European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 20, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday september 20,1991 at a glance president Bush leads a group hiking Down the Kaibab Trail into the grand Canyon. Bash is the first president to visit the Canyon in 50 years and the first to hike in Side. See Story on Page 4.hughes overcharged of the top Pentagon auditor at Hughes aircraft has asserted that the aerospace company overcharged the air Force on development of the b-2 bomber s radar system. A Page 5whistle-Blower blasted Stanford University asked the Navy to remove the Man who oversees federally funded research at the school and blew the whistle on Stanford s overfilling scandal. A Pago 6u.s. Poverty worse a new study says the United states has More poverty and is less Able to Cope with it than any of the major industrialized democracies of the Western world. A Page 7yeltsin a slightly ill russian president Boris Yeltsin cancelled appearances for a second Day because he was a slightly ill Quot and resting at Home. A Page 8wolf facing extradition former East German spy chief Markus Wolf will return soon to Germany to answer charges of espionage. A Page 9soviet Grain Aid promised Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady and Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan promised to deliver Grain credits Early to help the soviet people get through the Winter. A Page 17 Index i  Abby Ann Landers 19 comics. 19-21 commentary. 13 letters. .12 Money matters. 17 sports. 22-28 to listings. .27 weather. .11 Impact of of s consolidation in Europe remains unclear Ramstein a Germany a amps a it is too Early to say How the planned merger of three major air Force commands will affect people and units in Europe a . Air forces in Europe spokesman said wednesday. A anything wed say would be pure speculation a Doug Moore said. The command has not received specific direction from air Force Headquarters he said on the services plans to revamp the military Airlift come strategic air come and tac air come into two. One of the two new organizations would focus on combat Power. The other would handle transportation and Airlift. Another change in the air forces proposed reorganization would take some general officers out of staff jobs and put them Back on the flight line. The air Force has not identified specific slots for generals to be returned to flying duty. At this time however six of 15 generals assigned to air Force operations in Europe must keep their fighter Pilot ratings current Moore said. To maintain their qualifications the generals must Fly 30 sorties every six months. They have to undergo a Check ride meaning that they Are accompanied by another Pilot who observes them every 17 months Moore said. Those generals Are a maj. Gen. James e. Chambers 17th air Force commander who flies the f-16 fighting Falcon Jet fighter. A maj. Gen. Gerald a. Daniel 16th air Force commander f-16. A maj. Gen. Charles d. Link 3rd air Force commander a-10 close air support a tank  a Gen. Robert c. Oaks Safe commander f-16. A Brig. Gen. Glenn a. Profitt ii 65th air div commander f-16. A Brig. Gen. Richard t. Swope 86th fighter Wing commander f-16.Iraq from Page 1 of the Money to compensate victims of the persian Gulf War. A a fed up president Bush announced wednesday that . Jets were being sent to saudi Arabia to step up pressure on Saddam Hussein. . Ambassador Thomas r. Pickering said the allies did not have to obey the persian Gulf War cease fire if Iraq does no to cooperate with . Teams. The United nations has demanded the right to Fly its own helicopters to search for iraqi weapons. But Baghdad has attempted to thwart unlimited overflights. The soviet . Ambassador Deputy foreign minister Yuli Vorontsov said wednesday a the iraqi government will have to understand realty that it is not the time and not the place and not the circumstances to squabble with the Security  a spokesman in London for British prime minister John major said a we have always made it Clear to Iraq that there would be serious consequences for them if there was  diplomats speaking on condition of anonymity Saia Britain and France also were considering sending military units. Both countries had Large contingents in the Allied Force which drove the iraqis from Kuwait in february. Secretary general Javier p6rez de Cuellar disclosed that ambassadors of the 15-member Security Council have for some time been laying plans for Jet fighters to provide air cover for helicopter borne . Weapons inspectors if needed. A that is something which the Security Council is considering and if they decide so the United nations Wilt do it a he told reporters. The controversy a a fabrication a and said iraqi personnel Are needed to accompany inspection teams to Sites still strewn with explosives. A the spread of explosive devices could be dangerous for the inspection team if its members visited the area alone a the editorial  War from Page 1 Congress Cheney said these indirect fire systems a contributed to the Success of the land  there was no hint in Cheney a report of the bomb let Dud rate and its Impact on . Casualties. But interviews with members of army Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf desert storm staff and Battlefield commanders showed . Soldiers were killed and maimed by the bomb lets during combat and during lulls in the fighting. The accidents occurred when individuals and groups either stumbled on or a a played with bomb lets despite warnings to leave such munitions untouched. A it was a serious problem a said air Force it. Gen. Charles Homer who directed the desert storm air War. During an interview Horner said air Force Cluster bombs intended to halt iraqi troops fleeing Kuwait on the so called a Highway of death May have injured . Army troops that occupied the area Days later. The air Force munitions Are designed to leave unexploded devices acting As air dropped land mines. The army bomb lets Are designed to detonate on Contact but thousands remain unexploded on the ground. The . Munitions contributed to an unexpected Stream of casualties at Battlefield medical stations. Pentagon officials said Iraq did not use such weapons a there is something about them the bomb lets that just begs you to pick them up a said maj. Jim o Donnell who told How some soldiers of the 1st inf div Mech played catch with the explosives wounding three in one incident. In another Case James Naberman a department of the army civilian attached to the unit filled a bag with the unexploded bomb lets and placed it in a humvee. A the did no to make it Over the first bump in the Road a an army officer said. A we were surprised because we had been expecting mostly Burn casualties that you get with tank Battles a said Virginia Stefanakis a spokeswoman for it. Gen. Frank Ledfors the army surgeon general. Instead she said the a blast effects from munitions injured Well More than 50 percent of the soldiers wounded in action. But Stefanakis refused to provide specific breakdowns for these casualties or detail similar wounds that might have been caused through detonation of iraqi mines. Members of the surgeon general a staff who have been analysing the bomb let problem refused to be interviewed by few Day. Stefanakis said the army study of casualties had not been completed. The study Quot will be classified a Stefanakis said. According to the Pentagon 403 americans were wounded Between the beginning of the ground War that started feb. 24 up until april 11, Well after file ceasefire went into effect. That figure includes 163 casualties in confirmed incidents 90 in the scud missile attack on a Barracks feb. 26 at least 65 soldiers injured by other . Weapons in a Friendly fire incidents and eight . Pilots downed Over Iraq. With those 163 casualties accounted for the number of ground War wounded in other incidents drops to 240. A when these figures Are released you will see that More than half of the 240 other casualties. Were wounded by our own munitions a said one army officer familiar with the casualty study. A it May wind up closer to 60  Yugoslavia from Page 1 croatian defense ministry said thursday. Lord Carrington a who signed the latest cease fire agreement tuesday with the croatian and serbian presidents and the Federal defense minister a said he would not return to Yugoslavia if it failed. More than 450 people have died in fighting in Croatia since it declared Independence june 25. The violence has raised doubts about whether political leaders and military commanders Are sufficiently in control of their forces to enforce a cease fire. In a sign of dissension among the nations tangled leadership croatian defense minister Luka bebic was replaced by a Deputy Gojko Susak croatian to reported late wednesday. Bebic had been criticized for failing to consult with Republic president Franjo Tadjman before ordering croatian forces on tuesday to hold off firing on yugoslav army Barracks unless fired upon. In Belgrade a source close to the Federal government told the associated press that Federal Premier Ante Markov in might soon replace Kadijevic if the sense chief does not quit. But the influence of Markovic an t Nic croat who Heads the Federal Gove ment and favors yugoslav Unity has lined recently. All was relatively quiet thursday Zagreb the croatian capital that Ca under heavy attack tuesday night. Schools remained closed and some files were under staffed. The . C slate reduced its american staff by wednesday leaving Only five include consular general Michael Einik spokesman said