European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                D military should Heads a ombudsman says Page 2 d politics charged in proposed base cuts Page 5 d Graf beats Fernandez to win australian open Page 21 d East germans propose election observers Back Page authorized unofficial publication Fob the  Armeo forces ?jit�vi3t,-? wll ill i?5t it f3$,"�hg$ Vyff Jug vol. 48. No. 286 sunday january 28, 1990 8693 a no Slushy spots in hiring freeze top official says by Rosemary Sawyer staff writer the civilian hiring freeze May thaw a bit when the defense department feels its Sling but until then the army in Europe is bracing for rough times a lop personnel official said. For 25 years whenever we be had frnces. There s always been some areas of slush that you can sort of wander around in and make some Independent  said Archie Gnu Matt. Chief of Usa eur s civilian personnel Divi Sion. Here when they said fro in they really meant deep free a he said. Usar Elir expects to be hit especially hard because of the revolving door nature of overseas hiring especially in commissaries and child care centers. Family members fill about 29.000 of 100.000 civilian jobs in the command. Family member hires have a 48 percent Job turnover Rale primarily because they regularly quit to follow their ser Vicc member or civilian spouses Crim Matt said. The people in the department of the army really understand the effect of this thing in  and they re on our Side As far As requesting what needs to be requested to continue to do our  Gnu Matt said. But the Secretary of de sense when he put this freeze on made it total and it s obvious that he meant what he  in All Usa eur fills about 40.000 local National appropriated and non appropriated fund jobs every year. Officials expect the free a. Which see freeze on Back Page Quayle says troops to leave Panama soon Tegucigalpa. Honduras a vice president Dan Quayle. Meeting Here saturday with latin Heads of state gave assurances that the . Invasion troops in Panama would be withdrawn in a matter of weeks not months " arriving in Honduras for the presidential inauguration of Rafael Callejas. Quayle scheduled meetings with five other regional presidents who attended earning president hush s assurances that the dec 20 invasion should not Spur ill will Between the latin nations and the United states. Quayle. Speaking briefly to reporters alter Brcak a St a the Home of ambassador cons Andros. Acknowledged thai the mama inva Sion was not w Ithol con Rov  we have Ceram la read the Public pronouncements. Today and tomorrow and monday my Mission will be private consultations not in the nature of apol of gang. But in the nature of where do we go from Here. How can we work together to build  As to the 17.0 10 troops remaining in Panama Down from about 27.l n i at the height of the invasion Quayle said he would Tell the latin leaders thai hush is committed to reducing the level to the i 3.01 0 pre inv sum strength he would not give u timetable but said it was a time period of weeks rather than months. We Are moving in a Down Ward direction before the inauguration. Quayle met with Al Salvador s president Alfredo c Ostia in in a session that focused mostly on human rights and the need to move expeditiously to prosecute military offi cers charged m the nov. Id slaving of six salvadoran Jesuit priests. After the inaugural ceremony. See Quayle on Back Page look a no Yard lev Boudreaux und her children Alch Usu Isian s of Imit Riu a dim past heir Hitt Friday where their urd used to he. Ruin last week swelled the t Umito und Amile i ers Wash nut roads und Bridges and Oci Odi Homes mirth and East of Baton Gnu Waters begun to recede on saturday ing inn Vianca Jet crashed with no engine Power Cove neck. . A investigators confirmed saturday that none of the four engines was running when Avi Anca flight 52 crashed into a Hillside killing 72 people. The National transportation safety Board had reported earlier that three of the four engines weren t running. Worker dug the fourth out of the mud saturday. We did a quid cursory inspection and there was no Power on these engines when the Accident did occur mob spokesman Lee Dickinson said. He spoke at the wooded Accident site where investigators painstakingly exam ined the wreckage. They focused on the broken plane s fuel tanks lines and gauges. Investigators determined the engines were not rotating because debris inside of them had not been chewed up he said. Residents in the affluent neighbor Hood on Long Island s North Shore re ported that the plane made no sound until it hit the Trees thursday night. The Crew had radioed that it was Low on fuel shortly before the crash and there was no explosion on Impact. The absence of an explosion saved lives authorities said. Most of the x j survivors remained hospitalized sat urday at least 29 of them in critical condition Dickson said it was still nut known la Ivy Lone the plane was without Power Hel Urc u crashed. Only one of the hoeing 7 s seven fuel tanks was intact. Dickinson said. Investigators will inspect the tanks to see if any fuel remained inside he said. The Nash has said that indicators showed the plane had about 10.000 pounds of fuel or nearly 1.500 Gallons of see Vianca on Back Page