European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 25, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Military Roundup Home to offer families of patients place to stay Washington a amps a families of patients undergoing Long term medical treatment at the Walter Reed i my medical Center will soon have a comfortable inexpensive place to stay. By Spring an eight bedroom House is expected to be completed at the hospitals Forest Glen Annex for the donated Cost of about $500,000, officials said. The House will include a fully furnished living room and Kitchen a fireplace and a playground. Construction costs and Upkeep of the House will be paid for by Zachary and Elizabeth Fisher prominent new York real estate developers. The Fishers founded an armed services foundation in the Early 1980s that is chartered to serve military men and women and their families in time of need. A ground breaking ceremony hosted by army chief of staff Gen. Carl e. Vuono was held sept 12. France gives Gen. Galvin legion of Honor award Toulon France a . Army Gen. John r. Galvin was awarded Frances highest military award in a ceremony last week. Galvin who serves As both natos top european commander and the head of the . European come received the legion of Honor during a military ceremony in Toulon on Friday. It was presented by Gen. Maurice Schmitt the chief of the French defense staff. Tuesday september25, 1990 the stars and stripes a a a Page 9 it s official e. Germany leaves Warsaw pact East Berlin apr East Germany once the front line state in the Warsaw pact formally left the soviet led military Alliance monday As it prepared for Unity with West Germany and membership in nato. With 10 Days left before unification a protocol on the withdrawal of East German troops from the Warsaw pact was signed in East Berlin by East German defense minister Rainer Eppelmann and the commander of the Warsaw pact soviet Gen. Piotr Lusher the official news Agency adn said. The two Germany will merge oct. 3 and the United country will be a member of nato. The soviet Union lifted its objections to nato membership for a United Germany in july Clearing a major obstacle to German unification. Dodds kids to celebrate German Unity with Day off Wiesbaden West Germany a amps a students at department of defense dependents schools in West Germany will join their German counterparts in having a Day off oct. 3 to celebrate German unification. A this Holiday will give families the Opportunity to take part in the Many celebrations that Are planned throughout the land a Dodds spokesman Frank of Gara said monday. A Dodds Germany officials believe that one of the most enriching educational experiences that our students can have will be the Opportunity for them to stand Side by Side with their German neighbors in celebrating this historic  teachers and administrators also have the Day off but school officials encourage them to participate in professional development activities related to recent events in Europe. Army bases eliminating or reducing Gate guards by Gary Pomeroy staff writer army commanders in West Germany have eliminated or reduced the number of Gate guards in their communities because of budget cuts expected in the upcoming nsc3lyc3r. Unlike the army the . Air forces Europe does not plan to remove any guards from base Gates an official said. In the army a v corps bad Kreuz Nach Fulda Giessen Hanau Mainz Wiesbaden and Wil Flecken have Cut Back or plan to reduce the use of civilian guards. A the reductions in contract guard services Are a result of budget cuts a a v corps spokesman said. However the spokesman could not say How much Money the cuts would save. A uncertainty of the amount of dollars that Are projected for fiscal 1991 contract guard costs coupled with constant re evaluation of contract guard positions will make it impossible to predict exact Dollar savings a he said. The decision to replace contract guards with soldiers rests with local commanders he said. Rose Barracks in bad Kreuz Nach for example is now guarded by civilians from 10 . To 6 . Marshall Cavern in bad Kreuz Nach has not been guarded at All since june. At least four Vii corps communities have also Cut Back or plan to reduce the use of civilian guards. However a corps spokesman refused to discuss the move citing Security concerns. Munich a Mcgraw Cavern has been without any guards since aug. 1, when the Community a contract for guards expired. The decision not to renew the contract was made to Cut costs Munich military Community spokeswoman Renata Badziong said. Access to the 66th military intelligence brigade compound in Munich however is still strictly controlled by military police. Additionally Grenadier Cavern in Stuttgart and Wallace Barracks and the 5th general Hospital in bad Cann Statt have been without guards since aug. 1. Augsburg a contract with its civilian Gate guards expires oct. 31 and will not be renewed spokeswoman Karin Johnson said. After that Security for Augsburg installations will be controlled by military personnel. A we will not Compromise Security in anyway a she said. Outside of Vii corps civilians stopped Manning the Gate at the stars and stripes in Darmstadt on sept. 10. The Community Cut Back the use of military guards at other caverns the same Day. Civilian guards hired by the Community still Man the Gates at the Darmstadt army Airfield and a training support division in Griesheim said Community spokesman Joe Hitt. There will be no guards at the Wolfgang shopping Center in Hanau beginning oct. 1. The cutbacks in the Hanau military Community will save about $2 million a Community spokeswoman said. Daniel Pond the owner of Pond Security service in Hanau said his company will lose about $3.5 million Worth of military contracts for fiscal 1991. The loss is forcing Pond to Cut 150 people from his staff of about 250. A a in a trying to keep the Best people in be got a Pond said adding that he believes the reductions Are a temporary result of troop reductions. A i believe there will be a future for contract guards a he said. A after the government settles Down they will need somebody to guard property. Civilian guards Cost one fourth of what it costs to put a Soldier there. If someone is trained to fix a helicopter they  be standing at a  his employees at army caverns who mostly Are americans will continue guarding ammunition Sites in Hanau binding in and Alsberg. Another civilian guard company expects less american business in the future but a spokesman said the level of work tends to fluctuate. A we can to plan because we done to know a said Klaus Schonig a . Contract specialist with wac Dienst Rheinland westfalen in Cologne. Schonig said the company a . Contracts accounted for about 10 percent of its business in fiscal 1990, or about 9 million Marks $5.8 million at today a rate. A it looks like we May have to decrease a Schonig said adding that the Gulf crisis May offer new Security opportunities. A guards maybe needed in areas they Haven to  contributing to this report staff writers Steve Taylor in Munich and Joseph Owen in Stuttgart West Germany a i $ Sihu %. A. A via he w u. J y m. F m a jail frolicking in a graveyard East Germany a currency Union with its Western Cousin this summer has had one four wheeled casualty the Poky trabant. The autos that became a trademark of the Westward exodus arc being scrapped by East germans in favor of West German cars. Here children play on wrecked a a Trabish in East Berlin on  Hopes to mediate Mohawk dispute Montreal apr civil rights activist Jesse Jackson said sunday that he hoped to mediate a solution to the standoff Between police and Mohawk indians in Oka. A hopefully through dialogue and through the interviewing process the tensions will ease and the bloodshed will Stop a he told reporters after arriving in Montreal. A and there will be some rational Resolution to this  Jackson said he a already spoken to Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa about his efforts to resolve the crisis. A the problem that develops in standoffs is that people Harden their positions a he said. A and when talking becomes impossible violence becomes  army spokesman maj. John Paul Macdonald said Jackson will be denied Access to the Kahn Satake treatment Center where about 50 Mohawk women children and men have been encircled by soldiers for the last three weeks. A was with everyone else who has requested to come into the perimeter but really has no business being there he will be refused As Well a Macdonald said. The 74-Day standoff began Over plans to sell property in the town of Oka that the mohawks claim is ancestral land. Quebec provincial police stormed an Indian Roadblock in Oka on july 11, and Cpl. Marcel Lemay was killed in the ensuing gun Battle. It has not been determined who was responsible for his death