European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday june 15, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 9af May be penalized for dub scandals. By Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a the House has Cut $25 million from the air Force budget As a penalty for failing to Correct Copi Mand attitudes that contributed to fund ing scandals within the military dub system. A Senate action is pending. The Money comes from operations and maintenance funds earmarked for air Force Headquarters and administration costs. The top level Headquarters in the Pentagon is specifically targeted for a Cut of $3 million. A at virtually All Levels of command the air Force has consistently and blatantly disregarded rules and procedures for management of fund for mar programs a a House report said. The report accompanied the House version of the fiscal 1992 defense authorization Bill that was approved last week. The punitive measure was pushed by . Rep. Martin Lancaster d-n.c., head of the morale welfare and recreation panel. The explanatory report recounts the problems in the air Force morale welfare and recreation programs that surfaced in the Wake of a funding scandal at Ramstein a Germany in the mid-1980s. A services committee staffer. A no one is being held accountable for what happened at Ramstein and the other  investigators found that senior officials at the base Home of the air Force Headquarters in Europe pressured club Man that a Why the Cut in t aimed at the mar programs themselves. Applying the Cut at the Headquarters revel gets the attention of the air Force leadership a House armed services committee staffer senior service officials including air Force Secretary Donald Rice told lawmakers last year that Steps would be taken to tighten internal controls to prevent such abuses in the future. A but there really Hasni to been much noticeable change a said a House armed agers into spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on unauthorized and questionable purposes Many of them in support of command functions. The audit also found funding irregularities resulting from what started As minor renovations to the officers club but later grew into a costly major construction project. A follow up audit of 50 other bases found abuses in construction and repair funding ineffective financial controls and improperly justified spending at several locations contrary to assertions by the air Force that the Ramstein situation was an isolated Case. Much of the abuse uncovered by investigators was a command driven a meaning mar program managers were pressured either directly or indirectly by senior base officials to take actions that they knew were improper the staffer said. Air Force officials have not responded to questions submitted on May 24 by the stars and stripes on what specific changes have been made in response to the continued concerns expressed by House lawmakers. The Senate would have to agree to the $25 million Cut before it could be made part of the final fiscal 1992 defense authorization Bill. The Senate will not begin work on its version of the Bill until next month. Berlin planner killed by bomb Berlin a a letter bomb exploded and killed a Berlin planning official in his apartment and police suggested thursday that politics May have been the motive Hanno Klein 48, was found dead by his Girlfriend thursday morning police have offered a Reward of More than $5,000 for information leading to the killers arrest. Klein oversaw building investments by private companies in the Central District of former East Berlin. The area includes the Swath of land where the Berlin Wall once stood land that is now prime real estate. A due to the victims profession and the circumstances of his death a political motive is possible a police said in a written statement. They said no claim of responsibility had been found. Real estate investment is a sensitive Issue in Berlin. Low income groups claim they Are being squeezed out of the City by High rents and planned office complexes. If the motive proves political it would not be unprecedented. On april 1, members of the red army faction killed Detlev Rohwedder head of the Berlin based Agency in charge of privatizing companies in former East Germany. German reporter arrested for spying Frankfurt a a reporter for the German language service of the Reuters International news Agency has been arrested on suspicion of spying for the former East. German secret service the news Agency said thursday. A the Federal prosecutors office in Karlsruhe said a 43-year-old journalist had been arrested on suspicion of spying. The prosecutors office identified the suspect Only As a Peter Gasper w.,�?� without giving his last name or affiliation. But Reuters identified the suspect As Peter Wolter a correspondent for the Agency a German language service in the Hamburg Bureau he was hired in 1982. The prosecutors office said the Man was suspected of delivering information to East German intelligence since the Early 1980s. The Cologne based. Express mass circulation newspaper said the suspect obtained his information from an Uncle who worked As the head of a translation department in the Federal office for the Protection of the Constitution the counter espionage Agency based in Cologne. The prosecutors office said the official was interrogated and released from  said the information allegedly delivered to the East germans included intelligence reports on the bombing of pan am flight 103 Over Lockerbie Scotland in december 1988. Reuters editor in chief Mark Wood said in a statement released at the news Agency Headquarters in London a  have never seen any evidence or indication that or. Wolter has used his position at Reuters for any kind of illegal  _ a medical course in cardiac care seeks germans by Peggy Davidson Kaiserslautern Bureau it Lan Stuhl Germany a Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center is offering a special course to German medical people who assisted the Center during operations desert shield and desert storm. A three Day advanced cardiac life support course will be held june 26 to 28 at the Center for 20 to 25 doctors nurses and paraprofessional medical staff from land Stuhle a St. Johannis Hospital the City Hospital in Kaiserslautern the University clinic of Limburg and the German army. The course includes lectures and hands on training followed by tests. Those who pass receive certification. Civilians taking a similar course in the United states could expect to pay from $600 to $1,000. Land Stuhle a course is being taught by its staff. The 7th medical Cnadis providing course  Hygiene packages by Janet Howells Tierney Washington Bureau Washington a the military has taken Steps to ensure that a better selection of Femine Hygiene products will be available to servicewomen deployed for a longtime. The moves Are in response to the persian Gulf War when women stationed in the area complained about the Type and number of available items. Military quartermasters had created a pack of supplies that better met the needs of women stationed far from resupply locations but those packs were unavailable until after the War. A Survey of women in the Gulf in december by the defense logistics Agency found that stress caused Many to have erratic and More frequent menstrual cycles said an army Central come memo sent from saudi Arabia on feb. 14. The memo requested that the army a quartermaster general decrease the number of sanitary pads and increase the amount of tampons in one of two types of a sundry packs routinely issued to deployed units. Two personal Hygiene packs were sent to the Middle East. One contained a variety of personal Hygiene products such As toothbrushes and Sun Block used by both sexes. The other contained feminine Hygiene products. Investigators were told that the feminine Hygiene packs sent to the persian Gulf were inadequate because most women preferred tampons and each pack meant to Supply 25 women for 30 Days contained Only 100, As opposed to 360 sanitary pads. The memo also explained that due to a fear of toxic Shock syndrome women were changing tampons More frequently. The quartermasters eventually changed the sundry pack to include -750 tampons and 450 sanitary pads. But the War ended by the time the packs were ready for shipment. A a. If there is another major deployment of servicewomen the new version of the pack will be available officials said. A a  re flexible though so if enough information feeds Back to us that something More or less is needed Well make the change a said Richard Helmer a food technologist with the army Center of excellence quartermaster Center and school at fort Lee a. Although generally denied by the military at the time the problem of tampon shortages in the War zone first surfaced late last year when Tam brands inc., of Lake Success n.y., the makers of tampax took out full Page ads in army times air Force times and Navy times. The ads reported that the immense logistical challenges posed by operation desert shield had caused a tampon shortage and the company offered free products to any servicewomen who wrote to the company. A four thousand requests were generated by those ads a said Tam brands spokesman Bruce Garren. A some were multiple orders mostly from relatives of women deployed to Remote outpost areas in saudi who did not have the variety of products they  Virginia businesswoman Gail Dawson believes there is a better Way. For the last year Dawson has urged military leaders to develop an individual pack that would hold a three Day Supply of feminine Hygiene products and could fit into a pocket of the Battle dress uniform. A operation desert storm has identified in absolute terms the personal feminine Hygiene obstacles facing american military women deployed for Long periods of time often far removed from any resupply opportunities a Dawson said. Dawson a written recommendation sent last fall to the army a medical research and development come at fort Detrick md., was turned Down because of a Lack of research. However she again presented her idea to the defense advisory committee on women in the service Dac Owtis at its Spring conference and received favourable feedback and a recommendation for further research. Since then  has been in Contact with the army surgeon general a office and lawmaker to drum up support. Quot at this stage in her involvement in National defence a military woman  any product that will reduce current male resistance to her participation in traditionally male onis jobs a Dawson said. Anyone with comments about the sundry packs is encouraged to write Cdr . Army quartermaster Center and school Center of excellence. Subsistence. A7tn atom Ces do fort Lee a2-01-51