European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a the stars and stripes saturday december 14, 1991 at a glance residents of the 27 northernmost counties Are hoping to turn their portion of California into the nations 51st state. The picture above is an Aerial View of Malibu Calif. See Story on pages 14-15. Bush welcomes hostages president Bush saluted five former . Hostages thursday and proclaimed at a festive Christmas tree lighting ceremony that Quot America s prayers were answered when these men came Home to  a Page 4 put Baghdad on watch warning that Iraq is hiding some nuclear capabilities the chairman of the House armed sen ices committee is urging Bush to resume combat air patrols Over Baghdad. A Page 5 challenger tape withheld a Federal judge has refused to order the Public release of the audio tape of the last moments of the seven astronauts who died aboard the space shuttle challenger. A Page 6 Keating in prison former Lincoln savings owner Charles Keatingjr. Was led away in chains to Federal prison after he was charged with racketeering. A Page 7 Disney announces plans Walt Disney co. Will expand in Anaheim with a second theme Park six times the size of Disneyland. A Page 8 Maxwell probe widens the official investigation of publisher Robert Maxwell s furtive finances has widened to include possibly illegal Stock purchases. A Page 17 Index w>�x�sawwenttn4 Abby Ann Landers 19 action line.16 comics.19-21 commentary.13 crossword .19 faces in places .18 letters .12 Money matters.17 sports.22-28 to listings.27 weather.11nato from Page 1 rated arms with the collapse of the soviet Central government. A it is absolutely essential in our View that the current changes. Do not Lead to proliferation of nuclear weapons and their control a said nato Secretary general Manfred Worner. He said the Western Alliance was ready to help. A if there would be a formal request i think we would be prepared to meet the concerns and help As much As we can a he said. Still he said All information gleaned from authorities in the soviet Union and the republics showed an interest in keeping the nuclear Arsenal under a single control. A there is a very vivid sentiment that it would be very dangerous to have a proliferation of nuclear weapons a he said. The ministers also called for closer military ties with their counterparts in the former Warsaw pact the soviet led Eastern Dalliance that collapsed this year. Worner said the ministers would seek a an Early meeting with defense ministers of East european countries. The ministers said in their statement that they could help their neighbors in management of defense programs education and training of troops and democratic control of military forces. Foreign ministers from the United states and other Alliance nations will meet next week with their counterparts from nine nations in Eastern Europe for the first meeting of the North Atlantic cooperation Council. Worner said soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze had been invited to attend. A was of now i expect him to be Here a he said. Worner said it would be left up to Shevardnadze to decide whether to bring representatives of the republics some of whom have announced plans to form a Commonwealth apart from the Central soviet government. Worner also said he would meet later in the Day with Gennady Burbulis Deputy prime minister of Russia. Nato sources said Burbulis had requested the meeting. The ministers also approved guidelines for implementing their hew Mili Tail strategy in the Post cold War Era. The strategy Calls for leaner More Mobile forces Able to respond quickly in event of a crisis on nato territory. The ministers also agreed to streamline their command Structure. Tiey will reduce the alliances three main military commands to two by dropping the Headquarters covering the English Channel and consolidating the units in the Northern part of the  from Page 1 to pledge that they could join As equal partners As they had demanded. A Karimov has received an affirmative answer to the question of the possibility of the Central asian republics taking part in founding the Commonwealth a radio Russia said. The three founding slavic republics possess the bulk of the soviet unions Industrial and agricultural might As Well As most of its territory Ana population. Kazakhstan the second largest soviet Republic also has substantial resources and is the Only non slavic territory with nuclear weapons. Still the Commonwealth will face the same economic morass Bede Iling the Kremlin at a time when severe food shortages Are predicted for Winter. In the most recent crisis the country is facing a fuel shortage. Tass reported the shortage forced More than half of soviet airports to close thursday and led to the cancellation of most Domestic flights of the state Aeroflot airline. . Officials some of whom have expressed concern that hardship could Lead to All out civil strife and a loss of control Over the soviet nuclear Arsenal on thursday announced a new Aid Effort. The White House said president Bush would hold an International conference Early next month to coordinate humanitarian assistance to the soviet Union. In the latest ethnic strife a gun Battle broke out Friday Between police and separatists in the self proclaimed trans Dniester Republic of Eastern Moldavia officials said. Tass said 13 people died. Moldavian president Mircea Sniegur broke off a visit to byelorussian and was returning to his capital Kishinev because of the crisis Tass said. Yeltsin has said the new grouping will be Able to tackle the country a problems be cola from Page 1 actual commissary use because the studies were conducted Only in and around military facilities. A the earlier surveys missed the people that Seldom use the military facilities which turns out to be a substantial number a Pomeroy said. A so people paying More for Market Basket items in the United states reduces that differential with overseas shoppers and ultimately Lowers the overseas Cost of living  More convenient shopping hours and Shorter waiting times were some of the major reasons cited by military shoppers in the United states for using civilian grocery stores the Survey found. However perhaps because of the Lack of american products in foreign stores a cause it will do away with the Central bureaucracy which has resisted Radical Market Reform demanded by the republics. On thursday the russian parliament overwhelmingly ratified the Commonwealth agreement and Gorbachev told reporters he would quit if the republics Clear living pattern Survey of overseas members found that 70 percent of those stationed in Germany and an average of 65 percent of All overseas service members use commissaries said Navy capt. Dick Tangeman the director of the per diem committee staff. Other information considered in the Survey was a Price list of 84 Marke Basket items ranging from food and toiletries to car care and video equipment to determine the Normal costs for military members in the United states said coast guard cmdr. Bob Dodge of the defense departments compensation office. A the Survey measured the higher costs Many service members Are paying in stateside supermarkets As opposed to overseas commissaries and the new allowance will make up for that difference a Pomeroy said. Overseas cola is meant to compensate those stationed in foreign countries for the additional costs they face based by chose it Over his proposed Union treaty. A if that show the process ends i will resign. It is completely Clear no question about it a he said. In an interview thursday Gorbachev edged closer to resigning saying a the main work of my life is  on what stateside service members pay for similar goods and services he added. Actually the stateside Survey results supported a four Index Point decrease in overseas cola the Pentagon release said but officials voted to moderate the changes Impact by limiting the reduction to Only two Points. Another Survey of military stateside living patterns will be conducted next fall Dodge said. The results along with foreign currency fluctuations will again be used to determine overseas cola. The weakening Dollar will also mean an increase in december of the overseas housing allowance at most overseas locations officials said. The housing allowance a based on reported expenses of housing overseas a military members rank number of dependents and location a is not expected to change during 1992, unless Exchange rates fluctuate dramatically officials  from Page 1 Chicago. A a there a no question. That its a very bad Job Market for people graduating right now a said John Sargent an economist for the Federal Bureau of labor statistics in Washington a we face an unusual situation with the downturn in the Economy persisting As Long As it  but do Crick questioned whether the Job Market is in fact the worst in two decades. A in a fundamental sense i done to think we re in that sort of environment a he said. A that would take you Back to 1971. We had quite severe recessions in 1981 and 1973-75, which were at least to Date far deeper than the recession of 19901991.�?� Lindquist has been in College place ment for 33 years and said that White National unemployment figures May have been higher in the 1970s, he said he thinks Jot it prospects for College graduates Are worse now. A a whole lot of things arc factored in a he said. A a there san increase in alumni coming Back to use our placement services the number of top executives and top managers out of work has increased by 25 percent in the last  the Survey which has been released in each of the last 46 years found that demand for graduates with bachelors degrees would drop 4 percent next year. Hiring for masters level students would be off 7 percent. Engineering degrees should command the highest starting salaries a $35,064, the report said. Liberal arts degrees were at the Bottom of the salary Heap with an average yearly pay of $26,472 anticipated the Survey found. Lindquist said next year will see a 16 recent drop in Job opportunities for ache lord a degree graduates in economics and finance. But students who took a Good distribution of courses including math science and computer science courses were in much better shape than other undergraduates he said. Those hitting the Job Market with an mba and a non technical undergraduate degree could expect a starting salary of $44,796, according to the report. Dederick said the nations economic downturn appears to be having a greater Impact on the Middle classes than previous recessions. A business. Is still in a retrenchment Mode a Cost cutting Mode a said Dederick. A this is not just the classic recession where the so called Blue Collar worker carries the pain. A Blue collars Are still carrying the most but White Collar appears to be carrying More of the pain than in the