European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 07, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday january 7, 1995 the stars and stripes Page 3 swamps by Doyle Tillman Bureau the Cost of mailing a letter increased Jan. 1, and so too did the demand across Europe for makeup Stamps. There s a major run on one two and three cent Stamps the makeup Stamps " used with the old 29 cent Stamps to reach the new 32-cent requirement said Ernie b. Smith chief of the army s 1st personnel come operations and postal services division Heidel Berg Germany. In some cases army postal officials have begun rationing the Stamps to army Post offices. The . Postal service announced late last year that the Cost of mailing a first class letter would climb to 32 /cents./. " Smith said Post offices at Heidelberg Stuttgart Wiesbaden and Wurzburg All in Germany were among the army outlets Selling the most Stamps. Sales figures were not available. The rate increase has created a huge demand for one two and three cent Stamps for All those postal patrons who still had 29-cent Stamps on hand said Walter f. Bleiler jr., a spokesman for the army s it personnel come. A / / v a but As of noon today Friday additional Stamps had arrived in the theater Smith said adding that the army shortage could end sometime next week. The air Force also has experienced a surge in stamp sales although it is not rationing Stamps officials said. Air Force Post offices at Kaiserslautern Germany and at Raf Mildenhall Lake Heath England were the command busiest said capt. Mike Pali a Safe spokesman. -. air Force postal officials also said business was booming at Spang Dahlen a Germany in Ciurlik a Turkey and Aviano a Italy. Since mid december Pali said air Force postal of _ f ices had been issued 40,000 1 and 2-Ccnt Stamps 190,000 3-cent Stamps and 600,000 a series Stamps which can be used As a 32-Ccnt stamp. Air Force Post offices in Germany at Vogel Weh Kapaun air station and two at Ramstein a sold 1,200 booklets of the a Stamps tuesday said senior Mas Ter sgt. Douglas Baskin postal superintendent for the v ,. Is Dave Casey Beth Posta Waits at the Klc bar Cavern Post office in Kaiserslautern Germany to mail a package and yes to buy Stamps. 86th Airlift Wing at Ramstein. J at Ramstein alone postal finance clerks sold 22,000 3-cent Stamps tuesday and wednesday he said. It appears we need More said Baskin who drove to air postal skin Frankfurt the stamp source for air Force bases in Europe tuesday to get 25,000 3 cent and 16000 1-and 2-cent Stamps the volume of stamp sales has been so great that the postal finance and Supply Branch in Kaiserslautern the stamp source for army Apos in Europe has had to ration some Stamps. Even though army Post offices ordered sufficient quantities of. Stamps to meet the needs of Bur Mili Tail postal patrons said Bleiler the . Postal serv ice was Only Able to provide limited quantities of the additional Stamps we customers Are being urged by postal workers to buy Only the Stamps they need until More supplies arrive. ". Customers also Are being told that letters bearing 29 cent Stamps can be metered by postal clerks for the additional 3 cents. " bum or ferry risk suspect by sue Palumbo Mediterranean Bureau. Naples Italy who is mafias Wal Ler. -. ,. /. ". Be it dim witted vagrant or hardened terrorist the True Story of the mysterious woman arrested while photographing the Naples Uso last week continues to baffle italians and americans. Either she. Is really really gone mentally or she really does belong to some terrorist group said Ann Marie Rainone director of the us in downtown Naples. At first i thought maybe she was just some strange lady but now there Are so Many questions she won t answer that it makes you wonder.". Italian newspapers carry almost daily stories about the woman who was arrested dec. 28 for suspected terrorist activity after she was seen taking pictures of the Uso. Employees of the port Side Uso which caters to visiting american sailors had escorted the woman from the building after she insisted on snapping pictures inside. Three hours later when the woman re turned and photographed sailors leaving the building the employees called nearby police. In april 1988, five people including a . Sailor were killed when a car bomb exploded outside the Uso. Police later arrested members of the japanese red army in the attack. The downtown Uso subsequently was moved inside the Fleet area where Access is controlled by armed italian police officers. In the Case of Walter original news re ports said a search of the woman and her hotel room had revealed ammunition which police now say was a spent Shell Cas Apo Marlies Walter ing. Several photographs of High ranking nato officials who some newspapers said were americans circled in red also were Lound. Also taken from the hotel room were photographs of airports in Europe and of Walter and others in camouflage clothing holding guns and news clippings of recent terrorist attacks. Police also arrested two germans found in the port area dec. 30, but let them go is sue Palumbo Gary Burns hours later. News reports said the two had flown into Italy on the same flight As Wal Ter but no other connect Ion was found. However Little is known about the woman herself. Authorities identified Walter As a 47 year old German citizen who jives at times in France but they now say she was born in Austria. Her French identification lists her As a student. Walter has told authorities she is a baby Sitter but she has not Given names of a per son or Agency for whom she works. She also told authorities that a brother in Germany sends her Money according , and radio reports. The hotel where she a is staying is Han inexpensive pension frequented by immigrants. Y personally i think the Media blew the out of proportion and now the police arc covering their Butts said Gary Burns a Uso staff aide. I Tomk he was just some lady who does t have her noodles straight. I saw her when she came in. This place looks like a ticket office and she came in and started picking up brochures. Maybe she just did t understand she could t take 1 military officials have stayed away from the debate but sailors on the visiting guided missile Cruiser capest7 George heard of the incident before they pulled into port dec. 30. The news of the arrest and the bombing a few years ago got around the ship pretty fast said it. Mark Dover who was assigned As the Shore patrol officer at the Uso on Friday. "1 think people were a Little nervous but actually we be been. Treated real Well Here. Everyone is Friendly especially if you re in some employees who were in the Uso when the bomb exploded in 1988 said they refuse to live in fear and suspicion. It s hard to say what the truth is or what s going to happen said Howard Wel come it s All pretty suspicious. But after three heart attacks a major operation and that bombing i figure it s not my turn the lord keeps telling me go away. I Don t want you yet so that s what i m
