European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday. October 21,1988 picket lines possible sea official warns says teachers not being paid accurately by Dave Walczak education writer leading teachers Union official threatened to set up picket lines neat month at Usa eur s largest finance Center unless leather pay problems Are significantly reduced by nov. 1s,Mary Margaret Mcgowan an area director for the overseas education association said that teachers i Belgium inc Netherlands and Norway have a Basic right to be paid accurately and on time. They re just incensed that they re not being paid  top sea officials in Europe agree that most teach ers have received paychecks this year but they main Tain that Many of them Are incorrect. In addition the Union officials charge that leave and earnings statements Are sent to wrong addresses or not sent atall. Sea charges were aimed at the 266lh theater finance Center in Lei men West Germany. The Center handles the payroll for about  department of defense dependents schools employees including approximately 7,000 teachers in Germany Belgium the Netherlands and Norway. Center director col. Jerry heard said wednesday that picketing by sea members would be unfortunate. The Overall picture will get  Kohout. Deputy director for the Dodds Atlantic Region whose teachers Are represented by Theonea said thursday that he is aware of the fact that there arc continuing pay  he said the re Gion s top finance official Suzanne Wells will meet with 266lh officials Neil week to try to solve existing teacher pay complaints. Controversy surrounding pay Center operations sur faced in september 1987 when hundreds of teachers went without at least one paycheck. Following a de sense department inspector general s inquiry a special panel Drew up guidelines Early this year designed to avoid a repeat of last year s pay problems. " lie defense department inspector general also Drew up a report of finance operations that was for warded to top Usa eur officials thursday the re port detailed ways that the Center civilian personnel offices and Dodds could better manage the teacher pay system. The special panel included representatives from the finance Center Dodds the sea and Usa eur civilian personnel. It is scheduled to reconvene wednes Day to review the Dodds pay situation. The panel agreed to revise pay inquiries a process that began Midway through the 1987-88 school year. Teachers who have pay complaints now file a special form detailing their problem. The 266th m turn pro Vides a card acknowledging receipt of the complaint and provides a Dale for Resolution. The defense department inspector general s report noted that the pay inquiry system is the most crucial aspect of the 266th s get Well  credibility of the 266th tic rests with this single Issue. Unless this Issue can be turned around quickly the hard work and Progress made in correcting other problems will not be recognized sea attorney Mike Bauern find who represents teachers in Southern Germany said thursday that pay problems seem to be concentrated in certain areas such As Ulm where 30 of 45 teachers have filed pay inquiries. Bauern find met with Union members in Attr Burgand Stuttgart recently and reported a number of unresolved pay complaints. Most however did not involve Large sums of Money. Heard who took Over As Center director three months ago said his office is making steady Progress in settling hundreds of pay inquiries left Over from Las year. I m paying eight people from the United states posit Here and work on inquiries from last year heard said. They be gone through 600 to 1,000 of them inthe last three weeks including hard cases that take up to two hours to  teachers and other Dodds educators Are increasingly concerned that the Center will be unable to handle the hundreds of new pay complaints that Are surfacing especially those that have been Given Low priority. Longstanding inquiries especially those involving leave or audits often Are Given Low priority creating the impression among teachers that finance officials arc ignoring their problems. No one Agency or office has assumed responsibility for Complete data on the Type and frequency of teacher pay complaints. Bui a few civilian personnel offices that process All forms affecting teacher pay have com piled local data. The Nurnberg co reported 24 unresolved pay complaints dating Back to the beginning of the 1988-89 school year. But a co source said the number of complaints is declining. The co in Mons Belgium which handles teacher pay for Dodds schools in Belgium the Netherlands and Norway reported 43 cases of incorrect Jay 28instances or inadequate allowances and 27 instances of no pay during  Region schools have been advised to Send a copy of every inquiry to the Region office in Wiesbaden so thai school officials can help ensure that the most critical problems Are addressed  spokesman Noel Tillman said school officials generally have been successful in prompting finance officials to resolve critical pay complaints. But he said the Region office responsible for compiling numbers and types of pay inquiries suspended the pro Cess because of the Large number of complaints which he estimated were in the  heard declined to Supply figures on the number of pay complaints his office has received if i give you a number and that number is seize Don he said people won l  the in report Given thursday to Usa eur note that while this report deals directly with the findings at the 266lh, approximately 50 percent of the pay problems that surfaced during this inquiry originated externally to that organization . The balance of the problems occurred with civilian personnel offices Dodds mail distribution and employees , when 8 complainant docs not receive pay it is their perception that the 266th theater finance Center is at fault heard said the finance Center considers pay complaints secondary to the larger problem of provid ing More accurate  first priority has to be an accurate pay system so you Don t have to spend so much Lime with pay complaints. Otherwise it s kind of like the Tail wagging the  update Bakker in court Columbia . A it founder Jim Bikker says he wants his documents and a fair shot to prove he did t abuse the to ministry s , testifying wednesday in pal s $52 million lawsuit which Clai is he his wife. Tammy and for Mer top aide David Taggart mis managed the ministry and used pal funds for their personal gain said i m pleading for my documents. I just want a fair shot we re doing i piece by piece but we re doing it. In the hearing before . Bankruptcy judge Rufus Reynolds Bak Ker said Many of the records arc scattered among a Federal grand jury in Charlotte n.c., and pal offices. Of sergeant gets 5 years for sexual offences by Daryle.  Bureau Sembach a West Germany Anair Force sergeant found guilty of rape sodomy and indecent acts with his step daughter was sentenced wednesday to five years in prison. The 49-year-old master sergeant who has More than 24 years in the military also was reduced to the lowest enlisted Grade ordered to forfeit All pay and allowances and Given a bad conduct Dis charge. The stars and stripes is withholding the sergeant s name to protect the Vic Tim s  sergeant who was also convicted on two counts of assault and Battery an drunk and disorderly conduct was convicted of sexually abusing his stepdaughter Between december 1985 and october 19&t. However testimony indicated the sexual abuse May have begun As Early As eight years  stepdaughter now is 20. The court martial panel of six officers look nearly 10 hours Over two Days to reach the  defendant maintained fail inno Cence throughout the seven month trial repeatedly saying he had no idea Why his stepdaughter had levelled the charge against him. Prosecutors submitted As evidence Calendar marked on various Days with numbers ranging from one to in the victim said the numbers signified the Days and How often she was forced to give her Stepfather the lovings he demanded As payment for such things u anew stereo. Soldier Dies 2 Hurt when vehicle overturns correction in an article yesterday the name of the commander of the army Materiel come Europe was misspelled. The com Mander s name is Brig. Can. Joseph s. Raposala. Additionally the article incorrectly said that All missiles covered under the inf Accord would be removed from Europe within 12 Mouths. As outlined in the treaty the missiles Are to be removed by june 991. A photo caption wednesday incorrectly identified the winners of will zbig Community s super saturday military Jody contest. The winners arc members of the 3rd inf div 703rd support in. Fr1edberg, West Germany is a 3rd army div Soldier died and two others were injured wednesday afternoon when their military vehicle Over turned at the Friedberg military training area a division spokeswoman said . 2 Robert Edward Moynihan of he co 2nd in 67th Armor was pronounced dead at the scene said Dixie Baker Mengistu. Moynihan was 19. Set. Johan p. Queral was in fair but stable condition thursday at the Frank Furt army regional medical can scr after suffering a concussion and facial cuts a Hospital spokesman . 2 Perry m. Bailey was treated for leg and rib injuries at the army Hospital and released the Hospital spokesman  Accident happened when the vehicle Moynihan was driving went out of control during training on a mud coated hard surface Road and overturned. Moynihan from Pico Rivera calif., i survived by his parents Steve and Eliza Beth Rivera. A memorial service will be held at 2p.m. Today at the Chapel at Ray Barracks in Friedberg. The Accident is being investigated by military authorities. A fee to receive nato s Atlantic award Brussels Belgium a Paul Nitie president Reagan s special adviser on arms control matters has been named Winner of nato s 1988 Atlantic award for his consultations with America s Al lies during the inf talks nato said thursday. The annual award Worth nearly48,000, goes to Nitze for his outstand ing contribution to the cohesiveness and strength of the Western Alliance Nat said in a statement. He will receive the award at a ceremony at nato Headquarters at an As yet unspecified Date later this year. Nitz e was selected by a a panel Osnato officials under the chairmanship of Gabriel Robin the French ambassador to the 16-nation Western Alliance. It cited his efforts to Brief America sallies on the Geneva talks that produced the .-soviet intermediate Range nuclear forces treaty to remove Hundred of medium Range nuclear missiles fro Europe his consultation efforts yielded unanimity of support and cohesion for the final draft of the treaty among All Nat states nato said