European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 50, no. 333 35c Friday March 13,1992 c d 8693 cafes to offer car insurance sales to begin in april spokeswoman says by Ron Jensen Nurnberg Bureau Birndorf Germany a the army and air Force Exchange service will begin Selling car insurance on military installations in Germany next month a spokeswoman for the organization said. However the German company with which cafes said it has a contract would not confirm a fest plans. A because of the Lack of information i am not Able at this time to confirm or deny this information a said Wolfgang Heilmann press spokesman for Alliano insurance in Munich. Ads from service plus insurance Agency a Mph in Kronberg Germany have been appearing in the stars and stripes seeking a Auto insurance representatives for sales on military installations. The ads list 35 installations in Germany where representatives Are needed with a starting Date of March 23. Barbara Kirsch a spokeswoman for cafes Europe said wednesday that the program would Start in april at a few locations. Cafes refused for a month to provide interviews to the stars and stripes on the insurance venture. But Kirsch answered some questions about it late wednesday. Kirsch said the contract to sell insurance was awarded Jan. 10 to a Linz the Munich based company that is one of Europe a largest insurers. The contract for which cafes sought bids last fall is a partnership agreement with overseas military sales group a new York based company that manages most of a fest new car sales. No information on insurance prices was immediately available. Elke Washausen Richter press spokeswoman for the  amt the German insurance oversight office in Berlin said she was unaware of any contract Between Alliano and cafes. Washausen Richter said it would be see cafes on Page 2 counting Down figures show the amount Cut in each service from Jan. 31,1991 to Jan. 31.1992. 1991 a 1992 1 army air Force Navy marines Worner backs help by nato outside its areas amps Dod Rolls show huge 1 year drop Washington a amps the defense department dropped More than 113,000 service members from the Active duty Rolls Over a 12-month period the largest decrease Over a one year period since the Vietnam War ended Pentagon officials said this week. Statistics show that total Active duty strength dropped by 8,277 in january leaving 1,935,660 personnel on the Rolls As of Jan. 31. The defense department plans to draw Down to 1.6 million troops by fiscal 1995. The army which must make the biggest cuts among the services again led the Way in january cutting its Active duty strength by 5,857. The air Force had the second biggest decrease in january 1 a t it it by Rosemary Sawyer Brussels Bureau saying that building a new Europe is a Job a too com Lex for one organization nato Secretary general Lanfred Worner on thursday once More announced his support for lending equipment and even troops from the Alliance to peacekeeping missions outside its territory. Worner was speaking at an International conference on Security issues in Warsaw Poland. He said that in his personal View the Alliance could a contribute its infrastructure communications perhaps its logistics intelligence resources or even its forces in cases when nato leaders have decided that the Security of its member nations is  for some time Worner has touted the concept of using nato resources for efforts led by the pan european conference on Security and cooperation in Europe. The Alliance has been leading the Effort to develop a practical approach for it to work together on Security matters with european institutions such As the european Community and the Csc conference on Security and cooperation in europ Worner said. A the tasks of building a new Europe Are too Complex to be handled by one organization alone a he said. Although still far from fully embraced the idea was Well received at a tuesday meeting of foreign ministers representing nato nations and their former adversaries in the East said . Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii. He said natos infrastructure resources and oper Drod oed by 929. Marine 1,473. Corps Navy strength strength dropped by lipped by 18 marines in january. The highest drop in the number of Active duty members Over a 12-month period was 400,085 at the end of o the Vietnam War.  proposal s quires a quite a bit of discussion contemplation and  nato already has offered to manage arms control after a Csc meeting in Helsinki Finland this summer widens the ranks of negotiators to include the see nato on Page 2 a amps Jim oar Thiim let sleeping dogs lie this dog tired Doggie does no to give a Doggone what the sign says hell take a dog Nap anywhere. It Wasny to quite the dog Days at Rota naval station in Spain but temperatures did hit the raid-70s recently making for a real dog s life. Pm personal laundry service to end March 31. In a to it i in it ref annl inn ant  Lul Frkol the Micenh by John Millar Wurzburg Bureau . Army Europe will end All personal laundry and dry cleaning service in Germany March 31, according to a Usa eur statement released thursday. Usa eur blamed the move on higher costs. The statement said less than 5 percent of those people eligible had been using the quartermaster laundry which led to increased costs to keep the program running. And on thursday morning some 100 contracted laundry workers were told they were forbidden to enter Faulenburg Cavern in Wurzburg when they attempted to go to work at the laundry on the installation. Usage urn a announcement of the end to the laundry service came three Days after contracted employees at Wurzburg a quartermaster laundry were told they could not work monday morning when they showed up at the facility at 7 . Their company a contract to run the laundry expired at Midnight sunday. The army took Over the facility tuesday Locking out employees with thousands of dollars Worth of soldiers laundry inside. John Maloney who was the laundry facility a manager until monday said army officials asked him thursday to collect the workers installation passes and turn them in. A before i could get them they let a see laundry on Page 2