European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 25, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Iii Side stripes p desert shield stories  2,3 a tories will retain Power poll  8 a sooner smother Nebraska 45-10.Page 17 a soviet general denies troops have problems Page 28the Storsand amp of ripes authorized unofficial publication for the u.8. Armed forces Good mottling vol. 49, no. 225 sunday november 25, 1990 a a a 25 Dally and sunday d 8693 army freezes All separation Gulf Drain on personnel cited Washington a the army facing a possible manpower squeeze in operation desert shield said Friday that it is keeping in uniform All soldiers and officers who had planned to leave the service. The move marking the first  freeze of army personnel lists since the All Volunteer services were created in 1973, will mean that about 5,500 people per month who otherwise would have left the service will be forced to stay on indefinitely. The decision approved Friday by de sense Secretary Dick Cheney is an extraordinary move that will upset the plans of Many soldiers including those who had lined up civilian jobs in anticipation of retiring or who were going to enter College after completing their enlistments. Also Friday the Marine corps disclosed that a measure invoked nov. 8 could prevent As Many As 12,000 marines both regular and Reserve from leaving the service even though they were due to retire or end their service obligations. Unlike the army the marines will not apply the measure service wide said maj. Nancy j. Laluntas a Marine spokeswoman. The army said it is freezing indefinitely All transfers of soldiers from overseas to bases in the United states and it is cancelling the traditional Christmas vacation period for All army training centers and military schools. The cancellation of Holiday vacations will affect 22 army institutions. Included Are seven Basic training posts among them fort Jackson s.c., and advanced training centers  As the artillery school at fort Sill okla. The infantry training Post at fort Benning a. And the personnel administration and finance school at fort Benjamin Harrison ind., said capt. Barbara Goodno an army spokeswoman. The freeze on transfers will affect from 1,000 to 1,500 people per month an army official said. The combination of measures is designed to keep the army at the highest state of readiness in Case additional re see army on Back Page Bush Assad fail to agree on How to Deal with Iraq Geneva up a president Bush and syrian president Hafez Al Assad agreed Friday that iraqis annexation of Kuwait is a a unacceptable and should not be rewarded but the two leaders differed on the option of a military solution. Both leaders emerged from three hours of talks saying Little but White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater disclosed in a statement that the discussions were a full and  he said the two condemned the invasion and called for a peaceful solution that restores full sovereignty to the emirate. A the two presidents agreed that iraqis occupation of Kuwait is unacceptable As Are any partial solutions. They expressed their preference for a peaceful solution to the crisis in conformity with Arab league and . Resolutions a Fitzwater said in the statement. A they also agreed that Iraq should receive no Reward for its aggression and that Kuwait a territory and legitimate government has to be restored  although the two leaders share a common goal they disagree on the option of military Force to drive iraqi troops from Kuwait. A we have divergent Points of View on some issues a Assad told reporters before the meeting which the White House said included talks on International Ter see Iraq on Back Page . To protest vicious action by Swiss Security on Bush visit aboard air Force one a Swiss Security officers shoved a machine gun into the stomach of a . Diplomat and roughed up a photographer travelling with president Bush in what a Bush spokesman called a the most vicious treatment in be Ever seen Friday night. The . Government will file a formal protest with the Swiss government this week Over those and other incidents during Bush a three hour Stop in Geneva White House press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater said during Bush a flight Back to Washington. A a in be never seen that kind of brutal and vicious treatment by a Security Force in the last 10 years a Fitzwater said. The ruffled Diplomat was Joseph Reed chief of. Protocol. Fitzwater said Reed would summon Swiss ambassador edouard Brunner after Bush returns from a trip to Mexico to file a formal protest. A they pulled a machine gun on ambassador Reed and verbally attacked White House chief of staff John Sununu Fitzwater  Security officers also clashed with reporters and photographers in the presidents party on arrival pushing and shoving them As they sought to approach the ramp on which Bush would leave the plane. Sununu acting on reports of the arrival incident discussed matters with the Swiss chief of Security whose name was not immediately available. For his efforts Sununu was verbally abused Fitzwater said. Shoulder to shoulder guards also prevented reporters and photographers from approaching the presidents ramp on departure. No one could see Bush at the base of the ramp although he and mrs. Bush were visible when they climbed up the ramp to Board the air  White House press aides tried to get the Swiss officers to move out of the Way and a shouting match followed. It was then that Jerome delay a Washington based photographer for the French news Agency Agency France Presse was roughed up and the machine gun was shoved into Reeds stomach Fitzwater said. Reed had left the plane for some reason and was trying to get Back on Fitzwater said. A a it a so strange. Supposedly a peace Loving nation gave us the most vicious treatment in be Ever seen a Fitzwater said. There was no immediate word on whether delay was Hurt. The Washington office of Agency France Presse said it had no word of any injuries. Fitzwater said he had not discussed the incident with Bush. A Geneva police spokesman Thierry Magnin blamed members of the White House press corps for the scuffles. Magnin said saturday that an investigation of the affair is under Way. But he said some american reporters a behaved in a deplorable inadmissible  a they did not respect Security measures taken by Geneva police. Or Swiss Terri tonal sovereignty a he said. Magnin said he could not comment on the machine gun incident. A but if it happened the sub machine gun certainly was not pointed at the Diplomat a he added. He said the police were simply doing their Job and have Long experience with dignitaries coming through Geneva. A Beady merry Christmas is what Erin Kava laugh 4, left and her sister Kelly of Franklin mass., Are wishing for As they play with Teddy bears Friday at Macy a in new York. Cost �112 Days of Christmas goes a leaping Philadelphia a if you re singing the blues about the Cost of Christmas presents be thankful your True love Isnit asking for the Complete Catalon of gifts in a the twelve Days of  j. Patrick Bradley that literal minded chief economist at provident National Bank has once again toted up the sales slips for the items listed in the old Carol from a Partridge in a Pear tree to 12 drummers drumming. This years total $15,231.72. That Means the Christmas Price Index Chi was up 4.34 percent from last year. That a a slower inflation rate than the govern see Cost on Back Page