European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes g sex Gas with debts to . May be forced by ifs to pay Page 2 q american tourists Are returning to Europe daily Magazine d today s Dollar buys 2.17 Marks rates Page 27 the stars and stripes Lutho Niimd Uno Miniat. Publication Fob the . Ahmed f vol. 45, no 76 wednesday july 2, t98g i d4.iv 8693 a most exchanges plan to accept visa Mastercard credit cards Washington Sis most army and air Force Enchant sen ice stores overseas will begin a copling visa Ami  Ard Riedil cards this month an cafes spokeswoman announced tuesday. Exchanges in Europe. Turkey and saudi Arabia will begin accepting the cards july 24, cant. Mary Ann Nacri said. The  will be accepted july 3 on Gunni. July is in he philippine. July 22 in Japan july 22 on Okinawa and aug. 6 in Korea. The cards May be used at main stores garages Audi pads stores military clothing sales stores specially such As furniture or four seasons stores and some convenience and troops stores she said. They Wilt nol be accepted in restaurants or Heaters. Tor personal services such As haircuts find laundry or for gaol inc. Cafes will continue i offer the overseas deferred payment plan and the uniform clothing deferred pay ment plan she said. Prices will not he raised to cover credit card process ing costs Nacri said. Cafes officials believe increased sales recalling from or Ceil card acceptance will offset the costs. Neri said that under ils overseas contract cafes see cards on Page 28 a photo Tennis Champion Boris better of Germany wears in illegal coca cob logo on Bjk be during the Wimbledon tournament in Englind. What mixes with Coke not Tennis Becker finds Wimbledon England a Wimbledon men s Champion Boris Becker who signed a contract Ai the  of this year s championships to promote coca cola has been fined 11,000 for displaying an oversize advertisement on his shirts. Tournament officials said to May the coca cola advertisement v on two shins the i year old German wore during i fourth round Victory Over Mike perfors of Sweden on monday. So related Storie on Page 23. He also wore an oversize advertise ment on his jacket during the warm up officials said in a report on the incident. Becker won 6-3, 7-6, 6-2 to and Vance to the quarterfinals. In his report tournament referee Alan Mills said Becker violated a res that Stales no commercial logo should be bigger than two Square inches. The rules apply to clothing worn on court Al press conferences or at tournament ceremonies. Legislation overhauling military retirement plan signed by president Washington up president Reagan signed legislation tuesday Over hauling the military retirement system by rewarding those who make life in uni form a career and reducing the pension checks for those who leave Early. The military retirement Reform act of 1986 docs nol affect those now in uni form or those who already have retired but Wilt change pensions for anyone entering the armed forces after aug. I. Reagan acted promptly on the Mea sure which was passed by the House Las week on a voice Vole. Annual savings for Pentagon retire ment accounts Are estimated at abouts3.2 billion. The current military retirement sys tem provides a pension to those who have spent 20 years in uniform equal to half their base pay in their three highest paid years. The size of the pension rises by 2.5 percent of base pay for each additional year of service up to 30, when the pension peaks at 75 percent of base pay. Under the new legislation those retiring after 20 years individuals who typically go on to a second career will get 40 percent of their base pay for their three highest years. Additionally the measure provide annual Cost of living increases linked to increases in the consumer Price Index. Less i percent with a one time catchup to what it would have been with full cola adjustments at age 62, and the pensions of those who Loire Early would be adjusted up to a Bamji of 50 percent at age 62, but there would be a 1 percent Penally after the adjustment for each year of service less than 30 years. House armed services committee chairman los Aspin d-wis., who forced the Issue last year by ordering acut in Pentagon retirement accounts that prompted passage of the legislation said the Bill was a Long Lime in  he said after the Bill passed thai it will put 10 rest for a time the whole idea of changes in military retirement. We need not have rumours going around among people in uniform about tinker ing with the retirement system. The Issue of military retirement was thrust into the limelight in february 1485 by then budget director David Stockman who during a Capitol Hill appearance termed the system a scandal an outrage. The institutional forces in the military Are More concerned about protecting their retirement benefits than they arc about protecting the Security of the american  the new Law also permits obligations of Over $5.3 billion in previously unauthorized defense appropriations for the 1986 fiscal year. It also creates the Posi Tion of undersecretary of defense for acquisition. Even those in Back seat must buckle up or pay Fine by the stars and Snipes passengers who Don t buckle up while Riding in a car in Germany now can defined 40 Marks $18. German police tuesday began enforcing an August 1984 Law that requires All passenger 10 Wear scat belts. Gerd Bonne la of the German ministry of transportation said the enforce ment of the Law now includes Back Seal passengers. Police last year began fining driven and front seat passengers not wearing safety belts. Adult passengers who fail to Wear a Seal Belt arc responsible for the Tine Nola car s Driver Bormuth said. The Law covers european cars built after May i 1979. Vehicles made before that Date were not required 10 have Seal belts in the Back seat and will not be affected he said. For american built cars Bormuth said police will go by the Date scat belts were required to be installed in them. All american vehicles manufactured after Jan. 1, 96b,Musi have rear seat belts. The . Military already require Drivers and Alt passengers to buckle up on military installations