European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 24, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 news update the stars and stripes sunday. August 24,1986 sentence appealed Moscow up a Farmer . Citizen sentenced 1o death Bya ukrainian court in june for War crimes committed while he was a nazi concentration Camp guard has appealed the sentence a soviet soil re said Friday. Fyodor cd Crnko who was stripped or his . Citizenship and deposed to the Sovil Union in 1984. Has filed an Appeal with the supreme court of the Ukraine a soviet journal Isi said. Warning issued ramble Israel a a supreme court judge on Friday or dered John Dir Manjuk alleged to be the nil War criminal Ivan the Ter Rible held in jail until Pel. I while charges arc prepared against h in. But judge Yaakov mall warned prosecutors that if they could not present formal charges within the six week period. They would have great difficulty in persuading the court to keep Demjan Juk in jail any longer. The retired aul worker was extradited from the United Stales to Israel in february to face charges or being the ukrainian nazi guard who ran the Gas Chambers at the Treblinka Camp in Poland. Temperatures mourn l h it h7 at j in to it m b4 u ii u h � h42 h 17 79 � an n h 74 n 71 7 lha Namh to w u�mi3 1 tit n 71 h ask u shh n Tom us 71 Itu Conw 13 Kuhn put european weather 4m4fai" u Sarg to Martin a is n Timland. I he h 97 Martoi. Rss to by s s a aim m a. I � whew Seq. Nun  in pc a 0h Low 71 m67 w s Uuro u  i. A Usa eur retirees discuss problems at open House by Dan Wollams Ulgart Burao to Eslingen Germany healthcare employment opportunities and Tui Tion at department of defense dependents schools were among the issues Dis cussed Al the sixth annual retirees Ope House at Panzer Cavern saturday. Retired col. Bernard Greenbaum president of the Usa eur Retiree coun cil old the retirees gathered for the open House that grass roots action was needed to a cup european Retiree issues before lawmakers he encouraged the More than 6,000 army retirees in Europe to take More Active roles in Community councils so their voices will be heard in Washington where Many of the decisions concerning retirees Are made. On specific issues Greenbaum said he Hopes retirees in Europe will soon have improved health care. He said military medical facilities generally Aren t de signed to handle the problems of Heel Derly. But civilian doctors in Europe have to be paid. The civilian health and medical pro Gram of the uniformed services pays 75 percent of a Retiree s civilian medical Bills Greenbaum said. But. Under cur rent regulations. Champs won t pay after the Retiree reaches 65 years of age. After that. Medicare picks up the lab to retirees in the United states but not for those outside. Greenbaum said the . Champs statutes which limit champs Bene fits to those under 65, Are More restrictive than they need to be. He said the Retiree Council proposed to Washington thai the Law be rewritten to say that Mili tary re lick older than 65 must switch to medicare Only if it s available. If medi care in t available retirees could continue to use champs. The Council has made proposals to the German government that would make it easier for retirees in Germany to find work on military insinuations. Under the status of forces agreement retirees in Germany who stay one year without working for the . Government or who obtain a German work permit Are Classi fied As Ordinary residents and can t be employed in general schedule govern ment jobs. The civilian personnel of fice won t even take their applications he said. The proposal being considered inborn would make it possible for Ordi nary residents to get is positions but they would not receive any sofa Bene fits such As Exchange privileges. Retirees hired under such a program would still be eligible for their Retiree privileges on military installations. Greenbaum also said retirees Are pay ing Loo much to Send their children Tod Odds schools. He said the Retiree Council is challenging the amount of Tui lion Dodds charges its space available students. He believes based on a study conducted by the Council that retirees Are paying Dodds several times More than icy should be for heir childrens education. He said the Issue has been discussed with Dodds officials but has not been resolved. While those and other Retiree issues Are being settled in Washington end Bonn several of the retirees at the open House said they had s different set or concerns although most said they were very Sal Isi fed with their retired life in Europe. Wills and blood pressure were the concerns of 58-year-old retired sol. Alex Ander Crichton who lives in Hanau. Crichton who retired in 1968. Said he would t want to be in today s array. Not with All these Guys doing dope he said. And i m too old to be in a Young Man s  retired it. Col. Richard macintosh s main concern is the falling value of the Dollar. Macintosh who works in Zurich Switzerland for the european Headquarters of the port authority of new York and new Jersey said he feels the army is a better place than it was in 1963 when he retired. I think the All Volunteer army has paid off he said. There s a lot More women in now doing All kinds of jobs. Women were primarily  i was in. They re using that labor Force which has always been available much Marc efficiently " macintosh also said he believes the army has pretty much Over come the drug problem. During the open House attended by about Sou retirees Vii corps sponsors set up Booths where retirees could have wills made Check their blood pressure and gel information about an assortment of Retiree related information. Rain cooler weather shrink Northwest fires by the attic used a rain and cooler weather helped re Duce the fizz of fire raging out of control in the Northwest id 32,000 acres and firefighter brought a Blaze in Idaho under control and contained a fire in Washington state. Fire officials meanwhile Laid they hoped to contain a 17,600-acre fire by monday that has been raging in Idaho i Boise National Forest since aug. 10. Since aug. To nearly 730,000 acres of Forest and Range in Idaho. Washington Montana Utah Wyoming and Oregon have been burned by 6,724 fires. Wide-1 spread lightning storms aug. 10 triggered Moss of the mazes. Fires in the Region were Down to 32,000 acres on Friday one third their acreage earlier in the week according tothe Boise inter Agency fire Center the nation s firefighting command Pott the Force of firefighter bad been reduced by Friday to about 16,000, Down from a Peak of 18,000, and an additional 3,000 were to be released during the weekend officials said. Nearly 2,000 firefighters worked Fri Day to Stop the 2,747-acre Anderson Creek fire in Boise National Forest about40 Miles Northeast of Boise. Earlier in the Day the Garden Valley fire which scorched 2,747 acres in 12days, was brought under control Boise National fool information officer Gary Rudholm said 260 firefighters were re leased from that Blaze and More were to be sent Home saturday. About 100 fire fighters were to remain on duty to guard against flare . The largest file in Washington state he 2,500-acre Cameron Lake Blaze was contained Friday night by 460 firefighters battling Lames in extremely Nigger terrain. The Blaze began thursday night when a trailer House bunted to the ground. The flames destroyed a second trailer Home late thursday and raged to within iwo Miles of of Kanounji before it was contained. Have you Ever heard Peop e try � de scribe hell said Okanogan fire chief Art Lucas it got up to that Point. It was sex  Crews expected to control the Blaze by saturday evening said Wenat Choc National Forest spokesman Glen Sachet. Princess i catches ride on a sub London up a casually dressed Princess Diana boarded a nuclear powered submarine Friday ignoring traditional British naval superstition that the presence of a woman on a warship can bring bad Luck a ministry of de sense spokesman said. Diana dressed in a Light Blue sweater and Pale Blik cutoff jeans boarded ihe4,500-ton submarine Trafalgar at her own request the spokesman said and stayed aboard for four hours As it cruised under the Waters of the Clyde off the scottish coast. Her husband. Prince Charles did not accompany  Trafalgar one of the British Navy s newest class of Hunt and destroy submarines with a Crew of 110, sailed to thu scottish naval base of Aslane. A Mil itary helicopter then flew Diana to bal Morai Castle a Royal family residence in Scotland. There is an old superstition dating to he time of Admiral Nelson which says the presence of a woman aboard a War shirt brings bad  the spokesman said. This presumably dates to the time when officers took their mistresses to sea with them. This at times apparently distracted them from doing their duty. But Diana ignored this and obviously had a pleasant  military Roundup he Neucom of Ball scheduled sept. 13 Stuttgart the he Neucom air farce Ball will be held sept 13.the Safe band will play the music of Glenn Miller and other popular tunes. The air Force s tops in Blue will give a be Cial performance to Mark the air Force s 39th birthday. Dress for the Celebration will be Winter mess dress a comparable uniform or formal civilian attire. Members of All services Are invited to attend tickets Are available from he Neucom ticket representatives. For More information Call ets 432-6106 or 6160, military 2729-6106 or 6160, and 0711-819-6106 or 6160. Information sought by 3rd inf div band Wurzberg Germany the 3rd inf div band wants help in compiling a unit  band member or others who have information about the band Are asked to Contact chief warrant officer George Armijo 3rd inf div band Apo 09036, 2 army units honoured for Supply excellence Heidelberg two army units stationed in Europe have won army awards for Supply excellence. The 70th trans in 21st support come. In Mannheim won the battalion level category of Active toe mobilization table of organizational equipment unit. The 287th my co in Berlin received runner up honors in the company level category of Active toe unit cot a 1 tin Suo us Srp i Mil