European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday March 22,1989 of civilians in information jobs overseas face stricter enforcement of 5-Yeqr rotation by Chuck Vinc Washington Burn Washington civilian air Force employees in information systems jobs will find it harder id stay overseas for More than five years under a plan to enforce More strictly a rotation policy i that Field. And while civilians May be upset air Force officials said the move will pay off in broader Ca reer experience for the work Force and More Job opportunities far military spouses. Since 196fi, All defense department employees in grades gs-7 and above have had a clause Ini heir employment agreements stating Hal they May be limited to five years overseas. Last August the defense department broadened the five year provision to include employees in grades gs-6 and below. But Pentagon officials noted that regulations still authorized an unlimited number of extensions for personnel wish successful performance review Sand added that the extensions while not automatic generally had been and would continue to be granted. Shortly afterwards Lac air Force briefly consid ered a plan of its own to sharply curtail civilian extensions by More strictly enforcing the rotation policy throughout the service. The service eventually scrapped that plan. But an air Force official responding to inquiries from civilian employees in Europe said the rotation pol icy in fact would be  enforced for positions in the service s information systems Field. Overseas extensions beyond five years will beware and Only approved under the most extraordinary circumstances according to a letter to an employee in Europe from Laura Nee Semosky chairman of the air Force s information systems career program policy Council maj. Lou Figueroa an air Force spokesman in the Pentagon said that whiles More lenient Exten Sion policy still May be in effect throughout the armed services and other career Fields in the air Force it is Trnosky s prerogative to limit Exten Sions in the  that his Council oversees. There Are 4,900 civilian slots in the air Force information systems , which includes computer management specialists programmers analysts and systems supervisors Figueroa said. Only 49 of those positions Are overseas and because overseas service is valuable for those seek ing to Advance in the Field those slots Are highly coveted Figueroa said. It s Only a Hundred to one shot to get one of those slots he said. That s Why we re looking to rotate people More often. Dod policy tray permit an unlimited number of extensions but that docs not preclude the air Force from limiting Exten Sions in circumstances where Mission requirements  one air Force civilian in West Germany has been waging a letter writing Campaign firing off protests to lawmakers and Pentagon officials. His complaints focus on the narrow View that be Motky apparently is taking on the More lenient Dod and air Force policies regarding extensions. In a letter to sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., chairman of the Striate armed services committee the employee said the forced rotation policy is poor management of limited resources discriminatory against a particular group of employees and a waste of change of Stanton funds. Many of those concerns have been considered Brno ski said but they Are offset by the advantages of managing employee turnover providing overseas career broadening opportunities to More employees and by More effectively utilizing skills acquired during the overseas  additionally More military spouses Ore qualified for higher level career Poi Lions. Periodic rotation permits those with military spouse preference to compete for the relatively Tew higher graded civil Ian positions available at air Force overseas bases he said. Sen. Hatfield witnessed shooting did t report it Portland Ore. Cap sen. Mark half iced says he witnessed a shooting in he nation s capital but sped away with out notifying police i did t report it because police arc so overwhelmed. All i d be Able to say is somebody shot at some body else the Oregon Republican snid in tuesday s Salem statesman journal. News updates palme murder Case Stockholm Sweden a prosecutors presented a court with new evidence in the olo pal me murder Case tuesday and won a new detention order against suspect in the fatal shooting of the prime minister three Yean ago. We have two new witnesses said prosecutor Anders he tin making a loin i of five people who reported seeing the 41-year-old suspect near the scene at the Tim of the murder Helin also said preliminary forensic tests on two weapons sen to a West German police Laboratory eliminated one As the murder weapon but said the second can not be ruled out it was the seventh inc the District court extended the custody order for Chrisler Pettersson who was arrested last dec. 14 bodies found in Podvia i Avia Italy up firemen recovered the bodies of two teen age girls tuesday from under the rubble of Ait huh Century Bel lower that collapsed in the Center of Pavia four Days ago. A. Fire service officer said the bodies of adrians Uggetti 18, and Barbara Cassani. I were found together in the basement of a shoe shop that Vas demolished when the 246-foot Tower collapsed witha Roar around 9 . Friday. The recovery of the bodies con firmed the toll of the disaster a four dead and 15 injured two of them seriously. I m not saying j should t have Rev ported it but at thai one time and place my thought was to escape gel out of there he said Hayfield said he and his family were driving to their Washington Home from a restaurant March 14, when they saw a Man shoo a another across the Street about six blocks fro the Capitol. I slammed of the brakes As soon As i saw a person on the Side of the Street Hatfield said five shots rang out. We heard the shots and saw the flare of the gun he said the Man at whom the shots were fired began running then Limp ing toward a waiting car. The car sped away when the Man climbed in Side he Sal j. As soon As the gunman lowered his weapon Hatfield said wham i look  the shooting personalizes the prob Lem that the capital City has and Large cities across the nation have wit crime he said. Hayfield was in his car with his wife Antoinette and son Mark Hatfield jr., said Julie Mcgregor the senator s press aide. Canadian Corporal sentenced in slaying Lahr. West Germany s4is military court ended the first Canadian forces murder trial in 19 years saturday by sentencing an army Corporal to five years in prison for. Killing a Canadia woman in Hungary. The forces had charged Cpl. Christian Pepin 27, with first degree murder said spokesman army maj John Paul Mac Donald. However the court accepted his guilty plea to the lesser charge of Man Slaughter in the stabbing death of amen Neile Charcot 20, Charcot s body was found june 3 in a hotel room in Masaros Nacny Hungary 10 Miles from the soviet Border the forces generally prohibit their members from entering Hungary. The five member court also reduce Pepin to the rank of private. The Mili tary judge did not comment on the sen tence length when he announced it in court saturday Mcdonald said. Testimony at Pepin s sentencing revealed that he bad undergone psychiatric evaluations at to hospitals in Canada after suicide attempts and that he had consulted a forces mental health nurse in april 1987 because of emotional distress. Or. Jacques Talbot a Montreal psychiatrist Leslif cd that Pepin s father treated him violently during his child Hood Macdonald said Pepin an infantryman assigned to1st in Royal 22nd regl at Canadian forces base Lahr also faces a Deser Tion charge. No trial has been set on that charge. I is expected to be transferred within two weeks from he base prison to the forces prison at Edmonton Alberta. An s radio Jav service will be disrupted Granru tort West Germany positioning and testing a replacement satellite will cause an interruption of television and some radio service thursday and Friday on the american forces net work Europe. The satellite distribution system will be out of service from 2 . To 5 . Both Days in Central Europe and i . To 4 . In the United King Dom network officials said tuesday. Television viewers in Central Europe and the United kingdom can expect he outage when an is rebroadcasting armed forces radio and television service satellite network programming officials said. Keb Road casting normally occurs in Central Europe from 2 . To 6 . Normal service should be restored on both Days before the Start of the regular broadcasting Day at 7 . An officials said. During the Eulaee the an am radio signal also will be interrupted. Stations that normally use the sat trl Jisc deliver cd signal will use leased communication circuits to maintain network radio service. No alternate service is available at re Mote silts that normally receive their radio service from the satellite Dis bet the official said civil Engineer Dies after giving birth Frankfurt West Germany is a 37-year-old civil Engineer died Friday evening from complications following childbirth officials said tuesday Julia e. In died at Frankfurt army regional medical Center a Day after giving birth to a son said Larry Hawthorne a spokesman for the us. Army corps of engineers Europe division. The baby named Joseph weighed 9pounds, 7 ounces at birth and is healthy in who had been with the Europe division of the corps since 1982, also is survived by her husband William and two other sons 6-year-old Michael and 4-Yeawjld Stephen Hawthorne said. During More than six years in Europe Niel worked on a number of major construction projects including the building of penning ii support facilities in Stutt Gart West Germany. A memorial service is scheduled for 12 30 . Wednesday at the St. Sebas Tian Chapel at 29 Hansa Altee in Frank Furt. A memorial fund on behalf of the Nir family has been established at the Abrams building Branch of merchants National Bank in Frankfurt