European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday april 23,1894 Boorda new chief of naval operations Washington a adm. Mike Boorda who oversaw nato operations in embattled Bosnia and Herzegovina is the new chief of naval operations a for Mer enlisted Seaman now thrust to the top of a troubled service. On a voice vote thursday the Senate approved the 55-year-old Boorda to succeed retiring adm. Frank b. Kelso ii whose career was marred at the end by what some viewed As his mishandling of the Tail Hook scandal in which several women were assaulted by Drunken naval aviators attending a convention in Las vegas a \ y.1.-. Boorda who left Home at age id to in list in the Navy takes Over a service Sha Ken by Sharp budget cuts Tail Hook cheating at the . Naval Academy and allegations of widespread tolerance of sexual harassment. Even As the widely supported newcomer Boorda could not escape a backlash from the Navy s troubles. Last week he Drew criticism from rep. Patricia Schroe Der d-colo., a member of the House aimed services committee for his com ment that the events troubling the Navy were actions of individuals not the in  earlier this week the Senate agreed by a surprisingly narrow 54-43 vote to allow Kelso to retire at full four Star rank. The seven women senators led a push to oppose retirement at top Grade and Force Kelso to retire at the reduced rank of rear Admiral because of the Tail Hook scandal. / pc Boorda told the Senate armed serv ices committee which recommended his confirmation that under his leadership the Navy would be committed him pro vement and dedicated to continue to move Forward smartly on opening combat ships to  he said he would push to continue the Effort to revitalize the character development of midshipmen at the naval Academy the Academy was rocked by scandal in which 71 midshipmen were involved in cheating on an electrical Engi Neering examination in 1992. He also expressed concern about plans to reduce the Navy Fleet to 331 ships Over the next several years. The appointment of Boorda places i president Clinton s top Circle i military advisers the outgoing commander of nat6 forces in the Bosnia Region. At his confirmation hearing last week Boorda supported the goals of the peace making Effort in Bosnia but questioned the execution. He said the fighting should have been brought to a halt by nato Ora similar International coalition Force be fore . Peacekeepers moved in. These relationships Are exactly re versed Boorda testified the Correct approach would have been to size equip and politically support a regional military Force to stabilize the situation establish peace or at least an absence of conflict and then introduce . Relief efforts to combat the humanitarian  his most recent assignment was As commander of . Naval forces Europe and commander of Allied forces South Ern Europe where he was responsible for coordinating nato action Over Bosnia. Roaming around the Piazza residents of Rome and tourists ascend the ramp of the Piazza Del Camp Doglio on thursday the 2,747th anniversary of the founding of the City. At the top of the ramp Are the ancient roman statues of the Dios Curi messengers of the gods. The Piazza which was decorated with coloured floodlights for the anniversary was planned by Michelangelo and is located on Rome s Capitoline Bill. Us gather on birthday Moscow a thousands of people with soviet flags and red carnations lined up on red Square to pay their respects to Vladimir Lenin on Friday the 124thanniversary of his birth russian newspapers published several stories about Lenin and the modern significance of what was among the most important dates in the soviet Union. On a Bright Crisp Day As Many As 10,000 people silently filed through Lenin s Chilly mausoleum to vie the body preserved under Glass. Many of the mostly elderly visitors brought Flowers flags and portraits of Lenin y a " i love Lenin More than life. There is no other per son dearer to me said Galina Cherkasova a 57ear old pensioner carrying a portrait with the Handwritten inscription Lenin lived Lenin lives Lenin will  i live As Long As i remember Lenin she said. Pro communist organizations planned rallies later inthe Day and at least one anti communist group announced that it would demonstrate with the demand lets Bury his body and  russian president Boris Yeltsin who has oversee the dismantling of the state system Lenin built had no special plans to Mark the Day. It s not within the Range of his interests spokes Man Alexander or Yonov said. Many of those on red Square decried the current official indifference toward the anniversary and the hostility toward Lenin. The government has removed the Honor guard that stood outside the mausoleum and the mayor has suggested evicting Lenin for burial in St. Petersburg thet ormer Imperial capital once named for him Leningrad. Clinton aide co if professor picked for fed Washington a president Clinton making his first appointments to the Federal Reserve Board on Friday selected White House economist Alan Blinder to be vice chairman and nominated University of California at Berkeley economist Janet l. Yellen to a second vacancy. Blinder a former economics professor at Princeton University in new Jersey is a member of the Whitehouse Council of economic advisers his nomination had been expected for some time. The move could put Blinder in line to succeed fed chairman Alan Greenspan when Greenspan s term expires in August 1995, should Clinton decide not to appoint Greenspan to a third term. Yellen is a former colleague of Laura d Andrea Tyson the chairwoman of the Council of economic advisers. Tyson also taught economics at the University of California. Friday s nominations give Clinton his first Opportunity to put a stamp on the powerful seven member Board that sets toe nation s monetary policy including deter mining the size of the nation s Money Supply and set Ting interest rates. The other five members of the Board including Greenspan were All appointed by Republican presi dents Reagan and Bush. The announcements to fill seats that had been vacant for months come just Days after the Central Bank Board raised interest rates for the third time since february. The fed has raised Short term rates three quarters of a percentage Point in an attempt to help guard against a return of inflation. Both Blinder and Yellen Are viewed As pragmatists rather than strict inflation fighters. Blinder would replace David Mullins jr., who re signed in february As vice chairman to join a private in vestment management firm. Baltic states seek military equipment from . Tallinn Estonia a the Baltic states Are negotiating with the United states for arms and military vehicles for anew joint peacekeeping Force a top offi Cial said thursday. If a Deal is struck Estonia Latvia and Lithuania would be the first former soviet republics to get . Military equip ment said Juri Kork chief spokesman for the estonian defense Headquarters. Right now it is All in the negotiating phase he said in an interview. But it s a real  the 650-Man joint Force is hoping to get $10 million Worth of arms and trans port vehicles from the United states which last month lifted a cold War Era embargo on arms sales to the Baltic. Estonia whose armed forces Are commanded by a retired . Colonel is negotiating separately for military  said it Hopes to get american equip ment scheduled to be pulled out of Europe. We re looking into the possibility of having Washington leave some of it Here for us he said. . Officials were not available for comment. Since winning Independence from the soviet Union in 1991, Estonia Latvia and Lithuania have struggled to set up armies of their own. The efforts Are hampered by a Lack of Money and weapons. Combined their armies now number about10,000. Other Western countries have refused to sell them arms in part because former soviet troops Are still in the Region and in part because such sales might alienate Russia