European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 c the stars and stripes thursday october 24,1991 Oakland calif., resident fran so Lomon weeps As she stands amid the blackened rubble of her Home destroyed when wildfires swept out of area Hills. See Story on Page 4. Thomas takes oath Clarence Thomas became history a 106th supreme court Justice earlier than scheduled after taking a judicial oath wednesday to Quot do equal right to the poor and the  a Page 6 North Points to Bush Oliver North says he did not Tell then vice president George Bush any Iran Contra secrets but remains convinced that Bush knew of Many of the Reagan administrations activities for the nicaraguan rebels. A Page 7 close watch on Iraq Allied reconnaissance flights Over Northern Iraq Are finding Saddam Hussein s much diminished air Force hunkered Down in shelters and his ground forces largely confined to garrisons. A Page 9 Cross Dresser loses Case in a split decision the court of military appeals has upheld the conviction of a Man who dressed As a woman. A Page 10 United in free Trade the seven nations of the european free Trade association have reached agreement with european Community to form a powerful new economic bloc. A Page 18 Index Abby Ann Landers .15 comics. 15-17 commentary. .13 crossword. .15 faces a no places .14 letters. .12 Money matters a .18 sports. 19-24 to listings. 23 weather. 11 dream from Page 1 and new glasses. His mental health is sound and he has maintained his sense of humor Ferguson said. The results of some lab tests were not available but Ferguson did not envision a Long stay at the Hospital for Turner. A in the next couple of Days he should be going on Back to the states Quot Ferguson said. Turner underwent tests tuesday night after his arrival at the Hospital including physical and psychiatric exams. Joanne has known her father from pictures and family albums so that a when she saw him she already had a great idea about him a Badr Turner said. The Young girl dressed in a Bright red and White dress stayed off to the Side of the room As her Mother and grandmother described their reunion Day with Turner. The youngster spent the time playing with ice cubes in a water Glass. Also at the press conference was Eugene Ronneburg Turners Stepfather. They had travelled to Germany from their Home in Boise Idaho arriving earlier wednesday. A we talked about How much we missed each other and his Daugthers childhood Quot Badr Turner said of the reunion. A we Are going to make it up to him. His lebanese wife added a a he a the same Jonny i have met from the first  her husband looked Good appeared to be in Good health a and we will continue our lives As a family again from where we stopped a she said. She played Down reports of his stumbling when he arrived in Germany on tuesday saying he has a history of a hitting things at Home. A i Wasny to surprised a she said. His Mother thought her son looked better in person than he did on television. A the was maybe a Little Pale but i think anybody would be Pale if they Haven to gotten to see the Sun for four years Ronneburg said. Badr Turner said her husband has not discussed his treatment and Day to Day life or what he knew about activities in the outside world. Ronneburg said a the prefers not to discuss the situation that he lived under and he does no to want to discuss any of the things that might have happened to him. He might later on but he wont do it  Badr Turner hinted that the family would return to Boise As soon As possible. If her husband had his Way she said they would leave immediately. Turner is known to have been kidnapped with american Alann Steen. The two were abducted with two other Beirut University College teachers. Turners release was the product of intense . Efforts that have since August seen three other Western hostages go free. As part of the process 66 Arab detainees held by Israel and its allies have been freed and Israel has gained information on the Fate of two israeli soldiers missing in Lebanon and the body of a third. The longest held Western hostage is american Terry Anderson chief Middle East correspondent for the associated press who was kidnapped March 16,1985. The associated press contributed to this report freeze from Page 1 ing in foreign countries not including the indirect hires. To reach the set ceiling level of 81,543 overseas workers by the end of fiscal 1992, Only 315 civilian slots will be lost figures show. Of those appropriated fund employees on Board at the end of August 47,566 were . Citizens and 34,292 were foreign nationals the figures show. A breakdown for each overseas area was not available said air Force it. Col. Doug Hart defense department spokesman. The reduction of civilian slots in the United states will be More dramatic the published figures show. From the aug. 31 strength of 935,935 civilian workers on . Soil 10,761 positions must be eliminated in the United states to reach the stateside ceiling of 925,174 by the end of fiscal 1992. More than 1,145 civilian slots in Washington d.c., alone Are expected to be Tost the figures show. Officials remain optimistic that the 22-month-old civilian hiring freeze a which allows two new employees to be hired for every five vacancies a will bring the strength figures Down without forcing layoffs. Personnel officials also warned that projected personnel Levels Are tied to budget Levels that fluctuate according to the whims of Congress and should not be compared with current strength figures. The exact number of Federal civilian jobs that will be lost during the next year is an unknown officials said repeatedly. Nevertheless Between april 1 and aug. 31, the defense department reported that about 46,400 new employees were hired officials said. About 25,400 of those employees were summer hires and have since left government service. Most of the roughly remaining 21,000 employees who got permanent jobs Over the five month period were hired As exceptions to the civilian hiring freeze one official said. Some of the additional employees include about 6,000 National guard members and reservists who returned to their civilian Dod positions after serving on Active duty for operation desert storm an official said. Others Are non appropriated fund employees who converted to appropriated fund status under a new policy he added. Exemptions to the freeze include civilian employees hired for jobs in saudi Arabia overseas schoolteachers and commissary workers As Well As Mission essential employees in jobs related to health safety or Security. Internal transfers Are also still allowed. Additionally civilians May be hired to fill positions that Are essential to the in of mentation of the july 1989 defense management report and to defense department participation in the Bush administrations National drug control strategy. Vietnam from Page 1 would lift the economic Boycott imposed on Cambodia after vietnamese troops invaded the country in 1978, driving out the murderous Khmer Rouge and installing its own puppet government. The United states will restore full diplomatic relations with Cambodia once elections called for by the treaty Are held probably within 18 months Baker said. A we intend to proceed step by step As the United nations process unfolds he said. Baker proposed that preliminary talks with the vietnamese should begin a a now at the United nations in new York. Regarding Laos the initiative could mean upgrading the . Diplomatic Mission which is at a charge do affaires level to a full embassy. The United states had Long demanded that Vietnam end its military intervention in Cambodia As a condition for normalizing relations. That was fulfilled by the treaty signing ceremony. Another condition was a full accounting of the Fate of the missing american service members. . Officials have praised closer cooperation by Hanoi on the Issue Over the past year. The United states and Vietnam in a communique issued earlier this month after talks in Hanoi indicated their intention to mend ties broken since the Vietnam War ended in a 1975 communist Victory Over the .-backed South Vietnam government. Guard unit from Baltimore takes top team honors at gun smoke Nellis alb Nev. A an air National guard unit from Baltimore md., took lop team honors at the worldwide tactical gunnery meet the air Force Competition also known As gun smoke. The 175th tac lighter group finished with 8,524 out of a possible 9,000 Points. The two Safe representatives finished out of the running. The s6th lighter Wing from Ramstein a Germany finished ninth with 8,058, and the 20th fighter Wing from Raf upper Scyford England finished 13th with 7,172 Points in the 14-team Competition. The Overall top gun Honor went to it. Col. Roger Disrud a reservist with the 442nd tac fighter Wing at Richards Gebaur fab to he edged second place finisher it. Col. Ronald Ball of the 175th, by one Point. The Ohio National guards 121st tac fighter Wing took first in the Competition among maintenance teams. The 86th�?Ts team finished eighth and the 20th�?Ts team ended the Competition in 11th place. In the Competition among weapons loading Crews the Winner was the 442nd tac fighter Wing. The Crew from the 86th took 10th place and the 20th�?Ts team finished 13th. The final standings in the tactical and gunner Competition were i.175th tac fighter group Baltimore my. 2,944th tac fighter group Luke fab Ariz. 3.388th fighter Wing. Hill fab Utah. 4.363rd fighter Wing Shaw fab . 5.442nd tac fighter Wing Richards Gebaur fab to. 6.188th tac fighter group fort Smith Ark. 7.354th tac fighter Wing. Myrtle Beach fab. . 8.4th fighter Wing Seymour Johnson fab . 9.86th fighter Wing Ramstein a Germany. 10.432nd fighter Wing Misawa a Japan. Ii.150th tac fighter group. Wittan dab. . 12,121st tac fighter Wing Rickenbacker Angl Ohio. 13.20th fighter Wing Raf upper Heyford England. 14.27th fighter Wing Cannon fab