European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 11, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday August 11, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 3 strike halted at . Bases in Turkey from staff and wire reports the turkish government on Friday ordered an end to a strike by 4,000 Turk ish workers at 28 . Military installations citing National Security concerns. The decision came a Day after . Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii visited Ankara Turkey to discuss measures to deter iraqi aggression in the Region. Turkish leaders pledged that the United states could use their air bases to launch an attack on Iraq in the event of War. The turkish Council of ministers the equivalent of the . Cabinet ordered an end to the strike by the turkish Harb is Union. The organization represents turkish civilian employees at . Installations. The strike began last week and resulted in the closing of commissaries base exchanges officers and no clubs military clothing sales stores shop Pettes and stars and stripes bookstores. Capt. Marcella Adams the Public affairs officer at Ankara air station said Friday that the Union had stopped pick eting outside the main Gate and that All offices and businesses on the base were operating normally. A spokeswoman at in Ciurlik a said All turkish employees were expected to be Back at work by monday. About 1,400 turks work at in Ciurlik. Picketing by striking workers ended about 7 30 . Friday outside . Facilities in Izmir a . Spokesman said. The strike forced americans stationed in Turkey to buy food and other essentials on the Economy. Officials at Ankara opened a Field Kitchen and served about 80 customers on wednesday to help americans Cope with the strike. Many service members had stocked up on food just before the strike. The turkish ministry of labor has agreed to join the talks Over the next two months Between the Union and the con tractor Vinnell Brown and Root. The parties broke off negotiations earlier this week after the Union presented a revised pay  dispute will be forwarded to the turkish High arbitration Board if the parties fail to reach agreement Over the next 60  to Andrew Cooley a pro Gram manager from Vinnell Brown and Root contracting officials originally pro posed a 125 percent pay increase Over the next two years the Union sought a 900 percent increase during thai period he said. . Travel advisory issued on Bahrain by Ron Jensen staff writer the . Embassy in Bahrain has is sued a traveler s advisory on the tiny neighbor of saudi Arabia causing some americans to leave. Some have chosen to go a spokes Man at the embassy Sard Friday. This is not an evacuation. It s a personal Deci  Bahrain is an Independent Arab Emi rate consisting of several Small islands in the persian Gulf. An administrative support unit of the . Navy is located on the outskirts of Manama the country s capital. The embassy spokesman said it is difficult to Tell How Many americans have left the Island since the advisory was is sued earlier this week. At this time of year a lot of people Are out of the country on vacation he said. One who did leave is Kim Letarte whose husband Philip is an agricultural Trade officer at the embassy. . Agencies told to plan for major cuts Washington a with the president and Congress still unable to agree on How to reduce the budget deficit the Bush administration has ordered Federal agencies to spell out How they plan to Cut spending by 31.9 percent. Under a worst Case scenario most departments would have to reduce spending by a total of $104 billion during the budget year that begins oct. 1. Those cuts known in Washington jargon As sequestration would take effect oct. 15,unless Congress and president Bush agree on a package of tax in creases and targeted spending reductions. Negotiations on a package have been suspended until Early next month. However there is a general expectation that the government will never permit such deep spend ing reductions to take effect especially with the Economy falling to Ward recession. Even before the latest upheaval in the Middle East negotiators had been planning on a deficit reduction plan of no More than about $50 billion for 1991. She and her three children arrived in Frankfurt West Germany on Friday morning. Since the attack on Kuwait we have Felt Safe she said. But she added that the atmosphere was very  Letarte who had been in Bahrain  three weeks said Many people had Al ready left the Island and More were on the Way when she left shortly after mid night thursday. The Airport was packed she said. Her concern now is for her husband who is still in Bahrain and the household goods and car that Are headed to their new Home will i Ever see that stuff again she wondered. She is taking her children Ages 6, 4 and 3, to her parents Home in Northern  she plans to Monitor events in the Middle East closely. Where will i be in three weeks or three months nobody knows she said. That s what s  a whale of a Job a tourists and residents Wade in to help beached whales were discovered fisheries officers in Northeast Nova thursday along the Atlantic Ocean Scotia As they try to guide a group of coastal areas of Ch�ticamp and Gran Pilot whales out to sea. Numerous Tang in Cape Breton. Small staff May stay at Sheinberg past target Date to offer services by Dave Walcza staff writer up to 50 . Soldiers could remain on duty in Sheinberg West Germany until March six months after the  planned to cease All operations at the site a 21st theater army area come official said. Dale Lynn the assistant chief of staff at the command s resource management of fice said the troops Are needed to maintain a base operations Structure that has to re main until we find a new  he said the troops help provide serv ices to others in the area including those in Moers and monchengladbach. Soldiers will continue to work at the Sheinberg Post office military police station and finance office he said thurs Day. Others Are needed to maintain Tele phone lines and an an Antenna. Additional soldiers Are working at a War planning office Lynn said. About 400 soldiers were assigned to Sheinberg some 10 Mies West of duis Burg near the dutch Border before the army began scaling Back operations there in february. Usa eur s commander Gen. Cros Bie Saint ordered the Sheinberg facility closed after a 10-month review of its operations. Army officials expect to save $135 million in operational costs be tween 1991 and 1996 through the clo sure. An additional $36 million will behaved through cancelled construction projects. Most of the troops assigned to Rhein Berg worked for the 7th theater army area come Headquarters in the Reichel building which the army owns. Lynn said Friday that the army is seeking a buyer for the  said the remaining troops at Sheinberg could eventually join about280 soldiers now stationed in Monchen Gladbach in a proposed move to an area North of  said the move would allow the army to alleviate overcrowding at number of Small caverns that House sol Diers assigned to monchengladbach. He said a Lack of space precluded hitting troops and functions from  to  said the army must neg ii the an agreement with the West German government before a move can occur. He added that an agreement could be reached within two to three weeks. Hamadi asks court to overturn conviction Karlsruhe. West Germany is lawyers for convicted Hijacker Mohamme d Ali Hamadi have asked the West German supreme court in Karlsruhe to overturn his conviction on terrorism charges. Hamadi was convicted by a Frankfurt court on May 17, 1989, and sentenced to life in prison. Gabriele Steck Bromme who defended Hamadi with her lawyer husband said the Appeal challenges the right of a West German court to try a foreigner for a crime committed outside the country. Hamadi a Radical shiite moslem was convicted of helping stage the 1985 hijacking of Twa flight 847 and murder ing Petty officer 2nd class Robert Dean Stethem a . Navy diver. Other hos tages were held 17 Days before being re leased. Hamadi has been removed from the prison in Frankfurt pre Ungetheim to the Penitentiary in Schwalm Ladt in Hessen pending his Appeal Steck Bromme said. We expect the court to reach a Deci Sion before the end of the year Steck Bromme said