European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a the stars and stripes tuesday june 9, 1992 at a glance air Force 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 billionaire. A Page 4arms smuggler praised adm. Bobby Ray Inman a top intelligence adviser to president Bush has written a judge a letter in Praise of a businessman awaiting sentencing for smuggling arms to South Africa. A Page 7search for Amber chamber a Florida explorer plans to Send television probes into nazi bunkers deep beneath the German City of Weimar in search of the legendary Amber chamber stolen from a russian Palace during world ii. A Page b Japan strikes Back the Japan s government s first Quot report on unfair Trade practices by major trading partners Quot is Rife with complaints about the countries that have most harshly attacked japanese trading practices particularly the United states. Page 17 1 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 the air Force is de emphasizing the numbered air forces management responsibilities. Under the current system which includes operational and support functions a numbered air Force is authorized 180 Job slots. The number reached its present level in part because of the Reagan administrations defense buildup Gorski said. By october the manpower authorization number for each numbered air Force will drop to 100 Servic wide. Within Safe More than Igo Posi tons 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 it just depends on the question and the service desired whether he the commander goes to the Host base or the maj com major command a Gorski said. The commander for example May turn to the Host bases 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 arc 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 be Cut from 120 to about 85 a 16th 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 ai3. 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 Logis tics 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 arc 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 did no to do it we did it a the caller said. The caller spoke English with a heavy accent. He refused to give his name or say where he was. A spokesman for israeli prime minister Yitzhak Shamir dismissed the Plo claim that Mossad was responsible. A these allegations Are totally and completely ridiculous and they done to even deserve responding to a spokesman Ehud got said. Bsiso was gunned Down in front of the Meridian Montparnasse hotel. An official statement from the Plo said that a two agents from the israeli intelligence service Mossad a assassinated Bseiso using two revolvers with silencers. The statement referred to Bseiso As a Quot martyrs and said a this crime will not go  Plo spokesman Ahmed Abdel Rah Man told the associated press that Bseiso was killed with seven bullets As he left a taxicab at Midnight in front of the hotel. The killer fled the scene Abdel Rahman said. French police did not immediately confirm the incident. The assassination was the latest in a series that has depleted the upper ranks of the Plo. Three of Arafat a key lieutenants have been assassinated Over the past four years stripping the organization of its leading strategists and leaving the group with no Strong candidate to replace the 62-year-old Arafat As Plo chairman if needed. Palestinian sources in Paris said Bseiso was there for talks with French police about Security for Plo representatives in France. Abdel Rahman however said Bseiso was spending the night in Paris in route from Germany to Tunis Tunisia because he missed a connecting  Page 1 soldiers were wounded around pazar Zhik to the West of the capital where Muslim forces reportedly took several villages during the night. Five were reported wounded in Tula 60 Miles to the Northeast. Fighting in the bosnian capita intensified after the serbian dominated yugoslav army vacated its last Barracks in the City Friday leaving heavy weapons behind. That gave bosnian government forces greater fire Power than they have had since fighting broke out following a feb. 20 referendum in which Bosnia a majority muslims and croats voted to secede from Yugoslavia. Serbs who make up about a third of Bosnia a 4.3 million people want to remain linked to Yugoslavia which is now composed of Only Serbia and Montenegro after the four other republics split away. Serbs have seized two thirds of bosnian territory with help from the yugoslav army. About 5,700 people have been killed in the fighting which has made refugees of hundreds of thousands. Fighting raged on All front lines around Sarajevo which is precariously Short of food and Medicine because the serbian blockade has Cut off supplies. Except for the pre Dawn Lull the High pitched shriek of rockets and the whine of artillery shells was constant interspersed with the Sharp crackle of Rifle and machine gun fire. A we have spent most of the previous four Days in the basement a said Samira mus Begovic sheltering in an apartment House cellar. At the main Hospital doctors said that they were Low on antibiotics aesthetics and oxygen but that there had been a Good response to the broadcast Appeal for blood. As Muslim warriors brought wounded comrades directly from the front in cars three fighters left a dead Comrade wrapped in a Blanket outside the morgue after no one responded to their knocks. They wrote his name on a piece of cardboard stuffed in his  from Page 1 leaked by one of vice president Dan Quayle a a aides who is opposed to Compromise at i he Rio Summit. On monday Reilly said in an interview on no cd a today show from Rio that it Wasny this Job Quot to pursue the  Quot i done to have any firsthand knowledge of who leaked it. I think it leaked out of Washington a he said adding that hence gets jail Izmir air station Turkey a noncommissioned officer assigned to the 7241st comm so at Izmir received a six month jail term and a reprimand for writing More than $3,000 in bad Cheeks according to a news release from the base. Tech. Sgt. William Ross a wide band communications technician was convicted lust thursday in a general court did t think that even last week there was any Chance the treaty would be changed to ensure Bush a support. At the White House spokesman Marlin it water said there was no formal investigation into the source of the leak Quot but wed like to  he praised Reilly saying a a he a doing a Fine Job. He represents our position very  Bush and major will join More than pm other world leaders in Rio. Britain and the worlds other major industrialized nations have agreed to sign the biodiversity treaty although major said he for $3,000 in 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 false official statements Ross a 12-year air Force Veteran wrote the checks to the bases accounting and Linance office and the army and air shared some of the . Anxieties about its financial implications a i have nothing to be apologetic for a said Bush. He said he would be taking Quot a Good Strong Forward looking environmental message to  major who just pulled his conservative party through a Surprise come from behind Victory in the British elections in april offered a sympathetic ear to Bush on his own political difficulties. Bush said he Learned from major to a just stay with it and not to get discouraged by the  checks Force Exchange service. He subsequently made false statements in regard to the checks the release said. In addition to the jail term and reprimand Ross was ordered to give up $200 a month for six months and was demoted to senior airman. He will serve his jail term at in Ciurlik a Turkey