European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars Ano stripes Page 2 election �?T90 Washington i Guam the Virgin islands Rhode Island and Massachusetts have scheduled primaries in september. Voters will go to the polls on sept. I in Guam sept. 11 in the Virgin islands and Rhode Island and s4pt 18 in Massachusetts. A service members government employees and their family members who Are residents of these Artas should Contact their unit voting officers for details on registration and voting. A Federal postcard application should be mailed Early to ensure timely receipt of a ballot officials safty. The winners of these primaries will compete in the nov. 6 general elections. Mother children escape As fire sweeps Home Raf upper Heyford England a amps a a Mother and three children escaped unharmed Early Friday morning As fire swept through their Home in the base housing Complex. Authorities said Linda Helmer who was in an upstairs bedroom was awakened about 4 30 . By a smoke alarm in the four bedroom House in the Cav Esfield housing area. After trying to put out the fire Helmer and her three children Amy 9, Rachel 5, and Aaron 4, fled through a first floor door according to the base Public affairs office. Neighbors using Garden hoses tried to extinguish the Blaze using Garden hoses before the arrival of firefighters from the base fire department and the British Community of Bicester. Helm re a husband staff sgt. Karl Helmer was at work with the 520th aircraft generation so at the time of the fire. The Cavers Field housing area is about seven Miles from Raf upper Heyford. Staff sgt. Tyrria Grant a base spokesman said the first floor of the $73,000 government owned House was gutted. The second floor sustained heavy smoke and heat damage. A neighbouring residence also suffered some minor smoke damage. Early reports indicated that the fire started somewhere on the first floor. Of not commenting on assault conviction Torrejon a. Spain a the air Force has thrown a cloak of secrecy Over the court martial of an airman convicted of assault with a deadly weapon. Airman 1st class Paul Sumerlin 23, an armament systems specialist at the 401st equipment Maint so was sentenced to 30 months in prison. He was Fiven a bad conduct discharge with for Liture of All pay and allowances and reduced to airman Basic. At the june 14 court martial Sumerlin also was convicted of failing to follow a regulation base spokeswoman master sgt. Clif Fordean Washington refused to disclose the events of the assault or what regulation was violated. She would not say when the assault took place where or sunday july 8,1990 by Janet Hov tells Tierney washing Flo Bureau Washington \ the Pentagon will consolidate its Dyen Independent finance and accounting centers eventually saving up to $ 150 million a year. Currently the army Ai Force Navy Marine corps and defense agencies each manage its own facilities an it has its own _ policies and management. % in an announcement thursday the Pentagon said details of the do Solida Tion will be worked out by a team of senior personnel to be named by wednesday. A Quot there is great need within the department for standardization for financier and accounting information Quot said Donald Atwood Deputy Secretary of defense. A the integrated defense finance and accounting organization will enable us to use our Lii item resources with greater efficiency a officials said consolidation will improve accounting service and reduce costs. The seven centers operate at a combined budget of More than $250 million and employ 7.000 civilians and 500 military personnel. T 4 while no employees will be immediately Laid off the Pentagon foresees a smaller work Force when the new organization is established. Officials expect staff reductions through attrition. Some personnel will be trained for other government jobs. The centers Are the Core of the defense department finance and accounting system providing the policies proce dures and systems followed by All installations and organizations. The new organization As yet unnamed will be responsible for All Active Reserve and retired pay As Well As civilian pay. Other i unctions include paying defense contractors travel and transportation payments accounting and reporting to the to sury and to the office of management and budget. In pril the army announced it would convert to the air Force pay system in january 1991. Whether that move will be affected by the consolidation is unknown at this time officials said. The army finance Center is in India Ria Polis the air forces in Denver and Marine corps to Kansas City to the Navy operates centers in Cleveland and Crystal City a. Also affected will be the defense logistics Agency finance Center in Columbus Ohio and the Washington Headquarters services finance and accounting operations in the Pentagon. To hold on plans some of its units by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Stuttgart West Germany 26, and some stationing _ a for the Heilbronn military com Vii corps has shelved at least temporarily plans to shift units to the Schwa Bison ground and Neu Ulm areas to fill the void left by the departing 56th Field arty come. Corps spokesman Giinther Schatz said the conventional forces talks in Vienna Austria and budget restraints have prompted a re evaluation of the stationing proposals announced in january and february. A we cannot speculate at this time on which facilities will be used or for what purpose nor can we say what units might be re stationed or where Quot Schatz said. The 56th Field arty come 9ontrols the Pershing ii missiles which the army gradually is withdrawing and destroying under the terms of the 1987 Range nuclear forces treaty. Command units Are stationed in the sch Habisch Amund Neu Ulm and Heil Bronn areas. The moves to Schwa Bisch Amund and Neu Ulm described in the earlier announcements May occur eventually but for now those announcements Are net longer valid said corps spokesman a. Col. James Gleisberg. Ail 36 Pershing h missiles deployed in Heilbronn have been gone since april changes an count quo Muniot have been accomplished or Are in Progress it a a a co and a 34th signal in moved from Kribben Loci Cavern in ludwigs Burg to Bladen erhoff amp sem in Heilbronn in May a a june Heilbronn military Community spokeswoman Ingeborg Stringer said the amp battalions ludwigs Burg based Heid quarters and he co Are e there in the next two now in Crail Beim. _ or in is moving from Wharton Bartacki in Heilbronn to artillery Casen a in nearby Necka sulm and should bit finished by mid August Stringer scheduled to weeks As is Cor the 2370 Sejd. P. A co it 44th signal in is to move next month from Badener Hof Cavern to its prey Lous location Wharton Barracks. A a a 2nd in 4th inf is scheduled to move in november from Heilbronn to Hojic noels. 3he army a decision to retain Alt its facilities in Heilbronn disappointed Many area residents. Heilbronn City officials had offered $13.9 million for Badener Hof Cavern hoping to expand the local housing inventory a a a a municipal leaders from four communities have asked that the Wald Heide plateau location of Camp re leg the former missile site be converted to civilian use. Vii corps commander it. Gen. Fred Erick m. Franks or. Is aware of the communities wishes and is making sure . Army Europe he knows of them said Gleisberg the corps spokesman. Even if the army were to vacate facilities in Heilbronn the West German government would have the right to claim them he said. For now local municipal officials Are doing nothing further to press the Issue according to Heilbronn City spokeswoman Margit Adamek. Quot they re just waiting because we re getting signals everywhere that studies Are under Way a she said. _ a ludwigs Burg newspaper reported thursday that the . Forces will vacate its posts at ludwigs Burg a Stuttgart suburb probably no later than 1992. The report said ludwigs Burg county officials had formed an Quot american property Quot working group to figure out what to do with the posts. George Ruetting spokesman for the Stuttgart military Community called that report and a similar one published several months ago a pure speculation a a there has not been any kind of announcement whatsoever Quot he said. The army is using fully All its Lud Isburg facilities according to Ruetting. The 51st signal in at Wilkin Ca sern is spreading out by moving some of its elements into some of the vacated space at Krab Belloch Cavern and the rest is undergoing renovation. C pm the extent of injuries if any. Citing the air Force Public affairs and procedures regulation Washington claimed the information is not Public nor is information about the Type of weapon involved and who the victim or victims were. Correction Quot a Story in yesterdays editions pro vide if inflicting data on the size of the danger zone that could be created by leakage from the chemical weapons being removed from West Germany this summer. In windless conditions according to an expert leakage of the agent Sarin from a single howitzer Shell would kill 50 percent of the people in an area 990 feet by 990 feet about 22.5 acres. Scam artists ringing up big Bills for Many at amp to credit card holders by Ron Mckinney staff writer Darmstadt West Germany a scam artists in the Darmstadt area Are using promises of big prizes to lure americans into divulging their Telephone credit card number. The prize turns out to be a Surprise a a hefty phone Bill the following month. Callers Are posing As at amp to employees according to master sgt. David Lang the acting Provost marshal at Darmstadt. A in the last few Days we be had several complaints a he said. The reports have been limited to the Darmstadt area according to Usa eur Provost marshal and Cid spokesmen. Investigators expect the numbers to mount in the coming weeks As phone Bills arrive. Some victims have been billed for hundreds of dollars Worth of Calls they did not make. At amp to officials urged customers to guard their account numbers. A we Are not running a promotion in Europe right now Quot said Pauline Weger an at amp to spokeswoman in Frankfort West Germany. A we never have a situation where you give out your calling card the calling card number should not be Given to anyone except an at amp to operator in the United states Weger said. Richard Patillo at amp to manager for corporate Security in Warren n.j., said that if the company concludes that a customer has been defrauded that customer Wilt not be accountable for charges made without permission. Lang said the targets of the scam Are told that they have been selected for a final drawing for prizes which Means they have already won a Consolation prize. The Only thing that is required is that they Verity their at amp to credit card number. After a few general questions the caller asks for the account number. Lang warned americans about phone solicitations. A Wetre seeing at amp to this month a he said a next month it could be visa. The Bottom line is done to give your account number
