European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 5, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Unix vehicles at photo fed carwash on a downtown Highway in Hong get Surprise Wash from Raier main. The 10-Story Nat Erfal caused to in tie and stopped he area s water sup ply for seven noun Friday. February 5,1fl88 the stars and stripes f. Postal officials adages problem of i Leget teems by William j. Bartman Washington bore a Washington Korea has become the. Cation where the military postal syst my cd its new authority to Stop shipments Quanti s of illegal merchandise Iha or is Milici arc shipping Tab the United slates s now Are carefully watch ing Alt paeli3ffcelhrougli the military postal sys tem in or redlining those thai . A a Mitef Cyr civilian postal clerk a red line through thcnta0 declaration on a Jel that line identifies a possibly contains commercial quantities items or other merchandise. Clerks Fedline if a parcel meets certain Onteria developed by . Customs said cmdr. I ant inc operations division chief of the military Post Al services Agency. The customs service then opens the parcel at the port of entry and one of their inspectors examines it the parcel is seized if it contains Una Thori cd Mer Chandise and customs officials then report the seizure to the major overseas commander who lakes appropriate administrative or disciplinary action. Postal official said the program authorised by the Pentagon last month could be expanded to other countries if they or customs officials determine that similar problems exist. At this Lime however no expansion of the program is anticipated they said. Korea has been a problem because it has no Trade Mark Laws officials said. Of Bradley a Ilzel of the army postal group Europe said similar problems Don l exist in Europe and if problems were discovered the system probably would be implemented on a Case by Case basis at individual Post offices. Antoine said military Post office customers i Korea have been mailing Large quantities of counterfeit trademark or other foreign made merchandise through the military postal system to the United states for resale.1 a spokesman for the postal system explained that on trademark items . Firms have the right to use those names and distribute them and Tell them Here. Well servicemen in Korea Are buying counterfeit items Over there or in some cases the genuine article. But they can t Send that stuff Back into the unite states legally without permission from the trademark Holder in the while Many might unwillingly mail mall amount of counterfeit merchandise Back to the pcs the postal system spokesman said a few people sending merchandise Back to be . It s mostly dependent wives doing it. Adding to the i9y s woe is the fact that it pays the freight on the pan Hugill it reaches the United states where the cd Storoni is the Normal postage rate to get the item to its Man Calion. We in effect were the spokesman said. A defense department directives the military postal system for commercial Pun Loi Esaid. All ranks covered under new stateside to by Chuck was Lurton Bureau Washington All services cab cars with Bills for stateside temporary lodging in connection with an official move to or from overseas assignments Row Are eligible for a reimbursement of up to $4-10. The temporary lodging a Xci was open Only to a is Nodi ill available to All rank Matt when presi Dent Roe Najj Etoie fiscal 1988 defense said Fred True of the defense department per diem travel and transportation allowance committee. The temporary lodging a i Nim tit i i incurred overseas in com the gives up to 1110 Perdu four Days 10 lodging fat it from an 0m u. Those going from the to overseas locations arc eligible for two Day of the on the stateside end of Floc move. True said the payments Lave not begun yet for All ranks because the now language for the Federal joint travel regulations is till being will new regulations should mgt Nance offic Csom flow binary. And at who Mutio made a move on dec. 22 will be Able to gel re a mints by filing a travel Vii e. Germans using silent 22 should Check with i hair he said. Some offices might accepting vouchers and stacking them up until they can be paid. Other offices May Tell people to wait until the rugs Are is sued to turn in their True said is 10 is the maximum daily of the actual payments vary de pending on the local per diem rate Cost of temporary lodging whether the lodging has Kitchen facilities and the number off mily members he said. Tin the program has a Check ered his Lory. 11 was put on the books in 1982, but Congress did t fund it until 1985. In the ill of 1986, Congress scaled i Back lion Rich e-4s and below. offered to absorb la pro Gram s Cost by funding in nomm of c counts Congress dropped the promo that limited the to the lower ranks. Luebeck West Germany apr East German has Tempo Rcd a segment of its fortifications along the Weil of fenian Border with silent warning systems de signed to me an Early lip of about attempted escapes. commander of West Germa Border Polkov the northernmost slate of Schlawig Holstein told flip ters tuesday thai installation of silent alarm East German territory has been carried out Ovd we past year. Schluc saw Holstein a arcs about 80 Miles of Border with East Germany. V according to Bru Eclar Tecc fences contain up to 28separate wires which when inched Send a silent Sig a Nal 10 East German Border Guys enabling a capture would be escapees Bufo they Are reach the main Border fences. In areas where visual surveil fris difficult free roving guard dogs Are used turf print escapes Brucick Essaid. To while shooting Al Onlie East German constructed barriers has conditions along the Border in the of Wesl Germany appear improved it Only because would be escapees can by melted earlier and caught Bruecker said g along the Berlin Wall and the 870 Miles of separating East Germany from West Germany a tally ceased since East German Leader Erich Cvar visited Bonn in september. According to West German figures at least 188 East germans have died trying to escape across their coun try s heavily guarded Border to the West since 1961. Jef with 445j&arly crashes on Takeoff London up1 a Miami by Ifrid comr Mil air lines jumbo Jet with 44s nearly rash cd when one of in engines fail Jiri Takeoff from London s Gal Wick Airport wednesday. Department of tour open officials were called in investigate the Caus Bathe near disaster. The fully Mladjan Boeing 747 was gaining Speed Fon Takeoff Mondi Tsoming when one of its Lour engines tailed in Anent officials said. Iff lol of flight co3i struggled to gain height for a j minutes and flew so close to the ground Hal Jsn swerved on a nearby Road and witnesses thought it had clipped Trees. The plane flu ally missed the Trees but several uce tops were damaged by the Wash from its aircraft climbed sufficiently for the Pilot to Fly Over the English Channel dump his fuel and make an emergency Landing at oath suck South of London. No one was injured. This was As near to a full scale disaster a i you can get without it actually happening a government an Alsaid. The transpor1 department was investigating re i that a Luud explosion was heard just before the c looking into whether the so Mph Cross winds Gal Wick on monday played a role in the affair. Soviet nuclear sub is leased to India new Delhi India up prime min ister Rajiv Gandhi wednesday accepted de livery of a nuclear powered submarine leased for training purposes from the soviet Union making India the sixth nation in the world to have Tuch a vessel. The press Trust of India said Gandhi for Mally inducted into the Navy the nato designated Victor i class submarine a Day after an Indian Crew and soviet trainers sailed into Visakhapatnam naval base 820 Miles South East of new Delhi after a voyage Froin the soviet port of Vladivostok. The vessel was re christened the ins Chakra and carries 24 torpedoes which can be fired through six 21 Inch tubes the press Trust Slid. Gandhi sought to address concerns Over re ports that the approximately 30-year-old class of soviet vessel is known to leak radiation telling reporters we have ensured foolproof environmental and radiation Protection for the operation of this he also said there would be periodic checks on spent weapons Grade uranium fuel re moved from the vessel s reactor to allay any fears that some might be diverted to arms production
