European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday february 12,1993 at glance supporters rally around Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran in this photo taken after he returned from exile in Paris in 1979. Irani ans marked the 14th anniversary of the islamic revolution when Kho Meini overthrew the Shah. Sec Story on Page 10. Bonus Bonanza at least five Bush Cabinet Mem Bers authorized tens of thousands of dollars in bonuses for senior employees in the closing months of their tenures. Page 4 false aids alarm last summer s scariest medical Story an outbreak of a new aids like sickness has apparently turned out to be a false alarm. Page 5 a expansion veterans affairs Secretary Jesse Brown says he wants to make a health care available to All 27 million veterans which would mean a major expansion of the nation s largest medical care system. Page 7 erasing stereotypes or. Mae c. Jemison became the first african american woman in space in september. But her role As astronaut is almost a footnote to her career. Page 11 More Job cuts reported International business machines corp. Plans to reduce its workforce in 1993 by much More than the 25,000 cuts it already announced a published report said. Page 12 Index Abby Ann Landers. 16 classifieds 25-28 comics 16,22-23 commentary 15 crossword 6 faces n places 24 focus 17-21 Horoscope 27 Humble 27 tetters. 14 Money matters 12 sports 31-36 to listings 35 weather 13 pm says .5 billion last year for red Ink record Detroit a general motors corp. Said thursday it lost $23.5 billion in 1992, but much of the red Ink resulted from a one time accounting charge. The massive shortfall a record for corporate America though in line with analysts estimates amounted to.$38.28 a share. Ford motor co. On wednesday reported a staggering 1992 loss of $7.4 billion but one time accounting charges were mostly responsible in a year when the automaker otherwise regained its financial footing. Pm s loss included a $22.2 billion charge for a required accounting change covering Post retirement health care obligations. The company also took a$789.4 million charge at pm Hughes electronics corp. And a $744.1 million charge to cover costs associated with re structuring its National rental car sys tems inc. Business. Pm had a one time gain of $165.1 million from the Sale of us interest in a car making venture with Dae woo motor co. Ltd. All told pm lost $651.8 million or$1.25 a share in the fourth Quarter. With out the special items the company earned $273.3 million or 10 cents a the year ago Quarter the leading automaker lost $2.5 billion or $4.25 Ashare. For 1991 pm lost $4.45 billion or $7.97 a share an american corporate re Cord at the time. Pm s 1992 worldwide sales totaled$132.4 billion up 7.6 percent from $123 billion the year before. The automakers old 7.45 million cars and trucks up 1.9 percent from 7.02 million in 1991. In North America pm lost $4.5 billion before one time charges compared witha $7.9 billion loss in 1991. The company s performance in Nort America was heavily influenced by continued Low Industry sales excess capacity and competitive pressures which resulted in a persistent High level of Sale incentives pm chief executive Jack Smith said in a statement. Taxes from Page 1 panted the president on his first trip Nair Force one. This is where we should far from Washington Clinton did not escape controversies that have shaken his administration. Two questioners challenged him on lifting the Bah on homosexuals in the Mil itary. Clinton said he understood Why some people opposed his policy but he did not Retreat from it. He said he wished the Issue had not come up so soon in his another Touchy subject an Atlanta woman inquiring about programs for child care mentioned the subject of Nan negate the juror Over illegal aliens i Domestic Sank the Nomi nation of Zoe Baird and the consideration of Kir Riba Wood for attorney Gener Al. Clinton Sai pm you d be amazed How Many potential nominees did not know they had to withhold social Security taxes on any employee they had paid $50 Over three months. / a woman in Miami challenged his re treat from a Promise to lift restrictions on haitian refugees. He said he feared the loss of lives if thousands of haitians too to hcs Cas. Clinton said he already could see How easy it is for a president to get put of touch to be caught up in the trappings of Washington and basically to be told by people that nothing needs to be change Dor you can t change in a sharply worded warning to euro Pean trading partners Clinton said that i am not going to Roll Over and play dead As America s aviation Industry fal ters. Either the europeans Are going Mohave to quit subsidizing the jetliner air bus and trying to deny us Access to those contracts. Or we re going to have to meet the Bosnia from Page 1 Europe and the the . Move also called for tighten ing economic sanctions against Serbia calling on All parties to Stop the violence seeking tighter enforcement of the . No Fly zone consulting with world Lead ers in particular president Boris n. Yeltsin of Russia and insisting that the Only solution is in negotiations among Bosnia Serbia and Croatia. Christopher said lifting the arms embargo on bosnian muslims was consid ered but rejected. On balance rethought it was a step that would be unwise to take he Saia. He said the option of using . Airpower to silence serbian artillery fire was weighed during the three week review conducted by the new administration. But it was discarded out of concern that British French and Canadian peacekeepers in the stricken country might be gravely the Secretary of state said the presi Dent was seeking creation of a War crimes tribunal to punish those responsible for atrocities. In initial reaction from Capitol Hill sen. Richard g. Lugar a senior Republican member of the foreign relation committee embraced the administration s plan As a very constructive move and said it had a Chance of succeeding. Study from Page 1 . Troops by 1996 to reach goal of 100,000 troops. A number of locations Are being considered As possible Sites for the two head quarters but Waters would t elaboration the options because they Are hypothetical and not time Frame is associated with the contingency plan Waters said. At least the location for Usa eur Shea quarters appears certain. At a town Hall meeting in Heidelberg on monday it. Col. David Huff commander of the 411th base support Fin there said that Heidelberg will always be the Headquarters of the senior army component com Mander in the City of Frankfurt has no information about the americans relinquishing any military property in the near future other than that already announced said Ulrich Uncle special assistant to the mayor of Frankfurt. That All depends on the future of v corps Ubele said. If your president decides to have a draw Down below the100,000-Man Mark and v corps is reorganized or possibly moved to Heidelberg then we would expect they la turn Over More property to As a result of the draw Down so far the City of Frankfurt has obtained Drake an Edwards caverns Michael and Mcnair Barracks in suburban Hochst Morris Rose Airfield and several other Small installations throughout Frankfurt Ubele would t give exact numbers of people potentially displaced by a v the v corps contingent accounts for 600of the 900 students at Frankfurt american High school said principal de Siemaszko. Contributing to Thi report staff writer de Reavis in Darmstadt. Germany 3\ Hijacker from Page 1 plane carrying 94 passengers and 10 Crew was flying Over Austria on its Waylo Cairo and Addis Ababa Ethiopia. According to information from the Chancellor s office in Bonn a Man with a pistol subdued the pilots the Ard net work said. A spokesman for the austrian Burea for civil aviation said the Lufthansa air liner flight 592, was hijacked soon after entering austrian airspace near lower. The Fri and port authority were Mak ing preparations to Deal with the Hijacker once the plane arrived. Sergeant gets prison for sex with child Mannheim. Germany is a s98th trans co truck me chanic is to serve 42 months imprison after admitting to several sexual offences with a Prea Doles Cen girl. The army sergeant pleaded guilty at the Mannheim Legal service Center to three counts of forcible sodomy and three counts of inde cent acts with a child. Two counts of rape were dropped As part of a pret Al persian Gulf War Veteran from Erie pa., also will be Dishon orally discharged demoted to the lowest enlisted rank and will forfeit All and allowances. He was sentenced thursday to seven years in prison. However the pretrial agreement limited his termly 42 months. The stars and stripes is with holding his name to protect the Vic Tim s identity. The offences occurred Between 1988 and 1992 in Hopkinsville ky., and Frankenthal Germany the Mannheim suburb where the ser Geant lived before his ,1
