European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 19, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9 sex Worms workers mixed Over Mannheim merger military blood test screening urged for newborns Heidelberg Germany a parents of babies born in Host nation hospitals should Contact their nearest . Army Hospital for Newborn blood testing. The testing known As neonatal screening rules out a number of abnormalities found in newborns a said or. Col Charles n. A Onufer who is a paediatric consultant for 7th medical come in Heidelberg. Not All european hospitals provide the screening especially in smaller communities Onufer said. The blood samples Are Analysed by the Maryland state department of health and mental Hygiene neonatal screening Laboratory. Testing is available to patients who Are entitled to care in army medical facilities regardless of where a baby is  journalists honoured Washington a the air Force honoured its top journalists in a recent Pentagon ceremony. Chief master sgt. Vickie m. Graham senior editor of airman Magazine at Kelly fab Texas was Given the air Force top print journalist of the year  broadcast honors went to staff sgt. Brady c. Russell an air Force radio and television news service news Anchor at Torres Nab Spain. Tech. Sgt. Fernando Serna of airman Magazine was honoured in absent a As the air Force photojournalist of the year. Serna was on duty with the . Central come air forces internal information division in saudi  unit cited Augsburg Germany a the 1st in 36th Field arty regt has been awarded the bavarian defense Streamer. The Streamer was presented to the Augsburg based army unit by Rudolf Dorr the president of bavarian a schwaben District in a ceremony Friday at Reese Cavern. The award is Given to units that have had a Long standing partnership with German military units Augsburg Community spokeswoman Sonja Diller said. The award was recommended by the 81st Mountain arty in the american units German army training partner which is headquartered in the bavarian City of Kempten Diller  training set Heidelberg Germany a the european recreation society is accepting reservations for its Spring training session in Heidelberg on May 3 to 5. The society which is part of the National recreation and Park association is made up of recreation professionals from military communities in Europe. This years theme is a the morale welfare recreation Crews excellent As we want to  the training will be held at the old Dominion club in Patrick Henry Village the Cost for those who Register before april 12 is $107 for society members and $142 for nonmembers. Later registrants pay $137 for members and $172 for non members. The tees include registration and meals. The fee for commuter attendees is $70 for members $99 for non members. This does not include meals. A list of Heidelberg area hotels and guesthouses is included in the registration packets. More information on the Institute can be obtained from Gail Howerton usic Heidelberg Dupca cd Apo by 09102, or Call German civilian 06221-57-6613, ets 370-6613, or Tel fax 06221-163482. Injury sidelines wrestler the Honky Tonk Man has cancelled his appearance in the european tour of american wrestlers because of an injury according to the Tours promoter in Vienna Austria. Samoan wrestler Sica will take his place. Previously purchased tickets cannot be returned for refund. Remaining dates of the tour include tonight in Mannheim Germany wednesday in Karlsruhe Germany Friday in Vienna and saturday in Geneva. By Crystal Laureano staff writer Mannheim Germany a Ann Clancey misses the tight knit atmosphere of the three person budget office she was forced to leave behind at Takkunen. Barracks in Worms. Although she a thankful her Job was moved to Mannheim when the two communities began merging last fall she sometimes misses the old Days. A Worms is such a Small Community and i liked that a the budget assistant said. A there were just us three. We knew a lot about each  the merger which involved moving or eliminating 142 jobs was the first of what is expected to be dozens of Community consolidations forced by budget cuts and troop reductions in Europe. Several other mergers Are under study and the army is working on a plan to realign nearly 40 communities in Europe under 13 larger a a Hub locations. For Clancey the merger also Means that her husband no longer commutes alone Between their government apartment in Worms and his Job 20 Miles away in Mannheim. She pays the Price of having to Wake up earlier for the drive. Dawit Woldu a budget analyst who works with de Lancey now drives a Short 15 minutes to work a half an hour less than the old journey to Worms. A i liked the Small office in Worms a Woldu said a but 1 looked for a Job in Mannheim closer to where 1 live. A not everyone is so pleased with the consolidation. Jutta Summers a member of the German works Council in Worms said 60 jobs held by local employees Are to be transferred to Mannheim under the merger plan the proposed Job changes have been explained to the works Council in accordance with German labor Laws but not All of the changes have been approved she said. Several changes have been forwarded to the District works Council for Appeal she said. In one instance an employee who relies on trains and streetcars for transportation considers the new Job in Mannheim a hardship. Summers a financial management specialist who has worked for the army in Worms for More than 16 years is also protesting hero in proposed move to Mannheim. She argues that As a member of the works Council she cannot be transferred if there is an existing Job not affected by the merger that she could do in Worms. Quot although there Are vacancies in Worms for which she is qualified Community officials want her to move to Mannheim along with the rest of the financial management division she said. Until the merger plan wins works Council approval about 25 local workers who agreed to work in Mann him do so on a temporary status. A these workers Are earning an average of $250 a month extra in temporary duty pay a spokeswoman for the Mannheim Community said. A a a a a thirteen u,s2 Servi remembers and nine american workers were also affected by the merger but they have All found new jobs Community officials said. Of the nine civilians eight took jobs in Mannheim. The last worker found a new position in the Stuttgart area. A the officials Are still unsure How Many workers will be directly affected by the loss or relocation of the 142 positions. Many workers began looking for other jobs within the military system when the consolidation study was announced last june. And some of the local work cars anticipating a Bleak future with the . Military in the Wake of troop reductions turned to the German Job Market the officials said. Community officials Hope to Complete the merger by october a full year after it began. A and that a about As fast As you want to go Quot to ensure a smooth transition said col. Bickford Forrest the Deputy Community commander in Mannheim. Although the consolidation began nearly five months ago the merger has progressed about As fast As Community officials had hoped Forrest said. _ Quot you need to go through the process of identification a who it is that you have where is. The position that you can move them to a he said. A and then of course you have to work it through the works Council a the German labor rules Are very specific. These arc the rules and you be got to follow those rules to the letter or you end up in labor  deadly fire in Berlin Clouds of smoke Rise from the ruins of a moving com third was seriously injured in fighting the Blaze which Panyk a warehouse that burned in berlins Tempelhof started in the Early morning. Officials have not deter District on monday. Two firefighters were killed and a mined the cause of the fire