European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 10, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday August 10,1993 at a glance Kenny Stahura takes a ride As Parton the 8-year-Otd s therapy at a summer Camp in England arranged by the air Force services for exceptional children. For details see the Story on pages 18-19. Death met newcomers two of four . Soldiers killed sunday by a land mine in Somalia had been there Only a few Days. Page 4 brass coming to dinner president Clinton is having a Din Ner tonight where he can size up 16 commanders who Hope to Lead the joint chiefs of staff. Page 5 Vietnam to pay fees the vietnamese government has revived an offer to pay a reasonable fee to citizens who help find re Mains of american service members. Page 10 Calm carries Price Calm has returned to Europe s currency markets but the new Tranquillity Means that the european Community is abandoning its dream of a monetary Union. Pago 16 l Index Abby Ann Landers. 21 classifieds. 25-27 comics 21-23 commentary 15 computers 2 crossword 21 faces n places 24 focus. 17-20 Horoscope 27 Jumble 27 letters 14 Money matters. 16 sports 30-36 to listings 35 weather 13 correction t Albert becomes belgian King Brussels Belgium a Alberti was sworn in monday As King and vowed to continue the work of his de ceased brother King Baudouin in seek ing Unity among dutch and French speakers. Albert 59, became the sixth constitutional Monarch since Belgium gained in dependence from dutch Rule in 1830.the solemn ceremony was marred briefly by a cry of protest from an iconoclast parliamentarian. We can take no better inspiration than the last speech of King Baudouin Albert told the joint houses of parliament in a tribute to the late Monarch who preached reconciliation and Federal Harmony in a nation often known for linguistic accordance with belgian tradition the new Monarch was not crowned but simply pledged allegiance to the Constitution before members of before As Albert tense and shaking Rose to take the oath representative Jean Pierre Vanrossem of the anti establishment Rosset part shouted Long live the european re pub protest was quickly drowned with shouts of Long live the lung from Many other parliamentarians among the 600 guests. The crowd included diplomats the Royal family and representatives of the Fabiola Baudouin s widow sat teary eyed at the Side of the Assembly Hall. In the Early evening Albert and the new Queen italian born Paia greeted thousands of Well wishers Many waving Belgium s King Albert ii and Queen Paia wave to the crowd in Brussels after the swearing in ceremony at parliament on monday. The belgian Tricolour from the Balcony of the 19th-Century Royal Palace. The belgian King holds a largely ceremonial function. His political influence is limited principally to appointing a Media Tor to form a new coalition in the Wake of a government s joyous mood was in Sharp contrast to last weeks when the nation was in official mourning. The new Kin was cheered along the Way As he drove through downtown Brussels in an Opencar. On saturday Baudouin was buried in state funeral attended by members of Royalty from around the died of a heart attack while vacationing in Spain. He was 62. Re up from Page 1 who Are Content to stay Here o Connors id. He and others View the improved figures As evidence that soldiers in Europe have weathered the painful transition from a huge cold War theater army to being part of a Mobile rapid re action above average re enlistment rate Speaks to you louder than any of us can said it. Gen. Daniel r. Schroeder Deputy commander of the army in Europe. Hebrew almost defensive when asked if the Quality of soldiers was want to talk to me about the Quality of soldiers Schroeder Are the nation s treasure. They Are Good Young people and when you go an talk to them they talk with seriousness about their soldiering in Europe remains serious business with the army counting 42 deployments in the past three years including trips to far Flung places such As Croatia Macedonia and Kazakhstan countries that did t even exist during the cold War Era. Soldiers realize their Mission Here said staff sgt. Woodrow a. Roeback the army s top re enlistment noncommissioned officer of the year for 1992, who is stationed in Pir Masens Germany. They see it on a daily basis. They see the re sults of their hard Roeback s unit is a medical warehouse and soldiers there have sent medical sup plies to be parachuted Over the former yugoslav Republic of Bosnia and Herze Govina or to be shipped to the splintered regions of the former soviet Union. The medical troops know they have worldwide Mission Roeback said. A lot of soldiers want that kind of , a year has passed since the height of the army s exodus from Europe when 72,500 soldiers went Home Over 12 months while thousands of were offered Cash bonuses to get out of the army Early. Man of those who declined the Early out offers found themselves involuntarily Dis charged with less Money and no retire ment benefits in the midst of a smaller army in Europe also Means there is a greater Chance that people willbe personally involved in the growing number of deployments said o Connor the colonel in charge of personnel. Therefore we All share in the excite ment and adventure of the deployment to Macedonia he said adding that rethought the sense of adventure was a big reason for improved re enlistment one of us in uniform is in uniform for a sense of adventure o Connor of us might say it a bit differently but there s a bit of Nomad a bit of wanderlust abit of adventurer in every pay from Page 1 i cause of a reporting error an article Friday incorrectly identified the com Mander of the Simonella naval Hospital. Navy capt. Buddy Sparks commands the medical facility. Billion. But regardless of the total we Haven t heard that anyone in Congress intends to approve the funds to pay forthe raise if in fact it stands an pm official 2.2 percent pay raise for service members still appears solid because Law makers on the House and Senate armed services committees have earmarked specific funds within the Overall defense budget to pay for it. If Congress does not approve a supple mental appropriation Tor the civilian raise government agencies would have to cover the costs out of their existing Bud gets. That would leave them with two unattractive choices once the fiscal year be gins in october begin firing thousands of workers or make extensive use of unpaid furloughs. A congressional staffer who insisted on anonymity said lawmakers probably will seek to avoid such drastic actions in midterm election year and May move to delay or cancel the fiscal 1994 raise when we go Down to the wire on the budget package. The locality pay appears Safe although that is of no Benefit to Federal civilians overseas who Are not included in the proposal it would give workers in the washing ton Baltimore area which has the High est concentration of Federal employees inthe country a salary boost of 4 percent sometime in 1994. V locality pay which has Ridden bumpy and controversial Road since us Conception is now in effect in the Newyork Chicago and los Angeles areas. Clinton had asked Congress to delay the expansion of locality pay because administration officials say the Way private and Public sector wages Are being com pared under the initiative is faulty. The want a review of the methodology before the pay plan expands. Meanwhile civil serve and military retirees also will feel the bite of the Clin ton administration s deficit reduction efforts under the reconciliation Bill Al though what has emerged in the final legislation is less severe than in some ear Lier versions. Under the Bill military retirees would receive their Cost of living allowance adjustment april 1 next year instead of jan.1, and on oct. 1 from 1995 through 1998. Civil service and foreign service Reti Rees would receive their cola adjust ments april i in fiscal 1994, 1995 and yet the Bill also eliminates the Lump sum retirement option for Federal workers which was first offered in 1986. The option would not be available for employees who retire after oct. 1,1994. With so Many details still to be completed the congressional staffer said it is fairly Safe to assume that Congress will address Federal compensation issues after the August recess. Lawmakers adjourned for their traditional summer vacation Friday and will not return until after labor Day
