arione 2 rocket lifted off perfectly Friday night from the Guiana space Center on the North Eastern coast of South America but was destroyed along with its satellite Paula ail. By controllers when the rocket s third stage failed and sent the Craft tumbling out of con Rof Reward out for firebug East Lansing. Mich. A a fire at a Michigan state University dormitory that injured34 students was either arson or a prank University police say. And they re offering a s2.000 Reward for information leading to Ibe person who set it. Five lieu Nii injured in ii Blaze saturday that swept through the top floor of the six floor East Holmes Hail remained hospitalized sunday. One was in serious condition. Panda gives birth Tokyo a Huan Huan 220-Pound Panda presented to Japan by Chin in 1980, gave birth sunday for the second time and a zoo official said condition arc Good for the cub s survival. The giant Panda accidentally crushed her first cub he first Panda bom in Japan 43 noun after it was delivered last june 22. Ueno zoo official Teni Yuki Kenya was asked if any special precautions were being taken and he said there s nothing we can do but leave it to the Mother but conditions Are Navy a improve pay Deposit setup for support detachments in Europe by Wendy Courland stiff writer Navy personnel support detachments in Europe will switch to a More efficient Check to Bank Deposit system this summer. Under the new system the Navy finance Center in Cleveland will Deposit pay in a Navy person s Bank account instead of local personnel support detachments Mak ing inc Deposit said it. Mark Stockwell director of Mili tary pay Navy personnel support activity London. Thi ice direct Deposit system Cupic cd to take effect in july and August will replace the pay deposited quicker program now in use Stockwell said. Enrolment in inc program is voluntary for Navy personnel he said the switch will change the role of the detachments said it. Mike Martin officer in charge of Navy personnel support detachment Vaihinger at Patch Barracks Stull said that once the responsibility for depositing nay into Bank accounts is gone the detachments can spend More Lime on local pay mailers such As travel claims. Stock Well emphasized however that personnel support detachments will not be giving up control of a Sailor s pay. The disbursing a Terles at the detachments will still maintain pay records he said. Under Dos pay will not be rounded off in dollars As it was with a do. The actual amount in dollars and cents will be deposited into the person s account. Personnel support detachments switching in july arc Vai Hingen. Germany Nea Malm. Greece and Souda Bay the switch in August Are detachment m Lon Don Brawdy Wales holy Loch Edzel and Thurso Scot land shape Belgium Naples. Simonella and la Miuda Lena Italy and Rota Spain. Stockwell said Navy people assigned in outlying areas May Contact the closest personnel support detachment to enrol in direct Deposit. The army and air Force also have direct Deport pro Safe spoke Sun Laid 92.5 percent of air Force personnel use direct Deposit on a voluntary basis. While Stockwell did not wish to speculate on the percentage of Navy people using the system he said it is much smaller than in the air Force. Personnel who joined the army before sept. 30 can opt to use direct Deposit a Usa eur resource management spokesman said. However people entering the army after sep 30 must sign up for direct Deposit at their full permanent duly station. Outdated Navy computers causing Supply problems investigation finds correction a photo caption on Page 14 of yesterday s newspaper incorrectly identified a fast food stand As being run by cafes. The snack bar is run by students of Nuernberg High school. The incorrect names of the winning team in the International minuteman Competition were supplied to the stars and stripes for yesterday s newspaper. Tie members of the team from the 7lh army Reserve come prov were i. Col. Richard Fillippi it. Col. Harold Lemaire maj. Floyd Moore lit it. Ken Baxter and staff set Gale Smith. The stars and stripes re Grey the errors. Washington up Navy ships have lost or been robbed of vast quantities of supplies but officials never knew the goods were missing because outdated ship computers could not track inventories a special Navy probe has found. In one Case ship silverware Worth 13.000 was found slashed in a cubbyhole near the front of the aircraft car Rier Kitty Hawk but a Check with the ship s computer in july showed no record of the goods said the 1,800-Page report to the Navy s lop officer. Ships also have paid exorbitant prices to private companies for spare pans equipment and furniture because antiquated Navy computers on Shore could not respond promptly to ships requests for items in Stock investigators found. Investigators were told that chaplains aboard the Kitty Hawk had ordered j358 office chairs and s248 conference tables from private companies in 1985 because of expected yearlong delays in obtaining the furniture from the Navy. The Carrier also paid 125 each for Foa Long plastic lunch trays thai could hive been bought for 13.50 each Accord ing to the report to adm. James Watlins chief of naval Ope computers on 60 Navy ships including 14 aircraft carriers and dozens of support ships Are slow Compla and cumbersome and Only about 20 percent of the sailors who operate them Are properly trained investigators were told. As a result thousands of supplies were unnecessarily purchased or Ore missing either lost or stolen leaving a Trail of More than 1500 million in computer discrepancies on seven ships alone the report said. The principal deficiencies Watlins said in a septem Ber memorandum Are longstanding and the problems Are still Navy spokesman or nor. Kendell Pease said Friday when asked about the report. But we be come a Long Way results of the internal inquiry led by cmdr. James Lunga were summarized to Congress last fall. The entire report was made available to United press International recently by sen. Pete Wilson r-calif., Bead of an armed services committee task Force that plans to hold bearings on Supply problems in late june. Navy ships order the vast majority of their goods from onshore Supply centers in the past if delays Tor needed goods seemed prohibitive ships Supply officers had authority to Purchase items from private companies. Since the report was issued last fall the Navy Bat required that mar specialized officers on Shore select the private firms from which purchases May be made. The investigation was conducted in response to allegations by a Kilty Hawk auditor
