European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday january 25,1990 american catching Static Over baby monitors b Effie Batman Nymberg Bureau Forth. West Germany West German police showed up without warning at Alicia Bresley s door one evening last october and confiscated her baby Monitor. They told her the Walkie talkie style device was Ille Gal and. Even worse that her baby s cries were coming in on her West German neighbors televisions. The army wife May face a Fine of up to 200 Marks. Unbeknown to arc sly. The american made Monitor did not comply with West German telecommunications regulations. The pocket size devices which sell for As Little s25 in the United states Are one Way inter coms that help mothers listen in on their babies activities. I bought the Monitor because i am a heavy sleep  said Bresley. Who has a hearing impairment. Heris month old baby Erin has a slight medical prob Lem and her Mother wanted to be Able to hear the child. American made fuzz Buster radar detection units cordless telephones phone answering machines re Mote control toys cd radios even microwave ovens can also bring on visits from police West German officials said. Bresley who lives in a military housing area said she is miffed that she was not Lold about the West German restrictions in any of the welcoming briefings she received after arriving overseas. Officials at the Numberg Community Welcome Cen Ter the local army Community services office and the child care Center All said they did t know about the potential problem and Don have any information on baby monitors. Information packets for new mothers also Don t con Tain anything on the devices said David Vaughn an army major who Heads the paediatrics Section at the army Hospital in Nurnberg. The audio devices Are not considered medical monitors he said. They should not be confused with the costly Apnoea and cardiac monitors used in cases in which a child is considered at risk to Stop breathing or suffer cardiac arrest. The medical monitors do not use radio Waves. They Are electronic devices connected directly to an audible alarm. West German authorities rigorously control radio emissions certifying All devices that use radio Waves. The primary concern according to West German authorities is interference with civil and military aviation. But As Bresley can attest radio and television frequencies can be a problem too. Not All american Brand baby monitors create prob lems. Fisher Price Sells a version in West Germany for about $35 that complies with the local regulations. Cafes sold an american version until issuing a recall a year ago. It is still offered in the cafes Catalon but with the notation not authorized for use in euro Pean  Bresley s Case a. Not been resolved by the civil authorities. Although a $ 130 Fine is a possibility it also could be waived completely. Those with a question about whether a device meets West German regulations should Contact their local Telephone company office. Offices accepting applications for Telephone service usually have someone who Speaks English. The postal service s telecommunications testing Center located in . Also accepts queries at 0681 -58610. For her part Bresley now relics on a baby Monitor she s confident meets West German regulations 4 year old daughter Andrea who shares baby Erin s room. Bush from Page 1 ride the veto later in the Day and Bush met before his news conference with re publicans in the Senate in Hopes of sus Taining his veto there. Congress has upheld each of Bush s pre Vious 10 vetoes. Bush said he had taken Steps to provide Protection to chinese Stu dents studying in the United states at the time of the crackdown in Tiana men Square last june. Not one was sent Back Bush said of the students. They were Safe then and they arc Safe now. And they will be Safe in the  he said the legislation was unnecessary and suggested it invited retaliation against american scholars in China. But Many lawmakers upset with Bush s diplomatic overtures to Beijing favor legislation anyway to give automatic visa Protection to the estimated 32,000 chinese students in the United states. Questioned further about the veto confrontation Bush bristled at the idea that he was not concerned about human rights. That is absolutely ridiculous he said. Meeting with reporters four Days past his first anniversary in office Bush also attacked a plan by sen. Daniel Pat Rick Moynihan d-n.y., to reduce social Security taxes As a sleight of hand that could Lead to increases in other taxes or to reductions in social Security benefits. Offered his widely anticipated endorsement of the creation of a new department of the environment. He said worldwide environmental challenges Are so important that they must be addressed at the highest  indicated he would soon propose a change in the Pentagon budget that be gins the transition to a military More geared to events outside Europe while continuing to meet our inescapable commitment to nato. Pentagon officials have been studying alternatives in military spending and strategy in response to the wave of democracy sweep ing Eastern Europe. Said he would unveil the second phase of his anti drug strategy on thurs Day continuing a Busy period that includes submission of his first full budget next monday and his first state of the Union address wednesday night. Said he had not yet settled on the details of an Aid package for Panama. He said he regretted the loss of panamanian lives As much As the lives of americans  have to feel concerned about that but you have to look at the broader  he said claiming that a hug majority of panamanian citizens approved of the invasion. Cheney from Page 1 moratorium will permit the department to further exercise careful stewardship of taxpayer funds devoted to military construction in Light of the coming changes in the Force Structure and disposition of the . Armed forces he said. The moratorium on military construction applies to the award of All new military construction contracts including those for architectural and engineering de sign services. Some contracts May still be awarded if the govern ment has a Legal obligation to proceed with the projector if it is needed under congressional requirements or the base closure and realignment act of 1988. Urgently needed new construction May also proceed but such projects must be approved by Cheney himself. Cheney said the moratorium will ensure that new military construction is carefully tailored to the department s future plans for the size and disposition of the armed  cuts from Page 1 unating seven of the 18 Active army divisions and 14 or More of the air Force s 35 Active and Reserve Tacti Cal fighter wings the budget office said. That represents an 8.8 percent reduction from cur rent spending Levels. Those cuts would involve As Many As 321,000 . Service members in Europe and the United states. A . Troop Cut of that size would make nato s traditional Job of defending Western Europe More difficult but the diminishing threat May justify the action the report said. The prospects for such a peace dividend have been enhanced by recent events in Eastern Europe notably the opening of the Berlin Wall reduced Cohe Sion within the Warsaw pact and the move toward democratic government in several Eastern european  the report said. Freeze from Page 1 from the freeze. About 1.05 million civilians work for the govern ment worldwide including 80,000 foreign nationals. The total number of Naf employees worldwide is about 220,000. While the conditions of employment for foreign nationals Are set by agreements Between the unite states and Host nations the hiring of such employees is not and they will be included in the freeze As part of the civilian work Force Cipolla said. We arc not obligated to any Host country to employ a certain number of foreign nationals Cipolla said. Hiring decisions Are made by .  freezing the entire work Force and reducing civilian employees through attrition this year will put the Pentagon in the Best position to avoid harsher actions such As reductions in Force and other Adverse separations later he said. Jehn has made provisions for a number of exceptions. Chief among them is the Blanket exemption of department of defense dependents schools teachers. Hiring commitments May be made for teachers recruited for the Dod dependent and Section 6 school systems he said. Cipolla said John made that decision in order to avoid interrupting the teacher recruitment process which is currently taking place for the 1990-91 school year. He said that process can t be deferred until after the next fiscal year begins in october because the school system would be unable to immediately hire the number of teach ers it would need and probably would have to leave positions vacant for a Large part of the school year. Jobs that must be filled under Federal Law arc exempted from the freeze but part time and temporary positions arc included. Cipolla said exceptions can be requested in Ord i to convert part time employees to full time if that does t require moving them Toa new Job. The freeze deals with vacancies he said. If you have a part time employee that you want to make full Lime with out changing the Job that will probably be allowed. But it you re looking to make that employee full Lime in another position that won t be  the services and defense agencies can recruit from col Leges and universities and make hiring commitments to College applicants for trainee jobs including entry positions presidential management interns and summer hire programs. John said. That s the same kind of situation As with the teachers 1 beginning feb. 15, the services and defense agencies will have to Forward monthly status reports to John s office that must include detailed information on any requests for and approvals of exceptions to the freeze. Soviets agree to pull All troops from Hungary Budapest Hungary a the soviets agree they have no reason to keep soldiers in Hungary and negotiations will begin within Days on with drawing All 52,000, Premier Miklos Nemeth said tuesday. I have spoken with Premier Nikolai Ryzhkova twice in recent weeks and we agreed that the. Basis for stationing soviet troops on hungarian soil has outlived itself Nemeth told parliament. There Are neither military nor political reasons for their being  Nemeth said the hungarian armed forces arc fully capable of defending the territorial integrity and sovereignty of the country. Hungary s strategic and geopolitical position makes it possible for the .s.r. To withdraw its troops at the earliest Possi ble  he said hungarian and soviet experts would meet in Budapest in the next few  the withdrawal schedule will be determined by tech Nical factors and the hungarian military s capacity to meet the new situation he told parliament. The International situation is favourable and our image of the enemy has changed Nemeth declared. Limited troop withdrawals began last april and 10,000 soldiers left in 1989. Czechoslovakia and Poland also seek total withdrawal of soviet forces from their territory but there has been no word on whether the Kremlin has agreed