European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 13, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday april 13,1988  Brief 7th medical come officer nominated for army Post Heidelberg maj. Gen. Frank f. Cd Ford jr., Usa eur surgeon and 7th medical come commander has been no mingled 10 be come army surgeon general and receive his third Siar. An army spokesman said tuesday. The orthopaedic surgeon has held his present Posi since March 1985. Ledford will succeed it. Gen. Quinn h. Becker who will retire july i. The nomination which was approved by president Reagan awaits Senate confirmation. Hijackers from Page 1 Dalh shrouds. One Hijacker in a statement radioed to the Lavaca Airport control Tower cited verses of the Koran usually read at funerals that said those killed in the name of god Are always  Flo chairman Yasser Arafat was quoted tuesday As saying the hijackers want to Fly to Algeria and arrangements arc being made to this end the Kuwait news Agency said Arafat Lold reporters in Kuwait he  hijacking to end tuesday night. Fantis said tuesday the chances of storming the plane at Warnaca were  in London iranian Deputy foreign minister Javad Larijani said Iran had offered to Lake the Jet by Force after it was forced to land in Iran last week but Kuwait rejected the idea. At one Point tuesday the hijackers radioed the con Irol Tower demanding the plane be refuelled in 45 min utes. The deadline passed without incident Niter two Palestine liberation organization officials went out on 1hc Tarmac and spoke with the hijackers. A Hijacker later radioed that they had extended the deadline for a Short Lime. To permit the mediators to act in getting the plane refuelled. We Are warning against false promises he said in broken English. Loss emperor dominates oscars Cher Best actress los Angeles a the last emperor he lavish epic of China directed by an italian conquered Hollywood by capturing nine oscars the most for any film in 26 years. Cher won Besl actress for portrayal of a widow who discovers love in  Michael Douglas Itie greedy unethical inside trader of Wall Street was named Besl actor at monday night s Ooth annual Academy awards ceremony. Best supporting performers were Olympia Dukakis Escher s outspoken 1 Dalian Mother coping with a Way Ward husband in  and Sean Connery the hard ruled incorruptible Chicago beat cop in the  paid tribute to his father actor Kirk Doug Las for helping a son move out of the Shadow end Cher credited her Mother for urging her As a Lille girl to be , the actress in a stunning form revealing costume of strategically placed spangles Laid reporters if i can win this statue i think anybody can do any thing in addition 10 Besl picture the last emperor won in every category in which it was nominated including screenplay adaptation costumes original score Art direction cinematography sound editing and directing the award going to acclaimed film biker Bernardo Bortolucci As an italian As a european. The Academy awards has always seemed to me like a Distant ceremony said Bertolucci something fascinating Remote. Some thing i really did t belong to. Then one Day the last emperor1 got nine nominations and everything changed immediately.". The director who surprised the Industry by winning permission from the chinese government to film a Story with political overtones within Beijing s forbid Den City offered a chinese kowtow to the Academy saying this is one of the strongest emotions of my life and 1 can t hide  tie movie s nine oscars marked the biggest haul since West Side Story look 10 in 1962. The All Lime Champ Ben Hur won ii in i960. Moonstruck took three oscars but the critically acclaimed Hope and glory and crowd pleases Good morning Vietnam and broadcast news struck Oul despite having five one and seven Nomi nations  Oscar audience of 6,300 cheered loudly for the supporting actor and heiress awards. Of Michael let s go exclaimed Dukakis is she held her Oscar aloft. She was referring to her Cousin Massachusetts gov. Michael Dukakis who in seeking the democratic presidential nomination. Connery the original James Bond Drew two stand ing ovation during the evening and addressed his thanks to ladies and gentlemen friends and a few enemies. Connery said he assumed his award was for an accumulation of my different  he also made i plea for an end to the Svi week old writers Guild of America strike that caused some clumsiness in the script for the ceremony which is normally written by some of Hollywood Besl word Hie award for a song went to the time of my life from dirty dancing and the movie s stare Patrick Swaynie and Jennifer Grey appeared As pre  a ceremony that rewards dramatic expertise there were Many Lump in Lac Chroal moments among them deaf actress Marlee Mistlin i presentation of the Best actor Oscar to Douglas. Matlin who won last year As Best actress abruptly abandoned her sign language to speak haltingly As the announced the nominees. Andiliere was screenwriter Patrick Stanley holding his Oscar for Moonstruck and enthusing i dont care if we re supposed to be Cool. This is incredible the evening began with an award for visual Elf Eli to Inners Nace a fantasy about a lest Pilot reduced to microscopic size. After that perhaps the Only Surprise a the Best foreign language film award which went to Babette s feast from Denmark Over the highly favored a Revoir. A infants Louis malic Memoir of his wartime childhood. Cafes from Page 1 operations to its resale and services support office the Navy equivalent of cafes. For one thing the Navy action is projected to save about j2 million annually the staffer said. But what ultimately swayed panel members the staffer said was the fact that in operating their class i agencies the army and air Force were duplicating Exchange service functions. These class v systems operate with separate truck fleets separate Pur chasing and separate warehousing often along identical routes As cafes delivery vehicles stated the report accompany ing the House Bill. There s just too much redundancy there in the logistical aspects of the Alco Holic beverage operations the staffer said. Besides cafes also mils Beer and wine in its Quick Mart stores and they sell More of in than the Cliitis i stores. Ail that sort of came together to con Vince the panel that this is the Way to go " he said. The net result will be Flo million to j15 million More be year Overall for army and air Force mar. And the services Are going to need thai extra Revenue the Way their appropriated funding Levels Are being  the oct. 1 deadline was put in the House report simply to gel the services moving the staffer said. Usa eur and Safe official said tuesday that they were aware of the re port but considered it Loo Early to com ment an Aafjes Europe spokesman said the Exchange also u awaiting guid Ance on the report and any Transfer of responsibility that might occur. The army has teen trying to reach an agreement for iras str of its liquor stores for More than a year but several com mands including Usa eur have Dis agreed with the term of proposed agreements. The Exchange service for example wants the army and air Force to Transfer class i inventory and facilities Ai no Cost. The army s class i operation in Europe would like to be reimbursed for its s20 million in assets. The congressional suffer said the mar panel would not be unduly upset if the services do not Complete the trans Fer by oct. I. We realize there Are Thines to be worked  he said. But we d like the project to at least be in motion by that Date. It s to the services advantage to do in quickly because the sooner they do it the sooner they la realize the benefits cuu a a Raport bum Mir car Bari if lottery from Page 11 department to clarify the Way mar functions arc categorized to eliminate differences in How those functions arc funded. In some cases a service May pump $2 million to 14 million in appropriated funds into its club system while another service does t use any appropriated  the suffer said. We d like to see some consistency  the report also would direct the services to Stop using non a prop ated funds for programs that Are authorized to receive appropriated sup port. Continuing efforts to impose u military Structure on Revenue general ing business operations put a consid Erable Burden on those programs which should be treed from traditional military procedures and allowed to operate using proven private sector Busi Ness technique the report said. Million of dollars arc wasted annually while these structures Are suf of Catling under the military umbrella the report did. The panel members plan to review mar funding practices with an Eye toward creating a single fund concept designed to centralize mar spending and management at the installation level which would Cut much of the red tape it Anglini the current mar system the report said. Sergeant gets 10 years for sexual offences _ x _ 1t__, a a i n 1 imm in a of Iris ref to Flynn Rill ii Span Dahlem a. West Germany is an air Force master sergeant a been sentenced of 10 Yean in prison for sexual misconduct with a teen age girl uie turd such trial at the base in four months. Master sgt. Edward f. ,a3, of the s2r�d Mission support so was convicted in a general court martial last week of sodomy and having carnal knowledge of a teen Ager Melwee january 1985 and december 1987, tech. Sgt. Judy i Jefsen a base spokeswoman said tuesday. Bryant a 24-year Veteran of the air Force also was reduced to Al and Given a dishonourable discharge. Ditlefsen said the trial judge took the imminent Finan Cial Strain of the family into account by not including any forfeiture of pay in the sentence. Bryant an administrative specialist list Austin Texas As his Bomhof record. In a similar court Manul in december a sergeant was sentenced to three years confinement for committing indecent acts Wiki an 11 year old girl. Staff Lloyd Chapman 34. Of the 52nd component retail so also was reduced to e-3  Ruble to discharge for the offences which took place Between May iss Sand june 1987, Ditlefsen said. Chapman was found not guilty of one specification of carnal knowledge. The aircraft fuel systems technician had been in the air Force since 1971. He is a native of Baton Rouge. La. On March 10. Staff sgt Larry a. Zoos 32, Wai found guilty of committing indecent acts and having carnal knowledge of a 14-year-old girl and was sentenced to five years in prison the spokeswoman said. The indecent acts Boos was convicted of took place Between september and december 1986. He had carnal knowledge of the minor in october list. Clod a Carpenter with the 52nd civil engineering so was reduced to Al. And received a dishonourable discharge. The Oelwein Iowa native bad been in the air Force since 1981