European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes Friday june 29,1990mandela gets mixed greeting in Miami Beach Miami Beach. Fla.  a Nelson Mandela thanked a Union thursday for financial and moral support. Outside Black supporters faced off with  protesters angered by the anti apartheid Leader s embrace of Fidel Castro. Mandela addressed representatives of the 1.25 rim Kon member american federation of state. County and municipal employees. He said the Union s backing helped him win Freedom after 2 years in prison for plotting sabotage to overthrow South Africa s White Minoty government. He asked for or a Union Savin the Strug the knee eng Recei trusted Sharp in a thaa v e m an de is. A f a inside  a i .  cold  Miar a acre a run St m me me sys tax i to inc anus s. Mur mat 20 to take  to Detroit Tater i no. Stay angered by is statements last Eek m  on the a imported Castro. Palestine liberation Orga Marot Teuch Yasser Arafat and Libya s Myanmar a draft id tie Miami area s major cities refused to officially Greet m however several thousand pro Mandela Destt can tors gathered outside the convention Hall and along is route. A about 300 anti Mandela demonstrators mostly cuban a men cans. Waved placards across the Street blasting the South african Black Leader for his Praise of Castro. In an often to veg v is to Atlanta on wednesday. Mandela paid silent tribute to the slain Leader of the l a. Civil rights movement then borrowed from King s Quot i have a dream Quot speech at a sold out rally a 4c000-seat Grant Field. Quot Quot has dreams Are certainly going to see the Light of Day in our  Mandela said. Quot let Freedom ring in South Africa we will continue to struggle until we have transformed South Africa into a United non racial. Non sexist democratic  although King espoused non violence several prominent civil rights leaders defended Mandela s refusal to renounce Force in the struggle for racial Equality in South Africa. Quot Quot we who Are thoroughly committed to the advocacy of non violence nonetheless respect the right of oppressed people Everyst  to seek their own liberation a the Rev. Joseph Loer it. President of the Southern Christian leaders Curc Terence that King founded said during a gather n g a big Bethel ame Church. A a. Ever end Lowery has spoken for All of us and he  Ell. King s widow. Coretta Scott King said to Mandela. Quot we support you we love you we Revere  from Page 1 Miles West of Anchorage when the second plane mistakenly launched the armed heat seeking missile the alaskan air come said in the Accident report released thursday. The Lead plane s Pilot a immediately pulled the throttles to the Idle position to Cool the engines and increased the rate of turn to the left in an Effort to evade the heat seeking missile. The missile struck one Side of the planets Tail knocking off a horizontal Stabilizer. Quot the warhead severely damaged the right rudder and fragments penetrated the external fuel tanks engine Burner cans and left Flap. One fragment struck the left Side of the fuselage just behind the cockpit a the report said. It. Col. Jimmy Harris Pilot of the stricken plane regained control of the fighter after bringing it out of a roil jettisoned the external fuel tanks and returned to Elmendorf. The missile caused s992,058 in damage to the s32.2 million Al 5, the air Force said. First it. Michael Lynch who was flying the fighter with the live missile was grounded pending the results of a review by a flight evaluation Board said maj. Doug Mccoy an Elmendorf spokesman. The Accident report said although an entry a was clearly present on a maintenance log that is required Reading for pilots before Takeoff a evidence indicates that it. Lynch was unaware that a live missile was on the  Mccoy said the command has changed the Way it moves live missiles from one base to another. A we Are still ferrying a combination of live missiles and practice training missiles to Forward bases a Mccoy said. A but approval and training practices have been  Pentagon proposing to Cut 78 general Flag officer slots by Chuck Vlinch w Ashington Bureau Washington a the Pentagon will Cut 78 general and Flag officer positions by the end of 1994 As part of its Force reduction Effort a Pentagon official said thursday. A obviously if y our re going to reduce the number of people in the Finkl you Hope to have similar reductions in the Pooie who administer them j. Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams said at a news conference. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney approved a recommendation from the joint chiefs of staff to Cut 33 of the per ficus in he army. 2 in the air Force. 15 in the Navy and three m he Marne corps w Wiliams said. The hrs would he about t2 percent of the Penta zen s til number of general and Flag officers. Across he  proposal Calls for Guttma 20 f me nets in each r he next three years and the final. 1 n 1 Ian Williams said. He was unable to provide Ueta is in specific positions that May be targeted _. In oian a being hunched at a time when similar Niu air is ire under Way to Cut he sire of he 1.627-Nearner Naif serving he joint chiefs by 15 percent r or Hur years As veil As an unspecified number of defense Teo Ament shots occurred by senior exec Irreg Sermus civilians. H i paiement. Gen. Cabin fowl chairman of Theja it chunk said he plan reflects Quot an appropriate balance Between continuing requirements and cling Force  since 1978, Congress has restricted the Pentagon to a limit of 1,073 generals and Flag officers. The current breakdown for generals and Flag officers is 407 Forth army 338 for the air Force 258 for the Navy and 7n for the marines. Over the years Congress has rebuffed attempts by military officials to remove the Cap. J Williams said that despite criticisms that the Pentagon is too top heavy with generals and admirals the congressional limit Means the number of such officers on the Rolls is 25 percent below the level recommended two years ago by the Hay group a management analysis firm. The Hay group examined All the Pentagon a general and Flag officer requirements by taking into account experience required responsibilities budget and staff size. But it excluded Force Structure considerations. The study concluded that there were 363 positions being filled by lower ranking officers usually colonels and Navy captains that were sufficiently important to warrant upgrading to general and Admiral slots. The proposal incensed sen. John Glenn a Ohio head of the Senate armed services manpower subcommittee whose main complaint was the absence of a link Between the study a recommendations and combat readiness  from Page 1 fic on . Highway 101 and Cut off rail service. Authorities blamed arson saying they found an incendiary device. Ashes filled the sky More than 35 Miles from the Blaze. In Arizona meanwhile fire burned out of control thursday in ton to National Forest where six firefighters were killed tuesday. Lightning started the fire monday which has destroyed it Leas 50 Homes and threatened about too More and has scorched More than 21.000 acres Forest spokesman Ken Palmrose said. Firefighters were unable to save a Cabin built in the 1920s by Zane Grey a prolific Western novelist who Drew on the picturesque Pine shaded Tonto rim country for inspiration. Santa Barbara county a Blaze was its first of that magnitude since a 1977 fire burned 234 Homes in the area which is on the Pacific coast 100 Miles Northwest of los Angeles. Its property values were among the state s highest. Police in the los Angeles suburb of Glendale on thursday said they were seeking two people for questioning in connection with a deliberately set fire that destroyed or damaged 55 Homes there wednesday the Homes were valued at s300,000 to $700,000 each meanwhile 60 Miles to the East of los Angeles a fire near the Small Community of Al Cerrito in Riverside county destroyed 12 Homes and closed interstate 15.ranks from Page 1 that will give officials the flexibility to better handle reductions he said. One of the most important changes is the authority to expand the Pool of senior officers eligible for involuntary Early retirement. Specifically that provision would affect lieutenant colonels and Navy commanders passed Over for promotion once As wed As colonels and Navy captains with 18 to 20 years service. The other major change being sought by the Pentagon is the authority to Cut regular officers with fewer than 20 years of service in any Over strength skills or year groups. In testimony on Capitol Hill this week Jehn said the Pentagon still Hasni to recovered from other congressional y mandated officer cuts that were driven by lawmakers who thought the ratio of officers to enlisted personnel was Gering too High. Those actions have caused some Job specialities to be overstaffed or understaffed a situation that will get worse unless the Law is relaxed Jehn told the House armed services personnel subcommittee tuesday. A in some cases promotion Opportunity and timing Are Al Border from Page 1 ments still will be required for citizens of the soviet Union. Despite the visa requirements a spokesman for the West German ministry of the Interior said West German Border guards will not Check Trad documents of people who Cross the inner German Border. It will be an individual responsibility to have a visa when one is required he said. Ready outside the objectives a he said. For example Marine corps majors Are promoted with an average of 12 years and two months of service As opposed to the 10 years envisioned under the Law forty five percent of army lieutenant colonels Are being selected for promotion while the Law s goal is 50 percent he said. The defense departments request to temporarily Amend the Law appears to have found support on Capitol Hill rep. Beverly Byron d-md., who chairs the personnel subcommittee introduced a Bill tuesday that Grants the defense department just about everything it asked for in expanded officer management authority. In addition to agreeing to the two main Points cited by Jehn Byron s Bill Alk it would reduce from three years to two the time an officer must serve in a Grade above major to be eligible for voluntary retirement in that Grade. It also would Cut from 10 years to eight the time an officer with previous enlisted experience must serve in commissioned status in order to retire with 20 years of total Active service. Byrons legislative proposal which also contains provisions for separation benefits probably will be incorporated into the defense authorization Bill that the House armed services committee will begin working on in the next few weeks. According to a representative of the East Germany government in Bonn visas will be available at me larger Bonder Crossings. A member of the West German Border police in Bavaria said however that he doubts if visas will be checked by the East germans at Border Crossings. A they May be required theoretically but i can t believe that visa checks will be put into practice be said. The West German government plans to Transfer its i guards from duty on the inner German Border to Post tons with Airport and train station Security Guam teams