European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday november 21,1990 news update murder suspect Martinsburg . Apr a Man accused in the deaths of two hikers who were shot and stabbed As they slept in a Remote area of the appalachian Trail has agreed to return to Pennsylvania to face charges. Paul David Crews of Loris s.c., a suspect in at least one other Mur Der waived extradition from West Virginia. �?o1 gave him the options. He made the decision a said Jerome Dambro the Public defender appointed to represent Crews. Authorities suspect Crews in the sept. 13 slayings of Geoffrey Logan Hood and Molly Larue near Dun Cannon a. Larue 25, of Shaker Heights Ohio and Hood 26, of signal Mountain Tenn. Were hiking along the 2,160-mile Trail which runs from Maine to Georgia. They were found dead in their steeping bags. Crews was arrested sept. 21 in harpers slashes pay 35% Washington a Union employees of United press International have accepted a proposed 90-Day, 35 percent pay Cut apparently averting any immediate move to shut Down the 83-year-old news service. Chris Dahl Secretary treasurer of the wire service Guild said 62 percent of those voting accepted the Cut. The numbers voting on each Side were not released. Dahl spoke by Telephone from the unions Headquarters in new York where the ballots were counted. Cafes eases credit rules for soldiers sent to Gulf by Steve Taylor Munich Bureau Munich Germany a the army and air Force Exchange service has relaxed its payment requirements for credit and layaway customers deploying to saudi Arabia. Cafes Europe will not demand immediate payment on overdue accounts and will make the paperwork easier for family members who want to use the delayed payment plan or App and Home layaway said master sgt. Dayton Strickland an cafes spokesman. The giant retailer is urging airmen and soldiers to take care of their cafes accounts before they leave. But for those who have already deployed and failed to make arrangements cafes will wait up to 30 Days after their return to Europe for payment Strickland said. In the meantime cafes wont take involuntary collection actions for those on duty in saudi Arabia even if the account was overdue before they left Europe. Neither will layaway plans be cancelled but the Exchange service is encouraging people to pick up merchandise before they deploy. If an account becomes past due family members wont be Able to use App or Home layaway programs while the sponsor is deployed Strickland said. Also family members wont be Able to Cash checks if bad checks Are still unpaid. A we just want people to get things squared away before they leave so that family members can use the accounts a Strickland said. Cafes maintains about 170,000 App accounts overseas and about 1,300 of those Are delinquent each month according to figures for the fiscal year that ended in october. The european Exchange service also cashed about 23 million checks last year Worth More than $1 billion. About 160,000 of those checks valued at $8.6 million bounced. A simplified procedure has been adopted to allow family members to use a sponsors App account. Local exchanges can execute a Power of attorney so that family members can use the account the sponsor must sign the form. A Strickland said that any Legal office also can prepare the Power of attorney. For those with extended separation dates or dates to return to the United states the Exchange will renew account privileges but the local Exchange will need a copy of the orders Strickland said a a we re willing to work with anybody Quot Strickland said. A but you have to Contact for service members who can to get to a local Exchange payments can be mailed Strickland said Field exchanges in saudi Arabia can to accept payments. For App or Home layaway accounts Send checks or Money orders to cafes Europe Gao Central App office Apo 09229-0003. The phone number is civilian 0631-7101-166 or ets 484-8458. In the Case of bad Check problems write cafes Europe attn pm a Ca Apo 09245-0003. The phone number is civilian 089-6220-2964 or ets 4406131/6159. Shutdown looms for Many firms owned by former East Germany Eagle scout Mons Belgium a a member of troop 200 recently was advanced to the rank of Eagle scout. Chad Kagawa who has been in boy scouting for four years is a Sophomore at shape High school his Eagle project was to repair and refinish Nursery furniture and to repair and repaint the doors and Interior Walls of the International Baptist Church in Mons. He led a team of 11 scouts to Complete the 102 hours of Effort. The 15-Ycar-Oid is the son of maj. Gary and Gail Kagawa. To earn the Eagle scout award a boy scout must fulfil requirements in the areas of leadership service and outdoor skills. This includes earning at least 21 Merit badges and completing a Community service service held for Accident victim Aviano Italy a amps a a memorial service was held Friday for a 27-year-old air Force staff sergeant who died in a single car crash near Aviano a in Northeast Italy a base spokesman said monday. Staff sgt. John e. Pegoni died when his car left a Mountain Road about 5 30 . Nov. 14, master sgt. Jim Yohe said Pegoni who was assigned to the 40th consolidated aircraft maintenance so was on his Way to work when he apparently lost control while negotiating a curve. The car spun around and hit a drainage containment Wall Yohe said. Pegoni who was a 10-year Veteran of the air Force is survived by his wife Shiela and daughter Christina 3. Berlin up a Many of the 8,000 former state owned East German companies will have to be shut Down because no buyers can be found for them said an official with the Institute responsible for the privatization process. Companies in the chemicals shipbuilding steel and textile sectors Are particularly threatened said Klaus Peter wild a director at the Berlin based tre hand Institute responsible for privatizing East Germany a state industries. Four months ago tre hand officials estimated that a third of All East German companies would have to be shut Down. A new estimate of the number of projected closures has not been released since and the much discussed tre hand a corporate death list remains a secret. In an interview monday in the hand Els Blatt financial daily wild did not disclose any figures but said the tre hand could not find buyers for a considerable number of companies which Means that they will have to shut Down. But he said that parts of uncompetitive firms like Pentagon cameras a once considered a jewel of the East German socialist Industry a could be separated and saved. The tre hand established with the july 1 economic and monetary Union of East and West Germany before the oct. 3 unification has been widely criticized for moving too slowly in privatizing East German companies and Selling land. Fewer than 1,000 firms have been privatized so far officials said. Tips sought on suspected Irish terrorists p la Wiesbaden Germany a amps a German Federal Dice want help in locating people who May have had Contact with four suspected members of an Irish terrorist group. The four now in pretrial confinement Are suspects in the june death Maguire Harte of a British army major in Dortmund and the May bombing attack on the British military Langenhagen Barracks in Hannover. The criminal police Are interested in any leads on the activities of Sean Hick Paul Michael Hughes Donna Maguire and Gerald Majella Harte during their stay in Hannover where they occupied an apartment rented under the false american name of Robert Spade. Hick is 30 years Ola but appears much Hick older. He has gone by the aliases of Stephen Paul Marshall Andrew Edward Thornton . Holmes and Robert Spade. Hughes 27, has gone by the alias of Kieran Murphy. Maguire 24, has used the alias of Pamela Shaul and Harte 27 has called himself Peter John Watson. A fifth suspect Desmond Gerard grew 37, who went by the aliases of David Bradbury and Daniel Martin Cald Hughes grew Well was killed by British Security police oct. 9. The police Are particularly interested in knowing who May have been seen with the suspects and the descriptions of automobiles they May have used. A Reward of up to 25,000 Marks about $17,250, is being offered. Information can be forwarded by telephoning the German Federal criminal police office in Wiesbaden at 0611-551, or by contacting any local police station. Florida executes businessman s killer Starke Fla. Apr Raymond Robert Clark was executed in Florida a electric chair monday for the 1977 slaying of a businessman who was forced to write a $5,000 Check at gunpoint then shot to death. Clark 49, died at 7 07 . As a handful of death penalty protesters and several proponents gathered outside the foe shrouded Flonda state prison. Among a esses was Gregory Drake 38, the victim s son. Clark was convicted and sentenced to re i or be tit a 27> 1977> murder of owner Mellas county scrapyard Clark and his male Lover abducted Drake from the parking lot of a St. Petersburg Bank drove him to a secluded area and ordered him to write a $5,000 Check payable to Cash. Clark then shot the businessman twice in the head. Clark was the fourth Florida inmate to be put to death this year
