European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday february a 1993 at a glance Marvin match Olson who put the word Alimony into the Legal Lexi con has been convicted of failing to report nearly $2 million in income to the irs. Sec Story on Page 7. Clinton slashing jobs president Clinton on wednesday moved to Cut 100,000 jobs from the Federal work Force banishing obscure commissions and slashing fringe benefits of Power. Page 4 cancer care criticized life prolonging treatments for critically ill cancer patients Are a waste of the fortunes they Cost research ers say. Page 6 record loss for Ford Ford motor co. Lost an unprecedented $7.4 billion in 1992 As accounting changes and one time charges muddied an otherwise improving financial picture. Pago pact on Haiti protested a prominent supporter of ousted leftist president Jean Bertrand arts tide attacked an agreement that Al lows human rights monitors into Haiti. Page 9 Sears loses billions Sears Roebuck and co. Suffered a $3.93 billion loss for 1992 the biggest in the retailer s 106-year his tory. Page 12 Index Abby Ann Landers. 17 classifieds. 20-23 commentary 15 comics 17-19 faces n places 16 Horoscope 23 Jumble 3 letters 14 military 1 Money matters 12 sports 25-32 to listings 31 weather 13 outgoing Cabinet member gave bonuses to officials on Jan. 20 Washington a five minutes before Bill Clinton took the oath of office last month a dozen senior officials at the Interior department were authorized Cash bonuses by outgoing Secretary Man Uel Lujanjr. The bonuses for the career officials to tales about $170,000, according to con Gressional sources who spoke tuesday on condition of anonymity. They said five of the officials received about $20,000 each and the other seven got $10,000. Lujan listed the officials names in a signed memo dated Jan. 20 at 11 55 . Written to Doug Brook acting director of the Federal office of personnel manage ment. In the memo Lujan told Brook that the 12 had Hcan nominated for presidential rank  the practice is Legal and former Bush administration officials said it has occurred under earlier presidencies. It s not an unusual thing. It s a meritorious service award Lujan said in a Telephone interview from Albuquerque . In a similar move former attorney general William p. Barr awarded More than $108,000 in bonuses to 37 Justice department employees in his last weeks in office the Washington Post reported tuesday. They included members of his Security detail his Secretary and two of his closest aides. Lujan said that on inauguration Day he was on a plane bound for new Maxi co his signature on the memo apparently was made by an Auto pc a device used by officials for that purpose. He said he did not know Why the memo was sent atthe last minute. Asked about the amounts of the bonuses Lujan said he did not recall them precisely. I Don t think that they re that High but they might be he said referring to the $20,000 and $10,000 estimates made by the congressional sources. . From Page 1 on a plan formulated by former Secre tary of state Cyrus r. Vance and lord David Owen that called for. Establishing.10 autonomous zones in Bosnia. Presi Dent Clinton s chief of staff Thomas Mack Mclarty said the United states would be very judicious about any Iise of . Troops. Vance the . Mediator and Owen the european Community negotiator have tried to bring muslims and serbs to Gether on a cease fire arrangement. But the serbs As Well As the muslims rejected the idea of setting up ethnic zones and the muslims also turned Down cease fire terms last month. In initial reaction from Capitol Hill sen. Richard Lugar r-ind., a senior member of the foreign relations com Mittee embraced the administration Splan As a very constructive move and said it had a Chance of succeeding. This is really the first Large scale study and breakthrough in thinking by the new administration and they re to be congratulated for the Effort Lugar said in a Telephone interview from Indianapolis. " senior . Officials who spoke on condition of anonymity stressed that Clinton had no intention of injecting . Troops into the conflict. The officials said they might be used in a peacekeeping role but Only As part of a  Ornato Force. Also the officials said there was no decision on whether . Ground troops would be part of such a peacekeeping operation and under no circumstances would they be sent there unilaterally. Christopher named Reginald Bartholomew a career foreign service officer who is the . Ambassador to nato a special envoy to Deal with the crisis. Clinton said he believed the american Public will support his plan. I think they want us to do More but they want us to do it in a prudent Way Clinton said. Owen appearing on the Donahue to program estimated 25,000 peacekeepers would be used in Bosnia 5,000 of them americans. It is an initiative by president Clinton to engage the United states directly and aggressively in trying to bring about peace said one of the  last week called the Vance Owen plan unfair to the muslims who account for More than 40 percent of the former yugoslav Republic s  american envoy evidently would have the authority to make alteration that might be More acceptable to the beleaguered  than 18,000 people have died in 11 months of fighting and tens of thou Sands have been left homeless and Hun Gry. The United states assigns much of the blame to a serbian ethnic cleansing Campaign. Bosnian serbs backed by ser Bian regular forces control More than 70 percent of the  . Initiative is the product of a three week review by the president and his senior foreign policy advisers. Powell from Page 1 reaffirmed to me that they want to keep the Quality of the Force intact but we have to do it at less Cost. And i m confident Well be Able to do  Clinton wants to Cut military spending by $60 billion More than Bush had recommended by 1997, and troop strength by 200,000 More than Powell has called the minimum necessary. Rumours have circulated in Washington for weeks that Powell might choose to re sign rather than carry out Clinton s in tended policy of ending the ban on homosexuals serving openly in the military. Powell and the service chiefs told Clin ton in a meeting last month that they oppose changing the policy but Powell said wednesday that the homosexual Issue had nothing to do with his desire to retire Early. P there is nothing nothing nothing of recruits from Page 1 is ing of the military it s understand Able that Young people assume we re not recruiting although that s obviously no the Case snip la said. Compounding that problem is the marked decline in the services Advertis ing budgets which have become a favor Ite target of congressional budget cutters. The army s advertising budget for sex substance behind reports i am planning to retire Early Over some unhappiness Dingru Nelement or fit of pique . Powell has made no secret that he Dis agrees with Clinton s policy on homosexuals but he disputed the suggestion that he and the service chiefs were Challens my Clinton. B Powell said reports of his plan to retire Early apparently stemmed from a conversation he had last year with Dick Cheney then defense Secretary. We looked at the Calendar forthcoming year and i said Well my term expires on the 30th of september. I might want to leave a month or so Early in order to get my family resettled and if i do that i will go All through the congressional defense budget 4estiniony sea son. I will do All the International meet Ings. That s still my plan Powell said be fore being told Clinton wanted him to serve out the term. Ample has declined from More than $60 i Ion a few years ago to less than $30million today Smith said. Martin Binkin a military analyst wit the Brooking institution said tie per Sian Gulf War and the humanitarian Effort to feed the starving in Somalia also have contributed to the waning interesting military sen ice among Young people. To the extent people enter the service for education and a Job those kinds of operations drive Home the fact that Vou might also have to get shot at Sulla service held for teacher Frankfurt Germany Isa memorial service was held Friday for a Frankfurt High schoolteacher who died last week after a Short illness v corps officials  Winter 47, became ill Early feb. 1, the officials said in written release. Winter was taken to the army Hospital in Frankfurt where she was found to have a severe infection. She was transferred to an in Tensive care unit at the Frankfurt University Klinick where she died feb. 3, the release  is survived by her Hus band John Winter and her Daugh Ter. Jessica. Her body was returned to her Hometown of Madison wis.,for burial. But the numbers would have to be come much worse before they could be considered cause for alarm Binkin said. The services have had fantastic recruiting successes for a considerable number of years now and it s unreason Able to expect that to last forever he said. There were Long periods decades when Only 50 or of percent of army recruits were High school grads he said. So it would be difficult to argue that having 94 percent of recruits with High school diplomas is a serious  s