European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 23, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday february 23,1989 updates sex Dukakis aide Boston a a f9rmereducation adviser to gov. Michael s. Dukakis was sentenced tuesday to a seven to 10-year state prison term on an array of corruption charges or three years on top of his current Federal prison term. Allowing for Early release the judge who sentenced Gerard t. In Delicato said he anticipated the former Bridgewater state College president would spend 2 /2 year behind bars on the Federal and state charges then serve a length probation. Indelicate administered a adult education program for Immi Grants and the illiterate. He was considered the Mastermind of Aplan that involved paying inflated classroom rent and receiving som of the Money Back taking the Sala Ries of fictitious employees an skimming funds intended for classroom renovations. British rail crash London a British rail on tuesday blamed its own flawed system in installing new signalling equipment for a three train crash that killed 35 people near a Busy South London Junction. Its lawyer Michael Henderson told an inquiry into the dec. 12 crash that the state run rail company accepts responsibility and Legal liability and that excuses will not be  railway officials believe Mal functioning signals led one com Muter train to slam into the rear of another that was stopped on the tracks. An empty freight train Onan adjacent line then slowed into spillover wreckage and apparently hit some passengers who had scrambled onto the tracks. Chilean elections Santiago Chile a right Wing military president a gusto Pinochet who cannot run for re election says he will pick the candidate to succeed him a president and that he himself will remain As army commander. I m going to Tell you soon whom we must support in the presidential election scheduled forded. 14, Pinochet told a gathering of cheering supporters in Temuco,370 Miles South of Santiago. Let s not Rush in he added. Congressional elections also will beheld dec. 14. Virginia primaries scheduled March 7 Washington Virginia voting officials have scheduled statewide Pri Mary elections March 7 to elect Candi dates for governor lieutenant governor attorney general and 100 House of delegates seats. The winners in these primaries will compete in a general election on nov. 7. Service members government employees and their family members who Are residents of Virginia should Contact their unit voting assistance officer for detail son How to Register and obtain Absentee ballots. A completed Federal Post card application should be mailed Early to ensure timely receipt of a ballot officials said. Correction an article sunday about a Giessen sol Dier who died was incorrect. A memorial service for spec. Thomas Dearaujo willbe at 2 . Today at the North Chapel in Giessen. Job benefits status still unclear for 2,000 . Civilians in Europe by Crystal Laureano staff writer Heidelberg West Germany the Fate of employment benefits for More than 2,000 government civilian workers in Europe remains Uncertain More than a year after Congress mandated changes in the Way military morale welfare and recreational activities Are funded. Under the funding change certain jobs that were non appropriated fund or not supported by taxes will become appropriated fund positions. However without specific legislation employees scheduled for conversion to appropriated fund jobs will not be a Leto Transfer existing benefits such As step increases sick leave annual leave and other seniority connected benefits to a new personnel system. Most of the affected jobs Are in child development services youth services an recreation. A defense department committee has submitted a legislative proposal on the benefits Issue for review at the office of personnel management according to Tony Pinto of the Usa eur civilian personnel division. The package covers the problems associated with switching funding systems including non competitive appointment pay level probationary period exclusion annual sick leave medical and life insurance and retirement. Concern Over the retirement system had delayed the proposal. However personnel management staffers have proposed that employees who Are involuntarily converted to appropriated fund have the option of remaining in the their current retirement system said William m. Frailey chief of Sarteur s non appropriated fund civil Ian personnel policy Branch. The proposal must now go to the office of management and budget before being forwarded to Congress Frailey said. Meanwhile non appropriated fund employees who must change systems will enter the civil service under the same conditions As a new government  uses the example of a non appropriated fund ua-12, step 4, who earns six hours of annual leave per pay period an has accumulated 200 hours of sick leave. Under current provisions when converted to the appropriated fund system the employee becomes a gs-12, step 1, earning four hours of annual leave per pay period and starting with a Zero balance for sic leave. The employee can receive a Lump sum payment for accumulated annual leave but sick leave which can be used to figure retirement pay is lost. Since the appropriated fund civil service program is administered through congressional and office of personnel management policies Congress must authorize changes allowing the Transfer of benefits into the appropriated fund sys tem Pinto said. The funding changes for mar activities also mean that some jobs will switch from appropriated fund to non appropriated fund positions. Those employees mostly working in military clubs need not wait for congressional action on the Benefit Issue because non appropriated fund employment poli cies Are governed by the department of defense and the Parent service. In the army regulations Are in place allowing an equitable Transfer of benefits of employees converted to the non appropriated fund system due to the congressional mandate Pinto said. Overall about 3,000 civilians in Europe could be affected by the change the majority being non appropriate fund employees whose positions Are to become appropriated  Usa eur about 2,000 employees Are to convert from non appropriate fund to appropriated fund. About 500 jobs mostly in military clubs already have been changed to non appropriated fund Pinto said. In Nav eur 86 non appropriate fund positions Are slated for conversion to appropriated fund spokesman a Mike Brady said. No employees will con Vert to non appropriated fund in the command. It is too Early to Tell How Many air Force civilians in Europe will be affected by the conversion Safe spokesman capt. De Worley said. The congressionally mandated funding changes also put morale activities into four groups ranging from full support by tax dollars to no appropriated fund support Congress Given list of Remote Sites needing special mar consideration by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington the Pentagon has sent Congress a list of Remote Sites that should receive special funding consideration for morale welfare and recreation programs in the fiscal 1990 defense Bud get. The list sent to the House and Senate armed services committees by David Armor the Pentagon s second ranking manpower official identifies 124 installations and nine countries As Remote Sites that should continue to receive tax Dol Lars for morale programs. There has been no formal response from Capitol Hill to the Jan. 30 listing but military officials said that congressional staffers have questioned some of the installations on the list and that changes Are Likely to be made before final approval is Given. Both non appropriated fund and tax payer dollars support morale , in recent years the taxpayer portion of the mix which is approved by con Gress each year has been steadily de creasing under a congressional drive to put More mar activities on a self sup porting basis. Congress has agreed however to continue providing tax dollars to subsidize morale activities in Remote areas. The 1989 defense authorization act directed the Pentagon to provide a list of such areas for lawmakers to work with. To be included on the Pentagon s list a base has to meet one of these criteria Standard Tours at the base Are Les than 36 months accompanied or 24 months unaccompanied. The base has less than 3,000 Active duty personnel and is at least one hour by car from a Community or other Mili tary installation with three or More recreational activities one of which is Bowling Center Golf course or Marina. The base does not have sufficient recreational activities because of special circumstances which could include threat of civil disorder political unrest criminal activity or terrorist attack for eign currency fluctuations that May make off Post alternatives too expensive or extreme weather and environmental conditions. Military officials said negotiation with congressional staffers Over the bases on the list and the criteria used to choose them will take place during the next few weeks. Locations under discussion in Europe include All Sites in Spain Turkey Italy and Greece. Other overseas bases on the list in clude chevres a and Florenne a Belgium Sonderstrom a and Thulean Greenland Camp Schinnen Vokel a and Oesterberg a Netherlands Nas Kef Lavik and Marine Barracks Kef Lavik Iceland Lajes Field azores an Oslo a Norway. In the United kingdom locations in clude Raf Edzell holy Loch and Raf Thurso Scotland Raf Brawdy Wales Raf Fairford me with Hill station Raf High Wycombe Raf Wethersfield Marine Barracks London Raf Machrihanish Raf St. Mawgan and warring ton England. Facilities in West Germany that qualify under the Pentagon s guidelines in clude monchengladbach Pond Barracks Amberg Mcpheeters Cavern bad hers Feld Flint Cavern bad Tolz Christensen Barracks Bundlach bad sibling station Buchel a Fischbach ordnance depot Fulda Grafe Wohr East Camp Geilen Kirchen Prince Eugen Cavern Gunzburg Hess Isch Oldendorf Hohen Fels training area Kriegsfeld ammo depot Kalmar a Kleine Brugel a Kriegsfeld army depot Memminger air station no Venich a Prem air Sta Tion Sheinberg Cavern Sieg Elsbach Ca sern Vilseck South Camp Wil Flecken and Peden Barracks Wertheim. The list also includes Tempelhof Cen trial Airport and other locations in Berlin. Sex Kkt Leader sworn in As legislator Baton Rouge la. A former nearly All White new Orleans suburb of Dent Reagan both republicans. The Racku flux klan grand wizard David Duke Metairie. Overcoming a last minute Challenge froma fellow lawmaker. About 30 minutes before the lature convened state District judge Clarence Mcmanus said there was no reason to Block Duke from taking his seat. Mcmanus acted on a lawsuit filed by Home builder John Treen who was Duke 38, took the oath of office at 10 35a.m. After the House voted 69-33 to table a motion by a freshman representative to in Defeated by Duke in saturday s election Vest Gate Duke s credentials. Duke won election Delphe oppose. Duke a Republican represents the Tion from president Bush and former presi also attracted International attention. Treen s motion filed late tuesday had contended that Duke did not meet residency requirements. Treen said Duke lived a few blocks outside the District in Metairie and kept an apartment in the District so he could run there. State Law requires a candidate to have lived in the District he wants to represent for at least a year