European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 03, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside strikes d City protests army plan for Heilbronn facilities Page 3 q panel finds rep. Savage made sexual advances Page 5 d kicks regain first place sports Page 21 d drive for United Germany picks up momentum Back Page the or a and of ripes Good morning vol. 48. No. 292 saturday. February 3. 1990 n of d 8693 a freeze lifted on Naf hiring by Deedee Arrington Doke Kaiserslautern Bureau Ramstein a. West Germany the department of defense has lifted a hiring freeze imposed last week on non appropriated fund positions averting a crisis that could have crippled military child care centers and other programs. Five other exemptions also were announced thursday in a memo from Christopher John. The assistant Secretary of defense for Force management and personnel to military officials. The freeze was lifted after intense be Hind the scenes lobbying by the services a Pentagon source said. One air Force official who asked not to be identified said that senior military leaders including Safe s commander. Gen. Michael j. Dugan strongly campaigned for the policy turnaround. He Dugan Laid a Bombshell on them. He Laid it right out and that had a lot of bearing on it because he has a big  the official said. In Washington a defense personnel offi Cial said the policy was changed because non appropriated employees arc not paid out of taxpayer funds and therefore a freeze would not save budget Money. On Jan. 11. Defense Secretary Dick Che Ney froze hiring for civilian jobs financed by appropriated funds through oct. I. There was also a lot of concern be cause of the service oriented nature of a lot of the organizations that use primarily Naf  the personnel official said. A lot of those activities have very High personnel  he said the original idea was in shrink the entire civilian work Force in conjunction with the Start of the planned draw Down of military personnel. Thai would have been a Way to avoid More severe actions such As reductions in Force the official said. But once we got into this a bit More. See freeze on Back Page South Africa ends ban against Anc Cape town. South Africa a president . De Klerk legalized the african National Congress on Friday after three decades of guerrilla War against White Rule. He also said imprisoned activist Nelson Mandela would soon be freed. Throngs of Blacks surged triumphantly into the streets to celebrate the Anc s legalization a Milestone in their struggle for change. Activists greeted do Klerk s bold stroke with jubilation but pressed him to go further and completely scrap the system of racial apartheid. The season of violence is Over. The time for reconstruction and reconciliation has  do Kler told parliament in a watershed speech opening a new session. His remarks were greeted with cheers from supporters in parliament and silence from the right Wing opposition. Do Klerk also said he would lift bans or restrictions on More than 60 other opposition groups free most prisoners jailed for belonging to these groups declare a moratorium on executions and scrap most of the restrictions imposed during More than three years of a slate of emergency. These were the principal Steps demanded by Mande la and the Anc As conditions for negotiations on a new Constitution that would end the Black majority s exclusion from National politics. De Klerk s announce ments reversing decades of government policy set the stage for such talks to begin probably with the govern ment accepting Mandela s offer to serve As mediator. Nonetheless although Anc leaders welcomed de Klerk s concessions they said More were needed be fore negotiations with the government could begin. The Anc said worldwide sanctions against South Afri Ca should continue uni More Steps were taken. The while House hailed the decision to free Mandela and called for his release As soon As  president Bush said that the news was quite positive and that he would review . Sanctions against South Africa a jubilant Anc supporter Carr Jinx a no Den Rifle Cele Bali Utu the statue of forint r South african prime minister Ian Smuts in Cape town on Friday. Prime minister Margaret Thatcher of Britain de scribed the de Klerk s announcement As a historic  archbishop Desmond Tutu also hailed do Klerk s  arc almost on the verge of being euphoric be cause political life has been normalized in our  the Nobel peace prize Winner said in a television  the euphoria do Klerk s pronouncement makes no immediate change in the system of apartheid that establishes a racially segregated society in which the country s 28 million Blacks have no vote in nation Al affairs. Five million whiles continue to control he Economy and maintain separate districts schools and health  his speech do Klerk said the alternative to negotiations is growing violence tension and  the unconditional lifting of the prohibition. Places everybody in a position to pursue political activity freely. The justification for violence which was always advanced no longer  has met with de Klerk other government officials and anti apartheid leaders Over the past several months in talks aimed at Clearing the Way for negotiations. He and the government have agreed that the focus of negotiations will be How to reconcile the Black majority s demand for a one person one vote system wit the White Minaril s desire to avoid Black domination. Do Klerk since taking office in August has said he envisions some Type of system in which no single racial group would  Klerk said personal circumstances and safely were among the factors affecting Mandela s release Date. Mandela. 71. Has been jailed since 1962 and is serving a life sentence for helping to plan the Start of the Anc s sabotage and bombing Campaign. I want to put it plainly that the government has see Anc on Back Page some air Force civilians face drug tests from staff and wire reports Washington about 24.000 air Force civilians holding sensitive jobs arc subject to random drug testing the Pentagon expects to begin by the end of the month. We re looking at testing approximately 6.000 employees per  air Force spokesman maj. Lou Figueroa said. About 250 of the 21.000 civilian positions in the . Air forces in Europe will be subject to random testing. A com Mand civilian personnel office afraid Fri Day that roughly 42 workers would fac testing annually. Only . Civilians will be tested. It does t come As a Surprise. It s a policy that s been under development for some  said John Graham the com Mand s director of civilian personnel. Official notice of the impending drug tests will be hand delivered next week to affected employees. But officials still must Iron out some bugs in the program. Graham said. We be got enough things to do. I it testing won t be done before 60 to w  said Mike o Hara. Who Heads civilian classification and employee relations for the command. Employees who lest positive will be removed from their jobs and referred to a substance abuse counselling program. They also will be subject to appropriate disciplinary action which could include written reprimand suspension or fir ing according to the Pentagon. The tests will screen for marijuana or cocaine use. And tests for amphetamines opiates and pc p can be ordered the spokesman said. The air Force has 566,000 military personnel and 260.000 civilian employees. All Active duty military personnel have been subject to random drug tests since 1981. The army has been testing its civilian work Force since 1986. The Navy s civilian testing program has been stalled by a lawsuit. The program affects civilians occupy ing or applying for positions that directly relate to the Public health and safety the Protection of life and property la enforcement and National Security a Pentagon statement said. Included Are firefighters police medi Cal personnel criminal investigators air traffic controllers aircraft mechanics employees who work with nuclear weapons and those with Access to sensitive National Security information. All other civilians could be subject to testing if there were a reasonable suspicion of illegal drug use. Or following accidents safely mishaps or As a follow up to a rehabilitation program for illegal drug use. Air Force spokesman Figueroa said such a suspicion could be based on such things As the direct observation of drug use or Possession by an employee Abnor Mal conduct or erratic behaviour or arrest or conviction on a drug offence. Contributing in thl report sum omm of ringtone Dok in  til Girhiny