European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday january 12. 1988 the stars and stripes Page 9 parking does t make any cents in mass town Greenfield mass. A the Penny moved another notch in ils slide toward expiration when an advisory committee Here recommended thai i cent parking along main Street be increased to n Nickel. I think this is the Only town in the to Ted lha Lstill has Penny  selectman Joseph Laurie mid the town has been losing Loo much Money. The Long Range advisory committee voted lore commend the five fold boost in the Cost of parking on main and Federal streets the busiest thoroughfares in the Western Massachusetts town of 19,100 people. The meters there Date Back to 1936. The proposal Wilt go before the Board of k ice Man in the next few weeks Laurie Laid. Even though it would end a Long time bargain for hoppers no downtown merchant would oppose the change Laid chamber of Commerce executive director Ann Hamilton. We be always had the problem of employees parking on the Street because it s easier than walk ing said Hamilton. Shoppers want to Park conveniently near the stores icy shop in and there Are Many people using up those  army holds briefing sessions for cos on new Eer system Darmstadt Germany is the army s new no evaluation system ii the subject of briefings being Given this month in Europe by a earn from the department of the army. Briefings will be held on 13 Days in 23 communities to explain the new enlisted evaluation report Eer system to cos. Those cos will then train other cos on the specifics of the new ears the new evaluations patterned after the army s officer evaluation reports Kerswill do away with numerical ratings and begin mandatory counselling Fornall cos. Corporals will be included in the new coun seling but Wilt not be rated according to sgt. William Berry of lit personnel come. Cos will be rated quarterly instead of the annual evaluations Given under Ibe old system. Change of Raten will Only warrant an Eer if the Rater leaving has been the no Rater for at least 90 Days. Counselling will begin at the Start of the rating period the new system i being established throughout 1988 by rank. Sex eau major first sergeants and Mailer sergeants will receive their final Eer under the old system feb. 29, receive counselling under the new system beginning in March and april and receive their first Eer under the new system june 1. Sergeants first class staff sergeants and promotable sergeants will receive their final Eer under the old system May 31, Start receiving counselling under the new system in june and receive their first Eer under the new system sept. 1. Sergeants not on n promotion list will receive their final Eer under he old system aug. 31, Tan counsel ing under the new system sept i and receive the Irvint Eer under the new system Pec. 1. Berry said the Al is to have the entire system implemented by Jan. Berry said cos who Are unable to make Ibe Brief Ings should either Contact an no who went for additional information or attend a briefing in another Community. They can Check the new a pamphlet 613 205, titled How to or a circular 623-Gg-i, both due out by the end of february for additional information on the new ears. Times of the briefing were not available but Berry said cos can find out the times by contacting the Community sergeant major s office. The briefing in Germany Are As follows Tony hum Tot Tain i Maton t 4hl us  gnat Kejty cult. Huri Kub Kwh he Trail i Jin. It Soki. Jin Al s Jin. 22 he Ulm Ndu jul � Jin. Is Munk Hind Nurmi a pm. W Qia Tonett and Bamburg. A a 7 Meta tit Yijin. 21  it a jjn.2�hiniu sailors in engineering jobs May face health risks by Norman Black at military Niter Washington enlisted sailors who Lake on Navy engineering jobs such Ai boiler technician and machinist s mate face a much greater risk of sickness and accidental injury than their cot leagues working elsewhere on ship n Navy study shows. Engineering environments Are hot dirty and noisy so that conclusion might not be surprising added the four researchers who conducted the study. But the excess risk faced by sailors in the engineering ratings is statistically significant end any improvement in their working conditions could Lead to disproportionate gains for he Navy s Overall safely and health record the study indicates. The 42-Page report written by four researchers at the naval health research Center in san Diego was completed a year ago but Only recently published. The study Analysed the hospitalization and diagnosis records for enlisted tailors who served in 10 engineering specialities Al different Points from 1974101983. If the sailors assigned to All the Engi Neering specialities Are combined they had about 20 percent higher risks for nervous system disorders principally hearing loss Tuscul skeletal disorders and accidents. Compared to other naval occupational groups the re searchers found. Navy engineering work involves close Contact with heavy machinery under conditions which Are Oden and verse the study continued. Increased risk for cancer might also be expected due to exposure to volatile solvents and the products of  within the engineering Community four specialities were the primary contributors to the higher to Conns and Accident Rales boiler technician Hull maintenance technician Engin can and machinist s mate the study continued. And. Of those four boiler technicians Hare the highest and most consistent excess risk across the greatest number  categories of any Navy Engi Neering  disorders for which boiler technician Are statistically Well above the Navy Norm include mental disorders 35 percent higher nervous system disorders 4 percent higher circulatory system disorders 43percent higher and  system disorders,45 percent higher. Boiler technicians also have significantly High rates of accidental injury which have increased by 10 percent from40 percent to 90 percent greater than the rest of the Navy Over the 10-year study period. Efforts to improve Navy Engi Neering environments should be directed primarily toward this  soviets say Afghanistan pullout could Start May 1 Moscow a the Sovil Union could begin withdrawing ils troops from Afghanistan by May 1 if  negotiations that resume next month end in agreement pravda said monday. The report in the communist party daily newspaper was the latest indication from the soviet leadership that in is seek ing to end its military presence in Afghanistan by the end 01 the year. The Kremlin sent troops into ils Southern neighbor in december 1979. Negotiations Between Afghanistan and Pakistan where most of the  moslem guerrillas arc based Are scheduled to resume in Geneva next month under United nations auspices. According to the soviets documents prepared for those talks require the soviet Union to begin ils withdrawal 60 Days after a settlement is achieved. The United slates in turn would be bound to Cut off military Aid to the insurgents. If the Geneva agreements Are successfully signed by March i and the afghan Side judging by everything intends to strive for this then May 1 could be come the Starling Date for the withdraw Al pravda said. The afghan War is at a flame Nuoc and soviet involvement in in has led to a wors ening of Kremlin relations with other mos Lem and non aligned countries. It also has provoked some dissent at Home. On Friday Anatoly f. Do Iynia communist party foreign affair Secretary told a . Delegation that the soviet withdraw Al would begin this year and Hal in would be completed in 12 months or less foreign minister Eduard a. Bevard i3u Liu Woli i to View mtg  in Afghanistan ibis year. Hispanic leaders assail Alamo movie unclaimed baggage san Antonio. Texas a some hispanic leaders Are criticizing a new movie about the historic Bailie far the Alamo saying Hal it is inaccurate and demeans hispanics including those who helped de fend the old Mission. The 44-Minule movie Alamo the Price of free Dom depicts the events leading up to the siege of the Alamo by mexican Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna and the final Battle on March i 18.16, that of All 185 Alamo defenders dead. The movie is scheduled to be shown beginning in March on a sit Mory 85-foot-Widu screen at an Max theater in a new mall in downtown san Antonio. Some critics say the movie perpetuates ethnic stereotypes of hispanics and plays Down the participation of Tjanos. Or Texas bom mexicans As Alamo defend ers. Although historians cannot agree on the precise Alamo body count. Alamo officials list nine Tjanos among the defenders. Troubled by the criticism the producers Texas cavalcade corp. Of san Antonio showed a 73-minute rough Cul of the film to about 40 hispanic leaders. We find the movie As having no redeeming social value. Is historically inaccurate culturally demeaning and lacking in artistic Quality said City councilman Walter Martinez who leads the hispanic group. One scene the group finds objectionable shows a 17-year-old mexican girl in a romantic interlude with a Tenn acc Volunteer in the Bell lower Al san Fernando Cathedral on the eve of Sana Anna s arrival. The group also claimed Davy Crockett s death scene As Portia cd by Merrill Connally brother of former gov. John Connally was inaccurate and inflammatory to hispanics. The group presented Tenas cavalcade with a 12 Page list of objections and threatened to Boycott the film two principal financial backers. The hispanics want certain scenes Cut and scenes added to How greater tejano participation. George Mcallister 65, a Texas rancher who co produced the movie and co wrote the script noted this is Ibe first Alamo movie to even show there were Teja no defenders and 1 took pains to How their  Offenbach Germany warehouse personnel arc trying to locate service members and civilians in Europe who have not claimed their unaccompanied baggage a v corps spokesman  left unclaimed after 300 Days is subject to disposal he  following persons should Contact the Offenbach warehouse 1to Box 44, Frankfurt Mil itary Community Apo 0?7id, or Call Frankfurt ets 320-5008 or 7309.  a Kim to Wavu