European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday november 15,1990 news update Sarco Oil spill Anchorage Alaska up a Arco Alaska inc. Has agreed to pay a $200,000 Fine for spilling Oil on fragile Tundra and to explore better ways of cleaning up such spills according to terms of an agreement announced with the state of Alaska. Up to 25,200 Gallons of crude Oil spilled onto 1.4 acres of Tundra in August 1989 when a pipeline valve failed at Arcos Kupa Ruk Oil Field near Prudhoe Bay on the North slope of Alaska Arco has launched a $74 million monitoring and maintenance program at its Wells and pipelines and is examining plans for responding to a major spill according to a company  Saturn models Detroit a general motors Saturn corp. Plans to add seven new models to its three car lineup by 1994, the Industry journal automotive news reported in its monday edition. The publication said Saturn plans to add at least two vehicles in each of the next three Model years. Added to the single Cam engine and twin Cam engine sedans and sporty Coupe models that went to showrooms oct. 12 would be a luxury Sedan and Coupe a Coupe convertible two station wagons and two two door hatchbacks automotive news said. Other vehicles also Are on the drawing Board it said. A Saturn Dealership official who spoke on condition of anonymity told the publication that Saturn officials a said they wanted to give us a minivan and a Small pickup but they said they  do that before 1996 because they a need to build another  Saturn spokesman Mark Tanner refused to comment on the report  military Paris apr twelve French military units in Germany will be dissolved next year the defense ministry announced monday. Equipment and personnel from the units will be redistributed among other sections of the armed forces the ministry said in a communique. It did not say How Many soldiers would be affected. The units to be dissolved Are an armoured division and a logistics regiment at Freiburg an infantry regiment and two artillery units at Offenburg two army regiments at Mulheim and one unit each based at Karlsruhe Jastatt tub Ingen Reutlinger and Kehl. Withdrawal of French forces from Germany is to occur in phases Over the next four years and will coincide with a reduction in the army a Overall strength from 285,000 to 250,000. Army overcharged transients then diverted Cash Gao says Washington a the army overcharged its personnel for temporary lodging and diverted the Money to projects such As the renovation of a vip House and two custom throw rugs costing $3,600, congressional investigators say. The general accounting office in reviewing the daily fees assessed to soldiers staying at special housing during training found that from 1985 to 1989, two army commands amassed More than $70 million from inflated charges assessed against the per diem allowance Given soldiers. The Gao the investigative Arm of Congress estimated that the amount Coula Rise to More than $100 million after calculating figures for the fiscal year that ended sept. 30. A some army installations have overcharged soldiers for transient lodgings and. Used the proceeds to subsidize morale welfare and recreation activities a officers clubs Golf courses arts and crafts facilities and lodging for visitors a the Gao said in a report released last week. The Agency blamed the problems on the absence of effective controls and inadequate management attention. In one instance the army used the additional Money to fully renovate a four bedroom House for distinguished visitors. Among the costs were about $144,000 for customized furnishings drapes and carpets including the two throw rugs totalling $3,600. The army installation also planned to spend about $272,000 for special stationery and landscaping but when questioned by the Gao it lowered its Cost projections to $81,600. The Gao did not specify at which installation the renovation occurred but its study examined Domestic facilities. The Agency said the training and doctrine come and forces come accumulated the inflated charges. The Money comes from the billions of dollars the army spends each year to train its personnel with a portion for the per diem paid to soldiers undergoing training. In another Case the Gao found that a Large office space in transient quarters was converted into an exercise room with equipment even though a fully equipped gym was across the Street. A according to installation officials the exercise room was provided to meet commercial hotel standards and to ensure that guests were not inconvenienced a the Gao said. In a response included in the report the defense department said it has taken Steps to review and Correct the problems identified by the Gao. It said it also is studying current policies on transient housing. A it should be noted that the identified problems occurred during a period of major policy transition in which the Dej apartment adopted practices to operate non appropriated fund programs and facilities in a Businesslike manner Quot Hajj Christopher Jehn assistant Secretary defense for Force management and  sonnet. I the Gao also found that the Ait no paid for More expensive off base lodging for personnel when there were a candid at the designated transient quarters. Do ing one month at an installation the Lod ing office authorized off base per Dies for 146 personnel for a total of 1,939 dad but during the same period 206 Reserl nations were cancelled or never claimed amounting to 5,040 Days available to House personnel. The Gao recommended that the Over a charges be returned to either the origin appropriations or the . Treasury. The Pentagon which generally agreed Fidfl the Gao a suggestions did not concur returning the Money. The defense department proposed disbursing the Money based on a Legal interpretation of the Issue by the depart ment. I rep. John Martba d-pa., chairman of the House appropriations subcommittee on defense requested the report. 6 saudi women who protested driving ban suspended from jobs Riyadh saudi Arabia apr six of the 50 saudi women who took to the Road last week to protest saudi arabians prohibition on female Drivers have been suspended from their University jobs sources said monday. The six University professors were suspended from the social sciences department of the All female Campus at King Saud University in Riyadh sources said speaking on condition of anonymity. Religious Fervour has swept through the University for the past several Days As students openly attacked the professors according to the sources. Some students Tore the professors nameplates off their office doors and scrawled a a infidel in their places. A there is a tide of fundamentalism among the Young people a said one of the sources. There was no immediate official confirmation or comment on the report of the suspensions. A saudi source last week said a group of Legal and religious scholars consulted by the Gove Morate determined that the women a action was not illegal but should not be repeated. There is no Law on the books against women driving but it goes against strict tradition that once kept women completely isolated at Home. Several women in the professional Community Here believed the protest could reverse the significant strides made in the workplace during the past several years. A we feel that we have taken a Hundred Steps Back a said one professional. A driving would have come not tomorrow or the next Day but it would have come. Now it May be  the authorities reaction to the Demon stration has been praised even by id Drivers. The women were stopped and driven by police to the police station they were then made to sign pledges no to repeat what they did in the presence of their male relatives. A senior saudi official from Riyadh Gove Morate reportedly went to the Polica station and kept at Bay the religious lice known As the committee for propagation of virtue and the condemnation of vice. The country a imams or Mosley preachers were also instructed to real lightly in their Friday sermons. But Toffli still called for punishment of the a inn dels a claiming the protesters were favor of eschewing the veil. All 50 women were completely veiled id Black cloaks during their driving Demon stration last tuesday conforming to the traditional saudi dress for women. Dutch turn sergeant Over to of after it promises no execution clarification some German officials quoted in a weekend article on their reaction to the deployment of Germany based . Troops to operation desert shield were under the impression that the troops would not be returning to Germany. Current plans Call for All facilities and housing to remain under . Control and for the soldiers families to remain in Germany. From staff and wire reports dutch authorities released an air Force sergeant to . Military authorities monday after they promised not to execute him for killing and dismembering his wife. Staff sgt. Charles d. Short 34, of High Wood iu., was delivered to the 32nd tac fighter group at Oesterberg a Justice ministry spokesman Victor Holtus said. The action ended a two year Battle Over which country had the right to try Short. . Authorities have charged him with premeditated murder and desecration of a Corpse but the charges were brought As a non capital offences a eliminating the possibility of a death sentence according to capt. Laura Feldman an air Force spokeswoman at Oesterberg. . Authorities will consider the results of a psychiatric evaluation by Mill Tail doctors and a Legal investigation before deciding if he will actually be tried she said tuesday. In 1988, a dutch court sentenced Short to six years in jail for slaying his turkish born wife dismembering her and Dumo my the remains in plastic bags. The dutch High court ultimately overturned the sentence saying authorities in the country had no jurisdiction Over the . Serviceman. But in a separate ruling in March the High court said Short could not be surrendered to the United states As Long a he could face the death penalty. . Military authorities issued a writ ten guarantee that Short would not a sentenced to death Justice ministry of vials said. _ the dutch have no capital punish met and refuse to extradite anyone who cow be executed elsewhere. If Short is tried it will be by a a end re court martial but the Date and Locano have not been determined Feldman Sawr she could not say what the maximum be Alty could be or what action the govern ment might take if Short were found in to stand trial. Short was a medical equipment j Pairman assigned to the Oesterberg w 1c