European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Whoosh in a Well directed pressure Puy two experts get the drop an their competitor daring a contest it Rhein Maln a. To see what they re All fired no about turn top be 9, authorized Hoff Licul Public tin Foh Thi . Ahmed forces vol.47,no. 176 tuesday october 11, 1988 Good morning d 8693 a algerian president promises reforms Algiers Algeria a the army opened fire with machine guns on demonstrators in the Babel ouch District or Algiers on monday killing Al least 25 people and president Chad i band Jedi promised far reaching political reforms to end the we Klong revolt. As Many As 300 people have died in the series of protests against High prices and Bend did s economic policies according to unofficial sources. Witnesses said 25 to 30 were killed monday and sensitivity found to be key to better military retention Washington a Pentagon officials Long predicted that if More High school graduates enlisted in the ail Volunteer armed forces fewer men and women would drop out before completing their serv ice. At least that s what the numbers predicted. They were surprised to find that Starling in 1979, although the number of recruits with High school de in the 1980s, there was not the same kind of sensitivity to people As in the 1970s, when recruitment was Steven Sellman Grecs was up More of them were dropping out Accord ing to the Rand corp. And Pentagon analysts. So it was Back 10 the drawing Board As defense department officials tried to figure oui what went wrong said Steven Sellman director of accession policy in the Pentagon s personnel policy office. And now after reviewing thousands of cases an crunching tens of thousands of numbers Sellman and his colleagues think they have the answers. It All began with a pay raise in the Early 1980s that had the desired result of attracting More people into the armed forces. But it also had an unwanted effect once they arrived in 1980 the number of recruits went up. Trainers in the Boot Camps thought there Are a lot of people queuing up wanting to gel in so sensitivity was Low to the problems of enlistees sell Nan said. In the 1980s there was not the same kind of sensitivity to people As in the 1970s, when recruitment Waslow and Boot Camp trainers were willing to counsel recruits who were having problems he word went out to the Boot Camps to lighten up. And the dropout rate Pentagon wants to keep Well educated recruits because training processing and replacing each drop out costs $18,000."so reducing the dropout rate even by i percent can mean big Sellman officials also want to assure a steady flow of Well educated recruits to handle the increasingly sophisticated weaponry of the High technology Battle Field a Rand report written by Richard Buddin found that from the beginning of fiscal 1980 through he end of 1983, the percentage of High Quality recruits Rose from 28 percent to 49 percent for men and from 33 percent to 66 percent Lor women but the six month attrition rate also Rose 0.9 and 1.5 percentage Points for men and for the army Rand found the six month attrition rate for men Rose from 6.6 percent in fiscal 1979 to i0.9oercent in fiscal 1985.after new policies were introduced providing great see retention on Back Page that dozens More were injured some a widely awaited address transmitted by Algeria s radio and television the president hinted that he did not wish to stand for re election at the party Congress at the end of this stressed his own respect for the Constitution and said he was elected against his will in 1979. Taken together the two statements signified his wish to re tire since the Constitution docs not foresee a president sae reforms on Back Page dodgers move within a game of no Pennant by Jim Don achy a sports writer new York Tommy Lasorda s team of destiny is one Victory from the world series but now that it has in main stopper Back it May be playing without its big Hopper. Kirk Gibson s second Homer run in two Days pow ered the dodgers id a 7-4 Victory Over the new York mets on monday but he left the game in the ninth when he aggravated a hamstring injury. The dodgers will have bullpen Boss Jay Howell Back from his Pine tar suspension for game s tuesday but Gibson s suddenly booming Bat May be on the Bench depending on his leg. Rookie Tim Belcher gave the pitching Short Dodg ers the innings they needed going even innings to win his second game of the playoffs. Gibson s second Homer in a Little More than 12 hours was the big blow is los Angeles moved within one game of its first no championship since 1981. But Gibson is a big question Mark. He singled and stole second in the ninth inning but reinsured his strained left hamstring. It s my dream team my team of destiny Lasorda said. Well know More about Gibson tomorrow they re giving him a shot. I Hope he can play he s just starting to hit the Ball like he can Gibson said he knew something was wrong right away. I fell a severe pain and i knew i had to come out continued on Page 21 pub a by a foes f faze the phantom of the Forrestal Jacksonville Fla. Up1 the Story of George he ghost who some say Ranu the passageways of the air Craft Ante for Rettel has brought the Hwy publicity letter from supposed relatives and even cant of int Tab apr a. George by we i i pwt to Forrestal crewmen Tor two or Cree nut. George became something of. 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Specula Dabbous that George Bane after the ship s former food officer b a of the 134 Crew numbers killed in a Ughi deck fire in the Cut of Tonkin off Vietnam in 1967. Toben say George May be a Pilot who Nln in i9m. George most Bare Bee a officer or chief Petty officer Crew Matt butt a by cause of i Khaki a form. Petty officer 3rd class Jeff Mel Hawwa sys he has never a across George Btl knows nay people who collected Aht 15 stories that an almost exactly the sane Mcelhany Seo phantom on Back Page
