European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                These Cut amp my 1942-1992 50 years of service vol. 51, no. 10 35$ monday april 27,1992 d 8693 a 2 aftershocks shake towns in California Scotia Calif. A a pair of powerful aftershocks followed a major earthquake along Northern californians a lost coast a touching off fires and fear sunday of More seismic shaking. The National guard trucked in drinking water to four communities hardest hit by the quakes in this rugged Region where redwoods outnumber people and mountains drop straight to the sea. About 50 people were injured in the string of quakes that began saturday with one that registered 6.9 on the Richter scale entered about 270 Miles North of san Francisco. Two Strong aftershocks Early sunday touched off a fire that ravaged a Small shopping Center destroying a lumber Nev. Earthquake and aftershocks near Ferndale Pacific Ocean san Francisco Pale Alto a f Rosed 200 pm. It Deserly s hot Mexico Yard a pharmacy a Coffee shop and a grocery store. Flames shot 100 feet into the air and explosions were heard. The first serious aftershock struck at 12 41 . And measured 6.0 on the Richter scale. A second at 4 18 ., measured 6.5. They were among thousands of aftershocks. People As far away As Fresno 460 Miles South Felt the second Large aftershock. A Bridge connecting Scotia a Dairy town of 1,200 people with Rio Dell was closed sunday while officials looked for damage. Another Bridge near Rio Dell showed gaps in Concrete from the first of aftershock but was not closed. John Hattens Redwood Frame House in Rio Dell slipped farther off its foundation with each temblor. The family moved out sunday leaving the House a tilted empty Shell like Many others in the Region. T a it done Good. Until the last aftershock a Hatten said. A then it give  the epic enters of both aftershocks were in the area of the first quake entered just onshore near Rio Dell a town a neat ,, Ted Walters of Ferndale Calif., rests after Clearing debris from see shake on Page 2 following two Strong aftershocks that hit Northern California. A main Street on sunday planes will be Cut by half Safe say by Kevin Dougherty Kaiserslautern Bureau half As Many air Force planes will Fly the friendlier skies of Europe by the end of fiscal 1992 than did two years ago according to the . Air forces in Europe Stop financial manager. The draw Down fuelled by budget cutbacks also Means that Safe pilots will Fly about 100,000 hours less this fiscal year than a year ago when Safe fliers logged 234,400 hours said col. Jack Mechanic. Although the decrease is inflated some by the persian Gulf War it is representative of the Belt tightening occurring within Safe As a result of an Overall drop in defense dollars. A Safe a budget is projected to drop by about 8 percent in fiscal 1992, from $1,348 billion last year to $1,238 billion this year Mechanic said. The budget includes $55 million that Safe expects to receive from the air Force for assuming control of Rhein main a Germany from the military Airlift come. The spending plan based on a Safe a share of the air Force budget will come into sharper focus during the second half of the fiscal year which ends sept. 30, Mechanic said. Although expenditures Are expected to increase during the second half of the fiscal year the Money that Safe will spend should not be enough to eclipse last years final figure. The priorities Haven to changed a Mechanic said a but with the reduction in Force there is also some Belt  of the tightening will occur within a Safe a operations and maintenance fund which accounts for about 85 percent of the commands Money. The fund budget is set aside for the commands Day to Day activities such As repairs and maintenance utilities travel transportation vehicles and air planes. This years operations and maintenance budget is not expected to top the $1,158 billion that was spent in fiscal 1991, Mechanic said. The command had earmarked one do acc run panel o benefits better for troops in .separation by Ron Mckinney staff writer soldiers who leave the  while in Europe receive fewer benefits than those who separate in the United states according to a . Army Europe press release. For example soldiers who leave the  in the United states can stay in family housing for six months and use l commissaries and exchanges for two years. Those separating in Europe Are not allowed those privileges. A Usa eur personnel official linked the difference in benefits to Legal agreements Between the United states and european nations. The agreements sometimes a restrict individual logistic support available to soldiers separating in Usa eur Quot said Clifford Lovejoy the chief of personnel services Branch at 1st personnel come in the release. A soldiers who elect an overseas separation whether voluntarily or involuntarily separated and who choose to remain in Usa eur Are no longer members of the armed forces a Lovejoy said. A consequently they lose their entitlement to individual logistical  in the United states soldiers can rent government housing for up to 180 Days after separation. Rents Are determined by adding the Basic allowance for quarters to the local variable housing allowance said it. Col. Mike Karpicus assistant director of compensation in the office of the assistant Secretary of defense. Karpicus said soldiers who choose to leave the service under a separation plan can use commissaries and exchanges for two years. Soldiers leaving the service under the voluntary separation incentive program must join an Active Reserve unit allowing them Access to commissaries and exchanges Lor the duration of their Reserve duty. Some benefits still exist for soldiers who leave the service in Europe such As relocation assistance transition health care employment assistance see troops on Page 2