European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                It Page 2 b the stars and stripes monday january 27, 1992 at a glance an elderly Man feels he wind in his angers during a train ride that took passengers through a Beautiful tragic  see Story on pages 14-15. Black votes sought democratic presidential hopefuls courted the crucial Black vote with promises of jobs better schools and affordable health care for inner cities. A Page 4 historic warship retires no fanfare accompanied the last departure of the historic aircraft Carrier Lexington from its port of 29 years at Nas Pensacola Fla. A Page 5 minister charged in murder a minister who recently had been released from a mental Hospital was arrested for allegedly killing another minister at a Bastrop la., funeral Home and cutting off his head. A Page 6 rape covered up the University of South Florida in Tampa covered up rape charges against a Star basketball player and stood by while the alleged victim was harassed a Florida Board of regents inquiry has determined. A Page 7 principal of the year she is known to Alconbury High school students As the dragon lady but principal Kay Galloway is anything but a fire breathing administrator say her students and colleagues. A Page 9 Macy a May go bankrupt debt Ridden retailer . Macy amp co. Could file for bankruptcy Protection this week a newspaper reported. Page 17 Index a Abby Ann Landers. 20 action line. 16 comics. 18-20 commentary. 13 crossword. 20 faces a no places. 10 letters. 12 Money matters. 17 sports. 21-28 to listings. 27 weather. 11 service from Page 1 apply for either Nivoli and was later a Unitarily discharged the separation payment would be $27,388. A staff sergeant with 12 years would be paid $5,337 annually for 24 years under the Vii program. That same staff sergeant would get $32,025 As a Lump sum payment through the sub program. If that staff sergeant did not apply for either program and was later involuntarily discharged the separation pay would be $21,349. Air Force plans Call for the separation of nearly 22,000 enlisted members and More than 4,800 officers by the end of the fiscal year said col. Tarry c. Mcmillin us Afes Deputy chief of staff for personnel. All airmen who meet the criteria can apply for separation. A a we be never had a program like this so we done to know How Many takers there will be a Mcmillin said. Air Force officials Are hopeful that enough airmen will take advantage of the program so As to avoid reduction in Force boards later in the year Mcmillin said. Separations Are being offered to airmen according to rank and Job specially. Air Force specially codes have been divided into tiers. First tier airmen hold the most critically manned jobs. Fifth tier airmen have specialities that Are Over manned and less critical. Although those holding first tier specialities Are considered critical some airmen in that tier can still apply for one of the programs remade said. Mcmillin said that applicants will be considered on a first come first served basis. Mcmillin said he expects the less qualified airmen to be among the first to Volunteer for the programs. A they must realize if the numbers Are not there then there will be a if reduction in Force a he said. A if the numbers weren to there As we get air Force eligibility the following members of the air Force Are eligible beginning feb. 3, to apply for the air Forte version of the voluntary separation incentive or the special separation Benefit programs a a senior airmen sergeants and staff sergeants with nine to 19 years of service in non critical skills. A senior airmen sergeants and above with nine to 19 years of service in non critical skills at bases scheduled to close. A Reserve captains who Are not pilots and who were commissioned Between 1961 and 1905. A prior service Reserve lieutenants and captains who Are non pilots and who were commissioned Between 1966 and 1969, a All captains passed Over for promotion who were commissioned in 1980. A All majors and above except those promoted below the tone who were commissioned Between 1972 and 1980. A regular captains commissioned Between 1981 and 1965 stationed at bases scheduled to close. 3 prior service regular lieutenants and captains who Are non pilots in the 1986-89 year group at bases scheduled to close. Into june then the plans the mechanisms would begin to Roll for a if Board a Mcmillin said. The enlisted Board would meet in july and the officer Board in August. The decision for whether the boards would meet would Likely be made in May he added. Personnel officials at each Safe base Are being trained to answer questions and provide assistance to air Force members interested in applying for the programs. A at each base there will be a nucleus of experts that Are Well versed in All the nuances of this program a he said. A they will go to their bases and they will explain the program to the people that Are eligible and to the commanders that will administer  base closures and Mission shrinkage will also affect eligibility. Some airmen stationed at bases scheduled to close can apply for the program regardless of their rank or specially Mcmillin said. Sas air Force base closings the following . Air forces to Europe bases Are scheduled to close or significantly reduce operations. M mount Pateras Greece i Schierstein Germany it a Drvenica Germany a Leitheim Germany m Raf Kemble England Al Zaragoza a Spain v Torrejon a Spain 3tt Raf Ben Waters England is Hahn a Germany a a Lindsey air station Germany m Wiesbaden a Germany ass Yeltsin from Page 1 to halt the nations nuclear bomb building indefinitely the Washington Post reported saturday. It will cancel production of the Only nuclear warhead remaining on the . Military a order books said the newspaper. In addition a Bush intends to move toward eliminating the nations Force of 50 my ballistic missiles eliminate plans for the single warhead midget Man missile and scale Back the minuteman Iii missile Force Pentagon sources have said in confirming recent published reports. A a . Military advisory panel urged cutting the nuclear Arsenal by half. The study prepared for an air Force general said the United states should target a scaled Down nuclear Force on potential foes other than the former soviet Union. At least one critic of the study said the cuts should be even deeper. The existence of the study was disclosed earlier this month by the Washington Post and the los Angeles times Ana subsequently confirmed by military experts who had seen the study. In military spending a president Bush will Call for $4 billion in reductions in current military programs in next years budget. Draft documents target such items As a planned upgrade of the army a my tank the Navy a f-14 Jet fighter and Money earmarked for scientific research at universities. A draft list of this years proposed cuts was reported in fridays Washington Post and later obtained by the associated press. A russians parliament approved a budget that the Deputy prime minister said would slash arms purchases to less than one seventh of last years level. Cuts from Page 1 sources said his final proposal will move toward a 15 percent rate advocated by conservatives. A a three month moratorium on most new Federal regulations. Bush is expected to help pay for the tax cuts mostly through a variety of accounting changes and Maneu vers that will enable him to declare continued allegiance to spending ceilings adopted As part of last years tax raising budget agreement with Congress. On the Domestic front Bush says in the budget proposal that his spending plans include �?o$100 billion for children a programs up 66 percent since 1989,�?� the ear he became president the new York Imes reported. The los Angeles times quoting congressional sources it did not name reported sunday that Bush will propose spending $873 million on aids research for 1993, an increase of 3.8 percent Over the current budget. But the new funding is far less than what some scientists have said is needed to pursue critical new scientific leads the newspaper said a a it a going to Cut across All research lines a or. Thomas c. Merigan director of the aids research Center at Stanford University told the los Angeles times. A we have Many new drugs in the pipeline and we re clearly not going to be Able to test them As quickly As  the $100 billion for children a programs by Bush a calculations include $349 million for childhood immunization programs 18 percent More than was spent last year. He also Calls for a 9 percent increase in funding for the special supplemental food program for women infants and children Nown As w1c, to $2.8 billion the new York times reported. Repealing the luxury tax on yachts enacted in 1990, would be an Effort to revive the boat building Industry the times said. Many workers lost jobs when sales slumped and some boat builders went out of business. The Law requires anyone who buys a new or imported boat with a retail Price More than $100,000 to pay a 10 percent tax on the amount above $100,000. Bush said last August that the tax a was slapped on there because people Felt this is a Way to get the Rich Guys. What they forgot is there a a lot of not so Rich Guys that build these  the times said democrats including Senate majority Leader George j. Mitchell support repealing the tax. Other features of the proposed budget reported by the times a $66 million to control tuberculosis up from $32 million this year a $9.4 billion for programs to combat infant mortality up 18 percent a $684 million for Community health centers up 15 percent a $120 million for the National health service corps which places doctors in Rural and inner City areas up 19 percent. On the defense front Bush is expected to propose up to a $50 billion Cut in Pentagon spending Over the next five years. He is also expected to seek to squeeze further savings from slowing Down production on the b-2 stealth Comber and other advanced weapons systems. In the Wake of the collapse of the soviet Empire the president is expected to move toward Sharp reductions in the nations nuclear missile Force. The Washington Post reported saturday that the administration has decided to cancel production of the Only nuclear warheads still on order by the military