European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 29, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d Dodds students score High tit Basic skills Page 2 g Dod working to improve Supply system Taft says Page 5 d contest winners join Clem for dinner stripes Magazine Andrs ripes au1moriied unofficial f uhl�cht40h vol. 46, no. 194 thursday october 29, t987 it. Aramco Fricis d 6693 a 2 . Soldiers military Retiree killed by philippine hit squads Manila. Philippines a three teams or assassins killed two american soldiers and a retired . Serviceman in separate attacks wednesday near the Giam .-run Clark a officials said. They said the attackers were probably communist rebels. Maj Gen. Donald Snyder. Command to of the 13th air Force said a filipin bystander was also slain in one of inc tour attacks and another american escaped injury after gunmen fired on his car. The names of the victims were Mil released. In Manila meanwhile assailants also believed to be communists shot and killed two policemen and wounded a col Onel in separate attacks officials said. In another development the . Embassy said a . Army attache linked to military mutineers was leaving the coun try in a controversy Over alleged Ameri can " meddling in philippine politics. Col. Manuel Caranza Security opera Lions officer of inc philippine military s Clark a come. Said the attacks on americans took place in the space of about 30 minutes and he said three teams of assassins were involved. We Don t have sure information said Caranza whose command is responsible for Security at the base. But they were most Likely sparrows because of the style and  communist assassination squads Are known Here As Sparrow units for the swiftness of their attacks. Police said the assassins normally use ,45-Calibcr pistols continued on Page 24 Usa eur initiates attrition p in Owic Paf on of 88 big few to cuts by Crystal Stair writer Usa eur officials have  civilian hiring limitation policy a spokeswoman said wednesday. The hiring limitations implemented a cab in anticipation Osbu decl cuts directed Thot fone appropriated fund position be filled to Fry three people who leave an organization Early to say howling the hiring limit Lions a continue said Jan bar Ron a Usa eur manager management analyst. The decision  was made when it be came Clear  1 988 budget cuts would have a  on Usa eur. But before the amount i inc cuts were known. Barren said. Eur commander Gen. Glenn k. Otis i to immediately initiate the limit our organizations on a downward trend he we develop More guidance she said. In a message issued by Usa eur earlier this Noah officials estimated inuit the budget cuts would percent. Officials announced monday thai the Duclion mandated by the department of do Barron Saia i us ordinal command was give planning figures  month we Are asking commo i us dress the Impact the limitations will have on their Amund and look at guidance what they need she said. We with not that addresses the actual position of Cache such guidance could be completed by the or week Barron said. The spy operation in Greece enabled soviets to copy stinger missile Athens Greece not the soviet Union,.through a military intelligence operation in Greece acquired specifications for the stinger missile and developed an almost identical weapon according to a greek Security official with immediate knowledge of the Case. A Western official confirmed the incident. The development Means that the russians gained the technology Tor a portable missile whose extreme effectiveness has been demonstrated in us use by afghan guerrillas fighting soviet forces. The officials said Moscow saved millions of dollars in research costs to develops similar weapon. They said the russians made use of a greek agent within the military establishment in the last three years to obtain the circuit design and other data for the Basic stinger Model. With them the officials said they Bui Lithe Sa-14, which is now the soviet equivalent of the stinger and is available on the International Market a prices somewhat higher than the original american version the stinger which can be carried by one person has proved capable of shooting Down helicopters and Jet bombers. Developed by general dynamics under con tract to the army the shoulder fired weapon weighs about 30 pounds and has a Range of 3.4 Miles the officials said the espionage operation was the work of the Athens Mission of soviet military Intelli gence and the military Industrial commission in mos cow which coordinates both the development of soviet weapons and the worldwide program to acquire Western technology. The officials said the american and greek govern ments had discussed the Case and had improved their Saa Greece on Page 24 a photo Luck for be Buck in dealer it the Frank i Tress of hectic trading Dollar Slid two pfennig la Tut the German Mark in i Les or Marks to is. Personnel Iii be at the rate of 1.74 Thulio ill sharply i Gansl Otter niches despite government i Effort to prop it up. See Currem nlesonpige/3. Exchange shows i Day Ai inc ill lowest itrel 1.749. Personal a Sci. The Buck foreign Tat apparent Ion group probing pressure on working spouses by Daryl a Green Kiiu Nutem Bureau kaisers Lauthen 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 Effe remain to be seen. "1 really  itching can be done but 1 Don t see How said Battaya Leuenberger after meeting with the ikes wait and see attitude about panel mesday at Ramstein a8. Mola Afelt it i think the panel really wait by can bring about the needed int to visiting four bases in Ger Nany 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 times. The articles quoted wives of senior officers at Grissom fab ind., who Sau the 5th air re to Stop working in order to  careers. Obviously a Iceni Media talc Nolc Over the past couple of months increased the visibility of this Issue which the air Force was already looking into said Cape. Chris Canfield the panel spokes _ hum. Ind. Col. Joh Leuenberger. It assigned to Rhein main a. After asking to be reassigned fro Grissom. Eur Enberger remembered comments Taria Fortner wife of maj. He then the commander of the 42naaiivibfasiaa a luncheon 24