European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a a news briefs the stars and stripes sunday r july 1,1880walesa opens meeting to create new movement Warsaw Poland apr Lech Walesa in political conflict with backers of the Solidarity prime minister saturday convened a packed meeting of Solidarity activists aimed at creating a new National movement. Walesa told the meeting of representatives of local citizens committees from around the country that Poland has reached a a turning Point and its revolution May need repairs to keep from going  it appeared that polish born Pope John Paul 11 May be lending his immense moral authority among poles to the prime ministers Camp by calling for National Unity and support for Himm letters newly made Public with Walesa associate cd Public a june 18 letter Lesa in which the Pope praised Walesa As a a guide and Point of reference but appealed for Unity in Poland. Another papal letter this one to prime minister Tadeusz Mazowiecki and released Friday by state Media said the prime minister had become the a a personification of efforts to build a new social Community in Poland based on truth Justice and Mutual , americans dedicate room to Lockerbie victims Lockerbie Scotland apr More than 300 scots and americans stood silently in a rain swept country churchyard saturday to dedicate a remembrance room to the 270 people who died in the bombing of pan am flight 103. The Smalt room formerly a gravediggers hut is in the churchyard at Tunde Garth five Miles from Lockerbie where the nose Section of the doomed Boeing 747 came Down. More than half of the people in the congregation were relatives of the american victims. Many said it was the first time they had Felt Able to visit Scotland since the december 1988 terrorist bombing. There Are two other memorials to the Lockerbie victims a Granite plaque in dry Esdaile cemetery Lockerbie beaning the names of the dead and the other in Park place where a Block of houses was  Deputy Oil minister lev churn shipments during a phone republics Council of min from Page 1 Elta said soviet first Dei Urilov promised to resume Oil Call earlier saturday to the Republic Sisters  lithuanian Cabinet. Elta said soviet officials asked refinery operators if they could accept the maximum amount of Oil. The lithuanian parliament on Friday voted 69-35 to accept a Compromise with the Kremlin. It placed a 100-Day moratorium on its declaration taking effect once talks with Moscow begin. But it left in place All of the Laws passed since then. In Exchange Gorbachev promised to end the economic blockade and Start negotiations with the Republic lithuanian leaders said Landsbergis has not said when the negotiations might begin. Lithuania and its Baltic neighbors Latvia and Estonia were Independent from Moscow Between the two world wars but were forcibly absorbed Back into the soviet Union by Josef Stalin in 1940. All three Are seeking to secede from the soviet Union although Estonia and Latvia have taken a slower approach to Independence than Lithuania. Top lithuanian officials said that in two meetings with Landsbergis last week Gorbachev abandoned his demands that Lithuania completely rescind its declaration of Independence. In mid april the Kremlin began blocking All Oil and most natural Gas shipments. Authorities also Cut off supplies of sugar fish Coffee Tea dried fruit and Citrus lithuanian officials said. Despite the damage that was done to Lithuania s Economy by the embargo there were few visible effects in the republics capital of Vilnius. Many workers were still earning vacation pay heating was unnecessary in summer and a thriving Black Market was providing plenty of gasoline for private cars at five times the official Price. Because of this Many lithuanians opposed the moratorium. Several opponents of the Resolution said they feared they were being tricked. Santa Barbara Calif. Apr firefighters gained ground against an arson fire that destroyed More than 400 Homes and killed two people. Most of the Brush fires that have scorched More than 20,000 acres in six Southern California counties Over three Days were nearing control or containment Early saturday authorities said. Property losses in Santa Barbara san Bernardino los Angeles Orange Riverside and san Diego counties have been estimated at More than $280 million. But one official said damage in Santa Barbara alone could reach $500 million. The deaths of a Santa Barbara county woman and an inmate firefighter were reported Friday the first report of deaths caused by the fires that started wednesday. Authorities have recovered an incendiary device in san Marcos pass that they believe started the Blaze but have declined to provide further details. The new York times reported that firefighters found a match in the Field where the Blaze began. Rewards totalling More than $150,000 have been offered for information leading to the arrests and convictions of the arsonist or arsonists. Elsewhere across the West a officials said a fire started by lightning in arizonans Tonto National Forest should be contained by saturday night. It has burned nearly 25,000 acres and 50 Homes and killed six firefighters. A a 4,020-acre Blaze in Guadalupe mountains National Park in Texas gained strength with rising winds and showed no immediate signs of abating. A Colorado firefighters battled three fires covering 4,200 acres including a 3,500-acre fire in the Buncom Pangre National Forest that officials said was about 50 percent contained. Brush fires also burned in Montana new Mexico and Utah. Flames from the 4,900-acre Santa Barbara fire still burned along the Crest of the Santa Ynez mountains. . Forest service spokeswoman Juanita free said onshore breezes should help firefighters to contain the Blaze by saturday afternoon. A the temperatures Are coming Down. The humidity is up a said Santa Barbara county fire marshal William Bennett. A a that a Good news for us  state and local officials sought president Bush a approval for Federal disaster Aid for the Santa Barbara and Glendale areas. Firefighters surrounded 60 percent of a 4,500-acre wildfire in Corona in Riverside county on Friday but not before it destroyed eight Homes. A 2,500-acre Blaze near Lake Henshaw in san Diego county continued to bum out of control. The Blaze forced e vacation of a boy scout Camp and 20 Homes. In Glendale a 350-acre arson linked fire that was contained Friday destroyed 46 Homes and damaged 26 others causing an estimated $30 million to $40 million in damage. Firefighters contained an arson Blaze in the Carbon Canyon area of san Bernardino county that blackened 6,640 acres and destroyed 14 Homes. Recruiting from Pagel budget would Force him to do a great violence to military personnel next year including cutting 140,000 people and greatly slowing promotions Ana reassignments. Jehn said the Pentagon could manage a Cut of 50,000 to 75,000 people without resorting to painful involuntary measures. Even greater cuts could accommodated relatively easily if military officials had a clearer picture of what kinds of budgets will be approved in coming years Jehn said. A in other words is this a one time hit or will we have to take another 100,000 the next year and another 100,000 the year after that a he asked. Quot if for example we were told Wedad to reduce 150,000 people in one year but we thought that would be the end tit wed probably take the bulk of that reduction in accessions. We Access Over 250,000 people a year. A but if we think reductions Are going to go on for More than a year we done to want to do that a he said a it starts to affect working conditions because you have corporals and sergeants doing privates work and it affects the Stock of cos you la have five years  yet the flip Side of the Coin is How to keep Faith with career personnel already in uniform Jehn said. A we feel much stronger commitments to an individual with 12 years of service than to a first term enlistees he said. A so we might very Well deny More first term re enlistments rather than turn to involuntary separations of 10-to 12-year vets. A those Are fundamental decisions that have not been made and probably will not be made until we have a much better fix on the budget both in �?T91 As Well As in �?T92 and beyond a he said. An encouraging sign for military officials is that troops in the Field White anxious and Uncertain about their futures have not translated those feelings into career decisions yet. A the worry is not reflected in their behaviour so far a Jehn said. A retention is holding up Fine. In the last 12 months the. Navy which has had chronic retention problems had their Best year in recent memory in terms of  Jehn said service members should keep in perspective the More drastic cuts that Congress is contemplating. A a we re not talking about cutting the military by 50 percent or 75 percent a he said. A most people now in uniform will have a healthy and viable career in front of them once the draw Down is  for those who May have to leave the military the Pentagon is pushing for generous separation benefits including Severance pay equal to As much As six months to eight months salary. A we Are committed to transition assistance and separation pay and every piece of evidence in be seen so far indicates that Congress is committed to it a Jehn said. A we expect that when the fiscal 1991 budget is passed there will be Money in it for separation pay and transition  from Page 1 a for East germans to withdraw their first convertible Cash. Funds from East German wages pensions and savings up to 4,000 Marks Are being swapped at a one to one rate for the West German currency with a two to one rate for additional savings. The West German Mark is Worth about 60 cents. East German lawmakers tried to prevent former communist officials who May have accumulated fat Bank accounts from benefiting from the currency conversion. Parliament voted Friday to require the East German state Bank to report the names of East germans with More than 100,000 Marks in their Bank accounts. The average East German Bank account contains about 5,000 to 10,000 Marks. East germans Are being urged to be Thrifty with their West German Money. Economists fear a spending Binge would dilute the strength of the Mark and trigger inflation. Sigfried Guterman a spokesman for West Germany scentral Bank the Bundesbank said Early indications Are that East germans will save their Money. Those filling out the currency conversion forms Are required to fist the size of their initial withdraw hand Guterman said it averages about 800 Marks or $500. A people seem to be quite Thrifty Quot he said. A the figure is far below what was expected. We do not expect a spending  analysts say 1 million to 4 million East germans could lose their jobs while outmoded inefficient enterprises try to compete on a free Market. But West German officials sought to assure East germans that the blow of factory closings will be softened by a surge in Western investment. East Germany a economics minister Helmut Haus Smann said half a million new jobs could soon be created and he predicted an East German economic Boom