European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday november 15, 1991 at a glance if Benjamin Franklin had had his Way we Likely would not be sitting Down to a Turkey dinner when thanksgiving Rolls around. See stories on pages 14-16. Flip a Coin the red hot Louisiana governors contest is giving new meaning to the phrase Quot lesser of two  Pago 4 unemployment Bill of d the House approved a $5.2 billion unemployment benefits Bill thursday and the Senate was expected to follow suit before sending it to president Bush for his  Page 5 wage shortfall for women a working woman just out of College gets three fourths the pay of the men she studied with census Bureau figures  Page 6 cambodian Prince returns cheered and showered with Flowers cambodian Prince Norodom Sihanouk returned thursday from 13 years in  Page 8 army transition program the army s program to help soldiers civilian employees and their family members make a smooth move to private sector jobs is set to begin in Europe. A Page 10 shopping for credit cards for Many Consumers shopping for the Best credit card Deal is a bewildering experience and the onus is on the  Page 17 Index Abby Ann landers.19 action line.16 comics.19-21 commentary.13 crossword .19 faces a no places .18 letters. 12 Money matters.17 sports.22-28 to listings.27 weather.11 Pentagon reported studying steeper manpower cutback Washington apr the Pentagon Stop officials fearing even deeper spending cuts than the 25 percent already under Way have ordered a top secret review of the effect further reductions would have on the armed forces. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney and army Gen. Colin Powell chairman of the joint chiefs of staff ordered the review said Pentagon sources who spoke on condition of anonymity. In response to the end of the cold War and the reduced soviet military threat Cheney and Powell Are cutting the Active duty military Force that numbers about 2 million men and women by 25 percent Over five years. Similar cuts Are envisioned for Reserve components. Cheney and Powell insist that reductions deeper than 25 percent will destroy the amp Jolil itary a fight to win capability displayed in the persian Gulf War. But the new review is looking at cuts As deep As one third and the effect on the military a ability to react to crises around the Globe the sources said. A major reason for the review is the disagreement Between Cheney and Congress Over the Way the Pentagon leadership wants the military to be structured the sources said. Cheney has demanded that the reserves and National guard slim Down just As the Active duty military is doing. But Congress is trying to protect Hometown jobs and the Money the military units bring to their local communities. The administration has asked Congress to pare the half million Reserve members by 105,000 in the budget for the next fiscal year. But House and Senate negotiators ordered a Cut of Only 37,500. Military planners argue that if they Are not allowed to Cut the reserves some units will have no Active duty forces to support. They also say that funds destined to keep Active duty troops trained and ready will have to be diverted to support part time Reserve forces. Once the new study is completed it is to be delivered to Capitol Hill the sources said. After a Cut of 25 percent the armed forces would look like this a army 536,000. A Navy 510,000. A Marine corps 171,000. A air Force 437,000. A reserves and National guard 906,000.libyans from Page 1 the ground. Pan am 103 originated in Frankfurt Germany. Barr described How the bomb was allegedly placed aboard the plane inside a radio which itself was inside a suitcase shipped As unaccompanied Luggage. A it is alleged that Mezrahi is the senior officer of the libyan intelligence services holding positions with libyan Arab airlines and was director of the Center for strategic studies in Tripoli at the time of these offences a said Scotland a Fraser. A it is alleged that Fahimah was also an officer of the libyan intelligence services holding a position As station officer with libyan Arab airlines in Malta a he said. The new York bound Luggage including the suitcase with the bomb was transferred to another plane at London a Heathrow Airport before the flight left for the United states. . Officials believe the two libyans positions with the libyan airline enabled them to smuggle the bomb aboard the Jlane. Evidence found in the wreckage de investigators to conclude that the bombing was the work of libyan agents. Clothing from the suitcase that contained the bomb was traced to a clothing store on Malta. A fragment of a circuit Board found in Al Mezrahi Fahimah the bomb wreckage was traced to timing devices that were made for the libyan intelligence service by a Swiss  from Page 1 groups include the nine nation Western european Union a defense organization slightly older than nato. The reaction to the civil War in Yugoslavia exemplifies this cooperation he said noting that nato deferred to a political organization the european economic Community in seeking a solution. Natos military potential should serve not compete with europeans seeking to assert control Over their own affairs he said. A this is a capability that nato wants to dedicate to the preservation of peace and Prosperity by teamwork with the other organizations that Are so dedicated Quot he said noting that the persian Gulf War showed that nato can apply its potential to a variety of crises. Galvins remarks echoed a joint communique issued after the nato Summit in Rome last week. The communique said the Alliance s Security a can be affected by other risks of a wider nature including proliferation of weapons of mass destruction disruption of the flow of vital resources and actions of terrorism and  the Public has paid Little attention to the fact that nato nations have deployed troops six ways in the past year Galvin said. He cited the . Deployment to the persian Gulf under Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf the Western european unions dispatching of troops to the same Region nato troops service in Turkey troops serving the . High commission for refugees in Iraq the american deployment of Patriot missile teams in Israel and French and belgian troops deployment in Zaire. I can t predict what will happen in the next 12 months or the next 12 years a Galvin said. A but if they re going to be anything like the last 12 months we Are going it see the need to keep a High readiness of at least some units within Nail us a hedge against crises resulting trom these  As Long As nuclear weapons exist in a theater of operations nato also should have them As a Way to deter their use Galvin said. He added a i think that there is always a question of a balance of military capabilities and that such a balance provides  if the russian Republic alone apart from the rest of the soviet Union keeps All the nuclear and conventional weapons allowed under pending agreements it still will be the strongest military Power on the continent he said. A a we re looking at a world picture that shows a lot of potential for instability a he said. On another Issue Galvin said americans should not worry that right Wing extremist attacks in Germany will have an Impact on them. �?o1 done to see that this involves americans in any Way a he said. A a we re talking about a fringe element and not something that represents the Way germans As a whole feel. A you can get caught up in right Wing incidents in the United states As Well As anywhere else in the world. Or left Wing. Extremism is not confined to any single  from Page 1 Tion Hospital officials said. The Man opened fire in at least three areas beginning with a loading Dock where at least three people were shot Crouch said. He then moved to an upstairs office shooting another three people before walking to the opposite end of the building and firing several More rounds including one on himself. Police officer Joseph Hill said the gunman shot himself with a Caliper Rifle. The Post Ottice was open at the time of the shootings but no customers were among the wounded authorities said. Postal worker Tim Fowler who served with the gunman in the marines said he was crazy he was a waiting time bomb. He was a kick Boxer. He had made previous  v the gunman had vowed revenge if he lost his arbitration Case Fowler said. The gunman also joked about last months mass shooting at a cafeteria in Killeen Texas that left 24 dead and said he would do the same Fowler said. Post offices have been the scene of several shootings in recent years. In october a fired Ridgewood n.j., postal worker armed with two machine guns grenades and a Samurai sword went on a rampage killing four people. In 1986, a part time letter Carrier in Edmond okla., killed 14 people in the Post office there before taking his own life. In 1989, a postal worker in Escondido. Calit., killed two co workers at the Post office and fatally wounded himself tier slaying his wife at Home