European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 18, 1933 the stars and stripes Page 9 Iii Lipary Roundup annual v corps exercise runs through March 4 Frankfurt the annual v corps Cser c caravan guard began wednesday with troops deploying to Man Euver areas Northwest of  exercise was downgraded from a Field training exercise to a command Field exercise Friday and Only 23,000 troop will Lake pan instead of 46.00u As originally planned. Officials downgraded he Maneu vers As unusually warm weal her created inc possibility of excessive dam age by the corps tracked and wheeled vehicles. There will be no combat tanks or howitzers in the Curcic although there will be 799 tracked vehicles 6.349 wheeled vehicles. 282 helicopters and 20 fixed Wing aircraft involved. Tic restructured exercise is designed to rain the commanders and staffs of corps units. Moslof inc combat Man Euver units will be rep resented Only by their platoon leaders and head quarters elements. Bui All of Lite Complex com Mand and control communications and logistic functions of a corps level i Crisc will continue As originally planned. The i Crisc will last until March 4, accounting finance office at Ankara As wins award Denver the accounting and finance of fice at Ankara As Turkey was named the air Force s Best in 1987. Four other offices in Ger Many and Crete also received awards at a world wide accounting and finance conference in Den  Ankara office Winner of the John k. Semi award of excellence. Was evaluated on Overall performance customer sen ice and innovative management  a and Hahn a Germany and Iraklion As Crete were Cilcy for meritorious performance. The Best accounting and finance agent office went to Geilenkirche a. Ger Many electronic Security come honors top 13 airmen Kelly fab. Texas the air Force elec tronic Security come has honoured in lop 13 airmen. Four of whom work on european bases. Honoured last week Al inc command s Kelly fab Headquarters were senior Masier sol. Johnm Burden 6912lh electronic Security group Tempelhof Central Airport Berlin tech. Sol. Charles a. Johnson 6950th electronic Security group. Raf Chicksands. England Masier set. Joe t. Turney 69lllh electronic Security so Hahn a Germany and . April i. I Lisle Mons 69l7ih electronic Security group san Vilo As. Italy. Nurnberg again wins Usa eur Energy contest Heidelberg the Nair Benj military Community hat won top honors for the second year in Usa eur s Energy Competition officials  Community will receive  and the Usa eur nomination for the annual Secretary of the army Energy award which number Gwon last year As the most Energy efficient Community in the army. Since the awards program began nine year Sago.  has won a total of s 1,85 million. Schweinfurt military Community among the winners for the first Lime since 1979 placed second in the Usa eur Pompeii lion earning �400,000.mannheim and Wiesbaden military communities tied for third place winning j 150,000  military Community won s250.000 for having the most improved Energy program. Fulda and Giessen military communities won i 125,000 for having inc by a facilities projects programs. Five other communities that divided s300.000 in Prisic Money for innovative Energy programs include Vicenza Italy $75.000 am Jert s75.0000 Ansbach j75.000 darmstadl.$50,000 and Heidelberg s2s.ooo. Prue Money it used for Qiu Iliin of life and readiness project. Of cuts out tuition assistance for Viet Era go Bill members by Cluck v1nch Washington Bureau Washington the air Force faced with a $6.5 million Cut in adult voluntary education this Fis Cal year has eliminated tuition assistance for service members who come under the Vietnam Era i Dill. The change began feb. I and affects about 9 percent of he 75,000 air Force people using tuition assistance under the old a Bill. The nil covers  who entered Active duly Between feb. I 1955, and dec. It 1976, said air Force spokesman capt. Chris Canfield. The army already has announced cuts in tuition assistance for All personnel the Navy also is planning changes but details still arc being worked out a spokeswoman said. Canfield said tuesday thai the air Force policy change would remain in effect for the foreseeable  the Vietnam Era personnel were targeted because officials Felt cutting tuition assistance Lor that group would do inc least damage to the Overall program. Canfield said. The reeling is thai people in this group As a whole Are older and have already accomplished Many of their educational goals he said. Tuition assistance pays Between 75 percent and 90 percent of voluntary off duty education. Air Force costs for inc program have soared As inter Cost in in has grown from $10 million in 19so to 54bmillion in 1987, Canfield said. Culling tuition assist Ance for Vietnam Era personnel will save �4 million with the remaining j2.5 million in savings to came through other Fine tuning actions he said. One such move is the elimination of tuition assist Ance for personnel pursuing a second lower or lateral College degree unless in is a graduate degree in a Short age area or the courses Are certified As directly Job related. The air Force also will no longer pay tuition assist Ance for courses costing More than 1250 per semester hour or for More than 15 class hours per week. Personnel enrolled in Mare expensive courses feb. I still can get the higher tuition assistance amounts until they to Milele the degree or until Dee. I 1990. Which Ever comes first. The army announced in decanter that it would scale Back Filion assistance for All its personnel As Well As eliminate funding for Basic kills and language programs to Cope with fiscal i98b budget cuts. For inc rest of the fiscal year. Army general officers can t get any tuition assistance. Those in grades of and of face cuu from 75 percent of course costs to 50 percent. Soldiers in Grade is and above with ins than 14 years of service will have the assistance Cul from 90 percent of costs to 85 percent. There will be no change for other grades. The army also has placed a tuition assistance eap of il65 per semester hour for graduate work and 180 per semester hour for undergraduate credits col. Bruce Battey director of the army continuing education system emphasized thai the Basic skills education program and language programs Are not being eliminated. We just can t fund them right now from the army level he said. If local commands Ean find Money in other accounts they re free to keep these program  sizzling development May whet americans appetite for travel Washington Ai the Odds Are increasing rapidly that americans travelling abroad can find a fast food place that bean a familiar american name. Mcdonald s in Munich pizza Hul in Fiji and Taco Bell in Sydney Are just three example of the trend toward expanding foreign markets for . Restaurant franchises says an agriculture department report. In 1985, there were 6,122 International franchise units up 36 percent from 3.94j in 1980. Figures by the Commerce department show that Canada and Japan account for almost half with Australia and new Zea land ranking nil the report was written for the department s nation Al food review Magazine by two economists. Char Lenc Price and Hal unworn of us a s economic research service. The report said Canada was the largest Market for hamburger units and Japan accounted for the greatest share of inc Chicken Market. Australians and new Zoa Landers enjoyed  Mcdonalds Kentucky Fried Chicken Burger King and Wendy s the four largest . Restaurant chains accounted for 31 percent of the world total fran Chising 4,626 restaurants internationally by 1986. Up from 272 in 1974, the report said. As the largest food service organization in the world with about 9,400 establishments Mcdonald s led the International scene with about 2,138 outlets com pared with 370 five years earlier the report said. Kentucky Fried Chicken a division of Pepsico inc. Operated More than 6.500 units including 1,854 in 54 foreign countries. Burger King pan of Pillsbury Foo service operated 4,744 outlets in 1986, including 403 in 24 foreign countries and puerto Rico Wendy a which grew to the world s fourth largest restaurant Chain in it years operated almost 4.000 outlets including 231 in 17 foreign  the four largest franchisers Only Kentucky feed Chicken operated outlets in Africa in 1986, and it Ato held sole position in Middle Eastern countries the report said. Mitterrand to attend nato Summit Paris a president Francois Mitterrand announced tuesday he Wilt Allynd the nato Summit meeting next month making him the first French chief of mate to do so since France left the Alliance s military Wing in 1966. The Summit to be held Misc a 2-3 in Brussels is very important because it will define the politics of Disi Raumer for member of the North Atlantic treaty Alliance Mitterrand said on French television. Mitterrand a socialist and conservative Premier Jacquet Chirac have attended Summit meetings together since Chirac s conservative coalition came 10 Power in March 1986, in television interview tuesday night within hours of Mitterrand s announcement. Clinic Laid he Natu rally would attend also but added i Don t believe this Summit is very  no French president has assisted at a nato sum Mit since 1966, when France under president Charles tie caulk withdrew from the Alliance s military Wing