European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes monday september 30, 1991 at a glance Mac Jemison is part of the new Breed of astronauts with the right stuff. See stories on pages 1415.king museum opened participants Cut a Chain rather than a ribbon to open a Memphis tenn., museum at the Motel where civil rights Leader Martin Luther King or. Was slain. A Page 4jazzman Davis Dies Miles Davis one of America s finest jazz trumpeters and the most consistent Trendsetter in jazz history died saturday at age 65. A Page 5sweetening retirement pot those Belt tightening government agencies that want to retain new employees by encouraging older workers to retire Early May have to sweeten the pot. A Page 7officer convicted an Al salvadoran jury convicted an army colonel of the 1989 murders of six jesuits their housekeeper and her  Page 8 top Volunteer named the european Congress of american parents teachers and students has named Pat Zehr Volunteer of the year. A Page 9free-Trade pact urged mexican president Carlos Salinas de Gortari argued forcefully for his vision of a free Trade future linking Mexico the United states and Canada in a vast regional Market. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers. 20 comics. 18-20 commentary. 13 faces a no places. 10 letters. 12 Money matters. 17 sports. 21-28 to listings. 27 weather. 11 cuts from Page 1 fort Worth and Dyess fab in Abilene also began to stand Down. Maj. Mary Kilgore chief of Public affairs for the 96th bombardment Wing at Dyess said it was the first time since 1986 that the bases 31 b-1b bombers have not been on Alert. A a we be been removing things a classified items a off the planes on the Alert pad and taking those things to storage a she said. A the tankers which were on the Alert pads with the bombers have been taken Back to the flight  by saturday afternoon griffiss fab in Rome n.y., was practically deserted. Airna Wymann Crews returned Home and the bases contingent of b-52s and Kc-135s were a a unlocked a said col. Michael f. Loughran 416th bombardment Wing commander. The other air Force bases where Long Range bombers were removed from full time Alert Are Wurtsmith and . Sawyer in Michigan Minot and grand Forks in North Dakota Ellsworth in South Dakota and Mcconnell in Wichita Kan. The plan unveiled by Bush on Friday also Calls for taking All tactical nuclear weapons off ships and submarines and removing All minuteman ii intercontinental ballistic missiles and strategic bombers from Alert status. A was of this moment we have now stood Down almost half of our ballistic missile Force a 450 out of the 1,000 ballistic missiles we had deployed. Are now deactivated a said the defense Secretary. He said they Are on standby status. Cheney said the Accord should be implemented aggressively a before we Start talking about reducing it even  the National Security adviser Brent scowcroft said sunday that a five years out i think there will be a peace dividend a and a hopefully it will be sizable. But a i honestly done to know How much a said scowcroft speaking on no cd a meet the press. Defense spending is heading Down to 3.6 percent of Gross National product the lowest level since 1939, said undersecretary of defense Paul Wolfowitz. A the United states can afford the programs it needs and still afford an adequate defense a Wolfowitz said on can s news maker sunday. From Page 1 is a perception that too few minorities Advance to senior leadership positions. A i watch our promotion rates very closely to make sure that we re not Only demographically balanced As we bring people in but also that our promotions Are fair and that everyone has an equal shot at getting promoted a he said. Unfortunately advancement up the ladder is a slow process and the services Are still reaping the Harvest of less enlightened policies that were in place 20 to 30 years ago. A an officers career to make Flag rank is 30 years Long a Boorda said. A so what you see in the Flag Community today results from what you did 30 years ago. There a no Way to accelerate this process. A where we re seeing the Impact of our last 10 years work is in the lieutenant commander Grade because that show Long it takes to make lieutenant commander a he said. A that will continue to flow into each Grade  the same thing is happening in the enlisted Community but it is happening faster because the promotion pipeline is Shorter. A you can get to master chief Petty officer in 15 years a Boorda said. A so now you re seeing rapid increases in the number of minorities who Are chief Petty officers senior chief Petty officers and master chief Petty officers the enlisted  he said there a been a anything but a de emphasis on equal Opportunity As the Navy draws Down. As proof he Points to its unilateral 1988 decision to Convene a Board of More than 30 officers and enlisted personnel to take a hard look at the Navy a equal Opportunity efforts. As Good As Navy leaders believed things were going at the time the Board came up with 75 recommendations for improving various aspects of the service s equal Opportunity efforts. A a we be been religiously following those recommendations a Boorda said. As one example the Board noted that enlisted minorities lagged several percentage Points behind Whites in promotion rates in any particular pay Grade. A the Law of averages says those rates should be the same a Boorda said. The Root cause the Board found was not discrimination but the fact that in from Page 1 television and afterwards claim they had not known 1 was in the building a he said. But it rained heavily that night and the plan was cancelled. Mann said he was beaten regularly subsisted on arabic cheese and bread which he hated and was moved around Lebanon five times usually in the trunk naval Equality programs not affected by reductions by Gary Miller and Chuck Vinch staff writers the military draw Down should have Little Impact on equal Opportunity programs in the Navy according to officials at the services Bureau of personnel in Washington and the Naples Navy support activity in Italy. Other than cuts due specifically to Force downsizing there have been no reductions in program specialists on major Navy Headquarters staffs who train others to handle equal Opportunity programs at the unit level. Those specialists oversee what the Navy Calls command managed equal Opportunity came whose focus is to put the responsibility on commanding officers and executive officers said capt. Eve Greene special assistant for minority affairs under vice adm. Mike Boorda the Navy a personnel chief. Greene said the idea is to make equal Opportunity a part of the Day to Day leadership package of responsibilities. The increasing number of Blacks and other minorities in the senior officer ranks will make such separate entities even less relevant since those officers will constantly emphasize equal Opportunity simply by virtue of their presence Greene added. At naval support activity Naples there arc two equal Opportunity programs one for military personnel and one for civilians. To help people who believe they Are victims of discrimination Naples equal Opportunity assistant it. Donna Kaspar also the base administrative officer will explain various options to them. A i can to solve their problems because in a not a trained equal Opportunity specialist a she said. A my Job is to make them aware that they can talk to the commanding officer but to encourage them to solve their problems at the lowest possible  the goal is the same for the civilian employees program. There Are seven employees who serve As part time Counselor in the Naples area. They Are trained to help their co workers with discrimination complaints said Page Odum a say a Deputy equal Opportunity officer the installations Only full time specialist in the Field. While the two systems both based on Navy wide policies Are designed to encourage people to solve their own problems specific procedures Are spelled out for taking complaints beyond the local command level. Of the last two complaints made by military personnel one was resolved at the division level. The other was determined to be unfounded after a judge advocate investigation. Greene said the Only facet of the equal Opportunity program that has been reduced is the number of specific Job positions coded As a minority billets a which has dropped from about 70 to slightly More than 30. That a another reflection of the services Effort to put the responsibility for equal Opportunity firmly in the Chain of command said Greene. Other such billets include advisers in capacities similar to Greene sat other major commands company officers at the naval Academy and command positions in Roth units at historically Black colleges and universities. Past years the Navy had signed up Large numbers of minority recruits with lower than average Entrance exam scores during a push to simply get More minorities into the service. A what specialities do those people go into a Boorda said. A the less Quot technical ones. Which specialities move faster through the promotion Cycle the More technical  the answer he said was not to a beat up on the selection boards a but to pay More attention to recruiting minorities who could handle the technical schools and thus Advance More quickly. A that was the smart approach and its worked a he said noting that 98 percent of Black Navy recruits now have High school diplomas. A we were Down around 80 percent not too Long  of a car. He scratched a Calendar on the Walls of his cells and was accurate within two weeks. His first escape attempt came when he spotted Rotten Woodwork and a badly fitted lock at the House where he was being held. A by pushing the door firmly i could open it. I stepped out into the corridor a 1 had no shoes on a and i was just about to make a run for it when a Man appeared and yelled at me a get Back get  a i pretended i Only wanted the toilet but after that they put on the  he made his second escape bid in another town after discovering the Chain around his ankle was Loose and he could slide it off. While his guards were drunk Mann crept to a Back door. He was too weak to Force it open and rushed Back to his bed before he was found out. Of All the released hostages Mann was the Only one held alone