European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday june 18, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 5navy Secretary reportedly was at party is fit Navy Secretary h. Lawrence Garrett Iii in the stars and stripes10 years ago june 18,1982 a reports of the ouster of Argentine Gen. Leopoldo Galtieri the Man who launched the Falkland islands War against the British and then lost it raised Hopes that Argentine prisoners of War would soon be on their Way home.20 year Sago june 18,1972 the . Come announced plans to pull the last army ground combat brigades out of the War zone in Vietnam. The pull out would virtually end the . Land combat role in Vietnam.30 years ago june 18,1962 a Secretary of state Dean Rusk said he was disappointed that stability in Southeast Asia has not been restored despite a Quot major Effort Over a period of years. He said that the free world Quot must take this situation with great seriousness and if it requires additional Effort and sacrifice and Aid then we must make it."40 years ago june 18,1952 a United nations truce negotiators in Korea declared a three Day recess in the stalled armistice talks to give the communists time to a think the matter Over and realize the Allied stand on prisoner Exchange is absolutely final.50 years ago today june is1 a 9 4 2 German troops capture airstrips outside Obruk that could have been used to help Supply the besieged British Garrison in the libyan port. On the soviet front the germans capture the Quot Maxim Gorki Quot fort at Sevastopol after 11 Days of horrific fighting and move within two Miles of the crimean port s harder British prime minister Winston Churchill arrives in Washington Tor talks on the military situation. By the Washington Post Washington Navy investigators probing sexual misconduct at last years Tail Hook convention of Navy and Marine aviators were told in february that Navy Secretary h. Lawrence Garrett Iii was present at least briefly at a hotel suite where some of the most Ribald activity took place the Navy disclosed tuesday. But the eyewitness statement placing Garrett at the suite where Drunken aviators allegedly goaded women to drink from a fake Rhinoceros Penis was not included in the 2,000-Page report by the naval investigative service that was released in april. The Navy said tuesday that Garrett has requested an investigation by the Pentagon inspector general a office to determine Why the Nis did not include the statement. Quot he does not want there to be any perception of a conflict of interest a a Navy spokesman said. Navy officials emphasized that Garrett is not under investigation. There is no indication in the statement from a Marine Captain placing Garrett at the a a Rhino suite on the conventions last night that the Secretary participated in or directly witnessed any of the misconduct that is the focus of the investigation. Garrett has said he did not visit any of the suites except once to grab a Beer and saw no improper behaviour. The Navy is considering charges ranging from courts martial to mild reprimands against 70 or More Navy and Marine officers who attended the convention. A report by the Navy inspector general found that at least 2b women More than half of them officers had been sexually pawed and molested by a Quot Gantlett of mostly Junior officers who lined a third floor corridor of the Las vegas Hilton last september. The inspector general found moreover that senior. Navy officers had Long been aware of the atmosphere at the annual event. Reports of convention misconduct have provoked a major scandal in the service. Members of the Senate armed services committee have threatened to delay thousands of promotions including some for senior admirals until the Nav provides information on whether any of the candidates were involved. Many Navy aviators resent that the inquiry thus far has targeted mostly Junior officers despite the presence of Garrett and a number of other senior Navy officials All of whom deplored the misconduct while saying they saw none of it. Garrett has led the charge to hold officers accountable for their behaviour at the convention. The Marine Captain one of 1.509 officers interviewed by Nis said in his statement that a certain senior officers made a Point of stopping in Quot the Rhino suite. The officer said the suite was established by the same group of aviators each year and a had become something of a  the officer said Garrett was among the officials who stopped by but that he did not know when or for How Long. The Tail Hook association is named after the mechanism that snares an aircraft on the deck of a Carrier. Chemical arms disposal Cost soars Washington a the Cost of the army a program to destroy its chemical weapons could top $9 billion the projects director says. The army estimated in 1985 that the program for destroying All but 10 percent of the 30,000 tons of chemical weapons would Cost $1.7 billion. Brig. Gen. Walter l. Busbee said tuesday the current estimate of $7.9 billion could Rise by about $1 billion or More. A there Are still unknowns remaining in the program. We be yet to build the first full scale disposal facility in the Continental United states a Busbee told the House government operations subcommittee on environment Energy and natural resources. The army program came under attack As congressional investigators described Cost overruns and problems at the Johnston Island facility in the Pacific. The army plans to build eight Chemi Cal incinerators in Tooele Utah Anniston Ala. Umatilla Ore. Pine Bluff Ark. Pueblo Colo. Lexington by. Newport ind. And Aberdeen my. Citizens from Kentucky told the panel of Community fears about the Lexington facility which will be located less than a mile from a Middle school. Maryland citizens said the Aberdeen site is within a seven mile radius of 44,000 people. Busbee the director of the army a chemical Materiel destruction Agency defended the program. The annual Cost of maintaining the chemical weapons stockpile is $107 million and the yearly Price for delaying its destruction is $350 million including the maintenance fee Busbee said. He said the service has safely disposed of More than 186,000 chemical munitions and containers and about 7,000 tons of nerve and Blister agents since the 1970s. Investigators from the congressional general accounting office cited four factors that could prevent the army from finishing its program to destroy the weapons. They Are a regulators May not be cooperative. A legislation Lias been enacted in Kentucky and Indiana that could prevent or delay construction of incinerators. The Gao said the army does not have a contingency plan in Case the states deny the service an environmental permit. A funds requested in the fiscal 1993 military budget could be deferred by Congress because the proposal is based on an unrealistic schedule. The request is $646.7 million for the fiscal year beginning oct. 1. A the facility at Johnston Island Lias had numerous unscheduled shutdowns for maintenance. T he programs schedule requires future incinerators to operate 24 hours a Day although at Johnston the army has had problems maintaining its l hour a Day schedule. Reforms urged to Avert Post office massacres source 2194 Days of War w h  ire. Woi d a Mac i Wai ii. B so to. Ri/3 a a a map of Wor d by the Washington Post Washington unions management and the police Arm of the postal service need to make major changes to prevent a repeat of two office massacres in the past decade in which 18 employees were killed by two distraught co workers. This week the House Post office amp civil service committee issued its investigative report of the most recent tragedy the 1991 shooting at the Royal Oak mich., management sectional Center. A letter Carrier whose yearlong dismissal Appeal had just been upheld walked into the office armed with a sawed off .22-caliber Rifle and four 50-round clips of ammunition. He sprayed about 100 shots in the office killing his supervisor and three other employees and wounding four others. He then killed himself. In 1986, a disgruntled letter Carrier killed 14 colleagues and wounded six others before shooting himself at the old mond okla., Post office. The committees report found that a local Union officers who counselled Thomas Paul Mcilvane failed to report that he had made numerous threats against other workers and Bosses including saying a a. If i lose the arbitration ill make Edmond Oklahoma look like Disneyland a they did not make the threats known until after mall vane a yearlong Appeal was rejected. Committee investigators said Union representatives Felt that reporting his threats during the arbitration process would have a violated the lawyer client relationship of confidentiality. The report said that an attorney May disclose threats of violence made by a client. A management officials at the Michigan office a and most others a had no Clear system for employees to report threats and no system to follow up on such threats. A discipline at the Michigan office was often used to coerce and threaten people. One of the supervisors who was murdered the report said had frequently disciplined employees who were injured on the Job. _ a the postal inspection service did no to use the system followed by the Fri and the secret service where reported threats Are logged and hied and the person who made the alleged threat is interviewed. The committee recommends that the inspection service drop most of its audit activities and concentrate on Law enforcement including Protection of employees and the Public and that labor and management Woik out procedures to investigate threat and screen  backs easier voter registration Washington up the House in an Effort to get More americans to take part in elections has approved a Bill to simplify and expand opportunities for voter registration. The Bill passed on a 268-153 vote tuesday faces an almost certain veto however. The Senate passed the Bill last month and it now goes to the White House. T he measure would allow people to Register to vote when they visit their state motor vehicle departments to get a new or renewed Drivers License and would allow voter registration by mail. It also would require states to provide voter registration services at government of flicks that Deal with the Public. As a safeguard against fraud the Bill requires that each applicant sign an oath under Penally of perjury that he or she is eligible to vote. Violation would be a Federal offence. Critics argued that the provisions against fraud were inadequate and that the Bill was being pushed to deliberately provoke another veto from president Bush