European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 27, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2the stars and stripes monday april 27, 1992 at a glance an Angler reels in a fish caught while Fly fishing on the ode seer Traun River. The hotel Stadt Salzburg in bad Tischl Austria offers Fly fishing safaris with Access to More than 40 Miles of streams Rivers and lakes. See Norm Zel Glero a Europe outdoors column on Page 16. Urban partnership Democrat Bill Clinton promised Black mayors a new Urban partnership with the White House and called on them to energize minority voters for the big election Day turnout he needs to win. A Page 4 aids researcher cleared Federal researcher or. Robert c. Gallo has reportedly been cleared by the National institutes of health of any misconduct in his role in the discovery of the aids virus. A Page 5 harassment status quo Anita Hill said that sexual harassment is used to maintain the economic repression of women and that All too frequently society still blames the victim. A Page 6 showy tournament princesses clowns and Black cats toting everything from electric fans to tin pans showed up at Belgium a shape International school compete in the Odyssey of the mind tournament. A Page 9 $2 billions amp a fund while attacking Congress for delaying spending authority for the savings and loan bailout the Bush administration has managed to Squirrel away More than $2 billion to keep the operation going. A Page 17 Index Quot a Abby Ann Landers 20 action line.16 comics.18-20 commentary a 13 faces no places .10 letters .12 Money matters.17 sports.21-28 to listings.27 weather.11 air Force putting More funds into family support programs by Kevin Dougherty Kaiserslautern Bureau while flying hours will be Cut and less Money will be spent on operations in Southwest Asia family support programs in . Air forces in Europe will get More Money during fiscal year 1992, Safe officials say. Programs to help service members and their families during the draw Down have proliferated in the current fiscal year. Safe has budgeted $1.7 million for transition assistance programs compared to the $150,000 spent last year said chief master sgt. Timothy a a stretch Webber dem by chief of family matters for much of the increase will cover personnel costs associated with the expanded transitional assistance programs. Currently there Are 185 people employed in the 24 family support centers across Safe compared with 123 this time last year. Ironically the operating budget for the centers is decreasing from $732,000 in fiscal 1991 to about $650,000 this year Webber said. Examples of activities or programs facing budget cuts this year at . Air forces in Europe include a a decrease in draw Down costs from $9 million last year to about $6.5 million in fiscal 1992. The decrease is attributed to fewer base closures this year a Raf Greenham common England Hahn a Germany and Zaragoza a Spain. The Money covers such items As Severance pay for local nationals the transportation of Materiel vehicles and aircraft and general packing and moving costs. A once you Are Able to close a Gate a said it. Col. . Crowley a Safe spokesman a you can realize some significant  a a 10 to 15 percent Cut in support functions said col. Jack Mechanic us Afes comptroller. The cutbacks will mean less Money for dining Halls new furnishings utilities and fuels landscaping and janitorial services. A a $6 million decrease in flying related costs. Safe spent $100 million in fiscal 1990 and $77 million last year. In fiscal 1992, Safe has allocated $71 million for flying related costs which includes Jet maintenance training deployments Host base support for units deploying from the states and simply the expense of keeping a plane airborne. Last years flying related costs would have been $10 million to $12 million higher in Safe if units had not deployed to Southwest Asia said col. Jack shake from Page 1 of about 3,000 people. The states a lost coast runs from the town of shelter Cove 50 Miles North to Cape Mendocino the westernmost Point in the lower 48 states. The state office of emergency services estimated $10 million to $15 million in damage to Scotia alone and several million More in other towns. Gov. Pete Wilson declared a state of emergency in Humboldt county which includes Scotia Ferndale and Eureka. The quakes Cut Power and Telephone service to much of the county but most Power was restored sunday sheriffs it. Frank Vulich said. Serious damage also was reported in Ferndale. In Petrolia 10 Miles away the Post office and other buildings burned to the ground saturday s quake knocked Down Brick building facades crumbled chimneys shattered Glass knocked goods off shelves and broke porch railings. Provide Comfort funding Cut Ramstein a Germany a amps a about $70 million has been earmarked in . Air forces in Europe this year for operations desert storm and provide Comfort less than half the amount the command spent last year on those efforts and the buildup to the persian Gulf War. For fiscal 1992, Safe has budgeted $42 million for provide Comfort which involves maintaining the . Security zone in Northern Iraq. The command has deployed about 1,200 people to in Ciurlik a Turkey to support the operation and to augment the existing base Force of 2,000. Provide Comfort a represents a change from a humanitarian to a Security Issue a said it. Col. . Crowley a Safe spokesman. About $28 million has been budgeted this year for operation desert storm there Are about 250 Safe airmen currently stationed in the Gulf including members of the 81st fighter so from Span Dahlem a Germany. Aside from personnel the budget for desert storm includes funding for the shipment of equipment Stock replenishment and runway repairs at an air base in mor6n, Spain which was used extensively during the Gulf War. During fiscal 1991, Safe spent $164.3 million on operations desert shield desert storm and provide Comfort said col. Jack Mechanic us Afes comptroller. That included about $5 million incurred within the last six weeks of the fiscal 1990 As . Forces began the buildup to the Gulf War. Though the command was eventually reimbursed in full by the government mechanics staff in the interim had to regularly adjust the budget to make do with the Money it had. Mechanic Safe comptroller. The reason is that Many training programs and related deployments were shelved during the persian Gulf War. The Overall budget picture will become clearer when the command determines How much Money it will spend on facility projects. The projects Range from repairing a Supply warehouse roof at Ramstein a Germany for $150,000 to spending $474,000 to replace a sophisticated electrical control panel for an underground refuelling system at in Ciurlik a Turkey. Mechanic said $89 million in projects has been identified but so far Only $17 million has been committed. Projects Are prioritized and then approved based on need and Cash. Safe spent $78 million in 1990 and $121 million last year on facility projects. Aside from the operation and maintenance fund much of the remaining 15 percent of the budget goes toward the operation and maintenance of military family housing units. That fund is increasing from $167 million in fiscal 1990 and 1991 to $240 million this year. The increase is attributed to changes in the foreign currency rate and $19 million being transferred from Mac to Safe to cover housing costs at  Page 1 $935 million for that budget but since the Start of the fiscal year the fund has grown to $986 million which includes $36 million in operations and maintenance expenses for Rhein main a. Such incremental increases Are typical Mechanic said. He expects the operations and maintenance fund to go up some More but he would not predict by How much. Last year operations and maintenance spending swelled by $90 million Between the beginning and end of the fiscal year an anomaly due in part to the persian Gulf War related humanitarian efforts and the draw Down. In contrast the fiscal 1990 operations and maintenance fund Rose by $19 million. Mechanic maintains that financial concerns Haven to had a negative Impact on the maintenance and operation of the aircraft remaining in  from Page 1 and hiring preference and pre separation counselling. In addition soldiers who leave the service in Europe can get transition assistance id cards which allow them to use military medical facilities said Millie Waters a Usa eur spokeswoman. Those id cards enable former soldiers with fewer than six years of service to receive 60 Days of medical care and those with More than six years of service to get 120 Days of medical care. Lovejoy suggested that soldiers planning to separate in Europe Contact their personnel offices for information about benefits. He said that former soldiers must comply with visa and other residency requirements of the Host nation. Those restrictions in the status of forces agreement also apply to commissary and base Exchange privileges and base housing for air Force service members separating in Europe said it. Col. . Crowley a . Air forces in Europe spokesman. A a we be encouraged airmen separating in Europe to approach local commanders to see if its feasible to stay in local quarters a Crowley said. A a commander May be Able to Grant some exceptions a however Crowley said airmen separating in Europe May not necessarily receive medical privileges once they be separated from the air Force. He said those privileges such As the base housing Are dealt on a Case by Case basis and Are affected by nation to nation Legal agreements. A spokesman for the . Navy in London said that non retiring sailors who leave the service and then stay in Europe will receive fewer benefits than those who leave the service stateside. For instance sailors who accept the selective separation Benefit As part of voluntary separation from the Navy can use commissaries and exchanges for two years. Those same sailors do not have those privileges overseas. According to it. Jack Papp a spokesman for the . Naval forces Europe in London few sailors leave the service from a processing Point in Europe. He gave no exact figures