European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 4, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday March 4, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 students form group to help each other in fighting drug abuse  Huratio ka1serslautern sparked by student interest in a Beer is a four let Ler word anti alcohol program two children of alcoholics have formed a sup port group for fellow teens. I got in trouble a while ago,1 Joan senior said tuesday. And my Mother is an alcoholic and my Uncle. I d like to help them and i d like to help other peo  the students who asked thai their real names not be used Are forming students against alcohol and drugs a support group for classmates who have sub stance abuse problems or who have fam ily members with problems. We want to let kids know they re not alone that there it support in the Community said Jane a  school freshman with parents who Are controlled alcoholics. Although anti drug campaigns Are grabbing headlines a Survey of More than 750 Kaiserslautern students in february identified alcohol As the most used intoxicating substance. Wiillie specifics of drug use were no released by school officials the Survey showed a Strong majority of student completely avoiding tobacco and drugs. Only a fraction of students said the Yuko hard drugs. Participation in the Survey was voluntary and Anonymous the results did not come As a sur Riseto school officials said mania spacy assistant principal far attendance an discipline. Based on the number of absences medical problems and request for help the school expected a Low report Neil Intro of drug use. Spacy mid  cultural differences in the euro Pean attitude toward drinking and lower Legal drinking age in Germany make alcohol another Story. Alcohol use is not Down spacy  the students Are telling us they get it from the Tost nation and students Are saying directly an indirectly that they Are concerned about the  school sponsored a program two weeks ago called Beer u a four letter word to relate the effects of alcohol on a level meaningful to  expected 10 or 12 kids school nurse Julia Rairdon said. We had 70show up. 1 Fiad to turn kids away More than 50 students entered a com petition to design an anti drug logo far the school. The winning entry a Takeoff an the ghost Tuten insignia was put on to shirts being sold this week during National drug and alcohol awareness  essay contest Drew 155 entries spacy said. And a theme repeated in the writing stressed parental example As the Best Means of preventing drug and Alco hol problems. Almost All of them said Parent should set the example she said. I think a lot of parents still say do As Isay and not As i do that s not the Way it  was after seeing the Large number of students interested in the Beer is four letter word program that Jane and Joan came up with the idea of a tee support group for those facing drug and alcohol  secured sponsorship from two teachers and from a local Al anon Chap drug busters this was the winning entry among More than so in the Kayse Nutem Competition design an anti drug logo for National drug and alcohol a Reim i week. Ler a program that helps spouses of Alco Holics. The students Are putting posters around the school and hoping classmate who expressed support will participate including those who might not have problem themselves it will be a group of kids Silling an miking Jane said. Sharing their Sto Ries horror stories and Happy stories. 1think what it might turn out to be is the kids who Don t have a problem with Alco hol and drugs can be a shoulder to cry on or an ear to listen the Survey also indicated that 70 per cent of students thought a danger to health is the most important reason for avoiding drugs. More than half of the students said meeting former drag user would be the most effective to schooled cation program. Mallory to take Over As nato affairs adviser Heidelberg Brig. Gen. Philip h. Mal Lory commander of the seventh army training come since june 1983, will become the Nat affairs adviser for the office of the undersecretary of defense for european nato  u expected to be assigned to the Posi Tion no later than april 27.Brig. Gen. William f. Streclec 2nd army div fwd commander since August 1985, will succeed Mallory. Brig. Gen. John c. Held slab commander of the combined Amu training activity fort have North kan., Wilt succeed stricter firm accused of providing defective tank parts St. Louis to. A three count Federal indictment against Midwest precision casting co. Of o fallen and its general manager alleges the firm provided defective ballistic Shields and bal Listic shield housings for the m60a3  indictment charges that a Ray Lesl reports and material certifications were altered to reflect that the Shields and shield housings used for the Thermal sight on the tank conformed to contract requirements. If convicted general manager Roger orca faces a possible is year prison sentence and a 13,000 Fine and Midwell precision castings  a possible 13,000 Fine according to a news release from inc i pan mint of defense office of the inspector general. All of inc affected commands have been Noti fied of the possible safely Hazard. Production delays Force Navy to suspend payments for copter by Norman Blackcap military writer Washington the Navy angered by production delays suspended contract Progress payments to Sikorsky aircraft for the Mh-53e sea dragon helicopter the service said monday. An Effort last month by the company to address the Navy s concerns has been determined to be unacceptable the service said without elaboration. On feb 20, the Navy notified Sikorsky that Prog Ress payment for Hie Mh-53e helicopter deliveries supplies and services were suspended the service said in a statement. The Navy had warned Sikorsky in a letter dated Jan 30, of its growing impatience Over the company s inability to deliver the new mine sweeping chopper on schedule and by what appeared to be inadequate management attention to the problem. Sikorsky a division of United technologies corp.,was informed in a letter dated feb. S that it it did not submit a valid executable recovery plan by feb. 12,it would face a cutoff of Progress payments. Sikorsky responded to the Navy by thai deadline but failed to convince the service it was close to resolving in problems the service  Navy said monday it now expects Sikorsky to propose by March 20 an Extension of the program schedule if accepted by the Navy it could allow for reduced Progress  to ascertain How much Sikorsky has been receiving in monthly Progress payments were unsuccessful on monday. U. Paul Weishaupt a Navy spokesman said he had no information on the mos recent level of monthly payments and phone Calls to Sikorsky s offices went  Pentagon contracting procedures companies manufacturing expensive complicated weapon sys tems Art allowed to receive monthly payment install ments for their work instead of having to await completion of an entire project. The Mh-5j program is Worth roughly s644.2 Mil lion to Sikorsky according to the Navy. In its statement the Navy complained monday that the company had failed to deliver four of the copiers on schedule and was thus at least three months behin Dils contractual agreement. The Navy said Sikorsky also was lagging in providing the equipment and1 manual necessary to Tram maintenance personnel and had a so failed to launch the so called flight stress Survey for these dragon. Sergeant sentence of for taking funds Darmstadt Germany is an army sergeant received 3d Days of confinement was busied to Al and was Given a bad conduct discharge for taking j255.50from the clinic where she worked As a funds custodian. Sol. Kelly s. Kendall was convicted monday by general court martial for wrongfully appropriating government funds from inc Darmstadt clinic Between aug. I and sept. 2, said Community spokeswoman Rosa Barrineau. Kendall diverted inc Money to her own use apparently because of personal financial prob lems Barrineau said tuesday. The military judge who convicted Kendall also or dered her to forfeit iwo thirds of her pay and allow ances for one month