European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 20, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Coming soon. In stars and stripes sunday Magazine the St Nissan it pc stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good morning vol. 49, no. 6 Friday april 20, 1990 a a 254 daily and sunday d 8693 a hostage a release delayed by . Rejection of demand Beirut Lebanon apr pro iranian kidnappers thursday indefinitely postponed the release of an american hostage because the United states failed to meet their demand to Send a senior state department official to Syria. The announcement came in an arabic language statement delivered by islamic jihad for the liberation of Palestine to the Independent Beirut newspaper an Nahar and a Western news Agency. The Handwritten statement was accompanied by an instant picture of Robert Polhill one of three . Educators held by the group since Jan. 24, 1987. The kidnappers had said on wednesday that they were freeing one of the three american educators within 24 hours or by Friday evening. The other two Are Jesse Turner and Alann Steen. The group had said that it was acting in response to requests from Iran and Syria whose leaders have encouraged an end to the hostage crisis. The group implied that some sort of Exchange was involved. See related Story. Page 28. The islamic jihad for the liberation see release on Back Page Jesse Turner Robert Polhill Alann Steen 7th medical come team stands by to help hostages by Janet do Agostino medical writer a team of army mental health workers would be some of the first people to Greet any american hostages released in Lebanon. The 7th medical come members from Heidelberg West Germany would join other air Force and army members sent to bring the former captives to the air Force Hospital in Wiesbaden. The stress management team has no other Agenda other than helping these hostages a said or. Col Wil Liam Cline psychiatric consultant for 7th medical come the teams goal is to provide psychological support to the former hostages and minimize the Chance that Post traumatic stress disorder will develop. The team was formed in coordination with the european come in june 1985. It has been used in several hostage releases most recently the release of Mithi Les War Singh in 1988. At least two mental health professionals would be sent in the event of a hostage release said Cline who has not participated in one of the teams. The mental health workers Are Given biographical sketches of the former hostages to help them treat them a like real people a he said. Most hostages ask about their families first Cline said. The second subject they often talk about is their Captivity. A Thev like to Tell their stories several times to make sense of it and to help put it in the past As is True with anybody who has suffered a traumatic event a Cline said. Part of the teams Mission is to control the environment so the hostages Are not overwhelmed with see team on Back Page House panels budget slashes defense funds Washington apr president Bush s plans for nearly $300 billion in defense spending next year came under attack thursday on Capitol Hill where House budget writers approved deep cuts and sen. Sam Nunn called for reduction of . Forces in Europe. The House budget committee passed a $ 1.24 trillion democratic written budget that slashed $8 billion trom the presidents plan for Pentagon spending. The full House is scheduled next week to debate the democratic proposal to shift the Pentagon Money to Domestic programs. While the House panel was completing its work Nunn the Georgia Democrat who chairs the Senate armed services committee proposed Force reductions in Europe Well below the 225,000 Baseline proposed by Bush. A we should Start planning on a residual Force in Europe on the order of 75,000 to 100,000 troops within five years a Nunn said in a speech certain to create a juror within the military services. Nunns speech coupled with the House committee action represented the fullest statement of budget priorities by Congress majority democrats since the Warsaw pact disintegrated. A the presidents budget virtually ignored the opportunities presented by the dramatic changes taking place in the world a said committee chairman Leon Panetta a Calif. A this budget meets that Challenge head on. A we have a Chance to restore the traditional peacetime priorities of our nation at a time when we Are faced with tremendous economic challenges at Home and abroad a said Panetta. Republicans opposed the democratic plan and insisted that no serious 1991 budget will be written until congressional leaders and the White House hold negotiations. A we look on this As a democratic exercise you need to pass through before we go to a Summit to bargain Over the budget said the panels ranking Republican rep. Bill Frencl of Minnesota. A a that a Fine with  the plan contains $36 billion in deficit reduction and claims to reduce next years budget Gap to $63.5 billion. That would satisfy the Gramm Rudman Laws requirement for a 1991 shortfall of no More than $64 billion. Fiscal 1991 begins oct. 1. It would spread $6 billion in spending increases among initiatives ranging see budget on Back Page Moscow cuts Gas Supply to Lithuania a Back Page