European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 16, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday december 16,1987 i temperatures 1 pm Imi a Iii a december 14 i la Albany no Anchorage of Coll Alan Lac City Oai Huron so conc Tab Columbus of Maui i won Detroit of Rita ski forgo Jack Sor. Mis in v ?7 til a Coli 00 Sih a he ciry 33 san Antonom Sano in 12 self Ftfe non to skin p ii ?2 St Sittlow 40 Tui a s3 a Isit Kirmo c 74 Jug who Furr re he to to 34 47 �0 to 42 .13 do j7 53s a a 33 49 66 39 31 1 45 to 47 m 44 17 3c 35 h Al 4d 37 7b 13 of 39 44 74 11m 32 30n m is 33 35 weather i a i i it plot tiny r to go into by Chuck Vinch a Flash Jorton Nuru Washington the new lodging plus per diem system will finally gel under Way Jan. 1more than a year after Congress first approved the program. The final hurdle was cleared when president Reagan signed the fiscal 19b8 defense author Jilin Bill into Law. Eliminating a provision Congress slapped on the program in 1986 that said it could t Cost More than the system it replaced. That prevented lodging plus from taking effect because i in Wagon officials could not come up with Cost compari son that would satisfy if lawmakers on Ca Pitol Hill. The new system is More generous and More Efti Cint than he Curant system a defense department official said. Lodging plus payments Are made in two categories meals and lodging. In Iho United slates meal rates Are set Al $25 or 133 a Day depending on the area. Overseas the meal Rale is pegged at 46 percent of the maximum lodging rate for a particular location. The meal payment is a Flat rate meaning will get thai amount no matter what they spend and Don t have to keep receipts. Payments lodging expenses Are based on average lodging costs in 391 areas with the top Rale in new York City Al $136 per Day. Currently the Maxi mum per diem payment for any location isj75. The government will reimburse scr actual costs up to a cer Tain limit which Means personnel will have to keep receipts for lodging to file with temporary duty vouchers. There s no Chance for argument u to what s allowable reimbursement and what s an official said. You get a Flat Rale for meals and incidentals gel reimbursed your actual lodging expenses up to a certain limit and thai i it although Congress and the administration have agreed 4 1rtl Kwh Noemi 109 ail Jieh min Foo Jim tvs Fri and Torrn Law to Tutti Tow Roott fun m a dirt i to jail two in nor min it War la 35 38 to j63? t we Musil at 4 j3 7hu emf 41 b 19 \ funr.1 Nini Ingwl let adv "1i a Jiwu Jiin in it ,.in Ivr Ihu Lof re Cru i Al a inn a Vilf Cloud or at now i i a Nett Kip tie vow Paliy Ekx Kov m pm kit Nam Vej Nola Bei iyar in Clomer Vilh to new it i the a i macs k a 4us inn up Forf 201 of fun 9 b pm non fat 76 a b9 Ltd i g 33 46 Mim. N a Mirn nig ?1 i Pitich Rij to m r 30 3430 i w 50 41 ult Guy. 3 3? a 39 30 la a Btu a thud teis correction in an article yesterday the Organiza Tion listed As losing $250,000 Worth of properly in a fire thursday was incorrectly identified by army officials. The fire destroyed vehicle parts belong ing to the european redistribution facility. The redistribution facility at the Bob Lingen maintenance facility also had leased the tents in which the pans were stored. An article dec 8 on transporting pets through England contained incorrect and incomplete information. Some airlines flying to or through London do not allow Pels to be carried in the Cabin because of strict rules govern ing entry of animals into Britain airline officials said. Some airlines require that Pels be car ried As cargo which must be checked in 24 hours in Advance of the flight. Others carry animals As excess baggage if they Are checked through to the final Destina Tion and changes in London arc from one plane to another of the same airline. Miranda Belkind of the British airports authority press office said people travelling via London to another destination must make sure the animal is booked through to the final destination. That Way the animal is bandied at the British airports by special handlers if and when it is transferred from plane to plane. She said thai a traveler must notify the airline if he is carrying a pet and it must be checked through to the final Destina Tion. If it is not checked through it can be seized by authorities and quarantined for six months and the person carrying the animal can be prosecuted. If the final destination is London an import License is required the animal and it in quarantined six months. Individual airlines can provide specific information about How they transport animals to or through London. Europe urged to offer benefits to is clobbered by Buck s fall from staff and wire report Bonn a member of Chancellor Helmut Kohl s Christian democratic Union tuesday said american soldiers in Germany hard hit by the collapse of the . Dollar should be admitted free to Many recreational facilities Hans Cert pattering a Christian democratic member of the european parliament also advocated giving . Servicemen and women stationed in Europe some form of financial compensation to make up for the so percent drop in the value of the Dollar. He said such measures Are necessary to maintain the morale of soldiers by stabilizing their Standard of living. Service members in Germany currently receive two pay supplements that Blunt the Impact of a falling currency Market said Navy cmdr Philip Sot a. Personnel officer Al the . European come he in Stuttgart. The Cost of Liying allowance and an allowance for service men living off Post the overseas housing allowance or Oha. Both have been adjusted upward numerous times during the past two years 10 take account of currency fluctuations he said. The adjustments take into account the availability of Dollar based services such As Post exchanges. For example an e-5 living in the Frankfurt area saw an increase in his Oha from $539 in october 1985 to 1945 this past october he said. In local currency buying Power the oct. 1985 allowance purchased 1.315 German Marks at the oct. 1985 averaged Exchange rate of 2.44 Marks. This octo Ber s average of 1.75 Marks allowed the e-5 to Purchase 1,653 Marks Souza said. The Bottom line on this is that we be lost Tome mobility on the local Economy but our safely nets Are in place. We arc oot starving Souza said. He welcomed Eilering s suggestion on the recreational activity discounts to compensate for the loss of discretionary income which is whal we be pottering called on Heaters swim Ming pools concert Halls and other recreational facilities supported by Public funds to either reduce prices Greasy for . Soldiers or let them in free. American concert attendance has dipped dramatically in the past year according to Willy eng Elham manager of shooter & Klein a nationwide concert company based in Frankfurt the participation of americans was certainly 30 percent of the audience today it is about 5 percent Engelhorn said. He was referring to concerts such As Rock v Roll that normally would at tract a Young military crowd such con certs often Are held in state supported Heaters. The trend started with the terrorist watch begun after the bombing of a Ber Lin disco frequented by american Irv ice members in april 1986 and the subsequent retaliatory raid on Libya he said. But Engelhorn said she idea of a Dis count or tree Entrance was out of the question. If the performing groups would do this for half the fee suggested Engen Horn or if the politicians would nuke in possible for us to get the Halls for Noth there would be a possibility of reduced tickets for americans. However Engelhorn also said in would be difficult if not impossible to control the Sale of discount tickets. The con Cenger is for us Anonymous he said. There is nothing to Stop an american Scricc member from buying discount tickets that could be resold to the general Public he said. A woman at Sandrock a major Frank fun ticket sales office said the office of fers no discounts that is the prerogative of local theater ticket offices woman killed 6 children injured when Van collides with school bus by Daryl e. Green risen Lattera Bertaa Kaiserslautern a collision Between a school bus and a Van tuesday injured six american children and left a German woman dead As heavy fog and icy roads contributed to a rash Ola cd Den and minor injuries. Gudrun Fonter 39, died when the Van she was driving collided with a con tract school bus at 8 45 . In Obe Sulz Bach a Village about 19 Miles Northwest of Kaiserslautern. Said senior airman , Van Dame a Ranu Lein a3 spokeswoman. The bus was carrying 25 students to the Kaiser Slatlem High Junior High and elementary schools. Three of the injured students were taken to the Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center and uie other three to the Sembach a clinic and were treated and expected to be released tuesday Van Dame said. Names of the injured minors were withheld the bad weather contributed to Al least five other vehicle accidents. Six people were taken treatment of minor injuries to the Lan Stuhl medical Center. The influx of injured forced a recall of Hospital personnel in the area said mrie Shaw a Hospital spokeswoman. A High pressure system moving Over Eastern Germany created an inversion which was partly to blame for the bad Rush hour Road conditions. An inversion occurs when i High pressure system moves Over a Tow pressure system. The inversion created moisture at lower Levels which condensed and produced fog weather official at Ramstein said. There is so much moisture that not All of it Falls out As said Thomas h. Bundenthal duty forecaster Del 2, 31st weather so about tuesday s weather. So we have a Little drizzle which turns into a frontal system moving into Ger Many from France produced freezing rain in Scarbr Flucken and Wei Brocken adding to the bad conditions. U.5. Forces police Kaiserslautern were urging people who didst have to drive to stay Ott the roads. . Paper Union announce Accord new York not the daily news has reached a tentative agreement with the last of its 10 news paper unions after nearly a year of in tense labor negotiations that the paper has consistently described As critical lots survival. I m relieved and pm pleased really pleased said a weary James Hoge pub Lisher of the news after finally reaching Accord with newspaper printing Pressman s Union local 2
