European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a the stars and stripes tuesday september 17,1991 Markus Wolf one of the West s most wanted spies who headed East Germany s intelligence service has been tracked Down and questioned in Vienna Austria. See Story on Page 8. New party called for a commission formed by a prominent feminist group has urged the creation of an alternative political party saying that republicans and democrats Are beset by Quot corruption greed and hypocrisy Quot and have Bank opted America. A Page 4 panel blames teachers if students Are dummies at science and math Don t blame the kids a panel of scientists and educators says. Of cos Are their teachers Aren t qualified. A Page 5 elderly suicides up rates of suicide by americans 65 and older jumped 21 percent Between 1980 and 1986, rising 42 percent for Black men and 23 percent for White men a Federal study says. A Page 6 cigarettes a hot item smuggling cigarettes from the United states into Canada has become a $500 million a year business according to officials. A Page 7 britons get free trips relatives of the 34 British service members killed in the persian Gulf left London on sunday for an All expense paid trip to the United states. A Page 9 big Bucks for new kids new kids on the Block have knocked Bill Cosby out of the no. 1 spot on Forbes list of the world s richest entertainers with projected earnings of $115 million. A Page 17 Index i Abby Ann Landers 20 comics.18-20 commentary.13 letters.12 Money matters.17 sports.21-28 to listings .27 weather.11 Subic from Page 1 United states to pay the Philippines $203 million annually to keep its ships and 7,000 personnel at Subic for 10 More years. Senators said the Money was inadequate. . Officials already have decided to give up Park a 50 Miles North of Manila because of damage caused by the june eruptions of mount Pinatubo. Agreement was reached earlier to close four smaller bases three of which were handed Over monday. The bases lost some of their strategic importance following the end of the cold War. New  cooperation following the failed hard line coup in Kremlin further lessened their importance. Senators opposed to the agreement said they wanted Good relations with Washington but believed the agreement was unconstitutional provided no firm Aid guarantees and infringed on sovereignty. Quot today we have summoned the political will to stand up and end 470 years of foreign military presence Here in the Philippines a Senate president Jovito Salonga said. A we want Friendship with the United states a said majority Leader Teofisto Guingona who opposed the agreement. A but we do not want  supporters said the Philippines should not turn its Back on the United states the largest trading partner at a time when the country faces an economic crisis caused by the mount Pinatubo eruptions which forced the americans to abandon Clark. A to repudiate this treaty is to repudiate 100 years of shared experience a pro bases sen. John Osmena said. The closure of Subic would Mark the end of an Era of . Military presence on the islands that began in the last Century. The United states captured Subic during the Spanish Ameri can War in 1898. Aquino promises to overturn the decision by Quot people Power a the popular support that ousted Ferdinand Marcos in 1986 and propelled her into Power. But most of those who spearheaded that uprising have broken with her on the bases Issue including five former Cabinet members and her own brother in Law sen. Agapito a a Butzu Aquino. To hold a referendum the government would have to collect 3 million signatures which is 10 percent of the county s 30 million registered voters. The government has not spelled out its strategy in detail but it appeared that filipinos would not vote directly on the lease agreement. Instead they would be asked whether they approved the Senate a decision. Aquino said the referendum would probably be held Between mid december and March. If voters endorse the bases treaty rejection of the Senate vote would return the Issue to the Senate for reconsideration most Likely putting a final decision in the hands of the new government and Congress to be elected in May. Politicians including former Marcos supporters have endorsed the referendum plan in order to exploit the american presence As an Issue in the National election. Legal experts say the referendum could be challenged in court at virtually every step. Even opponents concede the country cannot provide jobs for the thousands of people whose livelihood depends on the american military. The communist dominated National democratic front warned that any move to extend the . Presence would endanger a cease fire declared last week by the communist rebels. The Navy does not maintain any warships permanently at Subic. But it provides logistical and repair support for 7th Fleet vessels operating in the Western Pacific and Indian Ocean. A fraternity in  As Pentagon budgets shrink and the superpower balance shifts change is inevitable. A Quarter of the air forces men and women Are being Cut to about 450.000 in five years. There were 904,000 air Force personnel at its last Peak during the Vietnam War. The Basic building blocks of the tactical fighter Force a its so called air wings a will be Cut from 36 to 26, and the number of bases is expected to be reduced severely. Five bases Are being closed with More in the offing. Under Mcpeake a plan a a general rather than a colonel will be in charge on All of the services 45 largest bases in particular those with 4.000 or More personnel. A Overall the number of major commands will be reduced from 13 to 10. _ a a gradual consolidation of the two major attack forces a the strategic air come at Offutt fab neb., and the tac air come at Langley fab a. A is in the offing. Other changes include the creation of an air Force intelligence come and the deactivation of the electronic Security come based at Kelly fab Texas. A merger of the systems come based at Andrews fab md., and the logistics come at Wright Patterson fab Ohio into the air Force Materiel come at Wright Patterson has already begun. The new organization will be in charge of managing the services weapons systems. Other changes that Are in store a new a composite wings will Combine different kinds of aircraft under a single commander to take on a variety of missions. Such Wing Are being put together at Andrews fab near Washington and at Seymour Johnson fab in North Carolina. One wine slated for Idaho s Mountain Home fab has been dubbed an a intervention Wing and will include f-15 fighter jets b-52 bombers Kc-10 fuel cars and airborne warning and control system aircraft. Based on the Pentagon a expectation that far Flung third world flare  will be the major military Challenge of the future a we want something that can leave quickly do some damage and return safely a a senior air Force officer said. A an entire level of the air forces organization a the air divisions a is being eliminated. A staffs will be pared in the services 14 numbered air Force units where combat and Day to Day operations rather than administrative duties will be emphasized. The commanding generals will be urged to Don flight suits instead of their Blue uniforms when they walk the Tarmac. Generals from Page 1 on the changes until after the plan is officially unveiled. A spokesman for the european come said the matter was an air Force Issue and would be better addressed by Safe. Otherwise he had no comment Mcpeak a 55-year-old four Star general who flew 269 combat missions in a one year tour of duty in Vietnam still jumps into the cockpit of an f-15 Jet to keep his qualifications up to Date. And despite the Praise garnered by the air Force for its performance in operation desert storm Mcpeak insists the service cannot rest on its laurels. He has argued that the reorganization is a Way to improve the combat Power of the service As it is forced to become a leaner less bureaucratic organization. The overhaul also is designed to decentralize authority putting More responsibility in the hands of local commanders and Crew chiefs. A one base one Wing one Bossy is the motto used to describe part of the process that Mcpeak Hopes will help the service shed an image of arrogance and free spending. Critics have derided the service As a Dod from Page 1 soviet weapons plants to assess the military establishment s ability to convert production to civilian goods. Senior american and soviet officers have regularly exchanged visits since 1989, As relations improved and the fall of communist governments in Eastern Europe rapidly thawed cold War tension. In the weeks since the coup defense Secretary Dick Cheney has congratulated his new soviet counterpart. Marshal Yevgeny i. Shaposhnikov and invited him to visit Washington. And the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff Gen. Colin l. Powell has written his new counterpart Gen. Vladimir Lobov to reaffirm the United states commitment to the military exchanges. Quot to help you Deal with your internal problems we stand ready to assist a Powell told a group of senior soviet officers visiting Harvard University last week. A these internal problems Are of course yours to resolve. Only you can devise the proper course of action and execute it. No one can do that for you. But we Here in the West Are All ready to  How much direct assistance the Pentagon can provide though remains in  from Page 1 Ter was preceded by a mortar barrage and was repulsed said the statement. It added that several of the shells had struck the nearby Hospital and residential buildings near the Barracks. A croatian defense spokesman said he had no information on possible injuries although Hospital patients had been moved to bomb shelters earlier. Elsewhere in Osisek an air raid alarm sounded monday morning and about 10 fires burned out of control Media and the defense ministry reported. An air raid Siren also wailed Zagreb. Meanwhile in Hungary defense ministry spokesman col. Gyoergy Keleti said there was intensive air activity along the yugoslav hungarian Border. He said that three yugoslav air Force jets crossed into hungarian airspace monday morning and that they fired two air to ground rockets at yugoslav targets near the Border. It was unclear what if anything was hit. A spokesman for the hungarian embassy in Belgrade said hungarian forces had not been involved in any engagements with yugoslav jets