European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 29, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday March 29,1988 of putting new emphasis on officer Job performance by Chuck v1nch Washington Burnu Washington the air Force will begin using a new officer evaluation system Lute this summer that top officials Hope will attack the problem of inflated scores and provide a More real italic appraisal of Job performance. Cen. Larry d. Welch air Force chief of staff outlined the system in a March 16 letter sent to All air Force officer inthe Field. Welch said the officer evaluation system tins three functions to provide reliable feedback to officer on How Well they meet air Force expectations and How they can improve to pro vide a cumulative performance record Over a career and to give promotion boards a Way to differentiate among offi cer on he basis of performance. Over Itie years inflation in performance reporting has eroded the Utility of the current Oer officer evaluation re port in each of those functions Welc said. As a result factors such u profession Al military education advanced civilian schooling and breadth of experience have gained More influence than they should in the promotion process Welc Laid. While those other factors Are and will continue to be important performance must be he Paramount Factor if we arc to maintain a Quality officer corps he wrote. Officials with the air Force military personnel Center it Randolph fab Texas said Only evaluation reports de scribing an officer s duties and How Well he or she carried them out will be pan of a permanent record under toe new sys tem. Feedback to officers will no longer be filed As part of thai permanent record but will be Given directly to officers by immediate supervisor. Air Force officials feel that will Leuen the tendency of rulers o inflate performance scores. In addition promotion recommendations also we be removed from per manent records official said. Recommendation instead will be made through it separate process about two months before t promotion Board meets and will be used Only during current pro motion consideration periods. That is � significant change from the current system in which an officer s pro motion potential is gauged annually whether or not there is a need to do so official ii Laid. The current situation leads to grow ing uncertainty and confusion about what contribute most to becoming Best qualified for promotion Welch said. Our responsibilities to officer de Mand l program that clean up the. Uncertainly and confusion. The revised Oes ii carefully crafted to contribute the most to those objectives. Much attention he been devotee to employing safeguards to ensure that lie system is fair to All of i dec refer anti nuke protests to be held of . Bases despite arms Accord by de reav1s staff writer Frankfurt the easier ritual Fantt Mctear demonstrations at . Mili tary facilities in Europe will continue de spite the superpower Accord signed in december eliminating intermediate Range nuclear missile. We Aren t going to be lulled by the Promise of the treaty said a spokesman for the easier March Bureau in Frank Furt. We demand the destruction of All nuclear and chemical weapons on Ger Man soil most of the demonstrations will take place easier monday at location Aero West Germany. I no luring protests at Sev eral . And nato military facilities. Although organized Are finding it harder to mobilize people in the Wake of the inf treaty they expect More than 100,000 people to participate across the country. None of the activities planned for Fri Day includes . Military installations. On saturday demonstration arc planned for erlenbach Kirchh Cimbola Dan and the nato base in Solingen Rhein monster. On sunday in Southern Hessen the spokesman said one March will go fro marburg and Giessen and hop overnight in Frankfurt Bonames other easter sunday demonstrations and marches Are planned for Hahn a Quernheim and in Stuttgart near a Jocom headquarter. The group marching on Frankfurt plans to blockade the Entrance to Rhein Mirin a and the army depot in Frank Furt Hansen monday the spokesman said. The marches Are scheduled to end with a rally on the Frankfurt Koacr Borg the City Hall Plaza. Other . Caverns bases and depots scheduled for easier monday demonstrations and blockades include Lucius  Cavern in Gar Stedl. Wiesbaden a Ana Downs Barracks in Fulda there will be numerous other demonstrations rallies and blockades through out the country during the weekend the spokesman Laid. Arrest of spy suspects is termed serious blow1 to Eastern agencies Bonn a eleven people suspected of spying for the soviet Union were seized by police in West Germany and Switzerland in a crackdown that was termed a major blow to the soviet secret police. Interior minister Friedrich Zimmer Mann said monday the  showed that soviet bloc spy networks Are Redou bling undercover work in the West de spite improved superpower relations. West Germany s  have dealt a serious blow to Eastern espionage agencies Zimmer Mann said in a iia Lemont. The Large number of arrests confirm that instead of refraining from activating Genu in a time of political deter la be tween East and West the East bloc is intensifying the illegal activities of ill operatives he added. Security sources said the arrest we remade during a series of police raids last weel Federal prosecutor Kurt Rebmann said they Mon an important penetration of the Kab spy network in Wen Germany. A foreign Engineer living in Zurich Switz Erland was arrested wednesday on a tip from West German. Swiss prosecutors said. They did not disclose his name or nationality but said they had bunched a Crimi Nal investigation into his activities. Rebmann said 10 Peop Jezerc taken into custody wednesday and thursday As pan of a nationwide crackdown against espionage targets. The raids were carried out by 169 police officers in 33 location Rebmann said. He  of the 10 taken into custody remained in jail monday and that investing Lions arc continuing against the four who army names Soldier who died in stabbing Wurzburg West Germany the3rd inf div monday released the name of the Soldier who died of Stab noun i sunday. Spec. 4 Darren r. Wooden of the 3rdmp co died at 6 45 , sunday while undergoing surgery for Stab wounds he received during an argument outside a Wurzburg disco Woods was. 22. No charges had been tiled monday against a Soldier who was being held in . Custody in connection with the slab Bing a division spokesman said. Woodson is survived by his Parent Charles and Venn wooden of Rockville Mil a memorial service will be held at 1p.m. Thursday in Leighton Chapel. Were  addition inquiries arc under Way against 14 other espionage suspects for total of 24 separate investigations the prosecutor said. He declined to say How Many of the Ca a Are Lindy to result in charges. He said those in custody include two teachers three engineers and a business Man All of whom Are suspected of work ing for the Kab. Three Are soviet Emi Gres living in wot Germany. One suspect businessman Helmut Stefan Kobuch is believed to have worked for the Kab Lince 1971, Reb Mann Aid. Kolasch 44, allegedly gave the Kab technological secrets about nato s Tornado and Jaeger warplanes while working for firms dealing with the aircraft he  identified the other jailed suspects a Peter Friesen 33, an Engi Neer George Bender 37, also an Engi Neer Shimon or 48, a teacher Edmund Neufert 37, another teacher. Another suspect a colombian Engineer was identified by Rebmann Only As  prosecutor said All six were living in West Germany. Rebmann. Said or reported to Theng b on his own life and  none of the suspected spies apparently knew one another and were operating individually the prosecutor told reporters. News updates Gas prices Down los a noels a they Eviage retail Price of gasoline Fdl again during the pint two weeks to Jutt under 93 cents a gallon tenon the nation according to an Industry sur  Price drop far ill Gradt of gasoline was o.t8 cd nth a gallon bringing the average Price to 94,96 cells a gallon As of March 25, according to the Lundburg Survey of gasoline prices from to atom round the United Stales. The average Price is just Over 1 i cent a gallon More than that of March 1987 and almost a Nick Tern than the March 1986 Price when Yii Coil prices wot crashing  Lundburg said sunday the average prices Lor Alfier Vicc pumps Weir regular unleaded 85 Ujj Centi a gallon Premium ,11.0083 cents a Gabon and regular leaded 82.13 cents a gallon. For full service pumps regular unleaded was s1.1625 cent Taj. Ion Premium unleaded $1.2633 cents a gallon and regular unleaded was 11,1202 cells. Mitterrand support Paris a new Public Opin Ion polls published sunday the tint since socialist president  officially announced hire election bid show the incumbent remaining comfortably ahead of Chis conservative rivals. The same polls one toy the Louis Harris organization my Oneby Itsos also indicate conserva Tive Premier Jacques Dune ii widening his Lead Over former ceo Ler right Premier Raymond Barre army Captain Dies while swimming p1rmasens, West Germany an army Captain assigned in  sunday while swimming with his family at a Holczl in Bulc Durf near Tilburg a. Community officials said monday Cape Michael i. Powen 32. Com Mander of the 267th signal co cd aped at the Side of the Pool Aboul 4 . Efforts in revive him were  according to Warren Field a Community spokesman. The cause or death it to accied to be a heart attack according to 73rd signal in official Powers is survived by i wife Anne an 8-year-old son and a 6-year-Oul daughter. Memorial services will be held wednesday Al 4 . Is the i Rautu Posi Chapel. Correction an article yesterday incorrectly identified the Rhein main a personnel of fice. The Rhein main consolidated personnel office Wilt represent the military Airlift come in competing for the get d. Foster or. Consolidated base Pinon Nel office achievement awards an article saturday on the renovation of the Al Blozis fitness Center in Frank fun contained an incorrect figure the Cost was 5300,000 for the repairs and $300,000 for new equipment. An article saturday on a program  for expectant Sourien contained misleading information. Only unwed mothers have the option of leaving the ther Idamc off the Binti certificate an article on flight service to West Berlin Wai  repealed in yesterday s paper