European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 24, 19bb the stars and stripes Page 3 teachers pay woes being put in Check most Dodds problems reported solved Bidav Walczak Educ tinn writer Heidelberg. Wisl Germany army finance officials seem o have overcome some of the problems thai a year ago left hundreds of teachers without a first paycheck and hundreds More with insufficient and incorrect checks according to two members of a panel appointed 1o Correct the problems. Department of defense dependents schools employees were to receive their second paycheck of the 1988-89 school year Friday. And while finance and school officials continued to uncover cases of missing paychecks the number of affected personnel was not on last Yeier s scale. So far it s belter but you can still find horror Sto Ries out there said Bill Kilty superintendent of the Atlantic Region s Belgium Netherlands and Norway District. We re still having problems. The Confidence level in t Back  Kilty was a member of the special panel of Dodds teacher Union and Usa eur finance and personnel officials who in february Drew up a plan to Correct flaws in the pay system. The panel followed an investigation into pay practices of the 266lh theater finance Center. Coordinated by the defense department inspector general s office in Wiesbaden the investigation came Alicr hundreds of teachers complained through school channels and the overseas education association of pay prob lems. Germany Region spokesman Noc Tillman said school officials were not sure of the number of pay problems this year but there arc not nearly As Many As last  most of the pay problems reported so far have affected Veteran Dodds employees rather than new ones the reverse of last year s situation. A Oslo elementary Junior High All my new teach ers got paid which is miraculous. Kilty said. But at  one teacher who has been Here for years fell through the  the finance office made a concerted Effort before the first pay period to identify new Dodds employees to ensure that All of them were on the payroll Accord ing to col. Jerry heard the Center commander. Heard who took Over the Tab two months ago said the office has a better handle of where the Dodds employees  we have gone though name by name school by school. If there s a teacher out there that we Don t know about it in t because we Haven t tried like  sea attorney Mike Bauern find another member of the pay panel reported Only two or three in stances of non paid teachers All Veteran Dodds employees. We re willing to let the system work its Way  he said. "pc9ple expect the first paychecks to be screwed up. But if it s not straightened out this week their phone the 266lh s will be ringing off the Hook the finance office has set up special phone lines to handle pay inquiries and has a staff of people who specifically track pay complaints. Heard said instances of non payment receive priority. Heard would not give a specific number of non pay ments so for but said that 97 percent to 93 percent of Dodds employees were paid accurately this year. You can t take 10,000 folks and pay everyone accurately on time he said. Dodds officials issued workbooks in Early septem Berlo All employees who handle school Lime cards. The workbooks detail procedures Dodds employees must follow in filling out paper work associated with Sala Ries housing payments and travel reimbursements. The school secretaries have been designated As Points of Contact Between the finance office and Dodds but individuals still can take their complaints to the finance Center. A source close to the inspector general s office said a review of last year s pay problems found that about 50 percent could be attributed to faulty paper work by Dodds employees or civilian personnel officials who process requests for payments before sending them to inc army s finance Center in Climen West Germany. The Leimon office is responsible for paying approximately 35,000 appropriated fund employees of which about 10,500 arc Dodds employees in West Ger Many. Belgium. Norway and the Netherlands. In Addi Tion the Center serves about 20.000 army personnel and 18,000 non appropriated fund personnel. In a Mummerth Cloud of Dusl this Sis Siviy apartment building cant Tumuli off Down wednesday in the Down she goes French City of fresnel. The blast inc work of a French company that spec Malta in the implosion of buildings. The apart mint building was tooled near the prison in the City. St. Patrick s still open to homeless despite killing new York a St. Patrick s Ca in Coral will not change ils open door pol icy despite the attack by a deranged homeless Man who bludgeoned an elderly usher to death before being shot dead by police says Cardinal John o Connor. The Cardinal  the historic Midtown Church thursday referring to inc rampage there wednesday night As a special sacrilege and  la was the first time in the Church s 109-year history that the rite to cleanse and purify a profaned sacred place was performed. O Connor said the attacker Jorge Del Gado 32, who had become violent and disruptive several times before in he Cathe dral was one of the Many homeless people who seek Refuge in the Church to avoid the elements or find a place to sleep. You can find them inside the Church any time of the  he said adding the Arch diocese of new York would not change its open door policy As a result of the incident. "1 would hate to Sec us now get  Delgado frequented the Cathedral in re cent months and in March police removed him for being disruptive. He sometimes cursed parishioners once dashed a Marble font to the floor and another time pulled a Crucifix from the Wall authorities said. But wednesday morning 12 hours before his rampage he took communion before o Connor and waited to receive the Cardi Nal s Blessing. Thai night witnesses said the 6-foot-4, 250-Pound Delgado lore off his clothes and ran into the Cathedral chanting under his breath carrying a pair of sneakers and some red carnations. He beat a woman clubbed uglier John Winters to death and struck and seriously injury cd police officer. Another officer killed him with a single shot. O Connor offered the morning mass for the souls of Boih men Delgado 32, a Hulk ing sex convict and Winters 77, a retired Hospital guard from county Mayo Ireland. Winters abandoned his retirement three year Sago to work As an usher at in landmark Church on fifth Avenue. He loved this Church and literally gave his life for it the Cardinal said. Delgado entered the country in May 1980 at key West fla., a political a fun acc using the name Jorge Cucuza Raollon. Here he used he names Cuellar and Delgado received psychiatric care seven limes since 1983 most recently in april and had stayed sporadically since 1986 at a men s sheltering Manhattan. In March police look him to Roosevelt Hospital s psychiatric Ward after he created a disturbance at the Cathedral. Police requested he be held for evaluation but the Hospital released him the new York Post reported Friday. Delgado s Date and place of arrival indicated he probably was part of the Maricl boat life a wave of refugees from Cuba that included released prison in males and menial Hospital patients. He had been arrested 11 limes since april 1981, on charges including robbery weapons Possession and assault he pleaded guilty to each charge and served a total of about 15 months in jail