European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 3, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday Augusta 1988 the stars and stripes Page 9 military Roundup court Grants Extension for Mich Absentee voters Washington is the Pentagon has obtained a court order forcing Michigan election officials to extend the deadline for counting Absen tee ballots for the state primary held tuesday. The Michigan primary involves the election of several congressional representatives senators and state and local officials. The state s presidential primary already has been held. Henry Valentino director of the defense department voting assistance office said the order to extend the deadline by 10 Days was obtained because Michigan officials did not mail out the Absentee ballots in time for overseas voters to return them. They claimed there was a delay in getting the ballots Back from the printers Valentino said. The voting assistance office checked with 10different cities before obtaining the court order Valentino said. Torrejon unit named top Safe fuels Branch Torrejon a Spain the 401st Supply so fuels Branch has won the Golden drum award As the Best fuels Branch in Safe. The Torrejon unit represented 16th air Force and vied with 17th and 3rd air Force bases for the  Branch now is eligible to compete at air Force level for the american Petroleum Institute award for Best fuels Branch in the service. Torre Jon also won the api fuels award in 1982. Of pilots in shortage jobs due to get bonuses Jan. 1 by Chuck Vinc Washington Bureau Washington air Force pilots in specialities with critical personnel shortages probably will begin receiving bonuses Jan. 1, but the Fate of a plan to extend the perk to All pilots regardless of specially remains  fiscal 1989 defense authorization Bill recently passed by Congress allows the Bonus payments for air Force and Navy pilots in grades o-5 and below in critically undermanned specialities who have Between six and 14 years of  limit would be $12,000 a year for pilots agreeing to stay on Active duty through 14 years of service and $6,000 annually for pilots who extend for at least two  Navy now is the Only service offering the bonuses paying $6,000 per year to pilots in some special  in the conference report accompanying the Bill lawmakers said approval of the Bonus plan depends on the defense department providing a study by dec. 1 on the retention management and compensation of pilots along with a legislative proposal for implement ing any recommendations. Defense officials said Dod will have no trouble meeting the deadline but added that the recommendations probably Call for giving the services a free Handin determining How the bonuses Are paid and How they Are linked with other incentives. The air Force has been steadfast in its View that Blanket Bonus is necessary for All pilots with Between six and 14 years of service regardless of their specially or the Type of aircraft they Fly in order to keep More of them from leaving for lucrative commercial airline  has walked at that concept. A Senate staffer said lawmakers will take a dim View of the Pentagon report due later this year if a Blanket Bonus is its Cen trial recommendation. I think it would be Safe to say that we d be disappointed if Dod came Back to us with a recommendation that we just give More Money to All pilots the staffer said. The conference report noted that about one third of the air Force s Pilot requirements Are for non flying jobs and questioned the Wisdom of giving a Bonus to Romany people who technically Are in Pilot positions but Don t Fly. Justification of those non flying jobs As Parton the air Force s valid Pilot requirements must be included in the dec. 1 study the conference report  conferees also want the air Force to consider moving More Active duty flying missions such As Airlift to the air National guard and air Force Reserve which have no apparent aviator Manning problems the report said. The authority to pay the bonuses next year provided Dod adheres to the critical shortage targeting requirement would be in effect until sept. 30, 1989,the end of the fiscal year the conference report said. The nine month Bonus authority is meant to be Stopgap measure. The Senate staffer said that the Broad Dod study due dec. 1 will be used As a basis for developing a Long Range plan to address Pilot retention problems in fiscal 1990 and beyond. Poce report links Hamad of 1985 Twa hijacking Frankfurt West Germany a a second witness in the trial of Mohammed Ali Hamadi has directly linked the defendant to the 1985 Twa Hijack ing to Beirut Lebanon according to Evi Dence presented in court tuesday. Hamadi has been charged with air piracy and murder in the june 1985 commandeering of Twa flight 847 to Bei  tuesday court spokesman Falk Thomas told reporters that the pilots of the hijacked Jet were scheduled to testify in Frankfurt West Germany in septem  the trial entered its fourth week chief judge Heiner Mickenberger read from a report police prepared after questioning witness Hamza Kassim about conversation with Hamadi s older brother  told police Abbas told me that Mohammed was arrested because he was Hijacker of the american air plane. Abbas said Mohammed is to be extradited to the United states. Abbas did t say How he knew about this but i assume that he had heard it from Mohammed " Mickenberger quoted the report As  said he was a palestinian who lived in Lebanon before coming to Ger Many in 1979. He now lives in the town of Merzig in the Saarland near the former residence of Abbas Hamadi. Mickenberger said police questioned Kassim after Mohammed Karnadi s arrest in january 1987, but did not specify the  week Ghazi Yazbeck a lebanese Man who lives in West Germany an knows the two Hama Dis was asked in court if Mohammed Hamadi Ever mentioned the hijacking to  is accused of being one of the hijackers of Twa flight 847, which was seized on june 14, 1985, and diverted to Beirut. The gunmen killed . Navy diver Robert Stethem and held 39 americans hostage for 17  others who were allegedly involved Are still at  West German court convicted Harna i s older brother Abbas in april of kid napping two West germans in Beirut in an attempt to Force West Germany to free Mohammed. . Rejects soviet terms for shutting Down radar site Washington a a revised soviet proposal to make a disputed siberian radar station inoperable met with Swift . Rejection leaving the future of Krasnoyarsk and the 1972 anti ballistic missile treaty Uncertain. Soviet negotiator Vladimir Kuznetsov presented the proposal to make the equipment at Krasnoyarsk inoperable to Henry Cooper his . Counterpart who rejected it outright a . Official said monday. The Exchange took place during arms control talks in Geneva Switzerland last month said the official who spoke on condition of anonymity. This was the second soviet attempt to Settle the dispute Over Krasnoyarsk which president Reagan and even some of his american critics say is in violation of the 1972 treaty s constraints on de lenses against missiles. A few Days earlier Viktor p. Karpov the soviet foreign ministry s top arms control specialist had offered to Dis Mantle the facility if the two govern ments resolved their differences Over the treaty. The White House and state depart ment publicly rejected the offer. The soviets should comply with their abm treaty obligations by dismantling the radar without delay and without conditions Phyllis Oakley a state depart ment spokeswoman said. I am not going to discuss the merits of Condi  Kuznetsov subsequently clarifying the proposal to Cooper said the soviets were not prepared to level Krasnoyarsk but Only to make the equipment inoperable the . Official told the associated press. Cooper was described As vigorous in rejecting the soviet proposition. The 1972 treaty considered a landmark in the arms control process restricts . And soviet defences on the theory that a potential aggressor would be less inclined to launch a nuclear attack if the retaliation were Apt to be devastating. Reagan is in the process of deciding whether the Krasnoyarsk radar is a material breach of the Accord. That in turn could Clear the Way for the United states to go beyond the treaty in the . Anti missile program known popularly As Star  the president s advisers Are split. Some have suggested he take the Legal step while others have recommended further diplomatic efforts to resolve the Krasnoyarsk dispute. Portugal bus crash a photo a badly smashed bus lies overturned jumped a Highway divider and flipped after crashing on a Highway near Oporto the portuguese news Agency Lusa said Portugal monday. Eight people were the Legal capacity of the bus was 52 Pas Kiuei and 54 injured when the vehicle sengers but extra passengers reportedly packed with construction workers were standing in the aisle