European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 8, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday june 8, 1991 at a glance Power shopper Cathy Cox sits among some of her purchases from a trip to England. See Story on Page 14, a. Unemployment hits 6.9% the nations unemployment rate jumped to 6.9 percent in May As an. Other 370.000 a americans were added to jobless Rolls. A a a a a. A Quot. A page4 a secret no longer Northrop corp. Has been working in total secrecy for five years on a $15.1 billion program to develop the nations most advanced stealth missile the Pentagon disclosed. A a a. A Page.5 a town files for bankruptcy the City of Bridgeport conn., is seeking Protection from creditors under chapter 9 of the i Federal bankruptcy  a a a. A /. V. A Page 6. Pope warns of lust sex Pope John Paul ii cautioned his polish countrymen that returning to european culture after decades of communism does not mean indulging in lust and  Page 8 a miniature Library Texas researchers Are developing a computer memory system that could store the contents of thousands of books in a piece of material the size of a scrabble tile. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers 19 action line. 16 comics 19 -20-21 commentary. 13 crossword. .19 letters a. .12 Money matters. 17 22-28 to listings. 22 weather. 11 by the stars and stripes soldiers generally support new army regulations announced wednesday  on soldiers with weight and drug problems saying the new rules will help prepare soldiers for the Rigours of com Hal a the better fit they Are the better they la be Able to handle the stresses of their Job or. Combat a a said capt. Kevin Bostick,.with the 7lsi Maint in of the 2nd corps support come in Firth  to the new army policies soldiers in tire army weight control program who done to meet the Standard of i Osing three to eight pounds per month and who have no medical reason for their condition will be separated or receive a bar to re enlistment. A also soldiers who fail to Complete the army a drug and alcohol rehabilitation treatment program will be separated. After winning the Battles of the Gulf War Many . Soldiers in Europe Are storming gyms to Fig lit another merciless enemy fat. A a  them is Bostick .31, who Learned about Job and combat stresses during several months in i saudi Arabia. The 6-foot-4-Inch, 200-Pound maintenance officer likes to keep to a strict workout regimen. But when he returned from a Long tour in the desert it took him a month to get Back into shape he said the daily regimen of guard duty Mission duty and Iff tic sleep left no Tiricio to shape up. A those people who were out of shape when they went to saudi came Back even More so because they  do workouts regularly a a lie said during his second 45-minute stint on an exercise bicycle at the gym at William o. Darby Cavern where he works out at least six Days a week. Nearby. Spec. Christian Ritter agreed that his four months in the persian Gulf taught him that being in shape was critical. A if has to do Willi run Tjing. Concealing. Yourself a said Ritter of the 240th Supply and service co 2nd corps support come. A when you re out of breath you can to get away. Carrying the weight of combat gear the enemy can catch up with  a a a Pic. Andre Crews of d co 63rd signal in Brynie Haven Germany said out of shape soldiers Are a liability for their units in wartime. A it was obvious when we were in saudi Arabia a he said. A if we were under at tack and had to run for shelter and if somebody  run it would have been a liability for the rest of  / sgt. George Jones with the. Same unit said the new standards should have been applied a Long time ago because he saw soldiers in saudi Arabia who a could no to even run a mile without getting  spec. Emilio Menchaca who is 5-foot 2 inches tall and weighs 138 pounds said he has no  soldiers. A before overweight soldiers always found loopholes. They should be kicked out As Well a said Manchaca with the 240th Supply and service co 2nd corps support come in Firth. A a we begot alot. Of senior cos on profiles medical a discs who can to walk let alone  one Soldier getting ready for a run in front of the Furth gym said that he did no to agree with the new policy. A some soldiers done to have a Chance to work out a said staff sgt. Louie Hopson who currently holds a paperwork Job with the area installation coordinators office. Although Hopson runs regularly he said a lot of his soldiers spend Many hours driving vehicles. Some soldiers believe the new regulations Are simply an excuse to Cut Down the size of the army. A a we re not there to Stop a Bullet anymore a said sgt. Clara Spraggins he he Dot ., military Community activity Neu Ulm Germany. A they say the . Wont be the 911 emergency Telephone number for. The it world. They done to need us to fight anymore. They re looking for Little reasons to Send us  Quot others said they hoped the hew regulations would be applied fairly to both officers and enlistees. A a i Hope it la be fair. I still see a lot of officers that Are overweight a said capt. Victor Addison 39th trans in Rhine ordnance Barracks Kaiserslautern Germany. A i Hope they re not just targeting the cos and soldiers but some of the officers As  / Quot. Soldiers who find it difficult to lose weight can get help from nutritionists and weight reduction programs located most bases said capt Leonard on Starks with the 2nd general Hospital in Lan Stuhl Germany. A we can Tell people How to use proper techniques to lose weight and teach them to change behaviour so they can maintain weight a said Starks a dietician who has helped run weight reduction programs in Europe. A a some soldiers May try to use Quick fixes. Including taking laxatives to achieve their. Required weight he said. Instead a dietician can tailor a program to each individual that includes nutrition information Cherrise and behaviour modification techniques. The program is geared  bad habits and allow soldiers to gradually and permanently lower their weight. A generally As dieticians we recommend people try to lose one to two pounds a week. That a a Safe weight loss a Starks said. A a a  contributing to this a tide Statt writers Effic Battien in Numberg. Germany Ken Clauson in Bremerhaven Ger Many Lynda Davidson in Kaiserslautern Germany and. David Tarrant in Darmstadt. Germany. Copenhagen. Denmark a nato leaders Frida ended talks on reshaping the military Alliance endorsing  with former soviet bloc adversaries but making no plans to offer them membership. The 16-nation Alliance also said it would not accept any a coercion or intimidation against the emerging democracies of Eastern Europe but it did not spell out what it would do to enforce the declaration. Both nato and former Warsaw pact officials have privately expressed concern that hard liners could regain Power in the soviet Union and. Seek to reestablish control Over Eastern Europe. But nato officials Friday denied the declaration was aimed at the soviets. A Quot we be had two hot wars and one cold War in this Century All of which 1 think it is fair to say started in Eastern Europe a Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii fold a Post Summit news conference. A so its understandable that we want to Tak about the importance of avoiding instability and to secure against the dangers of unpredictability a said Baker. The two Day Summit also stressed plans for a greater european role in the pact after . Forces Are reduced As part of natos Post cold War strategy. The nato leaders Are scheduled to meet in Rome nov. 7-8 to formally approve a new military and political Structure after four decades of superpower rivalry. Former Warsaw pact members notably Czechoslovakia have urged the Western Alliance to help protect former East bloc nations. A your own Security is inseparably linked to that of All other states in Europe a the ministers said in a statement. To to . For some family members correction the stars and stripes was provided an inaccurate account number for the memorial fund in Honor of Aleisha Ortez. Flip Correct account number at Quot merchants Bank in Darmstadt is 27-276770. Was11ington a amps a the policy that gives some family members a onetime military flight Back to the United states without their sponsor ends june. 15, a military Airlift come spokes Nan said thursday. Since mid december family members of troops deployed to the. Middle East for operation desert shield storm have received space available priority on military aircraft said air Force sgt Mark Johnson with the military. Airlift come at Scott apr 111. The. Ltd icy Lias not been extended to families of those deployed for operation provide Comfort Johnson said. The priority granted to desert shield storm families is equivalent to what is Given to those an emergency morale leave. Command sponsored families Are eligible for space available travel for a round trip flight during the time of their sponsors deployment the policy states. I however non con Imand sponsored families of deployed service members Are Only allowed a one Way military bight from the overseas installation to die United states a. Units must provide paperwork for the military Airlift come to allow families the privilege on a one time basis. The government does not guarantee scats on military aircraft for flights Back to overseas installations officials stressed. A. A military flights from the United states usually have few open seats for space available fliers Thuv said. Usa eur to Cut its work Force Heidelberg Germany a amps a . Army Europe expects to Cut its appropriated fund work Force by about 9,000 employees by october 1993, a command spokesman said Friday. At the end of 1990, the army command had 61,000 appropriated fund workers. By october 1993 that figure is expected to drop to 52,000 because of troop reductions said spokesman Jim Boyle. Nearly 8,000 of the positions being eliminated by the end of fiscal year 1992 Are held by local National workers in Germany. About 350 of the jobs Are held by local nationals in other european countries where the army has bases