European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday january 22, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 3 army moves to fix rental Check delays Byro Jensen Nurnberg Bureau landlords in a government rental program should receive their next checks on time a spokesman for the . Army Europe said Friday. We believe that the problem will be fixed by next Quarter said col. Richard Bridges. Many landlords in the government rental housing program or grip have experienced delays of up to three months in rent and Utility payments recently. The government leases 5,000 grip units on the German Economy for use by command sponsored americans. Grip payments which Are made by the government directly to the landlord Are made quarterly. ".  Many checks due last october arrived in january and checks due in Early january were not in the hands of landlords this week. A Usa eur statement on thursday  late checks would be sent Fri Day. ". A hot line was established for landlords if the pay ment does not arrive in a timely fashion. The number is 0631-411-7143. The army statement also was purposely vague on the reason for the delays blaming Only a procedural prob  a spokeswoman said thursday that the army did not want to Point  Bridges confirmed however what others have said. One source of the problem is the 9th regional finance and accounting office in Kaiserslautern. That office took Over payment to some grip land lords when the 5th regional finance and accounting office in Frankfurt dissolved last fall. The Way of doing it which was perfectly satisfactory was not transferred to the 9th finance Bridges said. " a request to interview an official with the finance unit was declined by a Public affairs official in Kaiserslautern. Bridges also said the problem is not solely with the 9th regional finance. There Are several wickets that one has to go through before a grip payment is made he said. He said distance and time Are contributing factors. But apparently the grip landlords arc not the Only ones awaiting checks from the 9th regional finance. De Morissey a civilian instructor with the combined arms training Center in Vilseck Germany said his Check which is due 20 Days after he completes a course was 17 Days past due Friday. I be been told twice the Check is in the mail " Morissey said Friday. He said an official with the 9th regional finance told him Jan. 10 that the Check which was clue Jan. 4, had been mailed four Days earlier. This is  firs time his Check has been late he said. Bridges said he knew of no other payment delays other than those for the grip program of which Usa eur first Learned this week. I m unaware that the problem goes beyond grip he said. This Morissey s problem is the Only one that has come to our attention at this  direct Deposit to Speed up payments for try by Dave Walczak staff writer Heidelberg Germany the . Army Europe plans to Speed pay ments to thousands of soldiers and army civilians travelling on temporary duty or Ders. The faster payments involve depositing Money directly into personal Bank or credit Union accounts. The goal is to move funds into the hands of duty travel ers within two Days after those on orders fill out the proper forms said maj. Blane Cox of the 266th theater finance come. Requests for Advance payments will also be made within two Days Cox said. The command handles More than 20,000 requests for Advance travel pay ments and reimbursements a year said Cox who Heads the finance command s finance policy division currently it takes up to 10 Days to pro Cess a travel claim Cox said which he attributed in part to the mail system. Direct Telephone lines and a new com Puter system Are keys to speedier pay ments. The computer system will allow finance workers to input a Large amount of data in a Short period of time Cox said. The Telephone lines will link army finance offices in Europe to the . Fed eral Reserve Bank in new York City. The links Are essential to Speed reimbursements Cox said because the army does not have Legal authority to make deposits to private accounts. Fed eral Reserve Banks As units of the trea sury have that authority. . Army finance offices in Europe Are located in the Germany communities of Grafe Wohr Wurzburg Hanau bad Krecu Nach and Heidelberg. In addition the army has finance support centers is some other communities such As Mons Belgium. The support centers will not be linked to the Federal Reserve Bank. Direct deposits will eliminate the need to store thousands of dollars in Cash in Ger Many. The army which stores its Cash in a Frankfurt vault must pay interest on the Federal Reserve notes Cox said. Some army finance offices in the United states have the computer and Tele phone lines in place needed to make direct deposits Cox  identified As prostitute germans report by Mark k1nkadestaff writer German police have identified a woman s Torso found wrapped in plastic bags near Frankfurt As a prostitute who reportedly knew Many americans in the . Military Community. Police identified the woman As Dominique Monrose 32, a French citizen from Martinique. A City Street cleaner found Monrose s Torso about 11 . Dec. 17 near Highway a-661 in pre Ungetheim a suburb on the East Side of Frankfurt. Police Haven t found her head legs or arms. A German autopsy ruled that the woman was killed by a knife Stab to the heart a police spokesman said. She had been dead for about two Days before the Torso was discovered. Monrose had worked As a prostitute in Frankfurt since at least 1988, said Bernd Fincke chief of the City s murder division. She came to Germany from France in 1981, he said. She lived in Ulm and Mannheim before coming to Frankfurt Fincke said. She had numerous contacts and friends in the . Military and we found a number of . Military phone numbers among her  she was last seen by friends dec. 3. A police spokesman said investigators have reached a dead end in the Case. The police initially thought the Case might be related to a murder mutilation in Northern Bavaria where a Farmer found the headless body of a Man in a plastic sack. He also had been stabbed to death. However investigators found no evidence to link the cases Fincke said. The police said they want to talk to people who knew Monrose or who know where she was after dec. 3. They also want any information that might Lead to the discovery of the rest of the body. The Frankfurt state prosecutor s office will pay a re Ward if the information leads to the determination of a culprit the statement said. Anyone with information about the woman or the Case can Call the Frankfurt police at 069-755-5118 or 5512. Contributing to this report staff writer de reals in Darm Start Germany for 1 Mark furniture was theirs everything had to go at the defense re utilization and marketing office Sale Friday at Ferris Barracks in or Langon Germany where customers could Purchase Furni Ture for 1 Mark or about 580, per item. It s the Twilight of the gods Here so everything must go quickly said Werner Krauss of the sales office. Indeed several thou Sand people grabbed up nearly All of the 2,000 items unjust two hours. The base is closing in the Spring. Use former bases As prisons lawmaker urges Washington up the second ranking re publican in the House on Friday called for construction of stockade on surplus military bases to prevent the Early release of violent criminals. Rep. Newt Gingrich of Georgia said the stockade Are needed because the United states is suffering from an assault of violent crime. Gingrich who spoke at the Winter meeting of the re publican National committee said it is an outrage that violent criminals Are being sent Back onto the streets without serving their full sentences. We should build immediate emergency stockade on surplus military bases Gingrich said. We should announce that As of june 1, no violent criminals need be re leased Early anywhere in America for Lack of  Gingrich said the stockade would be devoid of air conditioning and television and would be designed to hold criminals on a temporary basis. He also called for a two year crash program to build As Many prisons As Nec Essary