European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 27, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes Friday february 27,1987 medical group no Dies after running ludwigs Burg. Germany the command sergeant major of the 30th medical group collapsed and died tues Day or an apparent heart attack shortly after completing a midday run. Command ski. Maj Richard a Greene or san Antonio Texas was 42. He co laps d in a stairwell at Coffey bar Racks just after the run which he usually performed three times a week according to a 2nd support come spokesman. Greene had been command sergeant major of the medical group since june. He is survived by his wife Marcia Greene two sons Keith 18, and scot16 and a daughter living in the United Stales. Memorial services will be at 2 pm Friday in pall Onville Chapel. 1st army div go Dies. A 33 year old Al army dial Dick died tues Day after Fang adj Ned to the army Hospital in Rou Jimro for what a Divi Sion  a Brief  spec. 4 a Rev Boswell a Mechanic assigned mrs dil in s4th inf in Bambur Jowas admit a to the Hospital Early Xor Day and did Only after 4 to  capt. Dale Bryson. M would not elaborate on the a to Airor Boswell s illness bulled an a Isy is scheduled to Del Carminc in exact ise of death. Boswell a native of Madison ca., is a vivid by his wife Acra. Mormon official Dies Salt Lake City a elder Henry d. Taylor mormon Church Gen eral authority emeritus died tuesday. He was 83. Shultz says cuts in Aid to Spain threaten renewal of base pact Washington a Secretary of state George Shutlz told the Senate for eign relations committee that negotiations a renew the agreement on . Bases in Spain Are very Tough because the United slates has fallen Short by about 70 per cell of the old that Spain had expected. Shultz appearing before congressional committees in search of More tin Erin in nil Aid has been citing Spain As a prime example of . Aid helping . Interests. He has indicated . Base rights arc endangered when Congress cuts Aid promised by the administration. The allies have a right to wonder How reliable we Are he said tuesday. A fourth round of talks in Madrid Spain on the renewal of the agreement on bases ended feb. 4, with no apparent Prog Ress a fifth round is due in late March. The United Stales has four joint bases i Spain As Well As some communications units under a i9j3 treaty. The current five year Extension ends in May 1988, last March prime minister Felipe Gonzalez promised he would seek a reduction in . Forces if there was a favourable vote in a referendum on Spain s remaining in the Alliance. The vote was favourable by 52.5 percent. In december the Spanish government asked for a reduction of about Joel in the 12.500 . Military personnel at the bases. The Spanish government wants the removal of a fighter bomber wine from Torr Jon a outside Madrid and a midair refuelling Squadron from Zaragoza and. Ambassador Reginald Bartholomew head of the . Delegation said he had Laid Down a comprehensive proposal. Maximo Cajal who headed the Spanish team said the proposal was a Long Way from the Spanish position. A state department official said Loans for arms sales to Spain totalled $382.8 million for the year that ended last sept. 30, for this year the amount has been put at si05 million although at a lower interest rate. The administration is asking Congress to provide an additional $200 million at the Tower rate. Italian defense minister Giovanni Spado Ini tuesday said the bases now in Spain May be moved to Portugal. Earlier in the Day Shultz did not men Tion Portugal in this connection. Slate department officials declined to com ment on the possibility of moving the bases to another country. Spadolini has been discussing problems of Lite North Atlantic Alliance Wilh presi Dent rag Al Weinberger Shultz and con Gressional leaders. He Laid a news Confer ence the question of the bases in Spain had come up in a meeting with the House armed services committee. I believe they might go to Portugal Spadolini said. It is evident that there is no possibility of our receiving them in Italy. We already have a Nagri of  he said the Protection of american forces in the Mediterranean would be worsened if the Spanish bases were shifted to Portugal because that would mean moving them farther West. Portugal s defense Minuter and the . Embassy in Portugal denied the two countries arc discussing that possibility. The United states has not asked for an increase in any son of military installation in this country defense min ister Leonardo Ribeiro de Almeida told reporters. In looks As though this is just Spad tint s personal opinion . Embassy spokeswoman Susan Clyde told the associated press i am Noi aware of any requests for new . Bases in  the United states operate a joint air base with the portuguese air Force tit lairs Field on Terceira Island in Portu Gal s mid allanic azores archipelago and has been granted permission to build and operate a satellite tracking station in Southern Continental Portugal. Favourable b percent. Dan Shull an a is Gross Iona Souther Goa a of Volunteer Force being me Draff unnecessary Dod official says by Chuck Vonch Ever Cox said. And our studies show drafted would be compelled to Washington Bureau that a draft would be More expensive against their will yet the great  or Tino a tit nil than the Volunteer Force. Recent research of draft Aee individuals would no Washingto resisting a Small but growing groundswell of congressional support for some form of military conscription the Pentagon s manpower chief wednesday said the Volunteer Force is meeting its goals and a return to the draft should be avoided. We simply Don t need a draft to satisfy our requirements said Chapman Cox testifying on the manpower portion of the fiscal j988-s9 defense budget be fore the House armed services subcommittee on military personnel and compensation. Sec related Slorer Page 6. Typically criticism of the Volunteer Force stems from the mistaken belief that conscription will produce a higher Quality Force and be less expensive. Cox said. Also at Issue is the notion thai the de Cline in the youth population will make it impossible to recruit sufficient num Bers of Quality Young people. None of these concerns is supported by  the Quality of the Force is Heller than Ever lha tha indicates that conscription would in crease costs up to s2.5 billion  military compensation Quality of life adequate recruiting resources and Public acceptance of military service Are More important in acquiring Quality recruits than the size of the recruit manpower Pool Cox said. The 1979 manpower Pool was the largest in recent history yet we failed to meet our recruiting goals that year he said. In contrast the services met their goals in 1974, when they needed 5.4 per cent of the manpower Pool the highest proportion in the history of the Volunteer Force he said. Cox added in 1996, when the Man Power Pool will be at its Nadir our projected requirement will be Only 5.1 per  finally a draft would create significant social problems that we Don t want to be blamed  Cox said. Those draft serve again majority o draft a not be  if the defense department needed 2 percent of the available manpower Pool Congress would have to decide which two people would be drafted and which 98 would t be. Cot said. This would Lead to resentment toward the services from without and lower morale Protevi signal Tom and productivity within the  a similar problem surfaced in Viet Nam. Cox said when some people claimed poorer americans and Minori ties were More Likely to be drafted than others. The Volunteer Force has been an unqualified Success he said. We can sus Tain that Success he maintaining a sense of Honor and dignity to service of coun try ensuring adequate military compensation and providing the services with necessary recruiting  go to Appeal sentence for refusing urine test fort Eustis a. A an army private sentenced to 15 Days in jail for refusing to give a urine Sample says his company commander threatened to have him involuntarily Calci Erined. I m nol fighting the mandatory urinalysis As much As i m fighting the threat of physical torture. The Cath Teriza lion. The whole situation was like a Lille Spanish inquisition said pvt. Kevin Franzen 18. An army hearing Board on tuesday denied Francin s up Cal of the penalty for refusing to obey an order but sus Pended a s658 Fine said 1st sgt. James Jackson he private s company sergeant at fort Eustis. Franzen who was to begin serving his sentence wednesday said tuesday he would Appeal the Board s decision to the military court of appeals. Franzen said his 400-Man company was awakened at 4 20 . Jan. 31 and told to prepare for a urinalysis sweep. I had a lot of thoughts while wailing and Felt there was something wrong with this happening in the United states he said. It was like gig Broth Crisp and i thought in was  when he refused to take the test to select drug use he said he was ordered to report to his company commander capt. Richard a. Enderie. Enderle gave him several chances to change his mind then look Franzen to the base Hospital where he Laid the sol Dier he would be involuntarily Calcie sized fora urine specimen Franzen said. After wailing three hours Frau in said Enderie told him the procedure which involves using a tube to obtain a Sample from inside the body would not be done. Enderie was off the base tuesday and could Noi be reached for comment col. John Carl a base spokesman said involuntary  is permitted under army regulations Only when there is probable cause and is prohibited Dur ing urinalysis sweeps. Franzen is the first Soldier at fort Eustis to refuse to take the test. Carl said. He s wrong but he has a lot of Cour age said Jackson. He said Franzen s refusal to take the lest surprised him. Franzen has served seven months in the army and is raining As an aircraft fire control repairman at the Pool s aviation logistics school. I joined the army for three years and i la stay that time but Ihen i m leaving Franzen said