European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page b the stars and stripes Friday september 18,1987 payments for some hostages of d see them family 8 serv remembers to be paid by William j. Bartman Washington Bureau Washington the defense department has authorised special pay for service members Federal civilian and some family members who Are Kidnap Ped by terrorists. The first recipients of the pay will be eight Scricc members kidnapped since 1981, plus the family of Navy diver Rob Ert Sci him. The Sailor was killed by Middle East terrorists during a 1985 air liner hijacking. The government will pay about 136 for every Day spent in Captivity. One recipient of the hostage pay is retired army maj. Gen. James Dozier. Who escaped from italian red brigade terrorists in 1982. The other former Cap Tives one from the army five from the Navy and one from the air Force were aboard the Twa flight on which sell hem was killed. The payments arc based on a 1986 Law providing that  will be compensated at one half the average worldwide per diem rate if they Are held hostage. Federal civilians and in unusual circumstances family member if military and government personnel arc also eligible for the compensation. Congress authorized the president to refuse payment if the former captive was found guilty of a Captivity re lated offence. Compensation is authorized for the disability or death of a family member if the incident resulted from hostile action or because of the involved person s relationship to a military person. The Law further provides payment by advancement or reimbursement for health care and related expenses of scr in members and their families when the care is the result of Captivity and is no otherwise covered by government health or medical programs or by insurance. A final Section of the Law provides that Scricc members and members of their families held As captives May be paid various educational expenses. Payments May be made to former captives for up to 10 years after the end or Captivity also payments May be made to a Cap Tive s family after the hostage situation has gone on for 90 Days and May continue for a limited period after the person is freed provided that the family is not Eli Gible for some Oiler educational twist once. The Law says compensation to a hos Tage should occur within i year after the ordeal ends. Last week s payment did not involve  who were held captive for 444 Days beginning nov. 4, 1979. In the . Embassy in Tehran Iran. They received $50 for every Day of their ordeal under special legislation. Wide open spaces return to City with fort Hood troops in Europe Killeen. Texas Dpi it s not hard to Tell that half of fort Hood s 38,000 soldiers Are in Europe Fornato Maneu vers. At Rush hour traffic moves freely along normally congested streets. And businessmen Hustle More for business. Everybody i guess was scared to death of it. And we still Don t know what to expect said Billy Mills at Modem to and appliance. It definitely will have an effect on the  the absence of the troops is especially evident on the nearby Post. There s not As much traffic on the streets said col. Clyde Glosson Garrison commander. Glosson said the True economic effect of having 19,000 soldiers in Europe this month and next won t be known Tor several weeks. The troops went to Europe As part of the return of forces to Germany exercise most to participate in nato s certain strike exercise. Already he said there s been some slowdown in sales in the base Exchange and commissary. But on the Bright Side it s easier to get medical appointments. Fort Hood which has about 60,000 people working on base supports a population in Central Texas of 180,000 Active and retired soldiers and their families army officials say. Anytime you Lake 20,000 to 25,000 of the troops out of a City you re going to feel the effect. It kind of slows it Dawn a bit makes you work a Little harder said Mike lower a Salesman at Centro plex Ford located one half mile East of downtown on the Road Lead ing to the East Gale of the Post. They la come in Here and want to look around and drive but they la Tell you they can t do anything until i hair husband gels Back from reformer lower said. Those who stayed behind Are finding support through their churches and civic groups. The Rev. Duane Redding of Fairview Baptist Church in nearby Copperas Cove said 11 families in his congregation Are directly affected by the european Drill including one boy whose Mother and father Are soldiers. Those thai Are involved with our Church i would say Are doing very Well and they would say the same thing Redding said. We Haven t had any break Downs Solo speak. We be had a few Little Leen age Type problems but we Sal Down and talked to Ihm and they be come around so  on the Post elected Village mayors iry to keep the residents living in Harmony. Some of the families with some of the husbands going away there might be More of a tendency for some of the wives to have heated words with one an other Glosson said. But we be got Village mayors and they try to work to resolve the  kit can s adopt a school program is providing volunteers to fill in for absent fathers who would normally help out at school fund ions and the local chapter of the association of the United Stales army has posted phone Nur Abera on the army Post for those in need of assistance Mills said. At modern to and appliance. Mills said four of his employees Are on vacation because of the slow Busi Ness expected in town we asked them to schedule their vacations at this time because we knew it would be a slow time he said. Of course business is bad been Down statewide nationwide. 1 think a lot of people arc using that As an excuse for things being  Mills said local merchants were sceptical about spending Money on advertising which was hurting the local radio and television stations. Lower said to was sending More letters and malting More phone Calls to drum up business. You have to get them on the Telephone and find them he said. But businessmen concede Rob Roger has not sent the local Economy into a tailspin. It s not nearly As bad As i expected it to be lower said predicting business would pick up again next month. Mills said his store has tried to target its advertising during the exercise toward the civilian Market which accounts for 6$ percent of modern tvs business. This year s reformer is the largest peacetime deploy ment of . Troops to Europe since world War ii and most of the soldiers Are from fort Hood. You kind of feel cheated when they do thai lower said. Exp. Vietnamese official released Bangkok Thailand Cap Vienna mesh radio reported wednesday that thousands of prisoners or dered released from political re education Camps included i. Gen. Nguyen Huu co the former vice pre Mier of the South vietnamese government. Vietnam announced sunday it was releasing 6,685 prisoners and reducing sentences for 5.320 others ii was unclear How Many were common criminals in Reg ular jails and How Many were political prisoners in the Camps. It was one of the largest releases Ever reported from the re education Camps which the communists established Afler defeating the a backed South Vietnam Ese government in april 1975. Vietnam bad said those ordered released included 480 military and civilian personnel of the former South vietnamese government including two ministers and nine generals in addition to co. The official voice of Vietnam monitored in bang Kok said so far Only 90.000 people Are presently in re education Camps apparently meaning the number who have served Lime since 1975. Western sources believe that 200,000 or More May have spent at least year in the Camps. The communists set up the Camps because they did not will to Cany out the execution elimination and did not want to have a Bloodbath As claimed by the enemy the radio said. World today saudis being offered incentives to give blood Riyadh. Saudi Arabia a to Spur blood donations the Interior ministry is exempting volunteers from Driver s License fees and the King a issuing certificates to repeat  incentives Are being offered because of a shortage of blood since saudi Arabia banned imports for fear of getting blood infected with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome virus. The Arab news daily newspaper on wednes Day quoted Deputy Interior minister Ibrahim Al Sawaji As saying the $130 fee for renewing a Driver s License and the $270 fee for renewing work permits would be waived for donors. Some hospitals offer gins of Gold or clocks to blood donors. King Faisal specialist Hospital i Riyadh pays nearly $80 for donations. Donors who give 10 times receive certificates from the King. Turkish Cyprus will switch to right Side Road driving Nicosia Cyprus a the breakaway turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus is preparing to switch from driving on he left Side of the Road to the right Side turkish Cypril newspapers have  newspapers quoted Durvis Eroglu prime minister of he turkish cypriot stale As saying draft Laws on the change win be submitted to the turkish cypriot  change would bring two opposite driving systems to the Island which is divided Between turkish and greek cypriots. Vehicles in Cyprus were driven on the left Side of the Road when the Island was a British Colony and the practice continued after Independence in 1960.no change is contemplated for the two thirds of the Island controlled by the greek cypriot government. Germany being besieged by turkish Asylum seekers Frankfurt a hundreds of turks have been using transit stops at Frankfurt inter National Airport to ask for political Asylum in West Germany in recent weeks police said wednesday. On wednesday about 4s turks left their Lis Bon Portugal bound plane when in made Stop Over in Frankfurt and rushed into the Airport s transit area. Police did All of them asked for political Asylum. Police said about 100 turks got off Ogbu originating in their Homeland on tuesday and applied for Asylum. A refugee Center in Schwalbach near Frank Furt is being overcrowded by the sudden Rush of Asylum seekers from Turkey. A statement issued by the Center said 828 turkish citizens arrived there in the month Faugust after breaking off their voyage in Frank Furt. The unexpected influx is straining the Cen Ter s facilities it said