European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday. March 24. 1988 the stars and stripes Page 3 firing at Dawn a perching 11 missile produces a fitly trill during test launching in Cape canaveral fat. Soldiers from c Bury lit in. 9th Field arty Reft in Neu l pm West Germany fired three missiles daring the monday morning lot. Soldiers irom fort Sill oku., unit fired two missiles. All launching were successful he army wild. Spa by Janet How sgt Anthony Mcc Lerlin has a flight to Colombia s.c., confirmed by Beatrix mall or of the Fulda itt office. Fulda itt office is role Model for speedy flight ticket issuance by Janet Howells Tierne staff writer Fulda West German buying an airline ticket through an information Tours and travel office usually Means wailing Days or weeks for Illo arrive in the mail. Unless you go to the Fulda itt office since March 1. More than 142 customers no Fulda have received flight tickets the same Day they paid for them. The office is revolutionary for u5areur, which has $6 itts on army installations in Europe. We re the firs to Issue tickets and the first to be licensed through the International air transportation association mid Birgil Debatin Fulda s itt director. The Iata certification is hard to gel and is directly responsible for us being Able 10 Issue to the Iata teams checked Inlo the office s location and employee qualifications along with assuring thai specific office requirements were met. This was a cubbyhole a year Dubalin said motioning around the airy travel office. The front areas were renovated last year and we sorted preparing for the certification in july 1987." the first Iata Board met in october and final approval of the Fulda facility was made in january. The office issued us first Handwritten ticket March i and plans to print out tickets after april i when an electronic ticketing machine will tie hooked up. We can l fail on in Dubalin said. We can now provide full travel service quickly and that Means no More return trips for soldiers and their families. Every one will respect us More for other Usa eur communities have called Ucb attn to find out her secret which she is Happy 10 give out. I be cleared the Way for other she Laid. A carps meeting is planned with other directors to Brief hem on How to gel certification. The Only prob Lem i see is thai All their current staff May not qualify because they need to have airline Dubalin who began work with Fulda itt alone said she feels Lucky to have found five people with airline experience to become part of her staff. I think it s bad i f a Soldier has to go off Post to gel a ticket said Peter d. Gardener the assistant Ali Roclor. Most German agencies Don t have information nonmilitary discounts. There is a different atmosphere in Here. People come in Here see the Bright umbrellas Over the tables and know this is a place to think about the 35 Safe itts also Are upgrading their facilities in anticipation of Iata certification so they can Issue tickets in the near future officials said. Kohl loses temper during tax Reform meeting Bonn up the government tried to play Down wednesday an outburst of temper by Chancellor Helmut Kohl to Force unanimous West German Cabinet approval of his controversial 10 billion Mark is . Government spokesman Fried Helm Oil admitted Kohl bad pounded on lie table at a meeting tuesday of govern ment coalition leaders but he called nonsense widespread reports that the Chancellor had threatened to resign if the tax Reform which has been widely criticized fell through. There is not the slightest sign he is fed up with his Job Osl said. Osi said remarks attributed to Kohl Donot mean he had threatened to resign but merely thai he had wanted to show How much importance he attached to the re form. However several West Gentian newspapers said Kohl at a meeting of coalition leaders that preceded the Cabinet session became furious when told the tax Bill could not be approved in its present form. The conservative Frankfurter Allyc Rne inc Zeitung one of the most respected newspapers in Germany reported Kohl re plied he would get up and go Over to the Federal president and Tell him it s at on end " he clearly meant the end of the government and the coalition the newspaper the mass circulation Bild newspaper quoted an unidentified coalition Leader of saying the Chancellor hit the table with his fist and thundered if this continues you can look for someone else. I la go straight from Here to the Federal presi Dent " a Chancellor must submit his Resigna Tion to the president. The coalition meeting of representatives of Kohl s Christian do morals the Christian social Union the bavarian ranch of the party and the Small Liberal free democratic party did approve the Bill. That paved the Way for unanimous Cabinet approval later tuesday. More protest meetings were held by printers protesting a provision in the Bill increasing taxes on pay earned on Over time sundays and holidays but there was no delay in the publication of news papers three newspaper did not Appeal tuesday because of work stoppages by printers who said the Bill will Cost them about 4,000 Marks j2,360 11 year. West German Bankers also have found fault with the government s 1990 Tai Reform act. They oppose the plan s provision for a 10 pc cent withholding tax on interest income. They also contend the tax would Ham per economic expansion. The 1990 tax Reform act which Hasto be approved by parliament would re Duce subsidies and special tax rebates by19 billion Marks s11.24 billion. The plan also would Cut taxes of Busi Nesses and individuals by a total of 39.7 billion Marks $23.5 billion
