European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday March 2s, 19s7 the stars and stripes Paga 9 poor Exchange rates Cost Aid millions Washington a the  for International development a lost the equivalent of millions of Dol Lars by Wing unfavourable Exchange rate for us Money in countries in was helping inspector general Herbert Beckington said tuesday. The Aid Mission in Al Salvador exchanged . Dollars at a lower official rate than a higher parallel commercial rate from september 19s2 to september 1985, resulting in a less of a $33 million equivalent of local currencies be cling twofold a foreign operations subcommittee of the Senate appropriations com Mittee. His Deputy James Dir nil in d late that in four latin american countries his office examined Guatemala Ecuador Al Salvador and Peru they found a loss of $50 million. Dumol added that under pressure from hit office the Agency made an agreement last june on the rate to reused for several projects in Egypt that saved $80 million in one year. Aid finances projects to help poo countries in. Many Fields including Edu cation housing health and family plan Ning. Like other major Federal depart ments and agencies Aid has a inspector general with Power to make investigations independently. Most . Aid agreements require that the dollars the United states contributes most be exchanged at the highest Legal rate in the country concerned. Many countries have several Rales to favor tourists exporters or other groups. In these cases people in the Field Lethe local governments make them use the least favourable rate for the unite states Beckington explained after his testimony. He said the Agency s Bureau for Latina Erica and the Caribbean had followed his recommendations and taken Steps Todeal with the Exchange problem. Up to this moment for reasons unknown to me this has not been done worldwide Beckington added. In his testimony he said additional hundreds of millions of dollars May be lost or their value seriously reduced be cause he countries that the United tales helped did not make the agreed contributions to projects . Taw re quires that on development Aid projects the Host country must contribute 2s per cent of the Cost. We found that most Host govern ments failed to make their agreed upon contributions and in Many cases Are not even financially capable of doing so acc Kington Saith. He contended that the widespread existence of this problem and the failure to address in clearly jeopardize the Agency s own investment of already limited funds in the foreign Aid program.1 the Reagan administration is request ing $2.2 billion for foreign Aid in he1988 fiscal year starting oct. 1, germans americans co sponsoring Marathon Kaiserslautern the 21 is support Comet and the snort Ceme inde German sports club Are sponsoring the 6tb International Ger Man american Marathon sunday.  approved and authorized Bya German track and Field athletic Union is open to military and civilian men and women throughout Germany age if Tandup. The  surveyed with varied tet rain and a the same course lie germans in the state of Rheinland Pali run when training for the olym pics. Every runner  a to shirt and those completing the Hill Marathon will receive a 21st support come Marathon certificate. The to five male and female finishers in both the mar athon and a half Marathon will receive plaques and medals win be Given to the first three Fin Snera a each age category,.the registration fee of 16 Marks about $8.80 Caile pud sunday Between 7 . And 30 min utes before the races Start at the Ges Altschule sued. The Marathon begins at 9 ., and the Etui Marathon begins at 9 30 . Singles conference scheduled april 24-26 Wiesbaden Germany what godgmth1 Dent Tabeth away discovering your spiritual gifts and a theology of sexuality Are two of 17 seminars at the International sin Gles conference april 24-26,the conference is sponsored by the european Baptist convention air Force chaplain col Timothy Long of Lindsey As and  Chap lain u  Don Davidson of Drake Cavern Frankfurt ii it open to single adults of All faiths. Registration costs $2g or 50 Marks. Lodging inthe Wiesbaden youth Hostel or in a hotel is extra. For More information Call Glenn Dyer i Wiesbaden at 06121-523016 Days or 06122 13740 evenings or write International single conference German Baptist Union postmen 1262,6380 bad Homburg . 1, Germany. Dod seeks wish list of financial services Heidelberg selected soldiers serving i Europe ire receiving a 47-question Survey from the department of defense to get their opinion son financial services. The Survey is a wish list of services that people would like to have available said capt. Raymond Marshall of the finance and accounting division of the Usa eur resource management staff. In is intended to determine among other things the need for credit unions the availability of banking by mail the effectiveness of Auto Matic Teller machines and the need for new tech Nical types of  Survey was mailed directly to selected soldiers during the week of March 9, marshal said. In All 35tooo defense department person Nel Are being surveyed  of Floc Survey will be used to determine the financial services to be provided overseas in the future. Hanau area officers attack add some color to drab club by Janet Howells Tierney staff writer Hanau Germany tired of pain and old Wail paper peeling off marked up Walls patrons of the old Argonne Cavern officers club joined forces to make changes. The duo was not a desirable place to go said , Walker a club advisory Council member and the Deputy sub Community commander of Flieg Cohorst Ca sern. Tie colors were dark the carpets were stained and it was a drab place. Thai s Why we attacked it the clean up and painting portion of the renovation project began March 16 and ended Friday. "final1 touches will be finished soon so everything will be ready for the new carpet to be kid Down in april said maj. Jack c Schoonover club advisor Council Secretary and executive officer for the 3rd  div. 4th aviation brigade task Force. Unit commanders allowed the approximately 100officers, from warrant officers to colonels to up told five duty Days cleaning scraping Patching and paint ing to renovate the club. The officer Crews gathered from 13 units ranged from doctors and dentists a engineers and aviators. Since our duty Days begin at 6 , and end at 6p.m., most of the officers put in 12-hour Days working on the dub Schoonover said. Walker said an officer club is essential overseas. It s where people come to get comforts they re used to Back Home be said. The club is Tike a life support system. The hard work everyone s done is evidence of that. We be had to manage time and manpower because of Field duty to use everyone White we could. Each unit was assigned an area to do Between the attic an the basement. The Only rooms the Crews i dirt touch were the res rooms because they were already in goo shape the club s three stairways two kitchens and half dozen other assorted rooms proved quite a task for the work Crews i estimate this building to be 4 years  Walker said. We be scraped through five or six layers of paint in some Anas just to gel to the wood.1 members enjoyed the first completed room the Lei sure lounge fonday Walker said. Funds were not available for a contractor to do the work because a new club is scheduled to be built in 2vt years Walker said. The club u considered an Essen tial mess facility so we were Able to get some materials through Normal  Supply  through non appropriated and appropriated funds the renovation Crews were supplied with paint brushes sandpaper plaster masking tape and cleaning sup plies. Some of the officers used their own personal tools or bought paintbrushes for the touch up work schoo Nover  s when t Nove said Pentagon to centralize planning for airspace needed in training Washington a the Pentagon May not be airspace planning by the Dod. However can enable to resolve Rural residents complaints of Beine be effective if  he Nian Nim hmm nth a t residents g bombed and strafed by warplanes but in has decided has to brine some order to the process of setting aside airspace for military  defense department in a feb. 24 letter to the general accounting office officially concurred with anew audit s conclusion that the Navy and air Force have been approaching airspace management in a Hap Hazard fashion. Because it has not been a High priority in toe department of defense the military services have not attempted to forecast or coordinate their requests to restrict airspace said the Gao the congressional watchdog  result the Agency added has been the deploy ment of High Speed fighters to bases thai Don t have sufficient restricted airspace for training purposes and which have Little Prospect of obtaining rights to such airspace without touching Oft bitter fights with Resi dents and the civilian aviation  offering a few caveats the Pentagon agreed in was time to centralize planning and belter Definis its needs for airspace. By july 1987, the department of defense plans lode Elop a directive that will require the services to develop and maintain airspace plans use these plans to help make aircraft Basing and Mission decisions and share these plans Wiki the Federal aviation administration and affected states the Pentagon wrote the Gao airspace Only be effective if complemented by planning fro other sectors of aviation. Some of the most disruptive changes to air traffic flows in recent Yean have been the result of unilateral airline decisions to centralize the flow of their aircraft through designated regional airports or  27-Page audit by the Gao initiated on its own authority last year was published monday. Ii paints in leak terms 8 problem thai has became Only too real to Rural residents in recent years particularly in the West Loo Little airspace to accommodate the Pentagon s de mands for Low flying fast moving  such As the Denver based Western Solidarity and the Washington based Rural coalition Are fighting expansion of military air training corridors and Are demanding strict enforcement of rules govern ing such things As direct flight paths Over ranches and farm  Gao said the governors of at least four states Nevada North Carolina. Florida and Oregon have complained formally about military demands for More airspace citing safely economic and Environ mental concerns. The Gao predicted thai the problem is going to gel worse. The Faa has increased so called special use airspace for military operations from 794,000 Square Miles to 860,000 Square Miles Over the past five years. But the volume of airspace needed for military training and testing. Will continue to grow thanks to the introduction of new aircraft the Agency warned