European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 27, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday january 27,1993 at a glance singing Star Michael Jackson won two trophies and his third special award monday at the 20th annual american music awards. See faces a places on Page 24. Aftermath of shooting a shocked Cia is considering an array of measures to help protect its employees outside its Headquarters Gate after a Rifleman fired deadly shoots there mondays a Page 4 Navy seeks probe the Navy fearing that thousands of deckhand were exposed to lethal dust Clouds in the 1970s, has asked a Federal health Agency to conduct a major review of naval personnel re cords. A a pages phone hazards denied Motorola inc., the worlds leading cellular phone maker said suggestions thar portable phones might be linked to brain cancer Are unfounded. A pages booming business the draw Down of , forces in Europe is not making it any easier to get hotel accommodations during Peak periods at armed forces recreation Center resorts in the bavarian Alps officials say. A Page 12 f Index Abby Ann Landers 21 action line .20 classifieds .25-28 comics. 21-23 commentary. 15 crossword.,. 21 faces �?Tn1 places. 24 focus 17-20 Horoscope. 28 Jumble. 28 letters a. 14 Money matters. 12-13 sports .2936 to listings 35 weather. 16 ism slashes will seek new chairman new York a ism announced tuesday it will Cut its dividend sharply and begin a search to replace chairman John f. Akers in a sign of the deep troubles at the world s leading computer maker. The decision by in my a Board of directors to replace Akers comes against a backdrop of a . Corporate record $5 billion in losses in 1992 and a continued failure to rebound despite a series of deep restructurings. In a bid to save billions of dollars ism said it would Cut its quarterly dividend by More than half to 54 cents from $1.21. The Cut was widely expected. Akers said in a statement that the reduction was made Quot Only after serious deliberation and careful consideration of ism s earnings and the investments required for the Long term development of our businesses As Well As our intention to pay an appropriate return to  Quot after weighing All these factors and taking into account the need to maintain in my a Strong financial position the Board decided to act now in the Best Long term interests of the company arid its shareholders Quot Akers said. The new dividend is payable March 10 to stockholders As of feb 10. International business machines corp. Said Akers would remain As chairman and chief executive while a search committee begins its work. Ism said the process will be managed by the executive compensation committee of its Board and should Complete its work in three months. The company said internal arid external candidates will be considered. ,. Quot it is the right time in ism s business transformation to identify new leadership Quot Akers said. Quot although serious challenges remain ahead for ism we Are confident that we Are on the right path a he said. Quot we Are resolved to do whatever is required to improve the company s financial  Akers has been under extreme pressure in the past year amid a continually eroding performance at ism which has stumbled under increasingly Strong Competition and a revolution in computer Industry technology. At age 58, he is two years away from in my a traditional retirement age of 60. Ism in recent months had promoted several managers indicating who was in line to succeed Akers. Ism issued a statement from Board member James e. Burke the chairman of the nominating and executive compensation committee who will Lead the search saying that Akers initiated the change. Quot ism could riot have had More effective leadership in these turbulent times Quot Burke said. A John Akers has made the Tough choices required to restructure the company improve its competitiveness and position it for improved  a a a. A. Quot the boat has accepted his recommendation to accelerate the process of selecting a new chief executive officer which he believes Wilt Speed Progress toward improved business performance Quot Burke  part of a further management shake up ism said that its president. Jack d. Kuchler 60, would relinquish that title and become a vice chairman of the Board. Also ism said that Frank a. Metz jr., 59, a senior vice president for finance and planning is retiring from the company. He is being succeeded As the company s chief financial officer by Paul j. Rizzo 64, who was recalled from retirement by the company last month. Congress from Page 1 Gressional leaders of both parties. . Army Gen. Colin l. Powell chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and the chiefs of the four main military services told the president in. A monday meeting that they opposed ending the ban but would respect his decision. George St thanopoulos the White House communications director said Clinton told the chiefs that he would take Steps within a week to end the nearly 50-year-old prohibition. A it s the president s decision Quot Stepha Nopoulos said. Clinton Quot reiterated his  to ending discrimination against homosexuals in the military solely on the basis of status and to maintaining morale and cohesion in the military Quot the spokesman said after the meeting which lasted nearly two hours. A the joint chiefs expressed their concerns and difficulties with the presidents commitment but also expressed their re Spect for his decision making Power As commander in chief a Steph Nopoulos said. Upon returning to his Pentagon office Powell would not comment directly through his spokesman col William Smullen Powell described the session As Quot very  the spokesman said none of the individual service chiefs would comment publicly on the meeting. Military officials have raised concerns about housing spousal benefits discipline and requests for same sex marriages. They also have warned of potential violence against homosexuals in the military. Clinton thus is presented with the delicate Challenge of fulfilling a major Campaign pledge while preventing a backlash from Congress and the defense department. Nunn said Congress has a constitutional duty to provide for the armed services. A a it a Fine for the president to. Give his views. It s Fine for Nim to decide what he a going to do in executive orders a Nunn said. Quot but the fundamental policy dealing with our military is a shared responsibility and the Congress of the United states needs to speak to  though the president could declare an end to discrimination against Gays in the armed services Nunn said. Congress would have to change the uniform code of military Justice which governs prohibitions on sodomy As Well As the existing taws on survivor benefits and military housing. Quot the mistake in this whole debate is to believe that it is a Cut and dried Issue Quot Nunn said. A Quot there Are All sorts of issues that flow from your initial  he said he would outline some of the issues in a Senate floor speech tuesday. Nunn also said he would seek a Broad Range of witnesses for hearings in March particularly men and women in the armed forces. Quot we have to take into account Quot Nunn said Quot not Only the views of homosexuals which Are important a Many of them have served ably and i m sure Many of them continue to a but also the rights to privacy of those men and women in the military that Are not  meanwhile administration officials said Clinton has prepared a two step process to revoke the ban. First the president would direct Aspin to halt the practice of asking the sexual orientation of new recruits and Stop proceedings to oust declared homosexuals. The second phase Calls for developing an executive order formally lifting the ban and addressing the problems raised by the joint chiefs and others. Marine from Page 1 mercy Mission to the United nations by month s end. But . Officials Are in no hurry. They want the .-led Allied Force to make the famine racked country safer first. Mawlawi denied a . Accusation the , Security Council was dragging its feet on a Resolution to hand Over Power. Marines make up fewer than 9,000 of the some 25,000 . Troops in Somalia but have been assigned the most hazardous jobs such As patrolling Northern Mogadishu at night. Spokesmen said the Marine shot late monday was hit by one of four to six shots a sniper fired from a House at a patrol West of the soccer stadium where More than 1,000 marines Are encamped. The patrol returned the fire but it was not known if the sniper was hit spokesmen said. The Marine who was not identified pending notification of family died less that two hours later in a swedish Field Hospital. Marines have regularly been the targets of snipers in the area. The other Marine was killed there one week ago while on night patrol. In the space of an hour Friday bandits in Northern Mogadishu attacked Aid workers five limes in Broad Daylight prompting pleas from Relief organizations for More Protection. Marine col Chip Gregson Deputy director of operations for the .-led task Force said tuesday that the . Mission has been More than just escorting convoys. A it was the creation of a secure environment Quot he said. Quot As the original largest threat the Large scale factional fighting has been diminished then the threat shifts to other things and we re trying to develop the appropriate tactics to counter it. A it starts to look an awful lot like More traditional police work especially when you Start talking about How to provide Security for people in the City Gregson said. Asked How Long . Forces would be needed in Somalia Gregson said Quot its hard to put an estimate on it. How Long the . Leadership will be needed Here is pretty much up to the United nations and when they feel conditions Are appropriate for the . To take  that could mean an extended stay. . Spokesman Joe Sills has said the United nations will take control of Somalia peacekeeping forces Only gradually