European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a the stars and is from Page 1 Lacrosse wis. And Seattle and Spokane Wash. Deputy Secretary of state Lawrence Eagleburger met with american business people recently to discuss How to facilitate investment in the former soviet Pilot from Page 1 tember. Members of the provide Comfort combined information Bureau said Lynch a unit could not be identified. An Hc-130 combat Shadow aircraft accompanied the three copters from Lynch s unit it refuelled the pave Hawks during the 300-mile flight to Erz incan and As the choppers needed it while they surveyed the damage and Crews reported their findings by radio to in Ciurlik. The quake first hit during prayer time in the Minim county Lynch said. Quot All the mosques were intact but most of the minarets towers from which the Call to prayer is made were Down Quot Lynch said. Lynch said that die damage to buildings ranges from As slight As fallen chimneys or partially collapsed roofs to Quot probably about 10 percent of the buildings that have totally  on monday Lynch maintained radio Contact with american military medics who were helping dig through the flattened buildings for survivors. Some of the medics told Lynch about a Man they had been talking to most of the night. Although trapped in the wreckage he was apparently in Good condition until an aftershock  from Page 1 fees. The diners club service negotiated for the government card holders does not charge late fees interest charges or foreign currency conversion fees. However government cardholders Are expected to pay their Bills in full when they get them officials said. Neither the defense department nor diners club will release figure to show if the figures cited represent the continuation of a trend or a surge of delinquency. The figures belong to diners club according to Fabiano. Diners club does not release information on client accounts according to their spokesman. Diners club officials while unwilling to discuss the value of the military account did say they will seek to continue their current relationship. A we arc Happy with the big picture a Walter Sanders said. Union. They looked at such key areas As Clearing away Legal impediments to investments obtaining adequate Protection in the new states accelerating privatization and creating a data Bank for potential investors. The United states which now has embassies in 11 of the 12 new states already has pledged about $5 billion in assistance to the former soviet Union a most of it Quot debris fell and severed an artery in his leg. One of the medics was applying pressure to wound while others were hurrying to try to get the victim out. A they lost him a Lynch said. His first flight from in Ciurlik a where his unit is currently deployed was saturday morning. All of the City a hospitals were damaged and there s a desperate need for Field Hospital units Lynch said. Biz incan a Airport runway is intact however and Lynch reported seeing military transport aircraft delivering Rescue workers and Relief supplies. He units helps conducted several sorties out of the City a Airfield As wed. Quot some of die villages in the area really took a lot More damage because their building techniques were More Basic a Stone and mortar construction with Concrete roofs a Lynch said. During his Mission on monday Lynch flew a British group including some equipped with special listening equipment capable of detecting life. The helicopters flew Low and slowly Over the area so the group members could set priorities for the Sites where they would work Lynch said. It was snowing tuesday at Erz incan Lynch said adding that the forecast called for More bad weather which would probably prevent choppers from operating there for several Days. A a we re Happy to work with individuals to come to a payment plan for late accounts a Sanders said. Quot we try not to go to the extent of taking cards from  the military negotiated the package Deal for using the cards and controls their Ssue but the actual agreements Are Between diners club and the individual card holders. Military officials cannot collect Money owed to civilian companies. However the air Force article reminded supervisors to enforce defense department standards of conduct which require civilian and military members of the department to pay their deists. A supervisors Are responsible for counselling their people on this obligation when it becomes a problem Quot the article said. Diners club has written off As in collect table $4.77 million since the program began in 1986, according to the air Force article. However Sanders said a a that a not out online with our other  in july card holders gained the ability to get Cash advances of up to $500 per Day in agricultural credits. Former president Nixon suggested last week the administration is not doing enough to help these states. He said failure to step up Aid could result in the ouster of democratic forces there by people less Friendly to the West Tutwiler termed the economic situation in the republics Quot serious and said humanitarian Aid is a bound Quot to have helped. It  possibly have  from Page 1 planned he was being lumped with a congressmen who chronically and deliberately wrote huge overdrafts when there were no funds in their account if Mrazek was in a fighting mood rep. Charies Wilson a Texas was in a giving Frame of mind. He told a news conference he would donate More than $2,000 to charities a $25 for each Check listed As an overdraft. Information from the House ethics committee list provided to the associated Prem Saad he had 81 of them. A i think the people of East Texas knew they weren to electing a spa a he said. The Howe ethics committee is permitting any account Holder at the now dosed Bank to review his or her Bank records. Members Are expected to catch errors committee members said because the Bank often delayed crediting deposits. The committee said 296 current and 59 former members had written at least one bad Check during a 39-month period. Only a handful of checks with insufficient funds were returned by the Bank. All others were honoured paid for from additional deposits by the overdraft writer or the funds of other members. But limited to $1,000 in a seven Day period through automatic Teller machines. Finance officials said they do not believe this change had a significant Impact on the record delinquencies. By replacing the traditional Cash Advance for official travel the program saves the military Money in two ways officials said. First it reduces the accounting workload and subsequent costs. Each official trip is reconciled on a single voucher instead of separate Advance vouchers and end of trip vouchers. Less obvious is the advantage of delaying the official payment of government funds. Monthly travel expenses for air Force personnel Range from $20 million to $28 million according to one official. The credit card program allows the military to keep that Oney for an average of three weeks longer. Said Jerry Chandler an accountant with the air Force a at any interest rate that s pretty Good  stripes wednesday March 18, 1992 at a glance . Sailers Are winning the hearts of Young Spanish orphans. Read the Story with photos on pages 14 and 15 to learn All about the youngsters sea daring Day that also gave them their first taste of a a real american  Star wars rocket fails a . Interceptor rocket designed to hit Tong Range ballistic missiles in space failed to destroy a mock warhead last week in a setback for the strategic defense initiative the defense department said. Page 4award less than sought Paramount pictures was ordered to pay newspaper columnist Art Buchwald $150,000 and his partner $750,000 for their contributions to the hit 1988 Eddie Murphy movie coming to America. A Page 6de Klerk confident of vote Whites voted tuesday in a referendum on ending three centuries of White domination in South Africa. A confident president . De Klerk has staked his political future on the outcome. A Page 6the simple life for him Holger Schmidt says he gets All he needs out of life by picking berries fishing and repairing televisions and radios in a Small Northern Village of Sweden but Sweden wants to expel the German immigrant because it says he does t make enough Money. A Page 9unhealthful rules imposing stricter health standards in the workplace could make workers poorer and therefore sicker the White House has ruled. A Page 18 Index w,v.sv.sv.\w,v\v-,. A Abby Ann Landers. 19 action line. Comics. 19-21 commentary. 13 crossword. 19 faces a no places. 22 letters. 12 Money matters. 17-18 sports. 23-28 to listings. 27 weather. 11 Economy snaps out of slump latest critical reports reveal Washington a construction of new Homes and apartments soared in february to its highest level in nearly two years and Industrial production rebounded after a three month slide the government said tuesday providing further evidence the Economy has pulled out of its stall. Meanwhile the labor department said consumer prices Rose a moderate 0.3 percent in february pulled up by higher food and clothing costs. And the Commerce department said the broadest measure of the nations Trade deficit Nar rowed to $8.62 billion last year the smallest in nine years. Housing starts surged an unexpectedly Strong 9.6 percent to 1.30 million units the highest level since March 1990. The Commerce department said it was the biggest gain in a year. Increases were registered in every Region of the country. In Advance most economists were expecting a slight Rise or a decline. The Federal Reserve reported that total output at the nations factories mines and utilities advanced 0.6 percent after declines in november december and january. It was the strongest increase since july. About half of it was accounted for by increased activity on Auto and truck Assembly lines. The increase in consumer prices although the biggest in three months followed a 0.1 percent gain in january. For the first two months of the year inflation was advancing at a 2.2 percent annual rate Well below the 3.1 percent gain for All of 1991, the department said a february is really the first month of the revived recovery As far As 1 can see a said economist Robert g. Dederick