European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 4, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday june 4, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 3 military Roundup italian general to take command of Ace Mobile Force land shape Belgium maj. Gen. Franco Ongioni of the italian army will assume duties in Germany As commander of Ace Mobile Force land in Heidelberg on june 20. Ongioni 53, succeeds maj. Gen. Andrew g. Christie 49, of inc Canadian forces a news release from shape said. Christie who served As commander for three years will be assigned to nato s International military staff in Brussels As assistant director for plans and policy. Ongioni previously served in Rome As the chief of the 3ru Branch army staff. He also was commander of the italian contingent of the Lebanon peace Force from 1982 to 19x4. The Ace Mobile Force is the Allied come Europe s Mobile conventionally armed immediate reaction Force and includes both land and air components. Rheinland Pfalz adds Streamer to 36th tac fighter Wing s Flag bit drug a Germany the minister president of Rheinland Pfalz monday added a Streamer to the 36th tac fighter Wing s Flag to Honor close relations Between the base and area residents. Bernhard Vogl made the award in recognition of the base s conduct during a year when relations were made difficult by president Reagan s controversial 1985 visit to Tilburg and its cemetery where soldiers of Adolf Hitler s Waffon is arc buried. The Streamer first was awarded to two army and two air Force units in Honor of Good relations with their communities during 1983. In 1984, one army unit was Hon ored for emergency service to its area. Streamers attached to the staffs of organizational flags connote an Honor to the unit for an accomplishment. The new Streamer will hang with the Wing s five air Force outstanding unit streamers and those it has earned in Battle. A whole generation us grown up in the Federal re Public which is too Youn to have personally experienced he resurgence of Germin american Friendship after the second world War Vogel said at inc ceremony. To those Young people the Marshall plan and the Ber Lin Airlift Are Only stories told by parents or in history books he said. More americans live in Rheinland Pfalz than in any other German state he said. Boston u. Commencement to be held in Heidelberg Heidelberg commencement exercises for bos ton University s overseas program will be held sunday at the officers and civilians club at Patrick Henry Village. Receiving degrees will be 422 people including 157 Active duty soldiers 58 members of the air Force five Navy members two marines 49 department of defense civilians and 151 family members. The oldest graduate is 60 and the youngest is 21, while 253 members of the class arc men and 169 Are women. Both members of three married couples will receive Mas Ter s degrees. The commencement speaker will be John r. Silber Boston University president. Gisbert Freiherr Zug Putlitz a physicist and Rector of Heidelberg University will be awarded an honorary doctorate of Laws degree. University of Maryland honors ambassador at commencement Heidelberg nearly 300 of the More than 700 students rec pc ing Bachelor s degrees from the University of Maryland european division attended commencement exercises sunday. The class included 402 military personnel 215 air Force members 171 soldiers and 16 Navy members and 359 civilians. The oldest graduate of the class was 62 and the Young est was 21, while 57 percent of the class were men and 43 percent were women. The commencement speakers were Richard Burl . Ambassador to Germany who received an honorary doctorate of Laws degree. Gisbert Fri Herr Zug Putlitz a physicist and Rector of Heidelberg University also spoke to the graduates and received an honorary doctorate of science degree. Complied by tin Start and Sorrl pts Iloh and from my it least Sis photo by track Baker a German worker keeps the brickwork Leel at temporary housing units under cons Luction for Span Dahlem a. Suggestion Tor build lease units should ease housing shortage by Jean Albright Tilburg Bureau Span Dahlem a Germany an idea submitted through the suggestion program earned its Origi Nator $5,000 and should improve the lifestyle of Newcom ers waiting for housing. A German builder is constructive 56 housing units using specifications set Down by air Force officials. Span Dahlem a will lease the units while the builder will retain ownership and responsibility. It is the first build lease agreement to provide Tempo Rary housing for a Safe base officials said. Siegfried Becker of the 52nd civil engr so real prop erty management office originated the plan in response to a shortage of temporary housing. We be really had a miserable situation for our guests Becker said. Three years ago i was sent out to find hotels to offset the shortage of housing. There just weren t enough  newcomers and their families sometimes had Long slays in rooms that were expensive and As far As 50 Miles away. I had to find a solution Becker said. This idea was pure economics. It was accepted right  construction began in april. When it is completed later this year Safe will have no maintenance res Ponsini Litas. Management and operation of an attached Gasthaus will be open for bidding. The convenient restaurant should provide an easy introduction to local ways and make things pleasant for newcomers Becker said. Safe will provide Only the furniture which will match mahogany Woodwork and cabinets put in by the builder. The builders accepted our standards and requirements which were sometimes quite costly and unique Becker said. The units will House up to six people or More by open ing doors to adjoining rooms. The units will also include conveniences that hotels May not offer like built in Clos ets washers and dryers and parking spaces which out number units by half Becker said. Hotel reservations made easy by new arc computer link by Charlie Bowden Munich Bureau Garmisch Germany one Call gels it All. That s a Central Clement in a new advertising and promotional Campaign for the army s Chain of bavarian re sort hotels. And it works if you can get through. Getting through by phone is a problem that officials at the armed forces recreation Center Are working to Over come but it has been an Uphill Battle against antiquated equipment and bureaucratic paperwork marketing director John Kay said monday. The opening of a Central reservations office linked by computer to All arc hotels in three areas was Long overdue. The Lack of one was mentioned in a study in 1984 by the accounting firm of Pannell Kerr and Forster which resulted m sweeping changes in arc. With the new system hotel guests Call the Central num Ber instead of the individual hotel for reservations. The Central reservations office in Garmisch was designed to be a work Saver and an Aid to management and customers. But the comprehensive million Dollar system did not take into account a phone system that dates to the birth of the recreation Center just after the end of world War ii. The original 2535-575 military number or ets 4402 575 includes a rotary system of nine military phone num Bers but is hooked into already overloaded 40-year-old phone trunks Kay said. It s really quite an efficient operation except that the phone system won t take the Load Kay said. The Central reservations office takes an average of More than 1,500 Calls per Day with each of the eight reservation clerks on duty averaging about 200 Calls per shift office manager Kerry Phillips said. Because of the difficulties the centralized program had with the military system and with ets not coming on line in Garmisch until late this year arc added a civilian rotary phone number 08821-75710 to give the Central reservations office eight More lines. But even it has its gremlins. Callers often get a Busy signal or a constant ring Kay said. To remedy that a recording device will be installed within the next few Days to inform callers when All clerks Are  Down the Pike is a toll free number similar to 800 numbers in the United states. Scheduled to begin operation in july the toll free sys tem should greatly relieve the Telephone problem Kay said. Individuals can Call from Home or a pay phone in Germany and it won t Cost them a Pfenning. In the meantime Phillips suggests that customers Call during non Peak hours generally in mid morning and from 2 . To 4 ., and have an alternate arrival Date selected. Central reservations operates from 8 . Until 6 ., seven Days a week Phillips said