European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes wednesday april 1,1992 at a glance capt. Sonny Reeves of the 1st so 11th army Cav regt in Fulda Germany nears the finish line of the Mountain Bike course in the Gunge Din Challenge 1992. See Story on Page 10. Perot has backers one fifth of registered voters say they would support Texas billionaire h. Ross Perot in a three Way race for the White House with president Bush and Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton a los Angeles times poll has found. A Page 4 ruling on integration the supreme court has eased Federal court supervision Over school integration in a Georgia county issuing a ruling that could affect hundreds of school districts nationwide. A Page 5 a Call to Aid amerasian a philippine group says Washington is morally bound to help thousands of children fathered by american servicemen As their bar girl mothers lose their jobs from the withdrawal of . Forces. A Page 8 unfair Trade practices the Bush administration is charging 43 nations with unfair Trade practices that Rob american companies of foreign sales. Japan and the 12-nation european Community led the list of countries named by the administration. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers. 19 action line. Comics. Commentary. Faces n places. 22 letters. Money matters. 1718 sports. 22-28 to listings. 27 weather. 11 baby Dies before ruling on transplant of organs fort Lauderdale Fla. A a baby born without a full brain died monday before the Florida supreme court could Rule on whether her organs could be taken for transplants. Her parents had hoped the transplants would save other children. Theresa Ann Campo Pearson taken off life support systems sunday died at 3 45 p.m., said or. Brian Udell director of Broward general medical centers neonatology unit. Hospital spokeswoman Linda Hamlin said the child a parents Laura Campo and Justin Pearson were with her when she died. Quot it was very peaceful the baby just sort of slipped away a a Udell said. Rat the end they got to hold her and kiss  Hospital spokesman Craig Biles said the baby a Corneas would be donated to specialists from the University of Miami Eye clinic. Udell said it was too soon to know whether they could be used for transplant. The family decided not to donate other tissue for research Biles said. The baby a organs were not being donated. Doctors had said Theresa a organs would be too damaged for use As transplants by the time she died and no Matching recipients were immediately found. Or. Wayne Digi amp Como who delivered Theresa praised Campo. Quot she a a Brave woman to have this decision to carry the fight to this level to have her child live on through other children Quot he said. Theresa a parents wanted her declared brain dead before her death so her organs still would be viable. Their Legal Effort returned to the Florida supreme court which earlier monday had refused to hear the Case. A state appeals court certified that the Case was of compelling Public interest and unaware that the baby had died sent it Back to the High court which said it would not immediately Issue a ruling. Theresa was bom March 21 with Anen Cephal a condition in which the brain fails to develop beyond the Stem which controls reflexes such As breathing and heartbeat. The condition is fatal within hours or weeks. Theresa a parents lost round one of their fight to donate her organs thursday when a county judge ruled that a 1988 state Law forbade the baby from being declared brain dead. The Law says death cannot be declared until All brain activity ceases. Attorney Scott Mager had argued the Law did no to apply a How can you have cessation of brain activity when you done to have a brain a he asked. Jobs from Page 1 about 8,000 positions by the end of the current fiscal year to bring its work Force to 49,000. Usa eur then Hopes to reach 36,000 by the end of fiscal 1993, and 33,000 by the close of fiscal 1994. Grimmett cautioned however that those figures Are tentative. Some local nationals who have received termination notices have already left for other jobs before their termination Date he said. However local nationals whose positions face elimination still can take advantage of a program that gives them priority Job placement elsewhere within Usa eur Grimmett said. Local National employees who do not take other jobs in the command Are eligible for various pay and Benefit protections As Well As retraining provisions that Are part of an agreement worked it out with German labor unions last year. Usa eur is counting on the hiring freeze coupled with a High turnover rate among . Civilians to help achieve the reductions. The command announced a total hiring freeze on appropriated fund jobs feb. 27. As a result vacant army positions can be filled Only through priority placement programs and by shifting employees within an area support group. Since january 1991, there has also been a freeze on recruiting civilians from the United states Grimmett said. Instead Usa eur tries to replace a departing civilian with another hired from pre draw Down sept. 1990 within the command. Grimmett said he does not expect any layoffs among .-hired civilians because of the hiring freeze and an already High turnover rate. Ordinarily there is a 33 percent turnover annually in department of the army civilians he said. Quot Many return Home after their three year tour is up so we already suffer a loss rate there Quot he said. Annual turnover among military family members is even higher a 70 percent. The army has a number of programs aimed at helping . Civilians affected by the draw Down. These include a re employment rights. Some employees have reemployment rights to specific jobs in the United states. A priority placement programs which can help civilians find government jobs in the United states. A the voluntary retirement program which is available this year to certain eligible civilians who want to retire Early. A the inter Agency placement assistance program which tries to place government civilians in other Federal jobs. Civilian personnel cutbacks the draw Down of . Forces in Europe by half will also result in a 50% Cut of Usa eur civilian appropriated fund personnel by september 1994. Figures for fiscal 1992 and 1994 Are estimates based on planning goals current March 1992 end of fiscal 1992 sept. 1992 end of draw Down fiscal 1994 sept. 1994 source Usa eur civilian personnel division Heidelberg Germany a amps information on non government jobs. Usage urn a civilian personnel Divi. The defense outplacement referral and quote and of place eme am0 system known As Dors which provides Stan writer de Reavis contributed to it article Dodds employees get retirement option  Lintn Tea Ann a .4 4 Al a i i. Employees with the department of defense dependents schools Are now eligible to take advantage of a voluntary Early retirement program the . Army Europe has announced. The office of personnel management and the office of the Secretary of defense approved including Dodds employees in the program which was first announced March 15. Non appropriated fund employ Al employees employees yes local National. Covered by special salary rates holding jobs offered through a s vision by the office it ment Are not eligible. Employees can opt for Early retirement Between May 15 and nov. 15, the. Statement said. An employee is eligible Oyefes after completing 20 years of service and is those at fast 50 years old. Employees with 25 not eligible More information on the pro pro Gram will be available soon at civilian personnel offices the statement said. Military trimmed by 12,545 in february re to Lek Clare Nurl a vinae 1 7fl Haac by the stars and stripes Washington a the military services combined to trim 12,545 people from Active duty in february Pentagon officials announced late monday. Total military personnel strength feb. 29 was 1,921,310, a decrease of almost 130,000 from the same time a year ago. The army made the biggest cuts in february losing 10,478 soldiers to bring its total to 674,807. The air Force dropped 1,128 members bringing that service to 499,337. Marine corps strength declined by 761, sending its total to 192,299. The Navy Cut 178, lowering its strength to 554,867. A Pentagon personnel official said All the services Are a in extremely Good position to meet their goal of reducing total Active duty personnel strength to just above 1.6 million by the end of fiscal 1995