European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 04, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse F Page 12 the stars and stripes Money matters wednesday August 4,1993 Schwarzkopf joins Board of Security corporation from wire reports Chicago retired Gen. H. Norma Schwarzkopf who commanded . Forces during operation desert storm has joined the Board of directors at Borg Warner Security corp. We Are delighted that general Schwarzkopf has joined our Board company chairman and ceo Donald Trauscht said. We anticipate that he will make a significant contribution to the company As we Chart strategy for our Security Chicago based Borg Warner Security guard alarm armoured transportation and courier services under the names Wells Fargo Burns and Pony express. The company Bills itself As the largest . Operation of its kind. More Boeing cuts rumoured Seattle Boeing co. May have to make deeper cuts in jetliner production if a 60-plane order from saudi Arabia does not go through reports said monday. The Seattle Post intelligencer and the Wall Street journal quoting unidentified company sources said Boeing was considering further cuts in output rates for the 747 jumbo Jet and the 737 Short to mid Range Jet. Reduced production could mean additional Job losses beyond the 28,000 positions being eliminated through 1994, most of those cuts involve plants inthe puget sound area and at Wichita Kan. Boeing and its rivals Airbus industries an Mcdonnell Douglas corp. Have been battling for months to win orders from saudia the government run Carrier. Aero Mexico Delta agree Mexico City Aero Mexico and Delta airlines of monday announced an agreement in principle to sell seats on each other s flights an coordinate connections. The two carriers said they signed a letter of intent for code sharing and blocked space arrangements on some flights. Blocked space allows an airline to Reserve groups of seats on another company s planes while code sharing permits use of one flight number for two connecting flights eliminating the need for passengers to go through two Check ins. The code sharing arrangements could involve Delta flights Between Mexico City and Atlanta Dallas fort Worth new York and Orlando Fla. The two carriers also agreed to discuss join opportunities in operations maintenance training and package vacations As Well As code sharing another cities. Lloyd s finance chief quits London David Bruce finance director of the loss suffering Lloyd s of London insurance Market has resigned after four months on the Job Lloyd s said monday. Bruce who resigned Over the weekend left to pursue other interests Lloyd s said. Lloyd s said Bruce s departure reflected the building of a new top management team at the Stephen Hall a Farmer partner at the accounting firm Ernst and Young has taken Over As temporary finance director. Lloyd s gave no other details. Epilepsy drug Given of Washington the food and drug administration approved the first new epilepsy drug in More than a decade on monday authorizing Wallace laboratories to sell the product Felb amate. Felb amate which Wallace plans to sell Asfe Batol controls certain epileptic seizures in adults and children. The nerve disorder afflicts More than2 million americans. Felb amate provides a new weapon against the debilitating effects of epilepsy Fra commissioner David Kessler said in announcing the drug approval. Or. William Dodson of Washington University medical school said Felb amate reduced patients seizures by More than half during clinical trials. This drug has shown itself to be an important innovation Dodson told a news conference. � l Sas Daved Dio Bob Pickens checks a paper. In background Are reporter Lucy Lazarony left and administrator Daphne Thompson. Small staff with big ideas keeps the american going by murid1th Winder . Bureau in today s world of difficult economic times it would seem hard to believe that a Small newspaper with a full time editorial staff of one can be published and survive financially. One newspaper published in Britain and targeting an american readership has bucked this trend for the last 17 years. Appropriately enough it s called the american. The fundamental we follow is that we Are a Community newspaper said Bob Pickens who As associate editor makes up the entire full time editorial staff. Wedon t try to pretend that we Are a great Carrier of inter National news or breaking news. Our Brief is to be Community newspaper for americans in great Brit that s the concept viewed by Ray Tindle the owner of the paper when he first came up with the idea for the american. We re a very parochial newspaper Tindle have a limited role for the americans who live and work in this country. We try to Nio vide a service that is equivalent of a local newspaper in the paper averages 12 pages is published every two weeks and has a circulation of 15,000. Tindle owner of the Farnham Castle newspapers group supports the paper through advertising. Although the paper has a Price of about 35 cents it is available free at mos american military installations in England and Scot land As Well As the . Naval forces Europe head quarters and the . Embassy in London. Articles can include in depth versions of late break ing news stories about the american military a Calendar of social events and features about what Ameri cans Are doing in Britain. For instance roundabout profiles american Resi dents in the United kingdom. Artline lists american Art exhibits in the museums or at shows. There s also Section highlighting the . Embassy and a Section addressing american businesses in Britain. And of course there s sports. Tindle said he decided to begin the newspaper for number of reasons. There were a lot of americans in Britain and the had no local newspaper Tindle said. They had their papers from Home but they had no paper about americans in Britain. They might know hundreds of Ameri cans but they could t read any news about while Tindle and Pickens recognize that the Sta Sand stripes is distributed throughout Europe including England they Felt the american has a different role to play. We try to fill the role of a Small town newspaper Pickens said. If we tried to be anything else i Don t think we would have been around Tor 17 Pickens wants to provide news that people Don t finding newspapers like the International Herald Tribune and the stars and stripes. He said these organization provide excellent coverage of late breaking news As Well As some feature material. But they can t get in Al the local news and that s the Gap the american fills. The larger players including the stars and stripes have acknowledged that he said. We re accepted in the Community of newspaper producers because Wedon t try to be something we Aren in its infancy the paper was Well received according to Tindle. _ there was great warmth not Only from the . Embassy but from the american schools Church and Many other clubs As Well As the military bases he that continues to this Day. We re holding our own. Besides articles by Pickens stories Are written by part time local correspondents and free Lance writers. And the articles can take a distinctly British slant be cause some of the writers Are British. It s not necessarily a bad thing to have a British re Porter writing on an american paper said Pickens 40 an american. After All we Are living in Britain Ana us important to Bear that in mind in the presenta Tion of Ian Weightman one of the British reporters on the Statt specializes in sports. A former basketball player he believes that writing about american sports in eng land is important. I Don t claim to be an expert on american sports but because i take a keen interest in it i do a lot of re search and talk to the athletes to get a better under standing he said. He also approaches his stories from the Angle that Mere Are Many americans who participate in British sports and need their stories told. For instance we Nave some people playing soccer he said. I cover it Nin a a the our readers need to know what s Hap pening with these my a s3ld i16 ,.sometimes hears complaints about some of the stones from readers. Not As if we re deluged with them complaints , re not he said. But sometimes on certain on info no matter what you write about people it s no going to be exactly what they want Nundle and Pickens believe the american will sur the cup draw in of the american military he Paie a More american businesses Over serve the and he be that we u be Abl a
