European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 8, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday december 8,1990 the stars and stripes Page 9 Over her broken elevator causes High anxieties by Deedee Arrington Doke Kaiserslautern Burea ulan Stuhl Germany a a  spec. Charles Mullins his wife and five children planned to move out of their 11th-floor apartment during the week of nov. 12. Then  broke at their government leased High  nov. 11 to 15, the occupants of 36 Berline Strasse were forced to put off major grocery shopping trips. They took turns walking their pets. Their children hauled Down loads of garbage when they went to school. And the Mullins had to delay their move until nov. 20. A it kills a Deborah Mullins said of trying to get her five children Ages 1 to 8, up and Down the 11 flights of stairs. A if we had a fire wed die inside a added Mullins who is pregnant with a sixth child. Residents at 36 Berline Strasse did no to always have to endure such Waits for their elevator to be repaired. Until Early october broken elevators. Were repaired within 24 hours. But Quick service is a thing of the past. A new local military policy requires managers of leased housing to notify the. 377th civil engr group which will request Money for repairs. Unde the previous policy the building owner had the damage repaired and then sent . Authorities the Bill. The policy applied to occupant caused damage As Well As mechanical failure. 7under the new policy officials expect that repairs wont be made until two to five Days after the elevator Breaks. Officials said the policy had to be changed because the old Rule violated a us. Federal acquisition regulation. A when this fact was discovered we had to change the policy in order for the . Government to procure the repair services if the repairs were due to occupant damage a said George h. Franklin jr., Deputy commander for the 377th civil engr group. Quot a no change in procedures were made for Normal maintenance and repair a he said. A Quot a 7. A .77 an exception to policy was made this time for 36 Berline Strasse mainly be a amps Lynda Davidson some residents of a government leased High Rise gather in front of its Only elevator which was broken Foi five Days. Cause a resident on a top floor had a serious medical condition. The 12-Story High Rise at 36 Berline Strasse is one of 19 government leased housing buildings with elevators in the Kaiserslautern military Community. Three 13-Story buildings have two elevators each. The rest of the buildings which Range from six to 12 stories have one elevator each. All but one of the High Rise buildings House enlisted  and air Force members. Officers live in the other. Repairing elevators in the Kaiserslautern military Community Cost 12,827 Marks about $8,786 in fiscal 1989. In 1990, the expense nearly quadrupled to 46,634 Marks about $31,941. An Eleva Tor is repaired an average of five times  residents mainly children cause most elevator damage Franklin said in a written response to questions from the stars and stripes. But Chil Drin Arentt the Only culprits and damage Isnit limited to the elevators. After the most recent elevator breakdown at 36 Berline Strasse Franklin said adult residents kicked the elevator doors and broke Light fixtures in the stairways. \7&Quot 7 7- Quot 777 the residents of 36 Berline Strasse particularly those on the top floors live with High anxieties. R a you can to make a building with 48 apartments suffer when you have a Cou pie of bad apples a said Susan Gunder a thank god he a a really Small dog a son who lives on the 12th floor. 7 Gunderson thinks that a Power failure May have caused the elevator to Stop initially and residents May have tried various methods to Start it up again. Army staff sgt Hector Matos another resident of the 12th floor said the buildings human residents weren t the Only ones who were inconvenienced by the breakdown. His family dog Benji also fell victim to the problem. A i took our dog out for a walk a Matos said. A the got Down the stairs of but when we were coming Back up he quit on me. It was about the 6th floor. He just Lay there. 1 kept pulling and he would t get up so i had to carry him a Matos recalled. Military Roundup Safe names analyst f As Cost civilian of year Raf , England a Cost analyst with the 513th comptroller so is the Cost civilian of the year for . Air forces in Europe. Kathy Mccorkle reviews such things As maintenance Man hour reports annual flying hour studies and family housing economic analyses As part of the bases Cost program a 7 re -7 a 7. Mccorkle previously was a Cost analyst with morale welfare and recreation services at the strategic air Corad Headquarters at Offutt fab neb. She is married to tech. Sgt. Craig Mccorkle who works with the silk purse control group at Raf Mildenhall and has two children. 66th service so captures of flight Kitchen award Sembach a Germany a the 66th service so flight Kitchen has been named the Best in . Air forces in Europe for the year .7 _ _ flight Kitchen members were praised for such initiatives As renovating seating areas and installing a new Windbreak for the front Entrance. Another key to the staffs Success is service an official said. A soar in Wiesbaden Germany apr Germany is a tragic Price for unification in increased traffic casualties with the number of deaths from accidents climbing drastically the Federal statistics office said thursday. J the Wiesbaden based office in a report to news Media said that traffic deaths in Germany a five new Eastern states and former East Berlin will reach 3,330 for the year compared to 1,784 in 1989, it the office based its prognosis on figures compiled from january through August and the continued trend in accidents through the end of october. The report said the figures show an 85 percent increase in traffic deaths this year on former East German territory. By comparison the number of traffic deaths for the Western two thirds of the newly United nation Are expected to increase by 1.3 percent or 100 More than last year s 8,000 fatalities the statistics office said. A since opening of the inner German Borders and the fall of the Berlin Wall last fall millions of former East germans have used their new found Freedom to travel to the West to visit friends and relatives news Media reports since monetary Union on july 1 a when Many Eastern germans rushed to buy cars in the West a have said the powerful vehicles piloted by inexperienced Drivers on outmoded Eastern roads were proving a deadly combination. In car Torrejon a Spain a amps a senior no was killed on his Way 10 work at Torrejon a on thursday when he lost control of his car while trying to avoid an Accident on then i Highway North of Madrid. Master sgt. David u Velazquez 37, an assistant first sergeant with the 401st aircraft generation so was pronounced dead at the scene by Spanish authorities Velazquez was alone in his car when the Accident took place at 7 a.m., near the town of Canil Lejas seven Miles South of Torrejon. Spanish police and base safety officials said Velaz Quez swerved to avoid hitting a car that had been in an Accident a then lost control after running Over Accident debris. The car struck a parked Auto whose Driver had left it to Aid Accident victims. Quot a Quot t Velazquez from Wallingford conn., is survived by his wife Vickie a daughter Elizabeth 12, and a son Theodore 6, All of Madrid and his Mother Flora Torres of Wallingford. A memorial service will be held at 10 a m. Monday at Torrejon s base Chapel