European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 a a the stars and stripes wednesday october 24,1990 news briefs Mannheim Worms to merge activities Heidelberg Germany a amps a the . Army Europe will merge the Mannheim and Worms military Community activities a move that will eliminate 142 jobs. Under the change a new military Community activity is being created at Mannheim the command said tuesday. Worms is becoming a sub Community. And meierhof currently a sub Community of Worms Falls under the new Mannheim Community. The consolidation will eliminate duplication of supervisory and managerial jobs officials said. The move will eliminate 13 military jobs nine department of the army civilians and 120 local National employees. In Mannheim there Are 8,800 soldiers 12,700 family members and 290 department of the army civilians. In Worms there Are 2,300 soldiers 2,500 family members and 290 department of the army civilians. Gen. Crosbie e. Saint commander of the . Army Europe made the decision to merge the communities. German government officials and the Usa eur head works Council representatives have been notified of the decision. Officials announced aug. 31 that a study had recommended the consolidation. That study was one of several studies being conducted in anticipation of budget cutbacks. A similar study is being conducted on the communities of Karlsruhe and  to begin flying new Berlin routes Frankfurt Germany a amps a Lufthansa begins flights sunday Between Berlin and five German cities along routes purchased from pan am world airways. Lufthansa and pan am signed contracts oct. 13 for the $150 million Transfer of seven Boeing 727s and All pan am Berlin routes a spokesman for Lufthansa said. The airlines announced the intended Sale in september. Ticket prices will Rise slightly reflecting a seven Mark about $5 German departure tax. Lufthansa which As a German Carrier had been precluded from flying to Berlin before unification of the two Germany will offer service from Frankfurt Stuttgart Dusseldorf Nimberg and Munich. Also included Are the Transfer of most German based pan am employees and assets. Pan am will retain International routes to Germany. The agreement did not protect the jobs of nearly 300 pan am pilots and flight engineers however. Some of the cockpit Crew members will be Given assignments at other pan am locations a spokesman for the airline said. However there is a possibility pan am will furlough some pilots and flight engineers. Lufthansa and the pan am airline pilots association and flight engineers association were to meet today to discuss the possibility of Lufthansa hiring pan am Crew members who wish to remain in  staff of Thrift shop fired by women s club Board by Rosemary Sawyer staff writer Heidelberg Germany a the staff of the Heidelberg Thrift shop has been fired by the Board of the Heidelberg officers and civilian women a club in a move aimed at revamping store operations. The shops eight paid employees plus the Volunteer chairwoman of the Thrift shop committee were Given termination letters oct. 16 after the Board of governors took a vote by Telephone. The Board made up of the clubs committee chairwoman and officers also dissolved the Thrift shop committee of six by firing its chairwoman. The workers who together Are paid $3,100 a month were offered no explanation for their Pink slips and 30-days�?T notice. Club president Cille Crago said the firings had a nothing to do with the current  a it the shop May end up with something completely different so we Felt that it was better to go ahead and do an across the Board Type of thing rather than anything piecemeal. I stated in my letter that they re All Welcome to  staff members however doubt that they will Ever be rehired. Manager Roxanna St. John said Crago dropped a Large Brown envelope containing the dismissal letters on her desk said a a there a your mail a and left. Crago said she Felt it was Best to deliver the letters. But she found it difficult a to even conceive of handing these letters to these people to their faces because i really Felt bad having to do this a she said. The shop has profits of $12,000 to $15,000 a year which the women a club funnels into its welfare fund. The Board plans to close the shop from nov. 19 to Jan. 2 for renovations which include new ceiling and floors for the former Bowling Alley in Patrick Henty Village. The workers speculated that the firings resulted from their differences with the Board about the purpose of a secondhand store. In the past few months workers have clashed with the Board Over How much beautifying was needed in the shop. In meetings Board members talked of Wall to Wall carpeting a a cascading clothes Racks and a $15,000 Wall to conceal the consignment area. Workers and volunteers backed More modest improvements. The boards planned renovations were to have been done during the summer but they were delayed when the criminal investigation come began looking into funding of the improvements in july. Community spokesman Pete dressier said investigators and Legal officials were asked to determine what renovations could be done usog appropriated funds. The inn a in a was based on a complaint received from a Heid let resident. Ders dressier and Crago could not say what the Troi. Will Cost although shop workers said original Estinos ran As High As $84,000. 1 ates a to me spending the amount of Money Thev wer talking about was totally unfounded a said Jane co oily a fired cashier. By trying to make it a Thrift ?5  be weeding out the very people the Thrift Shook there to serve Cooper said. H a a Thrift shop office clerk Rosalyn Baggett agreed a to afraid when they finish  have More of a Boutine Type atmosphere than what will truly serve soldiers anti their families a she said. And As it is the Community is Hurt by closures said St John. The store is normally open tuesdays wednes Days and thursdays and two saturdays a month. Renovation plans this summer resulted in the shops not accepting consignments for two months during the Peak season for military transfers. Consignors receive 80 percent of the Price of goods that Are sold and the store keeps 20 percent. People who earn extra Cash by consigning goods at the shop also have expressed worries about the stores future. A a in a very upset that they would do that a said Patron Virginia Denman referring to the christmastime shutdown. Denman whose husband is a sergeant first class travels from Mannheim to consign items in Heidelberg that Are too big for Mannheim a smaller store. She also buys items. When consignments were stopped during the summer the pocket Money that Denman earns through Selling was Cut by three fourths she said. A a in a not having a multimillion Dollar business Here but when you have four kids every Little bit helps a Denman said. Another family member customer Cindi Kinder said she a afraid she wont be Able to continue supplementing her Soldier husbands graduate classes with consignment income if the shop becomes too sophisticated. Crago however said the Board had no grandiose plans. A other than having a Nice place to go into a nicer looking smelling place. I done to foresee the people who shop there who consign there. Having any major changes at All a Crago said. A ceiling with Straw insulation caused the shop to smell especially during Damp summer months Crago said. Union wants compensation for la id off German workers from Page 1 Marks made on sunday by saudi arabians defense minister Prince Sultan that Arab nations Are willing to Grant Iraq a fall its  that was interpreted As a sign the saudis Are prepared to agree to territorial concessions by Kuwait. The same Day however Prince Sultan reiterated that a a a a a any solution must provide for an unconditional Raiji Kaiserslautern Germany a amps a a German Union was planning to March through Kaiserslautern on tuesday to protest . Hesitancy to compensate local employees who lose their jobs through base closures. A a we re talking about losing some 6,000 civilian support group jobs in the Region a said Kurt Podesta a spokesman for the Dag Union in Kaiserslautern. A according to the plan As presented to us by Usa eur commander Gen. Crosbie Saint they will be gone by the end of 1992.�?� the . Military is the largest employer in the state of Rheinland Pfalz where Kaiserslautern is located. The Dag has 590,000 members in Germany. About 100,000 Are employed by the allies and about 12,000 of those Are members of the Union he said. Podesta said the most ticklish problem is working out a social compensation plan. This year Dag met with pullout from Kuwait and the return of the Rule of the a Abah  fahd and president Hosni Mubarak of Egypt met tuesday in Liddah saudi Arabia and the Monarch later said Quot we would be thankful if Iraq gave up Kuwait. Fahd a statements were distributed by the official saudi press Agency. Iraq had demanded territorial and financial concessions from Kuwait including the islands of Warba and Babiyan in the persian Gulf and the kuwaiti Section of the Ruma Ilah oilfield. From Page 1 the House. When the original Bill failed Smith announced support for a democratic designed Bill which boosted the tax rate on the highest income earners and added a surtax for millionaires. That Bill was condemned by the White House. A i wish head Stop reminding me that we have a few differences out there a Bush said praising Smith for hav the americans Between the end of july and the first of August to discuss the unions plan. Talks also were held with the British on sept. 17 and the French on sept. 20. A the British and French said they had no problems with such a plan a Podesta said. A but the americans claim they never heard of such a thing. General Saint told us he understood our argument but it would require approval by  Podesta said he a worried about the Fate of the plan in Congress noting the preoccupation with the budget stalemate and the Gulf crisis. _ a spokeswoman in the Usa eur Public affairs office declined on tuesday to answer specific questions about the Union protest. Instead she referred to a statement issued in May indicating that the German government is obligated to provide benefits to Laid off employees. Ing an a Independent  Smiths re election bid is being challenged by former Burlington mayor Bernie Sanders a socialist. Bush claimed democratic control of both houses of Congress was to blame for the current budget mess. Bush travelled through new England on a Small two engine Jet. The runways at some of his stops were too Small to accommodate the Large jumbo Jet that he usually uses As air Force one. Outside Bush a first Stop several dozen protesters stood in the rain carrying banners and shouted at Bush s motorcade urging him not to go to War Over Oil