European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 17, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 17, 1987 the stars and St Hopes Page 9 cola increase arriving for soldiers in Usa eur Heidelberg soldiers in Europe will Sec an increase in Cost of living allowances in heir paychecks at the end of March a Usa eur financial official said. The increases averting Between 14 percent and 30 percent arc the result of the adoption of new spendable income Tablet on which cola is based said sic. Michael Donahue of the re source management staff. The tables which were developed by the Bureau of labor Statis tics were bated on surveys of civilian spending patterns using Overall salary As a discriminator. The cola increase Wen reflected in mid March paychecks for air Force personnel a Usa be spokeswoman said. Navy personnel who have direct Deposit will Sec the increase in their pay at he end of March while those who Don t Nave direct Deposit will receive the increase in their april 15 paycheck a Navy disbursing clerk said. The increases for All services arc retroactive to March t. The new tables will mean a 17 percent in crease Tor personnel in grades e-1 through e-3 14 percent for e-4 id rough e-9.0-1 through pm and we through w-4 24 percent for of and Jowrccnlforo-6. The increase Means $113 instead of 1101 fora Soldier in Grade e-5 with six Yean of service and three command sponsored family members in a full support area $164 instead of s134 for the same Soldier in a partial support area and 1266 instead of j218 for that Soldier in a non support area. Soldiers train in Sandbox for rubber Duck exercise Hillesheim Germany is ii was t a full scale Field exercise but in was t just a paper Drill either. Rubber Duck had 1st in 6th inf Soldin crawling along the floor and playing in a Sandbox last week at Forck Barracks. Each company mustered its full complement of vehicles and soldiers Only in hand held versions said the battalion executive officer maj. David Dees. Some used cardboard cutouts others rubber erasers with unit vehicle bumper numbers on them. Sec. Raymond Durnas acting first ser Geant and 1st it. Steve Moss co c executive officer liberated a Fleet of toys from their Chil Dren s collections. Training does t have to be painful Dees said but it s hard to be joyous about bringing bullets to the  the rubber Duck exercise was similar to a giant Board game inside an abandoned Ware House. A move from one room to the next might represent a 30-mile jump. Champs main office will close for 3 Days Heidelberg the main european office of the civilian health and medical program of the uniformed services champs Wil be closed wednesday through Friday for renovation. Claims will not be processed during this time and Telephone inquiries cannot be answered. Normal operation will resume monday. Tittl unt ple of a Rafalli Art from the Sketchbook of John Bau Lisla ctr la who goes by the name of  Graffiti artist Scales Down efforts to fit framework of army career byjoe Mapother Brume Rhoten Bureau take any train in new York City and step into a color crazy world of Spray painted letters and characters that adorn nearly every Square foot of the City s subway cars John Baustista la Liz Zenith to Jans of new York subway Graffiti Art could t help but notice the difference Between the wildly decorated subways that course beneath his Home turf in the Bronx and the spotless German cars Hal traverse the tracks near his duty station in Muenster Handorf Germany. Not to mention the availability of clean Walls. A whole country loaded with empty canvases. So much empty space that Buus Lista a ctn would have no trouble finding room to include his full Graffiti artist signature zenithizmasteramboneromyst1civ1 cizmaj1conerulerocity from the Bronx new York City. So much space that Baustista Letriz would find it child s play to work his rambling signature into a Bur Ner a Spray painted Jumble of interconnected Sig nature letters purposely made hard to decipher. The private first cows has been in Germany since octo Ber. Although he works in communications with the 570th . Army arty group it s doubtful his Talent As a trans planted new York subway artist would Curry much official Zavoras the Way to gel his message across. Risking my military career on a subway car i won Baustista Leonz said to answer his Awn question. But. Ever since his Days at Dewitt Clinton High school Baustista Letriz 19, has been a Graffiti artist he is also a member of Bronx arts an informal group of subway artists who do Graffiti an on commission As Well As on their own the name Zenith followed Bau Scisci Dutriz into the army where his choices were to give up his an gel busted or go Legal. He chose the latter and h is name now decorates poster for Community functions. Baustista Letriz is trying to get an air compressor Hal would allow hint to begin or brushing acrylic designs onto to shirts. Although Bausti Sut Letriz Nas never done t shins the head of Bronx arts who goes by the Graffiti name Zitnay has a setup similar to what he Hopes to obtain Why not Lake on the Challenge " f you want to become popular Wall a the  Baustista Letriz said. If you want to become famous subways because the trains go everywhere and if you want to stay out of rouble in the army to shirts arc Legal. He began working alone or with a partner in the Bronx preferably on Bare outdoor handball court Walls. Yeah they re playing on your  he said to explain his preference for handball court Walls. But they can t help but look at it when Baus Lysla Letriz finally screwed up enough Cour age to ask about Bronx am he found out that membership was a foregone conclusion. They had seen his stuff. He was in. The group members Zimand Dyni Werk Krai Dunk rarely work together Ballista la Liz said. An exception would be to plan a joint operation to bomb a  the Graffiti Are painstakingly worked out in Advance and include paint by number charts that show what color Spray paint goes where Baustista Letriz said. Next it s up and Over the Fence at some isolated siding. In search of a subway car Able to accommodate the project. Lights eel her portable or capable of being hooked into the train s electrical system Are Standard equip Mcnol. Graffiti Art is done after the Sun goes Down not everyone in new York is a Graffiti Art Ali Conada. When you hear the sirens you finish your name and you re gone.1 students Siberia bound in .-.s.r. Exchange Boston a eight students from the exclusive Phillips Academy in an Down headed to Siberia monday for a task of what academic life is like for Sovie and nest month eight soviet Stu dents will travel to the Massachusetts prep school for inc same reason. The stud Imu Are taking part in the first truly reciprocal academic Exchange of High school students Between the two countries according to Liza Mallott program assistant for the president s .-Sovici Exchange initiative in Washington. I m really looking Forward to it be cause this is really an Opportunity to get to know the soviets especially the teen agers. On a real human Levi Raiher than just blindly following inc propaganda we hear from both  said Thomas Clyde of Berkeley calif., before leaving Logan International Airport on sunday. The students were to arrive at the Novosibirsk physics mathematics school tuesday Alicr making stops in Frankfurt and Moscow. They will begin classes wednesday said Victor Svic a russian language instructor at Phillips and the students chaperone. The students will take classes in rus Sian science math and other subjects for 4 a weeks and will live in dormitories with their soviet counterparts. I imagine that what will probably be inc most rewording part of this Exchange will be what happens outside the classroom going to lunch Login her doing calisthenic together at 6 30 in the morning and doing Obriai uldry together Clyde said. The american students were chosen for the Exchange because of their proficiency in russian and their ability to be Good diplomats school officials said by Indra Clyde they a Laura Church of Dun Slaboc Alyson Horvath of Akron. Ohio Christine Hwang of Canh Aee to. Rachel Laro of Flint Mich. Lisa pc Scott of Lawrence Joseph Tavilla of Andover and Elizabeth Wood of Athens of. President Reagan s 19s5 Summit Mill ing in Geneva with soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev prompted the creation of the Exchange program Mallol said. The siberian students Are tentatively scheduled to arrive april at the prep school about 2s Miles North of Boston. The siberian school s headmaster. Alexei Bogache visited the Andover school last month to Check out the dormitories where soviet students will live for 4w Eclis and to review he classes they will attend. Bogache snid the soviets were inter sell a in the 1.2do-Stutlenl school partly be cause of its reputation and he number of graduates who have gone into government. Such As vice president George hush and inc late Jurist Oliver Wendell Holmes. The school s Strong computer program also was Pix Ulm. Lit said. While in the United Stalin the soviet students aged 16 and 17, will take a computer class in he Pascal programming language. They also will tie in the beginning Art class required of All Andover students and in math science and English classes