European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 6, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes Liberace is dead pages d Wiesenthal still on Hunt Page 3 q the Many faces of an exercise Page 9 q talks with Spain break Down. Page 28 Fries Athion a vol. 45, no. 292 Friday february 6, 1967 08693 a few taking advantage of tour y by Brenda Hosier Staft Friter Ramstein a Germany Al though air Force members now have a say in How Long they will remain in Europe beyond their Normal Tours of duty Safe personnel officials say Aren t Many takers for the new policy. 0 i think one of Cheju vantages of anew policy is to Marple have a tendency to  said col. Ron Ald a Dent Safe director of assign i think the number will increase realize the pro Jig pin a fits i prowl Al Louisj Primy feel the policy is i Hurt bal ethene to extend their  it lems nol the cases air Force s voluntary pm Gram which includes six options was initiated last month in an Effort to impermanent change of station costs. We Safe will be Able to Cut pc moves by 10 to 11 percent which Equa Tes to some 2,000 moves Smith  said his office has queried about 18,000 people with fiscal 1987 Dales to return from overseas and asked them to designate one of the options. Of those 86 percent requested i maintain their current Date while Only 3 or cent chose to extend their hours Indef Liely. Or cent asked to have their Toussas much As 12 to 22 months a Misc a in asked for an in a tour. Three percent ask overseas Lour on their dem tic and said if the match can t be Masee tour policy on a newspaper reports Waite shot while trying to escape Hamburg a a newspaper said in an unconfirmed report thursday that anglican Church envoy Terry Waite was shot and critically wounded after retried to escape his captors in Lebanon the German newspaper Bild said a guard opened fire on Waite with a machine gun when he tried to flee the room where he was being held. Bild cited Beirut Security  the newspaper has proven to be reliable in its past news accounts. Bild quoting the Beirut Lebanon sources said Waite s captors had intended to put him on trial in a secret underground  the Hamburg based mass circulation newspaper did not Tay when or where the alleged shooting occurred. It provided no further details. The Bild report to appear in the newspaper s Friday editions was Tel exed in Advance to news agencies in Germany. In Washington White House spokesman Dan How Ard said we have no Independent confirmation of  on Capitol Hill Senate majority Leader Rober Byrd or West Virginia took the chamber s floor to read a news account of the unconfirmed report. The Story is the latest of numerous often contradictory reports on the Fate of Waite. The anglican envoy arrived in Beirut on Jan. 12 to help negotiate he re lease of foreign hostages. Waite left his shiite moslem amal militia escorts Jan. 20 to meet the islamic jihad kidnappers and has not been heard from since. A shiite moslem Leader has said Waile 47, was arrested but the Church of England has said it can not confirm he is being held against his will. The British Independent television network on wednesday quoted unidentified moslem sources As saying Waile had been taken before a court an ordered detained. The German Cable station sat i said the Radical shiite group Hezbollah intended to try Waite. Sat i gave no sources for ill information Waile reportedly is among those nominated for the 1987 Nobel peace prize. Res issued of smoking in pen f a pm Washington Almotine to clarify one of the burning issues of our id Hue general services administration released Lencs thursday detailing what areas of the Penmon can mused for smoking. Smoking already banned i Anition work areas lobbies auditorium. Conference Toms. Classrooms elevators corridas restrooms stairs is libraries hazardous Arcas Edical care facilities Al Pic trial buses and vans. For Iho a smokers wondering what not Fol possibly be left. A pfc use department spokesman a an answer.  said signs indicating a smog areas will soon appear along hallways me restrooms and snack bars bringing to my see rules on Page 28 Dollar s fall not affecting banking  Wriler per cent against Majores in the past year has yell _ much of an Impact on the Banks an credit unions serving americans Over seas. But that is Likely to change the directors of these financial institutes warn if the Dollar does not begin recovery soon. Savings generally have remained steady and there has been no surge in defaults on Loans financed through the military banking system and at credit unions in Germany England and Italy where the bulk of americans Are toned. At american  Bank branches in eur pow brings accounts have actually Jeri Fri recent months As i their Money from certificates Deposit into More liquid  us stars and stripes today begins a series Oulu Una i Mil Repurta orig declining is. Dollar s effect on the american military Community in Europe. How Are non command sponsored service families and civilians without housing i with their rising rents to to save Ryoji Mahrn hat does the of the major be bolting at these topics Intel though our rates  the rate of Auto repossessions Ever remains Low Bryan said. The Bank has noticed a move by Many service members oui of Economy housing and into government quarters. We see people liquidating assets or coming in for Loans to renovate their Economy quarters that sort of  a according to Austin i of the firm s marketing ranch we be seen a lot of people living on the Economy beginning to restructure their financial situation he said son of battering Down the  new car Loans have slowed he said since fewer people Are willing to Lake on the obligation of a new car even another trend at military Banks scr ice members seeking consolidation Loans to pay Oft notes at German Banks. Gordon sin _ i item said the demand has waned on new car Loans in the past few months and added we have not witnessed an increase in loan  Simmons who Heads operations for the 12 service locations to Germany said his office repossessed 66 autos during the past year. That is a Small fraction of the number of new cars financed in 1986, when service expert-1 a $22 million increase in its Auto. Down lenses on d. If the Dollar stay Sec problems. Sex Lluc obviously Are gelling higher. Orff of future if the Dollar stays Down and i expect it prob ably will our members Are going to be see Dollar on Paga 28