European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 3, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday october 3,1991 at a glance the Spanish Basque country and its people Are Little like the rest of Spain. See stripes  s cuban obsession a top cuban envoy condemned what he called president Bush a Quot sickly obsession with Cuba and demanded an end to the . Economic blockade of the marxist nation. A Page 4suspect kills himself Jerry Bland who police believe abducted Carrie Lawson on sept. 11, shot himself to death As Fri agents staked out his House in Jasper Ala. Lawson a whereabouts Are still unknown. A Page 5wilson hears Wrath demonstrators angry Over California gov. Pete Wilson a veto of a Gay rights Bill drowned out his speech at Stanford University. A Page 6jordan misses fete president Bush honoured the Aba Champion Chicago bulls in the White House Rose Garden but superstar Michael Jordan was a no show. A Page 7haitian gunfire continues sporadic gunfire was heard in the streets of port a Prince Haiti two Days after the military coup. A Page 8st. Petersburg again the bygone capital of russian czars formally regained its original name of St. Petersburg. A Page 9economy slumping the world Economy is in the worst shape since the end of world War ii a . Report says. A Page 18 Index Abby Ann Landers. 15 comics. 15-17 commentary. 13 faces no places. 14 letters. 12 Money matters. 18 sports. 19-24 to listings. 23 weather. 11 Many foreign companies aided Iraq s nuclear Effort . Says Manama Bahrain apr numerous foreign companies mainly european helped Iraq develop its secret nuclear weapons program a senior . Investigator said wednesday. Data gathered from 25,000 pages of documents seized in Baghdad will be made available to the governments concerned but it will be up to them to name the firms involved said Robert Gallucci Deputy chairman of the . Special commission set up to supervise the elimination of iraqis weapons of mass destruction. A a there Are a lot of foreign companies involved a he said in an interview. A this is not simply an indigenous iraqi  the 44-member . Nuclear inspection team headed by american David Kay was in Iraq last week. Iraqi authorities detained the team in a parking lot for four Days in a dispute Over documents seized from a government building that detail the extent of iraqis nuclear weapons program. Gallucci said that while iraqis did a lot of work in the nuclear program there were a a lot of foreign companies whose pieces of equipment one sees As one moves from building to  asked if these included european and . Firms he replied a certainly  he added a i myself have not seen specific pieces from the United  he refused to identify the companies that cooperated with Iraq either by name or nationality. Recent news reports have suggested that several european companies and possibly american ones sold Iraq equipment that could be used in its nuclear program although some had double uses. Israeli reports Nave also named Yugoslavia Algeria and Pakistan As among the countries that aided iraqis nuclear  from Page 1 judiciary committees chairman rep. Jack Brooks a Texas. He did not elaborate on what specific incidents he was referring to. A a it a time to put this commission out of its misery a said rep. F. James Sensen Brenner jr., a wis. Budget cuts in 1986 forced the commission to drastically Cut its staff from 300 to 77 and close seven of its 10 regional offices. Many staff members who lost their jobs at that time were technical researchers with specialized Law degrees said Barbara j. Brooks a commission spokeswoman. Staff salaries run about $4.3 million each year and the commission must move out of its present offices next year at a Cost of $1.2 million Fletcher said. Further reducing the Agency a budget Fletcher said could spell disaster for a country that prides itself on gains in the area of civil rights. A no matter How Good the remaining people Are there is no Way we can do the same amount of work with fewer people a Fletcher said. If the House approved budget becomes Law the commission would be left with about $500,000 to conduct fact finding studies. A they Are playing games a Fletcher said. A they Are telling us to do More and then leave us barely enough to survive. A we Arentt going to get out of Washington with a budget like that a he said. A we  even do a hearing in Richmond va., never mind overseas to address the problems in the  Fletcher visited Europe in August and gathered complaints of alleged civil rights abuses within the military from . Serv ice members their families and government civilians. He has called for hearings to be held in Europe to review and investigate those complaints. Fletcher emphasized that the commissions most pressing Issue now is investigating the alleged civil rights abuses in the military. A we need to take a real Good look at the complaints not Only the ones from Europe. We re getting plenty from All Over the United states too a he said. A we need to hold a hearing but we done to have the Money to do  from Page 1 Thomas nomination today with a vote scheduled for 6 . Next tuesday. Sens. Richard c. Shelby of Alabama and Alan j. Dixon of Illinois added their names tuesday to the list of democrats who have announced they will vote to seat the conservative appeals court Jurist. The democratic support appears to give Thomas the 51 votes needed for confirmation even if opponents persuade three of the Senate a 43 republicans to break ranks and vote against president Bush a nominee. And at least one other Democrat Bob Graham of Florida said he is inclined to support Thomas. Sen. Howard m. Metzenbaum a Ohio who voted against Thomas on the judiciary committee said wednesday that Hei doubts any Republican votes can be pried Loose. A the republicans Are locked in. Every single Republican As i see it will vote for confirmation a Metzenbaum said wednesday on cd so this morning. Several democrats who voted against Thomas in the Senate judiciary committee last week said they did not plan to work against the nomination. A i am not Button holing senators a said sen. Patrick j. Leahy Dot. A i am going to make my Case and that a it a said sen. Joseph r. Biden jr., d-del., the chairman of the committee which refused on a 7-7 tie vote Friday to recommend Thomas confirmation. In their statements Dixon and Shelby said Thomas experience growing up poor and Black in the segregated South would serve him Well on the supreme  from Page 1 drive Down the civilian work Force to match military authorization cutbacks said it. Col. John Gorski a Safe a director of manpower and organization. By the end of fiscal 1991, Safe Cut 1,135 civilian authorizations outside of base closures and reorganizations Gorski said. An additional 157 must go in fiscal 1992. Of the total 1,292 slots being Cut 428 Are . Positions and 864 Are local National Graham said. The comparatively Low number of actual employees affected a about 500 a reflects the reductions of positions through attrition and the elimination of already vacant slots. The distribution of the first round of cuts totalling 1,135 slots is a 3rd air Force 115. A 16th air Force 220. A 17th air Force 733. A direct reporting units which report to Headquarters and not to a Wing commander 67. The 157 slots to be Cut in fiscal 1992 arc a 3rd air Force 16. A 16th air Force 32. A 17th air Force 99. A direct reporting units 10. A that pretty much mirrors the ratio of total civilians we have in theater a Gorski said. Each numbered air Force further broke Down the required cuts forcing each base and direct reporting unit with six or More civilian authorizations to Cut them by 14.35 percent by the end of fiscal �?T91 and 1.99 percent in fiscal �?T92. In 17th air Force for example Ramstein a lost 328 slots in the first round of cuts while smaller operations at Geilenkirche nato a and Neu Briecke lost two each. Base commanders decided which slots would be Cut but to avoid layoffs they were told to focus on those already empty Gorski said. However several operations were specifically excluded from Slot cuts including family support child care and intelligence Gorski said. Also excluded was Safe Headquarters because of a ongoing Headquarters reductions. We  double dip a Gorski said. The time Between getting a Pink slip and actually leaving the Job will vary Gorski said. In Germany for example Many local nationals will have six to nine months and . Civilians will have 60 Days notice. A minimum of 16.23 percent of the cuts were drawn from . Civilian authorizations and 46.27 percent from local National slots. The remaining 37.50 percent could be either . Or local National authorizations. The authorization cutbacks did not affect civilian positions in Spain or Turkey covered under base maintenance contracts that Are operated by private civilian contractors. Nor do they affect positions managed by the British government at bases in the United kingdom Gorski said. The Only civilian cuts planned for . Naval forces Europe in fiscal �?T92 Are 122 local National and 94 . Positions at holy Loch Scotland in conjunction with closing Navy facilities there said it. Jack Papp. The 216 positions Cost the Navy an estimated $4.8 million annually in salaries benefits and allowances Papp said. . Army Europe As it announced last Spring will Cut about 5,000 appropriated fund civilian slots Between now and sept. 30, 1992, said Millie Waters a Usa eur spokeswoman. About 3,500 of those will be local National positions. Since september 1990, the army command has trimmed about 4,000 civilian slots. Its current civilian work Force is roughly 57,000, Waters said