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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, May 22, 1994

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 22, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday May 22. 1994j�?The stars and stripes Pago 5navy offers hundreds  summer jobs by Marc Mcfann . Bureau London England a the . Navy in Europe will invest about $300,000 to employ Young men and women for this years summer hire program. Navy officials say the benefits  employing Young people far outweigh the costs. A it gives the student a sense  working in a competitive environment and being evaluated a said capt. Russ Duke in charge  manpower personnel and administration at . Naval forces Europe Headquarters in London. A quite often its the first time they have been evaluated  their work performance a Duke said  the program which starts june 6. The government funded plan is intended to help offset the Lack  traditional summer jobs which Are often not available to teens and Young adults overseas. Quot the value  the program is that the individual benefits through actual practice a Duke said but added a during the draw Down we Benefit by having the extra manpower to do things that need to be done a about 450 positions throughout . Naval forces Europe including the United kingdom and the Mediterranean will be available to . Citizens Between the Ages oft4 and 21. The army and air Force Are offering about 3,000 summer jobs to Young people in their communities in Europe. The types  jobs Are largely clerical and administrative with routine nonhazardous responsibilities. Exam pies include typists file clerks mail clerks messengers Light labourers recreational aides crafts and technical helpers store workers and sales clerks. The positions pay from $3,50 to $4.50 an hour when Young people work in the Navy summer hire program they can expect to be treated much like any. Other worker Duke said. 1 the Navy prides itself in a providing them with a real life adult working experience a he said. A we work up a Job description and they Are treated just like any other civil service employee. Recently there was a push for sexual harassment training. They participated in. That training just like everyone  in addition to the Job experience the individual leaves the program with a greater appreciation for the role  the Navy and the department  defense in protecting the Freedom  America and its allies Duke said. A  in be beep impressed with the Quality  our summer hires a he said a impressed with their motivation and their work  to be eligible for the Navy program which runs from june 6 to sept. 2, individuals must reside with their parents  a Legal guardian and live within the Normal commuting area  the workplace. They also must be a. Family member  an Active duty . Military member   a civilian employee with the . Forces. A those interested in the summer hire program can obtain an application form sf-171 from the human resources office at the nearest Navy location. Onassis burial set for Juk grave site Arlington a. A although she shunned the limelight in later life Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis will be buried in Arlington National cemetery at the most visited grave site in the nation a that  her first husband John f. Kennedy and their two infant children. Onassis who died  cancer thursday night at 64, will be buried in private rites monday near the slain president after a funeral mass in new York that morning spokeswoman Nancy Tuckerman said Friday. The former first lady a body remained at her Manhattan apartment Friday. Nancy Tuckerman her Friend and spokeswoman said there were no plans for a formal Wake. But friends and family members gathered at the apartment during the evening including her son John f. Kennedyjr. His Friend actress Daryl Hannah and Onassis longtime companion Maurice tempelman. Earlier in the Day employees  a funeral Home carried an empty coffin into Onassis building. John Kennedy jr., 33, and his sister Caroline a Kennedy Schlossberg 36, followed the casket inside. At the cemetery which covers 612 acres across the Potomac River from Washington tourists straggled up the Hill in a Chilly rain Friday to visit the Kennedy grave site and take pictures  the eternal fiame that Marks it. Onassis a then mrs. Kennedy a lit the flame at a dedication ceremony in 1967, four years after her husbands assassination. It was one  the relatively few pos White House Public appearances  Onassis who coveted her privacy. Visitors differed  whether it was appropriate that she be buried at Arlington. A i think the family would want her somewhere private a said Chris White  Chicago. A to me it would be different if she never got married again.�?�. Onassis second husband greek shipping tycoon Aristotle Onassis died in 1975. A i think it would be Nice for her to be buried Here a said Heather Crawley  Maryville Tenn. A i think the american people think  her As very new yorker Maria Porfido holding a newspaper displaying Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis photo joins others keeping Vigil Friday in front  the former first lady a apartment. Onassis died thursday  canc Ratthe age  64. Much a  her sister Valerie Pressley  Kent England agreed a i know you know her As Jackie o., but in the ., she was Jacqueline  a i really think it should be whatever her personal Choice was a said Debra Flanley a Parent chaperoning a group  seventh and eighth graders from St. Francis  Assisi school in Allentown a. A in a sense yesterday was the end  Camelot As we know it said Tommy Duren  Washington who came with his Mother Jean to Honor the Kennedy family. A i feel As though i know them. I think everyone feels As though they know  four red carnations Lay  Kennedy a Gravestone As a Fine rain puddled  the surrounding Pink Granite blocks. Farther up the Grassy Nill at the Custis Lee mansion once the Home  Robert e. Lee the Flag still flew at half staff in memory  another former president Richard. Nixon who died april 22. A single White Carnation graced the Gravestone  son Patrick Kennedy who died three Days after his premature birth in August 1963. An unnamed daughter stillborn in 1956, is buried to her fathers left. The Kennedy memorial grave is the most visited grave site in the country according to an official brochure about the cemetery. The grave  Kennedy a brother sen. Robert f. Kennedy is just Yards away and is marked by a White wooden Cross. Dod probe accuse Fin by the Washington Post Washington a Lucas industries pc a British Industrial giant is facing criminal charges and the loss  $200 Mil Hon a year in Pentagon contracts because  alleged faulty production  gearboxes for Navy jets according to Industry and military sources. A government investigation has concluded that malfunctions  gearboxes made at two Lucas plants in the United states could have put military planes and pilots in jeopardy the sources said. The allegations Are contained in a retort prepared by the defense criminal  service an   the Pentagon inspector general a office. Investigators suspect he faulty gearboxes mounted  engines  Navy f/a-18 Hornet fighters caused several engines to catch fire and forced a number  planes to make emergency landings according to sources. Investigators also found that Lucas employees removed tags from parts  gearboxes that had been judged defective and altered documents  Quality Assurance. The investigation has entered  f/a-13 gearboxes supplied by Lucas from plants in los Angeles and Park City Utah. Lucas also supplies similar gearboxes for air Force planes that include the front line f-16 fighter and the b-2 stealth bomber. The gearboxes use High pressure air from air plane engines to Power accessory systems such As fuel pumps. Aviano a sergeant Dies  heart failure Aviano a Italy a amps the first sergeant  the air forces 31st comm so at Aviano a died wednesday morning  cardiac arrest according to base officials. Master sgt Peter a Pritchard 38, was pronoun cd dead about 6 30 . At his ome in Rover to near Aviano by an italian physician dispatched to the residence. The Beaver dam wis., native had been stationed at Aviano since october 1991. He is survived by his wife Patricia and three sons. Memorial services for Pritchard took place Friday at the base Chapel. Members  the 3lst comm so Are establishing an educational Trust fund in Pritchard a Honor at the global Federal credit Union  base. Those interested in contributing can Call senior master sgt. . Williams at Dan 632-7494  
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