European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes thursday August 23,1990 military round naval Institute accepting entries for essay contest Annapolis my. A the . Naval Institute is now accepting entries for its annual essay contest. Entries should focus on the advancement of professional literary and scientific knowledge of sea Power and must not exceed 4,000 words. Cash prizes Range from $750 to $2,000, and the top three entries will be published in the institutes monthly Magazine proceedings. Postmark deadline for entries is dec. 1, officials said. Tor a Complete list of contest rules write the . Naval Institute membership department at Annapolis my. 21402. Vii corps Catholic rally for teens to be held sept. 15 Stuttgart West Germany a the Vii corps chaplains office will sponsor Faith lift a Catholic youth rally on sept. 15. The Daylong program to be held in ecu Ulm is geared toward teen agers in grades seven through 12. The event features a presentation on timely issues a youth mass and a disc  chaplains have details on the rally. For More information Call Kim Casey at ets 421-2518.recreation society Congress set for november in Garmisch Kaiserslautern West Germany a the european recreation society s fall Congress will be held nov. 11-15 at arc facilities in Garmisch. The conference theme is a secrets of  conference fees for society members Are $170 for Early registration and $200 for late registration. Nonmembers pay $210 for Early registration and $240 for late registration. The registration deadline is oct. 19. There is a commuting fee of $60 for members and $80 for non members. Accommodation reservations must be made by oct. 12. Charges Range from $43 to $58, and include room breakfast lunch and a reception banquet. Further information is available from Diane Blankenship at ets 483-7140 or 7216. Her mailing address is he 21st Talcom attn aerie to Apo 09325.resource office sponsors Usa eur photo contest Heidelberg West Germany a the . Army Europe resource management office is holding a photo contest to promote several army programs. A first prize of $ 150 will be awarded for photos that help Market productivity capital investment army communities of excellence or the army ideas for excellence programs. Entries should consist of two photos one depicting operations before the improved equipment system or procedure went into operation and the second showing it in use. Photos will be judged on Content color and reproduction Quality. Soldiers and civilians must submit entries in 35mm slide format accompanied by a Brief summary of the project and description of the photo subject. Entries including Lull name social Security number and mailing address should be sent to he Usa eur office Deputy chief of resource management attn a age in Apo 09403-0105. The entry deadline is no 30. For More information Contact your local resource management  crash near Frankfurt kills Mannheim lieutenant had Krell Nacu West Germany a a lieutenant stationed in Mannheim died Friday evening As a result of a  near Frankfurt an St in div spokesman said wednesday. First it. Scott a. Wychgel was pronounced dead at die scene alter the motorcycle he was driving crashed into a Guardrail at the Junction of autobahn 5 and 661, the spokesman said. The Accident occurred about 5 30 . Wychgel was assigned to Liq co. 5th in 77th amid regt. 1 he sex Desman was unable to provide additional details Price of military to jump As much As 56% by Steve Taylor Munich Bureau Munich West Germany a the Price of uniforms sold in military clothing stores will increase by As much As 56 percent oct. I army and air Force Exchange service officials announced. The increases Are the result of a defense department directive to include manufacturing costs in fiscal 1991 prices the officials said. Because of the directive the Agency that supervises the manufacture and distribution of uniforms will raise prices on oct. 1. Cafes under an agreement with the army and air Force Sells uniforms at no additional markup and the services pay the exchanges to manage and staff the stores said David Lumbley chief of cafes Europe military clothing Branch. Along with the Price increases service members allowance for uniforms is also expected to go up oct. 1. Proposed increases Range from 12 percent to 17 percent according to one report but Are not expected Tow. Germany to bar women from heading East for abortions. I a. A a a a Bonn West Germany apr women a rights activists lost a Battle tuesday when the government decided West germans can be prosecuted for seeking abortions in what is now East Germany after unification. Chancellor Helmut Kohls coalition partners also agreed that two widely different abortion Laws will be in Force in a United Germany for a two year transitional period. That decision results from major differences Between the two Germany Over whose abortion statutes Are Best. In West Germany abortions arc allowed Only if the mothers life is threatened if the pregnancy resulted from rape or incest or if birth would create extraordinary social and economic hardship. East German women on the other hand have a fundamental Legal right to an abortion As Long As it occurs within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. East Germany with a population of about 16 million last year recorded some 73,000 abortions. The figure was 75,297 in West Germany which has a population about four times greater than its Eastern neighbor. Activists opposition parties and the free democrats Junior partners in Kohls coalition government had opposed applying West Germany a abortion Law to women who might try to take advantage of East Germany a Liberal statute. Otto Lamsdorff head of the free democrats conceded his party had lost its Battle with conservatives within Kohls coalition. A this is not something that was easy for us to accept a a Lamsdorff said he said the alternative was to endanger a draft Unity treaty with East Germany that is to mesh the two countries Laws. An All German parliament to be elected on dec. 2, will he charged with the difficult task of coming up with an abortion Law for All of Germany. Be announced until september said an air Force finance official in Europe. Cafes Europe will also increase the maximum for deferred payment of uniforms to $300 from the current $200. That change takes effect sept. I and allows service members to charge purchases of uniforms and pay off the balance in eight monthly instalments of $38, spokesman capt. Wes Davis said. Davis said however that the minimum payments of $25 on current accounts will not increase unless a customers limit reaches the new maximum of $300. After sept. I new accounts will automatically have the $300 limit and minimum payment of $38, he said. Although most clothing prices will change the items most affected Are Battle dress uniforms service dress uniforms combat boots and accessories. The largest increase listed is the army Field jacket which will Cost $44.75, up from $28.65, an increase of 56 percent. Other uniform items will increase an average of 15 percent according to an cafes Price list j a. A it v in r my i., a amps Ken Geon Juyoux kids play Nice Bucky a 2-year-old Sheltie and Popper a 4-month-old Colt cautiously approach each other during their first meeting tuesday in Stockstad West Germany. Popper was not impressed apparently As he turned and kicked Bucky sending him whining across the grass. Bucky was not seriously injured. Palestinian stabs tourist in Jerusalem Jerusalem apr a palestinian shouting Quot american american stabbed and slightly injured a foreign tourist outside the walled old City in Jerusalem on tuesday police said. A police identified the tourist As 28-year-old Paul Ollsen from South Africa and said he was taken to a Hospital. The Albacker lied police said. Anti american sentiments Are running High among i a sit nuns in Jhc i Rich occupied territories and Arab East Jerusalem Many of whom see iraqis president Saddam Hussein As their National hero Saddam has offered to pull iraqi forces out of Kuwait m Exchange for an israeli withdrawal from the occupied West Bank and Gaza strip and the Golan Heights Alt captured irom a Rah countries in the 1967 Middle fast War. Cal Lor the withdrawal of about 40, to syrian troops irom Eastern Lebanon. Near the West Bank town of Ramallal two palestinian youths armed with wooden clubs injured a jewish Driver in an apparent political attack police said 1 be wounded Man 48-year-old Yair Sfax taken to a Hus pita in Israel. Farani was the attackers escaped in Star Anil a car but their arrest was expected soon police said. The attacks came As palestinians shuttered shops and offices in a general strike throughout the West Bank Gaza strip and annexed East Jerusalem. In Gaza israeli soldiers shot and wounded at least 11 arabs during Stone throwing clashes in four refugee Camps Arab Hospital officials reported. The military command said it was checking the reports. Also tuesday the Interior ministry said it had banned three palestinian activists including leading 1 to supporter Faisal Husseini from travel abroad on grounds it would harm israeli Security. Hie government had information that the activists planned to meet with groups Quot hostile to the slate army radio said. Two month bans were issued against Husseini. A loyalist with the plots Fatah faction and Ukura Kamal identified yith the democratic front for liberation of Palestine a government spokesman said. Tiave Han has been ordered against Ata Khalil Kymn a journalist with ties to the popular front Tor the liberation of Palestine