European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 20, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday december 20,1989 news updates chinese refugees Tokyo a Japan Anechina agreed tuesday to the repatriation of 30 chinese who arrived in Japan this past sum Mer disguised As vietnamese refugees the foreign ministry said. A ship chartered by the chinese government will leave Japan Early thursday with the refugees including 13 children ministry spokesman Taizo Watanabe said. The ship the Chang Bai Hao is scheduled to arrive in fuzz a City in Suzan province later in the Day. Since May. 2,804 people Many of whom said they were refugees from Vietnam have arrived in Japan by boat. However after interviews the Justice ministry determined that 1,668 were chinese. Some reportedly have sought political Asylum in Japan but were not found to have political backgrounds entitling them to it said Toshio Tsunozaki director of the human rights and Refu gee division of the foreign ministry. The ministry ordered those who were deemed illegal entrants from China to leave Japan and the governments of the two countries have been negotiating the terms of repatriation Tsunozaki said. Amir a Veo Nesnay dec Emow a toy Usa eur expects budget Cut of up to 3% this fiscal year by Rosemary Sawyer Europe to make plans for cutting 162 jobs air Force budgetary cont Tny Sawyer suit writer the . Army in Europe is bracing for budget cuts of up to 3 percent this fiscal year which it Hopes to absorb without having to fire any workers. The army command has operated since october under guidance that funding Levels would be the same As last year Susareu spokesman Jim Boyle said tuesday. Now we have an indication we May receive reductions in fiscal Graf 90 Funn ing Boyle said. The command had re Quested a budget of $4.2 billion. Heidelberg officials expect to receive their official funding letter after the army chief of staff is briefed on the Over All army budget wednesday. Budget cuts similar to those facing Usa eur have led the . Air forces eur Pfrom the civilian work Force. Safe will Cut the jobs through attrition. Usa eur officials Are reviewing How they can manage the budget paring with the least Impact on our people an training readiness of the command Boyle said. Budget officials have said for weeks that they plan to absorb the cuts through program reductions rather than across the Board cuts. However As programs Are scaled Down or axed Usa eur May have to eliminate the corresponding jobs. If necessary officials Hope to do this through attrition. Boyle said he has received no indications that permanent change of station moves will be slowed As the air Force has done but officials Are still working options. Ai constraints will delay the permanent change of station moves for thousands of personnel fro Europe to the United states next sum Mer. Gen. Tarry Welch the air Force chief of staff also has ordered that the service fill Only one of four civilian vacancies. Boyle would not discuss which Money saving options were being considered saying it would not be appropriate to dose until they were presented for a com Mand decision he could not say when that decision would be made. One possibility is closure of the Van guard building in Sheinberg West Ger Many. The building formerly the Rei chel building serves As Headquarters for the 7th theater army area come. Officials Are looking at whether the com Mand s duties can be assumed by the21 St theater army area come. Strikes May continue until talks resume thursday Between merchants Union retired Dod worker Dies in Pir Masens Pir Masens West Germany is a 61-year-old retired army civilian employee died sunday in a  Hospital after a Long illness. Willis c. Roberts who retired i april had worked for the 73rd signal in in Pir Masens since 1977. While Workings an equipment specialist he was responsible for electricity at a communications site. He is survived by his wife Angilika and three sons Willis Michael and Alex Ander. Roberts will be buried in his Home town of Marietta a. A memorial serv ice is planned in Pir Masens but no Date has been set. Eagle scout Frankfurt West Germany member of troop 64 has joined the ranks of the Eagle  w. Fee a Sophomore at Frankfurt High school has been i scouting for seven years. Fee s Eagle scout project was to work in conjunction with the Bird Protection society of West Germany in improving a waterfowl preserve in Neu Isenburg. The project involved 40 volunteers working More than 200 hours. The 15-Yearoid is the son of William and Irene fee. To earn the Eagle scout award a Boyscout must fulfil requirements in the areas of leadership service and outdoor skills. This includes earning at least 21 Merit badges and completing a Community service project. Correction a photo caption yesterday incorrectly said a . Soldier portraying Sant Claus passed out Welcome Money to East German families. The Soldier distributed Candy to children while their families waited in a Bank line to receive the Money from the West German government. By Randy Mcclain financial writer Frankfurt West Germany disgruntled merchants National Bank employees will resume contract talk with management on thursday but strikes at several branches could continue until then. A total of 131 employees at Mer chants Frankfurt Headquarters and nine branches stayed Home tuesday Accord ing to Bank officials. Union spokesman Aloysius Wohlfahrt said More branches will be hit wednesday. Wohlfahrt also said More employee stayed Home tuesday than management acknowledged but he was unable to pro vide a number. The strike by the West German com Merce banking and insurance Union is aimed at forcing concessions on a new con tract for 1990. Little Progress has been re ported in three weeks of negotiations. Merchants management has agreed to one Point a 4.6 percent pay raise for Al employees but Wohlfahrt said there arc other sticking Points. Among those Are Bank proposal to give step increases once every two years instead of once a  said that would Cost the aver age employee about 1,800 Marks is ,050 in lost wages. The Union also is Balking at the Bank request for a limited amount of sunday work. Merchants wants employees on hand to refill automated Teller machines that run out of Cash Over the weekend. The Union thinks the Bank should instal Money machines that can hold More Bills instead. Bob Schindler the Bank general Man Ager said the strike is  he said the contract offer on the table is Mer chants final one. The Bottom line is that the vast majority of our employees Are supporting us Schindler said. Wohlfahrt said he sees things differently. Wohlfahrt said targe numbers of work ers Aren t participating in the strike but it is not the Union s intention to Call amass walkout of its 1,000 members. We Are very satisfied with the strikes far he said. We Don t want to bankrupt the company. We just want to Hurt them a Little bit  Schindler said tuesday s walkout had no Impact on customer service. All branches remained open. Hardest hit were branches in Baum older where 13 employees stayed Home and at Patch Barracks in Stuttgart where 10 employees walked out. On dec. 11, More than 150 employee participated in a one Day walkout at the Bank s Headquarters and at two branches in Darmstadt and Wiesbaden. A week later 95 employees walked out 91 of them at merchants Headquarters. Panama accuses . Of arrogance Panama City Panama a Panama tuesday accused the United states of arrogance in two recent confrontations that left an american Marine officer dead and a panamanian police Man wounded. The latest incident occurred monday when a . Army lieutenant shot and wounded a panamanian police  the time . Forces were on High Alert following a saturday shooting wit president Bush refusing to Rule out Mili tary action against the government often. Manuel Antonio Noriega. The general s defense forces on Mon Day called the shooting of the policeman an Ever More reckless aggression by the United states and accused . Officials of twisting the facts of the Case. The american involved was leaving laundry in Western Panama City when the policeman motioned to him to Stop and approached him according to the . Southern come. It said the police Man appeared to be reaching for a gun. The american responded defensively by pulling a weapon and fired two shots the . Statement said. The panamanian went Down then got up and left the  Panama however said the american was travelling in a vehicle that never slopped and on the contrary  one of the two shots hit policeman Cesar Tejada in the left forearm a de sense forces communique said. Tensions already were High Over sat urday s fatal shooting of Marine 1st it Robert Paz 25. Of Dallas and the reported beating of a Navy couple. The government owned newspaper Crit Ica tuesday called the two incidents Epi Leptic arrogance by the United states and lashed out at the cynicism to blame the defense forces for the criminal actions of saturday when four . Soldiers fired on civilians and defenceless women.". Forces stayed on maximum Alert but took no Public action other than to patrol their bases in Battle gear. Traffic and business in Panama City were nor Mal tuesday. British woman ends anti nuclear protest Raf Lakenheath England is a British woman on tuesday ended a six week protest against nuclear weapon outside this . Al 11 fighter base. Angie Zelter began her protest nov. 7with a three week water Only fast after a three Day rest in her East Runyon Home she rejoined the protest handing out leaflets and fasting for one and two Day periods. About 16 other people including Zilter s two teen age children supported Zeltcer s protest by fasting Zelter said. Most completed two Day fasts wholesome fasted As Long As a week. The pro testers stayed in an Orange and White camper parked a few Yards outside Lakenheath s main Gate. Zelter claims the United states i planning to reuse nuclear warheads from the ground launched cruise missiles that Are being removed from Europe under the intermediate Range nuclear forces treaty. She says the warheads will be used on air launched missiles carried by Al 11 and f-1s aircraft. A Lakenheath spokesman has said Abou Zelter s actions these protests Are a mat Ter Between the British people and her maj esty s government and As such it would be inappropriate for us to comment during the protest Zelter and three others were arrested by ministry of de sense police for trespassing on the Lanett Heath base. The four Are to appear in the Mildenhall magistrate s court Jan. 13 Tenter pleas