European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 26, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday. August 26,191,7 new Bank predicts smooth transition to tit Trio nos National Bank it predicting an inc customer transition when Over military Banks in Germany grand the Netherlands next year. The Bank which won a two year con miracl Friday also plans to phase in a variety of technical improvements after taking Over from american express Bankers to  abroad for the last 40 years. American express operates 129 Bank ing offices in Germany three in Greece and two in the Netherlands. When Mer chants assumes control it will obtain customer banking records through com Puter transfers James Massey " chants Board chairman said Nofoa . European come he. A tit most customers will be  the same account numbers Abb Ujah those who use automatic  will have to gel acres jams replaced checking account customers will be Able to use american express checks until they run out then will receive Mer chants checks upon re ordering he said. The key is of make it least disruptive individual Massey said. Up posed to i  Little etl ploy scans in the three countries. Our intent is certainty loj Lin with merchants one of the Hiloni that has been going  we plan to replace he big is package. That is not  Cip ated technical improvements in Lutc automated idler machines that allow customers to withdraw Money from accounts at other Banks in the United states and computer terminals that will give tellers current information about customer accounts. Merchants expects to Post representatives in Branch Banks to solve problems that the transition might create for customers and employees according o june Dugan a merchants vice president John Barber services policy for lbs Ibry of de sense said la frn a military banking up opera in at a loss do 5n currency Exchange rates and Wresl Rales. The new contract Calls for Fonse department to reimburse " losses and to pay the Bank an Annu Armijo Jec the amount of which will d Mance. The Range of contract year is s2.7 million to lion he said. Merchants has some experience work ing with the military having operated branches at fort Benjamin Harrison ind., for several decades Massey said. He said the transition from american express to merchants will Cost about $280,000 initially although other expenses May arise when merchants inaugurates the additional Rome can express nos to submit proposals _ contract. Barber said. He said merchants which has 114 branches throughout Indiana won the contract primarily because of its technical capabilities. The department of defense was not dissatisfied with american express serv ices Barber said. American express however plans to leave military banking by this time next year a company spokesman said Friday. The financial services company has in overseas Banks since 1947, when item by the Treasury department Wjk a basics of banking to thou Sands  serving in occupation Force Simac and the Pacific. Over the years american r been praised As the Only Bank willing serve the military in the fire zones of Vietnam and dubbed american excuse by disgruntled customer. Xiv Marcer teachers discuss proposed legislation Bidav Walczak teachers and  met monday in Lon Don with rep. William Folk hug i proposed Bill to increase the number of  and extend teacher benefits. The legislation also would make the director of the military s overseas school system a non political appointee. Department of defense dependents schools teach ers and overseas federation of teachers officials talked 10 the Michigan Democrat for about about the draft legislation called the or Sattof 1987. Ford planned to re turn Brunsted slates on tuesday but his Staj Miro remain for a series of hearings  in Europe including a session Ai the Heidelberg officers club. Ford chairs the House committee on Post office and civil service. Under the proposed Bill locally recruited teacher would be limited to one year stints with the a system although they could continues i hide available first tog Llic school system to expand hers were available the in Bruil teachers in he United Stales before trying voc Lmh teachers hired overseas who currently chive housing and transportation benefits would those entitlements if they have served at least three years with the system and were employed on the Dale of the Bill s enactment. The Bill also would convert the Dodds director s position to a career civil service Stremple took Over the pos Ilic month search  resignation of  served As acting director both the Oft and the overseas education association have claimed credit for influencing the Bill. European executive director Ernie Lehmann and Bruce Trace head of the Union s efforts in the Panama Region led the Oft contingent that met with Ford. Greg Humphrey director of legislation for the Ameri can federation of teachers in the United Stales also attended. L members met saturday with rep. Gary Acker and his staff at Raf Lakenheath eng land. Tfi9m we no Rcd on Ford s Bill and other aspects of the Doob Jujj Nea spokeswoman said shots from Page 1 aug. 8, when a Navy Jet reportedly fired two missiles at a suspected iranian War plane and missed. That incident was never confirmed by the Pentagon. The encounter with the iranian warship monday provided some tense moments but ended peacefully. Helicopters from the amphibious As Sault ship Guadalcanal scrambled to Fly Over the iranian ship and the frigate Jar rett broke away to position itself Between the iranian ship and the tankers. After radio Contact was made the Ira Nian vessel sailed away. The encounter came As sailors were standing Down from Genera quarters a full Battle station Alert called As the con Voy entered the Channel leading through the Strait of Hormuz. As the ships neared he narrow Pas Sage within Range of the iranian silk warm misses in the Eastern Shore this order came Over inc intercoms this is not a Drill. This is not a Drill. General quarters. General quarters. All hands Man your Battle  the Convoy being escorted Down the Gulf left Kuwait before Dawn saturday. It included the Bridgeton the sixth largest supertanker in the world which was damaged by a mine july 24 in its trip up the Gulf and the smaller sea Isle City the Ocean City and the Gas King. As that Convoy steamed into the Gulf of Oman monday another three Tanker Convoy passed through the Strait and into the Protection of the american escort Marine shipping agents in the re Gion reported. That Convoy the Tom Middleton the surf City and the Chesapeake City cleared the Strait by Midna Troon and by Nightfall had sailed past the emirate of Ras at Khazima in the Gulf the ship monitoring be transmission said. The Navy s Effort to protect half of Kuwait s 22-Tankcr Oil Fleet now preregistered As american ships is part of what the Reagan administration says is an Effort to reassure moderate Arab states in the Region and to head off possible soviet expansion in the area. Lonetree from Page 1 defense lawyers told reporters that "1 think they wanted to give him less than life but still sock it to him. We Don t regard this As any sort of a Victory he said. To make it palatable they gave the prosecution somewhat less than they asked for. Michael v. Stutt the Lead defense counsel said the t jurors could not Sil through that trial and not know that there were problems with the government s Case. Thirty years was As much As icy could bring them a selves id  of the sentence is subject to approval by the base com Mander and then to an automatic Appeal to a Navy Marine corps court of review further appeals could then be made in civilian Courti up to and including the supreme court. Lone Atnee s lawyers said they had pledged to him that appeals of what they called a prejudiced outcome would be taken All the  we told him that this is round one Stuhff said. Asked if the lawyers believed they could reverse the verdict on Appeal Kunstler replied legally we arc totally convinced we can do it. Whether the inc politics of the situation will enter into it we Don t know Stuhff described the trial judge. Navy capt Philips. Roberts As the chief prosecutor in s Case thai the j defense has repeatedly charged was being railroaded j a  Hess from Cage 1 eluding skinheads thugs with close cropped or lived Heads began con verging on Wun Siedel. So did the to  the weekend several Hundred police and Border guards with dogs riot gear Paddy wagons and helicopters eld moved into Wuo Siedel and had setup Light Security on roads leading to the town checking for weapons and known extremists. The measures underscored the determination of German authorities to pre vent any manifestation of Neo nazism a fringe movement whose antics invariably attract foreign attention and troubling  said about 200 Neo nazis had arrived in the Wun Siedel area by Mon Day and More than 80 bad been detained most Only briefly. The Prospect of More publicity an confrontations was evidently Loo much for the Hess family. At an afternoon news conference mayor Waller announced that the family had already buried Hess. He has been buried quietly Walter read from a statement. In View of the developments Here Over which the family has no influence we Felt bound to fulfil the wish of Rudolf Hess in the spirit of  "1 am surprised but 1 am nol unhappy added Ine mayor who had expressed growing concern Over what was Hap pening to his Village. Waller said the family would not Dis close when or where the Buna had taken place and no one outside the family could confirm the burial. The secret burial was apparently a sur prise also for Seidl the attorney who had defended Hesi at the Nuernberg into. Seidl said he knew nothing of the burial when he addressed news conference monday morning in Munich. Sounding somewhat miffed Seidl said by Telephone that he had been put in an embarrassing position by the family i conducting a news conference at which Wolf Ruediger Hess Wai also sup posed to appear without knowing of the burial