European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 6, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday augusts 1986 the stars and stripes Federal workers leave Bank proposed plan would let employees Deposit hours by Mike Causey Washington Post Washington rep. Frank Wolf r-va., ants the Federal government to study the feasibility of setting up a leave Bank to allow employees flexibility in taking sick and personal leave. The Bank would record deposits of leave from employees who had it and could t use it and co workers who needed leave for medical or be Sonel Rea sons could make withdrawals from theban. Currently there Are some use it or lose it restrictions to annual leave and each year Many workers lose thousands of hours of vacation because they can t or won t take it. Workers with less than three years of service get 13 Days of annual leave. Those with More than three and less than is years earn 20 Days of annual leave a year. Employees with is or More years get 26 Days of annual leave. Federal employees get 13 Days sick leave annually and can accumulate leave they Don t take from year to year. Wolf got the idea for the leave Bank from Robert b. Hague a Federal worker who lives in Mclean a. Hague based his proposal on the unusual problem of a Friend who is Blind. She has a 10-year-old seeing Eye dog a Black Labrador retriever named Fri tos who is developing cataracts. Soon the dog will no longer be Able to work. Because she is a relatively new Federal worker Hague s Friend has t accumulated much annual leave. Soon she will need to take time off for training with her new seeing Eye dog. Hague told Wolf that he would like to contribute some of the annual and sick leave he has accumulated Over the past is years to his Friend so she does t have to take leave without pay which she cannot afford. Hague said that a leave Bank would facilitate such a contribution and suggested that it could be operated like a blood Bank people who could would do Nat for people who needed. Hague said the Bank could be monitored via regular Federal payroll proce dures. The Odds Are that this provision would result in savings to the govern men since it is More Likely that donor would be senior higher paid employees and those needing the leave would be newer lower paid employees thereby trading off higher for lower hourly rates Hague suggested. Office of personnel management director Constance Homer asked to com ment on the proposal wrote Wolf that the idea has a number of attractive Fea  it could encourage individual Initia Tive Foster a greater sense of caring among fellow workers and create a goal toward which both the government an employees could work together she said. Homer said she was aware that the current Federal leave program docs no adequately provide for employees who Are injured or become seriously ill be fore they have had a Chance to build up their own leave balances. She said the administration is considering a number of alternatives to pro yid some kind of Short term disability insurance program As part of an overhaul of the sick and annual leave program. Horner promised to consider the shared leave concept As part of an Over haul of the Federal leave program. But she noted that the proposal does have its Downside. For example she said it would be difficult if not impossible to prevent employees from Donat ing leave in anticipation of forfeiture or  although Federal workers can apply unused sick leave to their service time to increase pensions Many resign from government service before retirement age and forfeit unused sick leave saving Money for the government. Henny the lion lookalike a photo mane a the haircut was what fooled pm Waukegan Iii. Up things look quite different in the dark As three people who thought they saw a lion in the streets Early Mon Day can  members of a family living in an apart ment Complex called police at 3 . To say they saw a lion running around town. But the animal turned out be a junkyard guard dog shaved to look like a  dog s owner Mike Hussy said he bought Henny a German Shepherd several months ago after his junkyard was robbed and said he shaved the dog for two reasons. We wanted to keep him Cool and at the same Lime deter burglaries Hussy said. It was not to be  searched the City for the dog which had disappeared from the junkyard. It has a mane and it has a shaved Tail with a puff on the end said police chief Ron  and at a distance in the dark it very Well May have looked something like a  Hussy said he heard about the search on his police scanner and i began thinking it could be my dog. But when i walked into work today he was in the same spot he always  said no charges were filed against anyone. Lehman s idea for new toll ship questioned by Congress brass by Norman Black a military writer Washington Navy Secretary John f. Lehman has ordered the chief of naval operations to begin design ing a tall ship for the service despite concerns among Navy brass and Congress about financing the project. In a memo dated july 16 and obtained by the associated press monday Lehman concludes the Navy needs Large Square rigged sailing ship for training to augment recruiting programs and to serve As a Public Symbol of the traditions and heritage of our naval service to enhance our relations with the american  Lehman said the ship must be built in the United states and should carry the name United states to symbolize to the world our commitment to Freedom democracy and the free and open use of the  several naval officers who requested anonymity questioned the idea complaining that it would be difficult for the Navy to find Money for the project. Rep. Charles e. Bennett. D-fla., chairman of the House armed services committee s sea Power subcommittee said monday he had not heard of Lehman s plan. However it seems to me that in the present fiscal situation facing our country today and the Lack of adequate funds to take care of Many important Mili tary projects. Well it does not seem to me to be a top priority item at this time he said. Lehman s memo was sent to . Carlisle . Trost the new chief of naval operations. Trost was unavailable to discuss the matter but his office re leased a statement saying he had received the Secre tary s memo and had directed that the concept of a tall ship be studied. The United states operates Only one Large sailing ship the coast guard bark Eagle. That vessel which participated in the recent Parade of tall ships in new York City during the 100th birthday Celebration for the statue of Liberty was originally built in Germany and obtained by the United states As part of War Repa rations after world War ii. Test Pilot killed in bomber crash Brooklyn Conn. A Grumman corp s chief test Pilot a Veteran of 330 combat missions died monday when the world War ii bomber he was flying crashed into a swamp and bumped shortly after Takeoff officials said. The Grumman to a Avenger a torpedo bomber landed upside Down killing Charles a. Sewell 56, who was believed to have been the Only person aboard state police said. Sewell retired from the Marine corps As a lieutenant colonel in 1969 after 20 years in the service during which he flew 110 combat missions Over Korea and 220 Over Vietnam said company spokesman Michael Drake. Sewell s awards include a legion of Merit two distinguished flying crosses is air medals and two purple hearts Drake said. Sewell of Setauket n.y., joined the company in 1969 and had been its chief test Pilot since 1971, said Drake. He loved what he did Drake said. He always enjoyed going to work and pitied those who did t. He could t wait to Wake up in the morning so he could Fly. He was a  the plane bound for Florida from Danielson air port erupted upon crash into a fire that took four hours to extinguish said a fire department spokes Man. Drake said Grumman did not own the plane. He was Uncertain whether be 11 owned the Craft or was flying it for someone else. Sewell a graduate of the Navy s test Pilot school had accumulated 10,000 hours of flying time in More than 140 types of aircraft. In 1973 and 1984 he won the Kincheloe award Given annually to the nation s Best test Pilot Drake said. Sewell is survived by his wife Bonnie and a son and a daughter. The company did t release information on Fune ral arrangements. R time Sands in the stars and stripes 40 years ago foe a. Aug. 6, 1946 physicians and health authorities urged parents to take special precautions to protect their children from infantile paralysis As the country s worst polio 9utbreak in 12 years approached epidemic proportions in Many sections of the Midwest. 30 years ago today. Aug. 6, i9s6 a British Parachute brigade carry ing full Battle equipment set sail for the Mediterranean and Egypt called up army reservists As tension increased Over the Suez canal crisis. 20 years ago today. Aug. 6, 1966 Secretary of state Dean Rusk left open the possibility that . Troops might enter the demilitarized zone Between North and South Vietnam. To yetis ago today. Aug. 6. 1976 medical detectives seeking the cause of Legionnaire s disease which has killed 23 people have ruled out influenza and believe it May be caused by a virus or a toxin