European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 7, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes. 8s we Wio stripes interviews Gen. Donnelly seepage d tourists stranded on Saratoga Page 5 n today s Dollar buys 1.81 Marks Page 27 pipes au1hoiii1ied Uno Pici a Publ Imrich of Thi . Mac Fok ii vol 45, no 352 tuesday april 7, 1987 d 8693 a embassy in Moscow fully compromised Moscow Apt . Embassy in Moscow has Beer fully compromised and it will take tens of millions of dollars to fix the damage a . Congressman said monday after inspecting the building. Reps. Dan Mica a Fla. And Olympia Snow a Mainc spoke to reporters in front of the embassy after a predawn our of the building and interviews with personnel there for most of the Day. Security at the the legislators arrived in Moscow about Midnight sunday to inspect the building which has been the focus  scandal allegedly involving former . Marine guards and soviet Kab agents. Mica said a secure area had been erected in the embassy building within the last 48 hours however he said Secretary of state George p. Shutlz still May have to bring in a special trailer to communicate wit Washington when he visits Moscow april f-16. Mica said he and Snow will inspect the new embassy building which asunder construction on tuesday. Some members of Congress already have urge that the new building be pulled Down saying it is full of bugging devices. Mica said his estimate of the Cost to see embassy on Page 28 Reagan admits acid rain hurting North America Ottawa a president Reagan monday Lold Canada s parliament there arc no Quick and easy an Swers for acid rain which he acknowledged for the first time is harming the North american environment but Taid the United states is attacking the problem with a $15 billion pollution control program. Reagan made no mention of the treaty suggested by prime minister Brian Mulroney which would commit the United Stales and Canada to halving acid rain pollution during the 1990s. The United Stales argues that acid rain controls on affected plants would be so expensive it would be Foolhardy to Issue requirements until one technology is shown Tobe the Best  the airborne pollution. Literally thousands of firms and millions of jobs will be affected by whatever Steps we take on this prob Lem so there Are no Quick and easy answers Rea Gan , working together we have made an important Start and i am convinced that As in the past our disputes will bring us closer As we find a Mutual Accord our differences will become Only another Occa Sion for  earlier Reagan was asked Why the United states would not agree to a treaty in View of charges that acid rain is hurting Canada s environment. Well we re not helping ours either he replied. Reagan has pledged to seek a congressional approx see Reagan on Page 28 sections of interstate 90 Bridge lie in the rain swollen utters of so Bonfu a or Etc near Amsterdam . At least 4 dead in . Thruway Bridge collapse Amsterdam . A Rescue workers saw one body monday and recovered two More from Arain swollen Creek when an interstate Highway Bridge collapsed plunging at least four vehicles 80 feel into the water and killing Al least four people. Up to 400 feet of the new York stale thruway Ridge collapsed sunday near this town 35 Miles West of Albany. At least three cars and a tractor trailer plummeted into rain swollen Schoharie Creek below the h Highway pan of interstate 90. A state police helicopter saw a body floating in the Mohawk River about four Miles from the scene said stale police spokesman Robert Armet the Creek empties into the Mohawk. Armet said he did not know when the body would be recovered. Rescuers located two vehicles and one body late sunday and a third vehicle was found monday morning with the bodies of two men inside. That vehicle a Blue Cadillac with its roof crushed was pulled out of the water about three quarters of a mile downstream from the collapse Span said Montgomery county sheriff Ronald Emery. Two bodies were removed from the front Seal after firemen Cut through the roof Emery said. Early monday the Creek had begun to recede see Bridge on Page 28 army allowances soften blow of dropping Dollar by Mike Heronemus i Kurzburg Bureau Young soldiers living on the German Economy say the declining Dollar is emptying their pockets. But army finance and housing offi homing allowances have kept Pace with the slump ing Exchange rate. Several soldiers of the 3rd inf div s 258th personnel services co said they must change 40 percent to 70 percent Althei monthly income into Marks just to pay living costs in the Wuerzburg area. Some people Don t seem to feel the difference in the rent change said spec. 4 Leon Rai he Bruj a 23-year-old personnel clerk from Lorain Ohio i rough his wife and child with him to Germany a year  me it seems like i m paying More for rent. When i first got Here the Mark was like 2.30, and i was paying maybe $220 for rent. The last time i paid in was $283." Rainey like his fellow soldiers receives a Basic allow Ance for quarters a Cost of living allowance and an Over seas housing allowance in addition to his Basic pay. But Congress never intended for allowances to pay100 percent of All service members off Post housing costs said it. Col. Tim Buckworth director of housing for Wuerzburg Kiu Ingen Giebl Slade and Wertheim. Congress intends for the army person to spend 115percent of their housing allowances to be housed off Post he said. We try very hard to House people where their rent and utilities will not exceed or at least come close to their entitlements Buckworth said. Sec. Michael Donohuk of the Lisa eur resource management office said total bad and Oha entitle ments for housing expenses Are designed by Congress and the defense department at Levels to comp Gnu a so percent of soldiers for 100 percent of housing expenses. This Means there Are 20 percent of the soldiers who arc nil fully compensated he said however attic army and Dod Are looking to Congress for full compensation for soldiers living in the states and Over seas a Soldier s Oha payment is based on his actual rent up to a maximum determined by his rank number of family members and the cos of living in his duly area Donahue said. Utility costs Are included in the housing costs when Oha payments Are calculated. Cola is supposed to take care of All the other expenditures bul if a Young Soldier has a too Mark �277 phone Bill obviously it s not going to Lake care of it Buckworth  Cost of living allowance cola was waned in Germany in october 1985 for no support areas and in March 1986 for partial support and full support  March 16,1986, cola has increased five limes. Despite the falling Dollar the bad plus the Oha should be enough to pay for rent and utilities if a Soldier originally rented within his bad and Oha limit Buckworth said. Thai s because Oha floats up and Down with the Mark to Dollar Exchange rate. Donohue said Oha has increased 10 times since continued on Page 3