European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday news update Ford subpoenaed St. Louis a the stale of Missouri has ordered Ford motor co. 10 produce Copio of complaints thai the company has received concerning fires and explosions in ambulances Buill an Ford Chassis an administrative subpoena or Ders Ford 10 produce by july 6 in formation thai it has received about ambulances built Between 1982 and 1�s7. Temperatures cd rot Jean it Al frn. P h h bsh to 7t._ Ujj s to so Bax p 77 Tuma p  u n  h n in Jim. U pm " a n " Chat of n Ifal a to  Mannheim i injured in Stuttgart collision Stuttgart is a 97lh signal in Soldier injured monday in a traffic Accident involving a Streetcar and an army vehicle remained under Obser vation wednesday Al the army Hospital in bad Canstatt. Spec. 4 Emma p. Shellon 27, of the battalion s he co in Mannheim was a passenger in the army commercial Utility cargo vehicle when the Accident occurred it 9 45 . On Stuttgart s neck a Strasse according to Vii corps spokesman it. Col. William Mulvey. Stuttgart police spokesman Juergen Batien said the Driver a 22-year-old sol Dier apparently was trying to make a illegal left turn Oft he Busy Multi Lane Street when the collision occurred. Mulvey did not identify the Driver. But said he escaped injury. Ballert Aid no one was injured on the so Rector a Driver training vehicle that was nearly empty. The crash caused bout 122,000 damage to the two vehicles he said. A strife Inu Saay july t. Paar army suicide prevention plan will include on base task forces by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington army officials Hope to prevent some suicides and improve inc Way they gather information on suicides with a set of guidelines that will be adopted by All installations. The guidelines to be released in a gust direct every Post to set up a suicide prevention task Force that will develop a plan filling the needs of each Post said an official with the army Community and family support Center. The task Force also would Monitor All suicide prevention activities. An optional part of the program Calls for the formation of a risk management team designed to Deal with the aftermath of a suicide and prevention of copycat deaths. The suicide Rale among soldiers held steady from 1980 to 1984 at about 84 per year or 11.2 per 100,000, but in 1985 that jumped to "16, or k.9 per 100,000, and held at that Pace through most of 1986, the official said. But Tome officials question the num Bers. It May be that the increased emphasis Given to suicide prevention by the military has made it easier for some peo ple to report suicides he said. The numbers Are not flu lulling wildly and the data Lead me to suspect that now we re getting True numbers whereas suicides May have been in Derry ported in the past he said. While the army suicide Rale has in creased the Overall military Rale has dropped slightly from 12.1 per 100,000 in 1982, to Boul 10.1 Jet 100,000 Las year. The general . Suicide rate is 12 per 100,000. Military and civilian officials estimate that for every suicide Here arc 100 unsuccessful attempts. Although there has been Only one teen suicide among army family members to the past year the new guidelines reflect concern Over the rising suicide Rale among teen agers in the civilian sector. Some of the objectives of the plan Are working to identify situations that could Lead to suicide developing ways to re Duce the stress associated with those situations and gathering More information on civilian  and marital problems arc by far the most common reasons for Soldier suicides inc official said. Legal problem Sand Job related stress Are factors in a Small number of suicides. But More than half have no Discerni ble cause. Neither inc army nor the civilian communities know exactly whal causes some people to commit suicide the official said. Hopefully inc army1 new program will help reduce High ride Situa  other services arc working on Sim Ilar guidelines. The Navy has a proposed suicide prevention program that is being staffed and has been developing local suicide prevention programs for some time a Navy official said. Our family service centers Are already doing quite a bit in that area especially with teens she said adding that the Initia Tive being staffed will coordinate those efforts service wide. The guidelines Are expected to be published this fall. A spokeswoman for the air Force sur Geon general s office said officials Dey Oping the air Force s suicide prevention guidelines were unavailable for comment Bill proposed to limit hard Cash  of . Serv remembers in War zones by Willuam j. Bartman Washington Bureau Washington too much hard american Cash in War zones would create dangerous situations that the depart ment of defense says can be avoided with help from Congress. The army acting on behalf of the de sense department recently submitted draft legislation to Congress that would permit the secretaries of the individual services to limit the amount of Money paid directly to service members in com Bat operations overseas. The intention of the proposed Law is to reduce the amount of . Currency in circulation overseas during time of War hostilities or National emergency. In combat a Soldier has Little need for Large sums of Cash and he would have the practical problem of How to safeguard his Money Wayne e. Grant acting assistant Secretary of the army for finance wrote in a letter to House speaker James Wright to Texas. Urge sums of Money in circulation in a combat area could cause disciplinary problems such As gambling theft and Black Market a  in addition to these problems if the combat area were in a less developed country a Large influx of . Dollars could Lead to economic chaos Grant said. Transporting the Money to the combat areas also creates hazards. Grant said payroll for an army overseas can weigh More than 1.00,000 pounds and its delivery would involve aircraft vehicles personnel and supplies which could be bet Ter used to ship Materiel needed in combat. The proposed legislation would permit the service Secretary to decide How much Money should be paid directly to service members in a hostile area with the remainder either held or paid to a designated person. Grant said such a Law would Haw the dual Benefit of protecting service member s  while he is in the combat area and relieving the armed forces of a costly and difficult responsibility so that they can concentrate on the successful completion of military operations Over seas. While no congressional action has begun on the proposal to Date compensation officials were confident the plan would become Law. Ii won t Cost any additional Money from the budget noted one official 2 Hurt in fran no area blast moved to . By the Start Tut Stripe Frankfurt two More soldiers injured in sunday s explosion at the sofa Engels training area were transferred wednesday to military hospitals in the United states three of the 12 injured when the m 180 entering device accidentally exploded during routine training Are now in the United Stales. Memorial services for the three 11 the army Cav regt soldiers killed in the blast will be held this coming at the training area. Spec. 4 Joseph j. Mayo 24, of Erie pa., was transferred to Waller Reed army medical Center in Washington where pfc. Joseph d. Boles 19, Gotful ton Ohio also is undergoing treatment. Pfc. Adan Carcia Rosas 23, of Bay town Texas was transported u Brooke army medical Center in san Antonio Texas conditions of several other soldiers were upgraded wednesday v corps said. Sol. Victor m. Wynn pfc. Richard h. Deisher or. And spec 4 Kemper s. Ras Nake were in Good condition and making satisfactory Progress in Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center. Sol Rud Pho Navor was in stable condition in a Nuernberg civilian Hospi Tal and spec. 4 David Siler was in satisfactory condition Al the Frankfurt army regional medical Center. Pal i John . Santos remained in stable condition in the University Genic Erlanger. Remaining in very serious but stable condition in the Nuernberg army Hospital were pfc. Kevin j. Campbell pfc. Stacey s. Valencia and staff sgt. Bryan d. Mccann. A v corps spokesman declined to Dis close the nature of the injuries. The injuries Are consistent with whal you would expect from to explosion maj. Kim Hunt said. Two member of the army s safety Center staff from fort Rucker ala., Are investigating the Accident that killed staff set. Joseph l Dewease sol Josephm. Reaidi and spec. 4 Keith Voje. 2 Grafe Woehr blast victims still hospitalized Frankfurt s4s two 3rd army div soldiers remain in non life threatening condition More than a month after receiving injuries in a Gra Fen Woehr training Accident thai kilted one Soldier and injured three others a division spokesman said wednesday. Spec. 4 Carl l. Milan. 30, was killed May 29 when a 4.2 Inch mortar round exposed inside the lube maj. Thad Evans Laid. The Marianna Art. Soldier Wai assigned to he co i sign 36th inf in Friedbert Milan was pronounced dead at the Grafe Woehr dispensary. Evans declined to release the names of the injured two of whom were flown from the Nuernberg army Hospital to stateside hospitals on june 5. One Soldier is at Fitzsimons army medical Center Denver Cojo Ami the other a. Al the san Diego naval medical Center Calif. Two of the injured were released on convalescent leave and one a returned to duly Evans said. Milan is survived by his Mother. Pearl Franklin