European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 3, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday october 3, 1991 at a glance to j the Spanish Basque country and its people Are Little like the rest of Spain. See stripes  cuban a obsession a top cuban envoy condemned what he called president Bush so a sickly obsession with Cuba Quot 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 Cut 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 7aristide issues plea exiled haitian president Jean Ber Trand Aristide pleaded for an armed . Force to restore democracy in his Homeland. 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 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 there Are a lot of foreign companies involved a he said in an interview. A this is not simply an indigenous iraqi  the 44-Membcr . 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 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.Thomas 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 he 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 court. A clearly judge Thomas Long suit is his life Story which is compelling moving and endearing a Dixon said. Shelby said Thomas a brings a unique perspective that of a minority in America that would better enable the supreme court to ensure that the rights and freedoms of All americans Are preserved and  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 Are 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 sue 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 which 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