European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday january 20, 1991 the stars and stripes a a a Page 9prices of military meals Rise up to 34% by Janet Hoy Ells Tierney Washington Bureau Washington prices in military dining facilities jumped by up to 34 percent this month. The increases reflect higher operating and food costs said Charles Cook a budget analyst from the Pentagon comptroller office. For those who pay a surcharge to use dining facilities a primarily officers and civilians the rate is now $12.75 a Day for breakfast lunch and dinner. In 1990, those meals Cost $9.50. For most other personnel the rates jumped about 20 percent from $4.10 a Day to $4.90. Food costs Rose 10 percent last year. Cook said. He also noted that the surcharge had not changed since 1982, when it was set at $5.40. A the surcharge increases Are an attempt to recover operating costs Quot Cook said. A from an accountants standpoint its setting right what a been wrong for eight the rates will be adjusted each year in the future to avoid a Large increase All at once he said. A the increase is Tough to Deal with because it hits everyone in the Wallet Quot Cook said. Service members received a 4.1 percent raise in their subsistence allowance this year. A budget cuts were another Factor in the Price increase. Operating costs funded in the past by the defense logistics Agency must now be absorbed by the defense personnel Center which purchases food in costs will be financed by the added surcharge Cook said. The most noticeable Price jump is the Swiss release Marcos papers Bern Switzerland apr Switzerland handed Over to philippine authorities Friday the first Bank documents on millions of allegedly ill gotten dollars stashed in Swiss Banks by the late president Ferdinand e. Marcos and his clan. Release of the records which relate to a total of about $380 million represented a breakthrough in the Manila governments five year bid to recover Marcos funds. A. A. A a a a. A it was the first time Switzerland granted the Philippines its official judicial assistance in the Case. The documents Are Likely to figure in any philippine criminal proceedings against Marcos associates. Presh Dent Corazon Aquino a government also Hopes to gain clues on the whereabouts of further funds allegedly siphoned off by Marcos during his 20-year Rule. The Swiss Justice ministry said the lifting of Bank secrecy followed assurances from Manila that trials would conform to the Swiss Constitution and the european human rights convention. This was the condition set by the Swiss High court dec. 21 in a ruling that provided for the release of Bank documents. Military briefs so seeking Stamps to put on soldiers mail v by the stars and stripes Rhein main a Germany a the Uso needs stamp donations to Send deploying soldiers mail to family and friends in the states the Uso has Stamps for Sale at tent City in Rhein main a. But every week soldiers drop off up to 600 letters and postcards without Stamps said Jim Franson director of the Frankfurt Rhein main Uso. Franson said unused Stamps May be sent to Frankfurt Uso fat Mil com Box 74 Apo 09710. For More information Contact Franson at civilian 069-151-7893 or ets 320-7893.hospitals in Germany getting Reserve backups Heidelberg Germany a two army Reserve medical units arrived in Germany from the states on wednesday and another is expected monday As the military bolsters its medical corps in preparation for casualties expected from operation desert storm. The 44th general Hospital from Madison wis., sent 661 soldiers and the 94th general Hospital from Mesquite Texas sent 669 soldiers to support Europe a 7th medical come. The 56th station Hospital from Richmond va., will arrive monday. Its service members Are the last medical reinforcements expected to arrive in Germany bringing the number of such Auger items to 3,800, a spokesman said. A command spokeswoman said the bulk of the soldiers will work at the Large medical facilities in Frankfurt Lan Stuhl and Niernberg. These Are the primary army facilities designated to receive casualties from the persian Gulf War. Cost of lunch and dinner for surcharge payers. They jumped from $3.80 to $5 a a $1.20 increase. Those military members who receive the regular subsistence allowance do not pay the surcharge. Breakfast rates went up 85 cents for surcharge payers and 30 cents for others. Holiday meals in the military facilities have increased $1.90 to $7.50 for surcharge payers and 55 cents to $�?~3 for those paying the lower rate. The Cost of meals during flights on Mili Tail aircraft Rose from $2.05 to $2,50. World news passers by in Riga Latvia another Baltic country Stop to watch War coverage on televisions atop a car. Soviets try to lure Baltic viewers Kaunas . Apr in a Battle for Lithuania a airwaves soviet officials have disguised an army colonel As a civilian Anchorman broadcasting from a conquered television Tower. On saturday it also began live coverage of the Gulf War. The occupied television station is competing against a separatist facility in the lithuanian City of Kaunas and a tiny station set up by nationalists in the parliament building in Vilnius. The main television Tower in Vilnius was seized by soviet paratroopers in an assault Jan. 13 that left 14 people dead. Within half an hour of the soviet assault round the clock separatist coverage had begun at a Small Little used auxiliary television station in Kaunas 60 Miles West of the capital. The station had formerly produced Only a few hours of broadcasting a week. In Vilnius nationalists set up a makeshift television transmitter in the parliament a which is barricaded against soviet attack a to broadcast parliamentary proceedings and announcements to the City. Its signal How Ever is weak and unable to reach beyond the City limits at the occupied station which has a powerful transmitter that can reach the entire Republic announcer Edmundas Kaspe Vicius anchors the main news programs. According to separatists Kaspe Vicius is not a professional journalist nut an army colonel chosen for his fluency in lithuanian. In its latest inducement to capture the viewing audience the main Channel began broadcasting live coverage of the persian Gulf War provided by Britain a sky television. . Air accidents Down in 90 Washington apr the number of . Aviation accidents and fatalities declined across the Board in 1990, according to preliminary statistics released saturday by the National transportation safety Board. Reporting on accidents involving All types of aircraft a ranging from single propeller private planes to giant airliners a the safety Board said there were 2,282 aviation accidents last Yea Rand 819 fatalities. In 1989, according to safety Board statistics there were 2,361 accidents involving All types of aircraft and 1,154 fatalities. Last year . Passenger and cargo air carriers experienced 26 accidents that killed 39 people the Board said. That compares with 30 accidents and 278 fatalities in 1989. A those accidents took place while the air carriers flew an estimated 4.3 billion Miles the safety Board Suid citing figures supplied by the Federal aviation administration. There were More than 7.2 million scheduled departures by the air carriers during the year. Commuter air carriers were involved in 14 accidents resulting in four fatalities during 1990. The safety Board said tha equals the previous record Low in the air commuter Industry set in 1986, when four people also were killed. In 1989, there were 17 commuter acid fonts and 31 fatalities. Commuter airlines flew an estimated 392 million Miles in 1990 and had about 2.9 million departures. Air taxi carriers were involved in 104 accidents last year that resulted in 40 deaths the Board said. That compares with 113 accidents and 88 fatalities the year before. J the safety Board said the number of accidents and deaths involving general or private aircraft was the lowest since it began compiling Accident records in the 1960s. There were 2,138 accidents and.736 fatalities in general aviation in 1990, the Hoard said. In 1989, there were 2,201 accidents and 757 fatalities. A
