European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 news briefs the stars and stripes wednesday january 17.1990soviet troops seek to end fierce fighting in Azerbaijan Moscow apr soviet troops sought to restore order tuesday in parts of the Southern caucasus where fierce Battles raged Between hundreds of Well armed azerbaijanis and armenians. At least 56 people have been killed and 156 injured in ethnic strife in the Republic of Azerbaijan since thursday Interior ministry spokesman Vladimir a. Yanchenko said. Kab and army troops have been deployed in the Republic. Yanchenko said authorities had recorded 167 a a pogroms and cases of arson. Civilians Mosij armenians Are said to have been murdered at random in ethnically motivated attacks that provoked the gun Battles. Some were reported burned alive. President Mikhail s. Gorbachev declared a slate of emergency monday in the disputed Region of Magorno Karabash in Azerbaijan and in the neighbouring Republic of Armenia. Soviet television showed Interior ministry troops firing into the air As they Rode in armoured personnel carriers through a town in Magorno Karabash astronauts spend Day working on experiments Cape canaveral Fla. Apr space shuttle Columbia s five Crew members Laboured quietly tuesday on their experiments growing protein crystals in Zero Gravity melting and re solidifying a Metal and photographing the Earth. Quot All systems aboard Columbia Are clean Quot Mission control reported As the astronauts worked through the seventh full Day of their Marathon 10-Joy Mission. There was Little radio traffic Between ground and space Quot to allow the Crew to stay on the timeline and get All their various chores accomplished without a lot of interference from the folks Here a the control Center said. Quot we just let them go at in and they be been doing very  television from the shuttle showed he astronauts busily pursuing the experiments. There were no further problems with a navigation system that sounded an alarm and wakened the Crew sunday night and commander Dan Brandenstein stopped a dehumidifier leak that had been a bather almost from the beginning of the flight. Columbia is to land in the darkness at 2 59 . Friday at Edwards fab  Back in action As at amp to replaces program new York apr at amp to s Telephone network operated normally tuesday after technicians replaced a faulty computer program that blocked millions of Long distance Calls nationwide in the company s widest Ever outage. A we re seeing traffic Slatting to build up and the network is operating flawlessly a spokeswoman Daisy Oulmann said. American Telephone amp Telegraph co. Said mondays nine hour outage was its most widespread Ever. The company said it discovered the problem at mid afternoon monday and corrected it shortly before Midnight. The problem was traced to the software that runs at amp to s computerized switching centers Oltmann said. She said the company installed a new version of the Soli Ware. Warsaw pact observer Calls exercise a look at the future by David Tarrant stiff writer Nelu Ngen West Germany a Bela Biro a hungarian major general Hopes that the Warsaw pact and nato can get together one Day for a joint training exercise. But despite the revolutionary changes in Eastern Europe he does t see such an exercise happening any Lime soon. Quot its the music of the future and maybe it will happen in the beginning of the next  Biro said tuesday. A maybe in a computer simulation  Biro is one of 41 observers from about 20 countries a including the seven members of the Warsaw pact a who arc watching the . Be libero army s Centurion shield 90 exercise. Under an International agreement recognized by 35 nations in Europe and North America Large exercises such As Centurion shield which has More than 57,000 soldiers in the Field Are subject to inspection by participating nations. Biro and other National representatives spent part of tuesday afternoon at the 1st army div s rear command Post where they received a briefing from Brig. Gen. Julius f. Johnson assistant division commander. The observers receive briefings each Day As they visit various military units involved in the exercise said capt Perry Allmendinger a Vii corps Liason offi cer. The briefings usually cover he Mission of the unit the units role in the exercise and what the soldiers Are doing ail Mundinger said. A we try to show them whal we do in terms of our Mission a said it. Cot. Steve Ritey of the 1st army div. The visit can also be interesting for the soldiers Riley said. A Many of the soldiers have never seen a soviet a he said. It earlier tuesday the observers i received a briefing in Weissen Berg on the joint exercise simulation system or Jess which is the intelligence behind the computer assisted War games featured in Centurion shield Biro said he was particularly interested in the computer simulation which allows the exercise to use reduced Levels of troops and vehicles. If there had been More time Biro would have liked to have Learned More about Jess. A because in is the cheapest Way to train in this Way without bringing in the troops he said through an interpreter. In Hungary some exercises for training commanders use maps to show movements of troops and supplies. Computers Are used in some aspects of training such As fire direction for artillery. Biro said. But com users Are Noi used As extensively As in Centurion i iced. A this is the wave of the future Quot he said. The possibility exists for Hungary and other Warsaw pact countries to adopt computer simulation As part of their training he said. A but now it s a financial  i freeze from Pago 1 appropriated fund activity. But the department of defense dependents schools is expected to have to delay hiring new teachers for the 1990-91 school year until oct. To when the freeze ends. And All positions in military commissaries that come open will have to remain vacant until that Date. A we know this Wilt Hurt the school system but there s no Way to exempt them from the freeze other than through the Overall provisions for exceptions that were put out Friday Quot Cipollo said. In a memo last week Cheney said the secretaries of the military services and a few other top officials a May hire civilians for career service or excepted service positions hat arc essential to National defense. Medical safety and Security workers also Are excluded from the freeze. Dodds has not received official notification of the freeze a spokeswoman said and no comment was available tuesday. It col. Jay Jordan the Pentagon official who oversees commissary operations declined to speculate on How the system might be hampered by the freeze. The commissaries usually have a turnover in Cashiers of from 60 percent to 100 percent each year. But Jordan said that problems caused by a shortage of workers could be offset to some degree by Clending the hours of employees still on the payrolls. Regarding foreign National employees Cipolla said that while their conditions of employment Are set through agreements with the Host country governments a technically they Are on the . Payroll and they will also be included in the  Al a briefing tuesday Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams said he could not estimate How extensive the reductions to the civilian work Force would be. A it s not possible to predict who will leave and who will not be replaced Quot he said Quot so you can t predict the number of  but he defended the Overall concept of the freeze calling in Quot a Way to try to reduce the civilian work Force humanely through attrition rather than involuntary layoffs. The defense department employs 927,000 full time civilians and another 123,000 temporary and part time civilians worldwide. As Many As 80,000 normally retire or leave the work Force voluntarily in an average year. Czechoslovak secret police abolished Prague Czechoslovakia apr Czechoslovakia s secret police which spied on czechoslovak citizens Over the last 40 years has been dismantled by the new non communist Interior minister the official ctr news Agency reported tuesday. Interior minister Richard Sacher announced that the officers in charge of the Central and local branches of the secret police or St were suspended. A their further Fate will be determined during the ongoing interviews by the newly appointed officers from the ranks of the police Forte Quot Sacher said without elaborating. Sacher said that departments dealing with the so called Quot struggle against the internal enemy were also abolished. The work of the St Short for state secret Security included information gathering on Church activists dissidents Young people scientists cultural figures and anyone else considered Likely to be a threat to the  from Page 1 communist party Leader Gregor Gysi has proposed that All foreign troops leave both Ger Many by 1999.Quot there is a greater willingness of countries in Eastern Europe to Lake positions on the basis of what they see As their National interest rather than just following a position which is dictated to them by the soviet Union Quot Maresca said monday. Western analysts also Are eager to hear what Moiseyev has to say about the Soviel Union s military stance. In december 1988. Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev announced plans to pare his government s defense spending and military forces including the pullout of 50,000 of the estimated 550,000 troops from Eastern Europe. The soviet Union has said it is adopt ing a More defensive military doctrine. Quot we would like to understand better what that Means Quot said Maresca Western analysts seek hard evidence of lower spending fewer troops and reduced arms production. Nato the 16-nation Western Alliance maintains its forces Are the minimum needed to defend against an attack. During the seminar the military officers were expected to present their views then respond to questions. The give and take is designed to fill in any gaps or Clear up any confusion. In addition the officers will have a Chance to meet privately Tor further questioning. The idea behind the meeting is to Lessen the secrecy that surrounds military policies. The Overall Confidence building negotiations Are aimed at finding ways to increase Trust among the countries and therefore reduce tensions in Europe. Maresca emphasized that the seminar is an Experiment. A report will be made at the end