European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 14, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday december 14,1990aafes move to by Steve Taylor Munich Bureau Munich Germany a the army and air Force Exchange service plans to move its Munich had Quad tors to Giessen Germany starting in june employees a. The Exchange service also intends to merge the Munich accounting Offiel is with its general accounting office in Kaiserslautern the stars and stripes has Learned no official announcement has been made. Usar eur officials said an announcement will be made after the communities involved Are notified. An army spokeswoman would not verify dates or locations. It. Col. Joe Cato an cafes spokesman said the Exchange service would not discuss the Issue until Usa eur has made a Public statement. A cafes has a Central warehouse and distribution Center in Giessen 40 Miles North of Frankfurt about 85 percent of Exchange merchandise for Europe is distributed from Giessen. The depot consists of a 22-warehouse Complex with 1.1 million Square feet of floor space. It employs about 1,200 people. Quot the move is part of the announced closure of the Munich military Community. Cafes Headquarters which employs about 525 people is on Mcgraw Cavern. Munich a three main units have been ordered to leave Munich by the end of july 1902. Those units in addition to cafes Are the 66th military intelligence brigade and the University of Maryland Munich Campus. Those organizations have said they will move to Augsburg about 40 Miles Northwest of Munich. Cafes Deputy commander col. Richard Dillen Beck discounted reports that cafes Europe would be consolidated with the worldwide Headquarters in Dallas. A was Long As their Are troops in Europe there will be a Headquarters Here a he said. However the size of the european Headquarters May be smaller. Some offices have begun to consolidate with the Dallas Headquarters including advertising and personnel functions. Dillenbeck said however that fewer than 25 people would be affected. Other officials have warned that the moves from Munich May be delayed because units in Augsburg and Giessen that were scheduled to return to the states and make room for cafes May become involved in operation desert shield. Col. Richard manupello Munich a Deputy Community commander has said that deployments to saudi Arabia could change plans for the Munich mias identified Washington a the remains of two servicemen who had been listed As missing in action in Vietnam have been identified the Pentagon says. The remains of air Force it. Col. William r. Andrews and Navy it. Cmdr. Frederick w. Wright Iii were among those of 20 others repatriated by Vietnam in september one other set of remains was identified earlier. A the Pentagon said wednesday that the remains of Andrews and Wright would leave Hickam fab in Hawaii with a full honors ceremony thursday and be flown to Travis fab in California. Andrews of Eugene ore., was reported missing in action oct. 5, 1966 Wright of Haworth n.j., on nov. 10,1972. Tribute to Hammer Beverly Hills Calif. Apr what was to have been Armand hammers bar Mitzvah instead became a tribute to the industrialist one Day after his death \ a a the Beauty of it is that while we Are celebrating this evening my Grandfather is celebrating the Best bar Mitzvah Ever in heaven a Miehael Hammer said tuesday night at the Star studded ceremony at the Beverly Hilton. About 800 guests paid As much As $500 a plate to attend the event with the Money going to jewish charities. / Hammer who died monday at age 92, had planned the event As both a fund Raiser and a Long delayed Observance of the ceremony marking a jewish boys passage into adulthood. Hammer was born a jew but did no to have a bar Mitzvah at the traditional age of 13 because his socialist father eschewed religious practices. As it turned out the event marked the final fund Raiser organized by the flamboyant Globe trotting chairman of Occidental Petroleum corp who raised millions for cancer research and other causes. He was to be entombed thursday in the family mausoleum at Westwood Village memorial Park in los Angeles not far front Occidental Petroleum a Headquarters and the Armand Hammer museum of Art and culture which opened last month. Engineers division in Europe hands out if notices to 89 by Gary Pomeroy staff writer the european division of the corps of engineers served reduction in Force no Dees to 89 employees wednesday in the second wave of Job cuts this year. Hie move aimed at reducing the pay Rol from 570 people today to 217 by the end or fiscal 1991, will eliminate 40 peo pie front the payroll and reassign 49 others by March 8. A. Division employees were notified in november that reduction notices were to be issued in Early january. That did t set Well with at least one employee who did not want to go through Christmas worrying about the inevitable news. Quot a bad news does no to get any better with age a said Mark Mevay a supervisory structural Engineer in Frankfurt. Mevay has 15 years with the corps of engineers and has been with the european division since june 1988. A 1 be received notice that he will have to move to a lower Grade Job within the division a v Quot. A a a a. A Given the Choice of worrying about whether you re going to be Rife then having less time to get your affairs in order through the Holiday season versus knowing As soon As possible so that you have every Day you can get to try. To get. Your affairs in order. Between those two choices find out As soon As possible a Mevay said.�?�. Mevay suggested the idea to it. Gen. Henry Hatch the army corps of engineers commander during a question and answer session with division employees on nov 26 in Frankfurt. Hatch agreed and the employees were Given 86 Days notice instead of the required 60 Days. A a we can to do anything about March 8,�?T said Larry Hawthorne a division spokesman. A that Day is firm. But moving the Date of notice up gives them More time.�?�. Since May 251 people in. The division have been notified that they will have to Transfer accept a downgrade or lose their jobs. A. A. The cutbacks Are a direct result of the defense departments moratorium on construction and the Force cutbacks in Europe. The division formed in 1974, reached jts Peak in fiscal 1988 when it completed. $558 million Worth of construction and employed 1,125 people the divisions original estimate for construction in fiscal 1991 has fallen from $400 million to $270 million the estimate for fiscal 1992 is $13 million. Trip to Lebanon Cadiz by. Apr the sister of Terry Anderson the longest held american hostage in Beirut says she a going to Lebanon next month and wont come Back without her brother. Peggy say accused the Bush administration wednesday of doing too Little to free Anderson and five other american hostages in Beirut. A i know in my dealings with the administration i have begged and pleaded and threatened and cajoled and cannot make them act a she said. Anderson chief Middle East correspondent for the associated press was kidnapped nearly six years ago say said a state department ban on travel to Lebanon does not apply to families of hostages but officials still do not want her to go. A a in a being of course greatly discouraged by the state department and in be told them they can Slop me from going very easily a give me my brother. This is a private initiative. Born of frustration and desperation and fear that Terry will not survive much longer a she said. A i simply have no Choice. The administration has Given me no the Rev. Lawrence Martin Jenco a former Beirut hostage once held with Anderson May go to Lebanon with her she said a. say said former hostages have told her that their lebanese captors wanted to release them but would not do so without Iran a approval. A a Iran has refused her an entry visa a but i can approach the iranians indirectly in Beirut and i can to fail Terry any longer she said. A a when i go i want to be prepared a and the people with me a to stay for a while because i done to intend to come Back without warns. Customers of merchants National Bank May have trouble using automated Teller machines this weekend because of an expected Large volume of transactions after fridays military payday. A Bank spokeswoman said that atm transactions in Greece Germany and the Netherlands Are mounting and could hit 2 million for december As a whole. The huge volume could result in processing delays and some equipment outages starting this weekend Bank officials said.,a a. A number of modifications have been implemented in recent weeks to help ease the Strain said Yvonne Wise of merchants Public relations office but the system remains at risk. Wise said the Bank May be. Forced to a take Down a selected number of Nia Chines for Short periods this weekend to avoid a total collapse. The first machines to be taken out of service will be those at locations that have a least two arms on line. However if that proves ineffective other arms might be taken off line for Short periods. Frankfurt Germany a amps the Man who went on a killing spree of Frankfurt a homeless people this year has hanged himself in a clinic. Farthur Gatter who admit led slaying five Street people and two others had been confined to a psychiatric clinic in Giessen since shortly after his arrest in May. He had said he received orders from heaven to Send bodies to the a Empire of the a clinic employee found the 50-year-old_ patients body when the worker was delivering lunch to his room. Gatter had hanged himself from a window with binding used to tie garbage sacks said Hubert Uarich a press spokesman for the Public prosecutors office. The slayings which caused citywide panic began in february and lasted up May Gatter an unemployed electrician was arrested after a homeless Man was severely beaten while sleeping on a Park Bench. A
