European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Curb asked on fast pay program Washington for supplies thai it never received Euid sen. John Glenn. A Ohio. Who along with sen Pete Wilson. A Calif. Released the Gao report. We need sound business management at div the Agency purchases food clothing fuel nil and other supplies far the armed services. Under the i him Pii program inc Agency pays vendors based on shipping in voices instead of verifying receipt of he supplies. The procedure is designed a expedite pain ints far Small purchases. Internal controls established by Thedla purchasing offices do no prevent possible fam nay program abuse said the Gao he investigative Nam of con Gress. Potential missing depot ship ment arc not always selected for timely follow up and  the Oao said that in 52 fast nay shipments valued at $7l.2ft7 to he de sense electronics Supply Center in Day Ion. Ohio. The can tar could not document the receipt of 16 shipments valued a Sib,m3. In addition he Cen Ter failed to notify some of he vendors of the missing shipments within 90 Days. La also said action had not been taken As of last May to collect More than $7 million in previously identified overpay ments owed inn defense personnel sup port Center in Philadelphia. The Oao also said that vendors with perform Inre problems on previous con Iraclis have continued to receive fast Paya Aiji at a Thi Cha Rols have not been established la ensure the receipt of sup plies sent directly Tram vendors to Over was locations. Friday. April 1988 the stars and stripes Page 9 automation fair gives gis helpful data on computers by Connie Dickey stiff Nailer Frankfurt the Susareu contracting Center s automation fair Pul Romp scr epcr1s from 3 variety affirms together with soldiers who often find themselves Overma Uhi d by sophisticated equipment in increasingly automated army optic cd this fair is beaded to inc Guy who ingoing to have this Ori his desk and May  know anything about computers said Trudy Morency of inc contracting Center. The fair a first for the command provided a Way to meet the need for customer education a service the Cen Ter has been criticized for not having Morency said. Al comes up on customer critiques auditing reviews and is inspector general inspection that customers need to know what is available the kinds of equipment they can Purchase and capabilities of the  More than 300 people visited the fair at the Terrace club wednesday and thursday where they viewed personal computers Lap tops desk top publish ing and Security systems. Twenty five vendors from firms such As Uniss Zenith Wang. Ism digital and Dat general offered product information and demonstrations. Chief warrant officer Charles Bech to from the 8th inf div in bad Krui Nach. West Germany was comparing systems to the one on order for the personnel office where he works. We have the Uniss Sperry system and will be gelling More equipment in the future so i m trying to find out what sys tems Are compatible one exactly what ivc can do with the system we have. It s a great Opportunity to see All the latest technology in the Field. Our Buzz word is a paperless office so i m really interested in the laser disc types where we can insert forms and always have them available 1 representatives from the contracting enter office. 5th signal come and. Debora Payne rifts i. Rita Hartley and sir. Ron tale All of the 22nd personnel and administer Mann Len inn Kurt it the automation fair. Usa eur were on hand to answer questions on purchasing maintenance and capabilities of lie machines. Customers Don t always know the Steps the have to go through to Pur Chase this kind of  Moran by said so we can give them step by step procedures. We arc anticipating that come july the contracting of fice is going to he Busy because a lot of this year s budget Mono is no Avail Able until Ilic summer and then  Money will have to be spent fast East West Berlin agree of Exchange and  writer Berlin some of the divided City Many acc graph. Anomalies were re moved thursday under an East West agreement swapping 4 is acres of land including valuable downtown property that could alleviate com mulch traffic problems in the Western sectors. The agreement signed in East Berlin cedes a Trio of West Crlin control cd enclaves to East Germany and adds an ii acc Triangle of downtown East Berlin lowest Berlin. The signing follows a hand shake agreement Between Weil Berlin mayor a Barbard Diepgen and East Ger Man Leader Erich Hanicker in february. The downtown property located near the Brandenburg Gate in the forested tier Garten District is considered crucial lowest Berlin plans to provide a North South Road link. The Western sectors of the City have Long been plagued by traffic problems arising from inc divided nature of Berlin. A Crescent shaped Highway presently Cir cum Yonts downtown West Berlin but City officials have been unable 10 close the Loop because of the Berlin Wall. Commuter snarls arc a daily event on the overloaded Diagonal arteries in the tier Garton. The addition of the la acre plot known As the Len if Dreweck provide the missing piece to a Central link be tween Derclo Rcd areas to the North and South of the tier Arlen. However a spokesman for the West Berlin Senate the Riby parliamentary body cautioned that Piaru for a North South link have not been finalized. Contacting properly owners within the Trian Gle is one obstacle facing West Berli expropriation of the area. East Berlin ceded the property do Facto in 1%i when the Wall was bin 11 Ona Diagonal line separating the Triangle from East Berlin s City Center. Today the properly is overgrown surrounded bythe Wall on one Sidt and hirer lengths of mesh Fence on the others. East Berlin Border guards occasionally frayed into the Triangle. The Lemie or Ciccki lies near what was once the renter of Berlin potsdamer Phil and is named after Joseph Lent. W to designed the tier Garton. Overall the Exchange agreement Calls for West Berlin to cede 200 acres of land to East Germany and 16 acres to East Berlin. East Germany agreed to cede 239 acres to Wesl Berlin according to the Cruie spokesman that represents a net growth of 13 acres for West Berlin. The Swap also Calls for West Curlin o pay nearly $4.6 million in the Deal according to the spokesman because the property West Berlin is it reviving is More valuable than that Given. He said it i the third such Exchange since the signing of the quadripartite agreements in 1972. Which encouraged the practice As a Means of normalizing lift in the City. Allied Powers in Berlin gave approval to the agreement after making suit la did Mil change the four Power status of Berlin. West Berlin territory ceded to East Germany consisted of the Irre islands to the West of the City inside East Ger Many two of the Cic Avci stood abandoned. Mans Wendt a Farmer living in the Dehlendorf sector of West Berlin Farmed he enclave known As the Wiist Emark. He will be compensated for his loss the Senate spokesman said. World s oldest person Dies at 112 in Indiana Goshen ind. Up Orpha Nusbaum. The world s oldest person died wednesday at the age of 112. Nusbaum who would have turned 113 on aug. 13. Died at the Fountain View Ricc of Goshen the nursing Home where she had lived the past six years said Betty Neibaum. The step daughter in Law. The guinness Book of world re cords in february certified Nusbaum As the oldest human being Betty  Laid. The elderly Neibaum was married twice but had no children. Her Al Rel husband was a minister and the second husband a Church Deacon. She it survived by two Stepsons and numerous Slep grandchildren and step great grandchildren Neibaum was named by nov. Rob Ert d. Orr in october 1986 to the Saga mores of the Wabash. The highest civil Ian award Given in Indiana. The town of Middlebury. About 10 Miles from Cohen honoured her by naming one of its streets Orpha drive. Belly Nusbaum said Nusbaum did t have any real health problems until the reached age. After that she suffered a broken wrist Cataract and a broken hip