European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 28, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday. July 28,1987 Safe to continue letting airmen contest moves Paul  Bureau Ramstein a Germany air Force members in Europe have a Chance to reject unwanted change of station moves at least through March 1988 As Safe continues its test of an assign ment throwback program started last year. Under the lest Hal began in Decem Ber 1986, airmen and officers have seven Days after receiving an assign men to turn it Back to personnel officials and request either an Extension of their cur rent Lour or a consecutive overseas assignment in theater. The program which was to end in september is designed both to save change of station funds and promote longer Tours. Personnel officials began offering a variety of options in late 1986 allowing service members to change or delay their Dale of return from overseas. The pro Grams include indefinitely postponing the Date of return Coluni caring for a consecutive overseas tour at a new Loca Tion taking an in place consecutive Over seas Lour or applying for a regular Exten Sion. It s paying off said la. Col. Mike Karpicus Safe personnel director of assignment. We re seeing people on average slaying longer in Europe up to a month longer. We project in 1988 that will increase  the assignment throwback option was the most Radical departure from previous air Force personnel policy. The air Force had no experience for an assignment throwback system Kar Picus said. In the past you had two options accept the assignment or gel  the need for the programs arose when the air Force faced a it 3 million Short fall in change of station funds in fiscal 1987. Budget planning for fiscal 1988 should Avert a similar Surprise deficit but Safe personnel officials pushed to keep the programs and extend the lest there was pressure to end it Karpi Cus said. We wanted to keep it going. We thought it was an added Benefit in the assignment turnback program about 80 percent of requests were approved this year but changes in the lest for the period through March 1988 should cause hat approval percentage to drop. Because turning Down an assign ment can cause problems for the unit set to get a new person major commands in the uni cd Stales will now have input on assignment changes that affect them. Final approval of turn backs still Wilt rest with the military personnel Center. So far 400 people have taken a look Al upcoming assignments and decided that Europe sounded belter. Those taking advantage of the program Cut across age and rank lines. And no particular Geo graphic area in the United Stales was avoided. Karpicus said the number represents Only a Small part of the 20,000 change of station moves out Europe each year but it was adequate to Spur interest in continuing the lest. People who had any inclination to stay had already made that decision Karpicus said. I was surprised to gel As much response As we  woman held in abduction death of pregnant wife by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau the pregnant wife 9f a former Pitburg a Germany Security policeman was abducted and strangled in new Mexico but her daughter survived a crude caesarean performed by the assailant police and Kirtland fab officials said monday Cindy Lynn Ray 23, wife of staff sgt. Sam Ray was abducted thursday of Lemoon As she was leaving the base med ical clinic after a routine prenatal examination a base spokeswoman said. Ray was 8v� months pregnant. Mrs. Ray who had lived at Pitburg until her husband s assignment to Kin land Lale last year allegedly was forced into a car by Darci fierce 19, a native of Portland Ore. The name of Pierce s Hus band a service member assigned to Kirt land was not released. Albuquerque police said Pierce drove mrs. Ray to a Remote area in the nearby Manzano mountains where she allegedly strangled mrs. Ray and then used a Blunt object possibly a key to perform a crude caesarean  Pierce then look the baby girl to the University of new Mexico Hospital where she claimed she had just Given birth police said. Hospital officials examined Pierce and the baby who was bloody and dirty bul alive. The officials contacted police when the examination showed Pierce had nol Given Hirth. Police by that time had received a report Hal mrs. Ray was missing. After several hours of questioning. Pierce admitted taking the baby and led police to mrs. Ray s body Friday morn ing police said. A spokesman for the Albuquerque District attorney said Pierce would be arraigned on charges of murder and kid napping. He said information on a possible motive for the brutal crime was sketchy but said Pierce apparently was despondent because she had no children. Well probably have More information to release later this week after we be reviewed the Case for presentation to the grand jury the spokesman said. The baby remained hospitalized Mon Day but was doing Well and should be released to her father this week the base spokeswoman said. Captain from Page 1 sailors died and 21 were injured. The crippled ship reached port after raging tires were extinguished. The incident sparked debate in the uni cd slates about the . Role in he War torn persian Gulf. Iraq has acknowledged that its air plane attacked the ship describing the incident As a Case of mistaken identity and an Accident. Ii has extended a formal apology and has agreed in principle to make Repa rations. Iraq has also insisted however Hal the Stark was inside an iranian declared exclusion zone. The United states has denied that assertion saying that an obvious navigation error was made by the iraqi Pilot. The Fleet said the decisions were made after adm. Frank b. Kelso its commander in chief held an Admiral s Mast a non judicial hearing at the Fleet s Headquarters Here monday. Kelso conducted his Admiral s Masl after a Navy review of the informal investigation which had recommended that Brindel and it. . Moncrif the Stork s tactical action officer be court Martiale. Both were charged with dereliction of duty relating to the Readi Ness of the ship. The Pentagon has said the attack occurred without the Stark taking any defensive action. Cold wave from Page 1 Relief from Page 1 went on a weekend ferry boat cruise to three islands and s a people on Board fainted it was t much of a tour because of the heat Martin said. When we got to the islands we crawled under Rock hangings or in pools. Every Day i m average Ide about four showers i m drinking a lol of water and  John Mexas another Mac passenger service agent said his fellow greeks also were taking to the water. They sleep right in the water. You see them Lake their air mattresses their chairs and get in the water. Everybody stays in the  ski. Stephen and spec. 4 Rebecca Palisch of Mann Heim Germany were leaving monday after a six Day backpacking Tnp around the islands. We be been to Spain and North Africa and it s hotter Here he said. I was complaining she said. I said to him you should have checked the papers for the tempera Ture of one night in a Gly Fada hotel without air conditioning Rebecca said it was too much to handle. 1 Lay in the  tech sgt. Alonso Calix non commissioned officer in charge of the passenger service Center said he and his wife slept on the roof of their Athena apartment building saturday night because of the heal. Staff set. Linda Fly he hell Nikon spokeswoman said the heal wave is nol affecting the base because offices Are air Eon Dilione and commanders Art limit ing outside activity. Al the base Hospital since july 18, medical personnel have Irea cd nine people for heat rash three for heat exhaustion four for dehydration and 30 for heat re lated gastrointestinal problems Flythe said. The unrelenting heal also hit Turkey but in Ciurlik a spokeswoman staff sgt. Many Davis said the base Hospital has not seen any beat related injuries. But base officials Are warning americans to use common sense not to jog Al noon to drink plenty of water and increase their Salt intake. Temperatures during the part week have reached 115 degrees in Istanbul and the lower 100s at in Ciurlik a chief warrant officer David Miller of the 1st inf div in Doellingen Germany shortened his greek vacation because of the heat. Co workers in cold wet Germany May have trouble sympathizing bul Miller said i m looking Forward to getting Back to that 60-degree  Conn sky Ortr Kurt my report Lory with 63 degrees fahrenheit Only 600 bathers showed up at the City s main outdoor Pool on sunday. Three weeks ago when the weather was warm 32,000 turned up the Pool s manager Klaus Roeske lol Theap. In the Southern state of Bavaria the Start of school vacation was greeted with Stormy Chilly winds and temperatures about 68 degrees fahrenheit putting a Damper on outdoor swimming. Street cafes in Munich were without their usual crowds of summer customers and the Normal sunbathing fans in the City s English gardens Park were no where to be seen. On monday Germany s highest Peak the Zug Spitze registered a temperature of 23 degrees in neighbouring Austria the Ore Lockner Alpine Peak registered 3.1 inches of new snov., with the Snow line dropping to a Mere 6,500 feet. Heat wave from Page 1 open Over the weekend to Cope with the Rush of extra burials. Weather Bureau officials reported inc week s highest temperatures at Al Cusina 12 Miles West of Athens while the thermometer Regis lured 109 f in Central Athens. Bul they said cooler weather had already reached Northern Greece and predicted a High of 99 for Athens on tuesday Normal for late july. In London. Weather Center officials forecast that thunderstorms in Yugoslavia would move South and hit greek beaches by the Middle of the week. Although More than 50,000 athenians have fled to the Island tourism official said monday that the heal wave had t frightened off foreign tourists. We Haven t had any cancellations and the heal wave does t seem to have affected tourists As the vast majority of them Holiday on the islands where temperatures have been much lower said a spokesman for the National tourist organization. American and British tourists took dips in fountains in Central Athens squares or stayed inside air conditioned hotels. Scores of stores and offices shut Down because of the heat. This is really hoi. Holier than the dust bowl Days of Kansas where i used to come from said Ted Isaac from Hawaii. We went to the Island of Sifneos where it was t so hot. But there was t any air conditioning. So we came to gel some Cool in an air conditioned hotel before we go on wild our travels the american tourist said. While first class hotels in Athens Are air conditioned most Homes and offices Are not. Hospital officials said Hal most of the Hett wave deaths were re corded in the City s poorer suburbs West of Piraeus. The health ministry advised athenians to take fre quent showers avoid taking unnecessary medication avoid exercise and drink lots of liquids but nol alcohol. If possible people should use fans to Cool Down but i be heard that there s nol a fan to be bought in Lown  said or. Emmanuel Tsinikas a health ministry official