European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page8 a the stars and stripes saturday september 28, 1991postal service to Cut 47.000 More jobs Washington a the . Postal service has eliminated 37,000 jobs since 1989 and plans to Cut 47.000 More by the Middle of this decade postmaster general Anthony Frank said thursday. A in six years we Are reducing by 84,000 career employees. That obviously is a major major reduction a Frank said. The cuts in workers will reduce the postal service roster to 703,000 people from a a High water Mark of 787.000 in june 1989, Frank said. This is being done at the same time mail volume and the number of Homes served Are increasing he said. All the reductions so far have been done by attrition a and we Hope we can continue to do that. That s our plan a Frank said at a news meeting. Increased automation of mail sorting has made the cuts possible he added. The effect of this reduction will be an annual saving of $4.5 billion Frank said with savings already amounting to $1 billion per year. That will help hold postal rates Down he said. The Agency however is seeking an increase from the current 29-Ccnt rate to 30 cents a a difference that Means $850 million a year he said. Frank said he expects another increase in 1995, but his goal is for that to be the last one this decade. Frank added that he is continuing to push for improved service including 95 percent on time delivery and less time waiting in lines in Post offices. The american postal workers Union which has jurisdiction Over Many of the jobs eliminated so far has been sharply critical of Frank particularly challenging contracts with private firms to handle some work. A system of Remote bar coding will employ about 12,000 private workers Frank said. Under the system a worker looks at images of a letter on a television screen and types the address into a computer terminal which imprints the bar code on the letter. Sisters Sonya left and Stephanie Brock were reported missing along with their Mother Marcia and another woman Donna Butts All from Russell  who caused Flap tracked Down at Airport Russell Kan. A four ufos believers whose unexplained disappearance worried this Small Kansas town for Days turned up at a Washington Airport on their Way to Israel. Interviews with the women thursday confirmed they left Russell voluntarily sheriff Dob Balloun said. Relatives of the four women had All expressed concern when the four disappeared earlier this month and Balloun said sheriffs deputies spent Days chasing Down leads. Fri agents interviewed the women As they were preparing to leave Lor Tel Aviv Balloun said. They were travelling with Scott Corder a physician from Ottawa in Eastern Kansas who lost his medical License in 1989 for mental unfitness after revealing he believed in unidentified flying objects. The women a disappearances at first were treated lightly by towns people in Russell a West Central Kansas town of about 5,000, the Hometown of Republican sen. Bob Dole. Two convenience stores posted signs this week saying a official ufos fuel Stop and a free Mars bar with every ufos fill  but the jokes were replaced by concern As the disappearances continued to confound family members and investigators. Marcia Brock 46, a Russell High school teacher along with her daughters University of Kansas students Stephanie 20, and Sonya 21, were last seen sept. 9 at the funeral of a Friend who also believed in ufos. Donna Butts 39, was reported missing from her Home Southeast of Russell on sept. 17. Butts has written two books one with Corder suggesting that Angel hearing ufos will Rescue chosen survivors from a nuclear holocaust. Man kills 2 relatives 3 others shot injured South Webster Ohio apr a Man upset about marital problems Cut Power to his in Laws House Friday went inside and started shooting killing two relatives and wounding three authorities said. His wife escaped. Deputies from Scioto county Ohio took Paul Daniels jr., 34, into custody about 7 . At his Home in Tomahawk Kyd a said sheriffs dispatcher Phil Malone. Daniels waived the right to an extradition hearing and was being returned to Ohio. Malone said Daniels arrived at the Home of Delcnia and Ernie Rawlins his Mother and father in Law in this Southern Ohio Community about i . And Cut Telephone lines and electricity As family members were watching television. His estranged wife Judy had been staying with her parents. He entered by the Light of a flashlight and began shooting Malone said. When his wife tried to Stop him Daniels shouted a no in a going to kill you i la kill you All a Malone said. She fled through a window. The body of Judy Daniels aunt Bettyjo Branham 44, of Oakwood was found behind a chair where she apparently was trying to hide Malone said. The body of Judy Daniels brother Steven Rawlins 32, of South Webster was found in a ditch outside with a gunshot wound to the Back of the head. A Cousin Delena Branham 28, of South Webster and Ernie Rawlins 64, were listed in serious condition at Grant medical Center in Columbus. Delena Rawlins 51, was in fair condition at Southern Ohio medical Center in Portsmouth. Judy Daniels was treated at the Portsmouth Hospital for Shock Malone said. She had been separated from her husband for about seven weeks and Daniels was despondent Over the breakup Malone said. Minnesota to Experiment with at Home video lottery St. Paul Minn. Apr Minnesota one of the last states to enter the lottery sweepstakes plans to become the first to let people play the lottery at Home using equipment from a popular video game. Although there has been criticism from a few state legislators lottery director George Andersen said he plans to press ahead with an Experiment to have about 10,000 people test the play Al Home lottery system. Minnesota would be the first state to dabble in what he Calls a a High tech lottery system a he said. Lottery players would be Able to select their Lucky numbers by using the control deck from a Nintendo video game and a Minnesota state lottery Cartridge to Hook up to the lottery a computer system. Participants would have to Deposit up to $200 in Advance and no credit would be extended. Any winnings would be credited to their account but prizes of $1,000 or More must be claimed through a lottery office. There would be a $50 daily limit for at Home players. Control data corp. Has developed the software and is assisting in the six month test scheduled to begin in june or july. About 500 people have volunteered to sign up since the idea won the approval of the lottery a Board of directors a few weeks ago Andersen said. The new service is aimed at relatively affluent people who would like to play the lottery but Are too Busy to buy tickets Andersen said. He said strict controls have been built into the system to ensure that minors do not use the units to play the , 7 other ships leave for Middle East tour Norfolk a. Apr t he aircraft Carrier Dwight d. Eisenhower one of the first Navy ships to respond to iraqis invasion of Kuwait left thursday with its Battle group on a planned deployment to the Middle East. The Eisenhower and seven other ships sailed from East coast ports with 9,000 sailors and marines for a six month tour in the Mediterranean sea the red sea and the persian Gull. The deployment was planned Belore the latest standoff Between iraqi soldiers and United nations inspectors trying to determine the extent of Iraq s remaining Arsenal since the six week persian Gult War in january and february. About 250 friends and relatives of Eisenhower sailors turned out on a Windy Gray morning at the Norfolk naval base to watch the Carrier s departure. Many relatives said they were not especially worried about renewed tensions Over Iraq. A i feel Good about it a Betty Blackwell of Anderson ., said of the voyage for her son Shannon Cole Blackwell an Eisenhower radar technician. A these Guys Are professionals. Theve re the top in what they  a Quot he s going to be in about the safest place anybody could be in a War a Chris Bragg of Virginia Beach said of her son Robert Moodispaw a medic on the Carrier. Rear . John Scott Redd commander of the Battle group said the sailors Are prepared if things go wrong. Quot we Pray every night we won t have to go in harm s Way a Redd said. A if the president wants to pull the trigger that s our  joining the Eisenhower Are a the cruisers Ticonderoga and Bainbridge and de Stroyer Arthur w. Radford based in Norfolk. A the destroyer Mahan frigate Elrod and ammunition ship mount Baker based at Charleston a i he destroyer tender Yosemite based in Mayport Fla. The carriers Forrestal and Abraham Lincoln already Are in the Middle East. Last week three amphibious ships carrying 1,601 sailors and 2,200 marines were sent trom Norfolk to patrol the persian Gulf. When iraqi troops invaded Kuwait on aug. 2, 1990, the Eisenhower responded immediately from its Mediterranean Post passing through the Suez canal while the United states and its allies began pouring forces into the Region. The ship returned to the Norfolk naval base in september 1990 and did not participate in the War