European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday april 3,1990 news update philippine bases Manila Philippines apr  talks on renewing the lease on six . Military bases May be postponed until May be t cause of a congressional recess president Corazon Aquino said sunday. The talks had been expected to begin in mid april although no Date had been officially set. Aquino said in her weekly radio address that some Cabinet members believed the talks should not begin until Congress returned from its easter recess which starts at the end of this week. The lease on the installations including Clark a and Subic Bay naval facilities expires in september 1991. Under the new Constitution any renewal must be provided for in a bilateral treaty. New go program does no to allow Security Deposit reimbursement mors elementary to close after june Wiesbaden West Germany a amps a the mors elementary school will close after the school year ends in june. The school with an enrolment of 93 children in grades kindergarten through six is located about 15 Miles South of Rhc Inberg. It will cease operations later this year. The school employs one administrator five full time teachers a part time teacher librarian Host nation teacher and Secretary. Frank of Gara spokesman for the Germany Region of the overseas school system said no staff member Quot will be out of a Job next year if they want to work Quot he said school officials will first try to find jobs for them within the Bremerhaven District before placing them outside the District before the beginning of the 1990-91 school year. Mors elementary is the Only one of the 139 department of defense dependents schools in Germany scheduled to close of Gara  pleads guilty to sex accusations bad Kreuz Nach West Germany a an 8th inf div Soldier pleaded guilty Friday As he was about to go to trial on charges connected with having sex with a child under the age of 16, a division spokesman said monday. Pfc. Stanley j. Smith of co a 12th engr in in Derheim was one of four soldiers in his unit facing a general court martial on the charge of carnal knowledge said maj. Michael Maher. The charges Stem from an incident with a female american family member of feb. 18 in Wiesbaden. Smith was sentenced to four years confinement a bad conduct discharge total forfeiture of All pay and allowances and reduction to the lowest enlisted rank. Trial dates for the other three soldiers have not been announced Maher  officer Dies of apparent heart attack Vicenza Italy a a 43-year-old warrant officer died last week after he apparently suffered a heart attack at the wheel and lost control of his car the Southern european task Force said monday. Chief warrant officer 3 Donald f. Mccullough was pronounced dead at the scene by an italian doctor. He was driving toward Venice when his car left the Road and ran into a ditch. The co a 502nd aviation regt Soldier was assigned to Aviano Italy. A native of Madison fla., he is survived by his wife Mary and three children. By Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a the government has decided not to reimburse service members for Security deposits under a new upfront Lump sum allowance program that goes into effect sept. 1. The move in housing allowance program will reimburse service members Only for rent related expenses that Are not refundable said Dennis Pike of the Pentagon a per diem travel and transportation allowance committee. That Means such charges As landlord fees Are covered by the program. Security and Utility deposits which Are normally returned when the renter moves out do not qualify for the program Pike said. The allowance also Wilt pay service members for the costs of items initially needed to bring an apartment up to american standards based on average prices for the locale Pike said. The program is not retroactive for those currently stationed overseas. In Asia where it is customary to pay a landlord a a Courtesy fee a often one months rent the program will pick up the Cost. Pike said the per diem committee will let customary practices in various countries guide decisions at the local level on what the Lump sum allowance should cover. A a we re putting some heat on the local decision makers a he admitted. This could Lead to judgment Calls that differ from area to area. Pike said the program almost certainly will not cover exorbitant third party finders fees which can run As much As three months rent in West Germany. A if a service member wants to hire an expensive headhunter to find an apartment when we have a local military housing office to do that Job i done to think that a going to be covered a Pike said. Military personnel will have to provide receipts to be paid the Correct amount he said. For miscellaneous no rental expenses Pike said service members will be paid based on the average costs for the various items according to annual Price surveys by the per diem committee. Covered items could include closets hh�3ixtl,res  some cases Sint he said. In countries where th7vnks does no to keep a stockpile of main ances such As stoves and refer saw off Post use costs for those s just covered lumps the program was backed last Vear k the House armed services rom a y which made it part 5tc fist fix defense authorization act. Lawmakers faulted the current system because in some cases such As a overseas Tours Are Cut Short a Meix Quot never f fully recover initial the allowance Cost the ppm. Will jump 1ncthe Short a site Pentagon will have to Start paying Lumn sums sept. 1. Y b my Over time As overseas service members getting the monthly allowance under the old program Are reassigned to the states average costs will decrease until they Are roughly the same As now Pike said. A police clash with groups demanding end to . Military presence in Sutrin Madrid Spain apr police clashed with protesters and hoodlums after two separate rallies sunday against the . Military presence in Spain. Police said two municipal officers were injured in clashes with hoodlums who police and organizers said attached themselves to a peaceful demonstration at Torrejon de a Doz near Torrejon a. But police used clubs against protesters at another rally demanding the dismantling of a .-leased naval base at Rota in Southern Spain. At the base on the Atlantic coast in the Bay of Cadiz several thousand pacifists shouted a Yankees out of Spain and Central american and other slogans. Police used truncheons to disband a smaller group of demonstrators. The demonstrations had no effect on activities at naval station Rota said spokeswoman chief Petty officer Anita Westervelt. Base personnel were advised to remain Clear of the demonstration area. Westervelt said a group of 1,000 to 1,500 leftists communists and members of Trade and ecology groups have demonstrated on a sunday in Early Spring for six years. A they Are trying to get Spain to step out of nato a Westervelt said. A the groups Are against military services. They would like to see the Rota base dismantled slain Mainz girl Wasny to enrolled in american school principal says by Crystal Laureano staff writer an 8-year-old girl who died last week possibly from a severe beating never attended the local . School while she lived in Mainz West Germany the principal said monday. Michele Lee Valdez was one of four children listed on the travel orders issued to her father staff sgt. Ricardo Valdez according to Meren James principal of Mainz elementary school. But the girl who was pronounced dead wednesday morning was never enrolled at the school in the Martin Luther King Village housing area. Valdez has been charged with murder and child neglect in connection with his daughters death. The 34-year-old mortar Man with he co 4th in 34th Armor 8th inf div has been in Mainz for a year. The department of defense dependents schools has no mandatory enrolment policy James said. Once a child in enrolled however attendance is mandatory. James said she did not know Why Michele had never been registered. Her sister and two stepsisters Are enrolled at the school which is located about five Miles from their government quarters at Fin then army Airfield. The other girls Are 6, 8 and 10 years old. The three girls who have been in Foster care since Michele a death Are still attend ing classes. Their teachers Are working with them to help them Deal with the girls death and their fathers arrest j Ames said. Also on monday air Force officials refused to divulge the results of the autopsy performed Friday. Capt. Tom Gilroy said the information could not be released because the cause of death and the condition of the girls body when it arrived at the air Force Hospital in Wiesbaden Are part of a criminal investigation. Doctors on duty when the child arrived at the Hospital said she May have been battered to death. They also said she appeared to have suffered from chronic physical abuse and was malnourished. E. Berlin travel regulations eased berlins amps a government civilians from outside Berlin whose tourist passports do not carry a status of forces agreement stamp can now enter East Berlin through the Friedric Strasse train station a . Mission spokesman said Friday. These civilians Are also free to travel into East Berlin in an Allied plated car through checkpoint Charlie invalid ens Tasse or Bornholm Strasse if accompanied by a service member in uniform or a Berlin id card Holder. The Friedric Strasse invalid Strasse and Bornholm Strasse Access routes were opened to . Service members government civilians and family members on wednesday. As before government civilians from outside Berlin also can walk through the tourist Gates at checkpoint Charlie if their Blue tourist passports do not Bear the sofa stamp. The newest easing of travel rules follows other changes that went into effect March 20. Those changes allow Berlin based service members to Wear civilian clothes into East Berlin authorize use of Public transportation within East Berlin lift the Midnight curfew on travel to the soviet sector and allow Berlin id Cara holders to walk into East Berlin. Officials Are considering other of Access Between the Western and to get sectors including the possible