European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 27, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes sunday november 27,1994 to. ". Sup clean scrubs shops in Germany staff writer sup clean a Mph discontinued Laun dry and dry cleaning services at All it outlets in Germany on saturday because of financial problems cafes official Sand an employee said. The company notified the army and air Force Exchange service late last week that financial difficulties were forc ing it to close an cafes statement said saturday. However some sup clean employee Learned Only Friday evening that the cleaning businesses would permanently shut Down saturday a worker at therein main a Branch said. Workers were asked to work through monday i they could the employee said. It s a real mess. The Only reason i adhere is for the customers the worker said late saturday afternoon. I m Only staying out of the goodness of my heart. It s been not such a Good Day since 6last a letter Given Friday to sup clean employees said that the company was bankrupt and that German authorities were looking into the situation the worker re ported. Two months ago sup clean s Man aging director Tim Eynon denied re mors that his Frankfurt based company was washed up and said Money problems that had resulted in late employee pay checks had been resolved. Sup clean had serviced 22 Exchange locations since 1989 As an cafes concessionaire the cafes release said. The worker at the Rhein main Branch said she had not been paid in seven weeks except for a single Check for 200marks about $131and they re telling me that Check could Well no one answered the phones saturday at sup clean outlets at Ramstein a Kaiserslautern or Darmstadt. An opera Tor at Span Dahlem a said the business listed numbers there and at Pitburg had turned out to be incorrect several weeks ago and they did not give us the new numbers. We Don t know what s going / Helmut Latsch cafes Europe s serv ices manager predicted that dry cleaning and laundry services will be interrupted for up to three Days then cafes serv ice marts will offer Standard two an three Day laundry and dry cleaning serv ices Latsch said in the release. Any prepaid customer orders not proc Essed by sup clean will be refunded Bya Afes the service s statement said. Customers can then resubmit those same items for free laundry or dry clean ing under the new service contract the statement said. The Rhein main sup clean worker said that her outlet had broken cleaning machines and that two of four other employees had opted not to continue work ing after being notified of the impending closure i Don t blame them she said. Custom can Contact card Haefey Krowka of cafes Europe on Toner rata torn for help with sup Actori laundry or dry Devvina try number to on 460-3785 or civilian 30 prelates gain rank of Cardinal Vatican City a the two americans who were elevated to the rank of Cardinal on saturday paid tribute to their new colleagues who had suffered in War or under totalitarian regimes. Like the thousands of Well wishers who jammed the audience Hall Detroit archbishop Adam j. Maida said he was moved to be in the company of prelates who had worn the badge of courage for the Church. Maida and Baltimore archbishop William h. Keele were among the 30 churchmen elevated to Cardinal by Pope John Paul ii. The group included prelates who had been jailed Forlong terms in soviet and albanian prisons have led the Church under communist governments in Cuba an Vietnam and worked for peace in besieged Sarajevo. Maida said those prelates had really earned there hats that symbolize their new rank. In Rome you have the history of the Early Christia martyrs. Today you had some living martyrs Keeler said. Keeler. 63, president of the National conference of Catholic Bishops said the ceremony gave him a heightened sense of the universality of the Church. More than 6,000 people including 1,600 americans had filled the Paul i auditorium for the ceremony during which each new Cardinal Knelt before the pop and received his three cornered hat. Among Keeler s Well wishers were two rabbis Joseph Ehrenkranz administrator and Jack Bemporad director of the Center for Christian jewish under standing at sacred heart University in Fairfield Conn. Keeler was influential in creating the Center. The two rabbis accompanied him on a visit to the site of the nazi death Camp in Auschwitz Poland two years 64-year-old Maida named to the Detroit Post by John Paul in 1990, said he Felt kind of relieved that the ceremony was Over you build up so much anticipation and then the moment comes he said after the 90-minute ceremony. Christmas mail surge starting up in Frankfurt Frankfurt Germany is while Tom tur key was being devoured in american Homes and dining facilities Over thanksgiving weekend the Christmas surge of mail began at the . Military s major postal Hub unit sources said. Many service members had thursday and Friday off. But More than a dozen regular postal employees work ing 12-hour shifts and Volunteer handlers a the Frank Furt Airport teamed up with German counterparts to sort and Forward More than 10.uoo pieces of mail received Over the two Days. No figures were available Over the weekend As to what Normal amounts of mail Are but unit sources indicated that 5,000 pieces a Day is considered High. Parcel gifts and greetings arrive at Frankfurt s civil Ian Airport aboard commercial aircraft in 5-foot-by-6 foot and 8-foot-by-4v-foot fibreglass containers. . Military and German workers then sort the contents and the mail bound for military patrons is transferred to . Military hands. Air Force postal officials would not allow the stars and stripes to visit the Airport sorting site Friday or saturday saying they could not reach Headquarters officials to approve a Media visit. Carving out a living is wig org a Gypsy woodcarver demonstrates his Craft in Down town Darmstadt Germany on Friday night. The crafts Man was offering dinosaurs zoo animals and figures of mythology in Hope of getting a healthy Cut of the Christmas shopping business aided by the City s Christmas Market which is in full swing. Kevorkian attends woman s death Rpyal Oak Mich. A retired or. Jack Kevorkian a nationally known advocate of assisted Sui cide was present saturday at the Carbon monoxide death of a 72-year-old woman. It was the 21st death he has attended since 1990. Margaret Garrish died at her Home in Royal Oak the Detroit suburb where Kevorkian used to live. Authorities ruled the death a homicide. Kevorkian s attorney Michael Schwartz said in a statement that Kevorkian was present when Garrish chose to end tier suffering by mercifully ending her own life at her it was the first death Kevorkian has attended Indore than a year. A Michigan Law temporarily Banning assisted suicides passed to Stop Kevorkian May have expired Fri Day. Interpretations of the Law s expiration Date differ. Kevorkian had been counselling Garrish for two years Schwartz said. She suffered from rheumatoid arthritis colonic i Yeti Curtis osteoporosis and other ailments. She had lost both legs and one Eye
