European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The sos 1942-1992 vol. 51, no. 53 350 tuesday june 9,1992 50 years of service i ii in m urn i my i my n i d 8693 some of units to shed layers of management by Kevin Dougherty Kaiserslautern Bureau the three numbered air forces in Europe will become leaner and More operationally oriented this fall focusing More on their ability to deploy and fight than on Day to Day management said the director of manpower and organization for the . Air forces in Europe. Numbered air forces service wide Are being relieved of management functions that were once deemed essential but Are now considered superfluous col. John Gorski said. Plans to eliminate or reduce the management staff in such areas As personnel communications Security police and Public affairs Are in keeping with air Force chief of staff Gen. Merrill a. A a Tony Mcpeake a desire to Cut bureaucracy while maintaining combat readiness. A you Are eliminating layers that done to contribute anything to solving a problem a said Gorski explaining that Many base level affairs Are reviewed by the major command a in this Case Safe a anyway. A commander a still needs to be involved a Gorski added a Only he won t have All that expertise on his  a numbered air Force is an intermediate level of authority Between a Wing and a major command. In Europe the numbered air forces operate along regional lines that Are divided Between the see of on Page 2 Plo official assassinated at Paris hotel Paris apr the acting head of the Palestine liberation organizations Security department Atef Bseiso was shot to death Early monday in front of a Paris hotel. An Anonymous caller saying he represented the lakh International movement based in Jerusalem claimed responsibility for the killing and promised More deaths. The Plo blamed the israeli secret service Mossad. A we Are responsible for the killing of the terrorist a said a caller to the Paris office of the associated press. The caller said he spoke for the lakh movement. A the Bseiso was in charge of the murder of jews and because of this we killed him. A a we re going to kill every Plo member that we think is dangerous for the jewish nation a the caller said. The caller denied that Mossad was responsible for the assassination. A we hoped that Mossad would do it. Because they see Plo on Page 2 Bush stands firm on global treaty Washington a president Bush says he has a nothing to be apologetic for when he goes to the Earth Summit this week despite the United states refusal to sign a global treaty to protect plants and wildlife. Bush at a Camp David md., news conference sunday with British prime minister John major said his obligation is to protect american jobs As Well As the environment. Bush also said he would like to fire whoever leaked a memo that embarrassed his environmental chief William k Reilly who was making a last ditch Effort to persuade the White House to sign on to the biodiversity treaty. He called the leak a a insidious and asked reporters to a help me find the leaker. Head be gainfully  some news reports have suggested the document was see treaty on Page 2 Earth Summit two bosnian militiamen weep As they wait outside a Hospital for news of the wounded brother of the Man at right. Attack on Sarajevo called Start of decisive Battle Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina apr Sarajevo shuddered monday under one of the fiercest bombardments by serbian artillery in three months of ethnic War and government forces reportedly launched attacks trying to break the siege. A the decisive Battle for our City has begun today Quot said a spokesman for the bosnian defense ministry Dragan Mijanovic. He said Muslim led loyalist fighters had captured some of the High ground Arouna Sarajevo from serbian irregulars. But radio Sarajevo said serbs also had increased their attacks in an Effort to gain More ground. Serbs firing from the Hills blasted the City with mortars cannons and Multi barrel rocket launchers. Flames licked from buildings throughout Sarajevo clouding the horizon with billowing smoke. Machine guns and rifles chattered across the City Indi Cating House to House and Street Battles. The City a beleaguered residents huddled in shelters. Doctors at the main Hospital worked around the clock to Cope with the influx of wounded Many of them Muslim fighters brought directly by car from front lines. Radio Sarajevo broadcast appeals for blood donations. The surge in fighting began sunday night. It ebbed before Daybreak but rapidly escalated during the Day. There was no immediate word on total casualties but two dead and 14 wounded government fighters As Well As three wounded civilians were brought to the Hospital in the space of an hour monday morning. Elsewhere radio Sarajevo said 16 government see attack on Page 2 Navy planning draw Down in azores a see Page 3