European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 29, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The a my ipes vol. 50, no. 320 350 saturday february 29, 1992 d 8693 Ausa eur hiring freeze hits All areas but Berlin by Crystal Laureano staff writer citing a funding realities a the . Army in Europe has ordered a hiring freeze on appropriated jobs throughout the command except in Berlin officials announced in a message to commanders and civilian personnel offices thursday. Additionally Many temporary employees will be out of work by the end of March. Vacant army appropriated fund positions can be filled Only through priority placement programs or by shifting employees within an area support group or direct reporting activity. It positions cannot be filled they will be eliminated said Jim Boyle a Usa eur spokesman. The message termed the measures a interim policies to put the command on a track to meet funding realities. Failure to take these Steps at this time could Lead to separation of larger numbers of employees at a later  the freeze docs not affect non appropriated army employees commissary workers or those who work for the army and air Force Exchange system. A spokesman for . Air forces in Europe said Friday that the command plans no similar action. A prior to the Dod freeze anticipating reductions Safe managed through Normal attrition to reduce the size of the work Force a said it. Col. . Crowley. This year Safe is a right on the Mark with amount of Money received by the air Force and the amount of civilian work Force. We anticipate no problems through the fiscal year. The defense department freeze announced Jan. 11, 1990, affects Only appropriated fund jobs and restricted hiring see freeze on Page 2rail station bombing hurts 25 in London London apr a bomb believed to have been planted by the Ira exploded at a London train station during Rush hour Friday morning injuring at least 25 people. About 20 minutes before the blast a caller using a known Irish Republican army code word told Ulster television in Northern Ireland that a bomb was planted at the London Bridge station. A in the usual fashion there was no suitable time to take action a said cmdr. George Churchill Coleman head of Scotland Yards anti terrorist unit. The blast tied up Public transportation As authorities shut Down and searched the City a subway system the London underground said. There was no direct claim of responsibility but suspicion fell on the Ira which has targeted British train and subway stations in its Campaign of violence to end British Rule in Northern Ireland. The explosion occurred about 8 30 . In a menus restroom on a platform in the British rail area of the combined train and subway facility said British rail spokesman Ian Macgregor. A everyone was coming off of one of the trains with blood on them. Blood was everywhere a said Alexandra Hussey 13. All of the injured people were hospitalized said spokesman Norman Kirby a spokesman at Guys Hospital. He said four victims were a in a moderately be see London on Page 2keepers of the peace Stephan Gagne front of the 4 Canadian Mech brigade checks equipment with other Crew members of anti tank vehicles at Canadian forces base Lahr Ger Many on thursday. The Crew belongs to the 1st in Royal 22nd regt which is preparing for deployment to Yugoslavia As part of the . Peacekeeping  storm retains lightning Power to strike Washington a one year after the guns of the persian Gulf War eased firing and kuwaitis began Cele rating their liberation operation deed storm lives on. The victorious Allied coalition has Long Ince dissolved. But american forces in saudi Arabia Are still operating Patriot missile defences and a potent Fleet of health fighters and other combat aircraft. That array of weaponry is backed by 14,823 . Soldiers sailors airmen and marines still in the Gulf said staff sgt. Eff Sammons a spokesman at . Cen ral come at Macdill fab Fla. The War Ime Peak was 541,000. A a it a still desert storm a Sammons Aid. A and it will be desert storm until it to still desert storm. And it will be Deport a Quot v staff sgt Jeff Sammons Central it Friori spokesman an undetermined time  Sammons said the Central come which is in charge of Gulf operations has no timetable for completing a withdrawal from saudi Arabia. Military officers in Washington said the Bush administration is deliberately keeping fury the question of when it will leave the kingdom. A a we re leaving our options open and the saudis Are willing to permit that a said one officer familiar with Middle East troop deployment plans. The officer discussed . Military involvement there on the condition of anonymity. Prior to iraqis invasion of Kuwait in August 1990, the Only . Armed Force stationed in the area was the Middle East Force Fleet of about a half dozen ships and 2,000 sailors. It has been in the Gulf since the late 1940s. Pentagon officials have said since the War ended that there was no intent to keep air or ground forces permanently in saudi , the . Presence in the Region would be bolstered by an aircraft Carrier in the Gulf and by occasional joint military exercises with Gulf allies. In keeping with that intent the Pentagon announced thursday that about 5,000 marines and sailors will participate with kuwaiti forces in a 13-Day amphibious exercise code named eager Mace starting sunday. The . Army has been steadily ship see storm on Page 2