European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday february 16, 1990 property sales Wiesbaden. West Germany de sense a utilization and marketing office officials have announced three retail sales for  ludwigs Burg demo will sell desks military clothing televisions Ste reos sleeping bags and general Merchan Dise. The Sale will take place from 8 . To noon in building 1925 on osterholz Allec near Coffey Barracks. The Public is invited. Dollars and Marks will be accepted and All sales arc final. Customers must remove property by wednesday. The  demo will offer sporting equipment wooden furniture sleeping bags radios and televisions. The retail Sale will be held from 8 30 to 10 . In area 100, 29th area sup port group near the former Auto strip Ping Yard. Only . Identification card holders May attend. Transactions will be in dollars and purchases must be re moved the Day of the Sale. The demo at Pitburg a will Host a Sale from 9 to 11 . In building 513. Merchandise includes books clothing jewelry Home computers furniture i cocas sctt recorders stereos and televisions. The Sale is open Only to . Identification card holders and Only dollars will be accepted. Additional information is available from the demo at the various Loca  Region demo employees and i hair family members Are not permitted to participate in these retail sales. Navy in Europe escaped budget War with few cuts Bidav Odiehl . Bureau London the Navy in Europe came through the fiscal 1990 budget War with few losses. There certainly is some Good news in the fy90 budget said capt. Terry Shef Field Nav eur s plans and policy chief. The command asked for $207 million but got $194 million for operations and maintenance at its european bases said capt. Bob Flornoy Nav eur comptroller. That is an increase of $ 15 million Over i989 s budget of $179 million. But because of inflation and the sagging Dol Lar it represents a $9 million to $10 Mil lion Cut. It s a budget Cut that we Are having to Deal with but we Are not seeing a Large  Flornoy said. The . Army Europe received $98 million less than it had planned for its election Washington new York voting officials have scheduled special primary elections on March 20 in the 14th and i8lh congressional districts. The scats were left vacant by the Resig nations of Robert Garcia in the 14lh District and Guy v. Molinski in the 18th. . Government employees and i hair family members who Are residents of the districts should contacts hair unit voting assistance officers for details on How 10 Register and obtain Absentee ballots. The completed Federal postcard application should be mailed Early to ensure timely receipt of an Absentee ballot. Memorial services today for wife slain in dispute Kitzinger. West Germany is memorial services will be held Friday for a 3rd inf div sergeant s wife who died after being stabbed during a week end dispute a division spokesman said. Lorene mocks. 40. Died in Wurzburg s University Hospital on tuesday from wounds she received during a Domestic dispute with her husband Early sunday morning said capt. Sec Van Shively. Master sgt. Willie Mecks jr., 44. Is being held at the army jail in Mannheim in connection with the stabbing. Mocks. A division staff no assigned 19 he co. 3rd inf div. Allegedly Slabbed his wife at their government quarters in kiting in s Marshall Heights housing area. No charges have been filed yet against mocks. Army officials arc investigating the  mocks also is survived by her daughter Dana. 20 son Damon. 9 and sister Glendora Hill of Lakeland Fla. Services will be held at 2 . Friday in the Harvey Barracks Chapel. Italian prime minister ans to visit . Fiscal 1989 operations and maintenance budget leaving the much larger Force in Europe with $400.4 billion for the year. Officials of the . Air forces Europe have refused to give details about the command s budget for fiscal 1990. The stars and stripes has filed a Freedom of information act request to gain this data. Sheffield said Congress essentially kept intact the Navy s request to main Tain Normal operations of the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean. Sailors in Europe May Sec some Belt tightening measures Flornoy said. But there will be no Force reductions or de Clines in Quality of life programs such As child care. Civilian support and maintenance contracts on bases probably will be targeted for cuts Flornoy said. Nav eur is allowing base command ers to decide How base maintenance con tracts will be deferred or Cut. Said cmdr. Art Humphries a Navy spokesman in  budget cuts Are going to be spread across the command evenly said it. Cmdr. Betsy Maguiro spokeswoman at the naval Security group activity at Raf Edzell Scotland. Basically we have gone through the command and tightened Here and pinched  no civilian employees at the base will lose their jobs or have their hours Cut Maguiro  one civilian Job will be Cut from the Rolls at the naval support activity at holy Loch said it. Steve Lawrie n spokesman there. Although the 1990 fiscal year started oct. 1, president Bush did not sign the $385,8 billion spending Bill until nov. 21. Bush got the Bill after the House approved it nov. 15, and the Senate passed it nov. 17. Navy grounds training helicopters Whiting Field Fla. A the Navy has grounded nearly All of its Bell th-57 Jer anger training helicopters be cause of cracks in Landing skid supports officials said wednesday. All 140 of the Navy s Orange and while th-57s arc based at this air station in the Florida Panhandle the Only installation where the service trains new helicopter pilots. Only 25 th-57s were flying As of wednesday said it. Tara Lacavera Public affairs officer for training air Wing 5. No accidents have happened because of it she said. Cracks were found in 123 of the air Craft reducing flight operations by 80 percent As of monday but repairs Are being made said Petty officer 1st class Jon Gagne. He said the reduction is expected to be Down to Only 10 percent by March 15. What caused it has not yet been determined Gagne said. Aviation maintenance personnel from Bell and the naval aviation depot at the Pensacola naval air station about 30 Miles Southwest of Here Are investigating he said. Lacavera said the defective parts Are being replaced but it will be mid March before sufficient quantities will be Avail Able to repair All of the helicopters. She said costs of the repair work Haven t yet been determined. The first crack was discovered during a routine maintenance inspection Jan. 24 and All 135 th-57s on the base were checked last week Gagne said. Five Heli copters arc away from Whiting for other maintenance. In an Effort to make up lost training time the Navy will begin conducting training flights on saturdays and Sun Days beginning this week and continue operations seven Days a week for an in definite period Lacavera said. Ramstein commissary to Cut Back hours Ramstein a. West Germany is the military s Only 24-hour commissary in Europe will soon Cut Back its operation to 16 hours a Day air Force commissary officials said thursday. The change comes just a year after the air Force initiated the ultimate convenience at the Ramstein store. Commissary officials said the hiring freeze on appropriated fund employ ment did not cause the cutback. But they said the shortened hours probably would Cut waiting time in checkout lines be cause More cashier would be on duly during Peak shopping hours. New hours at the Ramstein commis sary will be from 7 . To 11 . Begin Ning March 4 to allow store employees uninterrupted time to Stock sheives and maintain refrigeration equipment. We be been considering the change for several months now said col. Terry Fowler commander of the air Force commissaries in Europe. It s one thing to offer the ultimate convenience Fowler said. But if a Cus Tomer can t find what he or she wants or has to wait. In line being open 24hours a Day does t make much of a Dif  a customer Survey revealed that 3 per cent of Ramstein s patrons shopped be tween 11 . And 7 . One thing we Learned during the past year is that customers appreciate evening hours to shop Fowler said in a pre pared statement. Merchants in on dispute still deadlocked Frankfurt. West Germany is merchants National Bank and the Union representing Bank employees in Wesl Germany remained deadlocked thursday More than two months after the contract Dis Pulc erupted into one Day strikes. The situation is not very easy right  said Aloysius Wohlfahrt. A spokes Man for the West German Commerce banking and insurance Union. No one is winning or  Bank and Union negotiators last met a month ago. A spokeswoman said management is willing to resume negotiations whenever Union representatives Are willing. Unresolved issues include wages and manage ment s request for some sunday work. The Bank serves military customers in West Germany the Nel Horlands Greece and England merchants employs about 1,800 peo ple in West Germany. Roughly 1,000 of those Are Union members. The Union staged several one Day strikes in december and the Bank threatened to replace sinking employees in Frankfurt Wiesbaden and Darmstadt at the time. But Bank spokeswoman Yvonne Wise said Only temporary work ers were hired. Sunday work remains a sticking Point in the dispute. The Bank is asking some employees to report to work on sundays to add Money to the Bank s automated Ciller machines and to service broken arms. The Union contends that the re quest violates West German labor Law. Washington a italian prime minister Giulio Andreolli has accepted an invitation from president Bush and will make an official visit to Washington March 5-8. In was announced wednesday. Bush will Eccl with Androtti on March 6 and Host a dinner in his Honor that night. Search still on for night vision device Bamberg West Germany is first army div soldiers arc still looking for a $6.000 night vision device that was reported missing feb. 5 from the inside of an armoured command vehicle. Soldiers from Bamburg s 7th in 6lh inf were confined to the battalion area for eight Days from feb. 5 until about noon tuesday while authorities incs to Gal cd sources . John Cooper division spokes Man said the unit followed Standard procedures that Are used when sensitive or valuable items Are  battalion commander has offered amnesty to the individual who voluntarily returns the night observation device also known by its Model number an pvs-7. Although charges would not be filed the individual would be reassigned out Side of Bamburg according to a letter sent to soldiers in the battalion. The division s primary concern is re covery of the item Cooper said