European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thes amp a 1942-1992 50 years of service vol. 51, no. 63 35c Friday june 19, 1992 d 8693 Pentagon cleared to plan for deeper cuts in Europe by Susanne m. Schafer the associated press Washington a defense Secretary Dick Cheney is giving the military leeway to plan for the possibility that it might have to Cut forces in Europe below the current level of 150,000, a senior Pentagon official said thursday. Quot its the prudent thing to do. We Are always looking at a what ifs a a said the official speaking on condition of anonymity the official said the Bush administration does not intend to make such reductions now. At present the army is supposed to maintain 92,000 troops in Europe As part of the . Military a 150,000-Pcrson total authorized by president Bush. However pressure has been building amid the nations economic troubles to slash foreign deployments. The House recently approved a fiscal 1993 military Bill that would reduce . Forces in Europe to 100,000 by 1995. A a we be known for some time that cons Russ was ready to attack the 150,000 a vol a said a second source a senior military officer. A a we need the wiggle room Quot the second source said. Quot there is the possibility see cuts on Page 2a heartland Welcome russian president Boris n. Yeltsin shakes hands with Servic members thursday after his arrival at Mccon Nell fab in Wichita Kan. He received the hat from a member of the crowd. See Story on Page 2.team Heads to Russia to Hunt pow Moscow apr members of a .-russian panel flew to a prison Camp in Northern Russia on thursday seeking clues to the Fate of an american Pilot. But the director of the government Agency that oversees labor Camp pl-350 in Pechora and similar prisons told the daily newspaper Izvestia that no americans Are to be found. A we have examined All lists and archives and spoken to the guards including the ones who arc retired. We Are convinced there arc no american prisoners in our colonies nor have there Ever been any a Alexander Strelkov head of the main directorate of forestry labor institutions said in Moscow. The joint commission on pos and my As decided to go to the Pechora Region after president Boris Yeltsin said this week that . Servicemen might still be in Russia. In Israel former soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev denied that he knew american pos from the Vietnam War were transferred to the soviet Union As Yeltsin claimed. A i know nothing of the existence of such facts that see pow on Page 2comics Mash Quayle after potato goof from wire reports it did no to take Long for jokes about vice president Dan Quayle and his misspelling of a a potato at a spelling Bee in Trenton n.j., to make late night television. Jay Leno said tuesday night on the tonight show. A maybe the vice president should Stop watching Murphy Brown and Start watching sesame Street. But Quayle taught the kids a valuable lesson a if you done to study you could end up vice  on wednesday night William Figueroa the sixth grader from Trenton who out spelled Quayle helped David Letterman make the see Quayle on Page 2 women want to Fly in combat fighter pilots oppose integration but most in of favor it poll finds by Ray Rowden Washington Bureau Washington if the air Force were run democratically women would Fly combat aircraft. But today Sall male crop of fighter pilots would oppose such a move according to a recent Survey a Survey team from the air Force military personnel Center at Randolph fab Texas was asked to Sample opinions on the topic in december the month Congress lifted the ban on women flying aircraft in combat. So far none of the services has implemented programs for women in combat. Capt. Kathleen Simpson a Lead analyst on the team briefed the executive Board of the defense advisory committee on women in the services on the Survey monday. Simpson said 75 percent of air Force members believe the presence of women has a positive or no effect on morale and unit cohesion. She added that 65 percent expressed similar views regarding air combat performance and 51 percent supported women in ground combat. The vast majority of female fliers favored the idea of flying combat missions Simpson said. Only 5 percent of women pilots surveyed said they believed women in cockpits of combat aircraft would diminish combat performance. On the other hand 72 percent see combat on Page 2 women and air combat air Force personnel asked whether women flying in combat would enhance or a Jar diminish performance responded this Way enhanced no change Ted diminished a  10% 55% 35% fighter bombers special operation units other flying units non flying 3% 4% 6% 50% 70% 68% 47% 26% 26% a avid us it a fighter bomber combat Only female male 2% 6% 3% 31% 3% 26% 39% 30% 64% 51% 72% 55% 67% 5% 46% a a a r Roitt Mij Sis Suvino Hari s