European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 11, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Paga 24 o the stars and stripes Friday september 11,1987 credit Union closing greek turkish offices n Wendy Bourland staff writer Fairchild Federal credit Union s Board directors has ordered its Branch offices at four air Force bases in Greece and Turkey to close in december but wit keep fan Ilies at Aviano and san Vilo Italy open. Officials the credit Union based in Spokane. Wash., notified the Pentagon june 24 by letter their plans to pull out Greece and Turkey dec. 31, said col. Bill mailed Safe director accounting and finance. The idler said the Fairchild Board voted to close inc Branch offices at he Lac Nikon a and Iraklion As in Greece and at in Ciurlik a and Izmir Turkey after a Long and careful study operations at inc bases mall Cut said wednesday. A four bases have Small military populations. More than 1,000 military personnel in Greece had accounts with Fairchild As july. In Turkey 997 personnel had accounts in july malted said. He said redid not know How Many people have account in Italy. Because there arc no Banks at inc . Bases in Turkey the loss the credit Union Means base personnel must now rely solely on base finance offices Tor their banking needs Mallott said. The Branch offices in Turkey also were determined by turkish authorities to be unauthorized under that country s Bank ing Laws and the nato status forces agreement mall Cut said. Ail Fairchild transactions in Turkey were made by mail through inc offices in Greece. Mall cell said with no Money changing hands with the Fairchild employees in Turkey. Operations were curtailed in Turkey due to turkish banking Laws and sofa he said. We re not authorized to have a credit Union maj. Michael Mason Iraklion As comptroller said they said it s Ungro liable Tor them to stay Here. The operations in Greece and Turkey were losing Money. They decided that they did t Waul to stay Here the Fairchild office at Iraklion is inc Only credit Union on Crete but there is an american express Bank at the air Sta Tion he said. Hell Nikon a also has an american exp Sci Bank. At least Well have an alternative Mason said. The Branch offices will gradually de crease service in two phases during octo Ber and november mall Cal said. On sept. 28, branches in Greece will discontinue Cash transactions. The branches will no longer offer traveler s checks Money orders and greek currency. After oct. I branches in Greece will Stop accepting checks drawn on Fairchild accounts. All checks and transactions must be processed by the Spokane Home office. After dec. 31, members in Greece and Turkey must Coll or write Spokane to conduct business with Fairchild. Naf from Page 1 former employees receiving 2 percent their yearly Ary for every year worked. Part the reason there is so supervisors Don l act or capriciously. Frailey said. The Finan Cial obligation � for la supervisor. The Mericy he s in out comes from his \ systematic employee training p t in Naf system does t Havear Aimna Prog frail cd said. It s catch As catch can. Re Fol now a supervisor can get some Money you might get trained or you bight a reduction from five to Igrec performance rat Ings. Emo yes would be Given Exon Flani Good or unsatisfactory appraisals. Only employees receiving excellent ratings would be Eligi Jbf for pay increases. Cost Livine adjustments a Oujo not be considered pay increased civilian personnel offis monitoring but not controlling i sing. They als would ensure that the system is not a used. This give any he the right to break the Law,1 Frailey sai4 Mca Jures taken against managers abuse. Rule is and you break it you id remain unchanged As would fits associated with overseas quires no changes in Laws and r workers. Military spouse Opportunity provisions still he said punier would hinge on Thi you know we can be leave policies travel and housing recruitment. Frailey said Thi would affect on whip reference an equal apply he said a i lbs injector general report requested by Gen. John a. Weft Ham jr., Phenyl he army chief staff first out Linda the problems afro cited with non approx printed Floh employee up action revealed aft ineffective and inefficient by pm clogged in a com Wex Maze Laws and regulations and falling 10 provide the service expected fits do Slomers the report said Wickham then or ganged a Groulik to draw up promo Sahnd overhaul the system baseman business Lech a lines used by private companies. Frailey said the panel obtained information from ,.f Marriott hotel Chain Sean Roebuck & co. And Fie Fairfax county va., recreation department. Crash from Page 1 turn in front us As we were going to Miles an hour 1 saw the whole thing until i Shui my eyes because 1 could t look any More Dyson who was in the front scat the tourist bus. Suffered Only minor cuts. Bus passenger Jerry Dovalis Washington d.c.,said he saw the careening across the Highway from the left. It looked Tike ii was trying to do a a turn or it might have had a Walson Britain s bus and coach Council said one bus was carrying 46 tourists Many them americans on an afternoon excursion to Windsor Castle a Royal residence on the outskirts London. The other was taking 46 passengers to London from Penzance in southwestern England. The crash occurred about 10 Miles from Central London Juit cast the Heathrow exits. 2 arc hotels closing for repairs r Charlie Bov Den Munich Bureau the two armed tanks recreation Center hotels at Chic see Germany Shl lose oct. 5 for renovations that could last up to two j. The arc Board Govenat Hornet wednesday i Garmisch Germany to discuss the hotels. Among several proposals was Leto clo hotels for two years for the $10.3 million Nurton. Another called for a phased at the popular bavarian hotels. Plans currently Call for the Nemsch hotels to for two months on Taijir the final Ispir will be made by Gen. Olenn , . The chairman the arc Horrais it Gen. George r. Slot ser usar. Eurtis Caputy commander. No decision was made today arc spokesman Harry Connors said among other items on the Agenda were the arc budget the Impact the weak Dollar on operating expenses new hotel in Garmisch. No is approved for Chie Sec on programs at the Lake resort Wilt con Connors said. He also discounted rumours thai the property might be turned Back to the German government. That is absolutely not the Case he said. The Money is approved the projects Are approved it s Only a question inc timetable for the reconstruction pro " Chic see project includes an indoor outdoor swim fax Pool health and fitness Center with Sauna private emm for each room and other amenities to bring the Notni Tup to modern standards Connors said. Witness admits lying under oath Quantico a. A a Marine Corporal Testi fied wednesday that he lied in a sworn statement to investigators about How Many times he had sexual Contact with soviet women. Lawyers representing staff sol. Robert Stufflebeam at his court martial said the testimony by cot. Dunne Parks damages the military s Case. Stufflebeam discharged with having relationships with soviet women and tailing to report them. Parks who was stationed at the . Embassy in Moscow with Stufflebeam in the summer 1985, is considered Stuffle Beflyn s chief accuser. He was one seven prosecution witnesses in the second Day the trial at Quantico Marine corps base. Stuff Mcbeam s lawyer James Bagley said Parks conflicting statements damaged his credibility. Marine prosecutors claim Stufflebeam went to a Moscow bar that was off limits to marines left the bar with two soviet women and had sexual Intercourse Wilh one the women. Stuffie Cam 25, Bloomington 111., was second in command the embassy s Security detail. Under Bagley s Cross examination Parks said he had lied under oath in an april 5 statement Given to naval investigative service agents. Parks said be had broken non fraternization rules at the embassy twice and not once As he had told Nis investigators Bagley said Parks testimony attacks the credibility this Man in every direction. The admission prompted Eligah d. Clark the mat judge to halt the proceedings and read the witness his rights. Parks declined Clark s suggestion that he cite the fifth amendment and end his testimony. Parks testified he told stale department and Marine corps officials in november 1985 that stuff Webcam had fraternize with two soviet women at an off limits bar in Moscow in the summer 198i. But four Marine corps guards stationed in Moscow at the time testified wednesday that they could not identify the two women As soviets. Andrew Colantonio a Sute department official struck another blow to the government s Case when he testified thai Stufflebeam reported the Contact with two women but that the department took no action. Revenge from Page Osia reported a totter that five people had been lulled and 25 wounded Iraa iraqi air raid tuesday on Ute Western iranian City Mohtaran. The radio said civilian Arti twerp bombed in Arak Doroudi det fut Islamabad a garb in southwestern and Western is Iran said three iraqi jets were shot 3wt one them during tuesday night s attacks and two a Jan Day. Iraq denied any planes were downed in the iraids and made no mention any losses wednes fran s official islamic Republic news a warning by Iran s War advising iraqis to evacuate strategic by will not be Hurt during operations which will Stan within few hours with full a the iraqi Comoff Frique said wednesday s raids demolished a by a factory in Delful Oil loading plat forms in the Kano area in Southern Iran an Oil in Pagi Mulk an engineering Plant in a Fly a sugar factory and a Cement Plant East Bakh tank a yemeni factory in Doroudi and a Power Plant Waslof Shahabadi. In said other targets were factories and fuel depots around Khorram Abad communications centers in a Rand and Ham and a sugar factory in Khane the communique said the raids were launched to underscore the blood religious historical and destiny Bonds Between Iraq and Kuwait and As a Salute from said Iraq would retaliate for any iranian attacks on Kuwait through Iraq s seaborne supplies Are Rou Bedjai sports have been closed since the War broke Attl said Iran tired a surface to surface mis the kuwaiti coast on Friday. No casualties were reported. Said two civilians were wounded in the air. A raid on Arak 220 mites from the Iran Iraq by Flor. Would be one Iraq s deepest penetrations Iraq escalated its air raids against its enemy s Ina medal targets last month. There Wax no unt Edmaie report casualties from the other areas. The reports an Irani ship attack which were not confirmed raised fears that Ira might resume Retalia tory raids on vessels in the Oil shipping lanes. The warring nations have claimed tuts on 25 ships since Iraq broke an informal cease fire on aug. 29
