European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 1, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a the stars and stripes sunday March 1, 1992 at a glance a Patron at a recycling Center in Wurzburg Germany unloads scrap paper. Around Europe americans Are beginning to ride the Green wave of recycling. See stories in sunday  kills boy police in South Carolina have arrested the owner of a Rottweiler that killed a 7-year-old boy who was leading the dog to find its master. A Page 4hate crimes growing politicians jumping on the Quot buy american Quot bandwagon Are fueling hate crimes aimed at asian Ameri cans said civil rights commissioner William b. Allen. A Page 6alamo action upsets texans san Antonio has come under fire for downplaying the Alamo site of a famous Battle during the Texas revolution in preparing for an International drug Summit held in the City last week. A Page 7yugoslav leaders retired the serb dominated remnant of Yugoslavia a presidency has announced that 30 top generals and admirals have been retired. A Page 8hero focuses on future John Levitow who As an airman first class won the medal of Honor in Vietnam chooses to focus on the future rather than the past. A Page 9ex-banker indicted the former chairman of entrust savings Bank in Florida has been indicted on charges alleging that he propped up his failing Thrift with a $25 million Sham Purchase of securities by the now defunct Bocci. A Page 15index Abby Ann Landers. 14 commentary. 13 faces no places. 14 letters. Money matters. 15 Mutual. 16-17 sports. 18-24 weather. 11 troop withdrawals feeding commissary worker shortage by Kevin Dougherty Kaiserslautern Bureau the troop draw Down in Europe is contributing to personnel shortages at some commissaries an official with the defense commissary Agency says. Many cashier clerical and accounting positions Are going unfilled said Denise Gomes an Agency spokeswoman. Military communities especially hard hit by commissary personnel shortages Are Mannheim Heidelberg Wiesbaden Darmstadt Stuttgart Augsburg Bamberg Giessen Kiiren and Aschaffenbur. Many commissary employees Are spouses or dependents of service Mem ers. Those workers frequently quit several months before their sponsors Transfer to prepare for the move and to do last minute travelling Gomes said. Store managers have come to rely on a labor Pool that is perpetually replenishing itself through relocation but the draw Down has upset that Cycle. In addition some commissaries Are finding it increasingly difficult to hire local nationals who have been a reliable labor source for military communities Gomes said. The Lack of Job Security and other uncertainties tied to the draw Down and installation closures Are leading Many to look elsewhere for employment. Aside from the draw Down Gomes said she thinks Many prospective employees Are not applying because they think commissaries Aren t hiring. A there May be a perception out there that commissaries Are subject to the same hiring freeze As other Dod departments a said Gomes noting that the commissary Agency is not under any hiring freeze. In Bremerhaven a Community facing closure the commissary is not experiencing a significant personnel shortage. But the stores manager expects that to change possibly As Early As this summer. The Community is scheduled to shut Down during the second half of fiscal 1993, said Reed Leader the commissary officer at Bremerhaven. The commissary which had sales of about $4.5 million in 1991, is not yet in the draw Down Mode. Still Leader is planning for the inevitable. A a there a a lot More to it closing than Locking the door and saying a of we have no More groceries a Leader said. In an Effort to alleviate personnel shortages some commissaries have held Job fairs to fill vacancies and pad their list of potential employees. Last week for example 31 people applied for 17 positions at a Job fair sponsored by the Frankfurt commissary. Similar fairs in Hanau and Firth also have proven successful. A unfortunately we done to have the luxury of an intensive training session right now a Gomes said. A we need them  Mia pow Effort to accelerate Bangkok Thailand up . And vietnamese technical experts have agreed on further Quot cooperation measures aimed at accelerating the search for american service members missing since the Vietnam War state run Hanoi radio reported. The broadcast made available in Bangkok on saturday said a . Delegation led by Brig. Gen. Thomas h. Needham commander of joint task Force full accounting ended three Days of talks Friday with a vietnamese team led by the Deputy head of the foreign ministry department of american affairs Nguyen Xuan Phong. Washington has said the talks were aimed at a improving and increasing cooperation Between the United states and Vietnam to accelerate results in accounting for missing  radio Hanoi said late Friday that Quot both sides unanimously agreed that the past three years or More was a period of Good and successful cooperation Between Vietnam and the United states in solving the american Mia Issue. A with a View to enhancing the results of this humanitarian operation both sides shared and agreed on some mechanisms and measures for cooperation from now until the end of 1992, mainly aimed at settling the cases of priority concern to the United states a the radio said. It gave no further details. Needham a visit resulted from a Mission to Hanoi last month by retired . Army Gen. John w. Vessey former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and now president Bush a special envoy on Mia issues. . Assistant Secretary of state for East asian affairs Richard Solomon is also scheduled to Lead a delegation to Vietnam Cambodia and Laos from tuesday until thursday to discuss the Mia Issue. Solomon will be one of the most senior . Officials to visit Vietnam since the War ended in 1975. The Pentagon says 2,267 . Service members Are still missing in Southeast Asia. Of those 1,172 Are listed As prisoners of War or missing in action. The others Are categorized As killed in action but whose bodies have not yet been recovered. The Fate of the missing service members is a key Issue holding up establishment of full diplomatic relations Between Washington and Hanoi. The most extensive search for missing . Service members is already under Way in Vietnam. The Effort which began last week with local government assistance involves 32 american experts who will spend a month in Southern Vietnam. Africans end Mutiny with Promise of pay Niamey niger apr unpaid soldiers who seized the state broadcasting Center and detained the head of the interim government returned to their Barracks saturday after being promised Back pay. Before leaving the radio station the rebellious troops broadcast a message from prime minister Amadou chef fou guaranteeing the pay. Chef fou planned to return to the capital of Niamey later saturday said an aide who spoke on the condition of anonymity. The soldiers seized the broadcast Center Early Friday after kidnapping Andre Saliou president of the High Council of the Republic and Interior minister Mohamed Moussa. The two leaders were freed later Friday and the troops left the broadcasting Center. But they returned saturday to play the message from chef fou who also is minister of defense. Calif our a interim government was installed in november to end 16 years of military Rule in this West african nation. Chef four a message also said the government was considering the soldiers1 other demands including the firing of the army commander and the chief of staff. No casualties were reported during the 24-hour revolt although troops drove around the City firing into the air and thousands of pro democracy students marched to protest the soldiers actions. Soldiers also shut Down the International Airport which reopened later  from Page 1 Iraq called �?obadr-200 project a which it said was conceived for civilian purposes to produce liquid tank fuel and Quot rubber separators Quot for its Oil Industry. The project could also produce Quot civil explosives used in Road constructions Cement industries As Well As making the Babil missile Al Sahal a letter said. Quot we request that no final decision be taken to implement the plan to destroy the equipment in question and propose that this subject be discussed within the general picture of All the fundamental matters to be submitted to the Council a the letter said. The new dispute Between Baghdad and the Council emerged last week when the iraqi government refused full and unconditional cooperation with the . Special commission responsible for the elimination of iraqis weapons of mass destruction. The commissions chairman swedish nuclear expert Rolf ekes visited Baghdad recently under the councils instructions to secure the iraqi governments cooperation which was tacking in the past. Ekes reported that Baghdad linked the weapons destruction to the lifting of economic sanctions by the Council and offered to hold discussions by weapons experts to resolve the differences. The sanctions were imposed on aug. 6, 1990 to punish Iraq for invading Kuwait four Days earlier. Ekes reported to the Council that while he was holding talks with iraqi officials in Baghdad its government barred . Inspectors from seeing newly discovered ballistic missile Sites. In Washington state department spokesman Joe Snyder said Pickering on thursday expressed to the iraqi envoy to the United nations a deep concern Over iraqis continuing refusal to comply with the mandatory conditions of relevant .  a i should Point out we understand the iraqi government has failed to allow the United nations to begin the destruction of missile related equipment and facilities identified by the special commission a Snyder said. A a there a a . Team there which was there to supervise the destruction of this equipment and it has not been Given Access a Snyder said. Quot the iraqis requested an Extension of the deadline i believe twice and it was granted. And it ends this Friday