European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a a the stars and stripes wednesday october 17,1990for Usa eur Buck stops in states by Rosemary Sawyer staff writer . Army Europe is passing the temporary Layoff Buck to army officials in Washington leaving civilian employees in Europe to wait and wonder. Gen. Crosbie Saint Usa eur commander has made no decisions regarding unpaid furloughs said a spokesman sgt. . Hardesty. The command will implement a furlough a when department of the army directs us and for the length of time they  army ordered furloughs could result if a budget is not passed by Friday and Congress fails to extend the current Stopgap spending Bill. That would trigger the across the Board budget cuts required by the Gramm Rudman Hollings act. Defense department officials announced earlier that each appropriated fund employee could be temporarily Laid off for up to 22 Days. Non appropriated fund employees would not be affected and service members would not have to take leave during a civilian furlough. However Usa eur officials have said they May shut Down most administrative operations for two weeks in december to save Money on utilities. Military and civilian personnel May be asked to use their leave time during the Christmas break. About three dozen army civilians in Stuttgart Germany wrote to sen. Phil Gramm a Texas stating they had been told that letters announcing their unpaid furloughs were being a pre positioned for distribution. A we want you to know that unlike our counterparts in the United states we cannot go out and get a one month Job to make ends meet a the workers wrote. A we urge you to take a hard look at the Impact that furlough ing will  overseas it a is the wrong answer a said Rosita a. Lee one of the signers. Lee a program analyst in Vii corps resource management office said a furlough would be  a i personally am Over Here alone. I done to have a husband s salary to fall Back on. I have kids in College a Lee said. A Jeffrey Sanger said he thinks furloughs Are unlikely but if workers Are forced off the payrolls temporarily it  happen at a worse time for his family. A my wife is expecting dec. 20, and we Are going to be seeing naturally some big Hospital Bills that will really create some difficulties for us said Sanger a management analyst in the Vii corps resource management office. A it would be in effect taking food out of the Mouth of my family. A it seems kind of ironic that the civilian work Force has played some part in the events that Are happening Here in Europe a it seems that this is our Reward for doing  news update shooting victim Dies new York a an 8-year-old boy caught in a gunfight while crossing a Brooklyn Street died Early monday. John Thomas Jones died at 2 15 . At Brookdale Hospital medical Center about 12 hours after he was shot in the stomach said Hospital spokeswoman Mimi Grinker. He was the eighth child under age 14 shot to death in new York City since july 22. Twenty one children have been wounded. Police sgt. Tina Mohrmann said the boy was crossing a Street in the East new York neighbourhood. A Man in a Black car fired at a Man on the Street who returned fire hitting the child. Both men fled. There were no arrests by monday afternoon. The outcry Over crimes such As the string of attacks on children and the highly publicized slaying of a Utah tourist in a subway have prompted mayor David Dinkins to propose a substantial boost in the ranks of police officers. Service members have same rights in East Germany As in Western Par property sales Wiesbaden Germany a the defense re utilization and marketing office offers some bargains this week especially on household items. The demo in ludwigs Burg will hold a property Sale Friday from 8 . To noon at 1925 osterholz Allee near Coffey Barracks. Featured items Are electric typewriters stereos and household furniture. Only . Identification card holders May attend the first hour then the general Public will be admitted. All prices Are marked in dollars and customers must remove purchases by 1 . The same Day. The Firth demo will sponsor a special three Day furniture Sale in building 134 in Kitzinger today through Friday. Featured items will be bedroom and dining room furniture Kitchen tables and living room furnishings. The Sale today will run from noon to 4 ., and Only those people in grades e-5 and below plus their family members May participate. The Sale thursday runs from noon to 7 . Until 4 ., Only those people in grades e-6 and below along with their family members May attend. After that time All . Identification card holders will be admitted. The Friday retail Sale will be held from 8 . To noon for All . Identification card holders. By de Reavis staff writer . Service members travelling in the new Eastern area of Germany have the same rights they had in West Germany . And German officials say. That Means for example that they May use their . Forces Drivers licenses do not need a visa and May bring items into the area from neighbouring countries without paying import taxes. Such rights were established Between West Germany and the United states when they signed the nato status of forces agreement and its supplementary agreement. Since the two Germany United oct. 3, the rights established in those agreements have been extended to the area that was East Germany in an Exchange of diplomatic notes Between Germany and its allies. But the agreements themselves carry no Legal weight in this Region. A we Call that an analogous regulation a a spokesman for the German foreign ministry said. A that Means the regulation equals that of the sofa although it does no to exist in the  the framework for this Legal Man Euver was set up in the 2-plus-4 agreement. This treaty signed sept. 12 by the victors of world War ii and the two Germany governs foreign policy issues of reunification. The agreement has not yet been Rati fied by All of the signing countries Legislatures. But the allies suspended their rights Over Germany on oct. 3. A the 2-plus-4 treaty guarantees that no member of the Western allies be treated worse in the Eastern sector of Germany than he or she would be in the Western sector a the spokesman said. There is one exception to this Rule however. A the Only difference to the Western sector a he said a will be that members of the Allied forces travelling on official business to the Eastern sector Are required to have permission of the German  he said the German government Hasni to yet decided which Agency will Grant the permission but he thought either the defense ministry or foreign ministry would handle the permits. Permission is not required for the members of the Western allies when they travel from the Western sector of Germany on official business to and from Berlin said another foreign ministry official. A we agreed on what we called a functional transit a he said. A that Means travel Over the most direct route to and from Berlin. For example an american Soldier in Munich does no to have to go to Helms Tedt to drive to  Helmstedt was the location of a Northern German Check Point that service members civilians and their family members had to use before German reunification when they drove to Berlin. Only soviet military installations and training areas will remain out of Bounds to off duty service members said a spokesman for the . Army Europe. Under the sofa and its supplement service members civilians and their families Are subject to Host nation criminal prosecution the spokesman said. In the Eastern part of Germany americans covered by the agreements can face different Laws from those in the Western Section. Drunken driving Laws Are one example. In the Eastern sector no alcohol is allowed for Drivers until the More tolerant West German Law goes into effect there on Jan. 1,1992. The sofa was not extended to the Eastern sector because of an agreement Between German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev setting up the pullout of soviet forces from Eastern Germany by 1994, the first foreign ministry spokesman said. A that agreement stipulated that nato forces would not be stationed on the territory of the former East Germany a he said. A a that a Why any official visits there by members of the Western allies require permission of the German  125 romanian children adopted by americans after red tape Cut Bucharest Romanias amps a americans have adopted 125 romanian children since the government lifted its ban in july on foreign adoptions. An additional 200 applications from americans Are being processed. Ann Gordon a spokeswoman for the . Embassy in Bucharest said monday that legislation curtailing red tape had cleared the Way for the adoptions. The new system allows adoptions to be approved in about two months. District courts in Romania now have the authority to Issue adoption decrees Gordon said. Previously adoptions required the approval of the president of the country. Communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu executed during the december revolution outlawed the adoption of romanian children by foreigners in january 1989. Ceausescu also had declared birth control illegal resulting in overcrowding at romanian orphanages. Immediately following the Ceausescu regimes downfall 300 requests for adoption poured into Romania from around the world prompting a temporary ban until parliament reviewed the process. Gordon said adoption costs include about $150 for the child a visa and up to $7,000 if the applicant hires a lawyer. An attorney is not required but is an asset when dealing with the romanian courts she said. Information on adoption procedures is available at . Embassies. Spanish truckers continue to Block traffic henday France up a More than 1,000 trucks were blocked at the French Spanish Border tuesday and All rail cargo traffic Between henday and Spain was halted As Spanish Drivers struck for a fourth straight Day to protest higher gasoline prices officials said. In Bordeaux in Southwest France some 400 trucks were blocked because of the strike and another 1,000 cargo vehicles waited in the Landes Region South of the City. The Spanish Drivers Are demanding greater social benefits and retirement at age 55 or 60 to compensate for the higher gasoline prices resulting from the Gulf crisis. They Are also asking that Spanish transport Laws be harmonized with those of the other european Community