European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 7, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday March 1989 Bank offers proof of payment options help for customers having rent Utility audits b Randy Mcclain financial writer Community Bank customers who must prove they be made rent and Utility payments in line with their government allotments Nave several options now that the Bank has stopped resuming cancelled checks wild  officials with merchants National Bank the Mili tary banking contractor in West Germany Greece and the Netherlands said they have reached an agreement Wilh army and air Forte Headquarters in Europe that will allow customers to use any number of methods a proof of payment when annual audits Are conducted on housing benefits. ,.  Vyonne Wise Public affairs manager for the Bank said the fallowing methods can be used copies of Bank statements snowing automatic withdrawals lining a landlord s or Utility company s name and the amount paid. Signed statements from landlords. Utility Bills stamped  Carbon copies of checks in a customer s Community Batik  the past special payment slips were included in Many customers monthly Bank statements showing rent and Utility disbursements. That service has been eliminated Wise said the rent and Utility slips have been done away with in conjunction with the Bank s so called Check safekeeping program a department or defense mandated program that has eliminated the return of customers cancelled checks Wise said it took too Many Man hours to stuff can celeb Cheeks and other items into Bank statements each month which caused other customer services to suffer. Now cancelled checks arc stored at the Community Bank s Frankfurt Headquarters and any customer who wants a copy of one must pay a $ 1 fee. In Light of this development Wise said he Bank has revised its monthly statements to show More information including the names of landlords and Utility companies that gel paid via automatic withdrawals. If a customer docs not want the personnel office to see other financial information on the Bank statement Wise suggested that the data be blotted Oul. Many . Government employees overseas have to show their personnel office proof of rent and Utility payments at least once a year so that it can be deter mined whether government housing allowances paid Oul were More than a customer s actual expenses. In the past Many people used their cancelled Checkas proof Ospa Mcm. Amy Boardman. Personnel management specialist with the usage aft office of the Deputy chief of Stair for personnel said this year s living quarters allowance audit already has been conducted. She said the revised rules about what methods arc acceptable As proof of payment will apply to the next audit which is expect cd to take place in february or Marci of 990, news updates leaded Gas Price up los Angeles a the Price of leaded gasoline jumped More than a Penny per gallon Dur ing the past two weeks an analyst said. The increase May signal a. Long expected decision by dealers to pass on losses sustained by higher wholesale Rolls. Trilby Lundburg said sunday. It s taken years but the differential is finally shrinking she said. A March 3 nationwide Survey of gasoline stations found the average Cost of gasoline for All grades wit taxes was 99.22 cents per Gailon up about a half cent from feb. 17, said. For the same period leaded Gas Oline at self service stations Rose .1.11  gallon Lundberg said. The Cost of making leaded gashes risen As environmental Laws Cut the amount of Lead allowed forcing producers to use costlier substitutes and As older leaded Gas using cars were taken off the Road she said. Self service prices on March 3 were 88,87 cents per gallon for Reg ular unleaded j 1.0806 for Premium u no Cadd and 86,25 for regular. Leaded. Full service prices were s 1.1857for regular unleaded j 1.3008 for Premium unleaded and $ 1. 1479 for regular leaded. Soviet Convoy hit Islamabad Pakistan Cap afghan guerrillas attacked an emergency Convoy bound for Kabul. Afghanistan and set fire to 15 vehicles but the rest of the trucks arrived safety in the afghan capital Over the weekend radio Kabul said the More than 550. Trucks with6,000 ions of food arid fuel from he soviet Union were hit As  on the strategic a Lang Highway from hair Stan Afghanistan a Village on the soviet Border the state run radio said sunday. The broadcast monitored Tirls Lama bad said 13 tank trucks and two trucks earning wheat were set Oil fire by attacking rebels correction an article yesterday about a Canadian military trial included the wrong age and misspelled the name of the victim. An Lonny Etc Charest was 20. 6 americans win heroism awards for Rescue efforts on German roads by Jimi Jone Stait writer Darmstadt West Germany for helping to Rescue two severely wounded West German policemen froma head on car collision that killed one person a Munster Soldier has earned apiece among West Germany s heroes of the . James Rush of the 545lh Ord co was one of six americans who receive the award monday from Darm slav mayor. Gain Lucr Metz Ger. The award i presented for Rescue efforts and exem Plary conduct on German , an ammunition storage specialist said he was driving Home last sum Mer when he witnessed the collision thai left the German Driver of one car  was the first on scene he said. The police car had flipped and landed in a Ravine filled with  to keep the partially submerged vehicle from sliding farther into the the muscular Rush said i held it until. Two other germans arrived on scene. We secured the car with a rope an then i went under the car and pulled him one of the policemen out Rush said. The other officer who was driving was trapped and suffered a serious Eye injury Rush said. Because of the Angle of the wrecked car the policeman s head was Bent Forward in the water the sol Dier said. "1 did what i could for the Eye and jus held his head out of the water until the German Rescue team arrived. It feels Good to get an award for something i d do naturally he said. In addition to monday s Tav Alicr Der Strassl award Rush earlier was Given an award from the minister president of Essen. He also was recommended for the Soldier s medal the army s highest peacetime  no her soldiers earned awards for their Rescue efforts on nov. 30.specs. David and fac Ltd Simmerman and Stair sol. Vincent Natale All of the11 in signal in in Darmstadt helped a woman injured in a Van car collision the woman was More scared than injured Nalale said. I was worried about her legs so i calmed her while checking for broken Bones in her  simmer mans helped with Chang ing bandages and whatever we could do said David Sim Nerman whose secondary army Job is medical  the husband saw my medical card he just moved away and let me  military Community Mem Bers Frank and Karen Palmier were recognized for their efforts in getting a woman to. The Airport in time to make her flight after her son s car broke Down on the autobahn. My delivers wife s baby in Gas station Stuttgart West Germany is a Gas station became a temporary maternity Ward monday morning when military policeman s wife gave by Iii of a baby in their car. Jacqueline Singeltary 19, and he baby an unnamed 7-Pound, l5-Ouncc buy were in Fine health by the time the reached the nearby army Hospital at bad Canstatt inter in the. Day said  Mongo spokeswoman for the Stuttgart military Community when her labor pain started  Daybreak her husband pvt 2 Kenneth singe Ilary also 19, set Oul with her to drive 10 Miles across Stuttgart from Patch Barracks where he is stationed to the army Hospital Bui the became stuck in traffic Mongo said so the Soldier pulled into the Gas station and Cal into the office to Telephone for an  wife started screaming to him when her labor pains intensified. Whence could t hear her she leaned pm the car Horn the Soldier returned to the car just in Lime o help deliver Hie new son at 7 41 . In the front passenger Seal. The boy is the Louisiana couple s second  police spokesman Arwid Weis Schuh said the incident occurred on burgs Tali Street in the Stuttgart South District. By the Lime police arrived i response to the Soldier s Call wis Schuh said there was t much the officers could  an ambulance lock the Mother an baby to nearby Marjon Hospital for observation and they were transferred 10the army Hospital later he said. Mongo said Kenneth Singel wry was declining . 1 he s gotten a lot of Calls from every body in the world including the German Media she said. Legislator urges restoring Contra military Aid Jackson miss. A Congre sneeds to restore military Aid to the rebels battling Nicaragua s leftist government a congressman said sunday following a 1 visit with 15,000 Contra troops in Hon Duras. Congress should not Only continue giving humanitarian Aid to the contras who Are fighting the communists but should also restore military funding said rep. . Montgomeryd miss. Montgomery led a six member bipartisan House delegation that spent two Days on the nicaraguan honduran Bor Der last week meeting with the Contra at their base Camps Congress has created a real problem by not approving More military Aid to the Freedom fighters Montgomery  voted in february 1988 to Cut off military Aid but agreed to Contin-ue.$27 million in humanitarian Aid for food and Medicine until april they Are a Fine fighting Force but it is a whole new Ball game for them no because of the Lack of military Aid Montgomery said of the contras. The just Don t have the Means to keep fight  fight is at a standstill. They Lack ammunition to keep fighting. Something has got to be done he said. Their Spir its arc excellent and their number shaven t decreased. In fact they Are gain ing More  in May when the food stops com ing who knows what will  Montgomery said the delegation Dis Tus cd options including bringing the contras to the United Stales or joining the honduran government in forcing them Back into Nicaragua to survive Thebes Way they can. He said the group agreed thai the bes option is to push for continuing human Ugrian Aid and to ask Congress for new military Aid. We created the Contra to overthrow the communists in Nicaragua and i Don t think we. Should walk away fro that commitment Montgomery said. Joining Montgomery on the trip were reps. Bob stump a any. John Paul Hamm Schmidi a Ark. Floyd Harris a Ala Earl Hullo a fun and Bob Mcewen a Idaho