European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 4, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page Friday september 4,1987 Hong Kong hotel to offer Rolls Royce taxi service Crewe. England a Hong Kong hotel magnate Michael Kadoorie took delivery tuesday of a 11.6 million taxi dec eight Green Rolls Royce Silver spirits thai will ferry guests Between his Peninsula hotel and Hong Kong said it was the largest order in its history our guests expect the luxury of the hotel to extend to the can that pick them up at the air port mid Kadoorie chairman of Hong Kong and Shanghai hotels ltd., Al the factory i Northwest England. The suspension on the sedans was specially adjusted said Chris Blake distributor for Rolls Royce in the British Colony we have found that tourists mainly Macri Cam who use the cars in Hong Kong tend to Beaver the average weight Blake said. And they do carry Over the average amount of Luggage in the Boot trunk anglican archbishop plans 1 St official visit to Egypt London a the archbishop of Canterbury the most Rev. Robert Runcie will make his first official visit to Egypt this month Hiso firc said tuesday. Runcie spiritual Leader of the Church of eng land and the world s 70 million anglicans will arrive in Cairo on sept. 28, said a spokesman who asked not to be identified the spokesman said Runcie will visit other parts of Egypt before returning to London on oct. 5. He would nol elaborate. 1 St woman in 64 years named As soviet envoy Moscow up the soviet Union has named Zoya novo Chilova As ambassador to Switzerland in the first appointment of a woman envoy in 64 years Tass said tuesday. Novo Chilova 44, a linguist and graduate of the philology faculty of Voronezh University is replacing Ivan Ippolitov who is retiring Tass said. Israeli army launches Campaign against suicide Jerusalem a the army has launched a Campaign to combat suicides after three soldiers took their own lives in the last Tiro weeks a military spokesman and an israeli newspaper said spokesman who asked for anonymity be cause of army regulations said training officer were advised to report any fears about a peer showing signs of emotional said the order was issued following a re cent army review of the treatment of new re in ii. The mass Tirc Lalion Maaris daily in a rare disclosure of army suicide statistics said a Cadet a Reserve Soldier and a new infantry re Niit com Miled suicide in the last two weeks. It said there have been 280 cases of army suicides in the past 12 Yean. The military com Mand refused to comment on the figures. Couple Burns Wreath on memorial to Escapee Berlin a a Man and a woman on tuesday burned a Wreath thai was left on a me Morial in. West Berlin to a Man kilted 25 year Sago trying to escape from communist East Ber Lin police people ton the Wreath from a Cross near the Benin Wall commemorating the death of Peter feebler and set it on fire a police statement said. Both of Ihen escaped polite said. The memorial for Fechter is located near the checkpoint Charlie crossing from West Berlin to East Berlin in the . Sector of the , an Ift year old construction worker was shot by East German Border guards on aug.17,1962, when he climbed atop the Wall. He fell Back into East Berlin and was left to bleed to death. Of to Cut bad debt loss main lining sep go Tion 3zby 10ramstein a Germany a crackdown on air Force members who separate fron the service while owing Money to the government Cal old net Safe As much As$500,000 in 1987.accounting and finance officials project that serv ice members separating in Europe this yer will leave behind is million in unpaid Bills from Cran leave Advance salary payments and other reasons but Effort aimed Al improving communication a various agencies Aims to Cut that amount in Hall we recognize thai you can t realistically debts Down to Zero said Teh sgt. Ellen a systems analyst with a staffs directory Jato account ing and finance. Our objective in of base is a i1percent reduction in debt by dec. 3m about 50,000 people leave in Gwire Force annually and 8,000 of them owe Uncle so some Money. Those debtors slipping through crap in the bureaucracy will Cost the service about $9 a Jwon this year. The problem result prom the fact that when the person is being Sepa pea the commander knows the Host sergeant know Flegal knows personnel knows but the finance t get the word until the last minute you Wipf in and say i m leaving and you be go three Days the possibility of getting any Mone Yback Fri Road debts 1$ very bad fits from 2,200 former service members in of this year totalled $2.2 million for the air Fame in Safe alone 202 service members Sepa raid owing a Tola of $278,359 during the first three months of the year. To Cut bad Daf toss guidance issued Ian Spring from the air Pace assistant comptroller streamlined the spotting those who owe Money an called a Tio scr cooperation Between base agencies in Tig the debtors. W on the basis of a phone Call from a reliable such As a commander or first sergeant the Hunting and finance office can begin reviewing pay records to look for debts. Also All offices involved in the separation process have been instructed to for base level task forces to give Advance notice of separa Tion to finance and accounting. Staples trick is to catch those owing Money far enough in Advance of separation so that Money owed can retaken from remaining paychecks. A month s notice by would give sufficient time for accounting and finance do the Job. Staples said. He push has been effective in reducing debts Moo Ito Ltd or caused by the accounting office such As Advage pay. But work still is needed to catch on Money owed from damages they have leave Telephone charges or repayment of selective enlist men bonuses. When Seuc members slip through the net the co counting Anomie acc office first writes a letter de manding repayment. Unpaid deals Are reported to credit agencies did go on the former member s credit record and the accounts can be turned Over to a collection Agency Staples. In extreme costs to Alfeair Force can Lake Legal act onto get in Money from four members officials in the Safe office of the judge advocate said. Suit asks weapons be made Safe from electromagnetic interference Washington apr the government has fail Edlo protect the Public against the danger of weapons Acci dents caused by signals from police radios High tension wires and even lightning according to a lawsuit filed contends what d called Hazard of electromagnetic radiation to ordnance or hero can cause conventional and nuclear weapons to be accidentally launched misfired or explode or to fail to work Al All. The Plain Tiff contend terrorists could no Mikulait hero. The suit was filed in . District court sources of signals arc iwo Way radios television and radio transmitters High tension Power lines electric generating and transmitting plants lightning and electrostatic . Randy merger a Pentagon spokesman said hero is a Well known and much studied physical phenomenon. One of Many hazards that military or civil Ian agencies contend with in working with explosive de vices. Although the Pentagon could not comment on the specifics of the lawsuit he said the military has established procedures for handling transportation and storage of munitions that could be susceptible the lawsuit contends that the Pentagon methods of testing weapons reliability Are inadequate and fail to Lake into account a Host of variables including weather an manufacturing defects. Plaintiffs. Are dependent for their health and Well being on an environment reasonably free from the hazards that arise from the accidental or intentional bin unauthorized introduction of electromagnetic radiation into a weapon weapon component weapon system Orother military hardware the lawsuit said invoking the National environmental policy act the lawsuit seeks an injunction to halt further development production Assembly handling storage deploy ment and transportation of weapons containing electro explosive devices which function by Remote electrical signals. The government has 60 Days to answer the complaint said plaintiffs attorney Edward Lee Rogers a former army corps of engineers official in the Carter administration. The lawsuit said the Navy compiled a list of is hero suspect accidents the deadliest being the and dental ejection of a rocket warhead across the deck of the aircraft Carrier formal in 1967, which killed incidents cited in the lawsuit include the 1985 explosion of a Pershing h missile motor the loss fan Atlas Centaur rocket on match 26 and the accidental launching of three Nasa rockets on june 10.patricia a. Axlrod a is a Ceramic tale designer from key West fta., said one theory holds that police radio caused an aborted launch in i960 of a to Marc nuclear missile Al Mcguir fab n j. County drops plan for vote on Law that Maks English off do language Miami a Dade county unanimously tuesday to scrap a Immi Wironen voted Nti ally divisive i to repeal a referendum that would have asked ordinance making English the official i commissioner George Vaides asked proposal for a March 1988 referendum i fore a scheduled Public hearing on the i morning. Commissioners without comment kill the referendum. Vaides left disc Uin matter quiet but heavy lot my to gone on by his pfc groups including of Cuba in exile the latin Charn Bergi Commerce the latin builders association Aithne kiwanis of Little Geurt while opposed to the Law said a referendum a jul be divisive. More than 40 percent of Dade residents ordinance id passed in the Wake of the Miriel Boa lift ii ten it declares English die official Ian Uyi fade and prohibits the county from holding do meetings or conducting its business in any in Uags bul English except for health and safety matter. Last month the commission refused request by aides to repeal the Law directly. He then proposed a referendum asking voters to drop the Law. Which tentatively approved Vaides said he asked for a referendum Only because his colleagues had refused to act after the referendum was proposed commissioner offices were deluged by Calls from people supporting Law and local talk shows became the forum Foren bitter debate Over immigration and the us of spa Aab
