European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday. March it 1987 the stars to stripes Page 9 mayor of Pir Masens honoured by Usa eur Pir Masens. Germany is the mayor of Parma Jan received the army s outstanding civilian service medal from Usa eur com Mander Oen. Glenn k. Otis his week in a Cere Mony in the old City Hall. The award was presented 10 mayor Karl Rhein Wah during hit monthly Welcome program where he greets people recently assigned to the Pir Masens military Community. Rhein Wah. 59. A member of Germany s so Cial itt party has been mayor since 1967, in presenting the award to Rheinwalt oils cited the mayor i involvement with the . Mil itary Community and his Welcome program. Mow Many times in the United states have you gone to a military Post and been welcomed by the mayor of the City nearby Otis asked the newly arrived soldiers. Nato observers watch polish War games Warsaw Poland a nato observers watched thursday As the polish army conducted War Garnet the first Lime in 11 Yean westerners were allowed to attend As part of a new East West Security agreement. The official news Agency Pap reported 18,000 Sot Dien were taking pan in the Opal-s7 Maneu vers in Northwestern Poland. Among the nato nations who sent observers were the United states Britain France Ger Many Italy Denmark Spain Holland Canada and Norway Pap said. They were invited under an agreement signed by the United slates Canada and 33 other nations at the Stockholm Sweden conference on european Security fast september. The agreement designed to reduce the risk of accidental War requires the signatory countries to invite observers to military Maneu vers involving 17,000 or More troops. Brig. Gen. William f. Streeter 2nd amid div fwd commander and col. Dennis Monroe the american military attache in Warsaw rep resented the United Stales. Commissary shopping eased for reservists Washington a the roughly 1.1 Mil lion men and women who serve in military re serve and National guard units will gain new flexibility later this month in shopping at Mili tary commissaries the Pentagon said thursday under the new procedures a service member or family member will be Able to shop at a Mili tary grocery store up to a certain maximum number of Days rather than being restricted to shopping Only on the Days the member is on Active duty for training. The new rules will take effect March 30 and were authorized last year by Congress in the Pentagon s fiscal 1987 budget Bill. The regulations allow each member of a drilling Reserve unit to accrue one Day of commis sary privileges for each Day the reservist is on Active duly for training. Up to a maximum of 14 Days for each year the Pentagon said. The new rules apply to any member of the so called selected Reserve which includes the army National guard air National guard and Navy Marine corps air Force and army re serves. Members of the so called individual ready Reserve who do not Drill regularly with a military unit Are not eligible for commissary use. United airlines 747 makes emergency Landing Denver a a United airlines Boeing 747 with 375 passengers aboard nude an emergency Landing at Denver s Stapleton International Airport on thursday after smoke filled a lavatory on the plane a United spokesman were no injuries. Joe Hopkins United s chief spokesman in Chicago said flight i was scheduled to Fly non Stop from Chicago to Honolulu. The Crew decided to land in Denver when a flight attendant reported smoke in a restroom at the rear of the plane. Later it was determined that the smoke had come from someone who had been smoking in the restroom. The plane resumed its flight from Denver about two hours later. Gis can earn in by Brenda Hoster stall writer Schwetz Ngen Germany soldiers eligible for the army s new free Home travel program can go anywhere they Wani if the Price of the trip does t exceed the Cost of travel to their Home of record. Under the program that went into effect in no vember soldiers who request another full Lour in Europe either at the same location or with a differ ent Nail Are now eligible for free Home travel the key to this program is that the Soldier must Complete a foil Lour and extend for another full tour of equal length said maj Fred Wink chief of enlisted management division 1st personnel come. And in that Extension the Home Jeave that will be taken Musi be included so that a full tour is served.". For example a Soldier completes a 36-month Lour and wishes to extend for another 36-month tour in the same location. He must extend for 37 months if his taking 30 Days of Home leave Between hit first Lour and second tour. The air Force Home travel program which has been in existence for almost a year is Simitar a Safe spokesman said Wink said the Soldier and family members must take the trip Between the end of the first tour and the beginning of the second Lour. The Only exception to this is if the gaining unit has an immediate Mission requirement for that sol Dier. If that is the Case the Soldier must use the Benefit soon As leave can be Wink said although the Soldier must take leave for the trip the travel time to and from the Destina Tion will not be charged against the leave time. Once the travel Benefit is approved the Soldier goes to the local transportation office to make travel arrangements. Army encourages is Wermers to extend their time in service by Brenda Hoster Star writer Schwet Zingen Germany first Lerm soldiers should extend their terms of service in order to get a stateside assignment. Army personnel officials say. Soldiers with april 1 or later rotation dates who arc currently serving an 18-month tour will serve an additional six months to meet the army s new 24-month Lour requirement. Those six months could mean some soldiers will stay in Europe until their expiration term of service said maj. Fred Wink chief the enlisted management division 1st personnel come. The army will not reassign soldiers to stateside assignments if they have less than 12 months time in service remaining Wink said. We Usa eur Are strongly encouraging these soldiers to extend their term of service so they can receive a stateside assignment Wink said. Even Dodds Roundup Dodds students barred from project by oversight Washington a combined Elfort by teachers school administrators and a newspaper to compile an All academic team has All Bui omitted Dodds students. The National education association National association of secondary school principals and Usa today Are sponsoring the program to remind the pub Lic that academics is what school is All about said Nea president Mary Ful Relt in a newsletter. However Dodds schools did not receive the nomination forms by the March 6 deadline. A spokeswoman for the overseas education association an Nea affiliate blamed the oversight on poor communication and a deficient mailing list. We like to think that the Nea will automatically question whether Dodds schools Are included in projects like this she said. But it s up to us to make sure that the Nea has these automatic she said Usa today which mailed the nomination forms used a list of 20,000 Public and private High schools that does not include Dodds schools. She said the principals group supplied the list. A Usa today spokesman said the principals association Lisi included the Dodds schools but could not explain Why the forms were not received by Dodds. Heidelberg High school principal Bud Korth said he nominated Lour seniors after the deadline. He said the sea local helped the school with is nominations by expediting mailing. No other Dodds High school reported submitting nominations. Though they May not be eligible for re enl Ismeni they can still extend their length of Wink said those soldiers who came Over in a non command sponsored status and who now must serve the additional six months May request command sponsorship status in order to have their family Mem Bers join them. They must understand however that command sponsored status Means they will serve the full 36 months he said. That Means some May have to extend their foreign service tour As Well As i hair enlist ment to Complete that the Soldier must also have 12 months remaining in country at the Lime the command sponsorship is approved. Wink said. Before this change Only first term soldiers serving on a four year enlistment served 24 months in Ger Many. The change now includes those on 8 three year enlistment As Well As soldiers who Are serving on an in month tour in a cohort unit. Reading workshop expected to attract 160 specialists Wiesbaden an estimated 160 Reading specialists Are expected to attend the department or defense dependents schools Germany Region s Reading improvement workshop wednesday through Friday in bad Kissinger. Professors Dale Johnson of Boston University. P. David Pearson of the University of Illinois John Man Ning of sue University of Minnesota and John Pikulski of the University of Delaware will conduct workshops at the City s Kur Center. James Eckel Reading coordinator in Dodds head quarters in Washington ., also will conduct a workshop. Heidelberg student honoured for essay on free press Washington Heidelberg High school senior Julius Tsai will be awarded Jisoo Ai tuesday s society of professional journalists luncheon in Washington Tsai earned the award for his essay what Freedom of the press Means in american society Tsai s entry competed against thousands from 34 states As part of a contest co sponsored by the society and the newspaper Usa today the contest was in conjunction with the Bicentennial Celebration of the . Constitution. Peter Prichard a staffer with Usa today and a society member who was involved in the judging. Mid Tsai s essay was one of the most Brilliant i be Ever seen Coni Pitt by flu urn a m i Iyoki a
