European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 28, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 52. No. 224 50csunday, november 28,1993af faulted for Pilot surplus too Many fliers grounded at desks Gao says by the Baltimore Sun Washington a even As the air Force has been slashing budgets and personnel it spent $511 million since 1990 to train More than 1,200 beginner pilots and then gave them desk jobs because there weren t enough cockpit assignments to go around a general account ing office audit shows. Up to $195 million More May be spent training 500 additional would be pilots and keeping them desk bound in a Quot Pilot Bank for two to three years the Gao said. The total Cost includes bonuses that pilots accrue regardless of whether they Fly planes push paper or work in maintenance depots. Quot the air Force is training More pilots than it needs and is  unnecessarily Quot Mark e. Gebicke direct not just milk and cookies five of a group of 50 sidewalk santas relax after a gourmet City. The santas Are men and women who live in homeless Shel breakfast Friday at Ben Benson s Steak House in new York ters and collect Money for those who Are less fortunate. Tor of the Gao a military operations Section wrote to defense Secretary Lesa spin earlier this month. The Gao an investigative Arm of Congress sent Aspin an unsolicited Cost analysis of an expensive difficult to manage Pilot glut Ini the air Force which has sharply Cut planes since 1990. Other branches of the military also have reduced their aircraft fleets since the. See Pilot on Page 2 haitian set to step Down As Premier port a Prince Haiti a the Man who has been running Haiti a transitional government out of his heavily guarded Home announced that he Wilt step Down dec 15 As planned. It is unclear what will happen to the rest of the government once Premier Robert Malval is gone. Malval was working with the army to return president can Bertrand Aristide to Power under a . Plan. Aristide was overthrown in a military coup in 1991. Some conservative . Politicians have questioned the democratic credentials of. Aristide but Malval hailed As a a a Good citizens by president Clinton has not been criticized. Malval is scheduled to meet with Aristide in Washington this week. Malval a announcement Cartie in a Cabinet meeting at his heavily guarded Home Friday said Louis Dejoie ii the Commerce and Industry minister. Dejoie indicated that political forces in Haiti were moving toward declaring Aristide temporarily incapacitated allowing see Premier on Page 2arrests of 3 rappers strike jarring chord by the new York Timex from Mozart to Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson popular music has a Long history of run ins with the Law. But the recent arrests of three major hip hop artists on charges including sexual assault and murder have heightened concerns that some of these performers particularly the stars of gangster rap have become dangerous emblems for an immensely popular primarily Black musical genre that celebrates violence gangs guns and sexual Conquest. In the aftermath of the arrests Public officials an see rappers on Page 2 Verona sets a perfect stage for Romeo it Juliet and go Joe a amps by j. King Cruger Northern Italy Bureau Verona Italy a some americans assigned to a Small nato Headquarters in the heart of historic Verona have a it love affair going with the City of Romeo and Juliet. . Army it. Col. Henry Lockhart is one of them. Quot this is a great Little City a he said. Quot there is no crime to speak of and it is easy to get around in. If you be got to be assigned in Italy this is the place to  Lockhart is assigned to natos Allied land forces Southern Europe Headquarters in downtown Verona. The unit established in Verona in 1951, is staffed by 800continued on Page 3inside today a London a psst alumni it a see Page 4 the Christmas shopping spree starts As americans hit the of stores in droves j 13 Rick Atkinson uncovers turmoil amid the Triumph in his Book a crusade the untold Story of the persian Gull War