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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga2 the stars and stripes Friday june 12,1987 lense revoked Peka Kan. A i inked the License of ring construct tip v hotel jii114 people a killed m nudge act is Misso Iun on had  al9slcollathelicen. Revoked by  of tech Nical  Wrren dered the Liveoa voluntarily  an  on con pants Byl Board for Jothi tests Engineer sad land sur ruled Twotwo enpneen11__&indifference"totfare Ohe Public through their v two appealed the finding Tot court in St Louis county Appeal was rejected. Troop withdrawal Moscow a the soviet Union has completed a partial withdrawal of its troops in Mon Golia the official Tass news Agency said  did not say How Many so Viet soldiers remain in the mountainous nation of about 1 million people located Between the soviet Union and  report also did not specify the number of soldiers withdrawn. No ousted by of for weight ides round in Federal promotion list of pled in a recent in. John . Name. Scuff chief of the policy i programs ranch shape Belgium since 1981,? will become the army s director of strategy plans and policy in Washington . Washington in a Federal court in new Hanif dismissed a suit an no filed against air Force which had discharged him for failing to met weight standards. Former tech. Sol. Clifton Peters an aircraft technician who weighed As Muchas 346 pounds in his 17 years in the Sery ice tiled suit March 18 claiming the air Force selectively enforced weight regu lations and engaged in Handicap Crim nation against him because obesity according to court record Peters wanted the ils. Duh i Courtin Concord n.h., Nail Vrh a assign ment at Pease afr make the air Force reinstate Hatm his military Job give him Bacul Gei and pay his court costs Reco Dalbow. The Cam dismissed the Case to that Petera Tould exhaust All available administrative remedies Peters will shortly petition the air Force Board for correction of military records sau1 1ljttorney, Susan Denenburg. It that Board is Noju nor mov so it com Pat Long while before Tel id cj0ksion," she said. If no acc9higtipn is reached with the  to refine his suit Jiko url  declined to Reight at the time of his Disch current weight or hit height he has told me he d rather not talk about it to the press she said. He just did t think this thing would get All the attention it has the maximum height listed on current air Force weight Standard charts a 6 feet 8 inches for which the maximum allowable weight in 254 pounds. For each additional Inch in height the service Al Lac six pounds. Ourt records show Peters weighed pounds in March 1986. He dropped to 303 pounds in the next three months but then gained nine pounds and was unable to make further substantial Prog Ress. That led to his honorable discharge March 20 of this year. Peters based his Case on the fact that the air Force let him enlist in 1969 even though he was 25 pounds Over the weigh limit at the time according to court re cords. He had been overweight virtually til entire career but was repeatedly Given and allowed to re Tonlis threes How claimed that i obesity did not name performance of him buy Dulicai Whf a and in fact be continued to Perl of com Dutie in an outstanding manner rom Tuit also accused the air Force open bring or waiving weight standards depending on the individual involved. Lod expends eligibility guidelines dislocation by William j. Washington the department of defense has expanded the eligibility requirements for service members to receive dislocation pay although for nowhere will be no advances for such pay under Normal circumstances. Other than for evacuations service members can no longer receive add dislocation allowance the Pena fld s per diem travel and  Al Lowance committee sat the no Advance fib elation was a oversight Onia ingress part lost year ,jpbi5 in the process of  that legislative correction expected to take place for several months Loo late for the summer military transfers. Broadened eligibility areas Ujj locate Itei cover these Sitalia spent at the order Are a and the serve or a an overseas tour chant from accompanied to Una Compa  when a service member s family must leave an overseas location before the Servic member is reassigned because it is considered in the Best interests of the service. When the service member Dies or is missing for More than 29 Days resulting surviving  travel when the travel Orden of advice oember or family member Are revoked cancelled or modified As move a i Progress. Under this situation if family Hai moved and  a residence and Uwi the order is eat defied the tet Iceme act can qualify for two Dlucca for the broadened guide line Cut Rhude retroactively to cover . I a Senate Armett Oduces committee report said the new rus cd be used sparingly provided that properly manages travel orders i officials expect the broadened eligibility rules to affect fewer than 3,000 Tervie members a year.15"flol cd Peciu to Lake p acc for several to tic i use  us win Emilj a w., to lat for the r Militar Missin members a year. Grief Over shark victims inspires fear members of offer Navy families in win t c Napi the he ii Stark attack is now settling in Ai Dren of Mayoor personnel helped in Jacksonville Fla a the initial grief that swept through the May port naval station Community alter the missile attack on the guided missile Frig ate Stark has Given Way to fear among members of other Navy families coun Selor say. Just weeks after they mourned the 37sailors who died when iraqi missiles hit the Stark on May 17, Many Mayport women and children said goodbye to their own fathers and husbands who left last week on the aircraft Carrier Saratoga or frigate Flatley. The Ripple effect that took place wit the Kidi who were not instantly affected by the their daddies leave on the Saratoga,1 said Nancy Boyle children and grief coordinator for hospice of Northeast Flor Ida. Hospice which helps dying people and their families Deal with grief is working with Navy officials teacher Sand Counselor in Duval county schools in an Effort to Cope with students grief. Their school program never has Bee tested As it was after the attack on the Mayport based Stark in the persian Gulf. In the Days following the attack coun Selorus at the Joseph Finegan elementary school where most students Are the Chil Dre mayor com fort the grieving. Trudy Harris a hospice staff Nora and Public relations coordinator said hospice Counselor went from classroom to classroom to talk with the pupils. We try to Tell them Why their daddies Are where they Are what difference u makes to us that he is there Harris  wives and Mother also an being taught How to Deal with their children grief and where to go if they need help. The Fla Ley is scheduled to relieve the Stark in the persian Gulf White the Sara Toga is on a routine patrol of the Mediterranean sea. Missile Sale to Egypt Canada of d Washington a the Penta gon notified Congress on tuesday it had approved the Sale of Sparrow anti air Craft missiles to Egypt and Canada. Assuming there Are no congressional objections the Pentagon said Egypt would be offered 282 Sparrow missiles for use aboard fighter aircraft and 514sparrows configured for ground launch against air planes. Thai transaction is valued at s190 million the Pentagon said Canada meantime has decided to increase two previous orders for spar Row missiles by a total of 88 missiles. That transaction is valued at ji7 million the Pentagon said adding the sparrows for Canada would All be used to Arm that country s Jet fighters. In both cases the . Navy will be responsible for overseeing the trans action the Pentagon said. The principal contractor for the egyptian Sale will include general dynamics corp. And Raythelon co., while be prime contractors for the Canadian Deal will include general dynamics Raythelon and Hercules Abl. Neither country will experience any difficulty in absorbing the Sparrow missiles into their inventories because both already use the missile the Penta gon added  
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