European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 7, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday july 1988 news updates Presser s condition Lakewood Ohio a teamsters president Jackie Presser was reported in fair Condi Tion tuesday at Lakewood Hospi Tal where he will undergo physical and respiratory therapy during the next few Days. Presser 61, who is suffering from brain tutors was rushed to the hos Pital by ambulance june 28 complaining of dizziness and weakness. The symptoms were caused by a blood clot that reached Presser s right lung physicians say. Doctors said last week that the clot had stabilized and should eventually dissolve. A screen was implanted in a vein below Presser s kid Neys last week to Block additional blood clots from moving to his lungs the Hospital said. Levine moved new York a Dennis b. Levine whose arrest led to exposure of the biggest insider trading scandal in Wall Street history was released from prison tuesday and transferred to a work release program. Levine a former investment banker was moved from the Lewis Burg Federal prison Camp in Lewis Burg pa., to an undisclosed Halfway House said Kenneth Treon a coun Selor at the prison Camp. He said Levine remained under Federal custody but was Given the Opportunity to participate in the Federal Bureau of prison s Halfway House system in which inmates with Good records move into a work release program within six months of their parole Date. Amerasian program Bangkok Thailand a More than 11,000 amerasian and their relatives have left Vietnam for the United states under a special pro Gram the . Embassy said wednesday. The most recent group consisted of 78 people who arrived in Bangkok from to Chi Minn City Vietnam on monday the embassy said. Since the  orderly departure program began in septem Ber 1982, a total of 11,058 Vietnam Ese american children and their rela Tives have left Vietnam the embassy said. An unknown number of others have fled the country As refugees. An estimated 8,000 to 12,000 other amerasian still Are living in Vietnam and the program to relocate those who want to live in the United states continues. Peru drug plan Lima Peru up president Alan Garcia told . Officials that Peru will use herbicides to wipe out coca crops used in making cocaine if a Plant killer can be found that is Safe a new York congressman says. But rep. Stephen Solarz d-n.y., and another member of his delegation tuesday criticized american anti narcotics efforts in Peru As in sufficient. With three helicopters How Are you going to fight against the biggest narcotics Industry in the world asked District attorney Elizabeth Holtzman of new York City. Peru is the world s no. 1 grower of the Hardy coca Bush whose bitter leaves Are the raw ingredient in cocaine. Correction an article yesterday on an aerobic instructors certification workshop to be held at the Coleman recreation cent Erin Mannheim next month listed the Tele phone number incorrectly. The Correct Telephone number is 0621-739251. Of allowing women to serve in 90 jobs aboard 5 aircraft by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington women in the air Force Are now allowed to serve aboard five types of aircraft in Crew positions that previously were barred to them. The move involves about 90 positions on tr-1, u-2, Tu-2, ec-130 and the new c-29 aircraft. The tr-1 is a tactical reconnaissance aircraft while the u-2 and the Tu-2 Trainer version have a strategic recon Naissance Mission. The ec-130 is the electronic warfare version of the regular c-130 Hercules aircraft. The c-29, which will be acquired next year is a Small twin engine Jet. It will be used to Check ground navigational systems at military bases worldwide. Maj. Lou Figueroa an air Force spokesman in the Pentagon said tues Day that it would take some time to re Cruit and train women for the new positions. Those aircraft Are All specialized enough that we could t just reassign women from somewhere else and put them aboard Figueroa said. Well need time for initial  the announcement by air Force Secretary Edward c. Aldridge or. Comes just one month after the air Force opened 2,700 other jobs to women in red horse and Mobile Aerial port squadrons. Red horse squadrons Are Mobile civil Engi Neering units involved in emergency construction and repair. Mobile Aerial port squadrons handle aircraft cargo and  sengers at Forward tactical air bases. Both air Force actions were in response to recommendations made in a recent defense department task Force re port on women in the military. The task Force directed the military services to limit exclusions for women Only to jobs involving direct combat and exposure to hostile fire or capture. In december the Navy revised its definition of combat Mission As used to determine jobs open to women and announced plans to open 9,000 billets on 27 combat logistics ships and 500 positions on reconnaissance aircraft to women Over the next few years. The study caused a minor stir in the Marine corps because of a recommendation that women be allowed to serve in Marine embassy guard positions. Gen. Alfred m. Gray Marine corps commandant rejected that recommendation but was overruled by defense Secretary Frank Carlucci in april. The first five women to join the embassy guard program Are now being trained. 40 arc employees get if notices As 78 jobs Are Cut in Economy move Garmisch West Germany is Twenty nine West German employees and 11 . Employees of the armed forces recreation Center Are receiving reduction in Force notices in a move to reduce overhead costs officials said wednesday. The employees hold 40 of 78 Job positions that have been eliminated at arc Headquarters spokesman Harry Connors said. Thirty eight of the positions were vacant when eliminated. Personnel Engi Neering and housing and controller sections Are affected most by the position eliminations he said. However 17 of the 40 employees Al ready have been selected for other jobs within the organization he said. Arc hotels and recreation programs have position openings and Are hiring Connors said so it is Likely that All of the employees can be placed within arc within a year. According to West German Law arc must retain the West German employees for a year while trying to place them in other jobs. The . Employees most in management positions also May remain for up to a year. They will be Given at least 90 Days notice be fore losing their jobs he said. A congressional ceiling of $1.1 billion for taxpayer support of morale welfare and recreation programs for fiscal 1989 along with the conversion of All military positions to civilian positions made a reduction in Force necessary to Cut costs officials said. An estimated Cost savings was not available Connors said. The reduction in Force at the head quarters level will not cause any changes in the recreation programs or hotel operations he said. Shultz begins Issue filled asian tour Bangkok Thailand a Secre tary of state George Shultz arrived in Thailand wednesday to begin a nine nation asian tour and to Deal with issues ranging from the olympics in South Korea to the future of Cambodia. He also will Likely face questions on sunday s Downing of an iranian Airliner by . Naval forces in the persian  senior thai military officer said Security precautions were being increase because of the Gulf tragedy. The officer who spoke on condition of anonymity said sharpshooters were included in a Security task Force that included police air Force and army personnel. Shultz s two week journey is to be his last and longest to Asia As Secretary of state. After Thailand he goes to Malaysia indo Nesia the Philippines Hong Kong China South Korea Japan and the new marshal islands Republic in the Pacific. In Bangkok he planned to meet thursday with ministers of the association of Southeast asian nations and representatives from Japan Australia new zealand Canada Australia and the european Community. The future of Cambodia where Viet namese forces have begun withdrawing after invading the country nearly a dec Ade ago is expected to be a major topic of discussion. Shultz is expected to stress that the United states would find a return to Power of the chinese backed Khmer Rouge totally unacceptable. The communist Khmer Rouge Are the most powerful group within a coalition fighting the vietnamese who have pledged to with draw from Cambodia by 1990. . Policy Calls for total withdrawal of vietnamese forces support for the coalition led by Prince Norodom Siha Nouk and talks to find a political Solu Tion to the cambodian conflict. The association of Southeast asian nations who held their annual Confer ence Here this week said they would ask the United states and other countries to increase their intake of indochinese Refu gees from Vietnam Cambodia and Laos. Thailand Malaysia Indonesia and Hon Kong have recently toughened their policies on providing vietnamese boat people with temporary Asylum moves that the Rea Gan administration has criticized. . Trade deficits with newly prosperous asian nations . Government subsidies to american Farmers and an extensive Aid package for the economically troubled Philippines also will be discussed. Shultz is Likely to meet a sympathetic offi Cial audience when explaining the Downing of the iranian Jet carrying 290 people All of whom Are believed to have died. But the malaysian foreign ministry on tuesday deplored the incident saying it was difficult to accept . Claims that its forces mistook the Large civilian air Craft for a military Jet. Talks in Beijing May focus on Ameri can concern about a reported flow of chinese missiles to the Middle East according to sources in Washington. Shultz expects to deliver a major speech in Seoul South Korea on july 18 on expanding democracy and human rights in South Korea. There will also be discussions on the running of a trouble free summer olympic games which begin in the South korean capital sept. 17. The presence of . Air bases in the Philippines will probably be debated in Manila Philippines. Trade issues and Japan s emerging role As both a political and economic Force in Asia Are Likely to feature in discussions in Tokyo Shultz s last Stop on the asian continent. 2 soviet inspection teams due to leave Stuttgart West Germany is two teams of soviet inspectors were scheduled to leave Rhein main a thursday morning after conducting inspections of two american missile bases according to a Neucom spokesman. The 19 soviet inspectors who arrived incest Germany monday afternoon con ducted the inspections As part of the super Power treaty eliminating ground based medium Range nuclear missiles in Europe. At 8 10 . Wednesday a team of nine inspectors departed the 56th Field arty come s Muu Angen missile storage site where the army has 36 of its 108 Pershing ii missiles. At 9 55 . Wednesday 10 soviet inspectors left i Aschheim As the site . Ground launched cruise missiles. The atmosphere was very profession Al but also very relaxed said Conny Peters spokeswoman for the 38th tac missile Wing in i Aschheim. Four Sites remain to be inspected incest Germany under terms of the treaty