European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Edition authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 49, no. 305 Friday february 15,1991 q 35c daily end 50c sunday. D. 8693 Berchtesgaden resort closing along with Garmisch hotel by Steve Taylor Munich Bureau Garmisch Germany a the armed forces recreation Center faced with future . Troop cuts will close its four hotels in Berchtesgaden and one in Garmisch Over the next 14 months officials said thursday. In addition the $67 million 450-room hotel Complex planned for Garmisch has been cancelled arc spokesman Harry Connors said. The hotel was to have opened in 1992. The decision by the department of the army to reduce arc operations in Southern Bavaria results from a the . Force draw Down in Europe Connors said. The decision will end All arc activities in Berchtesgaden. The general Abrams hotel in Garmisch and the Berchtesgaden or Hof and general Mcnair hotels in Berchtesgaden will close april 1. The other two hotels in Berchtesgaden a the general Walker and the sky top a will close april 1,1992. That will leave arc with two hotels at Chi Emsee and three in Garmisch. The total number of rooms available through arc will drop from 746 to 332 when the closings Are completed. The reduction in operations will mean a savings of about $10 million in taxpayer dollars annually Connors said. Arc received $17 million this year in appropriated funds but expects Only $7 million by fiscal 1993. K All other expenses Are covered by revenues a More than $20 million a year a generated by the hotels restaurants and recreation program. R the army conducted a detailed customer analysis and conferred with . Commanders in Europe when they chose the facilities that would remain open enabling officials to pick those facilities Best Able to support military personnel and their families said capt. Barbara Goodno an army spokeswoman in the Pentagon. A variety of recreational facilities and programs will remain available including a Golf course two campgrounds the Hausberg ski Lodge in Garmisch water sports at Chi Emsee and local tour services Goodno said. Programs designed for Small military unit participation such As the popular unit ski weeks will also continue she said. The closings will mean the loss of about 360 jobs More than one third of of Rcd speak season work Force. Seasonal employees will be most affected by the shutdown. Connors could not say How Many full time pm Plo Yecs could lose their Job about 285 employees 60 of whom Are americans work in Berchtesgaden. Connors said that the local German works councils were briefed thursday afternoon details of any Severance agreements Are still to be worked out Hie said. Some workers could possibly Transfer to the arc resorts that stay in operation but the works councils would make that determination Connors said arc had already spent $11.6 million on its new hotel Complex in Garmisch but the project has been on hold since defense Secretary Dick Cheney ordered a military wide construction freeze last year. _ the funds went for planning the Complex tearing see closing on Page 10u.s. May warn bombing targets the War in the Gulf Cut out for his Job a Dia Pool . Marine Chi. Mark Palacio of los Angeles expertly cuts his ground assault against iraqi troops in Kuwait. Palacios unit is Way through a tangle of barbed wire As he trains for an expected deployed in Northern saudi Arabia. A front wire reports the United states is considering ways to avoid killing civilians in Iraq including announcing its bombing targets in Advance the military said thursday. At its daily briefing the military also said a . Electronic radar jamming plane crashed on a combat Mission thursday morning killing Bot airmen aboard. And it said Iraq had launched two scud missiles at Northern saudi Arabia but the missiles apparently fell apart. In flight. Four saudi civilians were slightly injured. Marine Brig. Gen. Richard Neal who conducted the briefing said the allies have avoided bombing Many strategic targets in Baghdad because of the risk to civilians. They also evaluate and re evaluate their targets daily he said. Each Days targets Are presented to the top . Commander Gen. To. Norman Schwarzkopf before being approved,.he said. Iraqi officials said wednesday that As Many As 500 civilians were killed when two bombs hit a reinforced Concrete underground Structure which Baghdad called an air raid shelter and the allies called a military command Center. The iraqi building hit wednesday might have been one of 20 to 25 shelters in Iraq that contain both military facilities and civilian shelters said Terry Gander editor of a Jane a military periodical. The iraqi military apparently referring Only to those identified said thursday that 64 bodies have been removed from continued on Page 10inside today a Kirk Douglas survives crash p. 7 skiers enjoy Ideal weather p. 8