European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 5, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 a a a the stars and stripes wednesday september 5,1990 military Roundup a keepers of the peace song entries solicited Schwet Zingen West Germany a entries Are being sought for a a keepers of the peace song writing contest sponsored by the army a morale and recreation division in Europe. The Competition is open to All Usa eur Active duty military personnel family members and civilian employees. The grand prize Winner will receive round trip air tickets from american airlines to either new Orleans Nashville tenn., or los Angeles plus one week s use of a Hertz rental car. Runner up prizes include a cassette recorder and a weekend at the Holiday inn in Southern Munich with a free car rental. The entry deadline is oct. 19. Winners will be announced in november. Songs must be an original music composition and be submitted on lined music sheets containing at least the title notes of the vocal line and lyrics. On the reverse Side the composer must provide a statement assuring that the music and lyrics Are his original work. The songs must also be recorded and submitted on audio cassette tape. Entries must include a signed letter certifying ownership and granting the army command permission to use the song in perpetuity free of charge. Up to four people May collaborate on any song entered. For More information Call ets 370-7238 or German civilian 06221-577238, 7 selected to compete in army chess tournament Schwet Zingen West Germany a seven soldiers assigned in West Germany have been selected to participate in the 1990 army chess championship scheduled for saturday through sept. 14 at fort Belvoir a. The seven Are sgt. Darryl Coleman he co 649th engr in in Heidelberg spec. John Lan Greck co a 165th military intelligence in Darmstadt sgt. Andrew Rea 502nd military intelligence co 2nd army Cav regt Nimberg sgt. Wade Regensberg 256th my co Frankfurt spec. Jeffrey Russell he det 557th . Arty group Herbo Seelbach capt. Jason Whitten he co 4th in 32 army Kirch Gons and sgt Manuel Vanzuela 699th Maint co Hanau. The top six players at the army level will compete against the air Force and Navy in the armed forces chess championships sept. 16-26. Eagle scout Neu Brocke West Germany a Barry Drane has advanced to the rank of Eagle scout the highest Honor in boy scouting. Drane a Sophomore at Baum other High school is the son of Richard and Martha Drane. For his Eagle scout project the 14-year-old organized a toy drive for the Neu Briecke Birkenfeld military Community. He and his volunteers collected and sorted More than 600 toys for the 1989 toys for tots program. To earn the Eagle scout award a boy scout must fulfil requirements in leadership service and outdoor skills. This includes earning at least 21 Merit badges and completing a Community service project. Strong quake hits Yugoslavia damage injuries unknown Zagreb Yugoslavia apr a Strong quake on monday Shook Zagreb and its Vicinity sending people fleeing to the streets. The quakers intensity and the location of its epicentre was not immediately available from the geophysical Institute of seismology in the croatian capital. New Wiesbaden phone prefix Wiesbaden West Germany a civilian phone numbers in Wiesbaden have a new prefix Deutsche Bunde Spost officials say. Numbers assigned the prefix 06121 Are now changed to 0611. Lufthansa planning to buy w by Helge Thiele staff writer pan am world airways has worked out an agreement to sell All of its air routes Between West Berlin and other West German cities to Lufthansa. The Sale would affect pan am a Berlin connections to Nimberg Frankfurt Stuttgart Disseldorf and Munich. In All 74 flights would be taken Over by Lufthansa said Harold Kosel a spokesman for pan am in West Berlin. The West German airline will pay $150 million to pan am a Lufthansa official said. Pan am would not comment on the Price. The Deal worked out last week in new York still must be signed by the pan am and Lufthansa boards of trustees in october political approval was worked out during the 2-plus-4 talks aimed at settling the foreign policy aspects of German unification. The talks Are being conducted Between the two Germany and the four world War ii victors a the United states the soviet Union Britain and France. A during these talks the allies agreed to give up their airspace authority for Berlin due to the German unification on oct. 3,�?� said Peter Schimikowski a spokesman for the West German ministry of traffic. The West German government owns 51 percent of Lufthansa Stock. Under the tentative agreement a Lufthansa will lease nine b727-200s from pan am until mid-1991,�?� Kosel said. A also the pilots will be pan am  Lufthansa could make its first regular flight to West Berlin on oct. 28, when the new schedule for the Winter season goes into effect spokesmen for both airlines said. Kosel said the plan is a a reaction to the end of the cold war.,. A according to the International rules it is Normal that intrastate flight traffic is left to a National airline a he said. Quot the Berlin regulations have been artificial All the time.�?�,. Since 1945, the United states Britain France and the soviet Union were the Only countries with the right to Fly in Berlin airspace. Soviet restrictions forced the Western airlines to use Low altitudes along three Nar Berlin flight routes Row air corridors on flights to and from the former German capital. The Sale would represent Lufthansa a second Takeoff into Berlin service. Lufthansa owns 49 percent of euro Berlin France a French airline serving the City. Fifty one percent of the company is held by air France which also flies to Berlin. In addition to the pan am Deal Lufthansa is try a amps map ing to get permission to to and from Berlin once German unification takes place. T a we already requested flight rights at the West German ministry of traffic a an official said. A but in Case the agreement with pan am would be approved then we would not need As Many flights to Berlin As we asked  pan am is not giving up Berlin totally. Pan am express will maintain its connections Between Berlin and Stockholm Sweden Oslo Norway Basel and Zurich Switzerland and Hamburg and Sylt West Germany. The airline also will continue non Stop flights from new York to Berlin. Fly Pla dual service pairs in lower ranks get higher household goods limits by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a about 2,000 dual service couples in the lower enlisted grades Are eligible for higher weight limits on household goods under a recent change in military travel regulations. The new policy allows Alt married personnel in grades Al through e-3 to get an allowance of 5,000 pounds when making an official move whether the spouse is a civilian or another service member said Fred True of the defense departments per diem travel and transportation allowance committee. Previously dual service couples without children were penalized because each service member a household goods allowance was pegged at the a without dependents rate True said. Calculating the allowance a12-alternate route opens for Drivers in Austria w. Germany Munich West Germany a amps a an alternative route has been opened in Austria to handle traffic forced to take detours after the supports for the instal Bridge on a12 began to sink. The expressway through the inn Valley had been an important link to the Brenner pass a major passageway across the Alps from Austria to Italy. In july the sinking of the instal Bridge near Kofstein closed a Section of the route and caused Long traffic backups on major roads near the West German austrian Border. Starting last Friday traffic began to be redirected Over the nearby Wil Bichler Bridge on route b175. But the German automobile club adar warns that the route should be avoided if at All possible. The Wil Bichler is a two Lane Bridge Over which vehicles can travel no faster than 12 Mph. There is no Way traffic jams can be avoided on this narrow slow route the adar said in a statement from its Munich Headquarters. Most trucks weighing More than 7.5 tons May not use the new route. That Way meant such couples would get a lower combined weight limit than couples with Only one military spouse he said. Service members in the lowest three enlisted grades married to civilians receive a 5,000-Pound a with dependents allowance. Under the old policy a childless dual service couple even using their combined a without dependents allowances could ship Only 3,000 pounds in the grades of Al and e-2 and 4,000 pounds in the Grade of e-3, True said. The change is retroactive for All travel orders with effective dates of june 30,1989, or later he said. Personnel who already have sent household goods shipments that exceeded their weight allowances at the time can file claims for reimbursement up to their new limits True said. The individual services will handle claims for reimbursement for their personnel he said. Approx. Location of Bridge a a a a Kofstein