European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 f j the stars and stripes Friday december 30,1938 86-military installations face Al f. J from Page 1 Home districts. 11 is such a hot topic that Congress has been unable to agree on closing a military Oase Tor More than a decade. Estimates on the number of civilian jobs that could be lost if Lac base closing and realignment list is at. Cup led run into the hundreds of thousands. Secretary of defense Frank Carlucci has until jan.16 to accept or reject the list tails entirely. If he approves Ilas military sources expect him to. Con Gress has 4s Days beginning March i in which it also can accept or reject he list. The process which requires that the whole package be either accepted or rejected a designed to withstand tical pressure from congressmen trying. A with most out of town forthe holidays re Alliott Wiatr Kilis expected to be muted at lusts hut Here s no Douw Haimm s min that the Decibel level Wilt increase . Congress reconvenes in january said a House s&flw.,member. Of course some members will have a hard Tim swallowing this said Edwards who years ago in his congressional District saw an air base closed that resulted in the loss of 14,000 civilian jobs. I have an idea of the Impact closing a base can s no question Many congressmen and senators will be upset Ribicoff said. Bui he said he anticipates from his own general conversations with lawmakers Over the past few months that Congre swill accept the list. The panel was conceived by the 1983 Grace com Mission a group of businessmen appointed by presi Dent Reagan to make recommendations on How the government could save Money. The proposal was received unenthusiastic ally in Congress but in 1987,.pick Armey a Texas tried to win approval for is amendment to a Pentagon budget Armey was spent much of the Fol lowing Winter rounding Carlucci signed on to the Armey plan and appointed a commission Las summer to begin work. But Congress delayed final approval until Early october shortly before s6rne closings a Surprise Chuck Vinch us Langton Bureau Washington among the major install Lions to be closed or partially Cloud under recommendations released by an Independent pane thu Raja were some exam Piedfort Dix nj., for years a major Basic training facility for the army would be reduced to Skeleton status style the air Force would lose three major California air bases Mather George and Norton along with Pease feb n.h., and some bases that Miny predicted would be on the list Wen not. Proba Bly the Best known of Thwe was fort Monroe a Buill in 1834 to protect Southeastern Virginia at tack. It was deemed obsolete As coastal defense base Moneyhan 40 years ago. Jack Edwards co chairman roof the commission on Bare realignment an closure said Monroe was not on fee list because like other bases that Man Atcon Sidur to be obsolete it did t inert the six year payback requirement of commissions charter. The requirement says that the say Mather fab Calif. The panel marked this air Force base for closure. Mather has a shortage of buildings for operational and training purposes As Well As maintenance and administrative facilities. The base also has had trouble hiring nigh tech civilian workers be cause of me Many defend la related companies in the immediate area. Naval station new York Brook Lyn the station i closure was recommended. The support functions there can be handled by the nearby Nayal station on Staten Island. I the breakdown of employees at some of the larger bases is George fab 4,852 military 506 civilian Mather fab 1.98b military. 1,012civilian Norton fab. 4,520 military 2,133 civilian Presidio army offices,2,140 military 3,150 civilian can ule fab 2,133 military. 1,035 civil Ian Ana fort Dix 3,140 military 1,516 is a list of the other bases that would be affected by the commis Sion s report excluding the 52 stand alone family housing units. The base lifted for closure would be eliminated entirely. Those targeted for Partiali Osu j a Ingstrom Ion men Ona part less int spent most of a bask abet for Rea. I alignment will grow As units and Cliv cities Are transferred from closed be "., to by Cloud Alabama army ammunition Plant a army material techno qty Bora lord. Anny Nional Quant Kiwy. Colo Cameron a. Cipe 81. 3eoT. Coosa River and other ordnance that have been lobbed in and around the fort operate almost Iso year existence. 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At bases the attitude is we re not going to fight by Geneva Collin associated press military base spokesmen thursday re acted with a stiff upper lip to a govern ment commission s Cost cutting proposal to close 86 installations nationwide but civilians decried the effects the closing would have on their economies. Politicians declared Victory in area when bases were spared by the measure which would save an estimated $5.6 Bil lion Over 20 Yean. We re not going to fight with any body. It s not our decision. Things Are going to fall where they re going to fall said u. Col. Ron Yacovelli a spokesman for fort Sheridan outside Sheridan serves As Headquarters for the 4th . Army which include reservists in Illinois Indiana Ohio Michigan Wisconsin Iowa and Minne Sota it employs about 1,500 civilians and 1,500military decision has been made and like any decision Well press on and carry tout said maj. Dave Sutherlin a spokes Man for Chanute base about is mile North of Champaign 111. I want to stress that it s Only a recommendation. We Renot going to shut our Gates the base employs about 7,000 people in Rantoul a town of 20,000. Plans to shut Down the Presidio in Sanfrancisco where the 6ih army has its Headquarters was a Surprise to mayor Art Arnos office. What we heard was that it will close partially said mayoral spokeswoman Eileen Maloney. She said the announce ment will have to be studied and run through a number Cruncher before the mayor would be ready to comment on what it Means to the City in terms of lost jobs and will depend i guess on How Many people will be gored by this she said a we re not pleased it s closing. Agnos has already signed onto the committee to save the addition to the Complete closure of 86 bases 59 others were slated for partial closing or realignment. Among those was fort Dix new Jer sey s largest military base. The panel recommended thai in be reduced to Semi Active status for an annual savings of 184.5 million. The base now one of the army s eight Basic training posts would lose thai function announcement was bad news for the Pemberton township Board of Edu cation whose schools Are attended by children of fort Dix s military personnel Mark Cowell business administrator for the District said children of base personnel comprise 38 percent of its student Are in the Middle of adding an addition to our High school because the have been expanding the base he said. A historic fort built to protect stage coach travellers from Indian attack also fell under the a. Fort Douglas built in1862 in the Foothills of Utah s Wasatch mountains had Long been criticized by congressional foes As contributing Little to National m sure there s going to be people disappointed who work Here said army maj. Bill Auer the fort s spokesman. One of the things we have to contend with is 44 of our buildings Here Are Law registered National historic All the news from the report we bad. Several communities were elated bythe panel s recommendation to expand several . Strom Thurmond . Welcomed the proposal to add 661 military and 126 civilian personnel Al fort Jack son the army base in Jackson is one of our nation s fines and most vital military training facilities and 1 am enthusiastic about the increase of its role in providing for our nation s defense he said. Security Ible for scrutinizing Luggage before in Isal officials Are passenger cd loaded on Board. We have not changed Lite Overall array of Security measures Hanste Masaid. That would throw into que ice our whole system of Security Hanstein said. We Don l see that it required to order extra in Easudes the stale Security chief in title defend inthe Airport s Oystern acknowledged that there can t be 100 percent Security " in France police said Security was stepped up at Daries de Gaulle and orgy airports in Paris involving special Mea sures aimed at . Carriers. They declined to elaborate. Officials Al Rome s Leonard a Vin Airport said stalling was increased after the crash and Security pcs ont were on Avert the said wednesday that mowing consultation with the . Federal a Iason administration in was off mediately directing in Ake additional areas urls in Brit Ain ii4ktrticular in relation to hold tag american carriers Fly to Heathrow and Gatwick airports in the London area to Manchester in Northern England and Pryst Wick in Scotland. . Authorities have posted a $500,000reward for information leading to prosecution of Host responsible for the bombing Lich kilted 259 people on the jetliner. Townspeople Are missing and pre Sumer Lead in Beeville Texas president elect George eth said thursday he would punish severely those responsible for the bombing if you Puld Ever find them
