European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday August 31, 1991 the stars and stripes c Page 3bush, major finish fruitful talks Kennebunkport Maine Asp president Bush and British prime minister John major finished their visit Friday with Bush lauding their common approach on the soviet crisis and saying he believes their consultations a have been  major praised Bush for his leadership during the global crises of the past year saying the West has a been in very Safe hands  major his wife and two teen age children left the walkers Point compound by helicopter Friday morning on the first leg of a trip Back to London. He departs sunday to meet with soviet leaders before heading to Hong Kong and China. The three Day visit had been scheduled As a primarily social occasion but the dramatic events inside the soviet Union added importance to the two leaders talks at Bush a Home and aboard his speedboat Fidelity. A i Hope the major family a gotten a Little rest a Bush said. A a in a afraid though we be done an awful lot of business Here talking about the  the two leaders exchanged the totems of their National pastimes with Bush getting an Orange handled Cricket Bat and major taking Home a Louisville slugger baseball Bat. Quot major joked that americans ignorance of Cricket was a one Small defects in the Anglo american relationship. A we Hope we can encourage you to add to the Golf the swimming the fishing the Tennis in any spare time you have with a Little Cricket a major cracked. The Cricket Bat was signed by a championship English team. A you can to escape without a retaliatory gift a said Bush pulling out the baseball Bat. A give it a whirl and May your life be Safe without curve balls and mine free of  googles Are Cricket tosses with a wicked spin. Major also gave Bush an engraved Book marking the 50th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. The two leaders agreed thursday that they cannot ignore the soviet unions economic distress but said they first need better information on the troubled superpowers needs. A we can to dictate the ending of what is happening in the soviet Union but neither Are we Mere spectators a major told a news conference. On sunday major will Fly to Moscow where he plans talks with soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev russian federation president Boris Yeltsin and leaders of the Baltic republics the first to Bolt the unravelling Union. Bush urged the soviet leaders a not to stand against. The winds of this inevitable change and to Grant the Baltic their Freedom. If the supreme soviet legislature docs not act by monday White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said the White House will make its own decision about recognizing the Baltic. Dod Hopes freeze produces Job cuts by Janet Howells Tierney Washington Bureau Washington a the Pentagon must reduce its civilian work Force by More than 45,000 to meet budgeted goals for fiscal 1992. But officials Are optimistic that the current hiring freeze of appropriated fund civilians will accomplish that goal. As of july 1,048,155 civilians were working full time and part time for the defense department a civilian personnel policy spokesman said. That figure does not include workers with the army corps of engineers or schoolteachers who were on summer recess. But it does include foreign nationals and a Large number of summer hires said the spokesman who requested anonymity. That figure is also below the goal for the end of the current fiscal year which is 1,051,720. The fiscal year ends sept. 30. Originally scheduled to last until sept. 30, 1990, the freeze has been extended three times and now is scheduled to expire sept. 30. Overall officials seem pleased with the Way the 19-month-old hiring freeze is working. One Pentagon source said the freeze Nas worked much better than officials had anticipated. But Pentagon civilian personnel policy officials Are now studying what changes if any to recommend in the freeze for the upcoming fiscal year which begins oct. 1. A was of july we were under the year end goal a the spokesman said. A we would be even further under the goal if we factored in the Large number of sum Mer hires that will be leaving and the smaller number of teachers who will return in  to reach the defense departments budgeted goal of 1,002,859 by the end of fiscal 1992, the civilian work Force must be trimmed by 45,296. The freeze was put in place by defense Secretary Dick Cheney on Jan. 11, 1990, to save Money and to begin trimming the civilian work Force in anticipation of Overall reduced personnel Levels throughout the defense department. The defense department modified the hiring freeze in March to allow a limited number of new workers to come on Board. In a memo to senior Pentagon and service officials Deputy defense Secretary Donald Atwood authorized Agency managers to hire two new employees for every five vacancies. Exemptions to the freeze include those civilian employees hired for jobs in saudi Arabia overseas schoolteachers and commissary workers As Well As Mission essential employees in jobs related to health safety or Security. Internal transfers Are also allowed. Additionally civilians May be hired to fill positions that Are essential to implement the july 1989 defense management report which consolidates or reorganizes various agencies to reduce spending and increase efficiency. Also exempt Are positions participating in the Bush administrations National drug control strategy. The freeze does not apply to non appropriated fund employees who Are paid from non tax  around an australian sergeant major in Sydney wearing a big red nose inspects his troops also wearing red noses. Friday was a red nose Day a and people countrywide wore costume noses to help publicize a Campaign to raise funds to finance research of sudden infant death . Protests iraqi Island foray Washington a the state department has protested to the iraqi government an incident in which iraqi  landed on a kuwaiti Island to scavenge for abandoned ammunition a spokesman said Friday. Deputy press Secretary Richard Boucher said protests were lodged with iraqi diplomats in Washington and new York. In the incident kuwaiti warplanes Sank an iraqi gunboat and coast guard units captured 46 disguised iraqi soldiers who landed on Babiyan Island. The clash erupted wednesday. Kuwaiti coastal forces intercepted five fishing boats loaded with ammunition As they started to leave the Island sources said. . Secretary general Javier p6rez do Cuellar called the incident a a very serious  backs plan to curb youth violence by Gary Pomeroy staff writer a Frankfurt military Community official expressed optimism Friday at the City a willingness to help solve the problem of youth violence. About 80 people including americans germans and turks attended a meeting thursday that kicked off a Campaign Community members Are calling Stop the violence. Community officials have said such cooperation is crucial to solving the problem. There was a a wide willingness to get Down to do some work on the problem a said Glen Pitts the political adviser for the Frankfurt military Community. A this was probably the critical meeting As to whether the local Community will support this  during the meeting which was chaired by Pitts and two German City parliament members the group reviewed incidents that happened during the past couple of years a that make us think that we have a problem with youth violence a Pitts said. One such incident occurred in october 1990, when a group of foreign youths chased several american youths to the platen housing activities Center stormed the facility and smashed several windows. Last Spring German police stopped a group of about 40 German and turkish youths armed with curtain rods and Sticks with protruding nails who were preparing to attack american youths leaving Frankfurt Middle school. A a the discussion confirmed that our image of what the violence is and who a doing it was pretty much accurate a Pitts said. A also confirmed was that there a less violence going on this year than there was last  much of the violence in the past has involved turkish youths but Only two turkish people attended the meeting. A i think part of the problem is that the turkish and other mideastern natives in the City Arentt organized a Pitts said. A a there a no address you can Send an invitation to get representatives to  one of the turkish people attending was a youth Leader named Attila Yersok from the turkish Volks Haus a 25-Ycar-old organization in Bockenheim a District of Frankfurt. A the quite specifically said that he very much supports the initiative and he volunteered his and his organizations support a Pitts said. A a we re going to definitely take him up on  the violence tends to increase at the beginning and end of the school year Pitts said. A a it a probably too soon to Tell what will happen this school year. The americans made several proposals beginning with Volunteer youth leaders discussing the causes of the violence with the youths and possibly arranging discussions Between the groups. Other proposals included soccer and basketball games cultural awareness training in schools for youths and parents music workshops for local Talent and jail Tours for first time violence related offenders. No future meeting has been set but Pitts said a the next critical thing that has to happen is for the groups to respond to the