European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday february 12,1989 news updates talks in s. Korea Seoul up president Roh Tae woo met opposition Leader Kim Young Sam saturday and re iterated that he opposes attempts to get his disgraced predecessor Chun Doo Hwan to testify in per son before special parliamentary committees probing his wrong doings. Roh and Kim head of the re unification democratic party met for 3 a hours at the presidential Palace. The meeting was held at Kim s request. Both sides confirmed that Roh and Kim differed sharply at the meeting Over key issues including How to eradicate the bad legacy of the Chun Era. Mexican Economy Mexico City a the government says the lowest Jan uary Price Rise in 11 years and the return to Mexico of about $700 million in capital last month Are proof its anti inflation plan i working. The Bank of Mexico said con Sumer prices Rose 2.4 percent in january the lowest for that month since 1978, the government news paper Al National reported Fri Day. Temperatures february 10 Hilo Hilo Albany, Albuquerque. C ,   Atlantic   Baltimore  Bismarck  Boston a Brownsville c  burlington.vt.,5 Charleston.s.c., Charleston,w.va.,,n.c.,f Cheyenne c Chicago Cincinnati   Columbus Ohio. C Concord,n.h.,c Dallas it    Des    Al  , c Fargo  grand  great  Greensboro,n.c.,l  , c Houston c Indianapolis Jackson. Miss. Jacksonville c  Kansas City Las vegas c 27 18 56 36 67 28 34 25 40 20 48 28 32 16 58 49 34 18 47 24 29 07 14 11 27 21 67 53 22 20 25 20 52 35 33 22 46 23 49 26 24 17 33 23 24 22 49 22 31 24 24 07 60 38 31 20 46 30 35 15 26 21 28 12 65 33 37 25 24 16 27 05 49 28 23 19 29 07 41 20 27 18 11 -04 81 72 61 50 29 20 50 28 56 29 37 20 44 25 59 37 Little  los    Memphis Miami   Milwaukee c mils St  Nashville new  new York  Norfolk a. North  Oklahoma  Omaha  Philadelphia   , ore.,c , rapid  Richmond, St Louis Salt Lake  san   san  san juan.p.r.,1 St Ste  Seattle  Sioux Falls Spokane  Tampa St    .  wilmington.del., main a Cloudy a Rains Snow a missing 52 28 64 45 38 25 68 37 49 33 73 60 67 2924 19 35 15 45 28 56 34 31 25 40 26 51 13 57 31 44 16 64 44 34 23 76 50 25 20 25 14 36 32 30 17 41 21 46 12 36 24 39 19 47 37 42 32 26 22 55 51 61 48 56 43 80 69 23 14 49 34 59 34 36 08 29 26 23 20 65 41 49 26 78 46 55 30 36 23 54 29 26 20 33 21 european weather forecast for sunday Cloudy with Light rain in the Northern Hal of Germany and the Benelux turning cooler by Nightfall with Only isolated showers. Scattered Snow possible at higher elevations of Centra Germany. Southern Germany will be Cloudy with locally dense fog in the morning and Light rain possibly mixed with Snow in Alpine regions by afternoon. High temperatures 40-45 lows 25-30. Sunset sunday 5 38 Sunrise monday 7 41.outlook for monday fair to partly Cloudy in Northern Germany and the Benelux Cloudy in Southern Germany with rain Andrain Snow at higher elevations. Highs mid to upper 30s lows Low 30s in the the North 25-30 in the South. Temperatures recorded saturday 4am 4pm45 43 Copenhagen Fig 39 46 Frankfurt g45 43 London p " 52 Madrid c Adana. Amsterdam t Athens Taviano n Berlin a Bremerhaven Fig Brussels Fig 3032 48 Munich Fig 36 43 Paris fg38 54 Rome 4am 4pm36 41 32 3232 52 43 5430 36 4841 39 55provided by Del 13.2nd weather Wing Graben Trarbach. Other worldwide temperatures High Low High Low Cairo c 6f 45 Montreal c 45 9 Dublin r 48 36 Moscow c 25 18helsinki, c 37 30 Oslo c 41 37 Jerusalem i 9 34 Toronto c 36 14lisbon, f 57 46 Vancouver c 43 25 supplied by the associated  a partly Cloudy of fair Fig log he Hazer rain legislation would give gis vital records at separation by William j. Bartman Washington Bureau Washington military service records that have been lost or destroyed Are keeping Many veterans from receiving benefits and a California Congress Man thinks he has found a Way to help. Rep. Robert Dornan r-calif., is pro posing legislation that would give serv ice members their Complete personnel and medical files upon retirement or separation from the military. Some of these Guys Are blown apart and they can t prove it said Patty Shay a caseworker for rep. William Danne Meyer another California Republican. They can t get their disability listed As service connected. It gets to be  also among records often lost is the proof of military service necessary for getting special mortgage loan rates Avail Able to veterans Shay said. But in addition to helping former service members the Bill is aimed at Sav ing the government Money. If a Serviceman is Given a copy of All his records upon discharge with a Little note that says please do not lose these records Are invaluable to you it will facilitate that Veteran getting care later on an aide to Dornan said. It will save Money too the Cost of re creating records looking for records sending them through the  Kathy Sullivan a Federal caseworker in Dornan s Anaheim calif., office said office employees Are constantly. Resurrecting records and it s a mess. I be had so Many of them i could t even Tell you How Many  the loss or destruction of vital papers such As the military exit form often is the service member s fault Shay said. They make Model air planes out of the records and throw them off the Golden Gate Bridge she said. And now they find they want to buy a Home sometimes get into a veterans administration  however other necessary documents Are not routinely Given to retiring or separating service members and when the papers Are needed the result is a lengthy sometimes futile government record search. Chronic cases pop up. Which Indi Cate the Federal government has not maintained the records that were needed said Bob be Bol a congressional Liaison with the veterans administration in los Angeles. Adding to the problem is a major fire at a veterans re cords Center in St. Louis More than a decade ago. While Dornan s legislation would allow veterans to keep All records Handy for filing for benefits be Bol said there is a drawback. Invariably the last thing a separated Serviceman wants is anything having to do with the military he said. The last thing they want to be cognizant of Are these very important documents. We re talking Here mostly about Young people coming out of the service people who Are maybe not that responsible despite the Good efforts of the  Sullivan said the records should be handed Over in a big package marked important. These Are crucial documents that you might find very hard to Resur rect " Dornan s idea has the endorsement of veterans groups and he plans to ask the congressional budget office to deter mine whether the proposal is Cost effective. Pentagon policy breached in work on Light helicopters Gao study says Washington a the army s strategy for acquiring Light helicopters is inconsistent with defense department policy and limits the amount of information available on the aircraft before development begins according to a report released Friday. The general accounting office the investigative Arm of Congress said the army made considerable changes in the acquisition strategy for the Light helicopter or Lex to reduce development costs from $5.4 billion to $3.9 billion. The army has chosen a higher risk acquisition strategy that May not provide decision makers with critical information such As demonstrated performance and validation of Cost estimates when needed for key decisions the Gao said. This information is Pivotal for the Lex program Given the advanced technology involved and the demonstrated Impact of Cost growth on the program s  the army envisions haying the Lex re place its Fleet of aging helicopters and the service expects the Lex to perform a num Ber of missions. These include carrying out Battlefield reconnaissance locating and at tacking armoured targets striking deep against enemy positions and engaging enemy helicopters in air combat. The Lex program begun in 1983, is estimated to Cost More than $40 billion. The report said the altered strategy eliminates the testing and evaluation of competitive prototypes of the Lex be fore the defense department awards a contract and development begins. This strategy runs counter to defense department policy which Calls for Ade quate test and evaluation to establish realistic performance thresholds and to reduce risk and uncertainty. In addition the president s Blue ribbon commis Sion on defense management recommended in 1986 that a High priority be Given to building and testing prototypes. The defense department defines prototypes As an original or Model on which a later item is formed or based. The report also said that technical risks remain including the development of advanced technology such As More advanced threat sensors. The army also must make additional reductions in the Light helicopter s empty weight. The Gao recommends that the department reassess whether the Light Heli copter should receive More research and development funds for an acquisition strategy that matches Pentagon policy. The defense department agreed in principle with the Gao s conclusions and recommendations but it noted that the amount of Money available limits the strategy. Episcopal rites elevate first woman As Bishop Boston a the Rev. Barbara Harris with the voices of dissidents overwhelmed by cheers from thou Sands of fellow episcopalians on sat urday became the first woman elevated to Bishop in a 2,000-year succession dating Back to the apostles. Harris was greeted with a Roar of approval from about 8,000 people when she walked Down the aisle for a consecration that has drawn world at Tention because of her gender Back ground and Liberal views. A conservative Church member said in a Brief speech that her Elevation would be a sacrilege. But when the chief Consecrator the most Rev. Edmond Browning asked congregants if it was their will that Harris be ordained they thundered out that is our  i will obey Christ and serve in his name Harris said. The 58-year-old former publisher of a Liberal episcopal publication is the first woman consecrated As a Bishop in any of the three major branches of christianity roman catholicism Eastern orthodoxy and anglicanism which includes the episcopal Church that consider Bishops successors to Jesus apostles. Harris who is Black said some of the opposition to her Elevation stemmed from her race As Well As Hersey. Cardinal Bernard Law of Boston s roman Catholic archdiocese declined an invitation to attend the ceremony and said in a statement that the Conse cration of Harris has serious ecumenical implications because it de parts from a common tradition Jin regard to sacramental  team cleans up Oil in Antarctica Santiago Chile a workers have skimmed up most of the Oil spilled into Antarctic water from a sunken Argentine ship and they have patched its Hull to pre vent More Oil from leaking. The three nation cleanup mis Sion will keep working to retrieve More than 800 tons of fuel from tanks on the research and Supply ship the Bahia Paraiso. Emergency Crews from the unite states Chile and Argentina rushed to the area near Palmer station a National science foundation research base after the Argentine Navy Shipman aground Jan. 28. Officials at the foundation based in Washington at first said the spill could pose a major threat to penguins and other wildlife in the area but they later said i might not be that serious