European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 31, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 c the stars and stripes Friday january 31, 1992 at a glance the woman who has accused Boxer Mike to it son of rape took the witness stand thursday and began telling the Story she says ended in a brutal sexual assault. The 18-Ycar-old contestant in the miss Black America pageant was the second witness to testify against the former heavyweight Champion. Sec Story on Page 6. High tech exports to Iran the Commerce department allowed . Companies to sell Iran $60 million in High tech products with potential military use even As the Cia was warning against Iran a support of terrorism and its nuclear weapons program. A Page 4 a viral time bomb the Michelangelo virus could erase data from hard disks of hundreds of thousands of computers around the world on Michelangelo a birthday March 6. A Page 6 discovery ends Mission the shuttle discovery sailed through a Clear sky and landed at Edwards fab Calif., thursday with seven astronauts and an assortment of tiny organisms carried on the research Mission. Page 7 exports bolstered Economy the . Economy barely grew in the final Quarter of last year As a surge in demand for american exports kept the nations production of goods and services from actually shrinking the Commerce department reported. A Page 17 Abby Ann Landers 19 Actton line.16 comics.19-21 commentary.13 crossword .19 faces a places .18 letters .12 Money matters.17 sports .22-28 to listings.27 weather.11 Index draw Down from Page 1 port since the end of Wii. The 3rd army div in Frankfurt which was deactivated and the 8th inf div in bad Treu Zach which was re flagged As the 1st army div also recently passed into the army history books. Action on the 83 Sites will involve moving out nearly 17,000 military personnel 1,300 . Civilian employees and 7,500 local National workers. Nine Sites on the list have More than 1,000 people who will feel the effect of the closings. In addition to Carl Schurz and Clay Cavern in the Bremer Haven area other Large Sites include Christensen Barracks in Bundlach flak Cavern in ludwigs Burg Herzo base in Herzog Nakrach Mainz army depot and the Mombach maintenance Plant in Mainz Mcnair Cavern in Frankfurt Hochst and Warner Barracks in Bamberg. Eight of the 10 largest Sites with More than 1,000 people affected Are Home to War fighting units including infantry Armor Field artillery and Engineer units. Williams said previous closings have affected various overseas combat units but Overall this round has More of an Impact on the . War fighting Structure in Europe than the others. Eleven other Sites have Between 200 and 1,000 personnel while 23 have less than 200 people and 39 Are unmanned. Smaller Sites include several airfields storage areas housing facilities and communication Sites. Two Are in the Netherlands one each is in England Italy and Scotland and the rest Are in Germany. The military plans to remove 106,600 troops from Europe by the end of this fiscal year. Originally the plan was to have 86,600 troops out of Europe by that time. . Military strength in Europe has dropped from a High of 314,000 to the current level of 227,000. Ultimately the United states plans to have about 150,000 troops in Europe. Since the draw Down began 87,000 service members have left Europe along with 100,000 family members and 6,000 civilian employees a roughly equivalent to moving the entire Popula Tion of Green Bay wis., including cars and household goods Williams said. Some of the service members returning will be reassigned to other units while others will get out under one of the Pentagon a separation pay plans he said. The Pentagon has sped up the Europe draw Down and has taken other Steps to maximize Cost savings As quickly As possible As a Way to keep Congress from making even deeper cuts in the military base Force plan before it is carried out Williams said. A a we re taking More out in a Shorter period of time than we had planned for a he said. Alluding to an expected clash with Congress Over cutting into the base Force plan even deeper Williams said Pentagon officials Are hopeful they can hold their ground. Millie Waters . Army Europe spokeswoman said the army expects to make another unit draw Down announcement within the next week. The air Force took a relatively Small hit with Only four installations on the closure list. They include Raf Greenham common England Comiso As Sicily Turkheim communications Center and Annex Geislinger Germany. A they All mean something a said Safe spokesman it. Col. Huip j. Crowley. A they All have an Impact but they Are relatively Small in  Navy cmdr John h. Woodhouse . European come spokesman said that although the announcement will affect a total of about 25,800 military . Civilian and foreign employed personnel it does no to mean All those people will lose their jobs. Some military personnel will return to the United states or will be transferred to other Sites in Europe. Some civilian employees Are spouses of departing troops and would leave anyway others will exercise return rights and claim a Federal Job in the United states. People in All three categories May simply move their workplace to nearby facilities As part of a consolidation Effort. Staff writers Ken Clauson de Ravia Kevin Daugherty and Joe Owen contributed to this Atory Cheney from Page 1 doing it Why Arentt you bringing Home the troops Why done to you realize the cold War is Over a a he said. A we Are doing it. We Are on our Way. But it would be very imprudent for us to Start pulling numbers out of the air to come up with a new plan every Day. The current base Force plan is a Good concept a solid concept with a strategic under winning to it to bring the Force Down in a balanced Way a Powell said. Cheney said almost All the significant hardware cutbacks contained in the budget Stem from the single fact that the former soviet Empire is in ruins and poses a far less credible threat than it did two years ago. The budget Calls for ending procurement of b-2 bombers at 20 planes scrapping the midget Man single warhead intercontinental ballistic missile program land ending production of the advanced cruise missile and warheads for submarine launched icbms. Other strategic nuclear cutbacks Are a possibility if Russia and the other former soviet republics agree to several reciprocal cuts in their own forces outlined by president Bush. A we can now afford to be More deliberate in the Pace at which we modernize a Cheney said. A and the emergence of democracy in the former soviet Union f resents an historic Opportunity to make Urther reductions in the worlds strategic nuclear  Overall the plan would Cut $50 billion in defense spending Over the next five years. In addition to a Cap on b-2 procurement the Navy a so Wolf submarine program would end after the completion of the first submarine now under con National defense budget dollars in billions 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 a Pentagon budget Pra state of Union address 283.0 279.1 273.3 274.6 278.5 a a budget after state of Union address 282.6 272.8 267.4 267.9 270.9 273.6 a Quot Doe budget . Warheads 12.6 13.1 13.6 14.1 14.9 15.5 total defense spending 295.2 285.9 dept of Energy programs that affect the Pentagon spending 281.0 282.0 285.8 289.1 Striction. Additionally the army will scrap production of its Comanche Light helicopter program now in development. The Comanche is an example of a new Pentagon weapons buying strategy that follows through on research and development but delays production until there is a a definitive need Quot for the system said Deputy defense Secretary Donald Atwood. Funds for Comanche research and development Are requested As part of the budget but Only a few prototype helicopters will be built and fielded Cheney said. The budget asks for Money for some systems that Are As controversial As those being Cut. It asks for almost $3 billion in fiscal 1993 for the c-17 heavy transport plane $2.2 billion for the f-22 advanced tactical fighter and $3.5 billion for the new Arleigh Burke class of destroyers. In what is sure to be one of the More contentious items the funding request for the strategic defense initiative is $5.4 billion in fiscal 1993, compared to about $4 billion this year. Support for ski and its spinoff a ground based missile intercept system known As global Protection against limited strikes is crucial to . Security Cheney said. A we think its very important to move Forward and deploy defences against ballistic missiles a he said. A we think its in the russian interest to move that Way As  in what has become a tradition at the annual budget briefing Cheney took Light shots at his former colleagues in Congress for trying to solve the nation s woes by skinning the defense budget. A i am always reminded that the people who yell the loudest about cutting the defense budget deeper and faster Are the ones who never supported us in the first place a Cheney said. A some lawmakers have wanted to solve All their problems by cutting the defense budget a he said. A but you Are not going to solve the nations Long term deficit problem by dealing with Only 16 percent of the Federal budget and that is All defense will be taking by the time this plan is implemented in 1995. Quot if they Are still worried about the Federal deficit i would say to my friends on Capitol Hill that sooner or later you la have to look at the other 84 percent of the  bus Hijacker killed after 320-mile Chase Colton Calif. A a greyhound bus Hijacker with a religious hallucinations was shot and killed Early thursday after taking eight passengers on a wild 320-mile ride across two states authorities said. Fri agent Ron Heller said the Man who had commandeered the bus in Phoenix was shot when he became trapped on a residential Street at 3 45 . In this Community 50 Miles East of los  Hijacker was killed by a Colton police officer police capt. Bernie Lunsford said. None of the eight passengers was Hurt during the four hour Odyssey said sgt. Terry Dunne of the san Bernardino county sheriffs department. The terror ride ended when the Hijacker turned off interstate 10 and headed into a residential area. A the just got into an area too Small for him. It was a dead end and he was trying to Back up and  do it a said Dunn. A the Good Guys and the bad Guys came