European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday july 21, 1994 1 at a glance Kevin elders the son of surgeon general Joycelyn elders was convicted of Selling cocaine to an in Der cover officer. A Deputy prosecutor plans to ask for a 10ycar prison sentence see Story on Page North gains poll says a poll shows that Oliver North is gaining in Virginia a four Way race for . Senate. A Page 6 . May offer Reward . Simpson will offer a $250,000 Reward to help police locate a the real killer Quot of his sex wife and her Friend reports say. A Page 7 illegitimate births Rise the birthrate among unwed . Women soared by More than 70 percent from 1983 to 1993, a report says. A Page 8 too Many specialists a study finds that 40 percent of All . Medical specialists could be unnecessary by the year 2000. A Page 10 exodus continues despite assurances of safety tens of thousands More rwandans fled to sanctuaries in Zaire. A Page 12 hair tomorrow the Upjohn co., maker of the Only approved prescription drug for hair growth says it plans to seek approval to sell its product Over the counter. A Page 14 Index Abby Ann Landers. 19 classifieds. Comics. 19-21 commentary. Faces a no places. .18 Horoscope. .24 Jumble letters. Money matters. 14 sports. To listings. .31 weather. Rates May have to Rise fed chief tells Congress Washington apr Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan warned Congress on wednesday that interest rates May need to move higher to ensure that inflation remains in Check. In May the last time the Centra Bank pushed rates up it said it had substantially finished its course of monetary tightening. But since then it has become Clear that the Economy has grown at a Pace appreciably faster than can be maintained without ultimately worsening inflation Greenspan told the Senate banking committee and the Dollar has fallen to a 50-year Low against the japanese yen and to near record lows against the German Mark. That could contribute to inflation Down the Road he said. A it is an open question whether our actions to Date have been sufficient to head off inflationary pressures and thus main last of Ramstein s Al 6s to depart for Aviano base Ramstein a Germany a amps a the last of Ramstein a f-l6 fighting Falcons Are scheduled to depart today for Aviano a Italy ending 41 years of fighter Jet operations at Ramstein. The three f-16s Are due to lift off at about 11 . No Farewell ceremony is planned. That a because the base ceremoniously bid Farewell to the f-16 operation last month. Col. Thomas Eri Thistle it. Col. James Nemetz and it. Col. James Whitemore will have the Honor of flying the planes to Aviano. Entwistle who commands the 86th Wing operations support so will Fly the Lead plane. Ramstein a 36 f-16s have been assigned to Aviano to Snake up the 31st fighter Wing. C-13g Hercules cargo aircraft from Rhein main a Germany will fill the void at Ramstein As part of an air Force restructuring plan that is nearly Complete Ramstein s. 86th Wing is scheduled to be predesignated As the 86th Airlift Wing on oct. 1, according to base personnel. Tain favourable trends in the Economy Quot he said. Democratic senators however told Greenspan it was More important to maintain Strong economic growth because unemployment still was higher than before the 1990-91 recession. A flow inflation rates purchased by High unemployment will turn out to be a dubious bargain a said sen. Paul Sarbanes d-md., brandishing enlargements of political cartoons lampooning  to the testimony Stock and Bond prices both fell in Early trading Greenspan carefully avoided saying rates definitely would Rise or when the move would occur but he vowed to quash any a upsurge in inflationary  a we Are determined to prevent such an outcome and currently Are monitoring economic and financial data carefully to As Sass whether additional interest rate adjustments Are appropriate a he said. Private economists say such a move could come As soon As next month. The Central Bank a policy making Federal open Market committee next meets aug. 16. A Greenspan seems to be laying a basis for a fed tightening. It does no to mean they re going to tighten tomorrow afternoon but what he a saying is the fed will probably have to make some More moves to achieve its growth and inflation goals a said economist Robert g. Dederick of Northern Trust corp. In Chicago. So far this year the fed has pushed up Short term interest rates by 1.25 percentage Points in four Steps Between february and May. In response the prime rate at Banks which serves As a Benchmark for Many consumer rates went from 6 percent to 7.25 percent. So sees in Success by Doyle Tillman staff writer Nijm Egen Netherlands a More than 500 americans participating in the grueling Nijm Egen marines celebrated after reaching the Halfway Point of their trek wednesday. Entering Day 3 of the four Day International marches Mai. Larry Perkins a chief of staff for the . Army Nijm Egen March support group a called the Effort a a total Success. We be suffered fewer injuries than last  the american military teams join thousands of military and civilians who participate in the 78th annual event. More than 8,000 military personnel from 12 nations take part in the 100-mile trek. Despite fewer Overall injuries some americans did fall victim to the Rigours of the marching. Three . Army Europe soldiers experienced medical problems wednesday after two had dropped out tuesday of the soldiers ailing wednesday the most serious was a possible heat exhaustion Case. The Soldier who was not identified was taken to a local Hospital for observation. Perkins said it was possible the Soldier could return for today a March. The two soldiers who pulled out sometime during wednesdays March reportedly suffered a twisted knee and a foot problem. Two soldiers left Nijm Egen �?T94 on tuesday one with a pulled Achilles Tendon and the other with an inflamed foot. Footing the Bill for americans walking at Nijm Egen is not cheap. This year it Cost a total of $10,883 for us eur teams to enter and another $43,400 for administrative costs said Cap. Mike Liantonio logistics officer for the 181st trans in from Mannheim Germany. Tragedy from Page Well above the air of cd Standard of 120 Days officials said so after the Gulf War everyone went Home but Azacs stayed and controlled thousands of sorties a said it. Tim White a spokesman for the 552nd air control Wing at tinker fab okla. A this is a Good unit and we Are taking a hard look at How we do things and maybe some Good can come out of this a White said. Defense Secretary William Perry said last week that he had directed the. Air Force to increase the number of Crews for the e-3 radar planes which Are modified Boeing 707s,. The training review is being conducted by Gen. John a Loh commander of the air combat come at Langley fab a. A although there were mistakes made by the Azacs Crew the attack which resulted in the shoot Down of the Black Hawk helicopters was neither directed nor ordered by Azacs controllers a Loh said tuesday in a statement. Instead it was two f-15c Eagle fighter pilots who made the decision according to the Pentagon. Loh praised the Azacs Crews and said a i am confident in their abilities to make whatever changes Are necessary to prevent such tragedies in the future a cola from Page 1 ments Here or there a he said. A but the relationship Between the German Mark and the Dollar has really worsened. This is the first fairly Large increase in a  in Germany cola rates will increase by 4 Index Points from 126 to 130. Pomeroy said that Index measures How costly it is to live in Germany As opposed to the United states with the . Costs being pegged at 100, a the numbers mean that it had been 26 percent More expensive to live in Germany than in the states a he said. A now its 30 percent More  the actual amount of the allowance varies by rank length of service and number of family members but Pomeroy said a jump of four Index Points in Germany would give a typical married e-5 about $60 More per month. Other countries where the allowance will increase include the United kingdom where Colas also will Rise an average of four Index Points Spain an increase of about two Index Points and the Netherlands an increase of four to six Index Points depending on the location. In Belgium the cola for personnel stationed in Brussels will Rise by about four Index Points but those assigned to shape in Casteau will see no change. A shape recently did its annual Price Survey and it showed that prices have gone Down slightly a Pomeroy said. That decrease essentially offsets the worsening currency Exchange rate there which made that site a Wash As far As the most recent cola review was concerned he said. The cola rates for Italy Greece and Turkey will riot change Pomeroy said