European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars Alto stripes thursday april 11, 1991 at a glance it s Tulip time in the Netherlands again and visitors Are flocking to the. Kucuk Inhof gardens and else where in the country to i Joy the Beauty. See stripes Magazine. Contractors get reprieve a senior Pentagon official said the Agency has opted not to immediately press two huge defense contractors to return $135 billion in Money spent on a now defunct air plane project for fear both would be forced to seek bankruptcy Protection ,. A a. A a a a a Page 4 Graham defends reagans evangelist Billy Graham noting he has known Ronald and Nancy Reagan nearly As Long As they be been married said tuesday he does not believe the stories in the controversial biography of the former first lady by Kitty Kelley. A Page 7  ties the United states told Vietnam tuesday it is ready to normalize relations in return for vietnamese cooperation in negotiating a cambodian peace settlement and accounting for . Service members listed As missing in action. A pages recessions last trick last month s surge in unemployment made a lot of people wonder How the recession can wind Down As Long As workers Are losing jobs. In fact layoffs and unemployment typically keep climbing Long after spending starts to revive. A a a Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers it in a it 14 action line. .12 comics. 14-16 commentary. 13 a 1 1 1 w i Etters. 12 sports. 18-24 to listings. .�?����?�18 weather. 11 Early outs Janet Howe is Tierney a Washington Bureau Washington a the army is encouraging officers and warrant officers to retire and separate Early in an Effort to Lessen the Impact of future Force cuts personnel officials announced wednes a Day. A a a a a a a  \ a a every person who voluntarily separates will reduce the involuntary separa Lions that May be required later a said maj. Daniel Schwab of the Pentagon a of Ficor personnel policy division. The army expects to have about 103,000 officers on Active duty at the end of fiscal 1991, officials said. By the end of fiscal 1992, that number must be reduced by about 7,500 to 95,481 under proposed budget Levels. /. An additional 6,000 army officers Are to be trimmed from the Rolls by the end of fiscal 1993, officials said. They expect about 1,000 officers to apply for the program before fiscal 1991 ends sept. 30,. Compared with 669 who voluntarily left Early last year the Early  least retirement program offers colonels and lieutenant colonels the Chance to retire with less than three years service in Grade. The army said up to 85 colonels and 206 lieutenant colonels May take the offer. Other officers who May Volunteer for. The program include a. A first lieutenants not selected to Captain one time. A year group 1988 first lieutenants. A first lieutenants and captains with less than it be year remaining in their Active duty service obligation. A promotable first lieutenants and above As Long As they do not have an a Iive duty service obligation set by Law. A officers with More than eight years Active Federal commissioned service if otherwise eligible to retire because of prior enlisted or warrant officer service. A warrant officers except those in medical specialities those who Volunteer for the program must choose a separation or retirement Date Between june 30 and sept. 30, officials said. Applications must go through the officers Chain of command and arrive at the personnel command by May 29. The army does not plan to Call a selective Early retirement Board this fiscal year officials said but another Board is expected to Convene next year. The army has convened a Board for the past three years to determine involuntary Szpara a a a a tons. Neither the Navy nor the air Force is offering similar Early retirement programs for officers a a a in december the air Force selective Early retirement Board picked about 700 colonels and lieutenant colonels for involuntary Early retirement. Earlier this year the Navy retired More than 400 captains and commanders in the first selective Early retirement a Board convened by that service. Winds keep Atlantis up extra Day Cape canaveral Fla. A blustery winds prevented Nasa from Landing the space shuttle Atlantis in California on wednesday and the astronauts were ordered to remain in space an extra Day. A a a a. A  control first delayed the land ing by i hours in Hopes the winds would subside. But they did no to and flight directors decreed a thursday morning touchdown at Edwards fab in the Mojave desert. A i Hope you done to mind if we ask you to stay up another Day but we  going to give up on today a Mission controls Brian Duffy told the Crew. A a we understand and i think that a a Good decision Brian. Thanks a lot a replied Steve Nagel Mission commander. The astronauts have enough supplies on Board to stay up at least through Friday. High winds were expected again t thursday at Edwards and the weather did not look favourable at the Kennedy space Center backup site in Florida Kennedy had not been considered for wednesday. Crosswinds had exceeded the National aeronautics and space administrations limit of 17.3 Mph by nearly double most of the morning in California. A Nasa previously has had to delay a shuttle Landing for leather reasons and a wave off has almost become routine. Wednesday morning Nasa  established Contact with a satellite used to communicate with the shuttle. The space Agency lost touch with the satellite tucs Day and had to switch to ground stations. Longtime Naples area educator Dies by the stars and stripes Peter a Migliaccio r., a retired teach or and administrator wit the overseas school system died monday in an Elmira n.y.,  58, was being treated Tor a heart attack he had several weeks ago. He retired dec. 1, 1989, after More than 30 years As a teacher Deputy principal and principal with the department of defense dependents schools system. His Iasi 25 years with Dodds were spent in Naples Italy where he served As Deputy principal at Naples High school. Migliaccio was a Well known Union organizer. He organized the Naples federation of teachers in 1965 and later served for three years As the president of the overseas federation of teachers. In that position he represented Union locals throughout the world and testified before Congress several times on legislation affecting schools and teachers Migliaccio also was Active in the Pat and the european Congress of american parents teachers and students. He served 10 years As vice president of Cap tsp Mediterranean Region. Theater was Migliaccio a avocation. He joined the Naples Little theater in its infancy in 1965 and Over the years acted in or directed dozens of plays in the Naples area. After his retirement he taught an acting class in Naples for the University of Laverne. Born in Utica n.y., Migliaccio a first teaching position with Dodds was in Tokyo. He later taught in Zaragoza Spain. He left Naples in june and retired in Utica. A. A. A a a a a. He is survived by his wife Barbara also a retired Dodds teacher his. Father Peter Migliaccio or. A sister and two Brothers. The funeral and burial were to be held thursday in Utica. A memorial mass will be celebrated at 3 . Friday at the naval support activity Chapel in Naples water at Kaiserslautern Sites of to drink Kaiserslautern Germany a amps a the water in Kaiserslautern a East Side military areas is once again fit to drink officials say. Environmental health officials declared the water Safe on tuesday afternoon alter conducting two tests said Lisa Kendall spokeswoman for the 29th area support group in Kaiserslautern. Water at Kleher and Danner caverns and in military housing of Mannheimer Strasse still May taste and smell slightly of chlorine Kendall said but that will quickly dissipate. Army engineers and environmental health of Icia a warned people on april 4 against drinking the water after water lines ruptured during repairs and tests showed the by Stein was contaminated. Maintenance workers had to repair the broken line and finish repair work the had begun before the lines could but flushed out As part of their testing health official found that serious sewage contaminate by existed in the water in the Barracks o Danner Cavern. A. Kendall said there were no reports o anyone getting sick because of the prob Lem. Army no sentenced for molesting girl Mannheim Germany a amps a an army sergeant has been sentenced to 33 months in Jaik for molesting an 8-year-, old girl court documents show. Sgt. William c. Richards 30, of the 97th signal in in Mannheim pleaded guilty to committing indecent acts by forcing the girl to touch him in january according to documents released by the 21st theater army area come. He was tried at a general court martial in Mannheim last week. As part of a plea bargain the wire systems installer team chief was also reduced to the lowest enlisted Grade or dered to forfeit $100 a month for 3/ months and received a bad conduct discharge. A Richards from Elpaso Texas had been in the army More than