European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 5, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 c the stars and stripes wednesday february 5, 1992 at a glance riot police enter a vietnamese detention Center where at least 21 boat people were burned to death monday attempting to take shelter from the worst violence to hit Hong Kong a refugee Camps. Rioting flared again tuesday. See Story on Page 8. Bush decries a carping president Bush called tuesday for an end to Quot political carping Quot and appealed to Congress to give his economic recovery program a Chance. A Page 4 Ozone layer depleted Earth s protective Ozone layer is becoming depleted Over populated areas of Northern new England Canada and Europe raising concerns about heightened risk of skin cancer and other dangers. A Page 5 veterans benefits upheld a Federal judge monday overturned the elimination of Federal income benefits to 13,500 veterans who Are considered mentally incompetent. The judge said the cuts violated their rights of equal Protection. A Page 6 construction spending off . Construction spending fell 9.3 percent in 1991 for the steepest year to year drop since 1944, the department of Commerce reported monday. A Page 17 Index i Abby Ann Landers 19 action line.16 comics.19-21 commentary.13 faces no places .22 letters .12 Money matters 17-18 sports.23-28 to listings.27 weather.11cutsfrom Page 1 Hundred thousand dollars to leave the military does it really make dollars and sense to continue recruiting you betcha say recruiting officials. A the reality is that the bulk of the army Force is invested in Young soldiers a said col. John Myers director of advertising and Public affairs for the army recruiting come at fort Sheridan 111. A defending the country is a Young persons game a he said. A we would not be Well served by 30-year-old privates. The army requires a continuing flow of High Quality Young  the army plans to take in about 65,000 recruits this fiscal year which ends sept. 30. That a Down by almost half from the approximately 120,000 recruits the army averaged per year in the 1980s. A a we re still talking significant numbers Here especially when we re talking High Quality Myers said. Although recruiters Are the primary tool for finding and persuading Young people to enlist the army relies on advertising to get its message out. But like everything else in the army the recruitment program is taking its share of lumps. Eight recruiting battalions were eliminated last year and five More Are going this year Myers said. The advertising budget is Down too slashed from $65 million in 1990 to $36 million in 1992. Television advertising is taking the biggest hit. Last year the army advertised on National television sports programming a the most visible and expensive form of advertising a from october through june. In contrast the army will air its last to and of the year during the Winter olympics this month. A a. .1 suspect we Likely Are not going to have enough Money for to advertising of any sort next year a Myers said. Army recruiters Are not alone. The air Force advertising budget has also been decreasing in recent years a from $16.3 million in 1990 to $4.7 million in 1992. A a we re doing the same things that you re finding with All the other services. Our budgets Are getting smaller just like everybody else a said col. Charles g. Tucker director of advertising and promotion for the air Force at Randolph fab Texas. The number of air Force recruits is also shrinking from about 36,000 last year to about 30,000 this year. While the army uses its advertising to reach out to As wide an audience As possible the air Force targets its advertising to such chronically hard to fill jobs As medical positions. A about 60 percent of our advertising will be used to help recruit health professions a including physicians nurses administrators pharmacists dentists and physical therapists Tucker said. And unlike the army the air Force virtually never uses paid to advertising. Instead the air Force develops Public service announcements that it offers the networks. One of the More successful Public service ads was one that promoted staying in school. The Only reference to the air Force comes at the end of the and which says a this message is brought to you by the United states air Force because we know How far a Good education can take  a we got excellent play on that commercial a Tucker said. Although Navy recruiting is Down from the 1980s when the service added an average of 80,000 to 100,000 recruits per year it still expects to take in about 65,000 recruits in 1992, said cmdr. Joel Keefer director of Public affairs for the Navy recruiting come located at the Pentagon. Keefer also sees nothing unusual with maintaining a Strong recruiting Effort. The Navy assumes that it will always have a lot of turnover in its Force. A we tend to not recruit people with the notion of a Long term career a Keefer said. A typically we get 18-to-19-year-Olds who done to have a real sense yet of what they want to do with their lives and they done to want to do this military service forever but they see this As a Good place to prepare for the  Navy ads have changed with the perceived changing mood of Young people Keefer said. In the 1970s, the Navy a most popular ads used the slogan a a it a not just a Job. Its an  the Navy has adapted to the serious mood of Young people nowadays with its current and campaigns slogan a full Speed ahead a which gives the idea that a a you re moving toward something a Keefer said. Navy ads also show a More work related environment which reinforces the idea of learning a skill while doing military service he said. All the services say that the kind of recruit they re looking for Hasni to changed. They still want High school graduates who score in the upper percentiles of the armed services vocational aptitude Battery the military a aptitude test. The Impact of the recession on recruiting is difficult to measure however. A in general recruiting benefits from unstable economic times a said the army a Myers. A but even in a recession the recruiting Challenge is undiminished because its the Quality Young people who will always be in a competitive Mode for joining the civilian work Force or going to college.�?�rin6sfrom Page 1 in december into one of the cases at Aviano a. Mart Duran a non appropriated fund employee in Vicenza Italy found that a ring he purchased from the Aviano main Exchange last May for $296 contained a Glass Stone instead of the Diamond he had ordered specially. Duran said he had paid $108 extra for the Diamond and $34 for an Emerald. Duran said he took the ring to an off base jeweler after a clerk at the Exchange informed Hirn that another customer who ordered a ring at the same time had found his gems were not real. Duran said the jeweler told him the mothers ring a a Diamond was Glass. He said the jeweler also said the Emerald was of poor Quality. Feran said he returned to the Exchange and discussed the problem with Robert Portillo the assistant manager. Duran said Portillo offered to replace the Stone or give a refund. Duran said because of the late Date and the nearness of his mothers 65th birthday he took a refund. The cafes clerk who warned  Page 1 that american workers were too preoccupied on fridays and mondays with their weekends to put in a Good Days work. A i think americans should learn How to work properly from monday to Friday a said Muto who served As minister of International Trade and Industry in the Cabinet of Miyazawa a predecessor Toshiki Kaifu. About the ring has returned to the United states and could not be reached for comment. Portillo declined to discuss the matter explaining that the office of special investigation was involved. Osi officials in Aviano and Washington declined comment saying they could not talk about an ongoing investigation. A we cafes know of nothing that suggests any kind of fraud or deceit a Cato said. Cafes blamed the mix  on a clerical error saying a new employee in the cafes order processing Section at Atlanta ga., a made an administrative error in processing and the Vendor shipped synthetic materials when the customer had requested True  Cato stressed that the mistake was a fest fault and not the suppliers. The Vendor is Palomar a division of Harlyn products inc., in los Angeles. Cato said concerned customers should take their rings to their local exchanges and request that cafes Send it to cafes gemological Laboratory in Atlanta for a detailed evaluation. Customers who prefer May also receive a full refund Cato added. Meanwhile cafes representatives said a review of All mothers rings has been initiated. Barbara Kirsch  Page 1 Maracay Valencia and Maracaibo. Ochoa told reporters at the government Palace that four leaders of a rebel paratroop regiment were among those arrested. The motives for the coup attempt were unclear but it followed violent protests and labor unrest arising from a growing disparity Between Rich and poor in Venezuela. Cafes spokeswoman in Munich said cafes will notify by phone or mail All customers who purchased mothers rings last year. Kirsch said cafes issued the Alert a because the commander of cafes Europe decided it was in the Best interests of our  a a we be had absolutely no problem with any other of our Fine jewelry a Kirsch said. Kirsch said cafes in Munich has no figures on the volume of jewelry cafes Sells each year. Kirsch said order processing of mothers rings has now been assigned to one person who has received special training. The Vendor Catalon is also being revised to More clearly distinguish the various options and prices available to customers she said. The order processing unit has a new procedure to confirm the description and Price with the ordering facility. An updated bulletin concerning ordering procedures has been sent to All activities worldwide she said. Kirsch said All rings fall under a a satisfaction guaranteed policy giving the customer the option of a full refund or a refund of the Price difference if the ring As is was  Page 1 this week because of a haitian Holiday Friday when no one would be available to receive the returning refugees Cady said. The coast guard said 381 haitians were returned to their Homeland monday aboard the cutters steadfast and Bear and officials reported no problems. A it was an extremely uneventful transit a said Patrick Schuck commander of the steadfast