European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes q 6 cities finalists for demo convention Page 2 o germans Mark anniversary of Hitler bomb plot. Page 3 n Norman wins open by five strokes Page 21 Andi stripes Lut Komad uno�ic1l pull Iutin to Tut . Mid Torch vol. 45, no. 94 monday july 21, 1886 10.11. Mum 0 8693 a soldiers need Complex skills expert writes by Clint Swift Washington Bureau Washington a widening Gap be tween High technology weapons and the abilities of the men and women who will run and repair them will become a major problem for the military in the 1990s unless a greater emphasis is put on training. That is the thesis of manpower expert Martin Binkin of the stockings institution in his Book military technology and de tense manpower published monday. Training will have to become Asim portent Ai performance construction training will Hove to become As important As. Weapons development Martin Binkin timetables and Cost in weapons development if the military is to avoid a mis match Between modern weaponry and military manpower. Binkin believes the shrinking Pool of men in to 20 Yean old traditionally the prime target of military recruiters makes the possibility of such a Man machine crunch even More of a threat. By 1994, that population will be about 13 percent below thai of 1986. Binkin writes and Only one out of three men can qualify in any Case for some High skill jobs for example air Force radar repair technician. He dismisses traditional solutions such As substituting women or civilians or reintroducing a draft. Women Don t Cyl show an aptitude for technical training in Large enough num Bers about 25 percent of women Proba Bly could qualify for training As a Navy electronics technician while 43 percent of men could. Civilian in a War zone pose their own problems for the military and the draft addresses Quantity but not Quality of recruits. It would be More promising to usenet technology to fashion training aids that would make technicians More productive Binkin says. That also might open High Lech Careen to people now unable to meet the military s standards for entry into such career Fields. The military could use computer based instruction to turn out belter technicians instead of using it to rain less skilled technicians More quickly he suggests. Even belter would be an Effort to re Duce the need for so Many technicians by choosing less Complex Battlefield system Sand designing them to be More reliable or easier to maintain. The radio in an f-4 phantom is be Neath the rear cockpit scat he writes. When it fails it takes an explosives expert to take out the ejection device a second technician to remove the seat and a third to Deal with the , he writes improvement measures face a common obstacle. A preoccupation with achieving Man see soldiers on Page 26 skipping into town a photo a twister whirls into Fri Dey Minn in one of live touchdowns it nude in the area. Weather off cite cd Inch str faters skipping  no injuries were reported but several Homes were dam aged. Meanwhile the South is still reel ing from a record hut wave. See re lated glory photo on Page 5. Reagan delays envoy s nomination Washington up president Reagan his wife gone to London to see the Queen dropped by vice president George Bush s House for lunch sunday while a new embarrassment loomed sur rounding his policy toward South Africa. With Reagan preparing his first speech on South Africa to be delivered without fanfare at the White House tuesday be bad to delay and possibly cancel an announcement he would appoint Lack businessman Robert Brown As ambassador to the while ruled country. Reagan had hoped to include the announcement in tuesday s speech. Although Reagan told his aides last week be intended to name Brown a Nixon administration official As a symbolic gesture to deflect intense criticism of his refusal to impose sanctions on South Africa two newspapers reported sunday the announcement will not be made. The president had lunch with Bush after first lady Nancy Reagan left for London sunday to attend wednesday s wedding of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson. Mrs. Reagan s trip also includes Lea with prime minister Margaret Thatcher and lunch with Queen Elizabeth. The Washington Post reported Sunda that Reagan abandoned the idea of nominating Brown because a background investigation May have revealed questionable business dealings Between Brown and a for Mer nigerian Leader accused of corruption. Brown 51, has denied any wrongdoing. Meanwhile the new York times in sunday s editions quoted Brown As saying he wanted to consult with his family about whether to accept the nomination and would make a final decision sunday or monday. Brown could not be reached for com ment sunday. Brown had said wednesday when he went to the state department to begin processing for the Job that he would accept it if it were offered. The Washington Post said sunday that Brown s proposed nomination was dropped after a White House meeting late Friday. Assistant White House press Secretary Denny Brisley declined comment on the report. Reagan said Friday he is very much opposed to punitive sanctions against South Africa to Force abolition of its apartheid policy of racial separation. Administration officials said Reagan is Likely in tuesday s speech to advocate in creased . Contacts with opposition groups including the outlawed Amman National Congress renew Bis Call Foran end a apartheid and for the release of jailed Anc Leader Nelson Mandela and urge european allies to create an International forum to press South Africa to abandon apartheid. Congressional republicans As Well As most Allied nations have demanded change in the . Policy of constructive engagement which keeps close diplomatic and business ties with South Africa in Hopes of persuading the government to make racial Progress. Reagan scheduled a while House meeting monday with Senate Republican Leader Robert Dole of Kansas foreign relations committee chairman Richar Lugar a and. And Africa subcommittee chairwoman Nancy Kassebaum a Kan in an interview aired sunday on lbs s face the nation Dole said he Hopes to make it Clear to the president that there s a lot of bipartisan  and to learn from Reagan just what is constructive engagement what has it accomplished and what it will  we re going to defend administration policy and perhaps we should then we need to know precisely what would give us Rise to stand up and say Well we should t change anything " he said. Dote also hinted that we administration might Send a representative to meet with the outlawed african National Congress