European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Female flier study defended personnel issues Cloud change official says by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a some lawmakers Are upset with a defense department decision to delay letting women compete for combat Pilot jobs but the Pentagon a personnel chief says there Are reasons to proceed slowly and cautiously. A a there a a sense that we should just do this in a matter of weeks a Christopher Jehn the assistant Secretary of defense for Force management and personnel said in an interview Friday. A but we cannot sensibly and responsibly make changes in policy on women in combat aircraft squadrons  Pentagon officials said last week that they would wait until a presidential commission studies the broader Issue of women in combat before deciding on what changes if any should be made to combat aircraft assignment policies. The 15-Mcmber commission created by the fiscal 1992 defense authorization act is due to compile a report by dec. 15, 1992. Reps. Beverly Byron d-md., and Pat Schroeder d-colo., along with sen. William Roth r-del., have All criticized the Pentagon for As Byron put it a circumventing the will of  the fiscal 1992 defense authorization act repeals the Laws that have prohibited women from flying combat aircraft in the air Force Navy and Marine corps. The army which is not governed by Law but has its own policies barring women from combat aircraft was not mentioned in the Law. The Law lifts the Legal barriers to women in combat aircraft but docs not order the Pentagon to alter current policy. Even so lawmakers clearly expected see flier on Page 2white Blanket of Little warmth a a Walker passes through a Field near York in Northeast England where almost everything has been turned White by a heavy Frost. Temperatures have dropped to 14 degrees fahrenheit. The area has also suffered freezing fogs. For details on european and stateside weather see Page 11.firebombs blast stores in London London up a three firebombs exploded saturday in one of Britain a largest shopping complexes at Brent Cross in North London causing extensive damage but no injuries. A the bombs exploded Early this morning before shoppers or shop assistants arrived a said a spokesman for London s metropolitan police. He said it had not yet been determined whether the outlawed Irish Republican army was responsible. The Ira the largest paramilitary group fighting British Rule in the Ulster province of Northern Ireland claimed responsibility for an earlier series of office bombings at stores in Manchester Blackpool and in London a prestigious West end Over the past three weeks. Superintendent Barry Wall of the metropolitan police in Hendon said the bombs used saturday were similar to those used in recent weeks. Police sources said they believed two Ira bombing cells were responsible for the pre Christmas bombing Blitz. On Friday Northern Ireland a police chief Hugh an Nesley described As a an indescribable evil an Ira see firebombs on Page 2 journalist Anderson finds Media a scary lot to confront sister says Nashville Tenn. A r Terry Anderson a Veteran journalist is having trouble adjusting to All the Media attention heaped upon him after nearly seven years As a hostage his sister says. Anderson the longest held american hostage was not ready to Deal with reporters the Day after his dec. 4 release by pro iranian extremists in Lebanon. He asked sister Peggy say to be at his Side for his first news conference. A the said a please if you la introduce me ill answer the questions a a say said Friday at an Airport news conference before returning to her Cadiz ky., Home about 76 Miles Northwest of Nashville. Say said Anderson wept briefly at the Start of the news conference in Wiesbaden Germany but embraced her and regained his composure. He went on to deliver an eloquent and often moving account of his stubborn will inside today the mystery woman in Terry Anderson s life. Freedom an elusive concept for sex hostage Brian Keenan. See Page 8. To survive the torments of Captivity. A surprisingly he a afraid of the Media say said. Anderson was the associated press chief Middle East correspondent when he was kidnapped in Beirut on March 16, 1985. Say crisscrossed the Globe meeting with religious and political leaders in efforts to gain her brother a Freedom. She defended her Active role in trying to Speed her brother a release a men were chained to Walls living in their own filth a she said. A to not go for this would have been  the Rev. Martin Lawrence Jenco released in july 1986, told say How captors forced hostages to balance jars of urine on their Heads until they collapsed. The roman Catholic priest who by coincidence shared with say the same flight from Washington to Nashville had one piece of advice for Anderson on Friday a find a Good secret  life for Anderson should return to Normal in about two months he said. Hostage Thomas Sutherland gave say and another sister Judy Walker poems Anderson composed during his Captivity. See Anderson on Page 2 Peggy say