European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes sleuthing with Sherlock stripes Magazine d Randy Barnett s car Comer Page 13 o celts top bulls sweep series Page 17 d today s Dollar buys 1.79 Marks Page 23 the St a and ripes info Tarn Chi. Tui Linnian run Tim . Armed fount vol.46,no.13 thursday april 30, 1987 of leaving jobs vacant in Safe to save funds Jpaul Cozby  Bureau Ramstein a Germany the air Force won t tilt hundreds of vacant positions in Safe until next fiscal year to save permanent Chan goof station funds we tried to find areas that weren t Shal Low manned and we have tried to mini Mize the Impact of this said col. Ron Smith Safe personnel director of assignments. Although there Are going to be some people who feel the Pinch. Fund Raiser pleads guilty will assist Iran Contra probe Washington a Contra fund Raiser Carl r. Spitz Channell pleaded guilty wednesday to conspiring with fired White House aide Oliver a North to defraud the government of taxes on More than $2 million raised for the nicaraguan rebels Channell also agreed to cooperate with a Federal prosecutor s investigation of the Iran Contra affair. Related Story Page 7. Channell asked by . District judge Stanley s. Harris no name the persons with whom he conspired to defraud the Treasury replied col. North an offi Cial of the National Security Council Channel could be sentenced to five years imprisonment and lined 1250,000 for his guilty plea of conspiring to de fraud the government. David Zornow an assistant to inde pendent counsel Lawrence a Walsh told the judge that three other members of Channel s organization the National endowment for the preservation of lib erty had signed written agreements with Welsh s office to cooperate with the continuing investigation. At the request of prosecutors Harris postponed Channel s sentencing until the completion of the investigation As he left the courtroom Channell declined to comment on his guilty Pica saying no i be said it  Harris ordered that Channel be re leased on his personal recognizance and directed him to surrender his . Puss sea probe on Page 24 army May be forced to begin if next year by Charlie Bowden Munich Bureau Garmisch. Germany the army has avoided a wholesale reduction in Force during this fiscal year but could be forced to begin a if Nam year unless Congress changes the 1986 defense authorization act the army s personnel chief said wednesday. Congress directed the sen ices to re Duce their officer strength by 6 percent Over a three year period. This year the army reduced its officer strength by 1,575 through voluntary and involuntary actions. If no changes Are made those cuts will be followed by a 2 percent reduction in fiscal 1988 and a 3 percent reduction in fiscal 1984. If we continue with the reductions in fiscal 1988 then there will be a require ment for a if Suid it. Gen. Robert m. Elton Deputy chief of staff for personnel. However we be worked Long and hard with members of Congress in an attempt to either have the additional 5 percent removed from the Law or to have a moratorium  a moratorium would give army Lead ers time to regroup Elton said. We d be Able to Lay out More carefully to the Congress the absolute devastation that would be caused if we had to reduce officer strength that additional 5 percent he said. The cuts would hit the army hardest at the company Grade level. Elton said. That hurts us most at that portion of the army that we have attempted to build Over the past half dozen  Elton said. If Congress refuses to change its mind see if on Paga 24 As the july through september round of returns from overseas begins air Force officials will leave As Many As 1,600 positions unfilled worldwide the Safe share of the vacancies originally was set at 518 enlisted and 139 officer slots. The number could be Cut in half if More air Force members choose to extend overseas. Smith said. At the earliest personnel from the United states will begin filling the slots during fiscal 1988. To make up for a $96 million shortfall in the assignments budget the air Force earlier this year started a variety of pro Grams to make staying overseas easier. The reduced Manning became necessary when the Extension programs left More than $ 10 million to be saved Smith said. It fell to Smith and members of the Safe directorate of personnel to de cide which positions would be left vacant. Only bases with tour lengths of 24 to 36 months will face vacant positions. Positions directly related to flight opera see funds on Page 24 an automatic camera at a Frankfurter Volk Sabok took this photo of a robbery tuesday. Witnesses say her Belfre the Man was an american. Robber of franc surf Bonk May have been american Frankfurt s4s a Man with an american accent threatened two Bank tellers and a customer with a pistol tuesday and escaped with 13,700 Marks a is military criminal investigation agent said wednesday. German criminal police Are searching for the nun. Who was described As about 40 years old with grading hair and a mus tache. He entered the Frankfurter voiles Bank on the Comer  land Straw and am Roc Heneck in Frankfurt s Lomheim Section Al about noon tuesday. The Man who wore a dark Blue cup Blue jacket sunglasses Black shoes and Gray jogging pants shoved a Black plastic bag with Gold lettering through the cashier s Slot demanding the tellers till ii with rash. The employees filled the bag with the equivalent of about 18,820, and he led on foot in the direction of am Roche neck and  streets. Another witness reported seeing the Man near the Bank earlier trying id Park an older Model yellow Audi that bore . Forces License plates. Criminal investigation come officials believe the Man robbed another Bank in Frankfurt s West end in february. Witnesses to both robberies said his right car was thick with scar tissue lift cauliflower ear and had a prot Ding Carloc. It did not appear that the Defor mity was caused by an injury such As a Boxer would have they said. Witnesses said he Man stands about 5 foot 11 inches tall and weighs about 165 pounds. German police ask that anyone with information about the suspect Call John t. Watson. Criminal investigation come at ets 320-8170 or