European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 4, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars Aud stripes saturday july 4,1987 news1 updates time has run out Vienna Austria up the regional prose Cuit s office has recommended no charges be brought against Conner is Camp guard Martin ban sch who is accused in the 194j show King of an austrian jew an austrian Justice ministry spokesman mid thurs Day. Prosecutors in the province of upper Austria said the main mum bling Block to trying Bartesch go was the expiration of the 20-Yearaustrian statute of limitations which ran out in 1965, 20 years after the end of world War ii. The Justice ministry spokesman said no final decision would be made until the Justice ministry re views the Case and recommendations of the prosecutor s office. Ban sch is a naturalized Ameri can of romanian origin who settled in Chicago As a janitor after the War. He was expelled by Itic United slates in late May and Lold to sur Render his passport to the . Embassy in Vienna after it was disclosed he was a guard at the is Camp Mau Hausen in Austria be tween 1943 and 1944. Fit committee Auva Fiji up governor general Genera Ratu sir Pena a Tanilau Friday appointed a 16-member committee to review Fiji s 970 Constitution to find ways of strengthening the political representation of ethnic fijians a report is expected by july 31. Temperatures crop Chin weather Tiv a i or rut i tort Tow jowls a i ii women in German military concern of defense official by de Reavis suit writer Bonn Germany cannot solve its impending military manpower shortage by adding women to the armed forces said the first woman appointed to a political position in the German defense department Germany will be 90,000 men Short oils 49j,000-member nato manpower commitment in 1990 because of the de Clining birthrate in the country Agne Shurland burning said. Her office predicts that if women were allowed to join the armed forces at the most 20,000 women would do so. Furthermore we cannot by our Constitution draft women nor May they serve As combatants. I suggested to the defense mini scr that a Pilot project be considered to allow a limited number of women in the services similar to the project that allowed women to join the med ical services forces years ago. But there s a widespread misconception that i be been placed in this position to push through a government plan to put women in uniform. That is  before officially proposing the women in the military project Hurland Burn ing said she will discuss the matter with labor unions churches and relevant women s groups. In september i will go to the United slates to study like american experience. The Chancellor the defense minister and i believe the women in question should Nave a say in this and not so much the women and men of my  Hue Riand buening said germans of the War generation have Strong reservations about women in service because of the Way they were used and abused under the third Reich. But there s a different generation of Young women out there and they wan the opportunities offered to them through military  Hue hand buening accused Many of the women who Are against the idea of women in the service of class arrogance. Agnes Netland buening they re often the academic women who have lesser problems in making a career for themselves. But if they went Toa factory and saw the women on the As Sembly lines and remembered Many of them Are running a household at the same time they might reconsider Inci reservations there s certainly nothing feminine about factory work. These women Wouldhave greater opportunities for Advance ment if a military career were open  beginning june i 1989, the German draft will be extended from 15 to 18months to increase the number of sol Diers. Other options for increasing he Force Are changing the health criteria for serv ice and drafting married men Guerland burning said. There s no reason Why a professional soccer player with a bad knee can t be used in the  plans also Are being discussed to make service More attractive with financial incentives and More interesting service time. We plan to improve our image in the Public and not allow the peace move ment 10 put us on the defensive morally or  Guerland Burn my a former social worker oversees four major area of the armed forces attractiveness of service sports complaints from soldiers and Din ing facilities. I Don t know if my personal impressions arc valid across the Board but 1 found during my visits to several units Here were Good relations Between the Tower ranking soldiers to their noncommissioned officers. There arc about 1,000 written complaints a year about superiors usually noncommissioned officers. That is be Nous but not an acute  Hurland buening said More than 70 percent of German soldiers Are stationed near their Homes which helps avoid problems like Barracks fatigue but brings on other problems. As they go Home almost every night from duty there s the possibility that a feeling of comradeship might not develop. It also causes a problem with the Din ing facility situation. The dining Halls Are run by contractors. The soldiers who Don t eat Ali arc take their rations in the form of Money and the dining Ball suf Fer on the weekends the dining Halls arc just about  As the head of the military sports pro Gram Hurland buening said she was interested in the socialization aspects of Spons Young people learning to live with victories and defeats. There s a problem she said with the Altitude towards sports in Germany. I know from a Young student who attends High school in the . What wonderful facilities you have there and above All How easy in is for students to participate in sports in comparison to Here. Here when the school shuts Down so do the sports  of hunches probe into allegations Northrop improperly tested missiles Washington up the air Force has begun an investigation into suspected defects in pans of us nuclear lipped air launched cruise missiles manufactured by Northrop corp., the Washington Post reported Friday. The probe of the missiles centers on allegations that no drop improperly tested a key part of the cruise missile placing in doubt the missile s ability to hit targets in the soviet Union in the event of a nuclear War the newspaper said. Northrop corp announced in los an Geles thursday that it will replace two senior officers of its electronics division which the aerospace giant has acknowledged has engaged in irregular practice in the my missile program. Northrop assigned two senior officers from its electronics systems group to take Over the management of the Divi Sion. Replaced in the shake up were Gene Hauser the division s general manage since 1982, and John Roc Rig inc Divi Sion s senior financial officer. No future assignments were announced for Hauler and Rochho. Law  no Tuiuri is in washing Ion Cun Finni d the Justice department and the Fri Are looking into the allegations the Post said. Most of the missiles arc deployed on b-52 strategic bombers. Coupled with serious defects in some vital electronic sys tems of the new by bomber the cruise missile problem could Mcm that a major part of . Defense capabilities Are unreliable. Sources told the Post the allegations against Northrop Fine raised by employees entered on the company s failure to test an undetermined portion of Atti tude stabilization units after they were assembled. Los Aspin d-wis., and chairman of the House armed services committee Uroic to Aii Force Secretary Edward Al Dridge or. Thursday saying the allegations raise Basic questions about the management oversight and performance of a tical strategic modernization of  our customers rely on the integrity of our management and our adherence to procedures As much As on the Quality of the systems we produce said Thomas Jones. Northrop s chairman and chief executive officer. Nothrop has Ackon nuke re irregularities in us Ili Uhuru in Arumi i illusion including the use of fictitious companies to spend nearly 1400,000 to buy parts for the my missile program. The aerospace giant is under criminal invest Galion for double Billing certain Compo nent pans of the my missile s guidance system and for allegedly falsifying employee time cards to pad payroll costs by up to $14 million according to a report released last month by rep. John Row land  electronics division already four months behind its delivery schedule produces the Ine Nial measurement unit for the guidance system of the my mis Sile. Jones said the division has experienced management lapses and errors in judgment in the administration of it practices and procedures. We Are changing the division s management procedures and practices wherever necessary to make sure they comply with the operating standards set Jbf our customers and by the Corpora lion Jones said. Northrop created the fictitious Compa Nies because its purchasing department was plagued by problems according to the los Angeles Tim. Air Force audits obtained by the newspaper confirmed Hal the i in Wagon has rep Calely warned Northrop about the she