European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse The St ars and Stripens a authorised unofficial publication for the . Armeo forces vol. 48, no. 275 wednesday january 17. 1990 sol. Mike Sonier and his family double Check his winning entry in stripes super bowl contest. Looking on Are from left his wife Carolyn holding 6 in Only old Maurice Mike jr., 4 and 3-year-old Marcus. Sergeant s super smile spells super bowl win by Bob Wicker sports editor Kaiserslautern. West Ger Many that winning smile seen around a town today belongs to sgt. Mike Sonier. Thanks to notre Dame s last Quarter touchdown in the Orange bowl so Nier is the owner of two tickets to the super bowl. This is like a dream come said the 73rd signal in Soldier when told that he had won a trip for two to new Orleans to see the san Francisco 49ers and Den ver Broncos play in super bowl xxiv. The game will be held at the Louisiana super dome on Jan. 28. Sonier. A Lxi works at the 73rd s 7th data processing unit beat out More than 90.000 entries in the stars and stripes super bowl contest. The con test consisted of picking the winners of 12 College bowl games played be tween dec. 24 and Jan. 2. It was sonic s tiebreaker prediction of 27 Points for the Orange bowl that made him a Winner. His guess was right on the Button and eliminated 30 other perfect 12-for-12 entries. I watched those games on to All night and when the Orange bowl came on 1 knew 1 had a Chance Sonier said. When notre Dame was drive. See contest on Page 26 d 8693 a Foreman Kos Cooney Page 21 freeze on hiring will affect Dod civilians overseas by Chuck Vinc Washington Bureau Washington a freeze on civil Ian hiring for the rest of this fiscal year will include overseas schoolteachers commissary employees and local nation Al hires a Pentagon official said tues Day. That could mean longer lines at Cash registers in military grocery stores. Although instructions for implementation still arc being worked out and de tails have not been completed it looks like those employees will be a part of the freeze the Way we interpret it now said Frank Cipolla acting Deputy assistant Secretary of defense for civilian person Nel policy. Friday s announcement by defense who will be Hurt Dodds teachers commissary workers local National hires Secretary Dick Cheney will not affect non appropriated fund employees. They Are not paid from taxpayer funds and no Money could be Cut from the defense budget by freezing the hiring of those employees Cipolla said. The army and air Force Exchange service is a non see freeze on Back Page Powell welcomes East bloc s 1 St Steps in reshaping military Vienna Austria a Gen. Colin Powell the top . Military Leader tuesday welcomed initial Steps by the soviet led Warsaw pact to reshape its armed forces and said the level of . Forces in Western Europe could be changed. Powell chairman of the . Joint chiefs of staff made his comments be fore top brass from the soviet Union and 33 other countries in an unusual Exchange of views on their governments military policies. There is nothing sacrosanct about the number of american troops stationed in Europe. There is nothing carved in Stone that says that military Power in a divided Europe should remain As it has Over the last four he said. We Are hopeful that the process in which we Are All engaged will Lead to the Day when the military demands on both european alliances Are greatly diminished he said. Foreign minister Alois mock of aus Tria opened the unprecedented meeting which is designed to further reduce Mili tary tensions in Europe. The military doctrine seminar scheduled in october attracted greater Atten Tion following the wave of democratic Reform that swept Eastern Europe. Gen. Mikhail Moiseyev the soviet military chief of staff also was scheduled to speak. The three week session Marks the first time top military officers of nato and the Warsaw pact plus the Neutral and non aligned states of Europe Are sit Ting Down to Dis cuss their intentions plans and arsenals. . Officials say. The discussions Are being held under the auspices of the negotiations Powell on Confidence and Security building measures. Western military experts arc anxious to hear just what the emerging democracies in the soviet led Warsaw pact have in mind for their defense policies. John Maresca who leads the . Delegation to the Confidence building talks said officials want to understand better what these Eastern european countries arc thinking at this time How their poli cies Are going to Czechoslovakia and Hungary already have said they want soviet troops off their soil this year. In East Germany see Powell on Back Page planning q Fri of the East bloc see pages 13-15
