European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 24, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday december 24,1993not interested amp Dov Cem Feigh to can month old Martens Leahy turns her Back As maj. Edward k. Leahy and his wife Yolanda discuss shapes and Sixes of Christmas Trees with two cub scouts making the Sale at Ramstein a Germany. The major works at the Lan Stuhl army regional medical  Dies from injuries suffered in motorcycle crash Raf Mildenhall England a a senior airman assigned to Raf Alconbury died wednesday from injuries suffered in a motorcycle Accident dec. 17. Scan b. Mclaughlin 24, a communications and navigation system Journeyman with the 352nd special operation maintenance so collided with a car about 7 15 ii.m., a spokesman for the Cambridgeshire police department said. The Driver of the ear Michael Croker 46, a British citizen was not injured the spokesman said. An inquest will be completed in about three or four months he said. British police do not speculate on cause of accidents he said. Mclaughlin who lived about eight Miles Southeast of Alconbury in St. Ives was on his Way Home from the base when the Accident occurred near Houghton about five Miles Southeast of Alconbury a spokesman for the base said. An Accident report indicated Croker backed out of another Road into Mclaughlin s path he said. The Impact of the crash caused Mclaughlin to flip Over the car crushing his feet when he landed the base spokesman said. Mclaughlin was taken to a British Hospital in Huntingdon about three Miles Southeast of Alconbury. Mclaughlin died at 5 . Wednesday the base spokesman said. Preliminary autopsy reports indicated that Bone marrow from Mclaughlin s feel entered his bloodstream which caused a poisoned state called sepsis the spokesman said. Mclaughlin a native of Rhode Island is survived by his wife Jeannette and a son Sean. He enlisted in the air Force on sept. 30, 1987, and arrived at Alconbury on nov. 10, 1992, a memorial service will be held tuesday at Alconbury. A time has not been set. Army accuses 7 civilians of stealing from cafes by Joseph Owen Heidelberg Bureau the army has accused at least seven people in recent thefts of More than $25,000 Worth of goods from army and air Force Exchange service outlets in Karlsruhe Germany. The army a criminal investigation come Quot docs have an open investigation concerning larceny at the Karlsruhe pm that soeing worked jointly with the German police Quot said Millie Waters,.a spokeswoman at . Army Europe in Heidelberg. The incidents prompted the Exchange service to investigate and discipline at least 10 employees during the fall said an attorney representing Azor Ingram a supervisor who was fired. Investigators in Karlsruhe have recovered about $10,000 Worth of stolen merchandise Waters said. While the army has officially accused seven civilians of larceny it has not required any of them to leave the command she said. The uniform code of military Justice does not give the . Forces jurisdiction to prosecute american civil ians who commit crimes while living in military communities overseas. However military officials can file allegations that civilians have committed an offence a procedure that May affect their ability to get a Job or conduct business transactions. Waters referred questions about employment related action to the Exchange service an Exchange service spokeswoman refused to comment on All aspects of the investigation citing possible Legal action. Ingram who is Black denied involvement in the thefts. She has appealed her firing and has filed an Effual employment Opportunity complaint of racial discrimination. In a nov. 10 letter that informed Ingram she was fired effective retroactively to oct 30, the local Exchange system general manager John p. Sprank told her that the decision stemmed from videotaped surveillance of the store and from the criminal investigation come probe. Sprank said the tape showed that Ingram while bagging customers purchases was in collusion with another employee who deliberately rang up inaccurate prices on the Cash Register. Robert a Fiore Ingram a attorney appealed the decision in a letter dated nov. 22. The decision to fire Ingram disregarded the fact that two other employees who had confessed to shoplifting told investigators that Ingram was not involved Fiore said. Two former Exchange system employees asking not to be identified confirmed that they were among at least six employees who had been bred or had been investigated after they quit their jobs. Both former workers said they knew Ingram and knew she had been fired. But they said they did no to know of any involvement by Ingram in the thefts. The investigation is a joint Effort by the army and German police Waters said. Three of the former Exchange system workers said they never saw a German investigator while being questioned however and spokesmen for both the Karlsruhe local police and the German customs police said they were unaware of the investigation. Says air Force burdened by rarely used parts supplies by Cindy Killion Washington Bureau Washington a the defense department will soon Tell air Force Supply managers that they need to Cut some of their maintenance stocks. The decision is based on general accounting office findings released this week that show air Forte repair facilities worldwide have More than $140 million in rarely used parts and supplies. The Gao said the items should be kept in base Supply warehouses a not in Quot Bench Stock a a term to describe inventory kept in maintenance facilities such As engine repair shops. Bench Stock is designed to provide timely Access to frequently used Low Cost items such As nuts and bolts. But a Gao review of five stateside bases showed that 26 percent of the inventory was rarely or never needed in the past year and 30 percent of the remaining Stock was described As Quot High  at Travis fab Calif for example a maintenance activity had six parts kits each costing $2,900, for generators made in the 1940s and 1950s, the report said. Quot yet records showed that the item had no Bench Stock demands since 1988. Maintenance personnel said the parts kit is Only used for major overhauls of the older  merchants lists Holiday hours by the stars and stripes merchants National Banks in Europe will begin their Holiday schedule with Many brandies being closed today for Christmas eve. The following Are merchants Holiday hours through Jan. 3 a closed Christmas eve All branches in Germany Kef Lavik Iceland Oesterberg Netherlands and London West Ruislip Brawdy Molesworth and High Wycombe in the United kingdom. Branches in Schinnen Netherlands and Iraklion Crete will be open Only until 1 . A closed Christmas Day All branches. A closed monday All branches in the United kingdom and Iceland. A closed tuesday branches in Alconbury Chick Sands Harrogate Molesworth Lakenheath Milden Hall upper Heyford Croughton and fair Ford in the United kingdom. A open until 1 . New year s eve All branches in Germany except the Branch at the . Embassy in Bon Schinnen and Iraklion. Closed new years eve the Branch at the . Embassy in Bonn and in Oesterberg London West Ruis lip Brawdy High Wycombe and Kef Lavik. A open new years eve branches in Alconbury Chicksands Harrogate Lakenheath Milden Haji upper Heyford Croughton and Fairford. A closed new years Day All branches. A closed Jan 3 branches in Alconbury Chicksands Harrogate Molesworth Lakenheath Mildenhall upper Heyford Croughton and Fai Foril. Frankfurt Germany a radio free Europe radio Liberty which broadcast news behind the Iron curtain for More than 40 years is firing 342 employees a spokeswoman said thursday. The reductions representing nearly one third of the staff had Long been expected in the Post cold War Era with the . Government trying to Cut its budget deficit. The government is cutting funding for Liberty slashing re re from $223 million in 1993 to $208 million in 1994, and to $75 million by 1996, spokeswoman Melissa Fleming said. Fleming said re re which broadcasts from Munich in 21 languages into Eastern Europe the former soviet Union and some parts of Asia began notifying employees in october the remainder of those losing their jobs by june 30 must be notified by dec. 31 because German labor Laws require a six month notice Fleming said. Broadcasts to Afghanistan and Hungary were shut Down in october and service to Poland and the czech Republic and Slovakia is being Cut sharply Fleming said. Those remaining will open scaled Down operations in Warsaw Poland and Prague czech Republic next year Flem ing said. The stations research department will close temporarily to reopen at another location. Quot about 150 people from the research Institute All of them Are getting their termination notices a Fleming said. A when it is re established sometime this Spring possibly in Washington then most of these people could get their jobs