European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Kon Tiki museum stripes Magazine thes a authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 48, no. 346 thursday March 29, 1990 a a 25t Dally and sunday Good Fri Ibrain d 8693 a Rheinland Pfalz lists bases it wants . To turn Back germans top 10 closure list in Rheinland Pfalz 7j bad Kreuz Nach t Pitburg 3 Hahn 3 Kaiserslautern 5 Lan Stuhl Foj Mainz 7 Sembach of Span Dahlem f Worms rot Wei Brincken a amps Susan Harris by Mary Neth staff writer Mainz West Germany a the government of Rheinland Pfalz called wednesday for the United states to shut some of its largest installations in West Germany during the first wave of expected troop cuts. Interior minister Rudi Geil said the government studied the Industrial prospects for All 21 areas in the state where the . Military employs West German civilian work forces of 50 or More. The government then Drew up its 10-installation wish list. The installations Are Kaiserslautern Lan Stuhl bad Kreuz Nach Mainz Worms Zweig Rick in a Pitburg a Hahn a Sembach a and Span Dahlem a. Wei Brincken a is already scheduled to close in 1993. The list was based on environmental need economic potential and transportation and communication possibilities. Allied sector Crossings in Berlin open to . Service members and civilians the military presence in Rheinland Pfalz makes up the highest concentration of americans outside the United states. It pours 4.5 billion Marks about $2.63 billion annually into the states Economy and employs about 21,500 local National civilians. The american population includes 68,000 military personnel. 75.000 family members and 9,000 civilians. The Kaiserslautern military Community represents a major chunk of the . Presence in Rheinland Pfalz with 20,000 military personnel and 26,362 family members. Other installations have the following populations a bad Kreuz Nach 4.200 military and 4,000 family members. A Pitburg a 3,871 military and 3,774 family members. A Hahn a 7,173 military and 6,402 family members. A Mainz 5,571 military and 7,893see bases on Back Page crossing Points in Berlin by Rosemary Sawyer staff writer checkpoint Charlie lost its monopoly wednesday As the Only Legal crossing Point for . Service members and civilians travelling Between East and West Berlin. British French and soviet sector Crossings were opened to . Forces travellers wednesday according to a statement from . Army Europe. But sonic restrictions apply depending on the traveler a status. The relaxed rules supplement other changes in the Berlin travel regulation that took effect March 20. Along with authorizing More crossing Points the latest changes a require uniformed service members to Wear their name tags. A allow subway travel into East Berlin for some people. A require travellers to carry a special card. Guidelines apply to travellers crossing Between East Berlin and West Berlin As follows service members in uniform or people with . Forces Berlin id cards May now travel in Allied plated cars or walk through checkpoint Charlie invalid ens Tasse or Bornholm Strasse Crossings. Allied plates include French British and Usa eur tags they May also ride the subway into and out of East Berlin. A Bahn line 6 and a Bahn lines 2 and 3 carry travellers into the soviet sector. Subway riders have their documents checked at the Friedric Strasse train station. Whether driving or on foot travellers should use the lanes marked with a a cd for military members and diplomats. But government civilians and family members from outside Berlin with passports containing the nato status of forces agreement stamp cannot walk or ride the subway into East Berlin. However they May Cross in Allied plated vehicles at checkpoint Charlie see Berlin on Back pages amps Susan Harris commissary merger would save $500 million. A crr Tuo a Rev Chron Conr  he a ofic by Chuck Vinc Washington Bureau Washington a the Pentagon stands to save More than half a billion dollars if Congress merges the commissary systems of the four military services into one huge Agency. Donald Jones told a congressional panel int the Pentagon could save $133 million a year in operations and maintenance funds alone after Consol action while improving service to patrons and keep no prices steady. Moreover the Pentagon would get one time savings 1 Between $300 million and $400 million through a lined inventory purchasing procedures said the Deputy assistant Secretary of defense for military manpower and personnel policy. The annual $133 million savings would result mostly from eliminating salaries for about 5,000 employees in a redundant supervisory positions a said Jones who testified tuesday before the House armed services morale welfare and recreation panel. Also testifying at the hearing were the chiefs of the four military commissary systems. They said that while they have some concerns about consolidation that must be addressed they Are ready to embrace the idea As a Way to save Money and improve service. The hearing preceded the expected release this week of the final report of the so called Jones commission named for the army three Star assigned by Congress last year to Lead a team of auditors on a review of military commissary operations. The result was a 600-Pagc report with 90 recommendations. The report will be used by the mar panel in devising its portion of the fiscal 1991 defense authorization Bill later this year a congressional staffer said. The commissions work boiled Down to two alternatives Jones said. One was to centralize procurement on a regional basis with Central buying offices in each Region. That method would have saved the stores from having to do their own buying. The alternative that the commission decided to in see merger on Back Page