European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The is and 5itripes Good morning vol. 47, to. 10 wednesday april 27, 1988 ,-ii-� d 8693 a inside stripes g Bill would give new Benefit to atomic veterans Page 6 d Dallas rated safest Airport by commercial pilots Page 7 d of brother three tracks at Pinder Barracks Page 13 q o s shuttle roster Call up 3, release 2 sports Page 21 Gen. Saint named to head Usa eur i Gin Crostic e. Saint by David Tarrant Slort writer la. Gen. Crosbie e. Saint will Lake command of Usa eur and 7lh army in Laic june Secretary of defense Frank Carlucci announced tuesday. Saint commands Iii corps at fort Hood Texas and will succeed Gen. Glenn Kolis who has been usar eur commander since april 1983. Olis will retire from Active duly at the end of july after a 38-year career with the army. Saint 51, who has been nominated for a fourth Star commanded the lit so 1st car 23rd inf div. In Ojei Nam from july 1970 to october 1970 when he became the division s assistant chief of staff for operations. He has held several commands in West Germany including the 11 the army Cav regt at Fulda from september 1976 so june 1978. He Wii then chief of the exercise division in the office of the Deputy chief of staff for operations at Usa eur Headquarters in Heidelberg. Saint also commanded the 7lh army training come at Gra Fen Wahr from l�79lo i9s1. After by Zimand and i Kan. Saint command the 1st army Oil at Ansbach. He held that Pott until being named Iii Conn commander in july 1985. Saint graduated from the . Military Academy at West Point n.y., in 1958. He holds a master s degree i International relations from american univ Nily in Washington. Olis 59. Began his military career in 1946. When he enlisted in he army he served three Yean As an infantry Man in Korea and the United Stales. After graduating from the . Military Academy in1953, Otis served overseas on numerous hours including four in West Germany iwo in Korea and one in Vietnam. Olis also served As army Deputy chief of staff for operations and plans and As commander of the . Army training and doctrine come at fort Monroe a. Before again returning to West Germany. Cola payments to Start for 3,600 in army Naf Heidelberg All locally hired non appropriated Jimj employees work ing full Lime for the army in Europe will receive a Cost of trying allowance begin Ning with the april 14 period officials said tuesday tote move approved by inc army in Early april affects about 3,600 people. Naf employees hired in the United states have received cola since mid 1987. All eligible workers will receive the firs payment at the without family rate officials said. Employees Wilh family members can get the higher with family Rale retroactive id april 14 by submitting form of 1190 to their local civilian personnel office. Air Force civilians in Europe Are not now receiving the allowance a Safe spokeswoman said. A spokesman for the army and air Force Exchange service in Munich said that organization has no plans to pay the allowance to locally hired employees. The cola rate is based on the level authorized by the state department for various european locations inc number of family members and the employee s salary. As an example an employee at the ua-9 level living in Darmstadt. Was. Germany would receive an extra 1990 a year Al the without family Rale. According to an instruction letter sent monday to local personnel offices Only one family member in eligible for the Wilh family cola rate. Civilian employees who also Are dependents of serv in members receiving cola at the with family Rale will receive the without family Rale. Part Lime intermittent and . Fame. By member summer hire employees Are not eligible to receive cola Poison in Grapefruit spurs action in Italy from Stett and wire report Rome health authorities on tuesday ordered inc seizure of All grape fruit on Sale in Italy after tests showed some of the Grapefruit in a Rome super Market were injected with Poison. Kalian news Media said the poisoned Grapefruit had apparently been imported from Israel although officials did not immediately report on where they were grown. Rut chasing officials for military commissaries in Europe said tuesday they planned to conduct a Complete investigation of the stores Grapefruit Supply wednesday. Adam Cohen spokesman for the defense subsistence Region Europe said the Zweir Ilcken based Agency did not know about the poisoned Grapefruit discovered in Italy. Cohen said he did not know where Grapefruit stocked in the commissaries came from. Officials in Naples were not aware of the tainted Grapefruit. Asa precautionary measure icy were pulling israeli Citrus products from their shelves and warning their substations Al Gaela and  Iusi received a big shipment of israeli  said commissary offi cer master chief Petty officer Rene Cerrano. Well hold it in the Ware House until veterinary services checks it  said that if he received confirmation of potential danger he would Issue a recall. Al Simonella Nas a spokesman said inc commissary carries israeli Czinu products. Commissary officials see Poison on Back Page military s use of fore in Mace vehicles probed by David Tarrant and Chuck v1nchsuff Hiiter seventy two percent of the cars buses trucks and other non Lac Lical vehicles used by the army and air Force in Europe arc foreign made according to figures released by the Mil itary services. A House sub Omillee led by rep. John d. Dingell d-mich., recently questioned the military s use of for eign vehicle at a time when the . Trade imbalance remains Al near record Levels. The military defended its use of foreign made vans buses Light trucks and other vehicles in Europe laying the policy laves Money and ensures standardization among the vehicles used by the Nijm states and its allies. A this is not a new  said maj. Phil Soucy. An army spokesman in the Pentagon. Foreign car Pur chases have been made Over the lost nine Yean  agreements Between the defense depart ment and the defense ministries of nato nations. Soucy said. We Haven t been sneaking around in the dark of night trying to slip this past anyone he said. The House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on investigation Ana oversight has begun an investigation of government purchases of foreign nude vehicles. The panel chaired by Dingell who has Strong support among . Audio Industry workers has asked the general service administration to provide information on the client and legality of such Pur. The Louic subcommittee requests had not been answered As of tuesday one Day Pasi the 45-Day deadline it set March 10. "1 guess Well have to Waii n few Days and if Noth ing is forthcoming Well have to Send out a few re minders a staffer on the oversight and investigation subcommittee said. Figures from the army. Air Force and Navy obtained by the stars and stripes show ninety seven percent of 7.591 Light mobility vehicles used by the army in Europe arc foreign made. Atmos 66 percent of 719 buses used by inc army in Europe Are foreign made. Ten percent of 1.109 army sedans in Europe Art foreign made the bulk of Hose in West Germany sixty nine percent of other vehicle including Sev see vehicles on Page 3