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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, December 30, 1992

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday december 30, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 3 an exiled palestinian gathers Snow for drinking and cooking monday at a Camp in South , Israel remain at Odds on Aid for exiles Jerusalem apr Lebanon on tuesday rejected a proposal from israeli prime minister Yitzhak Rabin that the two nations each allow one medical Convoy to reach 415 deported palestinians stranded in South Lebanon. Rabin proposed the Deal but asked that Lebanon which also has blocked supplies from reaching the men allow one Supply Convoy to pass through said Rabin a spokesman Oded bin Ami. Army radio said Israel was demanding that Lebanon permit supplies through on a regular basis in return for israelis one time gesture. Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri announced the rejection moments before meeting in Beirut with . Envoy James Jonah who flew in after two Days of talks with israeli leaders. A the is wasting his time a Hariri said. A a it a a wasted  the Deal is aimed at defusing a crisis Over the Fate of the deportees stranded in freezing weather in South Lebanon since Israel exiled them dec. 17. Both Israel and Lebanon have blocked Relief agencies from supplying the men who Are running Low on food and fuel. Earlier israeli army radio said Jonah was to discuss Rabin a proposal with lebanese officials. Israel proposed the Deal monday to red Cross Headquarters in Geneva Ben Ami said. Yugoslav Leader ousted in vote of no Confidence Belgrade Yugoslavia apr former communists and nationalist allies of Serbia a hard line president voted tuesday to oust Yugoslavia a moderate Premier Milan panic. The no Confidence motion passed easily in both houses of the Federal yugoslav parliament. Panic had been weakened by an electoral defeat last week in his attempt to unseat serbian president Slobodan Milosevic. Panic was reportedly considering resigning after his defeat. Passage of the no Confidence vote has increased the likelihood of Western military intervention to halt the War in Bosnia and Herzegovina or to keep the fighting from spreading. Milosevic determined to keep ethnic serbs United in a single state has drawn International criticism by sending in troops and arms to Aid serbs in the breakaway republics of Bosnia and Croatia. Panic had called for Compromise to save the serbs from being viewed As International pariahs. The upper House of parliament approved the panic no Confidence vote 30-5, with one abstention. The lower House voted 95-2 with 12 abstentions. Panic who became a millionaire through his California pharmacological business returned to his native Serbia in july to become Premier. Sources close to Milosevic a socialist party said it had chosen Svetozar Marovic a top official in Montenegro As panics replacement. T hat Choice appeared intended to appease montenegrin fearful of reduced status in the yugoslav federation which is dominated by the other remaining Republic Serbia. Montenegro deputies had blocked two previous attempts to oust panic. Prospects for peace in Bosnia appeared to grow dimmer tuesday with reports that the governments desperate military leaders were massing thousands of soldiers for an offensive in Sarajevo the besieged capital. A . Spokesman reported the first deaths from the cold weather a and predicted hundreds More a in the freezing hungry City. A this is the beginning of what will be hundreds perhaps thousands of deaths this Winter a a said . Spokesman Peter Kessler. Mik Magnusson spokesman for . Peacekeepers in Sarajevo said there were 6,000 Well armed government troops and 4,000 support troops on mount i Man Southwest of Sarajevo. T he City has come to symbolize the War that began in March when bosnian serbs backed by the serbian dominated yugoslav army took up arms to oppose the bosnian Independence movement supported by muslims and croats. Kaiserslautern to Start recycling program by Kevin Dougherty Kaiserslautern Bureau Ramstein a Germany the Kaiserslautern military Community is launching a comprehensive program to Recycle paper Glass aluminium and plastics designed to comply with a Law passed by the state of Rheinland Pfalz. The program could Start As Early As next month and officials Hope to have the entire Community involved by Spring said Rainer Muller the top environmental official working for americans in the area. The key part to the program is a recycling Corners a situated in housing shopping and office areas. The environmental Law passed in 1991, stipulates that landfills will no longer receive recyclable materials. A the reason behind that is simple they have no space a Muller said. The recycling Corner concept has the Blessing of Kaiserslautern City and county officials Muller said. The Cost of the project estimated by Muller at 1 million Marks about $637,000 a year is still being worked out with the county. The military Community consists of Ramstein a Lan Stuhl and the army and air Force facilities in Kaiserslautern. Military officials do not expect to meet the states Jan. 1 deadline for implementing the program but Muller and a local German government environmental official in Kaiserslautern said establishing a program that will work is Paramount. Each year the military Community generates about enough trash to fill the City of Kaiserslautern a 22-Story City Hall five times with no compressed waste according to Muller a office. The military Community pays More than $5.8 million a year for waste removal. Muller estimated that the recycling program will Cost the Community $637,000, but that total could be reduced by about $270,000, the amount Miiller expects to save when some existing containers Are removed. Those containers have been the Cornerstone of the Community a voluntary recycling Effort. Plans Call for developing recycling Corners in Industrial and office areas As Well As in housing sections that would serve about 350 people Muller said. Ramstein a for example will feature 65 recycling collection stations which will be enclosed. Each Center will have at least three containers Tor paper Glass and aluminium. Plastics will go into containers specifically for Light refuse which includes aluminium cans and plastic foam products. Officials May include two additional containers at each site one for Green Glass and one for Brown. Miiller said the housing areas will be the first locations in the Community to receive the  Golf club manager says he was railroaded by Ron Jensen Niernberg Bureau Brian Peroutka admits that the Way he handled membership Money at Monteith Golf course in Furth Germany a was wrong a but maintains his actions should not have resulted in his being fired As course manager. A to my dying Day in a going to think that i was railroaded a Peroutka said in an interview this week from his family a Home in Ohio. Peroutka a former military policeman was removed from his Job in october after being accused of mishandling Golf course funds and for an inventory shortfall. The most serious accusation against Peroutka who took charge of the Monteith Golf course in april 1988, was the disappearance of 1,000 Marks about $640, paid to him in Cash by a German for an associate membership to the course. Germans Are allowed to join the course As associate members and Peroutka explained that he originally placed the Money in his office Safe for Deposit later. However after learning that an employee profit sharing plan begun in 1990 was terminated Peroutka said he took the 1,000 Marks in anger and distributed it to three employees a Cook an assistant manager and a Green keeper. A which was wrong a he admitted a but i Felt everybody takes the Blue Collar Guy for granted. A i did what i Felt was  other accusations against Peroutka include a $1,500 shortfall in an inventory at the pro shop and the Lack of customers names on sales  once was i Ever called in to explain what was going on at the Golf  Brian Peroutka Peroutka dismisses the inventory saving it was done without his presence and by people unfamiliar with Golf equipment. The other charge he said is trivial. He is unhappy he said because no one considered his performance for four years at the course. A no one was professional enough to talk to me about the Golf course he said Quot about the Money we made for the  when he took charge of the course it had been through seven managers in three years and was $10,000 in Debi Peroutka said. In his first year As manager he said he erased the debt and made an additional $30,000. Also troubling to Peroutka is that he said he was never Able to argue his Case to top Community officials. A not once was i Ever called in to explain what was going on at the Golf course a he said. He said he talked to a lawyer after he received his letter of separation in Early november but the attorney told him there was no Chance of winning in the military system. Peroutka spent 8v2 years As a military policeman in the army serving in Korea Germany and the United states. After receiving an honorable discharge he worked on the maintenance Crew at a Golf course in Bamberg Germany. He then took charge at Monteith. Peroutka now is seeking a Job in the United states and is confident he will find one. Quot i had an interview at the local Golf course a he said. A i done to think my career will suffer. In a a mover and Shaker. 1 can get things done. A i done to think you la get me working for the government again if you use a cattle  officials from the 416th base support a no a Public affairs office in Niernberg were unavailable for comment on Peroutka Scase  
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