European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 24, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday december 24, 1993 the stars and stripes Page 5admiral picked for joint chiefs Post Washington a president Clinton plans to nominate adm. William a. Owens to be vice chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Owens who once served As the senior military assist ant to defense secretaries Frank Carlucci and Dick Cheney will succeed adm. David a Jeremiah who is retiring. Quot Admiral Owens has served his country proudly and with distinction for 35 years Clinton said in a statement tuesday. Quot he has held a number of challenging assignments and demonstrated Strong leadership  Owens a submariner left a Post As Cheney a aide to take command of the . 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean As Well As command of natos strike and support forces in Southern Europe. Since july 1992, he has worked in the Pentagon As the Deputy chief of naval operations for resources warfare requirements and assessments the Navy a chief officer in charge of Long Range planning and budgets. Owens often has been mentioned As a possible replacement for adm. Frank b. Kelso 11, chief of naval  is a native of Bis Mark n.d., and is a 1962 graduate of the . Naval Academy. He holds bachelors and masters degrees in politics philosophy and economics from Oxford University in England and a master s degree in management from George Washington University in Washington . Jeremiah who will retire at the end of february served As acting chairman of the joint chiefs in the Owens interim Between . Army Gen. Colin l. Powell a retirement on sept. 30 and the Ascendance oct. 25 of . Army Gen. John m. Shalikashvil As the presidents chief military adviser. Jeremiah a native of Portland ore., has served in Back in the .a. Pfc. Donna Jones of Lonca path s.c., gets a welcoming hug from maj. Eugene Palmer As she arrives at the West Over air Force Reserve base in Chicopee mass., on wednesday. Jones of the 46th combat support Hospital based in fort Pevens mass., was one of about 60 soldiers returning from four months in Mogadishu Somalia. The vice chairman s Slot since 1990 and has had a1 naval career that spans 36 years. Before assuming he Job with the joint chiefs Jeremiah commanded the . Pacific Fleet. In other personnel matters tuesday Clinton said he would a a appoint Polly b. Baca to be director of the office of consumer affairs in the department of health and human services. Baca has been executive director of the Colorado Institute for hispanic education and development since 1989, a appoint Paul Steven Miller to be Deputy director of the has consumer affairs office. Miller is director of disability outreach in the White House personnel office a nominate Thomas r. Bloom to be chief financial officer and assistant Secretary for administration at the department of Commerce. Until recently he was audit partner and co chairman at Kenneth lev Anthal and co. A nominate j arc w. Glover to be chief counsel for advocacy at the Small business administration. Glover is chief executive officer and chairman of metropolitan Litho trips Center inc and St Cogen inc. Dad of 17 gets win Washington a a Man with 17 children and 29 grandchildren is one of the winners in the $90 million Power Ball lottery drawing officials said thursday. Percy Ray Pridgen 69, of Washington was identified by officials As the Man holding one of two winning tickets. He is the sole owner of the ticket which is Worth $4$ million officials said. Officials said the Man told them that he wants to buy a Home in the country for his wife. The lottery office said the Holder of the other winning ticket which also was sold in Washington had also come Forward but no details on that person were available. The store owners who sold the tickets get $25,000 each. The Odds of one ticket Matching the winning numbers were 1 in 55 million but that did no to Stop some people from dreaming. Quot in a going to rent a cruise ship Quot  Rumbaugh of Charleston w.va., fantasized wednesday a i know people All Over the country. Id get them All together and go on a cruise. Would t that be great a in Portland ore., accountant Steve gramme calculated his purely theoretical winnings after splitting the Jackpot with 75 co workers a id get about $40, m 0 a year for 20 years Quot he said. A a in a still quit Quot the Power Ball game played twice a week in 14 states and the District of Columbia had gone eight weeks without a Winner before wednesday night s drawing. Players pay $1 to choose six numbers. In Wisconsin tickets sold wednesday at the rate of about 3,000 per minute. In Kentucky it was 2,000 tickets per minute and in Minnesota 100 to 150 tickets per  dispute threatens Bethlehem Christmas Bethlehem occupied West Bank a the first Christmas celebrations Here in six years were in jeopardy thursday because of a showdown Between Israel and the Plo Over palestinian flags hoisted Over Manger Square. Israel insisted the flags be removed As illegal National symbols. Plo officials in Bethlehem threatened to cancel Christmas festivities if Israel removed the flags by Force. Prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and Plo chief Yasser Arafat were drawn into the confrontation thursday with aides quoting both As saying they refused to Compromise. The dispute came a Day before Christmas eve when thousands of tourists from around the world Are expected to visit Manger Square and the adjacent Church of the nativity built Over the site where tradition says Jesus was born. A Flag was removed from outside City Hall Over night apparently by israeli troops. Palestinians put it up again thursday and hoisted two More on the roof of the building and a fourth in the Square. Khaled Oudeh a Plo official in Bethlehem said his office has received fresh instructions from Arafat to keep All flags up. A we Are committed to turning Christmas into a National Celebration for All palestinians both muslims and christians a Oudeh said. A if the israelis insist on pulling the Flag Down we will raise it  Rabin vowed thursday not to give in on the Issue following a phone Call from Bethlehem mayor Elias pm Reid said Rabin spokesman Gad Ben Ari. Another Rabin aide Oded Ben Ami suggested the Plo was trying to exploit Christmas for its political Agenda. A what does the Flag have to do with a religious event a Ben Ami said. A we Are still the Sovereign Here so there will be no  flags on Public  Freij a palestinian said Israel had violated the spirit of the Israel Plo talks. A a this is interference with our Christmas ceremony. Why should the israelis bar it when it is displayed in most parts of the occupied territories a since the sept. 13 Israel Plo Accord the once outlawed palestinian flags have been flying from rooftops throughout the occupied lands. However troops have taken them Down from Public buildings and major thoroughfares. Military regulations do not declare the flags themselves illegal but troops Are under orders to remove inciting material. Local commanders have a great Deal of discretion on when to step in. Israel and the Plo Are trying to work out the details of an autonomy Accord for the Gaza strip and the West Bank Region of Jericho. Bethlehem and other areas of the West Bank would have some autonomy but less than Cia a and Jericho