European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 06, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A eat Hatom the vie Iol hit vol. 52, no. 202 50$ saturday november 6,1993 d 8693 Adeal near on defense budget strict Gay policy pay raise reportedly backed in talks Washington a congressional negotiators have tentatively agreed on a defense budget that includes a More restrictive version of president Clinton s policy on homosexuals serving in the Mill tary. In addition the negotiators Are Back ing a 2.2 percent pay raise for military personnel effective Jan. 1. Top members of the Senate and House armed services committees worked out differences Between their two versions of the legislation for this fiscal year late thursday congressional sources said. Staff members were still totalling the Overall amount Friday. The Senate Bill had amounted to $262 billion $1 billion below Clinton s request. The House package had totalled $263 billion. Among the final issues ironed out were the administration s request for 24 f-16 fighter aircraft and funds for the b-2stealth bomber. The House had agreed to 24 of the fighter aircraft but the Senate provided see budget on Page 2 negotiators of Transfer of bookstores to cafes by Chuck Vinc Washington Bureau Washington the Stan an stripes will have to Transfer its Over seas Bookstore operation to the Mill tary Exchange services under a provi Sion approved by House and Senate negotiator late thursday. Details of the measure part of the Compromise version of the fiscal 1994 defense authorisation Bill were unavailable Early Friday because House and Senate lawmakers were still work ing to finalize various aspects of the Bill. The Bill which contains a 2.2 per cent pay raise for military personnel effective Jan. 1, must be approved bythe full House and Senate and signed into Law by president Clinton before see cafes on Page 2 not extinct yet to return Bevin Ccrawley staff writer if you were lost in the precambrian Era and missed the to Roxsand veloce raptors during the record breaking showing of Jurassic Park at Mili tary Heaters in Europe this week they la be Back. -. In a Marathon showing that broke with overseas movie tradition army and air Force Exchange system Heaters showed the summer s cloned dinosaurs run amok blockbuster simultaneously at 56 Heaters for seven Days straight. Kind of like the Way they show movies Back in the states. Military audiences will get a second and third and fourth shot at seeing Steven Spielberg s prehistoric hit Over the Christmas Holiday when the Exchange Heaters will rerun the film. The population in general is just kind of Dino Saur hungry right now said Richard Shuff chief of the food and motion picture office at cafes Europe Headquarters near Nurnberg Germany. Preliminary numbers indicate this was the highest attended film we be shown in Europe. Ever. Period sheff said Friday. In the movie s first two Days alone More than 50,000 people roughly one seventh of the american Mili tary Community in Europe filled military the aters last weekend. Attendances throughout the week were up four to 40 times depending on the theater Shuff said. Our manager in Span Dahlem said last night was a full House. The Wing commander was there with his wife along with quite a few boisterous children sheff said. Still the we Klong schedule meant few show Ings were sold out. I think where we have feature films that do extremely Well in the states it s in everyone s interest to run them More than a few Days and see Jurassic on Page 4 Vietnam Veteran named commander of 6th Fleet United they stand Washington is rear adm. Joseph w. Prueher has been selected for a third Star and assignment As the conman Der of the . 6th Fleet based in Gaeta Italy defense Secretary Les Aspin announced Friday. ,. Belgian French and German soldiers from left hold flags from their Prueher 50, a fighter Pilot by training currently countries commands the Navy s Carrier group one based countries i Toay Ounn o00.jt co Welch May form the no. M san Diego he will replace vice adm. T. To army is to become operational in 1995. See Story Seph Lopez who is moving to the Pentagon to. Take a new Job As Deputy chief of naval operations on Page 4. For resources warfare requirements and assess ments. Prueher is a Vietnam Veteran who has served in the Navy for More than 29 years. He holds degrees in naval science and International affairs and has a lengthy list of awards and medals including the legion of Merit the distinguished flying Cross and the defense meritorious service medal. A native of Nashville tcnn., Prueher is mar ried and has two children. Pilot captured in Somalia recalls terror of crazed mob see Page 0 bodybuilding contestants make big Ripple seepage 16-17 f