European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday May 1-1, 1991 at a glance Harry Shannon tries on a pair of tyrannosaurus Rex legs and feet during preparations for the a world of dinosaurs exhibit which opens sunday in  Marks the spot. Nasa researchers believe they. Have found the precise location of the meteor Impact that Many scientists say triggered the extinction of dinosaurs. A a a Page 4bailout blues the Bush administration and top banking regulators Are warning Congress that a ban on protecting uninsured deposits during future Bank bailouts risks shattering Confidence in the financial system a Page 5�?~no one would believe the woman who claims William Kennedy Smith raped her told police she had a harrowing night in which she was overpowered assaulted cursed and told that no one would believe her if she cried . _ Page 7rewarding vacations the . Army Europe this week began rewarding soldiers involved in military action in the persian Gulf with free three Day bavarian vacations a Page 9index Abby Ann Landers i i a a 19 action line. A a a # it 16 comics 19-20 �21 commentary. A a a a a 13 crossword. 19 letters. A a a a 12 Money matters. A a a a. 17 sports a. .22 -28 weather. 11 correction because of an editing error an article thursday inaccurately attributed information to officials with the air forces office of special investigations. The article about an attempted sexual attack said a description of the Man being sought in the incident was similar to that of the Long sought a a a town  os1 officials however did not make the comparison. Galvin says Croton rejection very serious strategic mistake7 by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a the top . Commander in Europe warned Friday that the United states would regret not building a new air base at Croton Italy. Gen John Galvin s remarks came two Days after the House armed services committee voted to continue a ban on . Funds for the project. Galvin and other senior defense department. Officials have repeatedly stressed the importance of the new base which they say is crucial to maintaining a viable american presence on natos volatile Southern flank. A a it would be a very serious strategic mistake Quot not to build the base Galvin said at a breakfast meeting with reporters Friday a a if you look where we be had problems Over the past few years that have required deploying forces they Veall been around the Southern Region of nato Galvin said. A a Croton sits dead Center in that Region. If we miss this Chance to build it we will regret it in years to  base is meant to House the 401st tac fighter Wing which must leave its current Home at Torrejon a Spain by the end of this year at the direction of the Spanish government. A your position All along has been not to build the base band we re staying with that a said rep. Pat Schroeder d-colo., who Heads the House armed services military installations subcommittee. A a Croton  be ready before 1995,�?� she said. A in the meantime the air Force is about to move the planes from Torrejon to other bases in Europe. They might As Well stay at those bases. Croton has been a divisive budget Issue since its inception. Many lawmakers walked Over its original $900 million Price lag and the . Share of that Bill a almost $500 million. Two years ago Congress capped the . Share at $360 million but subset que tit legislation led to the current ban on spending any . Funds on Croton. Galvin said the air Force has scaled Back its base construction plan to the Point where upfront costs to the United states would be about $188 million. �?o1 can to think of a better bargain in terms of . And Alliance Security a he said. It but the committee is unmoved. A a it a not something we need Quot Schroeder said. A in terms of moving air Power quickly to the , Germany is Only a Little further away than  one committee staffer said the air forces new plan does not include what could be substantial housing costs at Cro tone because the plan now Calls for Leas ing rather than buying that housing. A when you consider the inflation rate in Italy which costs us an Arm and a leg with. Leased facilities at other locations there housing at Croton could still end up costing a bundle even if we Don t have. To pay for it upfront a the staffer Aid. On other base issues the committee took action to help Correct problems at another italian a cation the Navy Community in Naples. Rep. Martin Lancaster . Who Heads the committee s morale welfare and recreation panel lambasted the Quality of life of that base following a recent visit to Europe the Bill would provide an extra $5 million to prevent cutback or elimination of stuck by Chuck Vinch. Washington Bureau. Washington the House armed services committee dealt two blows to the Bush administration wednesday by crafting legislation to sharply  for the b-2 bomber and the strategic defense initiative. In approving a $291 billion fiscal 1992 defense authorization Bill the committee followed a pattern that it has developed in recent years of paring strategic programs and fun cling the Money to conventional weapons. The panel voted to Cut $1.6 billion from the Pentagon a sol request of $5.2 billion. The Money would have funded research and development of the a Brilliant pebbles space based defense which Calls for putting 1,000 missile killing rockets into orbit. In addition to breaching the current anti ballistic missile. Treaty with the soviet Union Brilliant pebbles would not protect against the kind of massive attack the soviets could launch said rep. Les Aspin d-wis., committee chairman. A More Likely scenarios Are threats from third world nations against our troops abroad or our allies or accidental launches a Aspin said. A we need a shakeup in the ski program to focus it of threats in the near term while continuing research on breakthroughs that might really defend us against nuclear  the committee rejected an attempt by Republican members to restore full funding for ski by a vote of 25-18 that was almost exclusively along party lines. The committee voted to Cut the Pentagon a entire $3.2 billion request for procurement of More b-2 bombers which would Cap the number of planes to be built at 15. A to the extent that an argument can be made for a conventional role for the b-2, the 15 already authorized arc enough a Aspin said. A budget constraints arid the combined capabilities of other conventional and strategic systems make More b 2s unnecessary a the Bill a ski and b-2 votes angered committee republicans including rep. Bill Dickinson of Alabama the ranking minority member. A this Bill now has no coherent strategic modernization plan a Dickinson said. A at this rate the soviets wont have to wait to negotiate strategic arms reductions with us because we Are unilaterally disarming ourselves right now.�?�. In conventional systems the committee added $445 million to finance up grades for theml Al Battle tank and the Bradley fighting vehicle. Two other conventional systems that fared Well in the Bill were the f-14d fighter and the v-22 tilt Rotor transport which defense Secretary Dick Cheney has been trying to kill for two years Cheney says those systems Are no longer needed but the committee added $606 million in funds for 12 f-14ds and $625 million for research and development on three prototype v-22s. The Pentagon a procurement request for the c-17 transport was Cut by $102 million but the committee approved $1.6 billion for development of the air Force advanced tactical fighter lawmakers met the Pentagon requests for 48 Fa-18 fighters one sea Wolf submarine 48 f-16 fighters 891 Omraam air to air missiles 236 Tomahawk cruise missiles 60 uh-60 Blackhawk helicopters and 20 ch-53 super stallion helicopters. Programs that arc needed a to Cope with the High Cost of living High crime rates inadequate transportation and poor facilities a in Naples. The committee Bill also would put on hold almost All the Pentagon s construction plans for Europe which were skeletal to begin with compared to previous years. A we just done to have a Clear picture of where the military is going with its Force Structure and personnel Levels in Europe a Schroeder said. The committee voted to defer construction until defense Secretary Dick Cheney outlines How Many . Personnel will be in Europe As of sept. 30, 1995, and where they will be based. A Galvin acknowledged that future Force Structure plans for Europe Are still being drawn up. A a we re not anywhere near the end of the Road a he said. The Pentagon requested $62 million for 14 construction projects in Europe for fiscal 1992, far less than in previous years even though a we Are at the disaster level in terms of continuing to support the installations we have now a Galvin said. A a the Only european locations to apparently survive the construction budget As in the committee Bill Are Raf moles Worth England and the naval air station at Simonella Sicily. A the Pentagon had requested $15,6 million for a a joint analysis Center Quot at Molesworth and $12.2 million for an engine maintenance shop upgrade and a new operations control Center at Simonella. The committee Bill is Only the first Hur die of the lengthy budget process. The full House will now debate it while the Senate armed services committee Anc the full Senate will follow the same pro Cess with their own version of the defense authorization Bill. A conference committee will ther meet to reconcile differences in the twi versions. When a Compromise Bill is accepted by the full House and Senate i will go to president Bush to sign into Law. Ins exercise in ionian sea Naples Italy a amps a a major military exercise involving nine nato nations began Friday in the ionian sea. Dragon Hammer scheduled to continue until May 22, includes land air and sea forces of Britain France Greece Italy Portugal Spain and the United states. More than 30 warships will participate in various phases of dragon Hammer including an amphibious Landing at Capo Eulada Sardinia. Italian portuguese and Spanish units also will exercise in Northern Italy. France and Spain do not belong to natos military Structure but Are is porting dragon Hammer As part of the Normal training relations with their Allu the exercise is under the command . Adm Jonathan t. Howe Alii forces Southern Europe command whose Headquarters is in Naples