European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 1, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 10 a the stars and stripes saturday february 1,1992u.s.-sponsored radio stations backed by Don Shannon los Angeles times Washington a the Bush administration hoping to reap a modest peace dividend from the end of the cold War by closing Down radio free Europe and radio Liberty has encountered surprising resistance from a task Force it established to study the idea. In a report the 11-member presidential task Force on government International radio broadcasting has recommended not Only continuing the two services indefinitely but also creating a third aimed at China and other asian communist nations. An inadvertent result of the recommendation has been to fuel a Long simmering dispute Between proponents of the activist style of radio free Europe and radio Liberty operations and those who favor the More Neutral voice of America. President Bush could disregard the report and eliminate the budget for the two stations for 1993, but such an action would be unusual. With the coming of democracy to the former soviet Empire state department policy makers and White House Bud Geters believed that they could phase out the two stations and divert the Money to expand the voice of America into a More global service comparable to the British broadcasting corp. But in hearings conducted by the task Force at the request of the White House advocates for continuing the stations cited emotional support from polish president Lech Walesa czechoslovak president Vamp clan Havel and hungarian prime minister j6zsef Antall. All called the stations essential to their countries saying they have few professional broadcasters untainted by association with previous communist regimes. Radio free Europe and radio Liberty were begun in the Early 1950s to provide news free of censorship to Eastern Europe and the soviet Union. Incorporated As private businesses the two a surrogate services a so called because they serve As substitutes for local news operations a Are financed by con Gress through the Board for International broadcasting a group of private citizens appointed by the president. The 1992 budget for the two services was $212 million the 1993 request is not yet available. From the beginning they gave listeners news of their own Region As Well As information about the outside world. With the principal transmitter near Munich the two stations had auxiliary transmitters in Spain and Portugal enabling them a despite frequent jamming a to reach a wide audience. The voice of America operated since world War ii As an Agency of the government has Long sought to become a truly worldwide service. Voa coverage has been weak Over Large areas of Asia and Africa primarily because of budgetary constraints its backers say. Its 1992 budget was $365 million. Although Voa traditionally has presented world news and official Washington a views in a carefully non polemical style it has also been Able to produce a a targeted broadcasting with higher local news Content aimed at a specific Region such As the persian Gulf. Voa proponents insist that targeted broadcasting would be More efficient than a separate new radio Arm directed at China. The Cost of a station beamed at China was estimated by one source at $100 million in Start up expenses plus $30 million a year with reattached arms worries about future by Mills the associated press Robbinsdale Minn. John Thompson spends his Days much As any 18-year-old might a watching movies such As Bac draft listening to guns no roses and worrying about his High school graduation. But he does it in a Hospital bed swathed in bandages under the Shadow of the Day that changed his life a the Day his arms were ripped off in an Accident on his family a farm in Hurdsfield . The High school senior remains in fair condition at North memorial medical Center recovering from operations that reattached his arms and wondering what his future holds. Thompsons doctors have said he faces years of physical therapy. They re not sure whether hell regain use of his arms below the elbows. A fall in All he a been pretty Good but he does have times of depression a said his sister Kim blotter of Fargo . A the wonders if hell Ever be Able to do the things he was Able to do. He knows it la be awhile before he can do a a in a trying to figure out what ill be Able to do with my hands How ill finish High school if i can drive again a Thompson said in the feb. 3 Issue of people Magazine. Nearly three weeks have passed since Thompsons arms were severed 3 to 4 John Thompson lies on his Back during the surgery to reattach his arms Jan. 11. A we Thompson looks Forward to leaving the Hospital but worries about his friends inches below the shoulders by a piece of farming equipment. To survive he staggered about 400 feet to his House and twisted doorknobs with his Mouth to enter. He clenched a Pencil in his Teeth to phone for help and remained clearheaded enough to remind ambulance workers to pack his severed arms in ice. Reactions blotter said. A the has Days when he wants to see people and he has Days when he does no to want people to see him a blotter said. Doctors have said Thompson probably will be released next month. A a he a really worried. He wants to graduate with his class this Spring a said blotter. A we talked to the principal and he said there be a problem with at the Hospital near Minneapolis Thompson passes time visiting with family listening to music and watching movies such As silence of the lambs and Bac draft Hospital spokeswoman Nancy Miller said. A the loves the Rock music group fire House and likes guns no roses a she said. A they weren table to come Over for a visit when they were in town for their concert but they sent Over to shirts and donations have poured in to help pay Thompsons medical Bills. Thirty volunteers on monday recorded several thousand cards and donations Miller said. At first state Bank in Goodrich ., a fund for Thompson totalled $247,000 As of thursday said Karen Konschak a Bank vice president. The Bank has received about 9,000 letters from throughout the United states and other countries including Switzerland England Hong Kong Norway and South Africa she said. A one Little girl wrote saying she had a serious illness and walk. She gave him a Dollar that she got from the tooth fairy a said Konschak. A these Are things that Are coming from the recruiting come relocating to fort Knox Washington a amps the army said thursday that it will move the Headquarters for its recruiting operations from fort Sheridan 111., to fort Knox ky., not fort Benjamin Harrison ind., As had been announced. Fort Sheridan is scheduled to be closed under recommendations that were approved by the 1988 base realignment and closure commission. The change in plans was brought about by a subsequent decision to close fort Harrison As Well officials said in a statement. About 660 officers enlisted personnel and civilians will be affected by the move to fort Knox which will occur some time this fiscal year officials said. The army recruiting come manages recruiting operations throughout the United states puerto Rico the Virgin islands Guam american Samoa and at american military communities in Panama Europe and the Pacific. Sununu says he s 3-milliori�?~dollar Man new York apr times May be Tough for Ordinary people but ousted White House chief of staff John Sununu expects a fat paycheck from his next Job. Spy Magazine publisher Gerald Taylor pretending to be a headhunter for a Large Energy company called Sununu last month to feel him out about a Job paying a flow seven Sununu fell for the ruse. A Well i can Tell you that it enters the Range. Most of what in be been putting together As packages Start at $3v million a Sununu replied according to spy. Sununu went on to answer questions about trav _. A Tel his a a people skills and John Sununu his organizational abilities during the 13-minute conversation with Taylor. The satirical Magazine released the conversation thursday and plans to publish it in full in its March Issue. Asked How he gets on with his underlings spy said Sununu replied a contrary to what the press has said this is i the smoothest running White House they be Ever the former new Hampshire governor resigned As White House staff chief last year under fire for his use of government planes for personal business and Rocky relationships with other Washington officials. He is staying on As a Counselor to the president through March i. Spy editor Kurt Anderson said the magazines brain Trust thought carefully about whether coaxing Sununu was justified. A we thought this was too cruel an idea to pull on 99.9 percent of the people in America a even the really bad ones a said Anderson. A but John Sununu is so hated such a bully that we decided a hey Here a a a Sununu later told the Washington Post a i did no to think i got hoaxes. I believe some More excerpts from the conversation according to spy q a How would you rate your interpersonal skills a Sununu a depends on How badly the other Guys screwing q a do you mind travelling a Sununu a no q a do you have aspirations for holding Public office again a Sununu a no. In a
