European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday november 22, 1991 at a glance a Salt dough sculpture by sgt. 1st class Jesus Torres of the 41st Field arty brigade was among entries in the recent 10th annual culinary arts show in Kaiserslautern Germany. See pages 14-15. A hospitals investigated serious medical problems at veterans hospitals have caused patients to die investigators  Page 4 a in Mok but you re not americans think the american family is falling apart everywhere but in their own Homes according to two  Page 6 Yeltsin visits Germany russian president Boris n. Yeltsin arrived in Germany on thursday seeking Aid and Trust from a government deeply indebted to his rival Mikhail s.  Page 9 army Early retirement plan the army will soon hold its most extensive series of selective Early retirement boards  Page 10 Aid plan for republics the United states and the 12 soviet republics have reached agreement on approximately $1.5 billion in economic Aid to help the republics through the  Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers 19 action line.16 comics.19-21 commentary.13 crossword .19 faces no places .18 letters .12 Money matters.17 sports.22-28 to listings.27 weather.11new jobless Benefit claims soar Washington apr the number of americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits surged to a seven month High in Early november As 493,000 out of work people sought help in a one week period the government reported thursday. Jobless claims jumped by 39,000 during the week ending nov. 9, up from the previous weeks Mark of 454,000, the labor department said. It was the third straight increase in claims and followed a 33,000 spurt the week before. The 493,000 people seeking help in the first full week of november was the highest number of new claimants since the week ending april 20, when there were 500,000 people fresh to unemployment lines. A we definitely have the echoes of some pretty bad conditions that we had witnessed earlier this year a said Robert Brusca of Nikko securities. Brusca noted this latest Rise is part of a three week trend and puts the claims level close to the peaks of 500,000 that had been hit in the Spring. A since then the claims level improved Over the summer but then started to Worsen again this fall. That probably Means . Companies Are still having to Cut workers analysts said. A things Are getting worse again. This does no to look like any economic recovery that in be seen before a Brusca said. In fact today a number lends weight to the argument that the recession May have never ended he said. The four week average of claims which economists often look to for a More accurate barometer of trends was pushed up to 443,000, Brusca said far above the lows of 400,000 reached during the summer. The further deterioration in the nations jobs Market a gives you Good reason to understand Why All of the consumer Confidence reports you be been seeing Are in such Lousy shape a Brusca  from Page 1 Sponden of the associated press would soon be freed. Also wednesday the umbrella group for the hostage holders said the three remaining american captives would be released soon and Iran indicated that Joseph Cicippio could be let go next week. But . Hostage negotiator Gisando Mcnico Picco visiting Milan Italy on wednesday was cautious about further releases. A we Are working for a solution by the end of the year. But i would like to stress that we Are not in a situation of automatic releases. Each step is connected to another step and one must not think that the game is Over. We still must work and continue the negotiation a said Picco in Milan to meet with . Secretary general Javier Perez de Cuellar. Meanwhile at Raf Lyneham England waiters family insisted wednesday that he would never Compromise his integrity and said he wants to answer re Korts suggesting that Oliver North used in to shield arms for hostages dealings. Waite freed from Captivity in Lebanon on monday spent wednesday with his family at the air base 80 Miles West of London where he is recuperating said the bases commander group capt. Ian Corbitt. Upon Landing tuesday at Lyneham Waite appealed for the Freedom of the remaining captives in the Middle East. But he has been publicly silent since  from Page 1 member employment and gasoline prices. Following the complaints a a popular pastime for the 8,000 service members civilians and their families stationed in Naples a delegates went to work on possible solutions. By the time they were done delegates contributed More than 350 ideas said symposium organizer Karl Nichols. Ann Callahan an air Force wife termed the symposium a a learning experience. There a a great Cross Section represented Here a All ranks All services and their families a and were hearing everybody a Point of  a rank does no to make any difference Here a said Kara Louk an alderwoman from government quarters. A a we re All wearing civilian clothes and All fighting for the same  Glover suggested the symposium on the basis of his experience with a similar army program at a previous command. Nichols the information referral coordinator grouped complaints into 10 categories such As morale welfare and recreation programs housing and the Navy Exchange. Groups were formed and assigned to each category. An 11th group handled problems that did not fit into other categories. Each group met with subject matter experts who answered questions. Group members soon discovered the Impact of the status of forces agreement on their lives when they tackled issues such As employment for american family members different pay Scales of for americans and italians motor Oil prices and base Security. A we suggested that an overview of the agreement should be written in Layman a language and made available to people a said Delegate Cindy Kiel. A we also found out that the agreement is reviewed every year in Rome. Wed like to know what changes Are made once we know what a in the  Glover was expected to hand the work groups recommendations to Naples support agencies this week. He will provide updates to participants. A i want you to know that we at Asa understand that the Ball is now in our court Glover told the delegates. A a you be done what we asked you to do. Its now our turn to take what you be Given us. And make As Many changes As we can around Here based on the inputs that you be Given  Glover also encouraged delegates to share what they Learned about Why the support activity operates As it does with the rest of the Naples military Community. A while you re doing that a he said a a we la be doing our  from Page 1 percent pay raise for All service members and would Cut the 1.99 million member Force by 106,000. The Senate has not acted on either defense Bill but is expected to of them. Rep. Norman d. Dicks d-wash., a member of the House appropriations committee praised the legislation and cautioned in a floor speech that Congress should resist Calls already being heard for deeper cuts in defense spending. A we must remember that at some Point. You re going to wind up with an armed Force that cannot respond to International crises if the budget is Cut too much Dicks said. The two most controversial aspects of the 1992 military spending Bill Are the provisions for the strategic defense initiative and the b-2 bomber. Bush had requested $5.15 billion for ski to develop and build a limited defense against Long Range ballistic missiles. The House and Senate agreed to provide $4.15 billion. The ski provision also instructs the Pentagon to develop for deployment by 1996 a Force of 100 non nuclear interceptors capable of destroying intercontinental ballistic missiles outside the atmosphere. It is the first time that Congress has explicitly approved deploying any kind of missile defense system under ski. Corrections because of a reporting error a Story in some editions of thursdays paper incorrectly reported the relationship of a relative to former hostage Thomas Sutherland. The relative was his  from Page 1 government knows of a motive for the intrusions. Brock noted that although the information obtained by the hackers was not classified secret Pentagon personnel information can be used to target employees who May be willing to sell classified information. The Gao official said the defense department was a still unable to determine the full scope of the problem because of inadequate measures for identifying intrusions. The hackers generally gained Access to the Pentagon computer systems by travelling through several networks such As internet an unclassified network composed of More than 5,000 smaller networks nationwide and overseas and used mainly by government and academic researchers. A using commercial Long distance services such As tym net the hackers weaved their Way on the internet through University government and commercial systems often using these Sites As platforms to enter military Sites a Brock said. The hackers then exploited various Security weaknesses to gain Access into Mil itary Sites. The most common weakness was computer accounts with easily guessed passwords or no passwords Brock said. The Gao found Little evidence the hackers destroyed information in the Pentagon computers but in several instances they modified and copied military information he said. In a few cases Brock said the hackers stored this information at major . Universities which he did not identify. The Gao official said actions were taken to halt intrusions after their discovery but he added that the vulnerability problem has not been totally solved