European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 30, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Stories and photo pages 3 and 28dm Simanas trepess a authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good to Rhino vol. 49, no. 199 tuesday october 30, 1990 a a 25 daily and sunday d 8693 family members May lose Job local nationals can reclaim slots during if by Rosemary Sawyer staff writer Heidelberg Germany a thousands of family members holding slots marked for local nationals could lose their jobs to local nationals Laid off in a reduction in Force a . Army Europe spoils Man said monday. Local National employees can bump family members under a 1974 agreement Between the United states and Germany said sgt. . Hardesty . Army Europe spokesman. However . Family members must be occupying a local National position to be displaced by a local National who loses a Job in a if Hardesty said. Currently 11,000 family members Are filling local National slots with the . Army in Europe. . Air forces in Europe has 15 family members temporarily filling local National slots a command spokeswoman said monday. Local nationals left jobless by a reduction in Force can replace Only family members in the same competitive level and competitive area Hardesty said. A workers competitive level includes positions of like pay Grade and Job description that the worker is qualified to fill. A competitive area generally includes All organizations served by one civilian personnel office. But under the local National priority placement program family members in local National slots could also lose their jobs to local nationals from outside their competitive area Hardesty said. Local nationals willing to move can be placed in jobs throughout Germany. For example a local National employee who loses his Job in Frankfurt has rights to a vacancy in Wei Brincken Hardesty said. Because Many family members will rotate Back to the United states with their sponsors during the troop draw Down they will not feel the effects of the agreement Hardesty said. . Army Europe created the dependent hire program in 1971 to ease a severe economic difficulties experienced by Young enlisted families Hardesty said. Labor shortages throughout West Germany at the time precluded complaints about hiring family members for local National jobs. However German economic growth later slowed and local National workers began worrying about Job Security. The United states and Germany held negotiations that led to the policy that allows family members to be forced to give up their positions to Laid off local National workers. This policy and the related Usa eur regulation were upheld in a . Court of appeals in 1983.pumping up morale troops with operation desert shield bring a touch of an air base with a decorated pumpkin. Walking past is Home to the desert by adorning a sandbag barricade at staff sgt. Bernie Zamperini of lower Burrell  to close Kuwait embassy by the associated press France monday said its diplomats have been ordered to quit their besieged embassy in Kuwait and return Home with 300 French hostages being freed by Iraq. French foreign ministry spokesman Daniel Bernard said the half dozen diplomats would leave Kuwait with about 70 French citizens aboard an iraqi airways Jet. The plane was to Fly to Baghdad Iraq and pick up other French hostages and 10 greek nationals before heading to Paris. President Francois Mitterrand of France cautioned against Celebration As Long As hundreds of westerners remain captive in Iraq and Kuwait. A i express the Joy of All the French people to those coming Home a Mitterrand said. A but we will rejoice fully Only when the other hostages can return to their own  Mitterrand spoke at a news conference outside Paris with soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev after the signing of a Franco soviet cooperation treaty. Gorbachev said iraqi president Saddam Hussein should not expect a split in the International Alliance opposed to iraqis aug. 2 seizure of Kuwait. A we must not permit the iraqi regime to Hope there will be a division a weakening of positions a Gorbachev said. He called iraqis use of hostages  the soviet Leader urged sanctions against Iraq be stepped up and said the time was right for Arab nations to embark on a new initiative to resolve the crisis possibly under saudi leadership. A it seems to me that the iraqis could be ready for this a Gorbachev said. A if we were to have an inter Arab meeting this would be the quickest Way to a set see France on Back Page parents will have to Waif for child rearing pay Bonn Germany a amps a parents who qualify for the German governments new child rearing allowance will have to wait until at least december for the first Check. The German bundestag last week unanimously approved a measure to pay German spouses of . Military and civilian workers about 600 Marks or $400, a month to stay Home with their Young children. A i Hope the Money will be paid in december a said Harald Gilcher a spokesman for the German parliament member who pushed for the change. Gilcher said monday that local youth authorities have not been informed yet of the new Law through official channels. The Lack of information has created confusion for potential recipients. Many of them have called the stars and stripes and the Bonn office of Rose Gotte the social Democrat from Kaiserslautern who proposed the measure. A i done to know How fast our government will advise the state governments and How fast they will advise the Juge Namts youth offices a Gilcher said. Application for the child rearing allowance should be made at the local youth office. The payments will be retroactive to july 1 and apply to children born on or since that Date