European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes thursday August 30, 1990usareur by Rosemary Sawyer staff writer bracing for severe budget cuts the . Army Europe is looking at axing its equal Opportunity safety and exceptional family member programs and curtailing drug counselling. Usa eur is evaluating the measures As a possible was to offset a fiscal 1991 budget that could be As Low As $3.88 billion a $333 million less than the amount Usa eur requested for its operation and maintenance expenses. The command�?Ts1 fiscal 1990 budget is $4,004 billion. The Money saving possibilities were spelled out in a spending guidance written by col. John c. Mutarelli chief of usage urn a budget division. A in View of pending budget reductions actions must begin now to develop plans to execute a lower budget Quot Mutarelli said in the aug. 16 document. Quot commanders should be prepared on 1 october to implement the Radical actions necessary to ensure we achieve budget  Usa eur officials would not comment on the in formation tuesday saying the budget guidance was a a planning  Mutarelli a document makes a list of suggested actions including forced leaves and continuation of the hiring freeze. A after taking these actions we still will program cuts not be Down to the $3.88 billion Mark Quot it said. A we will continue to evaluate other minor Radical actions. Those actions include curtailing the alcohol and drug abuse prevention and control program eliminating the safety program abolishing the equal Opportunity program and terminating treatment for exceptional family members. Before making these recommendations Mutarelli a unclassified document advised commanders to prepare plans to. A shut Down for two weeks in december asking personnel to use leave and turning Down All utilities. A continue the hiring freeze with some exceptions. Commanders should not Institute plans to fill one Slot for cvc>7 two or three vacancies however because Usa eur wont be Able to afford some positions. The guidance said Usa eur would soon Issue a list of a fringe program positions that should not be filled. Those could include drug and alcohol Counselor plus employees in ecu Al Opportunity and equal employment Opportunity safety family advocacy and army Community service. A eliminate e companies and one platoon in each combat arms company troop or Battery. Assign displaced soldiers to fill other platoons or Community support positions normally filled by civilians such As motor vehicle operators labourers and Supply clerks. A use Only in House workers to perform essential orho Noring Ramstein victims a amps photo Lynda Davidson air Force Brig. Gen. Richard t. Swope commander of or minister Rudi Geil Ramstein mayor Julius Duvivier the Kaiserslautern military Community places a Wreath and Brig Gen. Leonardo Tricarico of the italian air Force at the Ramstein a memorial to the 70 victims of the also paid their respects with Flowers at a Brief ceremony aug. 28,1988, air show disaster. Rheinland Italy Interi by the Sandstone Monument on tuesday. Emergency repairs on property. A Lousy Barracks projects Quot can be accomplished if they have been submitted to Congress on the list of projects priced at $500,000 or higher. A continue the hiring freeze for engineers. A Purchase new Barracks furniture Only when new or a like new furnishings Are unavailable. A assign workers who maintain pre positioned equipment to help turn in and process unit equipment. A cease ordering routine maintenance parts for the pre positioned Materiel. A begin the second phase of reducing a civilian support group Force a year earlier than scheduled sparing Only guard units. Usa eur could not say tuesday How Many workers would be Cut by the second phase. The first phase called for cutting 2,365 positions from the work Force formerly called labor service. A reduce stateside civilian recruiting by 50 percent and use Community funds to pay for moving stateside hires to Europe. A continue the Usa eur tactical come and control system program but curtail its planned expansion. The system electronically links users in More than 37 geographic areas to provide a common View of tactical data maps and briefing information. Decisions on the Money saving actions will be reflected in budget guidance to be distributed in Early december Mutarelli  release Waite radio station says Beirut Lebanon apr a Beirut radio station said monday that anglican Church envoy Terry Waite would be the next hostage freed by pro iranian kidnappers in Lebanon. The communist run voice of the people also said All six american hostages would be freed once Iran a Frozen assets in the United states Are released. The station respected for its balanced reporting and investigative work said it Drew the conclusions from interviews with iranian and syrian officials plus shiite moslem leaders after the release of five Western hostages in the past four months. The latest to be freed was Irish teacher Brian Keenan who was set free Friday and is undergoing medi cat tests in a Dublin Ireland Hospital. The first two were americans Robert Polhill and Frank Reed freed 10 Days apart in april. Swiss orthopaedic specialists of the International committee of the red Cross Emanuel Christen and Elio Erriquez were released aug. 8 and aug. 13 after 10 months in Captivity. Quot sources familiar with the hostage Issue Are certain that Terry Waite is the next in line for Freedom after Keenan a the station said in a 15-minute evaluation of the hostage Issue. Waite disappeared after leaving a West Beirut hotel Jan. 20, 1987, for a rendezvous with officials from the islamic jihad a group that claims to hold american hostages Terry Anderson and Thomas sutherland.2 More sailors guilty of Black marketing offences by Gary Miller Mediterranean Bureau Naples Italy a two More . Sailors were convicted in separate special courts martial tuesday of Black marketing offences involving More than $30,000 Worth of tax free merchandise. In All six sailors have been convicted of Black Market offences since july 17. All the sailors purchased stereo and electronic equipment from a retail store at the Headquarters of natos Allied forces Southern Europe in Naples. The latest convictions involve Petty officers 2nd class Michele y. Allen and Roosevelt Ranger or. Allen and Ranger testified that they bought the merchandise at  a save Center for italians who were not entitled to receive tax free goods. Allen 26, pleaded guilty to nine counts of wrongfully purchasing using and disposing of tax free personal property and one count of conspiracy. Military judge it. Cmdr. Christopher Fekete sentenced Allen to 30 Days confinement ordered her to pay a Fine of $950 and reduced her to Seaman e-3. A pretrial agreement however suspended any reduction to less than Petty officer third class e-4 for a year. If her record stays clean during the year she will remain a Petty officer third class. Allen a respiratory and cardiopulmonary technician assigned to the Naples Navy Hospital admitted during testimony that she made about $950 on More than $22,000 Worth of unlawful purchases made Between september 1989 and february 1990, Ranger pleaded guilty to eight counts of Black marketing and one count of conspiracy. Fekete sentenced Ranger to 45 Days confinement reduction to Seaman e-3 and ordered him to forfeit $200 a month for two months. Ranger a radio Man assigned to of South a Navy element testified that he began Black marketing in May 1989 when an italian asked him to  stereo gear. Italians accompanied Ranger to the save Center and presented lists of the items to store employees. The employees transferred the lists to receipts Ranger signed stating he was buying the merchandise for himself. Rangers italian companions paid for the purchases and assisted the Sailor in collecting the goods from the store or its warehouse. Ranger participated in the Purchase of about $8,500 Worth of merchandise Over a 7-month period and earned about $1,000, he testified. The 24-year-old Miami resident also earned about $38 from his italian Contact or introducing Allen to him in july 1989 after she asked Ranger How she could make some extra Money. Ranger also drove Allen to the save Center when she made her first illegal Purchase to cause she did not to ave a car. During other special courts martial held july 17 and 18, three sailors were convicted of Selling More than $57,000 Worth of electronic equipment from the save Center to unauthorized italians. Earlier in August another Sailor was convicted in a summary court martial of Selling More than $10,000 Worth of save Center merchandise to friends in the United states