European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes tuesday june 9, 1992 at a glance air Puree staff sgt. Richard Bailey practices what he has Learned in red Cross car training from Susie and Ken Ayers. See stories on pages 14-15.perot under fire president Bush and gov. Bill Clinton launched indirect attacks on unannounced presidential contender Ross Perot dispatching political aides and allies to denounce the Texas millionaire. A Page 4gates quitting after All los Angeles police chief Daryl of Gates said monday that he would retire at the end of the month As planned and not carry out his threat to prolong his controversial  Page 5court rules on write in votes the supreme court said states May ban write in voting in elections a ruling that could hamper some protest candidacies. A Page 7japan strikes Back the Japan s government s first Quot report on unfair Trade practices by major trading partners a is Rife with complaints about the countries Hal have most harshly attacked japanese trading practices particularly the United Stales. Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers. 20 action line. 16 comics. 18-20 commentary. 13 faces a no places. 10 letters. 12 Money matters. 17 sports. 21-28 to listings. 27 weather. 11 a from Page 1 United kingdom Central Europe and the Mediterranean Region. Although the principal Mission always has been operational that focus will Sharpen now that i he air Force Isic emphasizing the numbered air forces management . Under the current system which includes operational Anil support functions a numbered air Force is authorized 180 Job slots. The number reached its present level in part because of the Reagan administration s defense buildup Gorski said. By october the manpower authorization number for each numbered air Force will drop to 100 service wide. Within Safe More than 160 positions will be eliminated or shifted to each of the three Host bases which will offer some support services to the numbered air Force commander. A aft just depends on the question and the service desired whether he the commander goes to the Host base or the maj com major command ,1 Gorski said. The commander for example May turn to the Host base s Public affairs office on a Community relations Issue but to the major command when he has a budget question. The support functions that generally will be handled by the Host base or major command Are civil engineering personnel historian intelligence judge advocate Public affairs communications surgeon general Security police weather and morale welfare recreation and services operations. Numbered air forces will keep some support management functions that Are inherent to the command such As Legal assistance Gorski said. The restructuring will mean a 3rd air Force staff at Raf Milden Hall England will he Cut from 120 to about 85 a 16lh air Force staff which is moving from Torr Jon a Spain to Aviano a Italy will be Cut from 114 to about 30. A 17th air Force staff at Sembach a Germany will be Cut from 154 to about 85. The projected staffing Only applies to Headquarters personnel. In addition Gorski said the 16th air Force staff May grow again depending on its future Mission. The 16th currently is without operational aircraft. The role of the 16th air Force a will be evolving Over the next couple of years As Force Structure and Basing decisions Are finalized a Gorski said. Numbered air Force staffs will largely be made up of people in operation logistics and safety Gorski said. As part of its commitment to nato the air Force has agreed to allow numbered air Force commands in Safe to keep a staff dedicated to plans and negotiations. A the role of the numbered air forces is to ensure that the subordinate units Are combat ready a Gorski said. A a that a not to say they did no to do that before but the numbered air Force commanders had other  Page 1 All the toads in the roads and resist All attempts to turn yourselves into self entered self serving bureaucratic staff wimps which you know is How the platoon Headquarters thinks of the company Headquarters  red scarfed soldiers from Btry a 427th meld arty presented Saint with a bronzed Shell As a memento of their final gun Salute to him. Fred b. Irwin president of the american chamber of Commerce in Germany presented Saint with his organizations certificate of Merit saying Saint was the first member of the military to receive it. He said the army helped guarantee a stability that eventually opened markets in the East it. Gen. David m. Maddox the corps commander who will succeed Saint As . Army Europe commander recalled that his own career has developed in saints Shadow since he was commander of 1st so 11th army Cav regt and Saint was the regimental commander. A this traits and interests have not changed Over All those years. He a been interested in readiness through Tough hard training caring for soldiers and not waiting for somebody above to give him a Good idea but to initiate those to make his unit belter a Maddox  Page 1 but said there were no dear indications of who was responsible. In Amman Jordan where he is recuperating from brain surgery Arafat said he had warned Plo officials that a mos sad will follow every one of us especially before the israeli  Mossad is israelis secret service. Arafat said he had warned Bseiso in particular a i told him you Are going to Europe so be careful. Bui the Mossad was waiting for  in Jerusalem a spokesman for prime minister Yitzhak Shamir Ehud Gol said a these allegations Are totally and completely ridiculous and they done to even deserve responding  a caller to the associated press office in Paris claimed the killing was conducted by the Kach International movement a group founded by rabbi Meir Kahane who was assassinated in new York in 1990. A the Bseiso was in charge of the murder of jews and because of this we killed him a said the Man who spoke heavily accented English in the Telephone Call hours after the killing was reported. A a we re going to kill every Plo member that we think is dangerous for the jewish  a second caller about 90 minutes later made a similar claim for the Kahane lives group an offshoot of Kach founded by Kahaney a son Benjamin after his fathers  Page 1 with smoke. The chatter of machine guns and rifles indicated House to House and Street Battles. Muslim forces trying to break the serbian siege reportedly launched a fierce attack from the City Center inward serbian positions on surrounding Hills. At least eight people were killed and 170 wounded Hospital officials said. In other fighting monday in Bosnia at least seven people died Media reported. Serbs about a third of Bosnia a 4.3 million people want to remain linked to Yugoslavia now composed of Only Serbia and Montenegro alter the four other republics split away. Serbs have seized two thirds of bosnian territory with help front the yugoslav army. About 5,700 people have been killed and More than a million made refugees. Serbian fighters want Sarajevo partitioned along ethnic lines and they envision it As the capital of a separate serbian Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The High pitched shriek of rockets and the whine of artillery shells reverberated through the City. Serbian multiple Rockel launchers on mount tre Bevic were leveling the old Muslim Bas Casija Section. Streets were strewn with corpses bul the fighting kept doctors away. No gets jail for $3,000 in bad checks Izmir air station Turkey a non commissioned officer assigned to the 7241st comm so at Izmir received a six month jail term and a reprimand for writing More than $3,001 in had checks according to a news release from the base. Tech. Sgt. William Ross a wide hand communications technician was convicted last thursday in a general court martial of making and uttering worthless checks by Dis honorable failing to maintain sufficient funds one charge of making false sworn statements and one charge of making fake official statements. Ross a 12-year air Force Veteran wrote the checks to the bases accounting and finance office and the army and air Force Exchange service. He subs quem la made false statements in regard to the checks the release said. In addition to the jail term and rear Viand Ross was ordered to give up $20 a month for six months and was demote to senior airman. He will serve his jail term at in Tsirli a turkeys amps to resume publication of Pov list by t he stars and stripes the list of privately owned vehicles available Tor pickup at the port in Brem Vihaven Germany was delayed this week Ami will he published As soon As the information is delivered to the stars and St i ipes. C of. Inn , acting commander of military traffic management come at Rotterdam Netherlands said monday that the information was mailed through the German postal system saturday. Publication of the pov7 list stopped May 26 following confusion Over orders irom . Army Europe Headquarters to Katlic management Oit Iesals to put More emphasis on notifying soldiers directly in Stead of relying on the newspaper usar eur officials said earlier this week. However military traffic management officials said saturday that they will Agair provide the information for publication the stars and stripes normally publisher an updated vehicle list each tuesday