European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday january 22,1989 opinion Survey deadline extended by Crystal Laureano staff writer Heidelberg West Germany the mail in deadline for 55,000 usar eur personnel opinion surveys has Bee extended one month a project official says. The surveys which were mailed  spouses of service members and civilian employees carry deadline of Jan. 23. Printing delays caused surveys to be mailed late Andoff Icia a wanting to give recipients plenty of time changed the deadline to feb.23, said capt. Wesley b. Shull at usar eur s policy analysis and evaluation office. Survey results will be used by Man agencies in Usa eur to gauge policy decisions Shull said Friday. In the areas of racial discrimination temperatures january 20 Albany,n.y.,f Albuquerque c  Anchorage   Atlantic City Austin c Baltimore f Billings s Birmingham Bismarck c  Boston   Burlington,vt.,, 1 Charleston,s.c.,c Charleston.w.va., Charlotte,n.c.,c  Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbia,s.c.,Ccolumbus. Ohio. 1 concord.n.h., Dallas it Worth Dayton  Des  Detroit      grand rapids great  greensboro.n.c.,1 Hartford  Honolulu  Indianapolis Jackson miss., Jacksonville  Kansas  Hilo 43 00 53 25 51 24 03 -20 50 25 53 32 53 21 58 37 50 23 52 41 55 27 34 15 37 19 53 16 67 48 44 06 37 00 47 32 60 43 43 21 60 32 51 33 37 17 45 19 46 18 62 32 44 17 43 06 55 26 45 17 57 30 36 20 42 12 18 09 46 22 -43 -46 23 14 51 18 35 12 54 38 57 28 48 06 45 26 83 67 66 36 43 19 53 34 71 49 26 21 40 25 Hilo Las  Little Rock los Angeles Louisville Lubbock Memphis Miami Beach r Midland Odessa c Milwaukee mils St  Nashville new Orleans new York City norfolk.va., North  Oklahoma City  Philadelphia  Pittsburgh Portland Maine Portland,0re.,r Providence Raleigh rapid   Richmond  St Louis Salt Lake  san Diego san  san juan.p.r.,1 St Ste    Sioux  Spokane c  Tampa St  Topeka   washington.d.c., Wichita Wilkes Barre Wilmington del.,f a Lair a Cloudy a Rains Snow a missing 64 41 50 28 79 64 49 21 56 24 49 29 78 68 54 22 34 17 27 15 48 25 58 43 53 16 60 32 49 17 49 26 37 26 80 56 52 20 76 59 44 17 43 18 45 43 53 14 61 29 07 30 42 22 59 30 59 37 45 26 23 13 76 56 66 48 81 70 26 -06 46 43 58 33 33 27 44 35 43 -02 78 54 42 20 69 50 47 25 52 24 46 25 42 08 51 21 european weather forecast Lor sunday Cloudy in All areas with scattered rain and isolated rain showers. Snow possible at higher elevations. By midday the Benelux and Northern through Central Germany will become partly Cloudy with isolated showers. Southern Ger Many will have fog locally dense through midday with a slight Chance of freezing drizzle in the Southeast. High temperatures34-40, lows 28-34. Sunset sunday 5 02, Sunrise monday 8 14. Outlook for monday Cloudy with widespread rain and isolated showers in the Benelux. Partly Cloudy with Light fog in Northern and Central Germany until mid morning when Clouds and precipitations will move in rapidly from the Northwest. Southern Ger Many will be Cloudy with scattered rain throughout the  at higher elevations. Highs 36-42, lows 30-36. Temperatures recorded saturday 4am 4pm 4am 4pmadana. P 36 52 Copenhagen in 32 36 37 43 Frankfurt Fig. 36 38 46 54 London r 43 4528 41 Madrid Fig 32 50 30 38 Munich Fig 23 3634 41 Paris r 37 45 37 43 Rome. In 9 48 Amsterdam rat hens p Aviano Fig Berlin to Bremerhaven c Brussels r 4f provided by Del 13,2nd weather Wing Graben Trarbach. Other worldwide temperatures Cairo c Dublin. Helsinki f Jerusalem Lisbon f High Low 59 50 Montreal s 45 39 Moscow c34 Oslo r 36 Toronto s39 Vancouver r 3746 57 High low34 21 32 3045 3643 411936 supplied by the associated  a partly Cloudy fair he Hazer rain Fig fogs Snow. Willy Brandt honoured Bonn West Germany a a Lav ish banquet was held Friday to pay trib Ute to former Chancellor Willy Brandt on his 75th birthday. Your unwavering commitment to peace your courage and your humanity have made you one of the world s leading postwar figures West German president Richard von Weizsacker said in a speech. And sexual harassment for example Vic Tims can be classified by rank race com Mand time in service education an Community to help officials pinpoint problems Shull said. At the Headquarters level Here at the top we Are insulated from what is going on in the rest of the army he said. We just Don t have a Finger on what the troops at the other Levels Are thinking without the Survey. " the Survey in t a cure All but i gives us a feeling for what the Soldier and the spouse Are thinking it can identify problem areas and hot spots and gives us just an incredible amount of information to work  banking service questions were added to last year s Survey to satisfy the com Mand s need to gauge customer satisfaction Shull said. The Survey is mailed annually to serv ice members and their spouses and every other year to department of the army civilian employees. The military surveys also address  issues As leave and off duty time hous ing supervisor and Job satisfaction mail Field food and other Quality of life issues. Civilians will be asked about employ ment practices leave policies emergency essential requirements pay problem Sand other areas suggested by the civilian personnel division in addition to the Quality of life issues. A special incentive has been added tothe Survey this year to encourage responses Shull said. The Survey Booklet includes an entry form for an armed forces recreation Center prize  who return their Survey and entry form will be eligible for a drawing in Early March for 87 prizes from lift passand ski equipment packages to $25 meal coupons at Berchtesgaden Garmisch and Chi Emsee the Sites for armed forces recreation centers in West Ger Many. Although names addresses and phone numbers Are required on the entry forms officials stress that the confidentiality of the surveys will not be compromised. Also in the questionnaire a form i provided for comments by the Survey participant. We read All of those com ments each one Shull said. We get some very interesting things and goo ideas. Sometimes there Are just com ments like great Survey but usually peo ple who Are Middle of the Road Don t comment he said. It s the ones whore really hot about something that  comment sheets Are forwarded to the appropriate Agency he said. Worner angrily responds to critics on his refusal to appear before panel Bonn West Germany a Nat Secretary general Manfred Worner lashed out on saturday at West German lawmakers who angrily criticized his refusal to testify at a parliamentary hearing investigating the Ramstein air show disaster. I will not be treated like this Worner was quoted As saying by the Essen based Neuen Ruhr newspaper. Meanwhile the Hamburg based Wildam sonntag newspaper reported that Firner had informed government officials that he would agree to testify but Only in connection with his Job As for Mer West German defense  the dispute erupted last week when Worner told lawmakers on the commit tee that nato guidelines precluded his testifying at government hearings. The decision delivered to the com Mittee in writing angered lawmakers some of whom threatened to seek court action to Force him to appear. In the Neuen Ruhr newspaper report Worner was quoted As saying that he made the decision Only after receiving advice from nato officials in Brussels Belgium. However Bonn s nato envoy Hans Friedrich von Ploetz told the Munich based Sii Deutsche Zeitung on saturday that Alliance officials in Brussels Only recommended that Worner not testify in his capacity As nato chief. His appearance in the capacity As for Mer defense minister is his own Deci Sion the newspaper quoted von Ploetz As saying. The hearings on military flight policies in West Germany Are being conducted to determine what action is needed to protect the Public and improve safety during air shows and Low level military training missions. The panel was formed after the aug.28 Ramstein air show crash of three ital Ian stunt planes that resulted in the deaths of 70 people. There has been a Public outcry against Low level training flights and air shows As a result of the Ramstein and other recent military flying accidents which have taken the lives of More than 100 people since last March 31. In addition to the Ramstein Accident the crash of a . Air Force a-10 Thunderbolt ii into the City of Remscheid on dec. 8 that killed the Pilot and five on the ground has kept the controversy Over military flights in the Public Eye. Decisions made by the committee con ducting the hearings could sharply curtail nato allies flight training Over West Germany and Force them to train else where 19 keep pilots competent in Low level flying. Worner who took Over As nato Secretary general on july 1, had been asked to appear before the panel to testify on past defense ministry policies on air shows. But instead he sent a letter in English to the parliamentary committee conduct ing the hearings informing them that twas nato policy that its employees not appear before member nation parliaments to answer questions. The answer brought Sharp responses of anger and disbelief from parliament members. Worner responded to criticism that the letter was written in English by say ing that a German version was also attached. Worner said the letter was drafted i English because it is nato s official Lan Guage. West German envoys leave Kabul As fears Over soviet pullout grow Kabul Afghanistan a West German diplomats left Kabul on sat urday As concern mounted Over an eco nomic blockade and violence in the Capi Tal when soviet troops withdraw. In Bonn the foreign ministry con firmed that it had ordered its diplomats to leave Kabul. Jurgen Chrobot chief spokesman for the foreign ministry said the embassy would continue to function on a reduced status and would be maintained by a Small local staff. It was believed to be the first major pullout of diplomats by a Western nation since soviet troops which Are backing the afghan government against moslem rebels began their withdrawal last year. The three remaining West German diplomats departed on a flight to new Delhi India on saturday afternoon wit no prior announcement Western Diplo Matic sources said. Chrobot said the envoys had been or dered Home on leave because of the growing danger and worsening economic conditions. He said he did not know How Long the diplomatic staff would re main out of the country. We intend to watch developments there carefully before making a decision on when to return he said. Other Western embassies said the were reviewing their positions. Last week the British embassy warned Bri tons and nationals of six other countries for which it has diplomatic responsibility to leave immediately. Earlier saturday the soviet Union air lifted food supplies to the afghan capital to combat shortages caused by rebel at tacks and bad weather Tass said. Food prices have doubled in recent weeks an Long bread lines have formed in 20-de Gree temperatures. The official soviet news Agency re ported from Kabul that the 3,500-ton Airlift began Friday with three special flights. An English language Tass report monitored in Moscow said six flights arrived saturday with flour and other food supplies. There was no immediate Independent confirmation the flights had arrived. Traffic has been heavy at the Airport since the beginning of the month with giant transport planes arriving and de parting daily As soviet troops try to meet a feb. 15 deadline to leave Afghanistan. Tensions have risen in the afghan Cap ital As the withdrawal Date for the final 50,000 soviet soldiers draws closer. Soviet officials have warned that the might not meet the deadline set in a  Accord because of .and pakistani assistance to the anti marxist resistance. But recent reports indicate All soviet soldiers might leave Kabul by Early february to protect the key Salang Highway during the final withdrawal. . Aid officials welcomed the re ported Airlift and urged similar help from Western nations which refuse to Deal with the pro marxist afghan govern ment. Guerrilla disruption of convoys which Are also carrying ammunition has in creased As soviet troops hand Over escort duties and positions to government units along the Salang Highway to the soviet order. Bad weather also has held up  s Tass report mentioned significant shortages because of the Effort by the a reconcilable opposition to organize an economic  i