European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 3, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the e stars and stripes tuesday. July 3.1990 a Frozen for storage the body of 30-year-old Rocco Schia monday after being packed in dry ice. Which he had requested be Frozen and Vello is lowered into a crate at a Fane schiavello died 11 Days ago after sur stored will be sent to los Angeles to ral Home if Melbourne Australia on Gery for a brain tumor. His body be kept in liquid nitrogen. News updates corruption cose Charleston . A. Yers for former gov Arch a. M i by Crystal Laureano staff writer Schwet Zingen West Germany a a enlisted soldiers in Europe planning to take advantage of the army a Early release program must have the approval of the first colonel in their Chain of command not their company commander As originally announced. When the voluntary Early transition program was announced May 29, the army personnel come granted approval authority to company commanders. Usa eur officials however elevated the approval authority to the battalion or brigade management level to ensure that Early releases done to threaten unit readiness and Mission capability said Norm Angle chief of 1st personnel Comdr a retirement and separations Branch. Replacements for departing soldiers will not be accelerated As a result of this program according to army officials. The Early release program allows eligible soldiers with separation dates be tween now and dec. 31 to request a specific release Date up to 90 Days ahead of schedule. Cos who have completed 20 years of Active service and Are eligible to retire during the same time Frame also May request an Early release. The army will waive the one year mandatory service obligation for newly promoted staff sergeants who want to participate in the Early release program. Approved Early release requests cannot be withdrawn. Exceptions can 6e granted Only to sergeants who receive promotions to staff sergeant after the request is approved. Soldiers May take transitional leave also known As terminal leave in conjunction with the Early release program Angle said. Only negative leave balances of More than 7 i Days must be paid Back by the Soldier. Also eligible for the Early release Are soldiers with an adjusted separation Date granted to attend a specific term at a College University vocational school or technical school he said. A soldiers not eligible for the Early transition program include those who Are pending involuntary separation pending a court martial under investigation for a court martial offence or not medically cleared for separation by their requested Early release Date. Educational benefits can be affected by volunteering for the Early release program. Soldiers who have served less than 20 months of an initial two year enlistment or less than 30 months of an initial three year or longer enlistment will lose accrued educational benefits. Additionally soldiers who earn army College fund benefits for each month served will lose a portion of their benefits. However unearned portions of Lump sum enlistment or reenlistment bonuses do not have to be paid Back. Angle said figures Are not available on How Many soldiers in Europe have been granted an Early release. Construction spending Falls for second month in a Row construction spending Bitoon of Mart Washington apr construction spending fell 0.4 percent in May its second consecutive drop As the building Industry continued to weaken the government said monday. The Commerce department reported that residential non residential and government construction spending totalled a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $445.6 billion after falling 2.2 percent in april. The april decline followed a 0.4 percent increase in March. Analysts had said the gains in january and february were due to unseasonably warm weather and May have stolen some of the activity scheduled for later in the year. In addition High interest rates and tighter lending requirements have held Back construction in some areas. The labor department had reported last month the loss of 20,000 jobs in the building Industry in May. That followed the loss of 159,000 construction jobs in the previous two months. But despite the three consecutive declines spending was 2.5 percent above that of the same month in 1989, when it totalled $434.7 billion. Residential building slipped .2 percent in May to an annual rate of $199.7 billion following a 1.4 percent increase the previous month. Single family spending fell 3.9 percent to an annual rate of $115.8 billion on top of a nearly identical slide of 3.8 percent in april. Apartment construction on the other hand Rose 1.0 percent to an annual rate of $20.6 billion after a 2.0 percent gain the previous month. Non residential construction such As office and Industrial buildings fell 1.7 percent to an annual rate of $101.6 billion. It had Slid 1.4 percent in april. The volatile government sector Rose 4.4 percent to $109.1 billion nearly regaining its 4.9bpercent drop the previous month. Law said he was pressured into pleading guilty to five Federal corruption charges and wants to withdraw the pleas. The Justice department will ask  District judge Walter Hoffman to deny Moore a request to rescind his guilty pleas and to sentence him july 10, . Attorney Michael Carey said Moore a lawyer filed a motion claim a. Moore one Day to Ain and threatened _ _ larges against him if he Didner agree. The former three term Republican governor pleaded guilty May 8 to extor Tion mail fraud tax fraud and obstruction of Justice. Massacre victim Dies Jacksonville Fla. Apr a woman wounded in the massacre at an Auto loan office has died raising the death toll to 10. Jewel Belote 50, a stenographer at the general motors acceptance corp., died from gunshot wounds said Vince Scolaro a spokesman at University medical Center. Seven workers and one customer were killed and five people were wounded june 18 by James Edward Pough who opened fire in the office before killing himself. In january Mac repossessed Poughes car then notified him in March that he still owed $6,394. I the weekend before the office shooting Pough killed two people and wounded two others on Jacksonville streets authorities said. V two of the people wounded in the office shooting a a worker and a customer a were released from hospitals tuesday. Two employees remain hospitalized. Cause of Jet crash Raf Lakenheath England a amps a a the f-ii1f fighter bomber that crashed on May 2 caught fire and lost Power before it went Down according to the commander of the 48th tac fighter Wing. The plane smashed into a Field a few Miles South of the North sea coast near Norwich. The two crewmen ejected safely and no one on the ground was Hurt. In a letter in the base newspaper last week col. Thomas j. Lennon said the $39 million Dollar plane was lost a due to an engine failure and an in flight  a base spokesman said monday that the cause of the crash still is being investigated. Capt. Bruce Alexander said investigators Are continuing to look for pieces of the aircraft. Some of the pieces May be in farm Fields he said. Investigators Are waiting for those Fields to be harvested so they can resume their search he said. In his letter which appeared on the Jet forty eights viewpoint Page Lennon thanked members of the 48th tac fighter Wing for their help in the crash recovery operations on May 2-10,24 and 25. Election 90 Washington a voting officials have announced primary elections for sept. 11 in Maryland and new Hampshire. Service members government employees and their family members who Are residents of these states should Contact their unit voting officers for details on How to Register and obtain Absentee ballots. A completed Federal Post card application should be mailed Early to ensure timely receipt of a ballot officials said