European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes Friday november 29, 1991 at a glance Christine Matalona left and Beverly Afaisen carry a cooler of drinks to their uncles House which was flooded by Waves from a typhoon that lashed Guam on wednesday. See Story on Page 10.americans give thanks thanksgiving took an out of this world flavor for 1991, with everyone from astronauts in space to people living on the nations streets getting in on the Holiday. A Page 4navy discrimination Case a . District judge has told the Navy to pay More than $670,000 in Back wages to 67 of its women employees who were victims of sex discrimination. A Page 5�?~granny dumping trend elderly abandonment at Hospital emergency rooms is a growing problem As families crumble under the Strain of caring for relatives who Are living longer than expected. A Page 6a fight Over peace japanese legislators agreed to put off a parliamentary debate Over a Bill that would permit the country a soldiers to be sent abroad for the first time since world War ii. A Page 8army Hospital to close a declining patient population is one of the reasons Why the Hospital at bad Cannstatt will become the first army Hospital in postwar Germany to close. A Page 9 Index Abby Ann Landers .19 action line. Comics. 19-21 commentary. .13 crossword. .19 faces a no places .18 letters. Money matters .17 sports. 22-28 to listings. .27 weather. .11 Bush puts fight for jobs ahead of Battle on economic policy Washington apr president Bush said thursday that head rather fight to create jobs than Battle Congress Over economic policy at a time a when people Are hurting across America. In a thanksgiving television address produced by the White House Bush showed no inclination toward any special december congressional session to Deal with the nations business woes. A Congress left town after a particularly bitter session a he said in the speech released by the White House the morning after Congress adjourned for the year. A we now have a few weeks in which elected officials can Cool off and hear from the people they  House speaker Thomas s. Foley in an escalating War of rhetoric Over who a to blame for hard times had exhorted Bush to immediately Send an economic growth package to the Capitol. Members of the House and Senate would be poised to return Early next month to consider such a plan said Foley a Wash. But Bush said in the speech that he still prefers to offer his ideas in late january when he gives his state of the Union address to a joint session of Congress and the nation. I will ask Congress to Lay aside election year politics at least Long enough to enact a common sense series of economic growth measures a he said. Bush expected to officially declare his candidacy for re election to a second term Early next year also said he would a ask politicians to restrain their personal ambitions at least Long enough to get the Job done. Afterwards the Normal election year battling can  Bush a Holiday remarks were contained in a television tape produced by the White House and made available by satellite to to stations around the  stations were Able to broadcast the audio from the tape. In the speech the president paid trib Ute to the servicemen and women who served in the persian Gulf War and recalled his visit last thanksgiving with troops deployed in saudi Arabia. A we stood up to aggression against Kuwait he said. A and when our men and women returned Home remember How we Felt proud excited and confident even relieved a All because we knew that we did the right  but Bush focused most of his speech on the ailing Economy at Home and talked of the letters of pain he a been getting from people thrown out of work. A Well i do understand. I am concerned a he said. A and i want to help. I know that for a person out of a Job the unemployment rate is 100  Bush said at the beginning of this year he had asked Congress a to pass an important series of initiatives to boost our Economy and lamented that lawmakers a did not Send me a comprehensive package of economic growth  from Page 1 Secretary Donald b. Rice said in a statement a when i Learned in the summer of 1990 of deficiencies in the air Force general officer promotion process i directed a review of the procedures and halted further selection boards until i was satisfied they would be conducted in Accord with applicable Law and direction. A my review found that the air Force had not been in compliance with congressional and Dod guidance on general officer promotion procedures. A was the joint statement by senators Nunn and Warner indicates the of has taken corrective actions. As a result All air Force general officer selection boards held after 1989 have been conducted in accordance with All applicable statutes and Dod  after hearing of the report sen. John Glenn a Ohio chairman of the armed services manpower subcommittee said a this is so big that you can to believe something like this has been going on All this  promotion boards in All military services Are required by statute to operate under strict rules Akin to those governing a jury in a civilian court of Law. Each Board consists of at least five officers All of higher rank than the candidates they evaluate. The officers swear an oath to make their choices on Merit a without prejudice or partiality and solely on the basis of official military records. They Are forbidden to communicate with anyone outside the Board. Only the air Force was found to depart from those rules in a defense department review that was conducted by Deputy personnel chief Robert s. Silber Man and summarized in the Senate report. Among the unauthorized air Force practices likened by some Senate aides to jury tampering were a top generals of air Force major commands conducted secret a pre screenings of All officers eligible for promotion to general culling at least 85 percent of the officers from further consideration. There were no guidelines or standards governing their cuts. An additional 5 percent of the eligible officers were Cut in a second layer of pre screening. A the selection boards required by statute to consider All eligible officers knew they never saw the records of about 90 percent of All colonels eligible for promotion to brigadier general. A the top generals routinely sent secret a priority lists to each selection Board specifying their preferences for promotion. A the presidents of selection boards routinely gave Oral notice to the air Force Secretary and chief of staff of the boards choices for promotion to general before the lists were signed and became final. A the Secretary chief of staff and Deputy chief of staff made direct and improper Contact with selection boards. Those contacts appeared to result at least twice in a change of Fate for officers about whom they spoke. In the first Case the 1989 major general selection Board a Are scored its choices and promoted an officer who would not otherwise have been promoted after its president sought the advice of the then chief of staff Gen. Larry d. Welch. In the second Case the 1989 brigadier general selection Board chose not to promote an officer after it. Gen. Thomas j. Hickey who at the time was the air forces Deputy chief of staff for personnel improperly told the Board that the officer was a liar who lacked integrity. In Light of the finding Nunn said the committee has declined to confirm hickeys nomination for retirement at three Star rank. The air Force system Little known outside the uppermost ranks evolved in the Early 1960s. Rice in an interview wednesday evening said the system became improper after Congress passed the defense officer personnel management act in 1981.gadhafi from Page 1 Lockerbie Scotland that killed 270 people. The United states and France which is seeking four libyans in the 1989 bombing of a French jetliner also demanded that Libya a commit itself concretely and definitively to cease All forms of terrorist  the .-British statement wednesday did not specify a deadline for compliance or mention specific sanctions if Libya rejected the requests. A we arc thinking in terms of weeks not months a said a British official in London. The Bush administration has said military action was among options being considered. In the economic area possible sanctions include cutting air links with Libya. The soviet Union in a departure from its generally supportive attitude toward Western initiatives said it was satisfied with Libya s response to the bombing i safaris from Page 1 388,000 tons of military equipment Home Are taking a break thursday for a traditional meal said army spokesman maj. Charles Hayes from Dhahran saudi Arabia. In the United Arab emirates softball and football tournaments Are scheduled for those with Shore leave. The United service organizations Are visiting the Eisenhower on thursday with dozens of Mobile telephones for personnel to Call Home. A the holidays Are a time for potential depression some Guys said they want to have 1 thanksgiving dinner at pizza hut just to have something to remind them of Home said it. Rich hug of Massage qua Long Island. A p urged a a thorough and Calm investigation before blaming individuals a let alone entire  . And scottish authorities issued indictments nov. 14 for Lamen Khalifa Fahimah and Abdel Basset Ali Al Mega i. They were identified As libyan intelligence agents working in concert with senior libyan officials. France is seeking four libyan agents allegedly responsible for blowing up the French civilian Jet flying from Brazzaville Congo to Paris. That incident left 171 dead. A but for the Guys like me in the a for a Long time missing a Holiday is i such a big  one Navy father will celebrate with son. Both Are operation desert Sto veterans and have since been deploy it on separate ships As military police. A i feel great to be Able to be with i except the wife Isnit Here a said i White from Marvell Ark