European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 27, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday september 27,19b8 Safe american Drivers rewarded w. German companies offer rebates by the stars and stripes Heidelberg West Germany americans in West Germany with Accident free driving records May be eligible for rebates of up to 10 percent of their annual insurance premiums this fall according to a insurance specialist with the . Army in Europe. Want German insurance companies with More than a 3 percent profit on liability coverage last year arc required by Law to return excess profits o their Best driving customers. In most cases the companies will notify eligible customers by mail or through their insurance agents.  also has published a list of the rebates being offered by the 11 firms that together insure 95percent of american forces personal vehicles in West Germany the 11 include seven companies offering insurance under the nato Tariff system the system most popu Lar and most easily available to . Drivers. Four others Are West German Tariff firms. In some cases driven must have a Long history of claim free driving in Europe before they Are consid ered eligible for a rebate. The seven firms offering insurance under the nato Tariff Are in the process of delivering rebate checks said Barbara Mcneely an insurance specialist for the Usa eur vehicle registry. The companies Are Albingia Deutscher Lloyd Fortune the United service automobile association National Union Nec Kura and Wilrich. The rebates Range from a Low of 2 percent of annual premiums to a High of 10 percent. National Union which insures More american owned cars than any other insurance company in West Germany is paying a 3 percent rebate to customer who had clean driving records throughout 1987. Usaa the United services automobile association which writes coverage Only for officers and insures 18.9 percent of All american owned vehicles in West Germany is paying a 10 percent rebate or dividend to members who have driven safely for at least the past year. Mcneely said each company required by Taw to pay rebates based on excess profits has different rules for computing who gets a Check. The acc Laura insurance company for example is paying a 2 percent rebate to customers with three Yean or More of claims free driving. Deutscher Lloyd and Fortune Are paying 5 percent rebates but Only after driven have logged at least 16 years of claim free driving. Generally driving records ital Eside Are not taken into consideration when computing whether a rebate is owed Mcneely said. Driven should consult with their insurance agent or the company that wrote Ichii most recent policy torte rules applying in their Case Mcneely said. Americans with automobile insurance through the West German Tariff system could also be in line for rebates. Again the rules differ from firm to firm. Relatively few military Drivers and their dependents Are insured through the West German system Mcneely said but people who Are so covered should be particularly thorough about investigating whether they Are due a Check. A Complete list of West German Tariff insurers required to pay rebates this year was published in the August 1988 Issue of the adar Magazine. Adar Hie German automobile club is similar to the american automobile association. The Usa eur vehicle registry has published in formation for four Wisl German Tariff insurers Agrippina Colonia Adcul Schur Herald and Hanifl Ichler band Der Deutschen industries. To qualify for a rebate from Agrippina driven must have nine years or More of claims free driving. Colonia requires at least six years of claims free  Herold is paying rebates up to 2.5 percent to driven with Safe records Lor the past one to five years and  Der Deutschen industries is paying rebates of Between 3 percent and 5 percent to Drivers with Dean records Over the same Lime Span. . Reinstates sea land As military shipper by the stars ind stripes Washington the military sea lift come citing urgent and compelling need has lifted a suspension of the sea land shipping company on two heavily travelled routes from the . East coast to Europe a command spokeswoman said monday. We decided after carefully considering our alternatives that it was in the Best interest of the government to reinstate sea land the spokeswoman said sea land corp., which feared the loss of considerable income if its ability to Cany military cargo was restricted for Long said it was pleased by the decision. Well make every Effort to fulfil the terms of the contract and to provide first rate service to the Mili tary Alex j. Mandl chairman and chief executive officer of the company told the Stan and stripes. Sea lard had been suspended on routes from the East coast to Northern Europe and the Western Mediterranean after Apro lest was lodged with the Gener Al accounting office by another shipping firm top Gallant group inc. To Gallant a Small . Flag Carrier based in new York alleged that sea land tend to restrict Competition when submitting bids to haul military cargo for an upcoming contract period. The protest focuses on an arrangement sea land nude with two foreign Flag shippers trans freight lines and cd Lloyd Linen by As the military sea lift come prepared to accept bids for the next regularly scheduled six month rate Cycle. Sea land allegedly got the two companies to Promise not to bid on shipping military cargo in return for chartering space to the two companies on some newly acquired Container ships at very favourable Rales. Sea land maintains its arrangements with the two carriers Are entirely appropriate under maritime Law. Under the Federal acquisition regulations we were required to suspend sea land when the protest was made by to Gallant the spokeswoman for the military sea lift come said. The same regulations require us to then look at All our alternatives. After doing that we determined that there is urgent and compelling need for sea land s services. At this Lime there is too much Carvolo be moved without sea land in the picture sea land and the military traffic management omd had contended thai restricting sea land s ability to haul government cargoes might result in food spoilage shipment delays and other problems during the last approaching Christmas season. Lifting of the sea land suspension does nol affect to Gallant s protest which is being reviewed by the general accounting office. A determination on the merits of the protest is not expected before Earl january. During the past two weeks the suspension did not Stop sea land from carrying All military cargo but it did Pui the Carrier last on a priority list of four firms meaning sea land could move goods Only if no other company was available to do so. That was a far cry from the business sea land handled for the military a year ago when sea land collected about $32 million for shipments id Europe and the United kingdom Over six months and $1,1 million More for shipments on the military s Mediterranean route. News updates gasoline prices Ftp los Angeles a Gaso line prices nationwide dropped slightly less than a Penny a Gal Lon on average during the past two weeks a Survey of pump prices at 12,000 Gas station shows. The Lundburg Survey released sunday found me average Price of gasoline for All grades including taxes was $ 1,0172 per gallon a drop of 0.82 a cent from the sept 9 Survey Trilby Lundburg said. Party renamed Rangoon Burma a the military dominated political parly thai has ruled Burma for a Quarter of a Century unveiled a new name monday. According to observers the move was made in an an attempt to change the party s shattered image after the latest coup. Stale run radio Rangoon announced the Burma socialist pro Gram party is now the National Unity party. 2-Yeor-o/d air show victim improving Kaiserslautern West Germany is a 2-year-old boy Hurt in thera Stcin a air show disaster has been taken off the seriously injured list at Brooke army medical Center in Texas a Ramstein spokeswoman said monday. Jeffrey Mccanch or. Has been hospitalized since the aug. 28 catastrophe. His parcels. Air Force Sla t sgt. Jeffrey l. Mccanch 23, and Tammy Mccanch,21, also were transferred to Brooke front the lands Uhl army regional medical Center with injuries. They since have been released for outpatient care. Maj. Kathleen White said the senior Mccanch assigned to the 377th explosive Ord disposal flight Al Kapaun air station has been granted a humanitarian reassignment to Lackland fab Texas near the army medical facility where Hisson is hospitalized. White said 84 people remained hospitalized monday with injuries suffered in the disaster which so far has claimed 67 lives. The air show disaster occurred when three italian air Force jets collided and one crashed into spectators. Airman sentenced for sex offences Raf Mildenhall England is an airman who had sex with another Serviceman s 15-year-old daughter was sentenced to nine months confinement Mon Day and Given a bad conduct discharge. Airman 1st class John w. Mcarthur an air traffic controller assigned to the 2167th comm so pleaded guilty before judge it. Col. Howard few to one charge each of carnal knowledge and indecent acts. In addition to his sentence car thur was ordered to forfeit All his pay and allowances during Bis confinement at Raf Lakenheath. He also was demoted to the lowest enlisted Grade. Al his one Day general court martial Mcarthur now 20, admitted having sex with the girl in Bis Barracks room and to committing the indecent acts behind la Ken Heath High school in june. Assistant prosecuting attorney Cape. Carol Powers called my Ashur s actions calculated seduction which came Only a few weeks after the two met Powers said thai although the girl consented mcarthur1 actions Hud to be punished because under military Law sex Between a military member and a person younger than 16 is illegal. Powers asked the judge to sentence Mcarthur to seven months confine ment a bad conduct discharge and reduction to the lowest enlisted Grade. Defense attorney capt. Bruce Smith said the Case was one of Star crossed  Smith said Mcarthur deserved Only to lose one Stripe and be Given a significant monetary  was just being a Normal 19-year old his first Lime away from Home and in a foreign country Smith said Iii. Park to be named after murdered boy Winnetka Iii. A official have decided to rename a Park after an 8-Ycar-old boy shot and killed by a woman who stormed into an elementary school last Spring. The Winnetka Park District Board has voted 5-2 to name Edge Wood Park after Nicholas Corwin. The child Wos killed when Laurie Dann entered he Hubbard Woods school during a shooting rampage