European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday october 2, 1991 at a glance protesters outside the . Embassy in Manila demand the immediate pullout of . Troops. See Story on Page 8.aids activists arrested about 50 members of a militant Gay rights group act up were arrested inside and outside the . Capitol on tuesday. A Page 4prison inmates riot inmates in the maximum Security Section of Rhode islands state prison in Cranston destroyed property and set fires in a rampage that lasted five hours. A Page 6powell gets 2nd term the Senate confirmed Gen. Colin l. Powell for a second two year term As head of the joint chiefs of staff. A Page 7army threatens croats the yugoslav army is threatening Croatia with retaliation for attacks and is preparing a major offensive against the breakaway Republic. A Page 8better service at Mac passengers flying space available on military Airlift come transport planes can look Forward to improvements in customer service. Page 10spill settlement reached Exxon corp. Agreed to a $1 billion settlement of state and Federal lawsuits Over the nation s worst Oil  Page 17 Index 1 Abby Ann Landers. 19 action line. .16 comics. 19-21 commentary. 13 crossword a a. 19 letters. 12 faces no places. 22 Money matters. 17-18 sports. 23-28 to listings. 27 weather. .11 Haiti s democratic Leader flees after ouster by army port a Prince Haiti a president Jean Bertrand Aristide flew into exile tuesday after the army ousted him and the first democratically elected government in Haiti a nearly two centuries As a nation. The military imposed a 6 . To 6 . Curfew tuesday announcing it Over one of four operating radio stations in the capital. Ordinarily 20 broadcast. Sporadic gunfire rang out tuesday morning in port a Prince As soldiers fired into the air to keep people indoors. The capital City a downtown area was nearly deserted. Stores and offices were closed and there was Little traffic. Remnants of barricades erected monday soldered at key intersections. A we saw what they the military did yesterday. We re living with our fear a said one housekeeper who risked going to work at a private residence. She spoke on condition of anonymity. The army rebellion began sunday leaving at least 26 people dead and 200 wounded in related fighting or Street violence. Many haitians feared further violence Over the ouster of Aristide who won 70 percent of the vote in Haiti a first free presidential elections. He had championed the cause of the poor against dictator Jean Claude Duvalier and a succession of military dominated governments. Aristide arrived in Venezuela on tuesday morning in route to France and met privately with the . And French ambassadors in Caracas. Haiti a acting army commander Brig. Gen. Raoul Cedras announced monday night that the military had taken control. He did not say whether the country would be ruled by an individual officer or a group of officers. The notoriously corrupt army an agent of repression that has Long dominated politics in Haiti accused Aristide of interfering in its affairs. In nearly eight months in office Aristide retired the army a High command and was rumoured to be training an elite unit for his Protection. Cedras urged Calm and spoke of Aristide creating a a Serene climate favourable to the next  since taking office feb. 7, Aristide forged a Good relationship with the United states and set about improving the lot of the 6 million people in the Western hemispheres poorest country. During a three Day visit to the United states last week the 38-year-old roman Catholic priest was warmly received when he spoke at the United nations. He was also cheered during visits to haitian communities in Miami and new York City. Hours after word surfaced in Miami a Little Haiti sect Iori of Aristides capture Street protests broke out and demonstrators burned an american Flag tires and other debris. About 2,000 haitian residents of new York held a raucous rally outside the . Headquarters late monday and Early tuesday demanding action by the . Security Council. France which once ruled Haiti As a Colony suspended foreign Aid to Haiti on tuesday and demanded that Aristide be restored to office. The . Embassy meanwhile denounced the coup As a an outrageous  the organization of american states demanded Aristides return to Power. The takeover began with mutinies at an army base and a police station sunday night. Rebel elements fired on Aristides private residence at Daybreak and on his entourage As it headed to the National Palace. The soldiers later seized the Palace captured Aristide and took him to army Headquarters said his foreign minister Jean Robert Sabalat. A a haitian politician who spoke on condition of anonymity said prime minister Rene Preval and information minister Marie Laurence Lassegue also were  sources said venezuelan French and . Officials negotiated with the coup plotters to save the presidents life. . Ambassador Alvin Adams accompanied Aristide to the Airport. Sources in Haiti said Aristide was accompanied by six members of his family and it. Pierre Cherubin the port a Prince police chief and supporter of the president. Quot option from Page 1 cannot interfere with unit readiness and enough time must remain for the member to Complete transition processing. Also the approving authority which rests with the first lieutenant colonel in the soldiers Chain of command can delay the requested release Date for up to 90 Days for those in the United states and up to 120 Days for soldiers stationed overseas Decker said. The policy will not allow approving authorities however to keep soldiers past the aug. 31 cutoff Decker said. Soldiers with critically Short skills which vary periodically or those in rapid deployment units Are discouraged from applying for the program he said although they can put in for an exception to policy. Soldiers who Are going to be forced out of the army for disciplinary reasons or who Are awaiting court martial proceedings Are not eligible. Those who have received an enlistment or re enlistment Bonus if leaving the army More than three months before their original Date for ending service May have to repay a portion of that amount. A we done to know How Many will take us up on this a Decker said. A we will Monitor it closely and if the number of volunteers stays in a reasonable Range then it will stand As is. A if too Many apply for Early release we might have to move up the closing Date a he said. Those who opt for the Early out program will not be eligible for separation pay which is being considered As part of the 1992 defense authorization Bill. If approved As is separation pay would be granted Only to service members with six or More years of service. As of aug. 30,720,009 officers and enlisted members were in the army. By the end of fiscal 1992, the authorized strength will be 60,000 less at 660,000. Correction information in an article tuesday about plans to put electronic mail sorting equipment in Europe came from the . Postal service. The information was incorrectly attributed in the  from Page 1 Sion to study the list of bases earmarked by the Pentagon for closure. The system is arranged so that no one base can be singled out for Rescue forcing Congress to decide on a package of bases. This time around the panel recommended the closure or realignment of 42 facilities including major ones such As the army a fort Ord in California and fort Dix in new Jersey the Philadelphia naval shipyard a variety of air Force bomber and fighter bases and a number of Small laboratories and repair stations. Mcmillan said it usually takes communities a year or two to draft a plan for reusing outmoded military facilities. He pledged that the Pentagon is committed to ensuring that every facility undergoes an environmental cleanup. And he said the department wants to ensure that a the transition is smooth and  a the closure schedule is aggressive and the transition to civilian use can be just As rapid a he said. By the Middle of the decade the Pentagon Hopes to shrink both its budget and its size by about 25 percent. The closure of these facilities a along with additional ones to be recommended in 1993 and hundreds of overseas installations a is designed to help Cut Pentagon costs. Two months ago the Pentagon announced the closure of 79 More facilities in Europe and said that in the past 17 months it had identified 314 european Sites for closure or reduced operations. Manpower in Europe is being Cut by half from about 300,000 to about 150,000. Among the major facilities Mcmillan a report said that the Pentagon plans to close both the shipyard command and the naval station in Philadelphia by the end of fiscal 1996, but that they could close sooner based on the workload. All ships based there will be moved by the end of fiscal 1993. About 1,000 off base and on base government housing units will be vacated by the end of fiscal 1994. The report projected that Ford Ord now Home of the 7th inf div which is moving to fort Lewis in Washington should be entirely vacated by 1999 or 2000. It said the division itself will Start moving in fiscal 1993, which starts a year from now and the move should be shed by the following fiscal year rest of the time will be devoted to environmental restoration. Fort Dix said the report should be emptied of its few remaining military functions during fiscal 1993, with environmental cleanup completed by 1998. The air Force bases being closed offer communities huge airfields for conversion to civilian uses. In past years some communities have turned the sprawling complexes into Light Industrial facilities with an Airfield available for civilian use or to ease crowding at congested area air norts. A the report for example said Carswell fab in Texas now the Home of a variety of squadrons including nuclear armed bombers could be closed relatively quickly. It said the bombers will be gone by the end of next year a Tanker unit will be gone by March 1993 and All personnel should be out by september 1993. Cleanup work it said could be finished by 1995. The schedule projected roughly similar closure timetables for other air Force bases due to be closed