European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 13, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes o Philippines base talks resume Page 2 d mafia secrets revealed Page 5 o Hahn a airbase operates at night pages 14,15 n Cleveland takes Al East Lead. Sports Page 21 the stlr4andjitripes . Elmio pot ii vol. 46. No. 359 d6693a Welch claims budget Cuttin round some of Ilion to by Daryl e. Ghee Kalis i Hulorn Burchai ramstb1n a West Germany May ground most of is planes toward the end fiscal year because of congressional budget cams i service s chief of Jiff said. We May Well come up to the end of the year and cease Alt but essential flying operations for a couple of weeks Gen. Larry d. Welch said in an interview while visiting bases in Europe. Well recover from that when he Cit fiscal year although congressional budget culling is Well intentioned legislators might not fully understand the effect the cuts will have on inc air Force s Readi Ness he said. To be fair to Congress Congress faces of problem in any budget cutting process jew that is thai Congress settles on a budget Bud get level is not nearly As High As lie year Welch Saint. So Threte dealing with a department of defense that i their budget Ceil ing Bysco viral billion Dallat. So. While i think la tulling operations and maintenance funding to my client hey did was very Short sighted and Wolff Lac a tremendously Advent Impact far thing thai they envisioned when they did it it is a combination of Hryc things that caused us Hluch problem in the 0 and m budget in 1988." those three things were at 1.7 billion pm in funds. Gen. Larry d. Welch All Force chief of stiff Gul j700 million in Bills becoming due for rent. J pawing the cuts and information to the air Force Well after the fiscal year was under Way. So that gave us half inc fiscal year to Deal with about $2.5 billion Worth of changes Welsh said. To maintain combat readiness under the budget inc air Force is considering reducing the Force by 27.000 enlisted members and 4,000 officers reducing flying hours deactivating some fighter wings for ceiling some positions or furlough ing civilian workers and allowing the backlog of equipment awaiting maintenance at de pots to grow. La will have a temporary Impact on readiness we find lobe very undesirable Welch said. Well recover fairly quickly but nonetheless that s an extremely undesirable thing to do. But it s not As undesirable As baling All of thai Money out of Oil the people pro r from the effects of inc backlog of equip mint saw Iii maintenance May not be As Quick incoming. Into milk effects May not materialize for four to five officials said. Backlogs in expected to grow from is so million in 1987 to shoo million at the end of fiscal 1938, the allow Iii equip Mentlo pile up is based on the nop Hai Itic budget picture will not always be so Bleak. We would be mortgaging the future if act this trend continue Welch said gunmen kill 2nd kuwaiti . Hostages threatened Warnaca Cyprus a Arab hijackers killed a second hostage on monday tossed his bloody body from a commandeered kuwaiti Jet and threatened Loskill nearly 50 Oiler captives if the plane in t refuelled. The gunmen said the dead Man was a kuwaiti officer. He was the second kuwaiti military Man slain by the hijackers during inc we Klong ordeal aboard inc Kuwait airways Jet. The hijackers have demanded that Kuwait release 17 pro iranian terrorists convicted in 19b4 for bomb Ings at the . And French embassies. Sources close to the negotiations said however that the hijackers demanded Freedom monday Only for the three men among the 17 who have been sentenced id death. Kuwait has rejected All of inc gunmen s de mands. In another development the kidnappers of Marine it. Col. William r. Higgins threatened to Hong him. A communique issued in Beirut by the pro iranian organic icon of the oppressed on Earth said we shall put the american agent col. William Higgins on the Gallows if anyone attempts to attack the plane. No photo accompanied the communique. Higgins 43, of Danville ky., served with a . Oscars awarded Page 28 observer group in Southern Lebanon and was Kidnap Ped on feb. 17.a pro iranian Shi Ilc moslem faction in Lebanon also is threatening to kill american and French hos tages it holds if any attempt is made to storm the jihad or islamic holy War. Made the threat in a statement delivered to the Reuters news Agency in Beirut along with photographs of american Terry an Derson and Frenchman Jean Paul Kaufmann both journalists kidnapped in 1985. Anderson. 40, is the chief Middle East correspondent of the associated press. Islamic jihad also holds Thomas Sutherland is. In Kuwait foreign minister Sheik Sabah Al Ahmed Al Sabah said his country is prepared to lose More hostages rather than give in to terrorism. We will try our utmost to protect our dear ones aboard the plane but we will not surrender 10 any blackmail even if we lose More of them he told a news conference. This is Noi the decision of Kuwait s government. U is a decision of the there Are is people aboard the Boeing 747, including three members of Kuwait s extensive Royal family see hostages on Bach Page Navy s top pm says this is Best time for service . Bure a holy Loch. Scotland today s sailors face Many uncertainties but they Are serving in some of the Best Timco in Navy history the serv ice s senior enlisted Man said monday. The biggest Issue facing everybody is uncertainty and the insidious effect of uncertainly on people Mailer chief Petty officer of the Nav William h. Place Kilt said in an interview. Plack Cut was on the first Day of a two week in to Navy Sites in Europe and the Mediterranean. The 32-year Veteran retires Cpl 9.plackcll s Outlook for the Navy and us sailors is upbeat. He said there arc areas and issues that need to be looked at and worked on but Overall it is relatively smooth sailing for today s seamen. Place Kcal said sailors Are seeing the Uncertain ties in things such As cutbacks and interruptions in permanent change of station moves and re enlistment a meeting with chief Petty officers stationed at the holy Loch submarine Lender site Plackett talked about the need to add ecu sexual said sexual harassment exists in Many forms in the Navy and it needs to be fixed. Fla Kelt the Sim master chief Petty officer of the Navy said the Navy will soon embark on a continued on Paga 3
