European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 06, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 fhe stars and stripes saturday february 6/1993 at a glance katrina Kuzyszyn confers with Darryl Schwartz her wrestling coach in Wiesbaden Germany. Katrina is one of a few High school females taking part in a mostly male sport. Sec Story on pages 18-20. King trial gag order the judge in the Rodney g. King beating trial imposed a gag order on a defense attorney thursday. Page 4 Hoover blackmailed a new Book contends that the late Fri director j. Edgar Hoover was a closet homosexual blackmailed by the mafia with compromising photos into denying for decades the exis tence of organized crime. Page 5 sharing deficit woes retirees thursday were told that a one year freeze in social Security Cost of living increases should be considered As one Way to help re Duce the Federal budget deficit. Page 6 new Volcano threat the philippine government s chief Volcan Logist warned that a full Moon and High tides could set off another eruption of Mayon Volcano this weekend. Page 10 jobless rate Falls the nation s unemployment rate fell to 7.1 percent in january the lowest level in a year the labor department reported Friday As part of surprisingly Good economic news in recent Days. Page 16 Index Abby Ann Landers 21 automotive 12 classifieds. 25-28 comics 21-23 commentary 15 crossword 21 faces a places 24 focus 17-20 Horoscope 27 Jumble 27 letters 14 Money matters 16 religion 11 sports 29-36 to listings 35 weather 13 Dodds i t face if in 93-94 school year by Jimi Jones education writer Blankenberge Belgium teachers in military overseas schools in Europe May escape a if for the 1993-94 school year the school system s director said this week. We re pulling every Angle we can to avoid a if said John Stromple director of department of defense dependents schools. While the school system Hopes to avoid laying off permanent employees Stremple said some educators will be forced to leave their current jobs. His comments came during a meeting of Atlantic Region school administrators. People arc going to be moved. I m talking about protecting jobs Stromple said thursday. You May have to go to Timbuktu to teach but that s just the nature of the military draw Down. Stremple made similar remarks during several working sessions while attending Dodds from Page 1 Socrate director Vernpn Chang said the consolidation of the european Region is expected to take place Dur ing fiscal 1995, or the 1994-95 school year. It is to be completed for the Start of school year 1995-96. Stremple also provided an update on the downsizing of the military s overseas school system in conjunction with the . Military draw Down. He said he believed the system could go at least one More school year without initiating a reduction in Force. However some locally hired teach ers can expect to lose their positions he said. Under current rules Dodds is required to Layoff locally hired teachers before stateside hires. Chang on thursday shared a More Complete picture of the new Dodds Structure in Europe based on projected . Troop strength Levels. By fiscal 1996, Chang said Dodds schools should number 181 world wide Down from its Peak of 270 in 1991. Enrolment figures Are expected to drop to about 80,000 by 1996, while the number of Dodds school districts will go from the current 15 to 10. The annual conference of Dodds administrators. Most of the three Day con Ference that began wednesday focused mainly on topics such As school improvement instruction and student performance. However cutting the Region work Force linked to the closing of seven schools also was discussed. Liar from Page 1 other Banks for overnight Loans the Dis count rate is what the Central Bank charges on longer term borrowing. These interest rate reductions helped boost the Dollar by 1 pfennig Friday As it hit a military Exchange rate of 1.62 German Marks through monday. This figure matched the highest rate since May 4,1992.the Dollar had fluctuated of late rising to 1.61 on Jan. 8 and falling to 1.54 on Jan. 27. The Exchange value of the Dollar also has risen steadily against the British Pound moving from $1.59 Peroo und at military finance facilities Jan. 26 to $1.47 Friday. Likewise for the italian lira As $1 bought1,460.94 lire Jan. 26 at International Exchange rates and 1,540.18 lire Friday. Retired army sgt. Maj. Hugh Macka of Baum older Germany said the cur rent Rise of the Dollar against the mar will most help the lower enlisted soldiers with families who live on the Economy. It hurts the lower enlisted when the Dollar rate goes Down Mackay said re calling the historic fall of the Dollar to 1.35marks sept. 3. "1 Admire Young soldiers who can survive on the  Mackay first  Germany As private in 1958, when a Dollar bought More than 4.20 Marks. In the late 1970s, he could still get More than 3 Marks for a $1. Now he s Happy about the Prospect of1.80 Marks to the Dollar especially for the Little Guys the lower  expectations for a High Dollar have in creased As Germany As shown by thurs Day s interest rate reductions seeks to revitalize its struggling Economy Schober said. At the same time Germany also wants Tocheck growing speculation in the european Community Over the future of the weak ening French franc and the danish Krone. We expect the inflation rate in Ger Many to drop to 3.5 percent by the end of the year Schober said. The current inflation rate is 4.4 percent. The Bundesbank last reduced its inter est rates in september. Then As now the reductions were More symbolic than significant said David Owen an economist with Kleinwort Benson inc. In London. He expects the Bundesbank to reduce rates again in March or april. We were surprised they had t re acted sooner Owen said of the interest rate cuts. The cuts were psychologically leasing but it s not enough to relieve tension in the european monetary sys tem or help the German  Mannheim no gets 6 years in jail Mannheim Germany is a 28th trans in sergeant has been sentenced to six years in Pris on following his conviction for at tempted rape and sexual assault. Sgt. Larry d. King 28, a truck Driver assigned to the 260th trans det at Spinelli Barracks had pleaded innocent to the charges at his two Day general court martial last month at the Mannheim Legal service Center army spokeswoman Doris Scott said. The charges stemmed from Inci dents involving female soldiers in single soldiers Barracks in August 1991 and january 1992. A panel of officers and enlisted members found him guilty Jan. 21. King of Pensacola fla., also was sentenced to a bad conduct Dis charge forfeiture of $500 pay per month and reduction to the lowest enlisted rank. Dig from Page 1 is Dave Didio David Gill project assistant at the Raf Lakenheath dig shows some pottery shards that were found. Value. Some of the pottery was decorated either with stamped designs or with Lay ers of coloured Clay. The site is an interesting one tester said. It s in a very Good state of prefer  artefacts and remains will be taken tothe county s archaeological storage area in Bury St. Edmunds for cleaning an study. Valuable items probably will be donated to a museum Caruth  findings indicate the settlement might have predated the roman period and possibly continued until about 410, when roman troops Are supposed Mohave left the country tester said. It was certainly there in the Iron age he said. There is evidence of two round House sat the site As Well As rectangular footings for buildings. Tester said architecture tended to take on 90-degree angles after the romans occupied an area. The team received permission from the British ministry of defense for the dig after . Air Force officials notified the Suffolk county Council of plans to build a storage facility on the site. Base officials Are required to allow the Council to search for buried ruins before any construction at the base. The dig is scheduled to end Friday when construction of the storage building can proceed. A similar excavation was performed last March about 200 Yards from the cur rent dig. A water treatment tank has since been built at that site. Artefacts found during the earlier excavation Are similar to those from the cur rent excavation and Date from about the first to the fifth Century. The two Sites probably Are part of the same Romano British settlement tester said. A Skeleton also was found during the earlier excavation. It is not known How Large the total settlement was but based on the two excavations it seems to have been rather flourishing tester said. It Likely was built at Lakenheath because of a natural water source tester said. Part of the settlement was built near a Pond