European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Of Tesfak Sra monday March 23,1992 d 8693 a car buyers in squeeze without Lemon Laws second in a series a mow Tow system work a Towman who controls to in nary worldwide Market. Pages 14 and 15 by Luke Britt staff writer the military a new car sales program is a labyrinth of interlocking government agencies and private companies that dilutes seller accountability and weakens consumer Protection. This Complex mix of military and private Enterprise coupled with an absence of a Lemon Laws a Means that dissatisfied buyers have very Little recourse say lawyers and consumer advocates in the United states and Europe. A a it a not an uncommon corporate strategy. And though it May not be intended As a Way to avoid responsibility the end result is just that a said James Ross a car Salesman turned consumer advocate. Ross is the author of three books which detail the Pitfalls of buying a new car. Officials with companies involved in the program disagree with Ross. They say that the system works and that military car sales customers Are better off than their counterparts in the states. The programs overseers the military Exchange services concur. A we have a Good program that provides cars at fair prices with no Chance for the kinds of abuses that occur in the states a said William Munn the marketing director for the army and air Force Exchange service in Europe. But consumer advocates such As Rosemary Dunlap of Washington d.c., see buyers on Page 14clinton jabs Brown s contribution policy Buffalo . Apr democratic front runner Bill Clinton turned the tables on rival Jerry Brown in a debate saturday accusing the former California governor of hypocrisy on the Issue of Campaign contributions. A week after Brown accused Clinton of funnelling Money As governor of Arkansas to his wife a Law firm Clinton accused Browne a Law firm of taking �?o$178,000 in taxpayer Money for defeating California contribution it came at the very end of a 90-minute debate in a Buffalo movie theater and it prompted Brown to grab the microphone and demand More time claiming he had no Chance to answer Clinton a new allegations and see related Story on Page 4 challenging him to another debate a in Harlem at the Apollo Clinton later turned Down the Challenge telling reporters a a we be got More than enough the outburst triggered by Clinton came after a debate that was generally Low key. The usually combative Brown made no new personal attacks on Clinton. It was the first debate since the withdrawal last week of former sen. Paul Tsongas a move that made Clinton the Likely democratic front runner. A a we re coming Down now to a two person race a Yurcan Eraslan is treated at a Hospital in Erzurum Turkey after being found under earthquake debris. Quake survivor comes Back to life a woman who survived eight Days without food and water pinned under the wreckage of an earthquake in Turkey said sunday that she had come ,7back to life after being rescued. Yurcan Eraslan a 22-year-old nurse was pulled saturday from the remains of a Hospital in the Eastern City of Erz incan which was severely damaged in the March 13 quake that killed at least 488 people. Meanwhile a moderate quake hit Eastern Turkey on sunday causing panic among residents already suffering from the effects of the previous deadly tremor. See Story on Page 2. Brown said. A a it a going to be a difficult race. Its not going to be won just on competing personalities. Its one of competing then he paused and said of Clinton a the has a very Good personality. I want to take that away from when Clinton a turn came to give his final summation he accused Brown of hypocrisy in refusing to accept contributions of More than $100 apiece. A governor Brown says this is a race Between two people a Clinton said. A a it a also a race Between slogans that sound Good and new ideas and new leadership. By his own admission he was still shaking the Money tree see Clinton on Page 2 some Are Bent out of shape by Dod plans by Eric Schmitt the new York times Washington a the cold War is Over the soviet Union has collapsed and the United states is cutting the size of its military. But the defense department says it needs More room. The Pentagon a 6.5 million Square feet of space incorporating five floors and nearly 18 Miles of corridors is insufficient the defense department argues. And so it is charging ahead with a 10-year, $1 billion plan to renovate and add a 500,000-Square-foot Annex to its Headquarters on the Banks of the Potomac River in Northern Virginia. The two Story Arrowhead shaped addition would be built off the Pentagon Small Entrance replacing a 600 space parking lot. The Annex would House electrical plumbing and other Industrial workshops a print shop Pentagon police department medical clinics Library and loading . Since the Annex will be partly underground and the above ground portion will be set off by landscaping the Pentagon will still be Well a Pentagon. No one disputes the need to Spruce up the Pentagon see Dod on Page 2 building More space when we re reducing people does t make any Damn sense a rep. John p. Murtha a a
