European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday july Al 1986 the stars and stripes i Page 9 tugboat Crew takes advantage of summer season the recent Mediterranean style Walher at the . Navy s submarine remit site one in holy lord Scotland has allowed tugboat Crews to gel out on deck and Spruce up their powerful Ork ves Sels. Petty officer 3,c, Christopher Shields 13, of Gainesville Cali Husy applying a coat of paint to the lug a Liia s Marine strainers. And Petty officer . Brian Marschner 14, of Lincoln Park mich., Lake a break to fish far cod for the Crew s dinner. They were photographed while Ihetu lug look on supplies alongside the Licet ballistic missile sub Marine tender ii Unity. Divorce rate alarming soviet paper reports Moscow up the divorce rate in the soviet Union is climbing dramatically wish Only 37 percent of marriages surviving three years the Moskovskaya pravda newspaper Sard sunday. Seven Oul of 10 marriages break up before their 0lh anniversary the newspaper said a rate of to per cent. By comparison the divorce Rale in the United Stales is roughly 50 percent according to recent statistics. The number of divorces in the soviet Union has risen from a Tola i of 636,200 in 1981 to almost 1 million in 1983. The last year that full statistics for divorce and marriage Are available the report said. It said there appeared to be a steady climb in divorce Rales in the past three years although there arc no official statistics to prove it. Sociologists arc very concerned Over this alarming increase in figures. Keeping a Young family together is not a simple thing the newspaper said. Moskovskaya pravda said the main reasons for the increase in divorces were financial troubles the Young Ages of the brides and grooms the Lack of housing and privacy for new co Vilc and the impossibility of Young marrieds to Lake vacations together because of work schedules. Only one in three married couples Start life in their own apartments with the vast majority of Young mar Ricks forced to share Small rooms with the parents and in Laws the newspaper said the newspaper said one Way to eliminate the prob Lem is to make divorce Marc difficult it is necessary to make divorce More intricate. It would help Slop this easygoing process of let s go gel married and then let s j " said. I go and pan " the newspaper divorce especially in cases of childless couples is relatively easy in the soviet Union. The Cost for filing a divorce action ranges from about $70 to $280 depending on the couple s income. No court hearing is necessary if both parties agree to he divorce and no children Are involved. The divorce after a government mediated attempt at reconciliation. Can be granted in a matter of Days after the initial petition. In previous statistics the no. T reason for divorce has been Drunken ass. But Moskovskaya pravda said the major problem today is Lack of Money. The big Gujt problem facing Young families is Money difficulties and this is because people marry too Young the newspaper said. More than 28 percent of bridegrooms Are under the age of 22. Many of these Young couples refuse offers of help from their parents. Another problem is the impossibility of having holidays together because they Are not Given i Cave from work at the same Lime the news paper said. In the soviet Union workers arc often told Wien to take their vacation time and they have no Choice on dates a husband and wife work in different jobs the designated Holiday periods often do not coincide. The newspaper said More Effort should be Pul Inlo forming clubs for Young marrieds where they can Dis cuss their problems with other couples who might be facing the same difficulties. Problems plague embassy Security beef up plans Washington Cost Over runs and bureaucratic gridlock uncovered by Congress signal investigators have cast doubt on the state department s ability to carry Oul its s4 billion Bening up of embassy Security around the world the problems were summarized by the general accounting office the investigative Arm of Congress in a report hat bund big gaps in embassy Security systems including electric Barrier sys tems hat did not work and an ambassador who demoralized Security guards by having them walk his poodle. The state department agreed with Many of the Gao criticisms of the pro decl which was rushed into action Fol lowing the bombing of the u a. Embassy in Beirut. Lebanon in september 198-4. The project Over five years will Coil More than j4 billion. The Gao probe covered the project s first hectic year of operation in which nearly $350 million was spent. In Moscow an embassy construction project that Mas to Cost s30 million has already Cost ji67 million partly due to delays by local contractors hired by the soviet government. In Cairo Egypt. Partly because or disagreement about whether an embassy building should have 20 stories or 16. The estimated Tost had grown from s27 million to $43 Mil lion and the construction project was far behind schedule. Another project in Cairo the Ambas Sador s residence was finally abandoned after costs had More than trebled and Security doors did not wort an earlier report said. The Gao summary said the department of state agreed that bureaucratic gridlock has often prevented action on Security  officials said there was often Dis agreement Between workers for the . Information Agency who want to be accessible to the population and embassy Security people who want the installations isolated for Protection against car bombs and other attacks. The department bought and shipped overseas 200 electronic barriers at a Cost of More than 12 million. Six months after they had arrived the Gao reported they still were unused because the wrong wiring diagrams had been shipped with the equipment. When the . Embassy in Beirut was bombed in 1984, the Barrier Gates were lying unused alongside the Road leading to the Gate where the car bombers at tacked the building. In some overseas posts the report said local cleaning Crews also served u Security guards. In other posts Security guards were ordered to perform other duties such As washing cars