European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 7, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 news update the stars and stripes thursday August 1988 id dropped Atlanta up the coca cola co. Has Given up its plans to buy the Dallas based or Pepper co. At the request of the firm that owns or Pepper. Officials of coca cola and or Pepper s Parent. New York based Forstmann Little & co., made the announcement tuesday saying they did not want a protracted court Battle. Federal regulators had said the $470 million buyout would hurl the soft drink Industry and a Feder Al court issued a preliminary in Junction against the Sale. Chernobyl cleanup Moscow up shortages of Concrete and bad management have drastically slowed decontamination work a the chernobyl nuclear Power Dialion jeopardizing the scheduled october restarting of two of he station s four re actors pravda said wednesday. Blast toll reaches 12 Madrid up a 24-year old civil guard Cadet has died of wounds suffered in a terrorist at tack bringing 10 12 the death toll in a car bombing by Basque separatists three weeks ago authorities said wednesday. The victim Jlian Ignacio Calvo died tuesday night a spokesman Ai la Paz Hospital said. Temperatures l h 14 d mum ii to juju Vuu. H u am Wagih fat  let g Jeff l h 43 79u n w a h m i it i bump u Buhl u w fort Mont m of Rigi  ii n cd him we. A 3 Briu Idt Numi u ats h nun it u h a hot u ii  h pow no n 77 7b u tue woo 70 bus t7 101  h n Sld a h h eur la u 71 Sam h l06tik Ai 79 w we igbo curo Penn weather n ,.70 u Mont i � 73 in Wei i 79 Pun. I h 77 Bam p h 70 u ii s s a to to a a vol Kontul a 77 a it ii 67n for memorial service planned for airman Pitburg a Germany a memo rial service for , Anthony e. Raines will be held at 230 . Friday in the base Chapel. Raines 22, of the 36th Security police so died of an apparently self inflicted gunshot wound to the head aug. 1. Bad checks on the increase at communities in Europe by Bob Hoyer military banking clients Are bouncing checks at an increasing clip in Many european communities. American express figures for Ger Many the Netherlands the United King Dom and Iceland verify the fend which officials attribute in part to an increased number of Bank accounts and increased Check processing through june of fiscal 1936, banking officials report a monthly average of 37,000 bounced checks in Germany an the Netherlands up from a monthly average of 33,700 for 1985. The 37,000 figure Breaks Down into 24,000 checks written on american express accounts and 1 .1,000 checks written on stateside checking accounts. The 33,700 monthly average for 1985 included 22,000 american express of House checks and 1 1 ,700 stateside checks. In the United kingdom and Iceland a monthly average of 1,104 stateside checks written by banking clients has been returned so far in 1986 a figure that compares with a 1,051 monthly average for 1985. Figures were not available for re turned american express checks in the United kingdom and Iceland. The american express statistics in clude the vast majority of bad checks written because checks cashed Bya Afes military clubs and other activities arc cleared through military Bank ing channels. Brian Button assistant treasurer for military banking in Frankfurt said Fuji of the increase m bad checks written on . Accounts is because of the increasing volume of checks processed. On the average so far in i9s6,  stateside checks have been proc Essed each month up from a monthly average of 1,4 million for 1984, an in crease of 32 percent in two years. During the same period the number of bad checks written on . Account Rose from a monthly average of 9,182 in 1984 to 13,000 this year an increase of 42 percent. Button pins part of the blame on Auto Matic Teller machines. With More than 70 of these machines now in place they Are responsible for a increasing number of withdrawals but ton said. We know pm the discarded paperbound in the Vicinity of these machines that Many customers Don t record with  said Peter Krikliwy american express director of consumer service this results in lower balances than pc i realize and checks written against in be lower balances May  Button and Krikliwy said the stepped up Clearing of checks written on . Banks in recent Yean has contributed to the increase in dishonoured checks. Most of the checks written at Branch Banks in Germany Are returned by Cou Rier to new York the following Day Krikliwy said if they were written on . Banks they May Clear in three Days. A few years ago it took 10 Days or longer for a Check to Clear a . Bank and some clients took advantage of the extra Lime. But now if they Gamble on the time it takes to Clear there s an in creased Chance the checks will  military family member accused in robbery Ramstein a Germany is a 17-year-old family member took an estimated $12,500 from a Zamstein no club wednesday morning and forced a club employee at gunpoint to drive him away Anair Force official said the employee was released unharmed at the base Golf course and air Force Security police later apprehended the youth walking on Jefferson venue near the Golf course. The youth whose name was not released was being held in custody by centum criminal police in in Ditull air Force officials said the youth entered the rim Stein no club International about 3 15 . Wednesday. The club which offers a 24 hour Check cashing service was open. Armed with a tear Gas pistol the youth robbed a cashier of the in 2,500 and forced a German employee of the club to drive him to the Woodlawn Golf course officials said. Police found the Money taken in the robbery but officials did not release a statement on the amount found. The youth is the son of a . Military member stationed Atra Haslein officials said. Ambulance Driver killed by truck on autobahn Lauf Germany is a 20-year-old private first class die wednesday morning when the broken Down army ambulance she was standing near was struck by a truck on the Bayreuth Nuremberg Auto Bahn a 2nd support come spokesman said. Maj. James Allard said the Soldier and a co Driver were resuming in an empty ambulance from a Mission at Grafe Woehr to their unit the 42nd medical co in Nuernberg. When their ambulance broke Down near the Lauf exit the two soldiers pulled off the Road put out a warning Triangle and turned on the emergency flashers. The dead Wom an s co Driver then left to find assistance. A truck hit the ambulance from behind at about 4 . The Soldier who was apparently standing in front of the ambulance was pinned against the Guardrail by the collision Allard said. Usa eur announces 6 colonels9 promotions Heidelberg six army colonels stationed in Europe Are among 57 nominated by the president for promotion to brigadier general he Usa eur announced wednesday. The colonels selected for promotion Are col Donald a Scull inspector general Vii corps col. Dennis v. Crumley chief of staff 3rd inf div col. Jerry r. Rutherford assistant chief of staff for operations v corps col. Alfred j. Mall Etc commander 93rd signal brigade col John h. Tilelli jr., commander 2nd army Cav regt and col. Jolt Otjen chief of staff 1st army div. Einberger scuttles plan for a ship Black liter writer just one Day after the to build a tall ship w. Weinberger hat John Jinan in Nemoy the associated the chief of Navalou ship thai the dated july 16 impress on monday had operations to begin de Navy cd old claim As its own. Eye brow in within  Congress where it Pentagon bit beat Ninta losing Battle to a nerve the pre Iid a Dicarl 987 budget request a the plan also attracted the a Leo up of leh Man s Boss Weinberger. The Secretary of defense Baa  Thi idea Robert Sims the chief spokesman said tuesday. We understand the Navy is looking Attoe fact it it is not approved and would no approved. Any savings from other could be applied better  charges against i 22, include attempted murder Frankfurt is military authorities have charged a 22-year-old Soldier who went on a rampage at two caverns july 26 with attempted murder and Drunken driving. Spec. 4 Harold t. Moore 22, of he co Frant flirt also is charged with assault robbery wrongful appropriation of government property and attempted wrongful appropriation of a German taxi a v corp Public affairs spokesman said wednesday. Moore was shot in the  and leg by a military policeman after he assaulted three people smashed two cars and stripped three weapons from Mph and a Security guard. He was released saturday from the Frankfurt army regional medical Center and is being held at the us. Army confinement facility Mannheim