European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday june 30,1988 news updates Carbide injunction Bhopal India of a District judge wednesday issued an interim injunction to Block Union Carbide corp. From settling directly with victims of the Bhopal Gas disaster. Judge . Deo issued the order in response to a june 16 re quest by the Indian  government has passed a Law making h the sole Legal representative of victims of the 1984 Gas leak at a Bhopal pesticide Plant. The Plantis owned by an Indian subsidiary of Union Carbide which is based Inpan Bury Conn. Nearly 3.000 people were killed and More than 20.000 seriously injured in the world s worst Industrial disaster. India hied a s3 billion suit against Union Carbide that instill being heard. Nearly 150,000 claimants arc represented by lawyers seeking damages in courts in Connecticu tand Fosas. The Indian govern ment has received claims fro about 500,000 people. Deo issued the interim injunction but said he would give a final order on july 29 after hearing Bot sides. Discussions refused phenom penh Cambodia a president Heng Samrin told departing vietnamese Mili tary commanders tuesday that he rejected talks with top Khmer Rouge figures and would not agree to dismantle his vietnamese in stalled government. Speaking before informal talk son Cambodia planned to take place in Indonesia next month Heng Samrin said once Marc. Permit me to solemnly declare that an adequate and just solution to the Kamp Uehran problem mus absolutely guarantee the. Disappearance of inc Khmer Rouge re Gime. The Khmer Rouge killed hundreds of thousands of people Dur ing its 1975-78 Rule in Cambodia and Vietnam believes thai if the chinese armed Khmer Rouge have a role in Cambodia s future it will pose a Security threat to Vietnam. Haiti officials freed port a Prince Haiti up Haiti s new military rulers tuesday freed four members of he deposed civilian govern ment who have american or Ca Nadian citizenship and indicated they were expected to leave the country the four former officials Hel along with some 12 other support ers of sex president Leslie Manig Tafter his ouster in a bloodless coup june 20, were handed Over a representatives of i hair respective embassies a govern ment com Munique said. Military hospitals abroad soon will ban abortions by Chuck Vinc Washington Buret Washington the defense department bowing to political pressure from Capitol Hill will ban abortions a military hospitals overseas beginning oct. I. After that Dale women who wish 10have abortions for non medical reasons will have to use local Host country medi Cal facilities or Fly Back to the United slates for the operation. For the past decade. Congress has prohibited the use of government funds Tor abortions except in cases where the Mother s life is in danger but each year the military has performed a Small num Ber of abort ions paid for by the patients in certain foreign countries where Ade quate medical care is not available. Rep. Robert Dornan a Calif Andsen. Gordon Humphrey r-n.h., recently became aware of the practice an voiced loud opposition which led to the new Pentagon policy. In a june 21 memo or. William Mayer the Pentagon s top health affairs official said the current practice technically docs not violate the Law since the operations have been requested and paid for by the patients and not the govern ment. But he said he ordered the policy change because any abortions for non medical reasons in military facilities could be perceived As contrary to the spirit of the Law to prohibit government involvement in such operations. Military facilities abroad still will Beable to perform abortions in cases where the Mother s life is endangered As authorized under current Law. Defense department health care Oft Ciali said about a dozen abortions have been performed annually at an average Cost of Between $400 and shoo per operation in countries such As Cuba an South Korea. Pentagon officials have used three Basic arguments against Banning pre paid abortions in overseas military facilities in places such As South Korea american women arc justifiably hesitant to get an abortion in local medical facilities which arc often primitive by . Ii would discriminate against women who Are . Citizens living abroad depriving them of a medical Benefit thai they could easily use if they were located in the United states. It would leave no convenient options for women overseas who become pregnant through rape or incest Bui an aide to Dornan called such justifications a farce and said that any woman overseas can gel an abortion Ai private facility As Long As she has the Abil Ity to Lake leave and Fly Back to the United slates. The Constitution does not say behave to provide an abortion in a Federal facility the aide said. Dod says idea of banking system run by cafes merits further study by William j. Bartma Washington Bureau Washington Pentagon Virinda officials Are holding off on a plan that would place the operation of overseas Mili tary Banks under the control of the army and air Force Exchange service bul scythe concept warrants further study. Cafes is interested in the idea officials said provided thai scheduled enhancements of the banking system take place. Bankers however Don t like the  initial Call for studying cafes control of military Banks and for improvement of ousting services came from a Pentagon study group comprised of defense department representatives and members of the business Community. For the average customer switching the Banks to cafes control instead of the Pentagon s financial policy Section would make Little Day to Day difference but could mean big changes in where thebans Are located. A switch to cafes control could actually generate some beneficial sharing like Ifil s cafes run the Bank instead of being in a More Remote location on Post could be brought into the pm com plex said Pentagon financial services official Ronald Adolphi. There could become customer improvements. Such As with k marts for instance which have put full service Banks on store floor  if cafes does take control of the Banks however Adolphi said i would be several years before such changes could begin. All those people who arc stationed overseas now will begone As far As cafes is concerned i be Lieve Ai this juncture it s probably going to require a follow on study Adolp isaid. Our intent is to probably task one of the military service to conduct  while cafes officials said they arc interested in the banking idea the executive director of the american banker association termed the proposal snap  is not appropriate for an Organiza Tion such As cafes to have responsibilities for overseeing the activities of Mili tary Banks overseas said Edward lying Ling in a letter to the defense department. Cafes has no expertise Inthis area and As a non appropriated fund entity should not have the author Soldier gets 50 years for killing go during fight Wurzburg West Germany a3rd inf div Soldier was sentenced to so years in prison monday for fatally Stab Bing another Soldier during a fight out Side a local disco. Sgt. Frank a Stevenson of co a,123rd signal in m Wurzburg was found guilty of the March 27 murder of spec Darren r. Woodson 22, of the 3rd my co a division spokesman said wednes Day. Stevenson also was reduced to private Dis honorable discharged and ordered to forfeit All pay and allowances. Tylo in effect regulate the activities of military Banks  the association of military Banks of America also opposed the proposal. Bul Adolphi said the plan would no mean a change in the Way the Banks operate. It s still going to be a financial institution running in he Aid. Cafes is not a Bank. They Don t run barbershops for example they find somebody to run in an cafes spokesman confirmed that the organization is interested in the banking proposal providing certain actions Are taken in the financial system. Ii Ink cafes interest is premised on the House getting in order from a standpoint of improvements being made Adolphi  improvements begin july 1, accompanied by higher service charges Inmany banking areas. The changes Ore part of the recommendations of therod study group. Starting next month All overseas Banks will raise their rates on foreign currency exchanges implement new Check cashing charges for non account holders and put into effect new service charge rules. Among the improvements Are belter automatic Teller machine linked to stateside financial networks and better faster computer systems inthe Banks. The defense department spent $36.5million last year in support of overseas banking operations which generally Are not profitable for the institutions. Officials hop to Cut the Federal spending Byas much As j10 million after the new charges Are put into effect. More tuition Aid Money expected to be Avail Abe by Dave Walcza education writer Heidelberg a top Usa eur education offi Cial predicted wednesday that tuition assistance Money will be available throughout the command forthe rest of the fiscal year because of lower than expected enrolments for the summer term. Stephen Sharro Deputy director of the army continuing education system called the lower enrolments Good news because it looks like Well have enough Money for the fall  registration for the summer term began May 23 an ended june 3. Classes began june 6. Overseas University officials have yet to announce dates Tor fall registration but Sharro estimated it will begin aug. 8 and end aug. 19, with classes beginning aug. Sharro said he had no firm figures on the Lowe summer term enrolments but said that recent conversations with University officials led him to believe that soldiers even in Money Short Vii corps communities would find Money available for the fall term. Sharro gave no reason for the lower enrolments but Avii corps education official said an increase in summer Field exercises May have Cut into soldiers education plans. Vii corps the largest of Usa eur s major commands had reported a shortfall of $670,000 in its education budget earlier this month. The figure included All its education requests including supplies travel and personnel costs. Gordon Booth Vii corps assistant director of Educa Tion programs said wednesday that the previous shortfall no longer applied. V corps listed uncut danced requirements of$518,000in its education budget in a May 20 report to Usa eur but a v corps education official insisted that tuition assist Ance Money was still available for its soldiers. The aces budget shortfalls came despite Usa eur wide measures taken in january to save Money that eliminated tuition assistance Tor Vietnam Era Veteran reduce tuition assistance from 90 percent to 75 percent 400 limited tuition assistance to one course per Tenn per Soldier