European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 29, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes n Dodds students score High in Baste skills Page 2 a Dod working to improve Supply system Taft says Page 5 d contest winners join Clem for dinner stripes Magazine the stars authorized unofficial publication for the . Almeo of Btl vol. 46, no. 194 thursday october 29, 1987 i 0 8693 a 2 . Airmen among 4 killed by philippine Assassin teams Angeles cite Philippines a suspected communist rebels shot and killed two . Airmen and two other people wednesday in separate Daylight attacks near the giant Clark a. . Officials said the dead included two air Force sergeants a filipino retired from the is. Air Force and a filipino business Man of . Ancestry. Assassins also fired on an air Force in Plain. The attacks came within is minutes of each other and were followed by inc slay Ings of two policemen and the wounding fan army colonel in Manila several hours later. Authorities also blame those snacks on the rebels names of the victims were not immediately available. Base spokesman a. Thomas boy said both airmen were in uni form. Maj. Gen. Donald Snyder commander of the uth air Force said the motive for the killings was unknown. But  Caranza Security officer of the philippine military s Clark a come said he suspected communist rebels were responsible. He said the style of the attacks and the weapons used ,45-Calibcr pistols pointed to rebel assassination teams known As Sparrow units for the Swift Ness of their assaults. Francisco no Pomuceno mayor of an Geles City also said he suspected communist assassination squads because of recent . Arms shipments and statements of support for president co Razon Aquino s government. A statement by the philippine military continued on Page 24 Usa eur initiates attrition policy in anticipation of 88 budget cuts by Crystal Laurean stuff writer Usa eur officials have implemented a command wide civilian hiring limitation policy a manpower spokeswoman said  hiring limitations implemented oct. 13 in anticipation of budget cuts directed that Only one appropriated fund position be filled for every three people who leave an organisation. It is too Early to say howling inc hiring limitations will continue said Jan bar ran a Usa eur manpower management  decision to limit hiring was made when it be came Clear that the fiscal 1988 budget cuts would havea substantial Impact on Usa eur but before the amount of the cuts were known Barron  Usa eur commander Gen Glenn a cams made the decision to immediately initiate the limitations to put our organizations on a downward trend while we develop More guidance she  a message issued by Usa eur earlier this month officials estimated that the budget cuts would lop 11 percent. Officials announced monday that the budget reduction mandated by the department of de sense is 14 percent. Barren said each subordinate command was give planning figures earlier in the month. We Are asking commands to address the Impact the limitations Wilt Nave on their command and look at what they need she said. We will develop guidance Hal addresses the actual position of each command such guidance could be completed by the end of in week Barren said. Reagan ready to intensify talks will Welcome Gorbachev visit West Point. . A president  ahead to a possible Summit meeting with soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev said wednesday he is ready to continue and intensify our negotiations but added that a Summit is not a precondition for progression .-Sovici relations. In a speech to cadets at the . M military  said that when Gorbachev is ready to visit the United slates. "1 and the american people will Wel come  just hours earlier. Washington and Moscow announced that soviet foreign minister Eduard a. Shevardnadze will arrive in Washington for talks Friday with Reagan and Secretary of slate George Shultz. Presidential spokesman Martin Fitzwater said those sessions will focus on a nearly completed treaty ban Ning intermediate Range nuclear missiles As Well As on negotiations to curb strategic weapons and a possible Summit the announcement put Summit planning Back on track after Gorbachev unexpectedly said last week that he was not ready to come to the United states because the Reagan administration has not agreed to restrict the Star wan missile defense plan. In his remarks Here Reagan said summits can be useful for leaders and for nations occasions for Frank talk and a Bridge to better relations. It would be Good for or Gorbachev 10 see this country for him  n an apparent reference to Gorbachev s earlier at tempt to link Star wars with the Summit Reagan see talks on Page 24 Appl Nono Luck for the Buck a Busy dealer at the Frankfurt Exchange show the stress of hectic trading wednesday As the is. Dollar Slid two pfennig to hit lit lowest level against the German Mark in seven Yean 1.749. Sales of Mulu to is. Personnel for personal Weill be at the rate of 1.74 thursday. The Buck also Slid sharply i Amsl other major foreign currencies despite governments agencies apparent efforts to prop it up. A currency conversion ales on Page 13. Group probing pressure on working spouses wife takes wait and see attitude about panel by Daryl e.  Bureau. Kaiserslautern one of the women whose charges prompted the for mation of the Blue ribbon panel investigating air Force pressure on working spouses believes the panel s effectiveness remains to be seen. I really Hope that something can Bedone but i Don t Sec How said Battaya Leuenberger Ali a meeting with the panel wednesday at rams Cin  can they implement it 1 think the panel really has to address How the can bring about the change that is needed in the air  the panel is visiting four bases in Ger Many and the United kingdom this week. The Issue surfaced in an article in the july 19 Issue of the Indianapolis Star and the aug. 3 Issue of the air Force Timo. The articles quoted wives of senior officers at Grissom fab ind., who said they had been pressured by col Gary , commander of the Josith air re fueling Wing there to Stop working in order to support the husbands military careers obviously recent Media attention Over the past couple of months increased the visibility of this Issue which the air Force was already looking into said capt. Chris Canfield the panel spokes Man.  s husband. Col. . Is assigned to Rhein main a after asking to be reassigned fro Grissom. Leuenberger remembered comments made by Maria Fortner wife of maj. Gen. Larry former then the commander of the j2nd air div during a luncheon see wife on Page 24