European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes saturday april 11,1992 a a glance  the mob lives on despite convictions of such Bosses As a tenon done John Gotti criminal experts say. See Story on pages 14-16.brown denies drug Story former California gov. Jerry Brown has denied a network report that he gave parties in his Home while governor where cocaine and marijuana were used Quot in Large  a Pago 4nuclear report questioned a report says Twenty nine accidents involving nuclear weapons have occurred in the United states since 1950, but Federal officials questioned its accuracy. A Page 5house reforms passed House democrats have pushed through a management overhaul of their scandal tarnished institution but republicans Are demanding More changes. A Page 7trouble brews for Disney a rail strike that is expected sunday May severely disrupt the opening of euro Disney the $4 billion theme Park in France. A Page Yeltsin decides to yield president Boris n. Yeltsin promised to soften painful economic reforms in a Compromise with former communists who dominate the russian parliament. A Page 9airline fares revamped american airlines unveiled a fare strategy that will Cost the Carrier millions in the Short run but is intended to eventually bring in More business. A Page 17index Abby Ann Landers 19 action line. .16 comics. 19-21 commentary. 13 crossword. Faces a no places. 18 letters. 12 Money matters. 17 sports. 22-28 to listings. .27 weather. .11 legislators rip Usa eur efforts to Deal with local nationals by Ray Rowden Washington Bureau Washington a general accounting office report on the status of the civilian draw Down in Europe Drew blasts thursday from two House democrats Beverly b. Byron of Maryland and Martin Lancaster of North Carolina. Gao investigator Richard Davis and his staffers reported to the House armed services personnel panel that the . Army Europe was unable to Tell them which of its existing local National employees about 70 percent of its civilian Force would be needed to Complete the work of the draw Down Davis said that it took More than a year to get a local National employee off the payroll after announcing a base closure and that German employees frequently sought a and got a generous compensation through the German courts. A we might end up with a very expensive and very senior work Force that can to do the work a said Lancaster. A and we might still have to go out and hire additional foreign nationals just to get the work done is that Correct a the Gao staffers said Usa eur commander Gen. Crosbie e. Saint assured them last week that the command was trying to get a handle on that problem. Lancaster was also upset that the Issue of Severance pay for German employees is not being argued As forcefully As he would like. Under current agreements he indicated Severance pay is required for purely budget driven reductions but not for reductions that result from a lessening of world  from Page 1 Issue would reduce or eliminate problems for military personnel and their families. Soldiers leaving Europe Are finding that Many bases m the United states Are already Over strength by 10 percent or More Davis said. A on Post housing is not an option for these troops a he said citing waiting lists of 18 months. He said soldiers Are having to pay for temporary lodging for three or four weeks while eligible for Only four Days of compensation. A the extra time is out of pocket expense for them a he said. A the army likes to have soldiers live within 30 Miles of their base a he said. A however we found that officials at fort Stewart a had to identify housing As far away As 60 Miles to meet recent  the Normal 60-Day wait for household goods often stretches to 100 Days because a the draw Down has saturated carriers contractors ports and customs facilities a he said. Quot at fort Stewart 40 members of an Engineer battalion did not receive their property for Over five  Usa eur officials estimate that during the draw Down unit inactivation Wii produce 45,000 major equipment items that Are not needed in Europe. This problem is worsened by the recent decision that the a cold War Mountain of War Reserve equipment stored in Europe is excess Davis said. Davis said Usa eur recently stopped sending equipment Back to units in the states that needed it because the command did no to have the Money to bring the equipment up to readiness standards required to ship it. Byron expressed grave concerns Over the reports finding that Many of the units transferred from Europe to become part of the -based rapid deployment Force Are have difficulty meeting equipment readiness standards. Davis said that one transportation company had no equipment considered a Mission  a and this is a rapid deployment unit a Byron demanded. Davis noted that the company a equipment had been through the persian Gulf War. A this equipment was run into the ground washed with Saltwater and shipped Back on a boat. We done to share the  View that they can have it up to Standard this summer a he said. A have we just Given up on the fact that the world has changed and just pay everybody Severance pay a asked Lancaster. The investigators said they did no to have the answer Mit expected a report to address that Issue soon. The civilian labor Force is critical because it has traditionally handled the equipment storage and maintenance tasks in the theater. The rapid draw Down is producing tremendous amounts of additional work in this area. Tories claim stunning win Over labor London apr the conservative party won an unprecedented fourth straight election Victory Friday in a Surprise endorsement for prime minister John major who confounded poll predictions of a Hung parliament. Despite commanding a sharply reduced majority in the House of commons major called it a a magnificent Victory a Victory that Many people thought was beyond our  he spoke to cheering election workers at party Headquarters Friday morning when his Victory appeared certain. Major succeeded Margaret Thatcher 16 months ago. With 627 of 651 constituencies reporting the conservatives had won 326 seats the majority they need to govern alone. Political analysts predicted the tories would wind up with a 17 to 19-seat majority. The conservatives had 369 seats before the election. Labor won 270 seats and the Liberal democrats 18. A now the conservatives will continue with the decline a said Neil Kinlock labor party Leader. A the whole country deserves better and we will work to ensure that the Day will come when with a labor government the country will get better in its spirit in its soul in its Fortune in the chances it gives to its children the care it gives to its old and to its infirm a Kinlock said. Almost All the opinion polls and Many political pundits had predicted a conservative defeat. But fear of labor proved stronger than anger Over the Economy. A there Are just an awful lot of people out there who Are mistrustful or even frightened of the possibility of a labor government a said Anthony King professor of government at Essex  from Page 1 established system for collecting and reporting intelligence a said the unclassified version of the report. But Overall the report offered a blowing account of the Allied Victory Over Addams forces and lauded the contributions of each service and their Allied partners. A the combined coalition forces a ground air naval special and supporting forces a had won one of the fastest and most Complete victories in military history a the report said. However the report said commanders on the ground during the 100-hour strike against the Irani army seriously overestimated the number of armoured personnel carriers they had destroyed. Although the Pentagon reported at the end of the War that some 2,400 armoured personnel carriers had been destroyed a More careful study following the conflict disclosed that Only 1,450 had been eliminated it said. The Over count was due to the a rapid rate of Advance coupled with the violence with which enemy forces were encountered and suppressed a the report said. Allied forces destroyed 3,847 iraqi tanks and 2,917 artillery pieces the report stated close to the number first estimated by the . Ground troops. The report did not cite an estimate for iraqi civilian casualties although one Section refers to a the apparently Low number a without further explanation or detail. It said extraordinary attempts were made to minimize civilian casualties but acknowledged that the efforts were not always successful. Nor does the study offer an estimate for iraqi military casualties. Some analysts have estimated they were As High As 100,000, while Gen. Charles a. Horner the air War commander has said the number could be As Low As 10,000. There were no figures provided on the Issue of How often the Patriot missile succeeded in Downing iraqis scud Short Range ballistic missiles. Nor was the Success rate cited for precision weaponry such As the Tomahawk sea launched cruise missile or the laser guided air launched bombs except in very general terms. The study acknowledged that the air Campaign failed to destroy parts of iraqis nuclear weapons program iraqis nuclear weapons program was More extensive than previously thought and did not suffer As serious a setback As was desired a it said. The study is supposed to be a a warts and ally look at the military a response to iraqis aug. 2, 1990, invasion of Kuwait the buildup of a 540,000-member . Force during operation desert shield and the 43-Day War itself. It is designed to help guide the defense department and Congress in setting budgets strategy and weapons procurement for the coming years