European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 24, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. March 24, 19bb the stars and stripes Paga 5 services meeting but fear increasing by Chuck Vinci i Washington Bureau Washington the military serv ices continued to meet most of their recruiting cowls during the first Quarter or fiscal 1988 october november and de Cember 1987 but the Pentagon s Man Power chief tuesday expressed concern Over some ominous trends in the statistics Grant Green jr., assistant Secretary of defense for Force management and personnel said in a press release that nil the services Are meeting eur Chi manpower requirements but there arc Tome signs that recruit ing and retention might face increasing difficulty this year he said. While 93 percent of the acc nails were nigh school graduates and 96 percent scored average or above on enlistment Tessin the first Quarter of fiscal 1938 Boih slight increases Over the same period in the previous year Green admitted that reduced recruiting goals Are partially responsible for the Good showing. With Ftp get to the actual number or Quality accessions the services brought in 11.200 fewer High school graduates during the first Quarter of fiscal 1988 compared with fiscal 1987, a decrease of 16 percent he said. Similar change were ice in the numbers of recruits in listing with High test  retention figures also dipped partly because of the recent 65-Day suspension of re enlistment bonuses. Green said recruiting goals difficulty this year first term re enlistment rates trailed comparable fiscal 1987 figures in All services except the army which posted slight gain. Overall career retention rates showed some improvement Over fiscal 19s7, but retention among second term and career Navy Petty officers continued to decline after failing Short of objectives last year Green Saidt most retention measures have fallen several percentage Points since their 1983-1984 peaks he said. This trend has been particularly noticeable among personnel in High technology skills that arc in particular demand in the private sector. Green said the first Quarter figures taken together with a Strong Economy shrinking Pool of available recruits from which la choose and military compensation lagging behind the private sector mean that the services will be facing a competitive Market in the neat few years. He renewed he Pentagon s Call far a4.3 percent pay raise and other Quality of life benefits for military personnel saying that would be one Way to Stem the rising tide of  who Are choosing not to re enlist. The services ability to obtain High Quality volunteers and retain the Best and brightest for the career Force will de Pend upon renewed support by con Gress for the Pentagon s proposed compensation increases he said. Kite flying girl snagged by Low flying air plane Mountain View Calif. A Little Candra Anrig was flying her Kite when it suddenly started to Fly her her parents say. It was just a Short hop but Snethe a year old in t Likely to forget. A twin engine plane caught the 200-Pound Nylon test line at Candra s Kite and carried the 70-Pound child about 100 feel up in the air about 10 feet Over her daddy s head and almost into a tree she said tuesday. She Lei go but said she was still sore after two Days rest. The plane meanwhile is grounded because of damage apparently caused by getting tangled in the Kite string. Deandra and her parents who live in the East Bay Community of Dublin were picnicking with friends at the Shoreline Park about to Miles South of san Francisco an about two Miles from the Palo Alto Airport sunday and taking turns flying 3 glider Type Kite with a 12-Footwingspan. While it was do Anta s Virn a plane descending for the Airport snagged the line her parents said. She said it was just a big Jerk that lifted her into Theair said Candra s Mother Debby. It carried her right Over my husband s head. All he saw was a Shadow going Over his head. I m just thankful she let  we always said. Hold on Light Don t let go Honey,1" the Mother said recalling their advice on proper kill flying technique. Deandra said she was joins just Ilia. Until he saw what was looming in front of her i thought that 1 was  asked what she thought about during her Brief flight. Deandra said i was t thinking anything but How scared i  Mountain View tire marshal Frank Moe said the child was dragged for about 100 feet before letting go. Moc did not Sec the incident but quoted from a report filed by investigating officers. The girl spent a couple of Days at Home after sunday a Lemoon s mishap jesting on an air Manressa and stir rounded by soothing ire packs and two of her favorite stuffed animals. Neighbors delivered cupcakes to cheer her up. Lenore Cav ill a Pilot was at the Airport watching a deaf Era and dad Brad i a plan Hii happened. A Priolo cars that Are More economical tend to be less Safe study says Washington a Federal fuel Economy Slan Dards will cause thousands of traffic deaths in the next decade by discouraging the use of safer larger cars two researchers said this week As the government reported a slight i narc ask in Aulo fuel efficiency last year. Fuel Economy regulation inevitably leads to smaller lighter cars that arc inherently less Safe than the cars that would be produced without a binding fuel Economy con Straim said e study by Robert w. Crandall of the Brook Ings institution in Washington and John d. Graham of the Harvard school of Public health in Boston. They estimated the standards applied to 1969 ears Dur ing 10 years of Road use would cause 2,200 to 3,900 traffic deaths. The transportation department reported to con Gress that passenger cars sold in the United Stales got28.2 Miles per gallon last year Overall up 0.2 Miles per gallon from the previous year. Transportation Secretary Jim Burnley said Ameri cans traded to buy slightly heavier higher performance cars last year than in prior years and imports showed a shift Way from subcompact to compacts increasing their Market share by 8 percentage Points among the big three automakers Chrysler  the most fuel efficient cars Floc wide in 1957. At 27.fi mpg Down from 27.8 mpg in 1986. Ford motor co. Had a fuel Economy of 26.8 nip unchanged from the previous year and general motors corp ? was 26.4 mpg. Up from 26.2 mpg the previous year. Weighted by sales imports had an fuel Economy of31 mpg Down from 31.7 mpg the previous year. Domestic can averaged 26.7 Tnp up from 16.6mpg the year before. Burnley used the report to reiterate his support for elimination of the fuel Economy requirement saying i placed . Manufacturers at a disadvantage against their foreign Competition. The greatest contribution we can Rake to keeping jobs in the United slates and to making the Domestic Auto Industry competitive on a worldwide basis is to repeal the fuel Economy  Burnley said thou Sands of american jobs Are threatened because of an anachronistic Law that is doing substantial harm to our Economy and our Trade  Friend make her first Solo flight she said the Pilot of the twin engine Rockwell Turbo commander Juke Van i of Reno told her that he was at 800 feet doing about i 10knots 160 Mph when this thing came at him. Uranga who was flying a patient destined for Stan Ford University Hospital Saiu he tried to avoid it but could t. He landed safely. There was no Way the people in the plane could have known what was happening said Ken Marko with a lawyer for the Reno flying service owner of the care flight medical transport plane that tangle with the Kite. He was making a controlled Landing when the kit appeared said larkowi1?. It was t until he was on the ground that there was any Way to Tell car entertainer10 a 7&-a-month private. 20 years ago today. March 24, 1968 president Johnson named Gen. William c. Westmoreland . Commander in Vietnam to be army chief of staff. 10 years ago today. March 24, 1978 israeli prime minister Mcnac hem begin accused the United states of backing away from an israeli proposal for a limited return of Cap tured Arab lands