European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a the stars and stripes saturday april 21,1990nunn proposes $297 billion Dod budget Washington apr the chairman of the Senate armed services committee Friday said president Bush s 1991 military budget must be slashed but not As severely As proposed by the democratic controlled House budget committee. Sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., proposed defense spending of $297 billion for the fiscal year beginning oct. I $2.5 billion More than the committee approved on thursday. Bush has proposed a $303 billion defense budget. A i believe this Range is a realistic and news briefs responsible target a Nunn said in a speech on the Senate floor. Nunn proposed limiting spending on the strategic defense initiative to about $4 billion the amount Congress appropriated for the anti missile shield last year. The armed services chairman also called for delaying the Pentagon s plans to move the multiple warhead my nuclear missile from fixed silos to Railroad cars. A in the first element of the new Mili tary strategy a nuclear deterrence a these and other actions could save on the order of $3 billion to $3.5 billion in fiscal 1991 and Between $20 billion and $30 billion Over the next five years a Nunn said. House democrats plan to bring their proposed $1.24 trillion 1991 budget to the floor next week in what looms As a test of their plan to begin slashing tens of billions of dollars in military spending. The House budget committee approved the spending package on a 21-14 party line vote As majority democrats dealt a blow to Bush s plans to Only slightly trim the defense budget. The action marked the formal beginning of the Battle Over How Federal spending priorities should be reshaped in response to the dismemberment of the soviet bloc. Overall the democratic package claims to trim the deficit by $36 billion to just less than $64 billion within the target required by the Gramm Rudman budget balancing Law. Besides defense cuts it relies on $ 13.9 billion in new taxes and $1.4 billion in user . To Cut 15,000 troops from Asia by end of 1992 by the Baltimore Sun Washington a the Bush administration unveiled a 10-year plan thursday for modest . Troop cuts in Asia beginning with the withdrawal of up to 15,000 personnel by the end of 1992. By the turn of the Century the United states expects to reduce its military presence in the Region by More than 10 percent close excess facilities in Okinawa and elsewhere in Japan and relinquish command of combined defense forces in South Korea to the koreans. A in Korea we anticipate that by this time the . Forces will be clearly in a supporting role with the South korean military in a leading role on the Peninsula a said undersecretary of defense Paul d. Wolfowitz who outlined the plan at a Senate armed services committee hearing. There Are now 135,000 . Men and women in Asia a 6.3 percent of the nation s Active duty military a with 44,400 in South Korea 50,000 in Japan and 14,800 in the Philippines and 25,800 on ships. Under the plan s first phase 7,000 soldiers would be removed from South Korea by the end of 1992, 5,000 to 6,000 from Japan and 2,000 from the  Telescope batteries recharged for launch try Cape canaveral Fla. Apr the Hubble space telescopes batteries have enough Power after 130 hours of recharging to permit five launch attempts next week of the Craft that will carry it into space Nasa says. A a we re right on schedule a Lisa Malone a spokeswoman for the National aeronautics and space administration said thursday. A there Are no  the shuttle discovery is due to lift off at 8 31 . Tuesday. The space Agency has until april 28 to launch the shuttle carrying the $1.5 billion Telescope. Otherwise the Mission must be delayed eight Days so the telescopes six Nickel Hydrogen batteries can be recharged  from Page 1 Only had to Deal with incoming and outgoing service members every four months. With four months of troop stabilization commanders could better plan in such areas As training. Cohort units elsewhere have enjoyed As much As 36 months of troop stabilization Rosenkranz said. When units lose their cohort status the individual replacement system will assign soldiers on a daily basis a method used by All other army units. Besides cutting Back on the number of cohort units management of the system has been switched from the Deputy chief of staff for personnel office to the operations and plans Section. A cohort has always been perceived As a personnel system Only a theologos said. A the change refocuses the program on the primary objectives of cohesion unit effectiveness training and  release of hostage a certain a kidnappers Mentor believes Beirut Lebanon apr the reputed Mentor of kidnappers holding three american professors said Friday that one captive s release was certain despite complications caused by the . Governments a arrogant behaviour. Hussein Muslawi who Heads a pro syrian wine within the iranian backed Hezbollah or party of god said a the delay is certain the complications Are certain but the release is also  asked when he expected the release to take place Muslawi said a that depends on How farsighted the americans might become. So far their behaviour is arrogant and one of Cowboy  on thursday the pro iranian islamic jihad for the liberation of Palestine said it would postpone indefinitely freeing one of its three . Hostages. Muslawi said the delay was caused by the Bush administration s rejection of the kidnappers key demand a that John Kelly assistant Secretary of state for the near East Fly to Damascus Syria to finalize the release. Muslawi is believed to Wield influence Over islamic jihad for the liberation of Palestine. The group holds professors Alann Steen who turns 51 sunday Jesse Turner 42 and Robert Polhill 55. President Bush refused to dispatch Kelly saying a the United states does not knuckle under to  Kelly flew Back to the United states from Bonn West Germany on Friday. The White House said Friday that new terrorism demands were a a smoke screen and part of a troubling pattern. A they do it every time a presidential press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater said when asked if kidnappers holding the three americans were toying with the United states. A Syria still believes there a a possibility of release. Well just have to wait and see if they re sincere and Hope that they Are a Fitzwater said the longest held hostage is Terry Anderson chief Middle East correspondent for the associated press. He was kidnapped March 16, 1985. Most of the others have been missing at least three years. Peggy say Anderson s sister said she was a totally puzzled by the attitude of reluctance to move Forward and get on with this. If they want John Kelly Send them John  embargo from Page 1 told the lithuanian parliament. A the Price for Independence must have  meanwhile the foreign minister of Estonia said his Republic rejected soviet threats and inducements and refused to rescind a March 30 declaration proclaiming itself an occupied Independent state. Soviet soldiers arrived at the lithuanian printing Plant in two trucks forced their Way into the building and beat some of the several dozen armed civilians who had been on guard several weeks said witness Angele Duobiene. She works for the Trade Union journal Darbas in Poil Sis which is printed at the Plant. Algimantas Cekulis a newspaper editor said about 12 people were Hurt including legislator Zigmas Vais Vilas who tried to keep the soldiers from entering. Two or three people were hospitalized Cekulis said. Soldiers began occupying buildings in Vilnius a month ago among them the republics communist party Headquarters and a Plant that prints the Republic s  from Page 1 Ings to give this Bill a Good look a the staffer said. A we will keep pushing whether during this session or next or however Long it takes. Hie staffer referred to a Canadian army study that tested women for some combat jobs including infantry slots and found few could meet the rigorous physical and mental requirements. A if there is even one that qualifies she should be Given that Opportunity a a the staffer said. A and beyond the army when you Start keeping women with technical expertise out of air planes and off ships you May not be using the Best people for the most sensitive positions Only because of their  a Section of the women a armed services integral the Plant occupied Friday prints the Trade Union journal a humor Magazine and other non political magazines. Soldiers also beat some lithuanians last month As they rounded up army deserters. The Kremlin stepped up pressure thursday on the Baltic Republic to Roll Back on Independence by shutting off More than 80 percent of its natural Gas Supply. Oil was completely Cut off wednesday. Lithuania imposed an eight gallon per month limit on gasoline for private cars Friday and some Large factories planned to give workers a Day off saturday. But officials took no other conservation Steps saying they have enough reserves to survive until Western countries come through As hoped with material and diplomatic support. The Energy embargo left Lithuania with Only 15 percent to 17 percent of the natural Gas it uses daily for Homes and Industry. Gorbachev has refused to negotiate until Lithuania rescinds its Independence declaration of March 11. Lithuanian president vytautas Landsbergis spoke to lawmakers but did not comment directly on Brazauskas Call for Compromise. Lithuanian prime minister Kazimiera Prunskiene was in Norway on Friday to discuss contracts Tor expensive Western Oil. Tion act bars females in the Navy air Force and Marine corps from being assigned on a vessels or in a a Craft that Are engaged in combat missions. There is no such Law for the army. But that ser a has maintained its own policy of prohibiting from being assigned to infantry Armor and most a Lery  the Issue of women in combat jobs is High on the advisory committees Agenda next wet. A heated debate Over the role of women in the tary has been waged since the .  Poi inc in december when some women in min no Nart companies and other combat support units t p in operations against Panama defense forces y former dictator Manuel Noriega. A there Are More than 229,000 Zomeri inf. Ajaj armed forces making up almost 11 percent of Force of 2.1 million service members