European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes saturday april 12, 1986 air Force comes full circle7 in personnel management world today by Dick Hodgson Kaiserslautern Bureau Ramsten a Germany the air Force is testing part of a personnel management concept that was abandoned More than 20 years ago. We be come full Circle said col. John Salvadore Safe Deputy chief of staff for personnel. In 1963, we took All the personnel clerks out of our orderly rooms and created Central base personnel offices Capo. Now we re putting them Back into the orderly  three bases in Safe and 12 air Force wide Are taking part in a test that combines base level administration and personnel functions into one organization. The test also converts enlisted authorizations in unit orderly rooms the administrative Section of the Squadron from administration to personnel career Fields Salvadore said. We re forming Mission support squadrons at three Safe bases Raf Alconbury Englan Torrejon Spain and Spang Dahlum Germany he said. At Tor Rejon and Span Dahlem the present chief of personnel will become the Squadron commander and at Alconbury the chief of base administration will. The idea is to provide a More cohesive organization which we believe will ultimately provide More responsive service to individual  Salvadore said officials believe service will improve under the Mission support Squadron concept because personnel officers will be Squadron commanders and will be Able to Sec firsthand what kind of service other squadrons on base receive from capos. If a personnel officer who is also a Squadron com Mander sees an unnecessary procedure or form which is slowing Down service to his people he is in a position to do something about it Salvadore said. And since he will be facing the same problems As the other commanders he serves and any improvement will be of direct value to him he will probably do it More quickly than he would As a staff  under the Mission support Squadron concept the squad Ron commander would be in charge of professional Mili tary education education services social actions military personnel civilian personnel base administration family support centers and morale welfare and recreation Salvadore said. Converting administrative orderly room positions to personnel slots will result in a reduction of about 1,200 base level authorizations air Force wide said capt. Teri Nave the air Force program manager for development of mis Sion support squadrons. The whole process of setting up these squadrons and converting the orderly room authorizations is to provide a framework to Deal with some major changes which Are coming into the personnel system within the next few years Nave said. The changes which will continue into the Early 1990s, will give orderly room personnel clerks better Access to the air Force manpower and personnel Center Nave said. The most apparent changes will be a reduction of paperwork and that squadrons will assume More responsibility for personnel actions she said. As it stands now most orderly room people spend from 60 to 80 percent of their time handling personnel functions  Nave said the conversion of authorizations which be comes effective oct. 31, will better define the role of orderly room clerks. They will All be dual qualified she said. But their primary skill codes will be for personnel rather than administration. They have the competence and intelligence to handle the personnel matters now they will be completely trained to do the  Nave said the new re trainees will be exempt from Job skill tests in promotion Competition through 1987. Irish police report no firm clues contact1 in guinness kidnapping Dublin Ireland a police searching for Kidnap Ped socialite Jennifer guinness said Friday they had flushed out known criminals and Irish Republican army sympathizers but had no firm clues linking the abduction to the Ira or anyone else. No group has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping and no Contact has been reported with her abductors a three Man gang police said was led by a Burly gunman called  they demanded a Ransom of $2.6 Mil lion for the Safe return of mrs. Guinness a member of the guinness banking and brewery dynasty ire land s richest family. There s been no con tact from them said police spokesman Larry Coady. Nothing fresh has broken on it we re still  police said that in All previous kidnapping cases in recent years the Kidnap pers had made some form of communication within 48 hours. Officers manned Road blocks in All 32 Irish coun ties and police questioned criminals and Irish re publican army sympathize a file photo ers. Police said they had Jennifer guinness no firm evidence linking the abduction to the Ira. However the abduction bore a Stark similarity to a string of kidnappings in the Irish Republic carried out by the Ira to raise Money for its guerrilla War against Brit ish Rule in Northern Ireland. Police also said Friday a beige Toyota found thursday at the Village of swords 5 Miles from the Guinnessey spacious Pink georgian Home in the Dublin suburb of Baily Howth overlooking Dublin Bay was not used in tuesday s abduction As initially suspected. The abduction was reported thursday Only after police lifted a news blackout that was imposed in Hopes of gain ing leads. We Are keeping an open mind about this crime said police superintendent Frank Hanlon. Irish Law forbids Ransom payments though there have been unconfirmed reports of Ransom payouts in the pre Vious kidnappings and of wealthy families paying Protection Money to keep kidnappers away. The Irish press said in an editorial the Ransom must not be paid. It would place a huge sum of Money in the hands of ruthless men and would set an evil example which others would be certain to  police said three masked gunmen seized mrs. Guinness a 48-year-old Mother of three after pistol whipping her husband John guinness 50, chairman of Dublin Mer chant Bankers guinness Mahon and co. And a Distant Cousin of the guinness brewing family. The guinness clan s two main family branches Are among the richest families in Europe and have been Iris social leaders for 200 years. Police said guinness returned Home to find his wife daughter Gillian 23, and a visiting English Book dealer who was not identified tied up. He tried to snatch a gun from one of the intruders but was pistol whipped across the face and then bound. Police said the kidnappers told him before fleeing with his wife and a Small amount of Money stolen from the House two million pounds $2.6 million or you will never see her  mrs. Guinness pleaded with the kidnappers not to take her daughter and they did t. Guinness freed himself after 2v hours and immediately called police Hanlon told a news conference thursday. He said the gang referred to their tall Well built Leader who spoke with an educated Dublin accent and wore a Gray and yellow striped shirt As  but he said there was nothing in the Demeanour of the intruders to suggest paramilitary links. Police said the method of the abduction and the sub Stantial Ransom demand were similar to previous Ira kidnappings. They cited the 1981 kidnapping of supermarket chief Ben Dunne and the november 1983 kidnapping of Chain store executive Don Tidey the february 1983 theft of the Derby winning Racehorse Stergar and the August 1983 attempted kidnapping of Canadian million Aire Galen Weston. Guinness family members suffered a series of tragedies in 1978, including a drug overdose a fatal car Accident and the death of lady Henrietta guinness who fell off abridge outside Rome under what police described As suspicious circumstances. Bacon and eggs declining As breakfast fare in Britain London up Britain s traditional Bacon and eggs breakfast fare is on the decline according to a mar Ket research report. Taylor Nelson Market research said fewer people Are going to work after eating eggs whether boiled or Fried. The reason growing awareness that Britain s breakfast May not be too healthy. The report was based on a Survey of 2,000 families across the nation. The report also said poultry is the Only growing sector of the British meat Market with beef Down in consumption by 25 percent and Lamb by 20 percent Over the last five years. The 15 percent growth in poultry sales since 1980 largely stems from the increase in the Frozen sector although the last 18 months have seen fresh poultry increase to 37 percent of the Market the report said. The trend away from beef and Lamb is not Only affect ing stews and casseroles but also another traditional favorite roast beef. Arian space opens office for satellite business in Tokyo Tokyo a officials of Arian space the euro Pean satellite launching company opened a Tokyo office and denied that it Hopes to gain from the Gap left by the . Space shuttle s disaster. We were competing for years and were deeply saddened and shocked by the challenger s explosion in Jan uary company chairman Frederic d tallest told reporters. Beyond commercial considerations we offered to assist our friends and allies in trouble by taking Over some . Projects he said just As the United states did at the time of the initial ariane rocket failures. We Are confident in the skill and capacity of Nasa the National aeronautics and space administration and the . Industry to resume the flight of the shuttle next year he said. Arian space is a mainly French and German venture within the 11-nation european space Agency. New . Law tightens controls on wiretapping mail interception London up a new Law makes it a criminal offence for the first time in Britain for officials to tap telephones or intercept mail without a warrant signed by an authorized Cabinet minister. The interception of communications act which went into effect thursday carries a maximum penalty of two years in prison and an unlimited Fine. The act also creates an Independent tribunal to handle complaints by people who believe they have been subjected to an illegal interception. The Law codified existing administrative guidelines which carried disciplinary penalties but did not make phone tapping or the interception of mail a criminal offence. Under the Law the interception of communications is restricted to three groups the police customs and excise officials and the Security services. Germans oppose Maneu vers off libyan coast Survey shows Munich up a majority of germans oppose . Sea Maneu vers off the libyan coast a Public opinion poll has disclosed. The poll taken for the Quick illustrated Magazine by the Wickert Institute showed 69 percent of a Sample do not think the United states should hold Maneu vers in Waters claimed by Libya. Women were More opposed to the Maneu vers than men. Eighty two percent of women compared to 55 percent of men said they disagreed with president Reagan s policy on the Gulf of Sidra. A majority also disagreed with Reagan s policy on nuclear testing. Seventy eight percent said Reagan should have accepted soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev s invitation to attend a conference on stopping nuclear tests. New Rolls Royce Jet engine Rolls off . Assembly line London up the first Rolls Royce v 2500 Jet engine made in Derby rolled off the Assembly line capping a five nation cooperative project involving Britain the United a  Italy and Japan the company said.1 he five nation engineering company s Headquarters in Derby International Aero engines is producing the medium thrust engines for a new generation 150-seat Airliner. Due to begin mass production in 1989, the engine is aimed at a Market Worth $29 billion and the order Book already stands at $1.45 billion the company said