European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 10, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stars i stripes a continued from Page 15 management Hopes to increase that level to 50 percent. Plans include making the paper More accessible especially through improved Home delivery Quot the Basic plan is to make the newspaper available in the same Way you make it available if you were a newspaper Back in the states Quot general manager Eddings said. Patrons can expect to see new vending machines popping up and Home delivery offered in areas such As off base locations that had not received the service before Eddings said. Quot the key is you give the person what they really want Back Home. They want that paper on their Doorstep at 6 in the morning Quot Townsend said Quot that a just one less hassle even if they Don t read the newspaper until 4 in the  a Telephone subscription unit is also being set up so people can Call in their orders. Newspaper plans include holding Reader forums at which Community residents can Chat with the editors offering scholarships sponsoring events such As the Christmas colouring contest and the Dodds spelling Bee and special newspaper packets for use in school classrooms. The newspaper is also exploring the use of satellite transmission As a Means of getting news to its More Distant readers such As in the Mediterranean Region and in the United kingdom Eddings said. Specifically officials Are monitoring a test program at the Tokyo based Pacific stars and stripes. That operation is transmitting the newspaper to Korea where it is printed for More timely delivery to troops stationed there. The stars and stripes also expects to install a new $3.8 million printing press by late next year that will facilitate printing of More pages and use of full color it should also print faster thus giving the editorial staff later deadlines and the readers fresher news. In addition the organization Hopes to boost sales in its 165 bookstores by making physical improvements to facilities and increasing its responsiveness to customers wishes. This includes providing faster delivery of magazines for example Eddings said. The news desk is it looks today and at right the first desk after the stars and stripes became a Dally in november 1942. The desk sorts through staff and wire reports to determine what goes into the paper each Day. Starting next month eight specially magazines including women a sports amp fitness pc sources Mac user sporting news us american Iron muscular development and tron Man will hit Bookstore stands before the months printed on their covers under a special airfreight agreement with their publishers Eddings said. Another initiative in the works is to open a warehouse size Bookstore specializing in children a and religious books. Quot basically the idea Here is to test the theory that people will travel to get a Broad selection of a specific thing Quot Eddings said. A we re trying to do it very economically because its a test but we think it will  eventually regular bookstores also would be linked to the warehouse inventory by computer so customers could place orders locally. A location for the test has not yet been selected. The stars and stripes will also soon be offering Small assortments of books and magazines in stores aboard . Ships in the Mediterranean Eddings said. Readers action Lin military regulations govern prison pay it a Are there any specific regulations covering the amount of Money a military member is to be paid while incarcerated As a result of a court martial sentence most military members Are reduced to the rank of private when incarcerated but it appears that some Are not. Some sentences mandate forfeiture of $200 or $300 or $500 per month and some specify total forfeiture of All pay and allowances. How does the military justify paying any salary to an incarcerated military member sentenced by court martial decree Louis Trenner Wiesbaden Germany ale col. Gary a. Grunick office of the staff judge advocate Safe Headquarters replies military prisoners receive their Normal pay and allowances while in military confinement until the general or special court martial convening authority approves a reduction in entitlement As imposed by a court martial sentence. If the approved sentence includes total forfeitures a prisoners pay and allowance entitlements will Stop. Regardless of forfeitures imposed by a court martial once prisoners reach the expiration of their term of service ets their entitlement to pay and allowances will also end. Afr 125-18 and the department of defense pay manual do pm Are the regulatory bases for payment of air Force  the stars and stripes on Jan. 24 published a letter by Patricia Diperna who asked if there were plans to make government housing in the Frankfurt area available to civilians employed by the army. The Frankfurt military Community replied that currently there were no such plans. Since that Lime there has been a change in the policy. Brigette Schmitz a Public affairs specialist for the Frankfurt military Community sent the following update to readers action line recently Usa eur published guidance regarding assignment of excess quarters to civilian employees. The Usa eur memorandum allows assignment of government quarters which Are considered excess to civilian families. We will implement the Usa eur guidance As soon As we have excess quarters . After All military families have been housed. To write us readers action line is the readers Quot court of last resort Quot striving to answer some of the questions about life overseas in a military environment or questions about policies and guidelines when other avenues for answers Are not readily available. If you have a question and done to know where to turn for the answer write to readers action line co the stars and stripes unit 29480, Apo a 09211. All letters must be signed and preference will be Given to those seeking information of general interest to our readers. Page 16 a the stars and stripes Friday april 10, 1992