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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, February 23, 1992

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes sunday february 23, 1992 at a glance spec. Steven Swafford likens the persian Gulf War to a watching a movie. Like apocalypse  one year later soldiers recall the War. See Story in sunday  blasts tax plan president Bush fired a fresh cannonade at democratic tax legislation telling americans that the Bill being drawn up on Capitol Hill Quot makes no economic  a Page 4health plan cancelled the Bush administration cancelled a test initiative that would have allowed the Rural poor to be treated in two veterans hospitals in the South. A Page 6professor to help Tyson Harvard Law professor Alan Dershowitz will represent Boxer Mike Tyson in his Appeal of a rape conviction Abc has reported. A Page 7carrier being hawked one of the two largest aircraft carriers Ever designed by the once mighty soviet military is being put on the auction Block. A Page 8medical services affected medical services Are being reduced to match the decrease in the american population at Torrejon a in Spain. A Page 9searching for Wii aircraft Uwe Benkel a German businessman Hunts for downed world War ii aircraft in his spare time. A Page 10shrinking Middle class a government report shows that the percentage of americans with Middle incomes dropped from 71.2 percent in 1969 to 63.3 percent in 1989.�? Page 15 Index Abby Ann Landers. 14 commentary. Faces a no places. 14 letters. 12 Money matters. 15 Mutual. 16-17 sports. 16-24 weather. 11 . From Page 1 Bassadore who Heads the Security Council this month. The Force will be the largest . Peacekeeping Mission since the 20,000-troop Congo operation in the 1960s. An even larger Force of 22,000 to 26,000 peacekeepers was proposed for Cambodia on thursday. The yugoslavian vote had been postponed earlier because the United states and other Western members of the 15-member Security Council considered the proposed $634 million Cost of the . Protective Force to be far too High. The initial estimate had been $400 million to $450 million. Peacekeeping operations Are financed by special assessments of . Members according to their ability to pay and the United states usually pays about 30 percent of the total. The Force will operate initially on a $10 million appropriation expected from the general Assembly. Full deployment will depend on a reduction in the $634 million Price tag Pickering said. Diplomats said Western countries opposed spending about $132.3 million to build Barracks for the . Troops saying that existing Barracks and hotels should be used with local parties footing the Bill. The yugoslav operation and the estimated $1,9 billion for a cambodian Mission would increase the total annual Cost of . Peacekeeping to More than $3 billion compared with the $700 million spent last year. Thirty one countries have been asked to Send troops or other personnel to Yugoslavia. An estimated 10,000 people have been killed in fighting Between croatian militia serbian irregulars and the serb dominated Federal army since Croatia declared Independence june 25. Yugoslavia a Tan Jug news Agency reported Friday that serbian leaders in Croatia plan to replace their Leader Milan Basic a move that would significantly Lessen opposition within the Region to the . Force. Babics opposition to the . Plan has put him at Odds with serbian president Slobodan Milosevic his former Mentor along with an increasing number of serbian leaders in Croatia. Babic and some other serbian militants say they oppose surrendering their arms to the . Troops because this would leave them defenceless before the croatian  from Page 1 were no immediate reports of casualties. Saturdays flare up ended a 12-hour Lull in the South Lebanon confrontations. Shiite Muslim leaders and government officials have urged guerrillas to halt the attacks which prompted an israeli raid of two shiite villages last week and threats of another search and destroy Mission. A 5-year-old israeli girl was killed Friday in one of the missile attacks waged in revenge for an israeli air attack fast sunday that killed Abbas Muslawi Leader of the pro iranian Hezbollah. The new York times reported Friday that Israel had decided on Musawir a assassination months ago but postponed action to avoid interfering with . Efforts to free Western hostages. It quoted unidentified israeli officials As saying they renewed the decision after recent shiite attacks on Israel. The United nations announced saturday that it was dispatching undersecretary general Marrack Goulding and another envoy to Lebanon and Israel to seek an end to the escalating violence. Hezbollah a spiritual Leader Sheik Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah also appealed for a halt in the Katusha rocket attacks. A now that the enemy was Defeated and forced to Retreat there is no need to resume the firing of Katusha rockets a he told worshippers during a Friday prayer Sermon in Beirut. Lebanese prime minister Rashid Kara i said late Friday that the army has been ordered to prevent rocket launches from areas under its control. A this kind of action is inconsistent with the True nature of the resistance a he said. The army however has no troops in Southern Lebanon near the Hezbollah area. The missile attacks on Northern Israel resumed Friday after israeli forces withdrew to the a Security  a Day earlier Israel punched through . Lines in Lebanon to seek Katusha rocket launchers. A week of escalating violence has raised questions about prospects for  Middle East peace talks but the Bush administration expects All parties to be Back in Washington on monday. Fridays fatality at Granot Hagali a collective farm in Northern Israel two Miles from the lebanese Border was the first known death in Israel in five Days of rocket  from Page 1 year in income to Dunoon according to the Highlands and islands development Board. Ray Michic the local member of parliament has said the base also accounted for 200 marriages each year to local scottish women. One of the last to wed was Lexie Mcarthur Campbell of Glasgow who married american Sailor Ernest Chandler in the towns Register office while the Farewell ceremony took place. The base was rendered obsolete by the Trident submarines which do not require Forward refitting bases. The last submarine left holy Loch in november and the bases huge floating dry Dock began its journey Home thursday. The submarine tender Simon Lake will leave next month. Dunoon officials Are asking the British government for 23 million pounds $40 million to revitalize the area and attract new Industry and  from Page 1 Force boards later this year. While applications Are being processed at consolidated base personnel offices family support centers have been especially swamped since the programs were initiated Jan. 31. A what we Are seeing is a workload that is equivalent to wartime a said Kathleen Tesi chief of family matters for Safe. In contrast to other units family support centers have been expanding in the past year to handle congressional fit mandated programs associated with the draw Down she said. The transition and relocation assistance is designed to help service members and those with families ease Back into civilian life. With the Advent of Vii and sub family support centers have become attractive havens for people looking for answers guidance and moral support. I going to put a revolving front a of the building a i think we Are door on in the Medford said. Lakenheath and other support centers routinely offer three Day transition assistance seminars to airmen who Are leaving the service. The courses which accommodate about 30 to 35 airmen offer tips on resume writing and interviewing. Job search skills and the civil service application process Are also discussed. The programs typically Are held every month or every other month depending on the base. But in recent weeks the programs have drawn such interest that More courses have been added to accommodate the demand. Ramstein a Germany for example is now offering the seminar twice a month. The courses at Lakenheath arc booked through May. And Lakenheath is working with other family support centers in England on a jobs fair scheduled for May 20. A few companies have already committed to the Effort. A a it a much More difficult to acquire a Job when you Are overseas than it is when you Are in the states a Tesi acknowledged. A what we Are trying to do is Bridge that Gap As much As  in addition to employment assistance support centers Are also addressing the needs of spouses. For instance at Span Dahlem a Germany there a a support group for spouses to help them understand As Well As Cope with the draw Down process. Like the teen Ager who wrote the letter the children of some airmen Are also disillusioned by the changing climate. Roy Green the director of Span Dah lems Center said teachers have noticed a change in the students Demeanour. A they understand that something dramatic is happening within the family that dad or mom May have to leave the military a Green said. A the uncertainty of the parents is being passed on to the  Navy tows Dock As Subic dismantling begins Tulsi risks a it a a i a str  its first major step saturday in Disman it was one of three dry docks to c. U f p m North of Manila last n lying the last american base in the Phil which is Schedu de Foss it pc be  of damage a Quot to 1 where warships wererepaired8 Dick 3 the Crew of the Salvage ship Brunswick philippine ten at rejected new Huyear Subico since Sente by the dry Dock secured towing lines to the 1,900-ton dry lease for Subic ubic since september but the dry Doc j a was the first major Structure taken away  
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