European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 31, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday december 31, 1988 the stars and Stripe reaction mixed at local level on closures lne associated press predictions Rangold Jyom economic disaster to inconvenience As communittci4peculaled thursday on How they would be affected Byth Federal commission s recommendation to close or a Corfini Ems military installations. For towns whose military bases were Spur Flor even slated to expand the commission s report b Alto cd Relief. The commission called Tor closing 34 installations partially closing five others and reorganizing 54 other that would gel new missions and additional personnel. The panel said the measures would save s5.6 billion over20years. California was the state most affected by the com Mission on base realignment and closure report which recommended thai six installations be shut Norton George and Mather air Force bases the Percsi Dio army Rase Hamilton army air Field and the Salton sea test base. Plans to build Hunter s Point naval station at san Francisco also would be scrapped if the panel s report is approved by Congress. The closure of Mather will certainly have an and verse economic Impact on our Community said Paul Salami a Sacramento metropolitan chamber of com Merce official of you look at an Industry that employs close to 7,000 people and has a payroll of $154 million what else can you say. Of the shutdown of Ceorge an air base in the de it 70 Miles Northeast of los Angeles would signal hard limes for the surrounding communities where the base contributes an estimated s316 million to the Economy said . Rep. Jerry Lewis a Cal if i would dread the fiscal in incl it would have on the entire High desert said Adelanto City administrator pal chamber Jain. -./. I we just won t survive.,",said Anita Hilton a Long time employee of Wright cleaners an establishment adjacent to fort diy.j., that advertises "3-Hourservice for Fali Guirand  More than is percent of our business is army. If they Cut Back fort Dix Well All be looking for new More than 95 percent of our business is army. If they Cut Back fort Dix Well All be looking for new  Stagecoach travellers and keep watch on mormon settlers it had Long been criticized of contributing Little to the nation s defense. He said. The Frlj attn 44 buildings registered As " Perfec National Niston Smartis. Would be perfect for an Anitaj get St n dec bold thro jobs she said. Similar sentiments cab dec through v., four Block  which begins at to Dix Boundary and includes several bars a Tatoo parlor. Fast food rest aurenis a store called of Joe s and a Barber shop Tel advertises military haircuts. The area also has Ailigh school that is being expanded at a Cost of j16 or illicit to serve military ratifies school  Thomas Bridge said. New York City which has three military instal a. Ions within its City limits would lose one a largely administrative naval station in Brooklyn but person Nel would simply move to a new base on Slaton island20 Miles away. On balance it could have been a lot worse said rep. Guy Molinari a Republican whose District includes the Salen Island port. For some Etc cts of a facility closing were impossible to predict. We be never been through one of these said col. Walt siders a spokesman for the Arizona National guard which operates the Navajo army depot slated for closing. It came As a Complete Surprise when we heard about it on the radio this  Salt Lake City mayor Palmer Dupaulis said Hewan t surprised the commission recommended Clos ing historic fort Douglas built in is62 to protect olympic Viu mtr if the City is selected As Host of the 1 998 a Hray Pic games of Fiany states the commission news was s mix of t and  Massachusetts officials and merchants in Ayer were relieved that fort Devens escaped the budget a but Wale town residents lamented the passing of an army facility that has been a neighbor since the War or the army materials technology Laboratory in Watertown which oversees development of metals and other materials for use in weapons Armor Bridges and military structures had Long been rumoured to be on the verge of  Lay an employee since 1956, said workers regarded former House speaker Thomas p. Tip Vencill to be the lab s protector. O Neill retired two Yea Hugo. We knew it was coming Lay said. It s a siddswlayers1 to cunts found that fort do vans also mentioned As a Catnip Dulc for closing was instead recommended for Enlar nuni. I think we ought to be Cele Brating today said Eft Llcy owner of a card shop and a director of inc chaff Crof Commerce. It s Thebes news we could have for Zrnity  in Virginia Cameron station Irb Lexandria and the defense mapping Agency in Hernd Mowere recommended for closing but stale leaders  hat four larger bases considered vulnerable Watun Lou Chudt fort Monroe in Hampton fort pick Jack Stone fort Lee in Petersburg and Vint i farms near Warr Colon. Fort Belvoir in Fairfax county was recommended fora major expansion i am extremely Happy said Arlene critic Ndon a dress shop owner in Hampton roads who had led efforts to save nearby fort Monroe. I Don t even care if i sell a dress  she said Community leaders would go ahead with plans for a party thursday night to celebrate the tort s survival. Overseas shutdowns could be next Washington a the United states should consider shutting Down some of its overseas military bases be fore implementing recommendations to close dozens of installations at Home two senators said wednesday. But most of inc initial reaction in con Gress to the recommendations by the com Mission on base realignment and closure was positive. Leading lawmakers predicted eventual passage of the proposal estimate Dat a savings of almost $700 million annually. I have u positive reaction Sam Nunn d-ga., the chairman of the Senate armed services committee said at a news Confer ence. This process is a step Forward. I would have liked to have seen More the House and Senate debate on the proposal is Likely to stir up a Long standing controversy in the United states and abroad about How much each us. Ally should con tribute to defense against the soviet bloc. How can we justify closing military bases in our own Back Yarid when we Don i even consider a single one of the 1,500 Over seas . Military facilities for the same Sircal Mcnutt said sen. Alan Dixon Dell. Dixon arid fellow Democrat sen. Paul Simon Are from the state which stands to lose two bases. "  " a report by the defense department to the panel and to the congressional armed services committees in october said the present overseas base Structure is required to support . Forces abroad and current operational plans i-1. 1 a Lel Terby William h. Taft in the Deputy defense Secretary suggested some overseas bases May do closed through arms  rights  the United states is negotiating with Greece the renewal of expired leases on four major military installations and talks with the philippine on the leases of two major facilities there Are also coming up next year. Closings contain some Surprise by Huck Lnch Wuu Egton Bureau Washington there were some surprises among the major installations to be closed or partially closed under recommendations released by Art Independent panel thursday i for example fort Dix n.j., pc years & major Basic training facility for Ilie army would be reduced to Skeleton Stal. To Sam Active status and spreading its Basic training Mission to other facilities. The army has excess capacity for Basic training the commission s report said. Fort Douglas Utah the pane recommended closing. A Way station for stagecoaches in the 1800s, this Post is on the University of Utah Campus and has a limited support Mission alone family housing Unju to the bases listed for closure Woulf fac eliminate entirely. Those Tarodd for partial clo sure would have a Kir missions substantially reduced. Most of few bases selected for realignment writ grow As units and activities arc transferred from closed bases of ii or Wuriu lit in Vulcu la Anin Tuluii Ait Iiri. A us while the air Force would lose three Presidio of san Francisco. Calif. Major California air bases Maiher the commission recommended  and Norton along with Pease Ai a or a c fab n.h., and Chanute fab til. Some bases that Many predicted would be on the list were not probably the. Best known of these was fort Mon Roe ., built in 1834 to protect South Eastern Virginia from British at Lack. It was deemed obsolete As a coastal defense base More than 40 years ago. Jack Edwards co chairman of the commission on base realignment and closure said Monroe was not on the list because like other bases that Many con Sider to be obsolete it did t meet the six year payback requirement of the commission s charter ". The requirement says that the savings from action taken cd a particular facility must exceed the amount spent to close or realign it within six years. Edwards said it would Cost about 1900 million to police up All the shells and other ordnance that have been lobbed in and around the fort Over its almost i year existence.-1  a because of that Edwards said the property has minimal real estate Jialu. I Don t know of. Any Developer who would buy that property he a Tov so it did t come close to Mccain Gofur sin year payback  a ". Among the a Cal known bases that would be affected if the commission s list is accepted by Congress fort Dix no the commission recommended reducing this army base located in the midst of san Francisco the bait has limited expansion pol Antii and its major tenant Letterman army medical can Jar needs major Sunj Jura repairs that old not be Cost Effie Tell George of Calif.  Tommis Sion . Located near los Angeles this Balys i Qatar from the specialized training Ranics used by the tenant aircraft units Asj Jird there and suffers from  a tic congas lion in the area. Of Mather Albi Calif. Tutje panel marked this base for closure. May a shortage of buildings for oper and training purposes As Well As Mai Nance and administrative facilities base also has had trouble hiring h tech civilian workers because of manyrdefcn5c-Rclalcd companies in the immediate area. Naval station new York Brooklyn closure was recommended. The sup port functions there can before efficiently handled by the nearby naval Sta Tion on stain Island. The breakdown of employees at some of the larger bases is George 4,852 Mili tary 506civilian Mather l,908 military 1,012 civilian Norton 4,520 military 2,133 civilian Presidio army offices 2,140 military 3,1 so civilian chanute2,133 military. 1,035 civilian and fort Dix 3,140 military 1,516 civilian. 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