European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 4, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 Kkt the stars  stripes sunday february 4,1990panel orders Exchange merger plan by Janet Howells Tierney Washington Bureau Washington a a House commit Lee has ordered the defense department to present by oct. I a plan to consolidate the three military Exchange systems. The House armed services morale welfare  recreation panel has directed military officials to draw up the plan under the Assumption that the Exchange consolidation will be completed by fiscal 1992. In a Jan. 22 letter. Rep. Marvin , a Texas who chairs the mar panel said the Pentagon should a immediately undertake a feasibility review of consolidation . By oct. 1, provide the committee Wilh a plan to implement this const Quot Dation by the beginning of fiscal 1992.�?� a committee staffer said Leah s letter does not necessarily mean the exchanges will be consolidated. A fall we re saying at this Point is Here is the Lime Frame we have in mind  we want you to give us a review of the factors involved  a plan for How you would accomplish the consolidation within that time Frame if in fact. Congress decided to have you do it Quot the staffer said Friday. Even so the letter took Pentagon officials by Surprise. Quot normally we re asked to look at things  do feasibility studies first before making recommendations said maj. Jim Sass of the personnel administration  services division under the assistant Secretary of defense for Force management  personnel a in this Case they Only want to know How to make it  military exchanges on army posts  air Force bases Are controlled by a joint service organization while Navy  Marine stores operate under separate organizations. Each of the three exchanges has its own management  distribution systems. The House committee is convinced that now is the time to Combine the operations. Quot military forces Are about to undergo major reductions  shifts due to strategic considerations  base realignment  closure a Leath said in his letter to it. Gen. Donald Jones Deputy assistant Secretary of defense for military manpower  personnel policy. A this demographic shift will have a tremendous effect upon the Market base  purchasing Power of these  Sass said the Pentagon was Likely to have major problems in finding a Way to consolidate three totally different systems. The army  air Force Exchange service is a centralized organization Sass said. The Navy Exchange is run in conjunction with their commissary system  the Marine corps Exchange became a part of that service s moral welfare  recreation program two years ago. He said. The exchanges arc run primarily with non a Propri aled funds but taxpayer Money is used for shipping costs  overseas Utility Bills. Quot it s very hard to say right now How much would be saved by consolidation of the exchanges Quot Sass said. 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German military 37 x 30 in h 64 50 40 h 40 be 79 44 if 54 44 a 3> 74 54 43 16 49 a 71 49 59 44 60 56 64 45 63 47 67 to 36 i 13 -01 49 46 60 66 a 06 n is 43 13 64 66 77 34 64 33 41 32 7? 46 26 24 45 26 by de rears staff writer East German soldiers arc looking for careers in the West German army a spokesman for the defense ministry in Bonn said Friday a never since the Border opened we be had several Hundred officers  enlisted men of the East German National Peoples army inquire by phone  Fetter if they could continue their careers in our armed forces/1 said it. Col. Wolf Poulet spokesman for the West German defense ministry. The Easi German army has 180,000 soldiers. About a third of them Are being used to he gaps in the civilian work Force. West German defense minister Gerhard soil iceberg has stated Thal. In principle East germans who Lake West German citizenship May join the forces Poulet said. A ill is certainly possible for younger men who after close examination Are willing to serve in the forces in accordance with the principles of the West German Constitution Poulet said. A Bui i think it would be extremely difficult for officers  Long serving noncommissioned personnel to serve m our forces.11 Poulet said the inquiries were not surprising Quot surely it has something to do with the feeling that their allegiance  loyally to the East German army was abused by the former leaders/1 he said. A there Are people suffering from a genuine conflict of consciousness/1 t he noted that the Rise of democracy in the country has t halted at the Cavern Gates. East German Soldier councils have a Strong say in the Day to Day decisions about military exercises length of service  treatment of personnel Poulet said Many West German institutions such As the postal service Railroad system  other Public offices also Are receiving similar inquiries from East germans. The West German defense ministry is convening a committee this week to study the Issue he said. Masked robbers tie up guards at roman ruins steal treasures 4vn 4e 43 41 u 55 45 41 41 62 30 w 41 46 47 59 a id Naples Italy apr four bandits bound  gagged guards at Herculaneum a roman City destroyed by the Volcano Vesuvius in , 79,  stole hundreds of treasures including Bronze statues vases  jewelry news reports said saturday. Baldassare con Liccio the superintendent of the archaeological areas of Herculaneum  nearby Pompeii said the inventory of the stolen goods was still incomplete the italian news Agency Agi reported. But the missing items included some 200 Gold bracelets  earrings a first cd Iury Bronze vase in the form of a woman s head  a 32-Inch Silver  Copper inlaid Bronze statue of Bacchus he said. At least four robbers arc believed to have entered the grounds shortly before Midnight Friday although investigators say they can t Rule out the possibility they stayed behind somehow after closing Lime at dusk. Then investigators said in the Early morning hours of saturday the armed bandits wearing ski masks surprised four night watchmen in their station. At gunpoint the custodians were forced to turn Over the keys to a building that houses hundreds of artefacts Agi said the custodians were tied up  their Mouths taped Wilh bandages the Agency said. After a few hours one of the guards was Able to free himself  sounded an alarm Agi said. Conticello said Sale of the stolen goods would be difficult since they were catalogued. But he said it was possible someone had commissioned the Holdup to enrich a personal collection. Herculaneum along the Bay of Naples  with the Volcano at its Back included the Villas of wealthy ancient romans. Its ruins discovered in 1709, Are considered better preserved than Hose at the More extensive Complex at Pompeii which also was destroyed by mount Vesuvius eruption. 10 i 5 Al is to 31 albanians in Yugoslavia seek talks $4.5 billion Boeing Deal Seattle. Wash. Apr a California leasing company has placed orders  options for 87 Boeing co. Jetliners in a Deal valued Al As much As s4.5 billion Boeing commercial air plane group has said. International lease finance corp. Of Beverly Hills Calif. Placed firm orders for 39 jetliners with a value of about 11.9 billion. Options also were placed on 48 planes. Pristina Yugoslavia apr five ethnic albanian Independent groups on saturday appealed to yugoslav leaders to open a dialogue with the opposition in the troubled Southern province of Kosovo. Twenty five ethnic albanians have died in i i Days of unrest the official Tan Jug news Agency said saturday. The Agency did rot give an explanation for the increase in the official death toll from 21 on thursday. Moreover 75 demonstrators  45 riot police officers were injured in the riots the Agency said citing official sources. A massive police presence backed by tanks  planes maintained a tense Calm in the volatile province saturday Wilh Only few Small demonstrations reported. About 300 ethnic albanians chanted a democracy democracy Quot in pod Jevto 20 mites North of Pristina  a smaller group was dispersed by riot police in the provincial capital of Pristina. A there Are visible signs Ota calming Down Quot of the Security situation in the province said a government statement quoted by Tan Jug. More than 100,000 people have signed a petition calling for an end to Kosovo s stale of emergency imposed last year said Acton Serroi head of the regional chapter of the yugoslav Union for democratic initiative. He said the we Klong collection of signatures which also Calls for an end to the violence was Quot going so Well it was exceeding our  in a statement saturday the five ethnic albanian groups said they supported the Federal governments position which they saw As a sincere Effort to resolve the violence in Kosova while instituting Reform in the government