European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday july 22,1986 army to seek travel firm bids for contracts with . Bases by Norman Black Apo indy write Washington a the army has announced it will soon solicit competitive bids from private companies for the right to handle travel arrangements for decision will for the first time allow commercial agents to operate on All army bases inside the United would be allowed to handle both official and private travel ticketing another arrangements Worth an estimated $390 million a service said it envisions awarding a master travel service contract in each of six regions covering the United states. The first put up for bid will be the 5tharmy s Region which coven new mexi co Nebraska Kansas Oklahoma Texas Missouri Arkansas and Louisiana. The estimated value of army trave business inside that one Region is $55 million a year the service said. The army has allowed commercial agents to operate at a Small number of bases since 198. But for the most part the army books air reservations directly with commercial airlines through the air transport association of America. That association maintains scheduled airlines traffic offices it most army offices Are available to soldiers travelling individually on official govern ment orders or privately on vacation. The Sato offices do not function As full serv ice travel agencies however offering Pri Marily air and rental car reservations. Arrangements for soldiers travelling Ingroup Are normally made separately by the military traffic management come or the military Airlift re very excited about this said Howard s. Pollock of toe Astral trave service in Jersey City no who is the chairman of the government affairs com Mittee of the american society of travel is one stumbling Block that we re glad to overcome. Hopefully Pecan now get the other armed services involved in doing this to Pollock the travel Indus try was barred from making reservations for any individuals travelling on official government business tinder the terms of an old Law dating to 1899. In 1984, he said Congress general accounting of fice issued a ruling on that Law that cleared the Way for commercial agents to handle government business. The Industry has worked for two Yean to crack the department of defense headed which Overall represents roughly $1 billion in army said Friday it will expect competing travel agencies to provide their services to soldiers without fees As is customary for the Industry. Travel agents normally receive a percentage from airlines hotels rental car Compa Nies and other firms. The army statement said it will accept no degradation of the service we currently have and through open Corn petition expect to receive Many in Agency wishing to handle army business will be expected to provide the full Range of travel services state of the Art electronic reservation equipment have the ability to expand to meet Emer gency requirements and pay a conces Sion fee on unofficial travel to the army s morale welfare and recreation fund the service army Laid it hoped to Complete the Competition far the first Region bythe end of this year. Love linked to laughter study finds new York ufos couple who laugh together usually stay to Gether. Psychology today reported study by Connecticut College psychologist Bernard in the August Issue of psychology today found that Menand women with similar senses of humor ate More Likely to love etch other and want to Many. He said having a High or Low sense of humor in itself did Dot Foster or Binder but couples who Shire the Sam sense of humor slay together longer he said Montein and his Robert Bruit questioned 26 Piarie couples Aad four married Coop most of them College age. Why does humor predict to roancc7 it is indicative of Many things values interests preoccupations intelligence imagination and needs,1 the researchers said. Colleges overstress sports lawmaker says Washington ufos colleges should he preparing athletes for the game of life not just the pros and con Gress should play a larger role in ensuring that universities strew education Over sports. Rep. Thomas Luken a Ohio said monday Lukin saying that Congress must look at the problem because the National Adf regulation Effort has failed said be is filing legislation to create a congressional advisory commission on intercollegiate athletics. The panel which would consist ofis education and athletics experts would study the problem for a year an Issue a report on the proper role of sports at universities. An aide estimated that the commission would Cost taxpayers $400,000 to $800,000. It s time to Decommer Clauze colleges ports and put education Back in charge of the entire University Luken necessity to win is a corrupting and destructive he said the National collegiate ath Letic association governing body of col lege sports has ignored the recommendations of its own advisory panel that proposed fewer special pave tees an tougher educational requirements for athletes. The student athlete is being exploited by the system Luken said. We teach them that they Are employees of a com Mercial athletes must be pre pared for Hie game of life not just for the pros Luken said. If it comes to a Choice Between devel Oping Inch athletic stardom and the values of our educational system we have to choose the educational system Luken said. He said his Bill was inspired by reports of drug abuse and poor schooling among some athletes. The problem is that athletic depart ments must be financially self sustaining which Means the profit motive is supreme Luken said. In the quest for the sport Dollar College sports programs often produce celebrated athlete who cannot be considered student in wry said he would like to see an end to freshman eligibility no More special dormitories for athletes Aad it require ment that athletes Cru Nuin a c average. A Luken aide said the commission would examine College sporting abuse such As recruiting and eligibility violations and drug use. An overdose of cocaine recently killed University of Maryland Alt tar Basket Ball player Len Bias who died two Days after being selected by the Boston celtics in the first round of be National Basket Ball association draft is there life on Mars probably 2 scientists say Washington up results Ofa biology Experiment that landed on Man 10 years ago indicate the chances Are better than Ever that life was detected on the planet two scientists re ported monday. The conclusion is a controversial on that was not supported by the findings of two other life detection Experiment aboard the Viking 1 and 1 Mars land ing Craft we have waited 10 years for All the theories and results from the Many scientists investigating our Experiment be fore voicing any conclusion said Gil Bert Levin. Biochemist Patricia Straat was More cautious but she said that in her View the results of the analysis indicate a slightly better than so percent chancesome kind of life process May have been observed. Straat said that she hesitated to come right out and say there s life on Mars the Experiment involved the release of radioactive organic chemicals into Container with a Sample of Martian soil As an agent to measure earlier said the findings could have been produced by some strange chemistry in Mars toil. After examining these efforts in great detail and after years of Laboratory work on our part to duplicate our Man data by non biological Means we find that the weight of scientific analysis makes it More probable than not that living organisms were detected on Mars. This is not presented As an opinion but As a position dictated by an objective evaluation of All the relevant scientific data Levin said in a statement issued before Bis formal presentation to scientist attending a conference on Mars at the National Academy of sciences. Earlier monday Nasa vowed to pursue an aggressive program of solar system exploration using unmanned probes but administrator James Fletcher said the challenger disaster i complicating future planning. Court urged to Force return of Detroit workers Detroit up frustrated Cit lawyers monday asked the Michigan court of appeals to Force 7,000 City workers and 5,000 sympathizers to end a 6-Day-Otd strike hat has halted bus serv ice and trash collection in Philadelphia resuming strikers cleaned up from a 20-Day walkout. In Pittsburgh negotiations were scheduled monday night to determine Chy garbage collectors would go on strike. Some 264 members of teamsters local 609 in Pittsburgh have been work ing under several contract Extension since the original contract expired dec. 31. Union spokesman Curtis Casey Saida strike was a Good possibility because Union officials would act again extend the contract after the Extension expired monday afternoon. In Detroit lawyers indignant Over Wayne county circuit judge Sharon Finch s refusal to Force striking City workers Back on the Job took their Casto the stale appeals court monday. City lawyer Donald fallen is arguing that state Law forbids Public employees front striking. Last week Finch rejected that argument but agreed to hear further testimony on whether the strike is Caus ing irreparable Barm. Talks Between the two sides broke off Early monday morning after a 17-hour session. Detroit elections director de Wilson said he would ask gov. James j. Blan Chard to Send in the National guard this week to protect non Union employees who May Nave to be hired to help pre pare for the aug. S primary election. Some 46 water department chemists and microbiologists who voted sunday night not to Cross of some picket lines agreed to return to work monday after the City promised they would be taken from their Homes to wore in notice can. In Philadelphia Blue Collar City employees returned to work without a con tract monday and began restoring Muni Cipal services that had been balled or limited during the 20-Day strike. District Council 33 of the american federation of state county and Munici pal employees which represents Blue Collar workers voted sunday to return to work just two Days after a judge ordered trash collectors return to work or face $40,000 fines
