European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 5, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday november 5,1990pentagon May train former foes Washington apr the Pentagon May soon be training military officers from the very countries it once viewed As arc enemies. The administration is considering requests from members of the soviet led Warsaw pact a Poland Hungary Czechoslovakia Bulgaria and Romania a to participate in a program known As International military education and training Ime officials say. While the program probably would Cost just several Hundred thousand dollars the symbolic value of such a project would be much higher. A who would have believed we would train officers from the very countries which we viewed As our enemies just last year a one defense department official said. The possible training project is just one of Many options under consideration by the Bush administration to help countries which this year discarded More than four decades of communist Rule. A Money will be very tight and we re considering a Range of things for Eastern Europe a said a Bush administration official who also requested anonymity. A Zimet is one of the things that has been thought  that official said the decision on whether to include any East europeans in the program would not be made until december when the state department puts together its budget request for the fiscal year that begins next oct. 1. The program is funded under the foreign Aid Bill and administered jointly by the state and defense departments. The 1990 program totalled $47.2 million. The size of the individual country programs ranges from a Low of $15,000, up to $3.38 million for Turkey. There Are More than 800,000 troops in the Warsaw pact not counting the soviet Union. But the Alliance is crumbling it lost one of seven members this year when East Germany merged with West Germany. And Hungary is also preparing to leave. Pact members have planned a Summit for later this year to discuss the alliances future. There Are plans to transform it into a political rather than military grouping. Meanwhile its members have begun reducing the size of their soviet armed and trained military to save Money for the expensive and painful transition from a state run Economy to a free Market system. The soviet Union also is trying to save Money. Its forces have begun pulling out of Hungary and Czechoslovakia. There Are no soviet troops stationed in Romania and Bulgaria and those in Poland and the former territory of East Germany eventually will be withdrawn now that Moscow has decided to bring All its troops Home. The Way for cooperation with the United states was paved earlier this year when nato leaders agreed to set up regular diplomatic contacts with Warsaw pact members. Since then diplomats from Eastern Europe have received regular briefings at nato Headquarters in Brussels Belgium mostly about the crisis in the persian Gulf and about the soviet Union. Nato is debating How far to go in sharing information with the East europeans As Long As they Are still Allied militarily with Moscow. The East europeans eager for any Contact with the West As they restructure their economies and social systems want More. A was we move away from the Warsaw pact its Clear we have to diversify our military ties Quot said one hungarian official. He said groups of military historians lawyers and sharpshooters from Hungary and the United states have paid visits to each others countries. In september Poland and Czechoslovakia offered medical facilities for . Troops being deployed in saudi Arabia. Romania offered the troops recreation facilities on the Black sea and Bulgaria said it would Send troops. Romania also has asked for . Advice on setting up a military chaplains service a something that was outlawed under the atheist communist regime a and on revamping the military judge advocate s office officials said. But the United states still has concerns about romanians human rights record especially after the government a made up of Many former communist officials a used club wielding factory workers to violently suppress anti government protesters last june. A Romania still has to Correct its image a said one . Official. A a they be taken some Steps in the right  Mechanic helps tune up environment Mclean a. Apr Jeff Shumway is taking a new approach to fixing cars starting with the Green plants dangling Between his Auto repair Bays. Shumway a eco tech Auto works also has environmental magazines in the waiting room Energy saving Light bulbs in the bathroom organic grape spritzer in the cold drinks machine and office flooring made from recycled tires eral year old owner. A a in a using. Have As a Mechanic and the commitment i have As an  after 10 years working on cars Shumay found he was appalled at the common practices of spilling used Oil and Antifreeze Down the Drain venting Ozone destroying Gas from air conditioners into the atmosphere and dumping empty Oil cans into the trash. Quot the single quart Oil containers would be overflowing into the Road Quot he said. A i  stomach  last year Shumway bought an Auto repair shop near Tyson a Corner an affluent shopping District in the Washington suburbs. At first he concentrated on building a reputation for Quality car repair then launched the new name and new concept on Jan. 1. The most important difference Between eco tech and the traditional repair shop Shumway said is the Way he disposes of waste fluids and gases. T done to know if the Public realizes that. N m a a i a \ it  y chlorofluorocarbons found in the freon As coolant of automobile Antifreeze Are blamed for causing a Hole in the Earth Sayer of protective Ozone. A portable red Box in Shumway a shop a a Robin air refrigerant recovery and recycling system a ingests the freon and cleanses it so it can later be injected into another customers air conditioner. A a there a no reason every shop  have one a he said. A but they re not cheap. They Cost about $3,000.�?� most Auto repair places simply vent the freon into the air replacing it with new canned Gas. One provision of this years clean air legislation however will require shops to begin recycling Ait conditioner coolant by 1993. Another rolling recycling machine in Shumway a shop processes Antifreeze fluid. Used Oil goes into an Oil fired Heater that replaced electrical Heaters in the shop. Shumway buys Oil in bulk rather than in one quart cans. He recycles cans bottles paper cardboard and used Metal parts. A fall we re throwing away is a Little bit of plastic a he said. A and those hanging spider plants partly decorative partly functional. A these Are test plants to see How they survive in a harsh environment a Shumway said. A i think they serve to clean up the air. Plus they look  if All goes Well he said a we May bring More in and turn this into a Jungle  since the environmental transformation the shops business has doubled. 1 Don t know if the Public realizes that a Auto servicing is the no. 1 cause of pre Jet a a a a a a a a Way repairs a car at eco tech Auto works in Mclean va., where he recycles Rentable Csc release a Shumway said. Everything from Oil to freon and puts environmental magazines in the waiting room. Record 2.5 million criminals on probation parole  a i r a. A Washington up a a record 2.5 million convicted criminals were on probation or parole last year a 5.6 percent increase from the year before the Justice department reported sunday. The report by the departments Bureau of Justice statistics found that in the 1980s the number of people on probation grew by 126 percent its parole population grew 107 percent and jail and prison population grew y 114 percent. Probation is a set of restrictions Given to convicted criminals in lieu of jail time while parole is the supervised Early release of an inmate from prison. Quot a the growth experienced in the probation and parole populations is particularly noteworthy As approximately three fourths of All convicted offenders Are being supervised in the Community not within prisons or jails a said Bureau director Steven Dillingham the department said that As of dec. 31 an estimated 4.1 million adults a about one out of every 46 adults nationwide a was under the supervisor of a corrections Agency. Fifteen states reported growth of More than 10 percent last year in the number of probationers under suit revision in the Community the report said. Rhode is and had the largest increase 24.5 percent. Oregon was up 16,7 percent and Florida up 16.3 percent. Six states had decreases. Western states reported a probation population increase of 9,4 percent followed by 6.4 percent increases in the Midwest 6.1 percent in the South and 1.2 percent in the Northeast. Texas has the largest number of adults under probation supervision 291,156. Following were californians 285,018, Florida a 192,495, new Yorkus 128,707, am Georgia a 125,441. The number of parolees being supervised in the Community Rose most rapidly in the Southern states up 17. Percent followed by a 13.7 percent increase in Thi West a 9.5 percent increase in the Midwest and a 5.1 percent Rise in the Northeast. Georgia Oregon Kansas Oklahoma and Michigan reported the largest increase in parolees while 12 state reported declines. As Tion Niaz i Overall 62.2 percent of offenders in 1989 were. Probation 11.3 were on parole 16.8 percent were prison and 9.7 were in jail