European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 9, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                These cos 1942-1992 50 years of service vol. 51, no. 236 350 wednesday december 9,1992 d 8693 italian seized in Somalia id officials wary on eve of . Marines arrival Mogadishu Somalia a clansmen Loval to one of the country a main warlords were holding an italian Relief worker tuesday causing jitters among Aid officials hours before the expected Landing of the . Marines. The worker was summoned by the clansmen on monday. The reasons for his seizure believed to be the first of its kind were not immediately Clear. Relief coordinators had predicted a last spate of violence from Somalia a marauding gunmen on the eve of the . Intervention but said monday that they did not expect to become targets of resentful gunmen. Nevertheless they were taking precautionary measures tuesday. Pentagon sources say marines in the Vanguard of the  mercy Mission which Aims to Stop the looting of Relief supplies intended for the country a starving will land at Dawn today. The detained Aid worker whose name was not released had been working for the Unicof in Somalia for quite some time. A memorandum circulated among Unicof employees tuesday warned them not to come to work today or thursday unless summoned by written request. The Mogadishu daily newspaper Sarah said the Unicof worker was being held by supporters of warlord Mohamed Farrah Aid id who controls the somalian clansmen show off their weapons including a rocket launcher near the main Airport in Mogadishu Somalia on monday. Southern part of the capital. The worker was being l a 1 a Quot us a country a was being held at a jail once used by the Central intelligence depart see Somalia on Page 2mail flow heavy but still on time by Crystal Laureano staff writer Frankfurt Germany a military postal officials in Germany say Holiday mail is flowing Well though the volume has not decreased in proportion to the number of service members who have left Europe during the draw Down. A with All the changes we expected a Large decrease in the amount of mail a said 1st it. James Pulos officer in charge of the processing Center in Offenbach which handles All army mail for Germany. A but that just Hasni to  tuesday was the mailing deadline for priority packages and first class letters or cards to make it to the United states by Christmas. Dec. 21 is the deadline for express mail to reach . Destinations by dec. 24. Holiday mail deadlines for the various methods of shipping parcels begin in november and the Holiday mail season a and increased mail volume a lasts from november through january. During november the Offenbach facility handled a million pieces of mail Pulos said. A piece is a bag or mail or a letter tray which usually holds 600 letters. At the Frankfurt Aerial mail terminal 20.8see mail on Page 2 Aspin prominently mentioned for Job of running Pentagon by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a As president elect Clinton slowly goes about filling out his Cabinet lineup the name that remains mentioned most often for the Job of Secretary of defense is one that is Well known in the Pentagon a rep. Les Aspin the Wisconsin Democrat who Heads the House armed services committee. As is Standard procedure for incoming administrations Clinton aides will not comment on who May be in the running for the top Pentagon Slot or even on when a successor to defense Secretary Dick Cheney might be named. Ltd we erect a majority of the Cabinet posts to be filled by Christmas but there is no specific timetable for naming someone to any particular position a said a spokeswoman at Clinton a transition office in Little Rock Ark. Aspin who regularly churns out reports and position papers on military policy has been advising Clinton on defense iss amp is and has shown a High profile in explaining the president elects defense plan in Public forums. But Aspin May not be All that enthusiastic about heeding the Call if it comes. He was unavailable for comment monday. But in a recent interview with the Wisconsin state journal newspaper he said his decision would depend in Large part upon How the offer was  10-term congressman said he could a easily say Nunn Aspin not if Clinton aides asked if they could place his name on a list of people who might be interested in the Job. But he said it would be More difficult to decline if Clinton came to him and said a look Aspin i need you and you ought to be  ironically Aspin has received a vote of Confidence from a member of the ideological opposition a Cheney. Appearing on no cd a meet the press on sunday Cheney said Aspin would be a Good Choice. A a in a not certain i help anybody a prospects by in see Aspin on Page 2 passing the time in Zagreb a see pages 14-15