European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 6, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday May 9, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 aggravation spurred award from cafes by Charlie Bowden Munich Bureau Munich Penny Wise and Pound foolish. A Penny saved is a Penny earned. A Penny a Pound. Age old sayings perhaps but descriptive nonetheless of Erika Schaffer s suggestion Hal earned her a j10,000 award and saved the Exchange service 1788,000during a one year test of her theory. Schaffer s suggestion concerned the method that rafts Europe was using to Settle its accounts for business in eng land. Checks in pounds were written scouting Roundup 11 boy scout leaders win Silver Beaver awards Mannheim the boy scouts transatlantic Council honoured 11 outstanding adult leaders Willi Silver Beaver awards saturday during its 37th annual conference in Garmisch. Only 193 Seoul leaders have received the award in fee transatlantic Council since Iti inception in 1965. Currently More than 10,000 volunteers serve More than 26,000 boys in the Council. Receiving the Silver Beaver award were Mai.  m. Davit jr., Vincnza Italy april Arlington Legler Berlin maj. Gen. Scott b. Smith and John j. Miller of Heidelberg la cot. Thomas e. Catanzaro Kaisen Tadjem chief warrant officer John e. Turner Augsburg Germany sgt. A file Juman Darmstadt Germany Leland r. Long Wiessen Germany David a Morton Frankfurt master sgt. Rodney k. Olund Wiesbaden and Harvey Barsky Raf Chicksands England. Twin boy scouts awarded Agle rank for projects p1rmasens, Germany twin boy scouts were awarded Eagle scout rank for their projects that Benc filed the Zweibruck Ckon and Lan Stuhl communities Stephen arid Scot Miller 18, sons of u. Col. John and Ann Miller arc seniors at Owci Buecken High school and members of troop 116 in Pir Masens. For his Eagle project Stephen conducted a Community Book Dave and donated the books to the  regional medical Center in Lan Stuhl and he Wei Trukken a paediatrics clinic. Scott coordinated a bicycle safely course and safely inspection for residents of the we Bruecken housing area to earn his Eagle rank american student earns highest girl scout award shape Belgium a shape american High school student has received the highest award in girl scouting. Shawna Hudson was awarded the girl scout Gold award for organizing a visual arts workshop while she lived in Newport . Shawna is the daughter of Mckinley Hudson. Against an cafes account and the ban would convert the checks into dollars using the daily Dollar Exchange Rale. Now at Schaffer s suggestion the Exchange maintains a separate Bank account to cover its checks and keeps it filled with British pounds that Are bought when the rates arc High. Whal prompted the  aggravation said Schaffer who received the rash award Lasi month. It angered me to watch the rate and realize what it was costing  As chief of the Cash control Section at the Exchange service s european head quarters in Munich Schafter was in a position to Monitor the currency Exchange rates on a daily basis. She Esti mated that the Exchange was losing about i cent one Ery Pound wild inc old system of paying Bills. Before formally making her Sugges Tion however she tried her own six month lest to verify her theory. It was a Little More work at first be cause i had to watch the rates very care fully but the savings were there said Schaffer a 30-year employee of the in change service. Satisfied with the results of her test she put her suggestion in writing two years ago. It took less than two  approval at the worldwide Headquarters in Dallas the suggestion entered a one year trial period that started in August 1985. The savings from the lest came to 1788,039.95, not count ing interest from the new account it was not a difficult procedure to implement it was the concept thai was important said Loyd acc cafes Europe comptroller. Guard who fed for Ove among 3 reaching West Munich up a Lovesick Border guard and two East German refugees have fled to the Wesl German police reported monday. The 25-year-old Soldier set off an alarm get Ling Over a 10-fool Metal Fence but made it 10 Bavaria before other guards on Border duty arrived Ai the scene. He told Western police he wanted to join his Girlfriend who had failed to return Home from a trip to Wesl Germany several weeks ago. One could say he fled for love a police spokesman said. In Berlin a 23-year-old Butcher and a 26-year old Baker escaped across the Berlin Wall Mon Day. Two shots were fired As they fled but Berli City government spokesman Winfried fast said it was not known if the guards had shot to hit the men. He said it could have been warning shots. They were not hit but the Butcher Cut his hands getting through barbed wire. Check this out Jon Stevens monday demonstrates Che Khobot s new automated checkout machine it the food mar it Ting Institute show in Chicago ii features a video system thai responds to the customer s purchases. Injured British climber rescued by  helicopter in Alaska Talkeetna Alaska a an  helicopter hovered Over an icy slope of mount Mckinley on monday to Rescue a British climber injured nearly 20 hours before in an 800-foot slide Down the Mountain. Stanley Darke 45, of Harriet Sham England was flown to an Anchorage Hospital where he was listed in critical condition Darke was part of a 24-Mcmbcr expedition attempt ing 10 scale the 20,320-foot Mountain the highest in North America. He and several other members of the group were descending along the Mountain s West rib route Sun Day afternoon when Darke lost his fooling said Jane Anderson a spokeswoman for Denali National Park. Darke was not roped id the others and Slid about boo feet Down an icy slope coming to rest on the Mountain s 14,000-foot level. Two fellow climbers clambered Down to Darke and stayed with him overnight while another climber descended to notify officials at the a Hilna Glacier base Camp at 7,500 feet. Darke survived a Chilly night with the help of his partners who twice administered cardiopulmonary resuscitation said Roger Robinson a Mountaineer Ranger with ii Park service. Robinson Lew to the scene monday morning in a Pri vate helicopter. But Darke was too badly injured to be carried into the Small helicopter and Robinson asked for the assistance of it Large  ch-47 Chinook helicopter from fort Wainwright in Fairbanks. A ch-47 dropped off a litter and a paramedic said  spokeswoman Doris Thomas. Unable to land on the 35-Degrce slope the helicopter flew downhill and landed on a More level spot while the paramedic tended to Darke. By 11 a.m., Darke had been hoisted aboard inc Heli copter which Lew him 130 Miles South to Humana Hospital in Anchorage. Robinson said the scottish expedition was one of the first groups to arrive this Spring on the Mountain. The climbing season gets under Way in april after the Mountain s fierce Winter Cal her subsides but before melting Snow reveals treacherous crevasses on the Gla Ciers. Five members of dark s expedition attained the Summit sunday and May have been the1 first of about 150 climbers on the Mountain to reach the Peak Rob Inson said. List year 755 climbers ventured to the Mountain about half reached the summon. Four died bringing to 51 the number of climbers who have lost their lives on Ivi Ckinley s slopes