European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 11, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday february 11,1993 at a glance Marvin Mitchelson 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 of Page 7. Clinton cutting costs president Clinton is cutting 100,000 jobs from the Federal work Force in the second round of his Campaign to Cut the Cost of govern ment. 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 midshipmen suspected Twenty eight midshipmen have been implicated in the . Naval Academy s largest cheating incident since 1974. Pago 7 decision unnoticed the dutch parliament s vote to protect doctors who end the lives of seriously ill patients Drew Little notice in a society where mercy killing Al ready is common. 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. Pago 12 i Index i Abby Ann Landers. 17 classifieds 20-23 commentary 15 comics 17-19 faces n places 16 Horoscope 23 Jumble 23 letters. 14 military 1 Money matters 12 sports 26-32 television 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 Manucl 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 been 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 mexi 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 at the 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 Pound rate Pound since about the beginning of february. The last time the rate dropped below $1.50 was in 1987. An official at the High Wycombe head quarters for merchants National Bank which serves . Air Force and Nav bases in England said branches have recently reported increased volume inbound sales to americans. Actual figures were not available he said. Such transactions could be the prelude to increased spending on the Economy at least for travel Margaret Garay director of the recreation Center at Raf Chicksands said a recent weekend trip to York sold out i record time. The trip Cost 45 pounds or about $66at wednesday s Exchange rate. The same trip would have Cost $71 about two week Sago and $80 about three months ago. I be never seen a weekend tour sellout so quickly Garay said. There s definitely More interest in tickets and  Hope it stays that  the Black horse pub near Raf Chicksands also is seeing More americans. Co owner Gordon Long said the better the approximate military rate of the British using the 10th Day of each month As the reference Point for each  Chart runs from june 1991 to this month. Y j f m  j j As o n d 1992 sources a Exchange rate certainly  Nigel Coe a partner in a tax free furniture store near Raf Mildenhall said he was beginning to see More purchases by americans including some for More expensive items. Bosnia from Page 1 i can t Rule that in or out. No decisions have been  Clinton s chief of staff Thomas Mack Mclarty interviewed on lbs this morning refused to comment Binany specifics of the plan but said Clinton has a careful plan. Asked whether .troops would be used Mclarty said he ii be very  the senior . Officials stressed that Clinton had no intention of injecting .troops into the conflict. They said troops might be used in a peacekeeping role but Only As part of a . Or nato 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 to Bosnia unilaterally. A special american envoy would be As signee to put american Elbow grease into the process of peacemaking on senior . Official told the associated press on tuesday night. The envoy would work with Vance and Owen. Clinton last week called the envoys plan unfair to the muslims who account for More than 40 percent of the former yugoslav Republic s population. The american envoy evidently would have the authority to make alterations that might be More acceptable to the beleaguered muslims. More than 18,000 people have die since fighting began last Spring and tens of thousands have been left homeless and hungry. The United states assigns much of the blame to a serbian ethnic cleans ing Campaign. Bosnian serbs backed by serbian regular forces control More than 70 percent of the country. The . Initiative is the product of Athree week review by the president and his senior foreign policy advisers. The muslims had hoped Clinton would pro vide them with weapons but the officials said there would be no lifting of the embargo the United nations imposed on Al sides. However the officials said Christo Pher would announce . Support for tightening of the . Trade embargo against the yugoslav federation of Serbia and Montenegro. And they said he would Call for enforcement of the no Fly zone the . Security Council imposed Over Bosnia last year. There have been about 400 Serbia military flights in the past three months but no attacks from the air on Muslim forces or civilians. The Bush administration also favored a new Security Council Resolution to threaten Force against serbian violators but could not Muster a coalition to approve it. Russia for one was unwilling to threaten the serbs with whom Moscow historically has had close ties. Is we find that our business fluctuates with the Exchange rate said Coe of . The stronger the Dollar the More people have to spend and the Dollar is going a lot further these  Young somalis to be vaccinated United nations a the . Children s fund has launched a 100-Day Campaign to vaccinate 750,000 somalian children against measles which kills hundreds in Somalia every week the Agency said wednesday. Measles diarrhoea and other diseases have been killing More malnourished so Malis than starvation Unicof said. Powell from Page 1 de what to Tell  Abc on wednesday Powell said no i m not in any conflict with the administration Over their plans and i Amnot planning to retire Early As a result of any  he said that Aspin and Clinton had Given us Good guidance with respect tothe changes they want in the defense budget. They want to make it  can do that. The Only conversations i be had wit anyone suggested a slight departure Early in the summer just to resettle my family Powell continued. I