European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 19, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                P9�4 _ 1 the 8tah8 and Stripe 3 a yest White House looks ahead to even deeper troop cuts by Melissa Italy los Angeles times Washington the Clinton administration signalled wednesday that it plans deeper reductions in military troop Levels after the first round of cuts Are achieved in 1997. The result would be a military Force considerably smaller than the one envisioned by former president Bush and even at one time by president Clinton. Clinton a five year military budget proposal which offers the first glimpse of the administration s military spending plans if Clinton wins a second term proposes Pentagon spending reductions of $39.2 billion in 1998. That would bring to $123.9 billion the presidents proposed cuts Between 1994 and 1998 a a a far steeper decline in Pentagon spending than Clinton had projected throughout his Campaign. The budget blueprint released wednesday indicates that Clinton plans relatively modest reductions in Pentagon spending to pay for Domestic programs. In 1994, for instance he has proposed trimming $11.8 billion Washington a the army and the National guard have agreed to keep 400,000 army National guard soldiers a larger Force than the Bush administration planned the National guard chief said wednesday. A we have a handshake agreement in the building right now a said it. Gen. John b. Conaway who Heads the National guard Bureau at the Pentagon. But defense Secretary los Aspin a still has to buy this a Conaway said. The Bush administration wanted to bring the army National guard from 423,000 Strong to 338,000 by 1995. But Conaway said army officials at the Pentagon want to Stop at 400,000. Although the Clinton administration has proposed Sleeper cuts in Active duty troops it has not taken a position on guard Levels. A the Pentagon has responded to Strong congressional support for guard and Reserve units. The part time military jobs provide vital income to some communities. The decision came a thanks to you All beating us up a Jackson pleads for Washington a the Rev. Jesse Jackson Midway through a week Long hunger strike in sympathy with haitian boat people urged president Clinton on wednesday to allow a group of his infected haitians to enter the United states. Jackson said the haitians being held at the . Naval base at Guantanamo Bay Cuba a Are trapped in a kind of political Purgatory Between Haiti and the United states. . Authorities have refused entry to 230 haitian refugees infected with the aids virus along with 37 of their relatives. The haitians Are qualified to apply for Fiol tical Asylum but have been barred com entering the country because they or their relatives have aids or Are infected with 111v, the aids virus. Jackson visited Guantanamo on sunday when he began his fast in sympathy with about 15 of the haitians who Are going without food to protest the . Policy. The Clinton administration has suggested that it May lift regulations barring foreigners with aids from entering the country. In the meantime Jackson said Quot president Clinton need Only to use his humanitarian parole authority to permit the haitians to come to this  Jackson said he has decided to share the pain of the haitians by taking Only fluids through sunday. He stood throughout the hour Long new s conference and said "1 feel  Jackson also said Olden polynice a haitian bom Pluver with the Detroit pistons had decided to join the protest by tasting on non game Davs. From the Pentagon s $275.5 billion budget plan. But the blueprint also made Clear that much steeper reductions would come later. Clinton a projected $39.2 billion defense Cut in 1998 would be the biggest single reduction in that account for any of the five years projected. The Cut virtually ensures that in 1998 and beyond the number of . Troops a now at about 1,775,000 a would fall Well below the 14 million figure that the Clinton administration projected As its target for 1997. That decrease is certain to cause the . Military services further anguish As they plan their personnel draw Downs. The Bush administration with the backing of the joint chiefs of staff had proposed setting what former Secretary of defense Dick Cheney called a a Rock Bottoms base level of . Forces at about 1,620,000. Below that level warned Gen. Colin l. Powell chairman of the joint chiefs the Quality of . Forces and their ability to meet commitments abroad would be dangerously compromised. Conaway told new jerseys congressional delegation. A we slowed the train a said rep. . A a Sonny Montgomery d-miss., a senior member of the House armed services committee who led previous fights against proposed National guard and army Reserve cuts. Although Aspin still must conduct a budget review examining Overall troop needs he directed the army Secretary in a feb. 2 memo to make 1994 guard and Reserve reductions a at a rate that is realistic in Light of previous rates enacted by the  the army s latest budget proposals for fiscal 1994 suggest reducing its Active Force of 600,000 to 540,000 and retaining 410,000 guard and 423,000 Reserve troops said a Pentagon source who asked not to be identified. Bush a 1994 plan was for 558,000 Active duty troops and a combined guard and Reserve Force of 575,000. The National guard partly supported by state government serves As a states militia but can be mobilized by the president in emergencies. The army Reserve is Federal and controlled by the  his victims ortday. Fat Muy t9 1993jury for King rights trial nearly ready judge says from wire reports los Angeles a a Federal judge told attorneys wednesday in the Rodney o. King civil rights trial he expects to swear in a jury this week. . District judge John Davies said the Oral questioning of the first group of prospective jurors was going slower than he had anticipated but he still hoped to have a jury Imp Anelta by the end of thursday. After filling out lengthy questionnaires about the Legal racial and social aspects of the Case 12 potential jurors arc being questioned by prosecutors and defense attorneys for the four Whites charged in the police beating of the Blaek  holds riot exercise los Alamitos Calif. A hundreds of California National guard troops converged on the los Angeles area wednesday to test their ability to control a civil insurrection. The exercise involving about 600 soldiers stemmed from riots that rocked los Angeles last Spring after the acquittals of four Whites on most charges in the police beating of Rodney g. King. An additional 900 troops were put on Alert by Telephone but were not required to report for duty. In the exercise operation Angel guard troops were dispatched to a half dozen los Angeles area armoires after an afternoon a a alerts was issued to National guard maj. Gen. Donald j. Hernandez by gov. Pete Wilson a  suspect makes Deal Tampa Fla. A a White teen Ager agreed wednesday to testify against two companions accused of the new years Day torching of a Black tourist. In Exchange Jeffrey Ray Pellett will be allowed to plead guilty to a lesser crime. Pellett 18, made the bargain after confessing recanting and then going Back to his original Story of the events surrounding the attack on Christopher Wilson of new York City. According to Pelletti a Story he was with fellow White labourers Mark Kohut 26, and Charles Rourk 33, when they abducted Wilson at gunpoint from a suburban shopping Plaza. Pellett maintains that he Only followed behind in another vehicle when Kohut and Rourk forced Wilson to drive his car to a Remote Field. There investigators said Wilson was robbed doused with gasoline and set afire. Wilson 31, is recuperating in a new York City Hospital from Burns Over nearly 40 percent of his body. The Stock brokerage clerk Hasni to been Able to identify any suspects from photographic  of stolen Money found Union Dale . The Good news is that authorities investigating an armoured car company. Accused of theft have found about $47 million. The bad news is $40 million is still missing. Among the Money accounted for since Revere armoured inc. Was raided earlier this month was $68,000 found stuffed in a Canvas hamper and $50,000 sitting under a cloth on the floor of one of the company a vaults the cases court appointed receiver told a judge wednesday. Revere was one of the nations 10 largest armoured car companies until it closed feb. 9, leaving 700 people unemployed. A Day later authorities raided the company a offices in Bohemia. Reveres owners Robert and Susanna Scaretta have been charged w Ith Bank fraud and theft from federally insured Banks. Prosecutors said they lost millions gambling in Atlantic City  appeals Flag ban Montgomery Ala. . Guy Hunt appealed a judges order Banning display of the Confederate Battle Flag Over the Capitol dome paying the $100 fee out of his own pocket his spokesman said wednesday. A any decision to remove the Confederate Flag from atop the Alabama Capitol the Birthplace of the confederacy should be made on a statewide basis not by a local judge a Hunt spokesman Terr Abbott said. Circuit judge William Gordon agreed with four Black legislators in january that an 1895 Law prohibits the governor front allowing any Flag to Fly Over the Capitol dome other than the Alabama and . Banners. A the Rev. Jesse Jackson right talks about haitian refugees with rep. Alyce Hastings u-ha., prior to a news conference in Washington. Pact Calls for guard of 400,000