European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 12, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Vol. 52, no. 238 500 sunday december 12,1993 d 8693 insurance pitch to soldiers suspected of violating ethics by Craig Martin staff writer two insurance salesmen Are using unethical tactics to sell life insurance to soldiers in Darmstadt Germany according to an army official and a top official from the european underwriters association. Chuck Strickland and Ray Wilson agents for first National life insurance co. Of America in Birmingham ala., have been meeting with soldiers of the 32nd and 440th signal battalions in Darmstadt and Selling them what Are billed As a life insurance however the salesmen have been meeting with soldiers on duty and Selling policies to them after presenting a briefing on government benefits said Les Gillespey the education chairman and past president of the european association of life insurance underwriters referred to As the eau. Quot when you do this in Masse to a captive audience like this you re leading these people to believe this is a program the government is pushing a Gillespey said. Quot there Are people out there that done to see ethics on Page 4 the tall of the shuttle endeavour is visible As the Craft orbits Earth in a televised View saturday. With most of its Mission accomplished the Crew had plenty or time for sightseeing during the Day. Shuffle Crew gets Day of rest space Center Houston a after a dramatic and arduous week refurbishing the Hubble space Telescope seven astronauts aboard the shuttle endeavour got some refreshing news from Earth. Quot we done to have anything for you to do a Mission control told the Hubble mechanics after they awoke to their Reward for much hard work a Day off. The astronauts spared the Wake up music traditionally beamed up by ground controllers slept an extra two hours. Then they started saturdays sched ule most of which was empty and left plenty of time for sightseeing. A we got up. Just in time to see this really spectacular Mediterranean pass at night and we re looking at what looks like the brightest morning Star you Ever saw Over Here trailing behind us which is the Hubble space Telescope Quot commander Richard Covey said. The Crew transmitted images of to e Hubble flying about 56 Miles behind endeavour it see shuttle on Page 2 inside today army sets standards for Community based services in Europe i see Page 3 suspect in train killings faces psychiatric tests a see Page 7 Over Fulda troops by Mark Kinkade staff writer Fulda Germany a these Are Black Days for the Blackhorse. The 11th army Cav regt known As the Quot Black horse a has been rocked in recent months by two tragically violent killings As it packed its bags and began the move out of Fulda after a a More than 20 years. In october i year old Elizabeth Ricard was beaten to death in her Fulda suburban apartment and thrown from a 40-foot Balcony. The army has charged her father spec. Edward a. Ricard i a helicopter Mechanic at Sickels army Airfield near the regiments Downs Barracks Headquarters with premeditated murder. M Iother helicopter me Glover chanic sgt. Stephen Schap is in military custody As a suspect in the tuesday night killing of spec. Gregory w. Glover 21.Schap 26 was arrested tuesday after he carried Glover s head to a local Hospital and placed it on a night stand in the room where Schaps wife Diane also see related Story on Page 2 26, was being treated for a difficult pregnancy. Doctors there said Schap believed his wife was having an affair with Glover. Both men worked at the Airfield. Regiment officials have put a tight lid on the Community since the Glover slaying. Most officers asked would not talk about the two recent killings or the atmosphere in the Community saying the regiment has told its people to stay quiet. But the soldiers do talk. In the dining Halls motor pools recreation centers and Barracks rooms tuesdays slaying is the talk of the Community. Quot i feel for his see Fulda on Page 2 Mem an americans fight for her native Cambodia a see sunday Magazine
