European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 19, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday february 19, 19b& the stars and stripes Page 9 privatizing of commissaries studied panel to give Dod food for Fri ought by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a grocery Trade association is expected to submit a proposal to the Pentagon within the next two months for a test to Sec if military commissaries could be run cheaper and More efficiently by private contract. While the idea of privatization of commissaries is not new. Little action has been taken to Date. But with taxpayer support for commissaries now Topping $800 Mil lion per year officials have begun Esplor Ingle concept in More depth. To that end the defense department has asked senior members of the food marketing Institute for information on How a lest of commissary privatization could be done fairly and effectively said a Dod official who asked not to be Iden Hilary Roundup lifted. The Fri offered to help us develop this  the official said. We be asked them to ill us How they envision the test being carried out and we re waiting to hear from them.1 the test proposal was mentioned dec. 22 at a hearing before the president s commission on privatization. The panel it studying numerous Federal activities to Sec if they could by managed belter by the Privalo sector. Military officials while supporting the test concept have expressed doubts about whether the private sector could operate commissaries any More effectively than the military. Bui Lars Peterson senior government relations official for Fri said the Pri vate sector deserves a fair Chance to show what in can  Peterson said he a convinced that Pri vate Industry can do Many things cheaper than Dod. One example is in construction costs which Are generally higher Tor the military than for Compa Nies in the private sector he said. Fri would like the commissary test to be limited to a Small number of stores in a few Large metropolitan areas of the United states for at least three years Peterson said. We re now trying to match up the different Cost factors and Legal considerations of the two  he said. It s going to take a White to sort out All the numbers. There Are a lot of question involved Here thai Don t have simple an  the Dod official said one hurdle on the horizon it the tart that private Indus try Hain t shown much interest in operating military Tommis Mariej overseas. If we privatized in the Stales and ignored overseas stores in would almost certainly increase costs for those stores the official said. We would t want 10privatize Here and do nothing  Peterson downplayed that Issue. There is a healthy open mindedness on both sides he said. If the lest shows that we can save the government an Dol Lars then in would be realistic to look at the overseas stores. But Well Cross that Bridge when we come to in. The goal now is to get the limited lest going her in Hie slates to Sec if the concept is even work  the defense department Hopes to begin the test some Lime this summer the Dod official said. 32nd army air defense to hold Spring Donee Darmstadt West Germany the 32nd army air defense come will hold the air defens artillery Ball april 30 at the Patrick Henry Village optic Era and civilians club in Heidelberg. All air defense artillery officers warrant offi cers and command sergeants major in Europe Are eligible to  program costs $19.50 and includes cock tails dinner and  can make reservations through their unit adjutant by March is. For More in formation Call Mai. David a Hart Tan in Darmstadt at ets 34&-7305 or 7307. Navy announces selection of new Fleet master chief London . Naval forces Europe has announced the selection of a new Fleet mate chief. Master chief Petty officer Javier m. Guerrero assigned to the naval air station at Simonella Sicily was selected feb. 3 from 14 candidates. The 47-year-old Bisbee aril., native joined the Navy in 1958. He in an avionics technician. Guerrero will relieve Fleet master chief Ron d. Cole in june. Usa eur names winners of productivity award Heidelberg Rhc Inberg Germany wons26 ,000 for its first place finish in the 1987 european savings and productivity Competition Usa eur resource management officials have announced. The Burtonwood. England military Community placed second receiving 1208.000, and Grafen Tahr Germany received 1400,000 Tor its third place finish a Heinberg initiatives resulted in s6.i million in savings Burtonwood saved $4.7 million and Grafen or saved 132,5  army Community in Europe was As to esd a fiscal i9s7 goal representing two per cent of selected operation maintenance an housing funds. Savings performance was then measured against the goal. Escape system will be chosen in time for August shuttle launch Washington Nasa says it will choose in april Between two Crew escape systems for the space shuttle i n Lime to install the system inthe shuttle discovery for the restart of the manned flight program. Discovery now is scheduled to lift off from the Kennedy space Center on aug. 4. In already is out fitted with an escape Hatch that can be jettisoned with explosives a change from previous flights in which opening the Hatch was a laborious Lime con suming Effort. One of the emergency systems would have Crew members one at a Lime Hook in to Small tractor Rock ets stored in he Cabin. The astronauts would be pulled Clear of the spacecraft and would Parachute to the Ocean. The second system first tested in wind Tunnel Sand now by military volunteers in c-141 aircraft at Edwards fab calif., involves a telescoping pole that would extend Down and to inc rear on rid shuttle. Astronauts would attach themselves to rings on the pole slide Clear of he shuttle and then Parachute. The two systems the pole and the rocket both provide the capability for us to gel away from inc Wing should we have to jump out the Side Rick Hauck commander of the five Man Crew on the first Mission told a Senate hearing tuesday. I Bolh those kits turn out to be adequate to do the Job i think it would be common sense thai we would prefer to have the system that is the simplest that involves the least amount of Poten Ifill  the escape system would be useful Only on a con trolled level flight Noi while the shuttle s Booster Rock Els Are firing As was the Case in the challenger Accident in 1986, Man won t consider donating Bone marrow to his brother Miami a a leukaemia victim s Long lost brother has rejected Picas to  whether his Bone marrow is compatible dashing the patient s Best Hope for survival. If he Dies he Dies. He s about As much a brother to me at you Are Randy Cit Chapman told a reporter for the Miami news. Chapman 31, ran away front Home when he was 17 and lives on the streets Here working As a lest subject for medical experiments. He refused to undergo tests that would determine if he could donate marrow to his brother Steve Chapman 38, of Indi Ana. The older brother suffers from acute leukaemia and said he will die within two years unless a marrow Irant Lenl succeeds. He a now receiving blood transfusions and chemo therapy Al St. Vincent s Hospital in Indianapolis. While his leukaemia is in remission Bis doctor said a marrow transplant should be performed within four months. Afler Reading an earlier news article about Steve Chapman s efforts to locate his brother in Miami Friend of the younger Chapman called the newspaper and told them Chapman s whereabouts. A reporter found Chapman at the downtown Dade county Public Library tuesday. I m not even going to consider in he said of in marrow donation. If i sound cruel Well that s inc Way i feel. Pm not a very forge ring  he said testing to Sec if his marrow is compatible with his brother s might interfere with a drug Experiment in which he is going to participate starting Mon Day at the University of Miami. That s howl make my living he said. Contacted at his Hospital room Steve Chapman said his brother s decision disappointed him. He must have turned into a hard person be said. I guess that s what living on the Street docs to you. I thought he would Al lean try to help but that s the Way things  guardsman wants malpractice decision reversed Concord . S4s a former army National guard officer has asked the flew Hampshire Superior court to disregard a jury decision that found a physician for the guard not at fault in a medical mishap that the victim Daimi mined his career As an aviator. The jury earlier this month dec lined to award monetary damages to former National guard it. Col. Russell Tilton who claims that the use of the wrong medical solution damaged his eyes and ended his career As a helicopter Pilot. Tilton s attorney Dick coaster said the jury verdict was flawed. Jurors found ins physician. Or. John Dougherty negligent but not at fault for the in jury. The incident occurred in 1578 As til Ion was receiving a physical examination at a Pease fab ., National guard clinic. In preparation for a glaucoma test Dougherty placed the wrong Solu Tion hmm cult into Tilton s Eye. Hmm Oculi is � mixture of alcohol and Hydrogen peroxide. Tilton should have been administered a solution that was used at that Lime in glaucoma Lesli As an aesthetic since such examinations involve placing an instrument directly on the Eye. Til Lufi was unable to gel his Case be fore a jury until the slate supreme court ruled several year ago that the concept of Sovereign immunity that govern ment cannot be sued in some cases did not prevent his claim. The Case was then continued for sever Al More years while in wot determined who would defend inc National guard