European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d general tells women soldiers to go for if Page 3 a museum exhibits famous headgear. Stripes Magazine o today s Dollar still buys 1.84 marks.,.ratea, Page 23 Itco Uno Miculs vol. 45, no. 328 thursday March 12, 1987 06693 a s rotation of 7,000 soldiers in Europe by Brenda Hoster suit writer Schwet Zingen Germany More than 7,000 soldiers scheduled o rotate from Europe this summer will be delayed up 10 three months As part of the army s Effort to reduce change of Ila lion Colts. New rotation Dales have been computed by the army and soldiers will be notified through personnel and com Mand Channel. Set Chart related Starlei on page9. We also had to delay some soldiers due to leave i october and november for a few Days to a couple or weeks so As nil to have saturated those months with the original rotations plus those who were extended from july August and september said maj Fred Wink chief or enlisted management division i St personnel come. Soldiers affected by the delay have until april 30 to request a foreign service tour Extension to carry them through to next summer. Soldiers can make the request without regard to Normal Lead Lime or receipt of assignment instructions. Wink said we have liberalized that policy to accommodate the soldiers caught in this pcs permanent change of station delay so they can remain on the same rotation Cycle next year Wink said. That s a plus for those soldiers with children who Don t want to pull them oat of  soldiers in grades e-6 and below usually must have a foreign service Lour Extension approved by the major command six months prior to their Date of rotation White e-7s and ebs must have an approved Extension 10 . Those soldiers who were extended through last year s change of station delays won t get caught in this year s Extension bemused no Soldier on a 36-month tour will serve More than 39 months and those on a 24-month tour will serve no More than 21 months he said. On a related matter. Wink said the number of sol Diers asking for foreign service tour extensions has almost doubled since the army changed the deadline for application in december we had 784 approved Estes in october which was prior to the change and in january we had 1,375 Estes approved he said. That s almost double Sowe know it s a Good program and one that works. An Extension actually prevents two pcs moves one Soldier coming from conus the Continental United states and the other going that becomes a significant number when you re looking at 1,400 moves per month another snowfall in new York a photo none year Oil Paul Brown lakes a Tumble As he tries some ski jumping Maneu vers minus the skis. The Rome , boy decided the idea of mint his skateboard in the Snow was t such hot idea after All. Reagan Dodges queries by saying he lost voice Washington a for the Sec Ond Day in a Row. President Reagan wednesday ducked questions from re porters by claiming he had lost his voice of however a White House spokesman said Reagan had not lost his voice. As Reagan posed for pictures with congressional leaders around a table inthe Cabinet room a reporter asked his View of a poll saying that two thirds of americans were sceptical about his explanation of he Iran Centra affair i be lost my voice the president said offering the same explanation he had used to avoid questions tuesday. He repeated that statement when a re Porter asked whether Aid to the contras had been doomed by the Iran Contra Epi Sode. Reagan found his voice briefly when a reporter noted there were no women scaled around the table. It s just our bad Luck he replied. White House spokesman Mark win Berg asked later if Reagan had lost his voice said no. H is voice is  White House spokesman Martin Mhz water said the president did have a rather remarkable recovery of his voice after you  on a More serious note he said the president docs not believe photo sessions Are the appropriate forum to answer questions. However futz water said he could not pinpoint when Reagan would hold a news conference. Parliament re elects Kohl in narrow vote Bonn a Chancellor Helmut Kohl was re elected wednesday in an unexpectedly close vote of the German parliament. Some lawmakers in his own governing coalition apparently failed to support  election came six weeks alter Ger Man voters handed Kohl s governing coalition a slightly diminished majority. It was largely a formality since Kohls coalition of Christian democrats Christian social Union and free democrats won a majority in parliamentary elections Jan. 25. Kohl was elected by the bundestag or lower House of parliament on a secret ballot vote of 253 to 225, there were six abstentions and three ballots were ruled invalid. Under German Law voters elect the bundestag which then elects the Chan cellar Kohl a Christian Democrat received Only four votes More than the 249 he needed to win. That meant 16 lawmakers who were expected to support him either see Kohl on Page 24 3 drug suspects off e As hondurans Down . Plane Tegucigalpa Honduras a the american Pilot of o .-Rcgislercd air plane apparently on a drug Mission refused to identify himself before honduran combat jets shot Down the plane killing All three peo ple aboard the government said no narcotics acre found in or around the wreckage of the dc3 in Western Honduras but it is believed the cargo was thrown out by the Crew shortly before the Craft was intercepted the honduran armed forces said in a statement tuesday night. The plane was shot Down at 11 30 . Monday after entering honduran airspace from Nicaragua and proceeding in a northwesterly direction. The armed forces statement said the plane s path indicated it probably came from Colombia or elsewhere in sout America. Wreckage and human remains were scattered Over nearly one Square mile near the settlement of Al Palmi Tal according to the statement. Al Palm ital is near the town of Garita in mountainous Lempira province. Sea plane on Page 24