European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes Friday May 29, 1992 at a glance s  Chris Judd left and Jeremy Matin two students at Wiesbaden High school in Germany threw a Little Light into the eighth annual technology fair with a Tesla Coil. For details see Story on Page 9. Donors got favors president Bush has granted numerous government favors to business leaders who contributed $100,000 or More to his last presidential Campaign a study says. A Page 4 drop in pollution reported the nations factories released 4.8 billion pounds of toxic chemicals into the environment in 1990, about 11 percent less than the year before the government said wednesday. A Page 5 genetic work questioned new genetically engineered foods might turn out to be a mixed Blessing critics say. A Page 6 guard role pushed the leaner army will have to do More than pay tip service to the notion of using its National guard ground combat units Early in a contingency a lawmaker says. A Page 9 russian officials warned . Deputy Secretary of state Lawrence s. Eagleburger has warned russian authorities that american investment in the former soviet Union is still Quot severely if not fatally hampered Quot by bureaucratic restrictions. A Page 17 Index _3 Abby Ann Landers 19 action line .16 comics.19-21 commentary.13 crossword .19 faces a no places .18 letters.12 Money matters ____17 sports.22-28 to listings.27 weather.11 rims from Page 1 apply. That move allowed the air Force to reach its goal of 24,000 enlisted applications. As of May 27, 24,075 enlisted members had signed up. But the service is still far Short of its goal of getting 7,500 officers to apply. To Date Only 4,331 have done so. Air Force officials have used every Means at their disposal to make vulnerable officers aware of the situation they face a so no one can conic Back and say i did no to understand a a Robertson said. But obviously Many officers have decided to Roll the Dice. A a there a a population out there playing Chicken a Robertson said �?o1 guess they re going to play the game to the  riffed officers with less than six years of service get no separation Money. Those with More than six years get regular involuntary separation pay but that is still Worth far less than either of the two voluntary incentives. Those most vulnerable to a if Are captains and lieutenants who hold Reserve commissions and who were commissioned from 1980 through 1989. Officers in those ranks who were commissioned from 1980 through 1984 have a 95 percent a vulnerability risk a meaning 19 of every 20 officers in those year groups who Are considered by the Board will lose their positions. Those commissioned in 1985 have a 75 percent vulnerability risk. Those commissioned from 1986 through 1989 have a 30 percent vulnerability risk. Robertson said the air Force has structured its draw Down in fiscal 1992 and 1993 so that the bulk of the reductions for those years Are achieved by dec. 31, 1993, Only three months through that fiscal year. The air Force chose to front Load its personnel cutbacks in fiscal 1993 to give personnel managers a nine month window to a Settle the Force before resuming the draw Down for its final two years Robertson said a the �?T92 and �?T93 bite promised to be and has been very traumatic a Robertson Saia. In comparison the services current draw Down blueprints for 1994 and 1995 a while equally challenging from a management perspective a look to be a not As bad for individual air Force members Robertson said. Targets from Page 1 hold Reserve commissions Are not pilots and have a commission Date Between Jan. 1,1981, and dec. 31,1989. A Reserve commission line officers in the same ranks who were commissioned in 1980 and who were not selected for promotion by the 1991 major Board. This group May include pilots. Line officers Are All those who Are not serving in the judge advocate corps the chaplains corps or any of the medical related corps. Officers who will not be considered include those a with More than 15 years of service As of dec. 31,1992. A who already have an approved voluntary separation Date of dec. 31 or earlier. A who Are pilots in year groups 1981 through 1989 and Are not medically or otherwise disqualified from flying duties. A who have been selected for promotion to major. A serving in statutory Tours. By Law certain military personnel slots must be filled for a set amount of time. A in deserter status. The Board will make its selections based solely on Quality and will not consider the particular skill Fields of those who Are eligible officials said. Officers eligible for if consideration can Call attention to any matter they feel the Board should consider by writing to the president of the Board. Such letters must be received prior to july 20 and should be sent to president fy93 if Board afmpc/dpmajb1, Randolph fab to 78150-6001. All officers selected by the Board must separate no later than dec. 31. Vulnerable officers who wish to apply for voluntary separation must do so before the Board convenes. Fighting from Page 1 shipments last week after several of their trucks were hijacked. For the first time Serbia a orthodox Church on thursday denounced the ruling socialist party of Yugoslavia a president Slobodan Milosevic. A the serbian Church is openly distancing itself from this government a it said in a statement. It said the people should not be punished by the european Community for the the actions of the regime. Sarajevo radio said a fall hell broke Loose in Sarajevo overnight and bosnian government Media said Many people had been kilted in overnight attacks by serbs on Muslim positions. Serbian news Media said however that muslims fired first on yugoslav army Barracks in Sarajevo where about 1,500 Federal soldiers have been trapped by forces Loyal to the bosnian government. There also was fighting in the area of Sarajevo a Airport which is under serb control. Sarajevo radio reporter Zoran Prolic interviewed by Telephone said a school near the army a marshal Tito Barracks was hit and several apartment buildings were set ablaze. Fie said hundreds of people were trying to flee the City which has been besieged for weeks by serbian fighters. A the shops in the town Are completely empty a Prolic said. A i think very soon there will be starvation in the City. In some parts of the town there is no running water at all.�?�. The Belgrade based Tan Jug news Agency said that the fighting eased at Dawn and that the trapped soldiers would be evacuated later in the Day. Col. Komnen Zarkovic a commander of yugoslav troops in Sarajevo told Belgrade television that 50 of his soldiers were attacked and captured by muslims while trying to evacuate one of the Barracks wednesday bosnian health officials say More than 5,000 people have been killed or Are missing since late february when Bosnia a majority muslims and croats voted to secede from Yugoslavia. The health officials quoted by Yugoslavia a Tan Jug news Agency said 18,400 people have been injured and More than 1 million have been forced from their Homes. Since the fighting began serb led forces have seized about two thirds of bosnian territory. Ejup Ganic Bosnia a Deputy Premier said thursday that at least 20 people were killed and More than 100 injured in wednesday mornings attack on the bread line in Sarajevo Scenter. Although it was not certain who fired the shells bosnian and croatian Media said they were fired from positions held by serbian irregulars in the Hills overlooking the capital. Milan Gvero Deputy commander of serbian troops in Bosnia told Belgrade to his soldiers did not fire the mortars. Bush toughens haitian Trade embargo Washington a president Bush on t thursday closed american ports to ships that violate the Trade embargo against Haiti and announced that he is expanding opportunities for haitians to apply for admission to the a United states As refugees. A your actions Are directed at those in Haiti who Are opposing a return to democracy not at the haitian poor a Bush said. Closing ports to ships that violate the Trade ban announced by the state department wednesday is in line with a Resolution adopted by the organization of american states on May 17. The Oas called for member states to take such action to tighten the economic screws against Haiti. Bush said the United states would work with its Oas allies a toward a negotiated settlement of the political crisis that began with the overthrow of president Jean Ber Trand Aristide last sept. 30.�?� the president last weekend orderer that haitians fleeing their Homeland by repatriated directly without any hearing or receiving temporary Refuge. He said ii a speech on wednesday that most o those fleeing Haiti do so for economic reasons not because of political oppression. He also denied there were Racis motives behind his action. Congressman beaten robbed near Capitol Washington a rep. Bob Traxler was admitted to a Washington Hospital Early thursday after he was beaten and robbed outside a Capitol Hill hotel police said. A officers found a Man lying in the Street at new Jersey and d streets Northwest about half a Block from the Capitol a said Dan Nichols a spokesman for . Capitol police. A the was bleeding profusely from the forehead and. Was unconscious when the officers reached him but he regained consciousness As they rendered  Traxler d-mich., told officers he was approached from behind As he entered his vehicle by a Man who demanded Money before striking him in the head with a Blunt object. The assailant then went through the congressman a pockets and made off wit $8, Nichols said. The robber apparent put the Wallet Back in Traxler s Pocky before fleeing he added. Traxler 60, received stitches at washing ton Hospital Center and was admitted i stable condition. No arrests have Bee made