European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday july 27,1993 at a glance lebanese villagers took through the nibble created when israeli forces unleashed their heaviest attacks on Lebanon since the 1982 invasion. See Story on Page 4. Recession threat seen Congress failure to pass presi Dent Clinton s deficit reduction pack age could bring Back the recession administration officials say. Pag5 satellite savings a standardized design for Penta gon satellites could save nearly $18 billion the general accounting of fice says. -pagt6 delay protested House speaker Thomas s. Fotey says it is wrong to hold up an Aid package for Midwest flood victims Over a debate about its  7 germans drop plans German Railroad planners have withdrawn plans to demolish part of a Berlin train station from which tens of thousands of jews were deported to their deaths. Pago 9 Iraq accuses . Iraq has accused the . Air Force of provoking the nation by Vio lating its airspace. Page 11 time going electronic time Magazine the nation s old est newsweekly will be available electronically soon. Pago 16 Index j Abby Ann tenders. 21 classifieds 25-27 comics. 21-23commentary 15 computers 2crossword 21 faces a places 24 focus i 17-20 Horoscope 27 Jumble 27 letters. 14 Money matters. 16 sports 29-36 to listings 35 weather 13 Clinton urging cooperation Between managers workers Chicago a promoting a new corporate mind set president Clinto wants management and front line employees to improve business by working together. Clinton came to Chicago on monday to attend the conference on the future of the american workplace. Mixing politics and Public policy he also planned to pro Mote his deficit reduction package and attend a fund Raiser for the democratic  fund Raiser s chairman banker William Daley of Chicago has been widely reported As Clinton s Choice to promote the North american free Trade agreement for the administration. More than 500 business and labor leaders front line workers educators and state officials were invited to the conference to discuss ways american companies can better compete in the global marketplace. They Are being asked to examine Var ious concepts of labor management cooperation known by such names As worker participation programs work teams Quality circles and total qual Ity  if we re going to be More productive and More competitive. We have to change the Way we think Commerce Secretary Ronald h. Brown said in an Abc int Crew monday. Serbs from Page 1 return fire he  Leader of Bosnia s serbs Radovan Karadzic promised to investigate the at tack though the serbs claim muslims did  s Muslim president Alisa Izet Begovic left for Geneva on monday de spite sunday s barrage and sustained shelling elsewhere in Sarajevo and other parts of Bosnia that continued into Earl monday. _. He had made a cessation of attacks on Sarajevo a condition for his attendance at Geneva peace talks today. But with his people outta neutered in Battle and at the negotiating table he has Little Choice but to attend. Are leaving with Hope and fear but with Strong determination to find an escape from this Cycle of killings and suf Fering he said before departure. If there is a Way out this delegation  bosnian prime minister mile Akmad Zic said his delegation will negotiate until we  in. Monitors recorded 480 Shell fired at Sarajevo from serbian positions Between 10 . Sunday the Start of the no offensive Accord and 7 . Monday Frewer said. Rampage from Pagel Trie pumps at the Missouri american water co. Flooded. The water Plant in Weston was shut Down sunday morning. National guard troops hauled 950,000gallons of water a Day to 10 distribution Points in Missouri the army corps of engineers shipped 40,000 Gallons of bottled water to Platte county for the towns of Weston Riverside and Parkville. Lack of tap water closed restaurant Sand businesses throughout the Region monday. Portable toilets were set top. The National weather service warned that More rain and flooding would endanger levees As the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers approached record crests at St. Louis. The Mississippi is expected to Rise to48 feet this sunday 18 feet above flood stage. Leader Fri Spage forces in world War ii Ridgway said in a 1984 interview. Described As a lean hard bitten sol Dier Ridgway had a flair for showmanship. During world War ii he carried a Springfield service Rifle strapped to his jeep and used it to fir eat a German tank that unexpectedly appeared behind his  Korea he kept a grenade taped to the shoulder of his  was assigned to Europe during world War i but he did not see  the wars he taught at West Point and served in China Nicaragua and the Philippines. Assigned to the War plans division of the War department at the beginning of world War ii Ridgway was ordered to convert the 82nd inf dry into an airborne unit. The division s assault on Sicily in july1943 was the army s first major airborne operation. Ridgway led the division through Italy and later into France on d Day. He took command of the xviii air borne corps in August 1944 for campaigns into Belgium the Netherlands an Germany. After world War ii Ridgway commanded . Forces in the Mediterranean and the Caribbean until Macarthur chose him to Lead the 8th army in Korea in 1950. Ridgway took Over the Allied Effort i Korea in the Spring of 1951 after presi Dent Truman fired Macarthur in a Dis Pute Over strategy. Ridgway then a lieutenant general was elevate djo four commands simultaneously Tot veme commander for the Allied Powers in Japan . Commander in chief for the far East  commander in chief for Korea and commanding general of the . Army in the far East. Truman soon promoted him to four Star rank. In 1952, Ridgway succeeded  d. Eisenhower As supreme Allied commander in Europe. He was army chief of staff from 1953 until 1955, when he retired from the military at 60. In 1985, Ridgway participated in  during president Reagan s controversial visit to a military cemetery at Pitburg West Germany. As Reagan and other dignitaries looked on Ridgwa Shook hands with a retired German air Force general. Raise from Page 1 aides will meet to finalize details of the pay boost and Iron out any differences on other defense  Senate committee s pay raise plan was strongly backed by sen. Richard , d-ala., chairman of the Force requirements and personnel  Senate aide said the testimony of senior military officials during hearings Las Spring which often focused on sagging morale in the ranks amid the turmoil of budget cuts and base closings struck a sympathetic chord in lawmakers on the panel. Military personnel Are stressed right now with All the uncertainty Over the downsizing the aide said. The forces Are shrinking deployment rates Are up and service members generally Are work ing  in rejecting president Clinton s proposal to freeze military As Well As Federal civilian pay Senate lawmakers said service members sacrifice enough already according to the aide. No one is saying civilians Don t work hard but the military is different he said. The committee Felt that a 2.2 per cent pay raise is the least that could be done to compensate for the unique an often arduous nature of military  on other issues the committee recommended approving an Extension in the temporary lodging entitlement from four to 10 Days for service members returning tothe United states from overseas assign ments. Repealing the last remaining combat exclusion Law which prevents women from serving aboard Navy combat  House armed services committee is expected to follow suit. The Navy already has an extensive plan drawn up to integrate women into com Bat ship Crews. Navy officials said women will be serving aboard combat ships with in six to nine months after president Linton effectively repeals the combat exclusion Law by signing the authorization Bill this fall. Cutting 1,600 fewer troops than Clin ton had planned for next year leaving a total of 1,622.200 troops on Active duty at the end of next fiscal year. The Marine corps would be the beneficiary of that largess. The Bill would re quire the service to draw Down to 177,000marines, rather than the level of 174,100 planned by the administration. Marine corps officials testified that their operating Tempo is extraordinarily High right now and it s placing a Strain on families the aide said. They made a pretty Good Case for maintaining a Force of 177,000." to make up for the gains the panel cut1,300 airmen from the number Clinton had sought. Clinton had proposed a total air Force strength of 425,700. But the committee approved a total of 424,400