European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 11, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday december 1v1993 at a glance Annie Nichol Klaas joins about 1,500 people who gathered thursday in Petaluma calif., to mourn her slain sister Polly. See Story on paged. Magic suit dropped a judge has dismissed a $2 million lawsuit filed by a woman who said former basketball Star magic Johnson gave her the aids virus. A Page 4 mock Lynching staged a former Minnesota coach and five College wrestlers have been charged with staging a mock Lynching that they said was meant As a joke on two Black teammates. A Page 6 North Korea Adamant North Korea has warned that talks with the United states cannot continue unless . Officials accept a proposal for partial inspections of North Korea s nuclear Sites. A Page 8 russian believers grow a third of the russians who once considered themselves atheists had become believers in god by 1991, a study says. A Page 10. Game pledges doubted lawmakers have doubts about pledges from the video game Industry to create a voluntary rating sys term. A Page 14 1 Index Abby Ann Landers. 21 classifieds.22-24 comics.18-19,21 commentary. 13 crossword .21 faces v places. 20 focus. 15-17 Horoscope .24 jumble.24 letters. 12 Money matters.14 sports. 27-32 to listings .31 weather.11 3 Tak Rumiyah occupied West Bank apr jewish settlers shot three palestinians to death near the West Bank town of Hebron on Friday Arab reports said. Earlier two israelis were wounded in the Gaza strip. Residents of Tarqu Miyah said israeli settlers opened fire on a station Wagon killing the Arab Driver and two passengers As they drove Home from work in the israeli town of beit Shemesh near Jerusalem. They identified the victims As two Brothers and a Cousin. # a Cousin who found their bloody bodies in the car 10 minutes after the shooting Taysir fat Fatah said two Arab Shep Herd boys told him that the gunmen blocked the Road with their car and shot the palestinians at close Range through their rolled Down window. Attacks by jews and palestinians have escalated into daily violence that is threatening the Israel Plo peace Accord. Israeli troops Are supposed to begin withdrawing monday from the Gaza strip and the West Bank town of Jericho but with palestinian and israeli extremists waging a violent Campaign against the Accra prime minister Yitzhak Rabin has hinted a postponement May be unavoidable to Iron out Security disagreements. He plans to meet Plo Leader Yasser Arafat in Cairo Egypt on sunday to try to work out the differences. Foreign minister Shimon Peres warned Friday that Long delays in implementing the Accord would give extremists a Chance to destroy it. In Tunisia Arafat sidestepped questions about whether he thought the deadline could be met saying Only Quot we Hope so. We Hope  Arafat met with reporters together a with Secretary of state Warren m. Christopher who was making the first visit by a ranking ., official to the Palestine liberation organizations head 3uartcrs. Christopher declared a a new a in relations Between the United states and the  billion from Page 1. Be in a dispute Between his budget director and the Pentagon and  in a standoff with sen. Sam Nunn the Georgia Democrat who Heads the Senate armed services committee and supports the Pentagon s push for additional Money.  episode is the opening round of the annual infighting Over the budget. This years debate is especially heated however because Clinton is trying to protect the . Role As a military Power while honouring his Promise to shift the nation s priorities More to Domestic programs. Also at stake Are the White houses relations with the uniformed military Quot something will have to give if we done to get the funds Quot a Pentagon official said. We will either have to Cut the forces and throw the strategy overboard give up some weapons modernization or get the funds we need from Domestic  one general said Quot this is a real War. It is a War with bomb and a War among . From the Start some critics questioned whether the Pentagon had sufficient resources to underwrite its strategy of being Able to fight two regional wars that begin nearly at the same time. The Pentagon says it needs to maintain this ability to deter attack by third world countries. For example if the american military had the ability to fight Only one re tonal War a conflict on the korean Peninsula could encourage countries like Iraq or Iran to seize the Opportunity to strike. The already tight Pentagon budget was further squeezed when Congress decided to order the pay increase. That and other personnel decisions added $14.5 billion to the Pentagon s five year plan. In addition inflation estimates that were too optimistic also mean that the military budget is under financed by $33 billion Pentagon officials said. As a result Pentagon officials said they Are faced with a five year shortage of almost $50 billion. If the White House rejects Aspin s Appeal for More Money a senior Pentagon official said the defense department will Haye to reopen its comprehensive review of military programs. Quot the choices Are changing the Bottom up review or adding the Money and it s not settled yet Quot said another senior defense department official. Military spending has gone Down steadily since the height of the Reagan administration s buildup in 1985, once the effects of inflation Are taken into account. Still with a budget this fiscal year of $262 billion the Pentagon spends More than the other Federal agencies making it a tempting target for budget cutters. But the Clinton administration is reluctant to drop the two War strategy which was also endorsed by the Bush administration in part because it does not want to be seen As retreating from american military commitments. Plane from Page 1 t. Said. The cause of the fire was unknown. Quot All of a sudden we hear a Boom and the House is shaking. Then i saw flames and a lot of Black smoke billowing Black smoke Quot said Zona Ukasick who lives across the Street from the National guard installation. Quot i thought it was a building with Oil barrels that had  the plane had Only a fraction of its Normal Load of fuel at the time Schmitz said. All that appeared to be left of the Klane was the Tail and a portion of the it Wing. The rest was charred rubble still soldering in spots two hours after the blast. Two other planes near it on the ground were apparently undamaged. Quot its such a Shock because we be been working on planes for 32 years and never had anything close to this Quot Schmitz said. Quot what could go wrong a Bob Marx Airport operations spokesman said the Airport was closed for about an hour after the explosion. The explosion occurred in a Section of the Airport at which the 128th refuelling group is  Kc-135, a military version of the Boeing 707, has a 131-foot wingspan. Aspin from Page 1 the cutbacks in personnel and changes in specific units Are carried out he said. As of last March there were 690,000 in the guard and Reserve forces. But 20,000 were expected to leave on their own in fiscal 1994. The plan also orients the National guard More toward combat plus Domestic emergency assistance. The Reserve will be oriented primarily toward Navy from Page 1 Mercial Laws said Navy capt . Bowman who works for the sending state office in Naples. The office acts As a Liaison Between the . Military in Italy and the italian Federal government. On thursday Thomas Johnson a top Greico official in Europe flew to Naples from Germany and told Navy officials that his firm would immediately discontinue writing or renewing liability car insurance in Italy. However Johnson said he rescinded the order Friday and has told his agents in Italy to conduct Busi combat support and combat service support functions such As medical transportation and military police the Reserve officers association issued a statement Friday expressing support for the plan. Without mentioning details the organization said the plan a represents the Best solution for an adequate National defense Quot even though it will Quot hit hard Quot at some Reserve units. Maj. Gen. Roger w. Sandler chief of the army Reserve told a news conference at the Pentagon that he initially had Quot expressed some reservations about the plan Quot but changed his mind. He denied he had been Ness As usual. Johnson and Bowman assured customers Friday that Greico will Back All its policies. Johnson said Friday that . Military ?5ies. Ave him. That Greico policies remain valid because vehicles insured by the Carrier Are considered foreign property by italian officials firm n0t by insured by an Balian Bowman said that As of Friday afternoon he had been unable to Contact italian officials to clarify the insurance situation. Attempts to persuade Naples police officials to Stop impounding Gelco insured vehicles have been unsuccessful pressured to drop his opposition. Organized reserves train regularly. There Are several Hundred thousand additional reservists who belong to no organized unit and do not train regularly. The reductions parallel plans to Cut Active troops from 1.7 million to 1.4 million. Active army forces now at 571,000, Are to be slashed to fewer than 500,000 by the end of the Century. Rep. . Montgomery d-miss., chairman of the House veterans affairs committee said the guard and Reserve can accept the proposed Levels which he said were much higher than previous  said senior chief Petty officer Day Lair of the naval support activity a Lega services office. He said his office know of at least two impounded cars both c which were disabled Quot what we done to want is to have Bunch of kids get nervous and Rush out to it try and buy insurance two weeks be on Christmas said master chief Petty offi cer Wes Beadle the top enlisted Sailo within commander forces air Mediterranean. The command is responsible of most . Navy personnel in Italy. Quot the italian companies Don t accept instalments which Means that a a pret big chunk of change. No one is pulling. Cars off the Road and impounding them Quot Beadle said