European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 07, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Staying Here. Continued from cover Louis Camacho 40, came to Germany As a sol Dier in 1970, liked the country from the Start and decided to stay when his army tour ended. A he got into an army program called project a transition in which he was allowed to work part time Ford German company and learn business management while still in the army. The German company helped him get his work permit and hired him after he got out. But Camacho a ambition had always been to create a business that would have his own personal stamp on it. He decided to become a beautician but continued working in several Fields while saving up his Money and learning All he could. He typed business contracts for the German company then went to work for the army and typed there also. He worked for a military arts and crafts Center for a few years. And in 1979, he went to the states and attended a beautician. School. Then he returned to Germany got his work permit Back and worked at different Beauty a a salons. A a a a a a a a a a a. A a a according to Camacho every Job he took taught him something that he can use now a a a of course the business management training helped since i am now running a business a he said. A and i can. Cut just about anyone a hair the Way they like it since  been trained in both German and american styling techniques. Bui even the arts and crafts Job helped. I built the window display for the Salon using skills i Learned  there were numerous obstacles in the path of getting the Salon. The biggest problem was Money owning a business in Germany is very expensive and the tax Burden is heavy. Camacho said he decided to solve that problem by looking for a partner to share the expense of buying the shop. Then he gathered his friends to help him ,. Renovate the shop instead of using expensive contractors. _. It Quot a second problem was the German apprenticeship system which allows Only people with Mas re certification to own businesses. The mister _ Cuciti fiction can Lake up to a year and a half of full time schooling to obtain so Camacho had a second reason for looking for a partner he found one in Ludwig Becker a fellow beautician v whose mister certificate was Only 3 Days old when they held the grand opening for their new business Hollywood  a Camacho does no to miss the a a luxuries from the Exchange or the mails Back Home. A a in be always preferred the German products and i never could find clothes that fit me at the pm Quot he said. A i always had to Wear Eui Kopcan sizes so it did no to bother me at All to live on the German Economy. At the same time i still have a lot of american friends. I have the Best of both  with the first grand opening under his Belt Camacho is expanding his horizons. He said he wants to Sec Hollywood hair salons for each of the four Points of the Compass before he Dies and he expects to succeed. He can to imagine Ever returning to America for Good he shaving too much fun Here. _ Joe Echevarria,3, has lived in Germany for"l2 years but he does no to intend to stay forever. His family however is of Paramount importance to him and he believes that Europe is safer for his children than either new Jersey or puerto Rico the two places he Calls Home. But Echevarria does no to seem to feel that he a in exile Here or that he is Only hanging around t n. A a. A a a a a a a a a a a s4s l. Emmett Btij or. Joe Echevarria and his family stroll through their neighbourhood in Goldstein a suburb of Frankfurt Germany. Pictured Are his wife Andrea and children Joey and persephone. Until the Chil Remare grown. He met his German wife while he was  army and they jointly decided to return to Germany after a Short stay in the states. A. _ _ _ a. He started working for pan american world airways in Frankfurt eight years ago and has several promotions and a certificate from a German a Avo to Chi vocational technical school to his credit. Echevarria said he had a hard time getting into the German labor system. Unlike Many americans who decide to stay m Germany he did no to have friends who were familiar with the system and who could Tell him How to fill out the paper work. I in also did not speak much German. V. What he Learned was a on the streets a and even with his wife a help deciphering the Lan a Guage it took More than a year to get his Resi Deney and work permits. A a it a not what you know but who you know that counts in the German system a Echevarria insisted. A but at the same time if the germans see that you Are trying they will go out of their. Way to help you a. For example when i walked up to get my to tech diploma All my classmates started clapping. They knew How hard id worked and All of it in a foreign  a /