European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 1, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse W rips Wem say y Barrett s Mer a d Fra playoff Caff on Page 17 authorized unofficial Public icon vol.46, no. 14 Friday May 1, 1 967 arme d Force , a i d 8693 a f leaving jobs vacant Saye funds by Paul Cosby Bureau Ramstein and Germany the air Force won t fill hundreds of vacant positions in Safe until a Cal fiscal year save permanent change of station we tried to find Are Aye we run l shallow manned Anda Lac tried to minimize the Simnar Fathis said cot. Ron personnel director of assign frs although there Are Goine rec some people who Tecl the Ali As the july a of Bej will leave As Many positions unfilled worldwide. The. _5afe 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 oversees. Smith said. At the earliest personnel from the United Stales will begin filling the slots during fiscal 19 8. To mate up for a $96 million shortfall in the assignments budget the air Force earlier this year started a variety of pro is to make slaying overseas easier cd Manning became necessary when programs left More than $10 Milnov a avid Smith said. It fell to of Lac Safe directorate of Cid which positions would be cant. Only bases with Lour lengths of 24 to 36 months will face vacant positions. Positions directly related to might opera see of on Page 24 House oks Gephardt Trade plan Washington a the House defied a presidential veto threat wednesday and narrowly approved major legislation to Forte Japan and other countries to end excess and unwarranted Trade surpluses or face stringent sanctions. The House voted 218-214, to attack the plan to a sweeping 900-Page Trade Bill after ils sponsor rep. Richard a. A Cinardi d-mo., urged lawmaker to adopt a new Way a tougher Way to fight Hie record 166 billion Trade deficit a and related Job losses. Under Gephardt s measure countries with excess and unwarranted Trade surpluses with the United states would hive to eliminate them or face annual 10 percent reductions ordered by the president. Besides Japan countries that run sufficient sur pluses to be Falc Clad include Germany Taiwan Sputh Korea Italy Hong Kong and Brazil. But hone Kong would not be liable for sanctions under the legislation. I be been All Over this country in the last few months and 1 think we re beginning to be in a state of decline Gephardt told his colleagues. Wages Are beginning to a clinic in this country. Well paying jobs arc being lost 1o countries there were cheers from the floor however when rep Dan Rostonkowski d-i1i., spoke against the Bill calling instead for a Bill so Tough the japanese can t ignore it and so fair the president has to sign nothing gives Tokyo greater Comfort than to sets Congress steaming full Speed ahead with a Trade Bill thai is aimed More Al our own voters than at the Japa sea Trade on Page 24 Andrews fab Welcome Secretary of Salt George Shutlz welcomes Japa Nese prime minister you Uhro Nakasone who arrived wednesday at Andrews fab my. Nak Asime and president Reagan scheduled discussions thursday and Friday focusing on Trade and defense issues. A in sane made no Uhlie statement Al the Airport. Ronnie Dewillers 7, went like a Champion Pittsburgh a Ronnie Dewillers a plucky 7-year-old Florida youngster who received three liver transplants after an outpouring of support from presi Dent Reagan and thousands of other americans died wednesday while awaiting a fourth transplant. Ronnie is going to be in heaven his tearful Mother Maria Dewillers told reporters a children s Hospi Tal. God is is going to be with Ronnie died of cardiac arrest at h 15 . In the intensive care unit his Mother said. We kept talking to him and tears would come out of his eyes Dewillers said. He Kepi on lighting. He went like a Champion. 1 miss him in Washington the White House issued a to steer ent saying president and Nancy Reagan had kept Lac boy in their prayers. The White House is saddened to hear of his death and extends its deepest sympathy to his family it said. Miami Beach industrialist Victor Posner. Who had donated $200,000 for the boy s transplant planned to Send a private plane to Pittsburgh on thursday to Lake the boy s body and his family Back to Florida. Jerry see Ronnie c. Page 24 Contra fund Raiser pleads guilty names North Page 3
