European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes wednesday november 17,1993 at a glance can l re enough of the Joey Butta Fuoco Saga Well you arc in Luck. Another made for to drama i in the works Flint Cafuoco attorney say. For details Sec the Story on Page 17. Naval Academy loses a Federal appeals court has or dered the . Naval Academy to graduate a midshipman who was expelled after saying he was Gay. Page 6 smoking curbs backed the House has approved a Bill to ban or severely restrict smoking in Many Federal buildings. -pag7 Paramount wary directors of Paramount communications inc. Called on shareholders to ignore a sweetened takeover offer from ivc network inc. Page 15 Index Abby Ann Landers 22 classifieds. 28-30 comics., 22,26-27 commentary 19 crossword 22 faces n places 17 focus. 23-25 Horoscope 30 Jumble 30 letters .16 Money matters. 15 sports. 32-40 to listings 39 weather 16 House fro our readers Griesheim. Germany is -e.t. Won t be Able to phone Home on the de sense switched network if Home is at the stars and stripes Headquarters in Griesheim. The Dan phones have been out at stripes since nov. 11 because of a scheduled change in the switching that provides the lines to the Headquarters and the adjacent Griesheim Airfield according to technicians at the stars and stripes. The German Telephone company is scheduled to install new Dan lines by nov. 24, according to the technicians. The disruption in service stems from the time needed to install the new lines. People needing 10 Contact stripes offices can Call the civilian prefix 06155-601,then dial the last three numbers. Outside Germany drop the first 0 in the prefix. From Pago 1 \ my a " 1 " ships and could spark readiness and re Tention problems. If you want to  the draft suppose you could Call thin a Good idea Vita Catherine am director of govern ment relations for the National military family association an Independent advocacy group based in Alexandria a. Numerous Survey Over the years have cited family separation As one of the major factors that determine  stay in the military Ahl said. A staffer for the House armed serv ices committee s military personnel panel said such a change clearly would be a source of concern in terms of the potential Impact on families and the moral of service members. I wonder if the peo ple who put that proposal together really understand what it would  a 1990 defense department study of family members overseas concluded that despite the considerable costs of support ing them families Are a  plier in terms of the Overall level of satisfaction service members have with their military careers. Nothing has happened in the ensuing three years to alter that conclusion Saida Pentagon official who spoke on Condi Tion of anonymity. Any option that increases family Szpara a on is Rignry undesirable the official said. The congressional budget office s cos savings also May be Overly optimistic he said. If a Servic member stationed in the Pentagon gets orders for an unaccompanied tour in Germany he can Send Nis family to any location in the United state sat government expense he said. When he returns from Germany the government pays to move his family to the new stateside duty station. In effect we double the number of pcs moves associated with reassignments to  but the february co analysis said such costs could be offset by eliminating the huge support infrastructure of schools family centers family housing and other facilities in Europe. Other Pentagon officials noting the wave of military family breakups following the six month persian Gulf War worry about the morale and retention aspects of changing Europe tour lengths. Troops who Are worrying about their families Back Home Are unhappy troops one official said. And they re not going to want to stay in the  the co s analysis acknowledged that the change could result in lower retention. In the future and that turbulence caused by increased personnel turnover rates could undermine unit readiness. The co said the military s transition to a largely .-based Force would Cush Ion the Adverse Impact on retention be cause proportionally fewer people would be affected. The effect of higher turnover on Readi Ness also could be countered by rotating whole units rather than individuals the analysis said. The army experimented with Sodi a concept on a limited basis in the Early Tomid-1980s but eventually stopped because of Force Structure changes and the ensuring draw Down a House budget committee staffer said the Penny Kasich package most Likely will be introduced As an amendment to the Linton administration s reinventing government Bill which Aims to trim Federal spending by $9 billion Over five years. That Bill is part of a second round of spending cuts that president Clinton promised last summer to win votes for his initial budget plan which passed by razor i both the House and sen thin margins in ate. House leaders Are scheduled to begin floor action on the reinventing govern ment legislation late this week. Kasich and Penny want the House to give a straight up or Down vote on their package when it comes to a floor vote. That Means no individual provisions such As deleting or altering the proposal on Tours in Europe. Iraqi from Page 1 unusual circumstance with Iraq because we re still not dealing with that govern ment it s also unusual he said because vet Erans Are Given priority for filing claim ahead of commercial companies such As agriculture construction and compute firms that were owed Money by Iraq when the War broke out in 1991 an never received payment. Bush froze the iraqi assets under the authority of the United nations International emergency economic Powers act. The assets temporarily were put under the control of the . Comic station commission. Robert Drynan a Georgetown univer sity Law school professor specializing i International human rights said the proposal is Legal. It s been done before he said citing the decision by former presi Dent Carter to freeze iranian funds Dur ing the hostage crisis. Eventually some of those funds were released Back to Iran but some were kept and claims were filed against them he said. Drynan a member of Congress from1971 to 1981, also said the . Supreme court has ruled that the use of such fro zen foreign assets by the United states is constitutional. So i m quite certain that this move illegal on both the National and International level he said. The Bill is intended to provide benefits to anyone who was Hurt during operations desert shield or desert storm ordering the attack on the Stark Madison said. The Stark cruising in the persian Gulf was struck by an exocet missile fired by an iraqi aircraft in May 1987. Thirty seven Crew members died As a result. About 360 . Service members died As result of the Gulf War Pentagon officials said. The Bill is not expected to reach the House floor until Early 1994. . From Page 1 faction Leader Mohamed Farrah aided to the bargaining  a unilateral cease fire last month by aided s somalian National Alli Ance the somalian capital has been relatively Calm for the first time since Earl summer. But aided refuses to negotiate with the United nations while attempting to split the coalition. Aided s faction instead has asked to speak Only to the United states and has accused the . Coalition of attempting to install a puppet government in so Malia. It s Good the san is willing to have dialogue with the .," said Montgom Ery who is also the Deputy . Military commander in Somalia. But the . Position is that the must have a dialogue with the ." an aided supporter told the stars an stripes on monday that aided and his Fol Lowers would prefer to Deal directly wit the United states. The san has completely lost Faith in the .," he said. They Are not capable charged Bur Han gut ale who said he is an san spokesman who regularly meets with  cannot do this  the task before the United nations and ultimately the somalian people is to produce a secure political environment that would give the nation a Chance to re build itself after nearly three years of civil War and famine. However aided is reluctant to embrace a  diplomatic Effort to establish District Ana regional councils that would Lay the groundwork for a transitional National Council. The Council would govern the country until elections Are held. San has also boycotted meetings de signed to bring rival clan factions together. . And . Officials remain Hope Ful that the san will join the process but they say the political initiative would continue with or without aided. Right now there still is a Good Deal of Hope that the san is going to come tothe table for dialogue Montgomery said. What happens or does t happen i Mogadishu depends quite a lot on whether the san engages in  the initial withdrawal of . Forces is part of an intricate plan Montgomery staff is still working on. The trick is to ensure the safety of those american forces left behind while trying to meet president Clinton s March 3 deadline. The first phase would not involve joint task Force that the president Dis patched to Somalia following the ill fated oct. 3 raid that left 18 army Ranger dead. It consists of an additional 4,200troops, 30 my Abrams tanks 42 Bradley fighting vehicles and eight howitzer Artil Lery pieces. Montgomery said the notion that . Soldiers would unilaterally Start patrol Ting Mogadishu in some wide ranging for mat is a misconception. ". Forces do not have the Mission of patrolling the City of Mogadishu. We never had that Mission Montgomer said. However he added there will become increased operations As  in particular he said american soldiers would Likely play a role in opening Road blocks along 21 october Road a key con Voy route Neading Northeast from the City. The Road has been the site of numer Ous attacks on . And american forces beginning with the june 5 ambush that killed 24 pakistani soldiers and sparked the . S unsuccessful four month Hunt for aided. The role of . Forces Here May note highly Active if aided s faction begins peaceful negotiations with the .Montgomery said. If not the role could be very Active. In support of coalition combat  although the mood in Mogadishu re Mains relatively quiet following last month s cease fire sporadic violence instill the Norm. In the latest incident . Soldier wounded one somali in the leg and detained at least three others late tuesday afternoon at the Gate of a main .  col Steve Rausch said that Dur ing the incident a somali stole wire Cut ten and three Rolls of concertina wire from an area near a  is not known whether the wounded somali was involved in the theft but somali known to have been involved escaped