European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 11, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes wednesday december 11, 1991 Federal workers rejecting offers of Early retirement by Mike Causey the Washington Post Washington a efforts to protect the jobs of younger Federal workers by offering More senior employees Early retirement have fizzled this year. For several years Federal employees hammered Congress to relax rules so they could retire Early. Now fears about the Economy and the shrinking private Job Market have made Early retirement unthinkable for most workers. Such Lack of interest could Hurt younger workers next year As agencies a led by the defense department which has 40 percent of the Federal civilian work Force a decrease the number of their employees using last hired first fired rules. Ten percent of the 377,607 Federal civilian employees in Washington work for the Navy which is shrinking. Most of its cuts so far have been mostly in shipyards. Earlier this year the Navy offered Early outs to 1,100 Genoa . Apr a Farmer shot a plumber during a 16-hour siege that ended with police fatally wounding the gunman authorities said. At one Point the gunman requested a spacecraft to take him away authorities said. Rolf Rahn 37, was fatally shot sunday after refusing to drop a handgun he was pointing at the police negotiator David Gould authorities said. Rahn died later at a Hospital in Syracuse 35 Miles to the Southeast. The plumber Kevin St. John of King ferry was shot during an argument saturday afternoon while fixing a Well for Rahn police said. Rahn called the plumber an Quot android and then shot him once in the Chest authorities said. Rahn then held St. John for about two hours until Gould arrived at Rahn s barn and St. John escaped police said. "1 thought i had him at one time a Gould said. Maj. John Mcque Coney commander of state police in Auburn said the standoff began when dozens of troopers surrounded Rahns farmhouse saturday night and tried talking to him by  of slain Utah new York up a a Manhattan jury monday began deliberating the Fate of Loui Voung men accused of murdering Utah tourist Brian Watkins last year As he attempted to deleted his family from a gang of muggers. Justice Edwin Torres told jurors in the state supreme court in Manhattan that they have to determine whether detectives violated the constitutional rights of the defendants by allegedly tricking them into giving incriminating statements a As defense lawyers argued a or whether the defendants freely confessed to police. The jury was to resume deliberations tuesday. The defendants Are each charged with four counts of eligible workers at Pearl Harbor Hawaii. Those who were eligible for the Early retirement had to be at least 50 years old with 20 years of service or could be any age with 25 years of service. Only 78 took it. At the Charleston w.va., shipyard Only 12 of 1,000 took Early outs. At Mare Island in California Only 14 of 1,996 took it. Because of the poor response All the shipyards expect a new round of layoffs next year. Lack of interest in Early retirement could mean Job Security problems for new civil servants if the army Navy and air Force which have 89,000 civilians in Washington chop Headquarters operations in 1992. The equal employment Opportunity commission is offering Early outs to employees in Washington and Baltimore. Nearly 90 Are eligible in Washington but Only eight Are expected to take it. In Baltimore Only two of 13 eligible employees Are expected to take Early retirement. Rahn said he would not be taken alive and asked for a spacecraft. A i told him it was broken Down a Gould said. St. John was listed in serious condition monday at Arnot Ogden medical Center in Elmira. Rahn stopped talking with Gould but that night detective William Bolling reached Rahn by phone and spent nearly four hours trying to persuade him to cooperate with police. Rahn appeared outside again sunday this time in a Bathrobe. Police said he yelled and pointed a Small Cal incr handgun at Gould and continued tracking the officer with his gun despite police orders to Stop. Seconds later police shot at Rahn 12 times. He was hit by four bullets police said. The shooting by police will be investigated a routine procedure in such cases. A from the accounts i have it appears it was perfectly justified a said Cayuga county District attorney Paul  goes to jury robbery and one count of felony murder in the stabbing death of Watkins. None of the four defendants is charged with indicting the Stab wound that killed the 22-year-old tourist from Provo Utah during the sept. 2, 1990, attack. Watkins and his family who were in new York for the . Open Tennis tournament were on a Midtown Manhattan subway platform when they were attacked by a knife wielding gang. The top charge of felony murder which carries a penalty of 25 years to life in prison requires proof that a defendant took part in a felony that resulted in a death a even if the defendant did not directly cause the  Auto theft proves to be dead end from wire reports Morristown Tenn. A a Man was charged monday with stealing a Hearse with a body in the Back. A the was walking by and saw the Hearse with the motor running and decided he did no to want to walk anymore a police it. Dale Pendland said. Pendland said James Edward Conners 22, was charged with Auto theft resisting arrest carrying a concealed weapon and driving without a License. The Hearse was stolen from a Hospital Early monday. The body had been transported from a nursing Home to Humana Hospital where it was to be officially pronounced dead. The Hearse s Driver was inside the Hospital when the vehicle was taken Pendland said. Police spotted the Hearse a Short time later and chased Conners for two Miles before they were Able to Stop him Pendland said. Conners told police a had to get to Knoxville and he did no to know there was a body in the  lands in jail Franklin ind. A a Man who applied for a Job at the Johnson county sheriffs department has wound up with a position inside the jail a but not on the payroll. Kevin Kayrouz 22, applied for a Job As a juvenile Monitor supervising juveniles who Are in temporary custody. A but when a Deputy entered Kayrouz a name into a computer last week for a background Check she found he was wanted on charges of forgery and receiving stolen property. The Johnson county warrant issued last december alleges that Kayrouz stole a $1,000 in Stant credit offer from a Mailbox. He allegedly forged a signature on the offer and cashed it. Kayrouz remained in jail monday in lieu of $5,000 bail pending a hearing set for feb. 3.listings double trouble Lincoln neb. A human services officials say they redesigned their listings in the Blue pages of the Lincoln Telephone Book to avoid duplication. What they got was More duplication thanks to a printing error. Pages 12 and 13 of the special Section Are exactly the same. Both Start with the number for the rape spouse abuse crisis Center and end with the March of dimes. Health administrator Tom Cardwell said Lincoln Telephone and Telegraph co. Will enclose copies of the missing Page 13 in january Telephone  Teresa Bush visit Washington a Mother Teresa who won a Nobel peace prize for her work among the sick and dying visited president Bush in the Oval office on monday. The frail 81-year-old roman Catholic nun discussed her recent Charity work in Albania and talked about her upcoming trip to China according to presidential spokesman Gary Foster. The nun was in Washington to witness the induction of 27 Sisters into the missionaries of Charity order that she founded in 1950, Mother Teresa won the Nobel peace prize in 1979 for her work a much of it in Calcutta India a in caring for lepers cholera victims and abandoned children at her  won t run los Angeles a Democrat Glenn m. Anderson a 12-term congressman whose party colleagues stripped him of his House committee chairmanship a year ago said he will not seek reelection next year. Anderson said in a statement sunday his decision not to run again in California s 32nd District has been several months in the making. He said he was leaving the Public policy Arena to the a next generation of  democrats As part of a youth movement in the House last year took away the 78-year-old Andersons chairmanship of the Public works and transportation committee. A Farmer Rolf Rahn left alms a pistol at negotiator David Gould shortly before being fatally shot in Genoa . Long siege ends when police kill Farmer who shot plumber