European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday october 19,198b officer s wife 2 others kilted in belgian car crash Florenne a Belgium is the wife of a Florin pcs a of incr and two belgians were killed late saturday in a two car collision an air Force spokeswoman said tuesday. Norma j. Rul Lodge 35, was pronounced dead at is. Vincents Hospital in a Jinan Belgium after the crash or the car she was driving on Highway n-97, Cape. Laura Feldman said. The passengers in the Rulec dec vehicle Cape. Daniel a Kulli dec and 12-year-old daughter Jen Nifer also were taken 10 is. Vincents. Rutledge was treated and released and his daughter was listed in Good condition tuesday Feldman said. Rutledge is chief of disaster preparedness for the 4s5lli tac missile Wing. The names of the belgians and other details concerning the late night Accident were not immediately available. Mrs. Kut ledge a native of Bloomington 111., was Active in a variety of air Force Volunteer programs. She assisted in sewing on stripes for airmen s uniforms baked cookies for night shift workers and helped on a Community Chili Wagon and with Foster care. She also was involved with the local Girt scout Dopter and activities Al the department of defense dependents school at Florennce Feldman said. A memorial service was scheduled for 3 30 . Wednesday at the base. British f-4 fighter Jet crashes during training Biol Minden West Germany a British f-4 fighter Jet crashed during a routine training flight tuesday and the two Man Crew suffered minor injuries after Bai Ling out officials said. The Royal air Force phantom Jet plunged into a wooded area near Folk about 120 Miles Northeast of Urt Tisil military spokeswoman who asked not to be identified by name said the two pilots bailed out and suffered what were believed to be minor Are undergoing medical examination in a German Hospital now but we believe their injuries were not serious the spokeswoman said. There were no casualties on the ground according to both Utilish and West German police spokesmen. 1 olice said the pilots were taken by helicopter to a nearby Hospital. The British military spokeswoman said the Crew look the usual precautions to steer the troubled Jet away from residential areas . The plane was not carrying live ammunition she Aid. She said the Jet was not on a Low level training flight and apparently developed engine trouble. . Firms abroad allowed to discriminate court rules new Orleans a . Companies operating abroad do not have to comply with the civil rights Law forbidding discrimination on the Job a Federal appeals court ruled monday. The 2-1 ruling by the 5th . Circuit court of appeals upheld a lower court ruling against Ali Bou re san a naturalised . Citizen who was bom in Leb anon and was employed by Aramco in Dhahran saudi Arabia. He tiled suit under title Vii of the civil rights actor 1964, contending thai he was fired in june 1984 after a harassment Campaign by his supervisor Campaign which look the form of racial religious and ethnic slurs the 5lh circuit said. The seven Page majority ruling by judge Eugene Davis said the court could not find any indication in the Law or in id legislative history that Congress had meant before he , refusing to allow . Bases on i hair territory Kuwait saudi Arabia Bahrain and Oman quietly have provided limited support facilities for inc Navy which Crist said he could not have done Navy recently ended close escort of the kuwaiti tankers. But Crist said its ships will have traditional Protection As Long As Kuwait complies with . Mari time and tax said Pic mine threat is serious in the Northern Gulf where both belligerents sowed mines. Other .officers have said there May be As Many As 200 icel. He said six . Mine sweepers were probably he last capability he would remove. Some european navies already arc withdrawing theirs and it s unclear whether the United states will wind up with the mine Clearing task he said. That decision May fall 1o army it. Cen. Schwarzkopf who is scheduled to succeed Crist at inc Central coma on nov. 23. Air Force Jet crashes near in Ciurlik a by the stars and stripes an air Force Al 6 crashed tuesday in a Field about27 Miles Northeast of the air base near Adana Turkey a base spokeswoman said. The Pilot. 1st it. Charles Corey from the 613th tac fighter so Torr Jon a Spain ejected from the air Craft and was not injured in the 11 30 . Accident tech. Sgt Marly Davis said. The aircraft on temporary duty at in Ciurlik from the401st tac fighter Wing at Torrejon Spain was on a training Mission when the Accident occurred. No onion inc ground was injured and there was no damage to personal property Davis said. The plane was the seventh . Al 6 to crash i Europe this year an Al 6 crashed oct. 12 while on approach to Dahnad West Germany. Three of inc jets crashed in two incidents june 29 incest Germany two planes collided in the air near Mainz killing one Pilot while a third Jet crashed the same Day near Karlsruhe in a crash in West Germany on april 18, an f-16crashed near Lucr Meskil about so Miles Southwest of f-16 crashed March 31 in inc Village of Forst near Karlsruhe killing he Pilot and one Man on the ground. Mich cv1 Calth Tiai Daen Ali checks from Pago 1 Downham said teachers at other school sin Germany also arc passing around petitions. We re circulating the petitions so a least they Bank officials know everyone in t Happy with the changes she said. To make Check safekeeping work merchants is installing a new automated microfilming system at its the program gets under Way customers checks will be microfilmed i duplicate and stored at separate locations in Frankfurt and the United will be kept for just 90 Days but microfilmed copies will be kept Amini Muni of seven years. Wise said the Bank s automated equip ment will be capable of retrieving any customer s Check upon request and Mak ing a hard copy print of it. Both the front and Back of a Check will be microfilmed and can be copied Tor customers. The Bank is promising to deliver copies of checks within 72 hours. Robert j. Sch indic merchants Gener Al manager in Europe said lie expect most customers requests to be honoured the next business Day. Seventy two hours is our worst Case goal he said. A customer s name the Check numbering question the amount for which the Check was written and the approximate Date it was written All arc bus of information that will make it easier for Mer chants to copy the right Check Schindler said. Merchants and Dod officials acknowledge they have received numerous complaints from customers about Check safekeeping but they maintain that Many of the complaints Are he result of misinformation about How the program will work. Customers believe it will take an inordinate length of time to pet copies of checks they Don l like having to pay the11 fee or they say the Cheeks they write Are personal property and the Bank does t have the right to hold onto them. Sch indic however says he Bot Tomline is that it s safer for the Bank to hold cancelled checks than in is for customers to try to do it themselves. It s a whole lot safer for he Bank Mohave my microfilmed checks when the internal Revenue service turns around and audits me six years from now he said. I find it hard to understand How peo ple can rust a Bank with their Money but they re afraid to Trust the Bank with hair cancelled checks said Rose m. Tin Tuerk manager of he Branch at the97th army general Hospital in Frank Furt one of 12h merchants outlets i Germany. Wise said she believes some customers arc against Check safekeeping simply out of Force of habit. They be been gelling cancelled checks for years and they want to keep getting the paper work whether they Ever look at it or not. Check safekeeping has been tested a two Bank branches in Germany and at two american express branches in the United kingdom. The department of defense reports Only four requests per month for cancelled checks from custom ers in the u.k., and Wise said the Ger Man test branches have averaged just three requests per month Many Banks in the United slates including merchants in its Domestic operations also have gone to Check Safe keeping As a Way to Cut operating costs Wise added. Wise said merchants and Dod planar aggressive radio television and news paper Campaign beginning in novem Berlo sell customer on the idea that Check safekeeping will be Good for them. I can relate to customers1 fears she said but Well try to answer those Wise said the ads will explain the pro Cess of copying checks and will stress the safety of having microfilmed record stored in two locations in inc event of a tire or natural disaster. Well take comfortable conversational approach she said. Odds arc Mary Downham won t be swayed by the sales pitch. My cancelled checks Are my proof of Purchase in Man cases she said. I would t mind if the Bank offered Check safekeeping As adoption but it should t be something Downham said she thinks the defens department is taking advantage of its position As the Only Bank in town , . I can t Lake my business and Wal Down the Street to a competitor like i could in the states Downham said really Don t have a choice.1
