European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes sunday May -12, 1991 at a glance Gen. Colin Powell Waves to Well wishers during Chicago s persian Gulf Welcome Home Parade. See Story on Page 4. Mandatory gun checks Senate majority Leader George Mitchell wants the Brady Bill changed to require background checks of handgun purchasers. A Page 4 right to die Case ruling an elderly California Man who says he Only helped his terminally ill wife commit suicide is acquitted of murder charges. A Page 5 instructor dismissed Stanford University has dismissed a computer science instructor who had advocated drug use and boasted of carrying drugs in his Backpack on Campus. Page 6 cops wont  the los Angeles county grand jury wraps up its work on the Rodney King beating without lodging indictments against any of the 17 officers who watched. A Page 7 pm a a a Lay Down your arms soviet troops withdrew from an armenian Village after firing warning shots from tanks and helicopters following unrest in the town. A Page 8 fascism could Rise three University professors predict the growth of fascism in Europe and the Middle East and one said that even the United states might not escape. A Page 9 Yugoslavia travel off americans Are not vacationing in Yugoslavia for fear that it might soon erupt in civil War. A Page 15 Index Abby Ann Landers. 14 commentary. 13 letters. 12 Money matters. 15-17 sports 18-24 weather. ______11 other services adopt army a officer Early retirement plan by Janet Howells Tierney Washington Bureau Washington a an army program that allows some officers to retire Early has been picked up by the other services Pentagon officials said Friday. Under the program air Force Navy and Marine officers Are being encouraged to retire arid separate Early in an Effort to reduce the Impact of future Force cuts the officials said. It gives air Force and Marine colonels and lieutenant colonels and Navy captains and commanders the Chance to retire at their current rank after Only two years time in Grade. Previously the requirement was three years in Grade. Officers in All career Fields Are eligible except those in medical specialities. How Ever the Pentagon has limited the Early retirements to 2 percent of each services total number of 1991 officer authorizations Tor each Grade. The air Force for example estimates that the shortened time in Grade requirement will make about 347 air Force lieutenant colonels eligible for the program. It could accept Early retirements from As Many As 234 and still maintain adequate personnel Levels officials said. The Navy can allow up to 145 commanders and the marines 32 lieutenant colonels to retire Early officials said. Another feature of the program allows Early retirement for officers who have prior enlisted service and at least eight years of commissioned time. In the past those with enlisted service could not re Tirc until they had completed 10. Years As commissioned officers. The services Hope the voluntary program will limit the number of members who will be forced out because of upcoming  by encouraging voluntary retirements we can limit selective Early retirements to about 400 a year a said  adm. Mike Boorda the chief of naval personnel. Earlier this year the Navy retired More than 400 captains and commanders in the first selective Early retirement Board convened by that service. Another Navy Board meets in december. This past december the air Force selective Early retirement Board picked about 700 colonels and lieutenant colonels for involuntary Early retirement. Of hoping to avoid extensions Washington a amps the air Force has decided to hold off until june 15 on a decision that would extend 9,000 personnel in overseas assignments. The flying service announced in March that it would be forced to extend some overseas Tours through september because its personnel accounts lacked the $104 million needed to pay for the transfers. At the same time the service requested permission from Congress by March 31 to shift the needed funds from other accounts to avoid extending the personnel overseas. However lawmakers still have not acted on the request so the air Force has decided to give Congress until june 15. A final decision will be made at that time officials said. More than. 18,000 air Force personnel a those overseas and their replacements now serving in the United states a who Friendly greetings first lady Barbara Bush watches while president Bush lifts 2-year-old Shahid Watson Iii after the couple arrived Friday at Mcguire fab in new Jersey. The boys father Shahid Watson or. Was honoured by the president for anti drug work in Trenton n.j., in december 1989. Are due to Transfer Between july i and sept. 30, would be affected if the funding shift is not approved. A while there is no guarantee reprogramming will be approved we done to see any major roadblocks a said maj. Gen. Billy j. Boles the commander of the air Force military personnel Center. A by delaying the Extension decision we Are giving the department of defense and Congress time to work the  service planned for entomologist Heidelberg. Germany a memorial service will be held May 24 for a . Army Europe civilian employee who died last month. Luie c. Stover died april 28 of a suspected heart attack while participating in a vol Smarch at Meckenheim Southeast of Heidelberg military Community officials said. He was 48. His funeral was held in Portland Maine his Hometown. Stover came to Heidelberg in 1987 As a staff entomologist in the Usa eur engineers environmental Branch. He was listed in the american registry of professional entomologists of the entomological society of America. Stover is survived by his wife Norma and four children. Ellen Greg Erika and Mark. The memorial service is scheduled for noon at the Mark Twain Village Chapel. Attacks against poles by germans injure 5 Warsaw Poland up in a series of recent incidents five poles have been injured in attacks by germans on German territory the polish news Media reported saturday. Three polish workers on contract in the town of Zeitz in Central Germany were hospitalized after being beaten by eight germans wielding Metal tubes. The polish workers were attacked outside the hotel in which they were staying according to the Wycie Warszawa daily. In a separate incident a polish tourist required medical attention after he was.beat-, in and robbed of documents and Money by three German youths Wycie reported. And in other incidents reported by the polish news Agency Pap a polish tourist suffered head injuries Friday night after about a dozen Young germans armed with knives Sticks and chains attacked his car in the Border cite of Gorlitz