European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 30, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes Friday october 30,1992 a i at a glance koreans Pray wednesday As they await doomsday in a Seoul Church. Korean Church leaders could face fraud charges after their predictions that the end of the world was imminent turned out to be premature. See Story on Page 8. Russian clears Hiss Alger Hiss the state department lawyer accused of espionage during the Mccarthy Era never spied for the soviets a russian general says. A Page 4 deficit sets record the Federal government ran up a record budget deficit of $290.2 billion in fiscal 1992. A Page 5 abortion Bill stalled legislation to allow abortions in overseas military medical facilities at patient expense is As Good As dead. A Page 9 Fischer near Victory Bobby Fischer Defeated Boris Spassky on wednesday to move within a game of winning their $5 million chess rematch. A Page 10 figuring out Economy is the Economy recovering or not the numbers reported tuesday and wednesday Are open to just about any interpretation. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers 19 comics .19-21 commentary.13 faces a no places.18 letters.12 Money matters.17 sports.22-28 to listings .27 weather.11 1 correction a because of a reporter error an item wednesday misidentified the rank of Brig. Gen. Richard t. Swope former commander of the 86th Wing at Ramstein a  Page 1 four years ago. Tracking polls five Days before the 1988 election showed the Democrat within eight Points of Bush and Dukakis aides were boasting of a a a surge As Bush aides did this week. Dukakis ultimately lost the popular vote by 8 percentage Points and won Only 10 states. Bush a cause for excitement wednesday was a Gallup tracking poll for can and Usa today which showed Clinton leading by just two Points among what Gallup termed the most Likely voters. The numbers Given were 40 percent for Clinton 38 percent for Bush and 16 percent for Independent Ross Perot. The poll has a 3-Point margin of error and was an average of results from polls taken monday and tuesday of 1,217 people. It was the first time since August that a major poll has shown the presidential race As a dead heat. But in a Washington Post poll taken last Friday through tuesday Clinton had 44 percent a 10-Point Lead Over Bush a 34 percent with Perot being supported by 19 percent. The poll of 1,837 Likely voters had a margin of sampling error of just under 3percentage Points. # Clinton aides have been predicting a a natural tightening for weeks and projected Calm. Still the Clinton Campaign said its own polls were closer to Abc news monday tuesday tracking of 900 Likely voters. That poll had Clinton leading by 7 Points a 42 percent for Clinton 35 for Bush and 20 for Perot. The margin of error was 4 Points. An Abc news Wall Street journal poll also gave Clinton a 7-Point Lead a 43 percent to 36 percent for Bush a among 576 voters interviewed tuesday night with a 5-Point margin of error. Perot was at 15 percent with a 44 percent negative favo ability rating. Perot in his advertising has asked supporters not to worry that a vote for him would be wasted. However the exposure Given the can Usa today poll May encourage Perot backers to vote their second Choice in a close match Between Bush and  Page 1 army officials expressed particular concern about the reports about the two commands in St. Louis. The aviation command which employs 4,256 civilians and 165 military personnel is responsible for developing and Fielding army planes helicopters and other equipment. The Reserve personnel Center which employs 1,300 civilians and 700 military personnel is the army a main repository for Reserve personnel records. Senior army officials said that Many of the civilian employees were in relatively Low paying non automated clerical jobs. Of the three consultants the strongest criticisms came from h. Minton Francis a West Point graduate and retired army colonel. The army has not made the consultants reports Public but Francis said in an interview that scores of female workers and some male workers he spoke to at the aviation command had made As Many As 100 allegations of a open vicious sexual harassment a including verbal abuse obscene language and unwanted remarks from their civilian supervisors. A i called it a cesspool in my report a said Francis who added that uniformed commanders had failed to provide proper oversight. Francis said that similar problems existed at the Reserve personnel Center and that civilian supervisors gave a very Little analysis to potential sexual harassment problems. Two other consultants who visited the same commands and interviewed different people were less critical in their assessments but still warned the army of impending problems. A i found a few substantiated sexual harassment incidents but i did no to uncover anything of extreme urgency a said Ernest e. Garcia a Captain in the Marine corps Reserve and a former Deputy assistant Secretary of defense. Garcia said in an interview that among the 70 interviews he had conducted women had complained of a unwanted comments and a physical stuff like flirting a and that army a leaders in the Field were being hampered by not understanding what sexual harassment  the third consultant. Or. Martha Mullet a former vice chairman of the defense advisory committee on women in the services was travelling in China and not available for comment. A spokesman for the aviation command Robert e. Hunt said the command had not seen the consultants reports but said that when the consultants finished their visit a they indicated that the commands climate was Normal and that no significant problems had been  a spokesman for the Reserve personnel Center Gladys Maeser said she was not aware of any serious sexual harassment problems. She said the command was a proud of our accomplishments and was willing to show others the Progress we be  employees at the Reserve personnel Center have accused their supervisors of racial Bias and sexual discrimination in the past. In 1988, the St. Louis chapter of the National association for the advancement for coloured people complained of sexual discrimination and then reached an agreement with the army on personnel and policy changes said the a acpt a regional director Ina Boon. Silberman said in an interview that after reviewing the consultants reports he and Stone had decided to direct the army a inspector general it. Gen. Ronald h. Griffith to investigate the allegations. Silberman said he had also sent two top aides to the Reserve Center last week. The inspector general a inquiry will be completed in the next 45 Days Silberman  Page 1 Renberger said in a statement. President Richard von Weizsacker Kohl and other political and business leaders Are expected to attend the demonstration. The minister said she would join the demonstration and added that it a deserves our full  a right Wing extremists and racists May never again Rule the streets of Germany a she said in obvious reference to Adolf hitlers nazi reign from 1933-1945. A your democratic nation is Well fortified against its enemies a the Justice minister insisted promising that those who give the so called Hitler Salute in Public would be punished. She said she was also investigating whether slightly altered nazi signs uniforms and salutes could be punished a when they give the impression of nazi  Young right Wing extremists have begun giving the traditional straight armed fascist Salute with the last two fingers Bent under instead of the Flat hand thrust in the air to technically circumvent German Law that makes it a crime to advocate nazism and use its symbols. Azacs Crews facing longer nato Tours by Ray Rowden Washington Bureau Washington a longer Tours will Greet air Force Crews for nato airborne warning and control system planes who arrive at their Geilenkirche Germany base on or after Jan. 1. Officials at the air Force military personnel Center at Randolph fab Texas say they ordered the longer Tours to meet the requirements of nato support agreements. Previous tour lengths a the Normal Tours for Germany a did not meet the specifications of nato agreements to provide trained Crews for three full years. Crew members who bring their families will have their three year Tours lengthened by the time needed to Complete the mandatory skills training. The training which is conducted at the nato air base takes from 13 to 19 weeks depending on the Crew members specially air Force officials said. Crew members without families no serving two year Tours also will serve thre years plus training time. Flying at More than 500 Mph the Azacs aircraft provide military Leader with airborne command and control Cen ters. Sometimes referred to As a eyes in the sky a the Crews Are trained to identify an track equipment on the ground or in the air. 11 the aviation gis unhurt in copter crash Frankfurt Germany two 11th aviation brigade soldiers escaped uninjured when their oh-58c helicopter crashed wednesday night during a routine night vision goggle flight at a training area near bad Windheim Germany v corps officials said thursday. The helicopter from troop a 2nd so 6th Cav regt at Hillesheim Germany crashed at 8 20 . The pilots whose names were not released exited the aircraft and were taken to a local Hospital where they were examined by the battalion flight surgeon and released officials said. The helicopter sustained an estimate $250,000 damage. Investigators from the . Army safety Center at fort Ruck i ala., were scheduled to arrive today