European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday june 11, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 9 thrilled to join the space corps applicant Sib her los Angela office or. Mae c Jemison happily answers questions Boot her appointment As Nasa s first Black woman astronaut Jemison 30, is one of 15 elected for space shuttle duty. I be wanted to be an As Manit since i was a child said Jemison. Tro extremely excited and Long Short of it mole of enlistees pay lowest Price for first clip Job Washington a a government investigation has determined that men who join the air Force pay Only 95 cents for their first military haircut. Army recruits pay at least $1.85, Navy recruits pay at least $1.30 and new marines pay at least $ 1.60. These arc Short haircuts the kind Given male recruits. Until last oct. 1, air Force recruits were Given free first haircuts but enlistees in the other services had to pay one of the factors that triggered an investigation by the general accounting office. Previously the air Force took the position that the government should pay for the initial Short haircut because it was part of a recruit s training indoctrination the said in its 21-Page report. Because of objections by the readiness subcommittee House armed services committee appropriated funds Are no longer used for this initial at Issue in the investigation was whether Gino to Rena enterprises was improperly excluded from com Peting for the Concession after it was decided to charge Tor initial haircuts. The firm had operated the barbershops since 1970 at Lackland fab Texas where All new airmen gel their Basic training and their hair Cut. Gino Morena enterprises could not compete be came a government program gives the Edge for contracts to Small businesses. Gino Morena is not Small the report noted it runs 77 of the 522 Barber shops and 95 of the 195 Beauty shops of the army and air Force Exchange service. The concluded that the firm had not been treated unfairly and along the Way amassed some facts. Taking a headcount the Agency found that in a Typ ical year there Are 62,000 first haircuts for new airmen 139,730 for army rookies 85,500 for Navy recruits and 43,700 for fledgling marines. The Price varies considerably but no one matches the 95-cent haircut at Lackland. In the army a recruit pays $1.85 at fort Leonard Wood to. $2.45 at fort Bliss Texas and 70 percent of the prevailing civilian haircut rate Al fort Dix n.j.,fort Jackson ga., fort Mcclellan ala., and fort Polk la. In the Navy a new Sailor pays $2.25 at the san Diego naval training Center but Only $1.30 at the great lakes. Iii., training Center and $1.75 at the Cen Ter at Orlando Fla. A raw Marine gets scalped for $1.60 at the recruit depot at san Diego Calif and $1.63 at the depot at Parris Island s.c., where the Barbers Are government employees. This is the Price of a haircut for males the noted. The Price for females is it did not say How much higher. get sprint donating Calls to states for dad s Day Worms Germany soldiers family members and authorized civilian employees overseas May make free father s Day phone Calls to relatives and friends in the Continental United states the sch signal come said tuesday. On major holidays get sprint donates free Access to its system to the army military affiliate radio sys tem. Calls placed through overseas Mars operators to selected Mars phone Patch operators in the states Are then connected to the parties free of charge. Overseas stations can Contact any phone Patch operator regard less of location but the stateside Friend or relative must live in a location serviced by sprint. Gray nominated As next Marine corps commandant Washington a defense Secretary Caspar w. Weinberger has endorsed it. Gen. Alfred m. Gray or. To be the next Marine corps commandant and for warded his name to the White House for a final Deci Sion by president Reagan. Gray commander of Fleet Marine Force Atlantic would receive his fourth Star and replace Gen. . Kellcy if nominated by Reagan and confirmed by the Senate Pentagon officials said. Kelley by Law must step Down As the corps com mandant later this month after serving four years in the Post. Hanau Ankara exchanges receive Best awards Dallas two exchanges in the european come Are among eight worldwide that won Best Exchange awards cafes officials said wednesday. Exchanges in Hanau Germany and Ankara tur key were judged for sales earnings employee Courtesy and Quality of employee training. Wuerzburg ceremony installs new 3rd inf div commander Wuerzburg Germany Mai. Gea. Nichola Krawciw assumed command of 3rd inf div in a Cere Mony wednesday afternoon. Krawciw who worked on special projects in the army chief of staff office succeeds maj. Gen. George r. Stotser who was promoted to lieutenant general atthe ceremony. Stotser will become Deputy commander of Usa eur and 7th army. Aldridge making rounds of of bases in Europe Ramstein a Germany Secretary of the air Force Edward c. Aldridge or. Is visiting units in Europe this week and discussing pay retention and other service issues with airmen. Aldridge told enlisted members at a breakfast at Ramstein that while he was pushing for a 4 percent pay raise military members probably would gel 3 percent in january. At Wuesch Heim As Germany tuesday Aldridge presented the 38th tac missile Wing with the air Force outstanding unit award for the Wing s station ing of the ground launched cruise missile from april i,1985, to june 30,1986. The Secretary said providing contractors to clean quarters transporting privately owned vehicles closer to members duty locations providing dental care for dependents increasing household goods weight allow ances and cutting out of pocket moving costs Are some of the things the service is trying to do to make air Force life a Little More attractive. Compiled from Newi release do Kasem among 106 arrested in anti nuke rally Washington a . Park police on tuesday arrested 106 anti nuclear test protesters including radio disc jockey Casey Kasum for demonstrating illegally on the sidewalk in front of the White House. A crowd estimated by Park police at about 1,000 gathered in Lafayette Park across Pennsylvania Avenue from the executive mansion. They listened As the Rev. Joseph Low Ery president of the Southern Christian leadership conference told them i think we Are they who love America most. We love it so much we re not going to leave it alone until it Straightens up and flies then As guitarist Fred Small Sang we re a gentle angry people singing singing for our lives the protesters moved across the Street where some Hung family snapshots on the Black Iron Fence surrounding the White House grounds. Park police officers revoked the pro testers permit which required demonstrators on the sidewalk to keep moving and forbid affixing items to the Fence. They ordered the sidewalk on the White House Side of the Street cleared. After the warning 106 remained be Hind to be arrested for demonstrating without a permit according to police spokeswoman Sandra Alley. Kasem the Host of a National top 40 radio show was accompanied by his wife television actress Jean Kasem. When police ordered the sidewalk cleared she kissed and hugged her Hus band and then walked across the Street
