European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 21, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday. December 21, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 3 family learns to Cope with falling Dollar ii Tim boiv1n War Hurr Bureau sri Limni vat. Lii Many Michael Hale came into the arms with ,1 if. 1wo kid1 and Anither in lie faced 3 j.1.iiik medical Hill. A family Man since 17. Halo joined under the As suppl Iii hat. Wherever in1 went so did has family. Nol so. Lit1 private 2 found dul. He ran in cur pc in find Only k-1s and above Are i Nihon cd accompanied hours. I Iod tin1 commander 1 was Prelly used la living on a Slines tie Thil was part of the reason i uni Neil tic army fur Llu Security and i Ili might i could make in. Lie had some fish in me and look a Hale of a i Roop 4th set. Jin Cav in is line furl. Said. While Many in Europe inc been suffer Iii. From the drop of Llu Dollar. Halo s 23-year-old wife. Susan who Sci Pecune tin couple s fourth child in 1-Cbruary. Said she makes do. " Amienee is a virtue and All that Allier she Laugk d in s Miall Iliili had i Nie in it s hard you Hau he think at jul in ant you Don t go shopping at the German mores if you can ii void in. I think some people Jusi complain a Hale i irked fur an electric company ill Brockport. N.v., by Firic joining i lie army. In ing m a Small Rural town meant patience paid the Hilk. One Wick you d be Rich. Farmer Gol his crop in. Pays you for Liisi Sii he said. You Eal Well a month then wait five months for him to pay so. When the la Radley gunner now a specialist four a age 23. Heard they Dunn i think he could make it with the Dollar at 2.-i4 in May 1986. He said he knew How to Lic on a i til budget with a family. And a Light budget in is. The Hales at Home in Schweinfurt from left. Mull. Michael with Stan on he Lap and Siuwun Hal Dir m vending 1 50 to 200 hunks per month Home now to get the Hospital Bill caught up he said with Pride. We pick up a Good Deal for 200 he said. You them stuff Guys arc supposed to buy for hem he. Us months i la have that Down to save Money because you can buy a cassette for How but never do. They spend that clothing allowance for much borrow an album from the Library record made ,100 per month when he came in Europe. His rent is 700 Marks heal 220, electricity is. Phone tops Oul a i so Marks. By the Lime Jou get done Wilh that you re talking 1,200 Marks a month. I had about 450-500 Bucks left he have been Nice he said but they Only allow him to budget As he did As an e-2. If the Mark rate was what it was before i m sure i d be living a Little belter. Instead of having one pair of sneakers the kids might have a fancy pair of shoes for school also he said. Hale climates groceries Ai Between $65 and $70 per month. Every Lime Susan goes she s up to 80-85 Bucks because of impulse buys at the end of the he said. I can make a list before 1 go stay pretty straight to it save 20 Bucks a i m a Lousy shopper Susan Hale said. Ill buy the sauce and forget the noodles forget the bread. I cannot come up Wilh a whole meal. It s easier for him to do it. 1 hate going to the Hale said he and his wife lobby Over major purchases. If either one of us want to make a major Purchase Well mope around saying i wan this to Lalk the other into in. We kind of guide each other and be each other s conscience he said Hale said he gets his Best deals on non essential items when soldiers leave they be got a Sec co or something icy want to sell. Instead of paying eight Bucks for an album you pay one Buck 50 for one Side of the despite not having extra spending Money the Hales often open their Home to troops from the Barracks. Guests bring condom Unis for Ilic filling when they have tacos and Susan male s lasagna is Barracks famous. The meals have mushroomed but Hale claims his wife does t have 14. 15 people he said. Susan is from a Large family. In makes her feel the Guys arc just lonely that s All Susan Hale said. How much More expensive is it to make live pounds of Macaroni and cheese versus i rec pounds Michael Hale said. A Box of Macaroni in i All that much. A two Pound chunk of Vel Vcela from the commissary with Christmas near the Hales plan on buying the kids clothing. Hale said the kids grandparents buy get a lot of Noces Silica we be put off socks underwear to shits pants or a he said. They gel Leys from family Back in the Stales because it s Kard to buy the right si7cs." he plans on inviting soldiers from the Barracks Over Christmas Day. Last year my Molher Sci a few packages Wilh no names on it. W we filled in Nanies of the people show ing he said. We still pick up a few things for you always gel bothered about a Hole in your t Shiri. Susan broke open a package of five drown t shirts. Wrapped them in five separate packages so everybody Goi a to shirt and new pair of when n comes to seeing Europe he said he has Hven Able to travel a come to Europe can t do anything he Asu in incredulously. Walk out your door you re in Europe. Most people save their whole life Leome. What s in Cost to Lake a bus or a Irain for a Wevley end we have troop trips four Days and three nights my Mother was Here and we went to i Amiseh Ger Many. Munich Innsbruck Austri Wilh the option to go 10 Italy. We pissed on Lily but four Days and three nights com under 200 Bucks. How do you Pul a Price lag on that .1"lie understands problems others have Hul he said Many dig their own express Teller it s easy to punch out Money easy to forget you pulled out 40 Bucks. Come the ugh or 29th, checks Slan coming to the Hank. You get in trouble doing he said. He said he can Sec the Light a the end of his budget Tunnel i m ahead of the game i be gut liability now making ends meet Geiling things paid from he thinks hell slay in the army. With four kids. I Don t have much of a Choice to get Oul. Do 1?" to asked. A looks like i m slaying for a final link of Florida Maine superhighway opened Stuart Fin. Api gov. Bob Martinez drove a 1929 Ford Model a a truck saturday 10 open the final 33-mile stretch of interstate 95, a superhighway that began snaking ils Way from Miami to Maine 32 years ago. Our North and Iouin Are linked Marline Lold the 200 local and slate officials at the opening ceremonies. Workers late Friday night put the Fin Ishing touches on the Highway link West of Here. Work on the s222 million project began in february 19h5, . Kep. Tom Lewis. A Fla. Culled in a Long Louglin t Vighi to finish the so called missing link of 1-5. There were times of some doubt thai the Federal government would Sec this Lewis said. In addition to a traffic Relief for Flor Ida s Turnpike and . I Lewis said i 95 was another evacuation route in Case of an emerge Nosuch As a major Burn Cane. John Darlson head of the 1-95 c Isi Zens task Force said he and his commit tee sometimes wondered whether the Highway Ever would be opened for traffic. The route originally was scheduled 10 he compiled in 1172 it feels like a Lub i said saturday the missing link runs from Northeast Ern Palm Beach county into Martin county loops West across the Elonda Turnpike and then meanders Back to Ward the coast to connect Wilh Whai us Dlo be a dead end stretch of the Highway in St. Lucie county. During several years of Tonsi auction. The incomplete portion of i is became a favorite runway for drug smugglers. It became the longest runway m the United Stales for drug smiling said James d. Holt the she nil of Martin county. N9s was designed As an unbroken free Way bul ils l,s6 i Miles Are Ink a ruled in Central new Jersey Ulerv there is a Short Gap near Trenion. The inter Maie picks up a few Miles later where in shares the new Jersey Turnpike. I lans for completing 1-95 in new Jersey were Scull led in 1983. The new freeway will parallel part of the a Kirvida Turnpike which could mean an loss of so million in Turnpike pulls officials say Hui the Lurn Piaf s loss promises in he Deu to Niiori Sain Ai umm for in Downers along the link s corridor opening up areas of Marim and a Ilni bleach cuu utes Inai once were isolated Arnm in air r a Edwa s in a spelled to launch a Hood of and com Mercial development requests
