European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 25, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday february 25, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 5 army recruitment slip worries Dod by Norman Black a military writer Washington army recruiters last fall failed for the first time in eight years to meet their enlistment quotas and the other three services Are show ing similar signs of distress the Penta gon said. The defense department in releasing figures for the october december Quarter quoted its top manpower offi Cial As saying the shortfall if it persists c9uld jeopardize one of the Pentagon s biggest Success stories of recent years. We need to act now to head off future recruiting problems said Grant s. Green jr., the assistant defense Secretary for Force management and personnel. The first step is to work with con. Gress on military pay and to restore the value of recruiting incentives advertising resources and education benefits. Otherwise we could begin the Chain of events that led to the serious military manpower problems of the last  former president Reagan proposed and president Bush has endorsed a 3.6 pay raise for military personnel next year. At the same time both would cancel a scheduled Cost of living raise for military retirees. Congress has not acted on the requests. Last year Reagan asked for a 4 per cent pay increase for military person Nel. Congress approved a 2 percent in crease. The Pentagon operating under con Gressional budget restraints expects to spend about $199 million on recruiting this year Down from $205.3 million in fiscal 1988. Rep. Beverly Byron d-md., chair Man of the House subcommittee on military personnel and compensation said the Federal deficit has sometimes not allowed Congress to allocate All it would like. However she said strides were being made to improve the Quality of life for soldiers including approval last year of an increased housing allowance and Money to help military families move their possessions when transferred. The subcommittee planned a hearing wednesday on the new recruitment re port she said. The Pentagon report gave this break Down of recruiting for the first Quarter of fiscal 1989 the army fell Short of its goal of 24,143 by 475 men and women its first recruiting shortfall since 1980. The Navy signed up 300 More recruits than its 18,900 goal but Only by calling up Early volunteers who had signed up for delayed enlistment. The Marine corps mets its objective of 7,100 and the air Force met its goal of 11,800. Both the marines and the air Force Green said reported they had met their goals Only by working harder. In All the four services fell 200 recruits Short of the combined quarterly goal of 61,700. Satanic verses defenders fight Back nationwide by the associated press a Bookstore Chain caught up in the controversy of the satanic verses went on the offensive thursday with writers and booksellers in Chicago decrying death threats against its author. Islamic groups condemned the death threat but continued to seek compassion. Let s not be stampeded by this kind of intellectual terrorism. Let s vote with our wallets. Buy the Book said poet and novelist Michael Anania at a rally at the Chicago Public Library s cultural Center. Writers nationwide have rallied in support of Salman Rushdie whose novel has enraged moslem and brought a death sentence from Iran s Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and offers of a $5.2 million Bounty. Moslem leaders in the United states while denouncing the death sentence and threats of violence against bookstores said the Book was intolerable to followers of islam and called for withdrawal of this  we simply expect the Media to Accord muslims the same rights that have been generally extended to other religious minorities said Ahmad Zaki Hammad president of the islamic society of North America in Plainfield ind. It is regrettable that Viking Penguin inc., the . Publishers has shown insensitivity to the concerns of  three . Bookstore chains had yanked the Book off shelves but b. Dalton and Barnes & Noble bookstores which Are under common ownership decided wednesday to Stock the Book. The third Chain Walden books the nation s largest with 1,200 stores said thursday it will continue to sell the Book despite Many threats of  in the text of an advertisement placed in Friday news papers Walden books complained it was subjected to unfair castigation for telling its outlets to remove the Book from their shelves for Security reasons. Walden books noted that it continued to sell the Book while not displaying it until its Supply ran out. Also late last week it gave store managers permission to display the Book at their discretion. We will continue to sell the Book when it comes Back in Stock at the publisher Walden books said. We will continue to use discretion in displaying the  the Chain s president Harry Hoffman has said it has received about 60 bomb threats. Protests also came from groups in Washington. The Ayatollah has t Only taken out a contract on members of the National writers Union demonstrate in front of Barnes & Noble Bookstore in new York. Salman Rushdie he has taken out a contract on our american freedoms to read to write and to express our selves As we choose said Arthur j. Kropp president of people for the american Way. The 275,000-member organization has opposed efforts by american fundamentalists to censor textbook and school Reading lists. An and hoc group calling itself the International committee for free expression also issued a statement in Washington decrying Iran s threats against the Brit ish author. We cannot and will not tolerate a threat to assassinate a writer for his ideas or others for disseminating those ideas declared the committee which includes the american Library association and Ameri can booksellers association. At the Chicago rally 300 writers and supporters heard pulitzer prize winning author studs Terkel com pare Rushdie to John Scopes who was tried for teach ing darwinism and author John Steinbeck criticize for his grapes of  Rushdie a British citizen born in India into a mos Lem family went into hiding in England because of the death threats. The president of Chicago s Muslim Community Center Mohammed Kais Ruddin said after the writ ers speeches that he objects to the death sentence but does t believe such very Strong profane passages about people moslem respect the most should be tolerated by society. Former rep. Jenrette convicted of shoplifting Sands of time in the stars and stripes Fairfax a. A former  Jenrette was found guilty thursday of shoplifting a pair of shoes from a sub Urban Washington department store. I find overwhelmingly without doubt that he is guilty on both charges declared Fairfax county va., circuit judge Donald b. Mcdonough. The former democratic congressman from South Carolina was charged with Petty larceny and altering Price tags at mar shall s discount department store on dec. 7. T Mcdonough gave Jenrette  of 90 Days for each of two mis Demeanour charges with 75 Days sus Pended. The judge also fined him $1,000 for each charge with $500 of each sus Pended. That left Jenrette ? 52, facing 15days in prison and $1,000 in total fines. Kenneth Robinson the attorney who represented Jenrette in the a scam trial As Well As the shoplifting Case said he plans to Appeal. In the meantime Jen Rette was freed on personal Bond. In october 1980. Jenrette was convicted of sharing a $50,000 bribe in the undercover a scam investigation. During the shoplifting trial Heathe Mckeever a Security guard at the store described How she saw Jenrette put on pair of store shoes and place his own in the Bottom Row of the store s shoe rack. 40 years ago today. Feb. 25, 1949 after five weeks of negotiation in Rhodes Greece under the guidance of United nations mediator Ralph Bunche israeli and egyptian officials signed an armistice ending the 9-month-old War in Palestine. 30 years ago today. Feb. 25, 1959 soviet Premier Nikita s. Khrushchev declared that the four Powers could not discuss German reunification because it was a question for the two German states  20 years ago today. Feb. 25, 1969 the motion picture Academy of arts and sciences announced its Oscar nominations for 1968, which included for Best picture Romeo and Juliet " funny girl the lion in Winter Oliver and Rachel  10 years ago today. Feb. 25,1979 in a move designed to revive the nation s Economy Iran s provisional government announced it would begin exporting Oil again within 15 Days