European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday january 28,1990 monitors urged for e. German polls East Berlin a East Ger Many s communists on saturday said foreign observers should be invited to Monitor the nation s tint competitive elections in May As an additional Safe guard to ensure free balloting. Also saturday the propaganda chief under ousted communist Leader Erich Hon Ecker was arrested and officials were investigating charges of High treason against him. The official news Agency a in reported. A front Page editorial in the party daily a cuts deutschland said having a learn of foreign observers Monitor the Campaign and elections would be Good and  the paper urged opposition groups to accept the proposal which has been pro posed to parliament by interim presi Dent Manfred Gerlach. A member of one of the non communist parties in com news briefs Monist Premier Hans Modrow s coalition government. Even if All precautions arc taken for free and fair elections an additional Safe guard cannot Hurt cues deutschland said. The development is the latest Effort by the communists to buoy their standing since a pro democracy revolution toppled Honecker on oct. 18. Forced the opening of the Berlin Wall and Ted to the set up of a coalition government. Adn said former propaganda chief Joachim Herrmann was arrested and it quoted the chief prosecutor As saying hews also being investigated for his alleged responsibility for the unconstitutional Media policy of past  Herrmann 61, was the top propaganda official in the now dissolved communist party Central committee a Post through which the communists con trolled National Media including television and radio. The office also ordered the arrest of Gerhard sch Lucr former head of the stale planning commission on corruption charges adn said. New forum the largest opposition movement but one of its most diffuse began a two Day Congress in East Berlin on saturday. About 150 delegates of a breakaway group saturday gathered in Karl Marx Stadt to form the German forum party. A Delegate Frank Thomas Heinz said the party will advocate free Market concepts and German Unity according to adn. On Friday opposition groups agreed to join Modrow s shaky government in an Effort to keep it afloat until the scheduled May elections. But the Reform forces said they will participate Only if an members of Modrow s coalition Cabinet renounce their party loyalties. It was not immediately Clear if mod Row or the other ministers were willing to serve in Inch a non partisan capacity. The show of Unity from a splintered opposition suggested that the reformists feel the risk of Domestic chaos outweighs their own concerns of being tainted by association with the current leadership. In joining the government the opposition also seems to be hoping it will Benefi from any National exposure and get some credit for guiding the country through an Uncertain Reform phase until the May 6 vote. Opposition representatives declined to say which ministerial posts they would de Mand. They were to open talks with mod Row on sunday. Bush to seek 36% jump in head Start funding by the los Angeles times Washington president Bush in a sur prise announcement disclosed Friday that he would seek a $500 million increase in govern ment funding next year for head Start a 25 year old program to help disadvantaged Young sters prepare for elementary school. Bush said the proposed 36 percent jump in Federal spending was intended to expand the program so it would reach 70 percent of the nation s  4-Ycar-Olds. Elsewhere in the draft $1.23 trillion Federal Budge for the fiscal year. Bush is expected to propose $37 billion in spending cuts and reve nue increases to meet a congressionally Man dated target for reducing the deficit by $64 Bil lion. Related Story on pages the budget to be released monday is Bush s first full scale statement of his priorities for the Federal government. The plan Calls for further cuts in Pentagon spending after adjusting for inflation but con Gress is expected to demand even deeper savings. Service planned for wife of 60th Ord group Engineer we Brucken. West Germany a memo rial service will be held tuesday for the wife of a . Government employee who died Friday night. Dorothy Schmitt. The 65-year-old wife of a Dell e. Schmidt. Chief Engineer for Wei Brincken a s 60th Ord group died in the Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center after suffering Aheart attack a week ago. Schmitt of Upland calif., also is survived by two daughters. Linda Oswalt and Debra dire both of California. Tuesday s memorial service will be at 11 . At the Krecu Zberg Cavern Chapel. The family asks that in lieu of Flowers donations be sent to the american heart association. Quayle from Page 1 Quayle s schedule called for meetings with the presi dents of Venezuela Costa Rica Guatemala and Belize in addition to Callejas. They All were to attend a luncheon to include a minister of Nicaragua Miguel d Escoto. Nicaragua president Daniel Ortega would not be attending the inauguration of his neighbor. Quayle and his party which included sen. Richard Lugar r-ind., and rep. . Sonny Montgomery,d-miss., strongly urged Cristiani to keep pressing on the jesuits slaying Case said an official in the Quayle party. The official said that members of the . Party impressed on him the High level of interest in con Gress where the jesuits Case revived rumblings about cutting the $1.5 i Ion per Day . Aid to Al Salva Dor. Quayle aides said the vice president also was pre pared to discuss concerns by the Small countries or the Region who stand to Sec their . Aid packages Cut even As Bush puts Forward a $1 billion plan to help Panama recover from the invasion. In Honduras the United states withheld some $70million in 1989 Aid because outgoing president Jose Azcona did not implement promised economic re forms. Callejas Leader of the National party succeeds Azcona after winning the election last november. It was the second time Callejas was the top vote getter in a presidential contest. The other was in 1985, when he was prevented from Victory by election rules that Al Lowed Azcona to take office. Callejas has promised to implement economic re forms that the United states has been pushing. Travelling with Quayle for Ai. Or part of his three Day trip to Panama saturday night and Jamaica on Mon Day arc Lugar Montgomery Republican political consultant Mitch Daniels assistant Secretary of state Ber Nard Aronson. As Well As Quayle s staff. Vianca from Page 1 the 23.855 Gallons of fuel a 707 can carry. Dickinson said two fuel gauges indicated that at least two tanks held from 2,300 to 2,400 pounds but it was not Clear whether those were accurate readings or whether the Needles had locked into that position on Impact. One of the things we have not been Able to do is physically determine How much fuel was in each tank he said. The flight from Bogota and my Dullin Colombia was making its second Landing approach at John f. Kennedy International Airport when it crashed 15 Miles away. The Accident occurred shortly before 9 45 . On the Rainy foggy night. Because of delays from bad weather the plane was put into a holding pattern Over new York for about 40 minutes. Dickinson said. The Nosb was trying to con firm reports of at least one previous hold Over Virginia he said. Records were being checked in Colombia to see How much fuel was loaded in my Dullin he  aborting its first Landing attempt the Crew told air traffic controllers that the plane was Low on fuel. But the Crew did not declare a fuel emergency which would have Given it Landing priority Nosb officials said  remember the plane making All kinds of noises after the Pilot tried to land at the Airport and did make it passenger Gloria Rusl Rcpt said from her Hospital bed where she was suffering from fractured legs. "1 was scared because it did t sound Good. Knew something was wrong. Then All the lights went  the cockpit Crew members including capt. Lau Rucano Caviedes 52, a 28-year Vianca Veteran were killed in the crash. The plane had aborted its first Landing when an automatic warning device in the cockpit said it was dropping too fast and at the wrong  Bogota a Veteran Vianca Pilot speaking on condition of anonymity said that when a 707 was Low on fuel a Steep climb after an aborted Landing could Force the fuel away from its engines causing them to stall. The 23-year-old plane had been sent to the maintenance shop 37 times in the past four months the colombian radio network run reported. Freeze from Page 1 began Jan. 12 and will continue through september to have especially dire effects on child care and commissary operations. The child care centers have a 400 percent turnover each year and the commissaries 100 percent Grimmett said. As the Impact of the freeze is recognized however there Are certain elements of the department that probably you re going to have second thoughts about As you had with the teachers said Grimmell. Referring to the hiring exemption granted to the department of defense dependents schools. He said he had not been informed if Usa eur would be allowed to hire some school employees locally such As posts for clerical workers or substitute teachers. Somebody is going to make a Deci Sion that we really arc hurting ourselves by say not hiring Cashiers because we May have a commissary that cannot operate Grimmett said. The Only other programs spared so far Are the summer youth hire program and the program of College recruiting for entry level jobs Grimmett said. Both internal and external hiring have been Frozen Grimmett said. This includes temporary hires. Jobs that affect interests of National defense health Security safety or drug interdiction efforts will be reviewed on a position by position basis but grim Mett said he did t expect Many approvals. National defense exceptions must be approved by the Secretary of the army while the other categories will be approved by the defense Secretary grim Mett said. Those must be channelled through the personnel Chain and approved by Usa eur s commander. Gen. Crosbie e. Saint. A request to say exempt a secretarial position because 1 hate taking my own dictation won t Fly Grimmelt said. Request for a Secretary at the ongoing conventional arms talks in Vienna aus Tria might be approved based on the National defense criteria. Employees still can be assigned to help nut in other offices or agencies under the rules of the hiring freeze Grimmett said. Bat that merely temporarily shifts the Job vacancy to the lending office he said. While a manager might agree to giving up a worker the first time the second and third time by the fourth time they arc not going to even answer the phone when you  Cheney has said he ordered the freeze to begin to reduce the department s civilian work Force and to enable us to better manage reductions in fiscal 1991." consequently managers Are not being allowed to shirt positions to better absorb the loss As they usually can during freeze Grimmett said. The losses Are not going to occur As you would love for the losses to occur Grimmett said. You would love to lose the position that does work that s really not germane to your everyday ability to carry out your Mission. But that s not How you lose positions in a