European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a the stars and strikes sunday december 2 1990 crisis in the null by .   w Mobile Ala. Apr fewer people arc signing up with National guard units As worries about fighting in the persian Gulf offset recruitment incentives such As pay and education bonuses military officials say. A a  military branches failed to recruit As Many people As expected in october according to Pentagon figures released Friday. Military officials say parents May be at least partly responsible for that with Many counselling their children to wait to Sec what happens in the Middle East before enlisting. A patents Are having an influence a said guard spokesman Leonard Krenk in Lincoln neb a a they re looking at what a happening in the world and they re saying to their children a you can sign up a but after desert shield is  a a Quot one of the major recruits we go after Are the High school juniors and we be done that in the past because of the excellent education benefits a said adj. Gen. Ivan Smith who Heads the Alabama guard. But recruits under 18 need parental permission to enlist and a parents Are not at this Point giving that permission upfront a he said. The Pentagon reported that 21,800 people signed up for the army air Force Navy and marines in october 1,600 fewer than the defense department had Hopeck for. During the same month last year 20,800 people signed up but Only 19,800 Stew recruits were sought. Recruiting officials met Friday in san Diego calif., to draw up a new strategy.  never been faced with this Type of situation a said sgt. Maj. Robert Classen the guards senior enlisted officer for recruiting in tows where guard recruiting is Down by 25 percent Taou percent this fall. A in Vietnam it was different because we had the draft. Here we re facing the possibility of conflict with an All Volunteer Force a he said. Not All states report a decline however. Massachusetts for example reported More Sig  in each of the past three months than in the corresponding months last year. Pennsylvania guard officials said they enjoyed their Best october in five years. Some other states say a drop in new recruits reflects budget cuts that trimmed Back recruiting work not a drop in patriotism. Monthly recruiting goals for the regular service and the National guard were stepped up after president Bush began sending troops to the persian Gulf Region in August. The deployment followed Iraq s aug. 2 invasion of neighbouring Kuwait. Since then about 28,000 army guard members have been placed on Active duty said it. Col. Jim Ragan a spokesman for the National guard Bureau in Washington the total Force available is 445,000, he said. About 3,000 air guard members have been called up out of 117,000 available nationwide Ragan said. Court fort Riley Kan. A military officials have recommended a court martial for a Soldier who refused to go to the persian Gulf saying he believed a with All my heart War is  sgt. George Morse 25, was charged with refusing orders to prepare equipment for transport to saudi Arabia. Army officials on thursday recommended the court martial for Morse who plays trumpet in the 1st inf div band. A v a 1 he was to have been assigned to division Headquarters As a military police officer fort Riley spokesman Mike Zucca said. R a we have not had a Chance to talk to our client and formulate what our next action is a said Joanne Brooke an assistant to morsels attorney Robert lit  Morse a six year Veteran was confined to Post wednesday after the charges were filed Brooke said. He has been assigned a military defense lawyer but also has retained Littrell. President Bush has sent 430,000 troops to the persian Gulf following iraqis invasion of Oil Rich Kuwait on aug. 2. The or n. Security Council voted 12-2 on thursday to allow Force to be used if Iraq does no to withdraw by Jan. 15. /. V Morse of Grayling mich., was scheduled to be discharged dec. 20. The army on saturday denied his application for conscientious objector status. The 1st inf div was activated nov. 8, and Morse was reassigned to a unit not being sent to the Middle East if the fort Riley commander accepts the recommendation for a court martial Morse can choose a trial by jury or military judge Brooke said. Maximum punishment could include a term in the army disciplinary Barracks at fort Leavenworth and a dishonourable discharge. V . Temperatures. A _. 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Temporary Rac Ardad saturday.4wn Tom. 4am 4pm Adana 1g 61 64 Copenhagen f 26 34 am Storttos c 32 46 Frankfort c. 27 34 meant c 63 63 London c 43 46 Aviano i 36 45 Madrid t 30 57 Borin e 25 32 Murach 23 27 bpm Ereven r 36 40 Parte i 36 39 Brussels c 26 36 Rome c 43 48 a Kowl Byvoet 1?.  Wing Trahan Tarth Tefr. A other  a High Low Cairo. A 8f 57 manna t Dhahran 1 79 59 Montreal c Dubton c 48 41 Moscow g Helsinki. C 36 21 Oslo 1 Jerusalem. I 73 54 Toronto c Lisbon 1 a 52 39 Vancouver g Berlin apr an arrest warrant for ousted East German communist Leader Erich Honecker has been issued on charges he personally gave shoot to kill orders to guards at the Berlin Wall officials said saturday. Quot German television reported that authorities were in route to Beelitz outside Berlin where Honecker has been Given Refuge at a soviet military Hospital. They expect to take the former communist party chief into custody on charges of manslaughter an official said a the move against Honecker came on the Eye of Germany a first free and United elections in 58 years. Cornel Christoffel a spokesman for berlins Justice authorities said the warrant links Honecker 78, directly to the deaths of several people killed while trying to flee the East German regime. New documents have been uncovered that show Honecker a signature on an order for Border guards to shoot East germans trying flee across the Wall and the inner East German Border he said. Ludwig Kirst duty officer at Bonne a Justice ministry said the charge against Honecker was manslaughter. If convicted Honecker could face a sentence of five years to life in prison depending on whether the court considered extenuating circumstances. Honecker has been living in a Small apartment at a soviet military Hospital compound with his wife Margot. In a november interview with the european newspaper Honecker was quoted As saying a in the end i will be seen to have been  he also rejected personal responsibility for those killed while trying to flee across East Germany a Borders. 7 a i am not afraid of a show trial. I consider All the charges so far brought by the prosecutors office untenable a Honecker was quoted As saying in the interview published nov. 2. A .7j Kirst said that the arrest warrant was issued by a Berlin court late Friday and that German and soviet representatives were trying to arrange the necessary papers for. Honecker a release to German authorities. Christoffel said a soviet general must give permission allowing German Justice officials to enter the grounds of the soviet military Hospital. The Hospital is in Bee Litz a town 20 Miles South of Berlin 7 after the arrest warrant was issued criminal Justice officials headed to the military Hospital in beelitz1 to arrest the former communist party chief and head of state a Germany a National Adf television reported saturday night. It Jutta Limba a the head of berlins Justice department later said that the Only soviet general who could give the necessary approval for Honecker a release was away from the base and was hot expected Back until late saturday night. High Low. 82 72 34 21 .32 32 32 18 45 27 41 32 a Cloudy Satow 1-air, to fog. A Rasi supplied by the associated press. Austin Texas apr Henry Lee Lucas who once claimed he killed nearly 600 people in 26 states has won a stay of execution for the 1979 a Orange socks slaying. Lucas was scheduled to die by lethal injection monday. His reprieve from the Texas court of criminal appeals came thursday one Day after the court rejected a stay of execution on other grounds Lucas 54, once claimed he killed nearly 600 people in 26 states but later recanted his confessions for All but one slaying that of his Mother. He was sentenced to death for the slaying of an unidentified woman known As 4f Orange socks for the Only clothing she had on when her body was found. The appeals court said thursday it would consider a claim by Lucas attorneys that the jury in the Orange socks trial should have been Able to consider mitigating circumstances before sentencing Lucas to death assistant Texas attorney general Bob Walt said. The court in wednesday rejected a claim that the trial court lacked the aug a a. A to set Lucas execution Date. Lucas was to die before Dawn monday for the Orange socks slaying her body was found oct. 31, 1979, near interstate Lucas said that he was in Florida when the woman was slain but that forced him to say he killed her. Lucs received six life terms year sentences and a 60-year the other Texas convictions. He a. Wanted in Florida on three first degree murder charges for slayings in 1980 and 1981