European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday december 17,1991 at a glance a traditional Christmas dinner a Turkey and All the trimmings a can reach a whopping 2,000 calories and that a Only for one meal. But help is on the Way. See cooking tips on pages 14-15.United against Bush six democratic presidential hopefuls sparred Over tax cuts and fiscal policy in the Campaign s first nationally televised debate but United to blame president Bush for the anaemic Economy. A Page 4deadline for 401 k plan government workers in Europe have less than a week to sign up for a tax deferred investment plan for army non appropriated fund employees. A Page 5zionism Resolution repealed the . General Assembly on monday repealed its 1975 Resolution equating zionism with racism. An israeli official viewed the votes of Arab states As a sign of their willingness to make peace. A Page 7holocaust numbers higher Long hidden soviet documents from world War ii have disclosed that nazis May have killed a Quarter million More jews in the holocaust than first believed. A Page 8philippine deadline president Corazon Aquino said the United states must leave Subic Bay naval facilities within one year if no agreement is reached this month for a three year pullout from its last philippine  Page 9 social Security Pinch Federal workers applying for social Security next year May have their monthly benefits reduced by As much As $194 because of the Windfall benefits act. I a Page 17 Index  Abby Ann Landers. 20 comics. 18-20 commentary. Faces no places. .10 letters. Money matters. .17 sports. 21-28 to listings. Weather. 11 non command sponsored students to face no extra fee Dod decides by j1mi Jones education writer a defense department ruling that would have Cost parents up to $325 per year for their children to attend military overseas schools has been rescinded. The order which was to be effective Jan. 27, directed that department of defense dependents schools charge parents of students who Are classified As a non command sponsored to pay annual tuition fees. Costs ranged from about $150 for kindergarteners to $325 for seniors based on figures set by the school systems Headquarters for the second semester of this school year. Fees were to offset costs involved with educating children of service members on unaccompanied or non command sponsored Tours. In a memorandum last week John Stremple the school system director told regional directors about Deputy defense Secretary Donald Atwood announcement reminding the order and authorized directors to continue to admit those students on a space available tuition free basis. Stremple in an interview on Friday said the system was pleased with the decision. A your preference is that non co Ramand sponsored people not pay a Stremple said in the Frankfurt interview. Quot when you have american kids who Are going to go Back into the United states we ought to educate them under any circumstances. A free Public education is the Standard that i believe in for any  students classified As non command sponsored Are those of military parents who Are not authorized to travel overseas at government expense. Also included Are those children of civilians who Are not entitled to have dependents on their living quarters allowance. About 900 families in Germany and the Atlantic regions would have been affected by the new Rule and would have said the defense department about 270,000. The Mediterranean Region had not determined the number that would have been affected. In most school districts non command sponsored children Are allowed to attend school free when space is available. Sometimes it is not. For example until this year Ramstein High school did not accept space available students said principal Douglas Kelsey. A we dropped about 100 students from our Rolls so we did accept them beginning this school year a he said. Still no non command sponsored students attend school there be said. Also the Frankfurt school District does not accept students in the non command sponsored category. Ten children in the Mannheim elementary school fell into the non command sponsored category. But assistant principal David Witte said they had got no feedback on letters the school sent to parents announcing the change. A we had not had any feedback anyone a Witte said. A now Well is. Another letter. Well try to do that l the Christmas Holiday As sort of from the  the Call for tuition for non command sponsored pupils was based on a defense management report decision. The group studied Dodds and other defense department agencies then made recommendations Tor Cost savings. Jeffrey Ketson accounting officer for the Germany Region said the Region was not aware of any Parent who already had paid the fee. A a it a quite Clear that the whole Issue is dead that there will be no tuition charged to anyone in that  from Page 1 partners a including the United states. Baker at the same news conference praised Gorbachev saying a these fundamental changes Are due in no Small part to your  the United states is interested in a working in partnership with you and others to see these developments proceed in a responsible Way a Baker said. Yeltsin a session with Baker gave the Bush administration a detailed account of How the new Commonwealth is proceeding. Yeltsin said they covered More than 20 issues. On nuclear weapons Security Yeltsin said the republics would jointly exercise control with the aim of achieving a maximum  Quot we agreed on strict Export control Over possible delivery or leakage of nuclear weapons or technology to others a Yeltsin said. Significantly soviet defense minister Yevgeny Shaposhnikov and soviet Interior minister Viktor Barannikova participated in the session in the Kremlin a gilded Catherine Hall used by soviet leaders for meetings with High ranking foreign officials. Yeltsin said the two ministers had served the a former soviet Union and that their posts would now be altered. He said the defense minister would report to the new Commonwealth being formed by soviet republics and the Interior minister would in the future report to the individual states. The Interior ministry which includes police and Black Beret special forces blamed for a bloody crackdown in the Baltic Early this year will be put under control of the russian Republic Yeltsin said. By the end of the year Yeltsin said at least 10 of the 12 republics will be in the new Commonwealth formed originally by Russia the Ukraine and byelorussian Yeltsin said. He said Russia will attempt to take Over the seat in the United nations Security Council now held by the soviet Union. Yeltsin also urged recognition of Russia As an Independent state by the United states. Baker noted that the Ukraine has also requested diplomatic recognition and said he will discuss that with ukrainian leaders in Kiev on wednesday. A i will report Back to president Bush and we will give full consideration to these requests a Baker told the news conference. Baker said he had brought with him a new ideas to accelerate reduction of the nuclear weapons stockpiled in four republics. Baker has a threefold approach according to senior . Officials who requested  from Page 1 were recovered by egyptian vessels and helicopters before Nightfall and bad weather stopped sundays search. The weather improved monday As two helicopters from the . Navy frigate Aubrey Fitch which joined in the Rescue Effort on sunday night and a Navy p-3 aircraft made their first Daylight search runs said it. Cmdr. Rudolph brewing ton a Pentagon duty officer. A a they be observed lots of wreckage empty life rats an Oil Slick but no additional bodies and no survivors a he said. Survivors said that after the ship struck the reef Crew members herded them to one Side of the listing boat to keep it from heeling Over then pushed passengers aside to get to the lifeboats. The Salem express was near the end of a 36-hour trip from Jidida saudi Arabia to Saf amp a about 290 Miles South of Cairo. Many of the passengers were muslims returning from off season pilgrimages to Mecca. Others were returning to Egypt after stints As workers in saudi  from Page 1 family 2.7 to arrive at 42,466,666 visits. Next he divides 43,200 seconds 12 hours by the number of total visits to reach the conclusion that Santa has 0.00102 seconds or 1.02 milliseconds per  considering this is about a Hundred times faster than we blink if you blinked on Christmas eve chances Are you missed Santa a Saupe  from Page 1 blowing out windows in nearby houses. In the past the Ira has chosen monday mornings to bomb train stations and railway lines in order to cause maximum disruption. A labyrinth of criss crossing rail lines Clapham Junction is Britain a busiest rail intersection. British broadcasting corp. Said a train full of commuters was just Yards away from the blast. The Flash could be seen through the left of the windows close to the front of the train a commuter Ashley Hosten told bbl radio. A after that some of the passengers started running from the front of the Tram to the rear. It happened a few Hundred Yards in front of the train and it did shake the train and you could see it and hear it very  after the blast police warned commuters not to head into London if it weren to necessary. All eight British rail stations in the City were reopened by noon after searches revealed nothing suspicious. The association of London authorities said the chaos kept at least 250,000 people at Home Ana Cost companies about $83 million. Roads were jammed during Rush hour killed five and the bbl said there was chaos on trains. On a Normal weekday some 8,000 trains Cany half a million passengers into London. In a statement issued in the Irish capital of Dublin on sunday the Ira claimed responsibility for sundays firebombing of the National gallery bookshop and for two similar bombings saturday at a North London shopping Center. The Ira bombed the Stock Mii Ilij in july 1990 after calling in a warning. No one was injured but damage was extensive. Mondays bombing also raised the Specter of the iras bombing of harrods department store in december 1983 that Kielc