European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 09, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday april 9, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 9 Pahel head Pell urges Europe to retain nato As insurance policy Amsterdam Netherlands apr . Sen. Claiborne Pell chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee warned europeans on monday not to dismantle the North Atlantic treaty organization because a inconceivable scenarios can and do  a it behoves us to hang on to nato As an insurance policy against unforeseen but not impossible circumstances a Pell said at the Start of an Amsterdam conference on Europe a political and economic Outlook. A if there is one Clear lesson to be Learned from the persian Gulf crisis it is that inconceivable scenarios can and do occur a said Pell 72, a Rhode Island Democrat. Since the warming of East West relations that has accompanied liberalization in the former communist bloc there is growing uncertainty Over the future of the 16-nation trans Atlantic defense Alii Ance. A. A a a a a a a a a a a was Long As the soviet Union remains heavily armed and is governed by an unrepresentative regime that has not totally shed its anti Western ideology it would be imprudent to dismantle a Security apparatus that has kept the peace for More than 40 years a Pell told the global panel conference. A even if the military reductions promised by soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev Are made the soviet Union will continue to have the worlds second most potent military establishment. And it is not yet Clear How or by whom it will be  Pell rejected proposals for a new Continental Security Alliance whose membership would be restricted to european nations. Those proposals include putting such a defense organization wit Fin existing bodies like the european Community or the Paris based West european Union. Pell maintained that keeping the United states within the framework of european Security a provides a necessary measure of comforts to the soviet Union and the rest of Europe which he said still Sec a United Germany As a potential threat. A old feelings die slowly and As Long As they persist it is in Europe s interest to preserve a multilateral Security institution that makes everyone including Germany comfortable Quot he said. A the United states is there to provide the leadership that Europe is unable to provide. Being the world s pre eminent military Power Quot Karlsruhe Community reinstates briton to Job under court order by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Karlsruhe Germany a a British woman fired nov. 9 from her army Job As a child development services coordinator returned to work monday after a judge or Decd the Karlsruhe military Community to reinstate her. Carol a. Owens 44, won her Case March 14 in a German labor court when the Community failed to substantiate accusations of fraud and obtaining a promotion with false credentials said her lawyer Hans Ross of Karlsruhe. A spokeswoman for the military Community Ruth Dyal confirmed that it was reinstating Owens unconditionally As Day care administrator in the Community As of monday. Dyal offered no further comment. Owens Job classification rating is c-7a, a non american designation equivalent to a gs-11. Owens who is married to a retired . Soldier said her employment troubles began last june when the local criminal investigation come told her she was under suspicion of using her . Alien registration card to obtain free schooling for her son and for using false qualifications to get promoted. She said she heard nothing More until late october when an official in the military Community a directorate of personnel and Community activities told her that punitive action ranging from suspension to imprisonment was pending against her. Another directorate official escorted by German police delivered a letter of dismissal to her at her House now 9, she said. Owens filed an Appeal in German labor court almost immediately. A i can to understand Why someone who a done such a Good Job for 10 years could be fired All of a sudden like that a Owens said. A it definitely Wasny to  the fraud allegation stemmed from Owens use of the alien card to enrol her son in a department of defense dependents school for several years. Owens said she believed she was entitled to the educational services based on inquiries she made with school officials before enrolling her son. The Community was unable to prove that she had intentionally defrauded the school system Ross  judge directed the Community to reimburse Owens 24,000 Marks $14,350 for five months lost wages. He also suggested that Owens pay the school system 10,000 Marks $6,000 As a Goodwill gesture and that she pay Dodds tuition fees in the future Ross said. Owens has agreed to do so. The Community also had accused Owens of using a degree from a discredited correspondence school a Paris based a alternative University a to gain a promotion Ross said. Owens said she got the degree after the Community hired her but Only for her own satisfaction. Degrees from alternative universities do not qualify workers in the army a local National hiring system for promotion Points anyway so hers played no role in her promotion to her current Job she said. Also Ross said the Community failed to prove that the University was discredited when Owens got the  killed in crash Day after Parade Honor Shawnee Ohio apr an army medic Back from duty As part of operation desert storm died in a car crash Early monday just hours after his Hometown held a Welcome Home Parade authorities said. Jeffrey Collins 25, and his half brother Don Aid pert 21, both of new Straits Ville were killed at about 3 . Monday when their car went off the Road near this Southeastern Ohio City and rolled Over police said. Cadet David Bevcar of the state Highway patrol Post at Lancaster said the Accident was under investigation lie said he Wasny to sure whether Collins or pert was driving. Police said Collins had been assigned to the Vii corps brigade mech913th medical unit in the persian Gulf. Collins and two marines had been honoured in a Parade sunday afternoon in new Straits Ville a town of about 900. Police brutality in Czechoslovakia a Prague Czechoslovakia policeman was photographed kicked the policeman and tried to run when caught and sunday beating an unlicensed Street Vendor who a been the officer beat him excessively. Other officers then a Selling soviet pins and badges. The Vendor reportedly Rived to take the Vendor to the police . Col. Renato Alcaraz Dies was of family practitioner Ramstein a Germany a amps a an air Force doctor died saturday at Ramstein a. It. Col. Renato v. Alcaraz 52, was pronounced dead at Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center at 12 30 . After he was found slumped Over his cards steering wheel at Ramstein a Southside gymnasium. The cause of death is not known. An autopsy is being performed. Alcaraz born in Manila Philippines had been a family practitioner at the 316th air div clinic since september 1987, he is survived by his wife Alicia and five  memorial service will be held for Alcaraz at Ramstein a Chapel 1 at 4 . On tuesday. The funeral will be held in the United states.30-year air Force Veteran Dies of cancer at age 50 Raf Mildenhall England a amps a services were held monday for chief master sgt. Kenneth Jackson who died wednesday of cancer. He was 50. Jackson had been seriously ill for about three months said base spokesman Frank Randall. Jackson was an air Force Veteran of nearly 30 years More than half which was spent at Raf Mildenhall. His last position had been logistics superintendent of 3rd air Force. He is survived by. His wife Marilyn and four  Page Dies Chicago apr dancer Ruth Page a Pioneer in american dance who choreographed More than 100 ballets has died at age 92 of heart failure. Her a Frankie and Johnny a based on the Folk Ballad was voted by the new York times As the Best Ballet of 1945