European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 a a the stars and stripes sunday july 29,1990panel reportedly oks More military cuts by Susanne m. Schafer a military writer Washington a a House armed services subcommittee pared More than $5 billion from the Pentagon s budget Friday by continuing a hiring freeze for civilians and slashing maintenance funds for overseas bases a congressional source said Friday the panel on readiness voted to reduce news briefs military support costs by $5.9 billion from president Bush s origins proposal of $79.3 billion the source said. The move was made to meet Levels set under a House budget Resolution approved May 1, the full House armed services committee which meets tuesday is expected to Craft a 1991 military budget of $283 billion a $24 billion less than president Bush sought in january the subcommittee also approved continuing a hiring freeze introduced earlier this year by defense Secretary Dick Cheney to reduce the civilian Force the source reported. The panel also slashed $914 million in funding for maintaining property overseas the source said. The move is in line with expected base closures abroad As a result of the lessening soviet threat. Anticipating a smaller work Force of foreign nationals because of overseas base closures the panel approved a $324 million reduction in funds for pay and benefits. Among other things the lawmakers made $920 million in across the Board cuts in the military s operation and maintenance budgets and slashed $800 million in support costs for Active duty personnel the source  receive flood of tips after assassination try v Bonn West Germany apr investigators received More than 100 tips 24 hours after the attempted assassination of a top anti terrorism official police said saturday and signs were mounting that jailed leftist militants May be the brains behind West Germany s terror scene. Hans Neusel the government s top anti terror expert was slightly injured Friday when a bomb attached to a Light beam triggering device rocked his luxury Sedan As he drove to work in Bonn. The red army faction one of Europe s most notorious terrorist gangs claimed responsibility in a letter left next to the Light beam device. Cations members have close units with members of the gang who Are still on the Loose and plotting attacks. A leading newsmagazine reported saturday that jailed red army faction terrorists established a coded information network to maintain Contact with each other and colleagues on the outside. Authorities have offered a 50,000-Mark $30,000 Reward for information leading to the arrest of the  foes in Solidarity form a separate party Warsaw Poland apr Poland moved toward a two party political system saturday As Lech Walesa a foes m the Solidarity movement founded their own party espousing democracy and tolerance and calling for direct popular presidential  founding Congress of the citizens movement for democratic action a known by its polish acronym Road a Drew More than 1,000 delegates from around the county including Many heroes of Solidarity s struggle against communism in the 1980s.rebels from Page 1ing and seized prime minister Arthurn Robinson and several Cabinet ministers. Police in the former British Colony of two islands off the venezuelan coast imposed a Curlew until sunday afternoon and the acting president declared a state of  acting president Joseph Emmanuel Carter put the 5,000-member army and 1,500-member police Force on Alert. President Noor Hassanat was in London. In Kennebunkport Maine president Bush and National Security adviser Brent scowcroft were a following the situation carefully a said Deputy press Secretary Alixe Glen. Glen said american citizens did not appear to be in danger. Trinidad s Lush Island of Tobago is a popular vacation site for american and foreign tourists. An administration official said troops were surrounding the parliament building where some of the captured government officials were apparently being held. Others were being held hostage in the state television station which was taken Over by the rebels. After his followers had seized the station Bakr went in government to Friday evening and said the government had been taken Over. Bakr a former policeman in his mid-40s, Heads a group of about 250 followers called Jamaal Al Musli Meen. Arabic for the moslem group. The croup has been linked with Libya. Education minister Clive Pant in said saturday the government remained in control. A the government of Trinidad and Tobago has not fallen a said Pantin speaking on government run radio 610. A the Cabinet members Are in command and taking the necessary decisions to ensure the peace and Well being of  he said two ministers and four civilians had been released but the exact number of people being held was unknown. The Barbados based Caribbean news Agency Cana said three people had been killed. The Agency reported eyewitnesses who saw two bodies in front of the parliament building. It said a reporter also saw the body of a woman near the building. In Washington a state department official said it appeared the insurrection was limited to the television station and parliament building. The television station is located in northeastern part of the capital Pon of Spain about two Miles from the parliament building and the main police station. Red Cross president Daniel Samaroo speaking on government radio made an Appeal for blood donors. He said the health ministry had asked for red Cross help because the City s medical services could not Cope with the number of wounded. No precise number of wounded was Given. Government radio said an explosion caused the main police station to bum out of control for hours after the coup bid began Friday. It reported police had moved into the streets to Stop looters and there were reports of Bakr s followers roaming the streets. Supermarkets were looted and some businesses were set on fire. A pal of smoke Hung Over the City. Iparco International Airport under the control of government Security forces was closed saturday to of Fly. Commercial air tray Trinidad and Tobago which gained Independence from Britain in 1962, is a nation of 1.3 million people who Are mostly hindu and Christian about 6 percent of the population is moslem. Citizens of East Indian and african descent each make up 40 percent of the population. There has been great tension Between the Black and Indian moslem. Since the Black Power movement began 20 years ago the Black moslem population has grown. Bakr s sect is known to have connections to Libya which has reportedly provided some funding. Robinsons National Alliance for reconstruction won parliamentary elections in december 1986. But Bakr in a radio interview broadcast in Barbados on saturday said his group would like to hold elections within 90 Days because a this is not  the next elections had been set for next year. The nation is one of 48 members of the Commonwealth an association of Britain and its former colonies. In London the Commonwealth Secretary general on saturday called the attempted coup in Trinidad a unwelcome and  from Page 1 Soli Dation from a whether to merge to a blueprint of How to Mere the Navy and Manne corps systems with cafes. But Howard strongly disagreed with that assertion in his memo to Deputy defense Secretary Donald Atwood. A a cafes is by no Means the most favourable operator of exchanges a Howard wrote. A both the Navy and Marine clips present a More favourable set of performance indicators. Both the Navy and Marine corps systems serve their constituencies admirably and with greater efficiency than  Howard attached a list of statistics to Back up his assertions. The numbers show that the Navy and Marine corps systems have outpaced cafes Over the past four years in such areas As net profits inventory dividends and dividends paid into the two services morale and recreation coffers. In fiscal 1988, for example the Navy a system paid dividends totalling 5 percent of Overall sales to morale and recreation funds. The figure for the Marine corps system was 3.6 percent while cafes posted a 2 percent dividend Howard wrote. In dividends per capita the figures were $147 for the Navy system $103 for the Marine corps system and $89 for cafes. A in fact from what can be gleaned at this Early stage from a projected balance Sheet of consolidated operations Navy and Marine corps exchanges would suffer significantly m performance profitability and mar dividends Quot Howard said. Howard also rejected Rice a assertion that Only minor modifications would be be Cessay for an cafes takeover to occur. Rather there Are fundamental philosophical operating differences among the systems the memo said. Studies show that the most successful retailers of the next decade will be decentralized operations a not burdened by Large investments in warehouses and disco stationed at Hospital in Wiesbaden found dead Wiesbaden West Germany a a sergeant who worked at the air Force medical Center in Wiesbaden was found dead at his residence Friday evening a spokeswoman said saturday. The name of the sergeant who was assigned to the 7100th combat support Wing is being withheld until his family is notified. An autopsy will be conducted to determine the cause of death. The air Force office of special investigations has begun an investigation the spokesman said. Tributino systems a Howard said. A if Correct the Navy and Marine corps systems fit this Mold exactly and Are positioned properly for Good Progress in a declining Force Structure. A a cafes has taken an opposite tack and has heavily invested in infrastructure and overhead a he said. Any decision on consolidation should be avoided until an a unbiased and professional study of those and other related issues is finished he said. Howard a memo appears to be an Effort simply to reinforce the Navy a View on the matter since a Pentagon study of Exchange consolidation already is Well under Way. Navy air Force and cafes officials on Friday declined comment on the  from Page 1 educational benefits could buy into the program. The measure is in response to defense Secretary Dick Cheney a plan to reduce the Active duty Force of 2.13 million by 442,000 people by fiscal 1995, As a result of the diminishing military threat from the soviet Union. Byron said that when the phone rings in her office the caller often is a nervous service member worried about what will become of his or her career in an Era of peace. I m getting people with questions because they Don t know a Nat a do Quot a a a a a a a interview Friday. Tojim Kijuc Aunuua us Varav own the Road a Byron said in an a a in a getting comments Tike a what do i do do i sell my House am i going to be Here next year or am i going to be out of the service a a she said. Montgomery noted that those now in uniform Are there because they wanted a military career not because they were ordered into service through a wartime draft and that makes the Job of cutting Back even harder. Quot this is the first time in the Volunteer service we be Ever had to do it. It Wasny to hard to Tell draftees they had to go Home after world War ii Korea and Vietnam a Montgomery said