European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a a the stars and stripes wednesday april 25,1990 Stuttgart teacher Dies of cancer Stuttgart West Germany a a High school social studies teacher in Stuttgart died last week following a two month bout with cancer. Richard Lee Warner 56, died at 7 . April 17 at the army Hospital in Stuttgart. Warner served As Junior Reserve officers training corps instructor from 1976 until 1981 at Stuttgart High school. He received a Bachelor of science degree in 1981 from the University of Maryland and taught social studies from then until his death. He was a member of the National education association and the overseas education association. Warner also spent 22 years in the army and retired in 1974 As a master sergeant. Warner is survived by his wife Ingrid of Ramseck West Germany and children Richard and Deborah both of California. A memorial service was held tuesday at the Pattonville Chapel in ludwigs Burg. Congress in mood to Call halt to overseas military construction cretan faces charge by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a a 1991 moratorium on overseas military construction stands a Good Chance of being approved by Congress say lawmakers and staffers on Capitol Hill. A there is Little or no support in Congress at All for building anything overseas next year a said an aide to rep. Pat Schroeder d-colo., head of the House armed services military installations subcommittee. Schroeder and sen. Jim Sasser d-tenn., chairman of the Senate appropriations military construction subcommittee have been at the forefront of an increasing number of lawmakers calling for a temporary halt to overseas construction. Schroeder and Sasser have said repeatedly that it makes no sense to pump millions of dollars into new facilities that could be abandoned As . Forces return Home from Europe and the Pacific. A How do you know and How do we know that this budget does no to request funds for something that will be affected by future base closings actions a Sasser asked military officials at a March 26 hearing. Pentagon officials said they have made efforts to scale Back the number of construction projects overseas in the last two budget requests and Are asking for funding Only for the most important projects. A we have made a very conscious Effort to Cut Down the overseas construction requests in recent years a said a Pentagon budget official. But in each of the past two years lawmakers have not been satisfied and redirected Money for the overseas projects to stateside bases. In the budget for the 1990 fiscal year which began last october Only $500 million of the $8.5 billion allocated for military construction is earmarked for overseas projects. Under the fiscal 1991 request the Pentagon is seeking $9.1 Bivion for construction projects. Of that figure $541 million would go for overseas building. At a recent Senate armed services committee hearing Gen. John r. Galvin supreme Allied commander Europe said the $290 million request for 66 european come projects in 1991 is the lowest total in nine years. Galvin said most of the projects Are a Quality of life projects a including medical facilities and schools. Congress has tried to target operational construction overseas rather than anal it of life initiatives for budget cuts. In the 1990 budget lawmakers added funding for child care centers in Ansbach West Germany and Rota Spain that had not been requested by the Pentagon. But congressional aides said that Isnit Likely to continue at least not in the Short term. A no one wants to Hurt the individual service members and their families a said a Senate staffer. A a. But we have to be realistic a a lot of the overseas troops that the Pentagon says need All these new facilities probably Arentt going to be overseas within a year or  lawmakers seem to be particularly irked about the Pentagon assertion that planning and funding for overseas construction in Europe must continue until a .-soviet Force reduction treaty is signed. A that line is really falling on deaf ears a the Schroeder aide said. A with or without a Force reduction treaty we Are going to see a substantial reduction of the . Military presence in Europe. So asking for $75 Mil. Lion for school construction in Germany at this Point is just  in Petty officers death longer commutes by �?T94, Usa eur Chania Crete a amps a a resident of Crete has been charged with manslaughter in the traffic death of a Navy Petty officer. Nikolaos Kourakis also was charged by Chania police with speeding a Navy spokesman said tuesday. Petty officer 3rd class Rhonda s. Crouch was struck and killed by a car on the night of april 19. It. Paul Weishaupt said Crouch assigned to the naval support activity at nearby Souda Bay was struck while she crossed a Street after leaving a restaurant in Chania. The 22-year-old Security policewoman from Ponchatoula la., was killed instantly. No Date has been set for Koy rakish court appearance Weishaupt said. Memorial service set for retired no Augsburg West Germany a a memorial service for a retired no who died Friday has been set for thursday. Arthur Dunaway who retired from Active duty in 1967, died in the army Hospital in Augsburg. He was 64. Dunaway was known to Many in the Augsburg Community As the originator of the Monte Carlo night a Casino Type affair held in the Community club system a military Community spokeswoman said. He is survived by his wife Theresia and son Jeffrey both of Augsburg. The memorial service will be at the West Friedhof Chapel. 2 government cars discovered in canal Forth West Germany a amps a two . Government cars stolen from a Nimberg area motor Pool last weekend were found monday night in a canal. The two Volkswagen golfs were recovered from the Rhine main Donau canal by West German police said Anne Camden a Community spokeswoman. The cars were last seen at about noon saturday. They were reported missing when employees came to work monday morning. Camden said that american and West German authorities Are investigating the theft. For gis says Bidav Walczak staff writer Willinger West Germany a soldiers stationed in Europe will have an easier time finding housing in 1994 but will face longer commuting time to work a Usa eur housing official said tuesday. Maj. Mike Mccullough made the prediction As part of an hour Long seminar Given by top Usa eur housing officials at the annual association of the United stat6s army convention. Mccullough based his predictions on the reduced number of troops in Europe combined with the retention of most government quarters regardless of their location. A if we have soldiers leave. In Kitz Ingen. Well be Able to share those housing units with soldiers stationed in Wurzburg a he said. A the soldiers relatively Short commute time will Start to grow. It has  Mccullough based the 1994 housing picture on a troop strength of 150,000, which he described As an estimate of How Many . Soldiers would remain in Germany that year after a conventional forces Europe treaty is signed negotiations Are under Way in Vienna Austria. About 210,000 soldiers Are stationed throughout West Germany and about half of them Are married. Mccullough a speech did not include figures for the air Force which has about 40,000 members stationed in Germany. Army housing officials said the command needs 10,200 housing units in addition to the 95,300 it already has to meet current demand. The command lists its housing assets As 42,000 government owned 32,300 Economy Homes and 16,300 government leased. Usa eur has added 4,700 units to its inventory through the government rental housing program. Under the program the government signs rental contracts with landlords ensuring them of steady occupancy. The rental units Are then assigned to soldiers who then no longer receive housing allowances. Mccullough cautioned that the a extremely favourable a housing picture he painted for 1994 will depend on expanding the grip program. Private rentals in West Germany which he termed extremely volatile will become scarcer he predicted. Mccullough said Usa eur has set a target of 18,500 grip units for 1994. Driver error considered Likely in bus crash by Mary Neth staff writer an inexperienced Driver is suspected to have caused the Accident that sent an american school bus careening Down a 100-foot Ravine near Ober Wesel West Germany in february. The chartered bus carrying 43 american teen agers and adults was headed for a week Long arts workshop in Ober Wesel. Twenty eight of the passengers were injured in the crash that occurred at 5 35 . On feb. 25 while the bus was mane vering a Steep Hill with several hairpin turns. Koblenz City prosecutor Annin Ernst said that although not All investigation reports were in it appeared the crash was most Likely caused by a driving mistake. Ernst is extending the investigation which he believes will take three or four More weeks to cover the charter bus company and the qualifications of Drivers it hires. The Driver had the required License for Large vehicles plus the necessary License for driving buses carrying More than 20 passengers. He worked As a Driver on a part time basis. According to some passengers the bus crashed through a Guardrail after the Driver failed to negotiate a left turn. Some passengers were trapped inside and were freed by fire Crews. The injured were taken to eight hospitals in Koblenz Bop Pard Ober Wesel Bingen simmer and Frankfurt. With the exception of one Ramstein High school student All the injured have been released from the hospitals said Frank of Gara a school system spokesman. The student is under care at lands Tull army regional medical Center for complications suffered from the injuries she received. An adult injured in the Accident is recuperating at Home. The passengers jul be brought together in May for counselling by the Doduka Kaiserslautern District office crisis intervention team. They included students teachers and Parent chaperones from bad Kreuz Nach Baum older Kaiserslautern Ramstein and Wei Brincken. 19 gis injured As car hits their bus Schinnen the Netherlands a amps a Nineteen american soldiers were injured near Here monday when a car sideswiped their army bus. Twenty soldiers were on the bus when the Accident occurred on Highway a-76 at 7 40 . Witnesses said the car was travelling at High Speed and weaving in and out of traffic. The Impact of the crash flipped the bus Over into a ditch. The injured soldiers were removed from the bus by a fire brigade and taken to hospitals in Heerlen maastricht sittard and geleen. Eleven were treated and released. Of the seven hospitalized three have serious injuries. All the soldiers were from the 69th trans co 106 trans in in Bremer Haven. They were in the Netherlands to move cargo from one storage another a unit spokesman said be said the Accident occurred while the men were headed to geleen for dinner. It is not known whether the Driver of the car has been charged. Police tin the car Driver also injured in t crash was drunk National pol spokesman Theo Kroes told the As cited press