European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 12, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes Friday March 12,1993 at a glance thera Are several ways teachers can prepare students for tests but a teacher at a military overseas school in Germany criticizes one practice that she Calls an a inherently dangerous and unethical a strategy to improve standardized test scores. Sec Story on Page 10.jobs funds freed. President Clinton announced the release thursday of $1.7 billion in Federal funds to train displaced defense civilian and military personnel to find peacetime jobs. A Page 4retirement buyouts buyouts Worth up to $25,000 per employee Are coming for selected defense department civilian employees in offices and shipyards from Philadelphia to the Norfolk Van a area. A Page 7sudan assailed the . Human rights commission accused Sudan s government of widespread  Germany Russia preparing for bosnian Relief Mission Abby Ann Landers 16 classifieds. 2528 comics. 16,2223 commentary. Crossword .7 16 faces a places. .11 Horoscope. Jumble. Letters. Money matters. 12 sports. 31-36 to listings. Weather. By Mark Kinkade staff writer Rhein main a Germany while Relief operations continue logistics experts Are preparing for German and russian participation in operation provide Promise to Aid War torn Bosnia and Herzegovina. The German air Force has been practising Airdrop and the commander of German Airlift operations is scheduled to attend a briefing on the Relief operations at Rhein main air Force officials said thursday. According to it. Col. Ray b. Shepherd provide Promise spokesman the German air Force has issued a release saying that German cargo aircraft have been practising Airdrop in preparation for joining the Mission. It. Gen. Gerhard John commander of the German air forces air Fleet will meet with Rhein main and provide Promise officials monday to discuss the operation and a possible German role said Susanne Bartsch a spokeswoman for the 435th Airlift Wing. A Date for either Germany or Russia to join the operation has t been established but a . State department official told the stars and stripes that the provide Promise update operation provide Promise oort Linued its Airdrop end Airlift efforts  Bosnia and Herzegovina the details Airdrop Throe us. Air Force 0130s dropped almost 2i tons of food and medical supplies near the bosnian town of Zepa. Airlift three . C-t30s transported 67 tons of supplies and Woodlo Sarajevo. Russians could be at Rhein main As Early As today or saturday. Quot we know that at some Point they will join a Shepherd said. A a we just done to know when or to what  meanwhile the Airdrop and Airlift of supplies to refugees in Bosnia continue. Three . Air Force c-130 Hercules aircraft dropped nearly 21 tons of food and medical supplies thursday morning near the bosnian town of Zepa. At the same time three c-130s air lifted 67 tons of supplies and food to Sarajevo the bosnian capital. The air dropped cargo included one ton of rations supplied by Norway one of several nations that have donated supplies to the Relief Effort. More than 70 tons of rations from great Britain arrived at Rhein main on tuesday adding to the massive amount of food that will go toward the Relief Supply efforts. Turkey donated nine tons of rations and Pakistan has offered assistance As Well Shepherd said. Part of the turkish rations were dropped with american military rations wednesday a spokesman said. To Date the Airdrop operation which began March 1, has dropped 304 tons of food and eight tons of medical supplies in the Eastern part of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The . High commissioner for refugees has targeted the Eastern provinces for Relief because a serbian offensive in the area has Cut off Supply convoys since Early february. Since Relief flights to Sarajevo began in july More than 9,000 tons of food Medicine and equipment has been flown from Rhein main to the Sarajevo Airport. Agents probe arms purchases by Waco cult Waco Texas apr Federal agents in a standoff with a doomsday cult for a 12th Day Friday carried out raids on opposite sides of the country in an investigation into How David Karcsh and his supporters armed themselves. The Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms gathered evidence in la Verne calif., and Richland , of arms transactions involving the group. A a we re looking into Many different sources of arms for or. Koresh a said Dan Conroy at Deputy associate director. The Branch davidians have held an army of Federal officers at Bay outside their 77-acre compound since feb. 28, when a weapons raid erupted in gun Battles that left four at agents and an unknown number of group members dead. Federal agents have said the group has a huge Cache of arms including semiautomatic and automatic weapons. The search of a House owned by members in California yielded audio and video tapes and other records a that reflect evidence of violence by David Koresh and others a Conroy said. He would not give details. Conroy did not elaborate on the search of shooters equipment co. In South Carolina. No phone listing for such a company could be found and the at said no such company existed in South Carolina with a Federal firearms  from Page 1 overwhelming initial approval to the Resolution. An editing committee that included Yeltsin and Kha Bulatov hammered out Compromise amendments that would make the Heads of the Central Bank the state property fund and several other agencies members of the government. However the Agency Heads will remain under the supervision of the suit reme soviet the smaller standing legis nature. Yeltsin had been seeking control Over the Bank to limit the credits that it has been giving to insolvent enterprises a policy reformers blame for sending the inflation rate to 2,000 percent last year. It was not Clear what other Steps Yeltsin might take in the Power struggle. Hard liners fear he May try to impose some kind of presidential Rule that would enable him to bypass the  ice Cream recalled Heidelberg Germany a amps a some packages of Sweet reflections Cherry amaretto cordial ice Cream Are being recalled after Glass particles were found in one customer s package 7lh medical come officials announced thursday. Veterinary food inspectors issued a recall Only for half gallon packages of the ice Cream with the code 2345 on the end Flap of the Container. Customers May return the ice Cream to their nearest commissary or army and air Force Exchange service facility for a refund. From Page 1 modification a services members will get Onfry percent less for each year under 20. The pay can be computed by multiplying years of service by Basic pay by 0.025 by a reduction Factor of 0.01 for each year of service under 20. For example a lieutenant colonel with 18 years of service would multiply 0.025 by 18 by $4,348.80 by 0.98, with the last figure being a reduction of 0.01 for each year under 20, for a monthly total of about $1,917. A lieutenant colonel retiring at 20 years of service now receives about $2,240 in monthly retirement pay. The Fiew policy generally Calls for giving priority to members with the most years of service a defense department official who spoke on condition of anonymity said one reason for doing thatis. To avoid undermining the two voluntary separation pay programs for personnel with at least six years of service. A if a Guys got 12 years and was leaning towards taking Vii or sub he might decide to stick it out for three years if he thinks he has a shot at a 15-year retirement offer a the official said. However a More important consideration was Cost under current policy flip services will have to budget the entire amount of members retirement pay for the period until they would have reached 20 years of service. For someone who retires at 15 years for example Money to fund five years of retirement pay would have to be set aside in the budget for the fiscal year in which he or she retired. A if you re retiring someone with 18 years you Only have to fund two years of retirement pay in that particular year a the official said. A so leaning toward the people who Are getting close to 20 years is just a Way to hold Down the  from Page 1 her about 20,000 combat and support troops. Diplomats and military officials said a peacekeeping Force would have to control heavy weapons now in the hands of warring factions patrol the Borders of the 10 provinces envisioned by the peace plan open and provide Security along Supply routes Man checkpoints and separate hostile forces among other tasks. A the goal of the . Talks is peace in the Balkans but the ambitious nature of such a peacekeeping Enterprise and the record of violations of cease fires raises the risk that joining the Force would put . Troops into precisely what Washington has been trying to avoid a ground combat in the Balkans