European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday december 14, 1991 the stars and stripes c Page 3sac he to lose 20% of jobs in 1992 Washington apr dismantling the strategic air command the unit in charge of the nations strategic bombers and missiles will eliminate nearly 20 percent of the jobs at its Headquarters base in Nebraska in 1992, the air Force said Friday. Offutt air Force base near Omaha will lose 2,199 of its 11,790 military positions and 471 of its 1,912 civilian jobs As Sac disappears next year and Offutt becomes Headquarters of a newly organized Multi service . Strategic command. Other previously planned cuts at of butt will reduce the Headquarters staff by an additional 619 military jobs and 73 civilian positions by 1994, the air Force said. So by 1994 the base will have one Quarter fewer jobs than at present. Offutt has been Headquarters of Sac since nov. 9, 1948. Eighteen of the bases now under sacks control arc to become part of a new air combat come based at Langley fab va., next june 1. Four Sac bases will become part of air mobility come based at Scott fab Iii. The actions Are part of a Broad air Force reorganization announced earlier this fall by air Force Secretary Donald Rice and Gen. Merrill a. Mcpeak the air Force chief of staff. Rice announced Friday that reassignment of personnel from Offutt to other bases will begin in january and be mostly completed by the end of 1992. The reorganization will have a less pronounced affect on employment at Langley which currently is Headquarters of tactical air come but next june will become Headquarters of the new air combat come. Tac will disappear in the reorganization. Its functions will be merged with those of Sac and the combination will be known As air combat come. Langley which is near Hampton va., will lose 232 of its 8,867 military positions while increasing civilian employment at the base by 162 people from the current total of 1,754. Also Scott fab located near Belleville 111., will lose 11 of its 6,273 military positions and add 63 civilian jobs to its current total of 2,979 As it shifts from being Headquarters of the military Airlift come to Headquarters of air mobility  seeks Honecker s eviction from embassy Santiago Chile up a the German ambassador urged chilean officials Friday to expel fugitive former East German Leader Erich Honecker from the chilean embassy in Moscow so he could be deported to face charges in Germany. German ambassador Wiegand Pabsch appealed for the second time in 24 hours to under foreign minister Edmundo Vargas urging Chile to expel the former communist Leader from its embassy where he and wife Margot Are a a guests of the chilean government. Pabsch told reporters following the meeting that his government wishes to bring Honecker to trial a so this problem can soon be resolved  Honecker 79, is being charged with political Esposi ability for the deaths of 192 people killed trying to Cross the Berlin Wall that divided the City from 1961 to 1989. The ambassador said he understood Honecker a desire to spend Christmas with his family but added a there were Many germans who for wishing to spend Christmas with their families died trying to Cross the Berlin  Chile denied Honecker political Asylum on thursday but continued to allow him to remain in the Moscow embassy beyond the reach of German or soviet officials. Honecker who was ousted As Leader of the communist German democratic Republic in 1989, fled to Moscow in Early 1991 from a soviet army Hospital in Berlin where he was being treated for cancer. President Patricio Aylwyn who considers himself a personal Friend of German Chancellor Helmut Kohl said a from the Point of International Law the situation is very dear this Case docs not have the requirements for  on Letterman comedian Jay Leno left jokes with David Letterman during the taping of no cd slate night with David Letterman on thursday in new York. It was the first television meeting Between the two since last Summers announcement that Leno would replace Johnny Carson As Host of the tonight show. Letterman had been interested in replacing Carson. Judge rules Maxwell died of natural causes Santa Cruz de Tenerife Canary islands up a British Media tycoon Robert Maxwell died of natural causes in a plunge from his yacht during a cruise last month off the Canary islands a judge ruled Friday. The autopsy report cast doubt on theories of foul play and suicide but did not Rule them out altogether. The report also did not dispel the mystery that has grown up since maxwells death As his vast and financially overextended Empire has crumbled amid suspicion of massive fraud. Judge Isabel Olivaus report citing pathologists findings from a five week investigation concluded the 68-year-old magnate died of heart failure prompted by a Lack of blood flow to the heart muscle a followed by an additional causative  this a causative factors was not specified and the pathologists could not Rule out submersion in the Atlantic Olivaus report said. And the judge could shed no Light on the events of the pre Dawn hours of nov. 5 As the Maxwell motor yacht the lady Ghislaine was cruising leisurely from Santa Cruz to los Cristiano on Tenerife Island West of grand Canary Island. An alarm was raised at mid morning after the tycoon failed to answer an urgent Telephone Call from new York and was discovered not to be in his stateroom. His naked body was found floating off the coast of grand Canary Island. Maxwell was last seen by members of the yachts 11-member Crew on the deck of the lady Ghislaine about 4 30 . A few minutes later he telephoned the Bridge to ask the air conditioning in his stateroom be turned off. Nothing More was heard from him. The Only detail Olivaus report was Able to provide was to put the time of death at see related Story on Page 17 6 . A with a margin of error of one  the report quoted an extract from the pathologists findings that All the evidence available a chemical clinical visual and microscopic a was that a the probable cause of death was Quot an ischaemic heart ailment blood starvation of the heart muscle followed by an additional causative Factor a possibly plunging into the Ocean. The extract said the pathologists believe maxwells plunge was accidental although a other causes cannot be completely  but it said there were no external signs of violence including puncture Marks strangulation or smothering and no traces of Poison were found in his blood or organs. Slight Rise in prices further softens threat of inflation Washington up a consumer prices Rose a modest 0.4 percent in november the government said Friday. The rate was just slightly higher than the 0.3 percent that economists had expected which excluded volatile food and Energy prices. Taking food and Energy prices into consideration the Price increase was right on target providing More evidence that the inflation threat has subsided. So far this year inflation is running at an annual rate of 2.9 percent or far less than the 6.4 percent rate for the first 11 months of last year. Fridays report follows thursday s release of a report measuring producer wholesale prices. That report also indicated inflation is under control. Analysts said this would make the Federal Reserve More willing to further lower interest rates in an Effort to encourage spending and thereby boost the Economy. The 0.4 percent increase in consumer prices during november followed a 0.1 percent Rise in october a 0.4 percent hike in september and 0.2 percent increases in each of the previous three months. Most of november a Price increase came from a surge in food and Energy prices generally considered quite volatile. Food prices Rose 0.6 percent a after declining 0.1 percent in october a largely As a result of a Sharp turnaround in fruit and vegetable prices the labor department said. The Index for fresh fruits and vegetables Rose 6.2 percent in the month reflecting Supply shortages caused by whitefly infestations. Prices for lettuce and tomatoes Rose the most a 44.5 percent and 12.7 percent respectively. Also contributing to grocery store Price increases was an upturn in beef and veal prices. Poultry and fish prices however fell. Energy costs meanwhile advanced 0.8 percent after rising 0.2 percent in october. Price increases for fuel and natural Gas More than offset a Price drop for electricity. In other prices a housing costs Rose 0.2 percent. A transportation costs Rose 0.5 percent mainly because of Price increases for cars fuel and Public transportation. A clothing prices advanced 1 percent. A As usual medical care costs also Rose by 0.5 percent. This puts medical costs 8 percent above a year ago. A entertainment costs Rose 0.2 percent. A the Cost of other goods and services Rose 0.7 percent largely because of a 1.9 percent increase in tobacco prices