European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 20, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                At a glance Lorraine Cornish and Mark Rob crts look Over a Bone officials say is 500,000 years old a the oldest human remain Ever found in Europe. Sec Story on Page 13. Charles leaves Russia Prince Charles headed Home thursday concluding the first official trip to Russia by top ranking British Royalty in a  a a pages gun makers sued survivors of four victims killed in a rampage at a Law firm Are suing manufacturers of the semiautomatic weapons used in the attack. A a page6 draft sign up backed Quot president Clinton has. Ordered continuation of draft registration. 7. 7 / 7 a a a Page 7 people help police several people have come Forward with information about the attack on a German couple in California a page9 female officer protests a female officer in the Texas air Force National guard says male pilots degraded her in a scrapbook full of sexual  Page 11 Blo engineered foods the food and drug administration has approved the Sale of genetically engineered tomatoes opening the Way for a Cornucopia of Bio engineered  Page 18 Index Abby Ann Landers. 25 classifieds. 28-31 comics. 25-27 commentary. 17 crossword. 25 faces a no places. 14 focus. 19-24 Horoscope. 30 Jumble. 30 letters. 16 Money matters. 18 sports 32-40 to listings. 39 weather 15boorda from Page 1 where deployments Are too  Boorda a former enlisted Man whose Rise is attributed in part to his a people background a told reporters a i think six month operations Are the Edge of the  a / the length of time service members arc separated from their families is a key Factor in whether to re enlist. Fewer re enlistments can Hurt morale and readiness a Navy analysis of the years 1979 to 1988 found that deployments of eight months caused an additional 12.5 percent of first term recruits not to re enlist. Most of the additional dropouts were married. 7 Vas forces shrink officers Are especially Loath to lose the Best troops. A right now we Are keeping them a said capt. Skip e. Wright Deputy director for plans and operations at Atlantic Fleet Headquarters. Quot but who can say about tomorrow a Gan the Fleet handle its growing commitments including crises in the Adriatic the Caribbean and the persian Gulf a the answer is a what arc our unscheduled commitments the unplanned for commitments with which we have to Deal a said capt. Robert d. Moser Deputy director of operations. A if nobody changes the commitments. We can do it. But there is no flexibility of any one of them pop then All of a sudden something a going to have to give and its going to be Home port  outside the briefing room in Norfolk the Navy piers Are humming As ships of the aircraft Carrier George Washington joint task Force prepare to sail today to the Mediterranean for six months the peacetime limit for Navy sea service. Aboard the nuclear attack submarine Hyman g. Rickover Petty officer 1st class Timothy Baisley 26, knows that before he returns in six months his wife Karen will have celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary alone and he will have missed his daughter Holly a third birthday. Karen Baisley 23, will not be dockside with Holly and Conner their 1-year-Oidson, to wave her husband off for the longest deployment of his career. A the first time i went out and watched the boat leave i told myself i would not do that again Quot she said. From the destroyer Conolly,.chief Petty officer Timothy Peters 35, will wave to his wife Laurie 33, and their five children. When he returns in september there will be six children waiting. 7, in the larger scheme of things military such Small family landmarks May go unnoticed. They Are part of the routine of life at sea. But the stresses and strains that the Bai Jeys thousands of other service families routinely face could Worsen if crises sense budget keeps  from Page 1 budget request for troop housing child care facilities dining Hall renovations and fitness and recreation complexes Demon Strate that Good Faith  also included in the Bill which would authorize a total of $8.8 billion for military construction is about $4 million for three War readiness Materiel and maintenance facilities at a classified air Force location overseas. The committee Bill actually would authorize $500000 More in total construction funds than the defense department had asked for although it rearranges the military a priorities somewhat. For example it would give the services an additional $70.7 million for family housing construction a All in the United states a and Cut $184 million from the funding request to support the third round of stateside base realignments and closures. 7 a. A 77 7 in what has become an annual ritual the committee also Cut $100 million from the Pentagon a $229 million funding request for the nato infrastructure account which funds the construction of facilities considered common assets of the Alliance As a whole. Committee members offered no explanation for that action although in the past they have made it Clear that they take a dim View of the Burden sharing efforts of the nato allies 7 once the full House approves the de military construction trends in Europe funds shown for fiscal years 1992-1995, funding in millions of dollars it 1992 fiscal year 1993 1994. 1995 specified project requested by Doo 17 10 8 13 specified projects approved by Congress 11 6 7 13 funding requested by Dod $89.6 $70 $49.6 $81 funding approved by Congress $68.7 $34 $43.6 $81 As approved by the House armed services committee Only source department of defense sense authorization Bill it will have to be reconciled with a separate Senate version and signed by president Clinton before it would become Law. The Senate armed services committee is tentatively due to draft its version of the fiscal 1995 defense authorization Bill during the week of june 6. Under the two tiered defense budget process the House and Senate appropriations committees could later decide to reduce or eliminate funding for any project authorized by the House and Senate armed services committees. Following is a list of the fiscal 1995 construction projects authorized by the House armed services committee for Europe grouped by country. Germany a $1.15 million for a hazardous waste storage facility and $1l2 million to upgrade the base sewage system at Ramstein a $2.27 million for a child a amps and $7,2 million sewage system to at development Center upgrade the base Span Dahlem a. Greece a $3 million for a new aircraft parking apron at the Souda Bay naval support activity in Crete. Italy a $9.1 million for the second phase of new Quality of life facilities and $19.4 million for Bachelor enlisted quarters at the Naples naval support activity $13.8 million for Bachelor enlisted quarters at Nas Simonella. Portugal a $2,85 million for a refuse incinerator at Lajes Field in the azores. United kingdom a $3.9 million for a child development Center at the St. Maw Gan joint maritime communications Center $850,000 for an addition to the f-15e munitions maintenance facility $3.7 million for a dormitory upgrade and $2.6 million for improvements to the storm drainage system at Raf  from Page 1 military allowances which have always been tax exempt because they Are meant to reimburse service members for actual expenses associated with relocation. Civilian employees Are also eligible for some of the affected allowances a la for example. But they were not affected by the current mix a p. A Pentagon official said a moving allowances for civilians have always been taxed but those employees receive extra Money to compensate for the tax  from All indications the change in status of the military allowances was a mistake. That is borne out by the Speed with which Congress moved to redress the Issue once it came to Light. A it was never the intent of Congress to tax moving allowances provided to service members when they move from one duty station to another As a result of government orders a reps Ron Dellums d-calif., and Ike Skelton d-mo., said in a joint statement. A we Are tremendously relieved and grateful for this  Dellums is the chairman of the House armed services committee and Skelton is chairman of the committees military personnel panel. Defense Secretary William Perry brought the Issue to lawmakers attention april 1. The change which would have taken effect with 1994 tax returns was especially alarming for Pentagon officials because it would have put a particularly severe financial Strain on Junior enlisted members. For example before the change a Navy Petty officer 3rd class with four years service and a spouse and one child who was transferred to Naples Italy could receive up to $11,719 in reimbursements for moving costs Gramm said. Under the budget Law that service member would have received Only $9,961 because the difference would be eaten up by taxes he said. 7 More than 800,000 service members and their families move every year with about one fourth of the moves being made to and from overseas duty stations. Most overseas moves involve Junior enlisted  from Page 1 during the Vietnam War. His lengthy list of awards includes the distinguished service medal the legion of Merit the distinguished flying Cross and the meritorious service medal. Oaks did not pull a tour of duty in Europe until 1979, when he was already a brigadier general with 20 years in the air Force. But he spent nine of the next 15 years in the theater. In addition to his current tour  in Europe has included stints As a Safe a assistant Deputy chief of staff for readiness and assistant Deputy chief of staff for operations at Ramstein a Germany As Well As a two year tour As commander of Allied air forces Southern Europe in Naples Italy. A native of Provo Utah Oaks is married and has six children