European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 r the stars and stripes tuesday August 23,1994 at a glance Bride to be Monika listen puts on headgear for her virtual reality wedding saturday on the lost Conti nent of Atlantis Well actually san Francisco. See Story on Page 8. Montana heats up a pair of fires roared uncontrolled and partially unsought through North Western Montana on monday forc ing dozens of evacuations. Page 6 communists to protest a communist group plans to pro test at the site of next month s . Russian joint military exercises in Russia. Page 9 in living color with costs falling nearly All manufacturers Are producing Only color portable computers. Page 10 tax attack in a potentially significant blow to the fast food Industry a German court has Given cities the right to Levy taxes on disposable containers. Page 14 Index Abby Ann Landers 21 classifieds. 22-26 comics 18-19,21 commentary 13 computers 0 faces n places 20 focus 15-17 Horoscope 25 Jumble. 25 letters. 12 Money matters. .14 sports. 27-32 to listings Vav. 31 weather. 11 to Sta 11 Cri me legislation Washington a the Senate prepared to begin debate on the House passed crime Bill monday with a key re publican saying he planned to raise a procedural motion that could stall Prog Ress. The White House said it would be a disgrace to delay the legislation. We d like to get the pork out sen Phil Gramm a Texas said of the $30.2 billion Compromise Bill passed by the House 235-195 in a rare sunday session. Gramm said he and other republicans were devising a consensus amendment to change the Bill. If the crime Bill were amended the House would have to Deal with it once again. He said their proposal would Cut some $5 billion in crime prevention spending impose Federal mandatory minimum sentences on Many state crimes where guns Are involved impose mandatory mini mum sentences on Selling drugs to minors and eliminate a measure allowing some nonviolent first time drug offend ers to avoid five and 10-year mandatory minimum sentences. Gramm said the procedural motion he planned to file does not kill the crime Bill it just opens it for  the Point of order questions the Trust fund being established to pay for the pro Grams from cuts in the Federal bureaucracy. Sen. Byron Dorgan d-n.d., predicted supporters of the crime Bill would gather the necessary 60 votes to overcome the Republican Point of order and pass the legislation intact. Earlier in the Day White House chief of staff Leon Panetta said it would be a disgrace to the country if opponents  crime Bill Are Able to Block its passage in the Senate. Although Gramm said his amendment would not try to strip put the legislation s ban on assault style firearms sen. Larry Craig a Idaho a member of the nation Al Rifle association Board said he would offer such an amendment. Africa from Page 1 combat veterans can feel she said. Sol Diers can Start asking themselves Why these people Are suffering so much when others Aren  however she said soldiers go into these types of operations with the idea that they Are there to help people and to save lives instead of knowing that they Are going trying to kill people and take lives. That s an incredible difference to always keep in mind for these  army it. Col. Barry Minsky is heading a task Force of six chaplains and three chaplain s assistants currently working in and around Rwanda. The circumstances in the area of operation Are unnatural As far As How we americans View life and death. Because of that a lot of special pressures Are placed on our troops he said in a . European come release issued before his deployment. In Many cases our soldiers and air men Are seeing death for the first time Minsky said. If you Combine this with the Normal problems associated with deployments family separation possible financial difficulties then you can see we have a unique situation with opera Tion support  a . European come spokesman said other stress management teams have been deployed to Central Africa to help military members Deal with the psycho logical Rigours of the refugee disaster. Norwood said certain groups will be prone to have More problems than others. Groups who have had to Deal with a lot of bodies will probably have More problem than those who were not working around the refugee Camps she said. For in stance i would predict that the engineers who were digging the mass Graves Are going to be More affected than someone who was based away from the  she also said psychological difference sin individuals will cause varied reactions. Just As everyone physically processes their food intake differently so will they mentally process differently what they see hear and smell Norwood explained. She said that just As some people Don t Burn off their stored fat As easily As others some will retain their memories with More clarity and recall. There s nothing wrong with remembering she said adding it s when the memories keep people lingering in the experience that problems develop. Talking it out is the Best prevention and treatment she said. These people need to talk about their experiences while still deployed and after they return she said. Which is what Relief organizations have been doing for years. Abby Bernstein a representative for care and Gisele Mcauliffe of the american red Cross said their workers go through talk therapy when they re turn from disaster Relief operations. As a matter of course everyone goes through what we Call a de briefing Mcauliffe said depending on the Situa Tion that can be done either in the United states after they return or while they Are still  Bernstein added that if during the Ini tial sessions something comes out that Points to a possible readjustment prob Lem then More intense therapy is under taken. And of course if someone has had a particularly traumatic experience if they be been taken hostage or some thing then they receive even More help Bernstein said. Norwood said service members and their families should also be aware that after the return Home some external stimulus apart from talking could bring Back memories in full. Of All the senses smell is thought to have the strongest link to memory so it is possible that encountering a dead animal could bring Back the memories of the ref Ugee Camp stench which in turn would probably Call up the visual memories she said. It s important to know that this could happen she said. And this is when family and friends can be the most help she added. They need to be supportive to actively listen and also keep an Eye on How the Soldier is readjusting. I would expect soldiers to take several weeks to get Back into the Normal Rou Tine she said. But if after that period of time the Soldier still in t sleeping or eating right is drinking More or seems depressed then i would consider those signs to be red flags she said. And that s when i would seek additional  cuts from Page 1 clarification an article Friday incorrectly identified some of the functions of the 5th signal come operation in Worms Germany. The signal command handles the electronics data network for the army in Europe. It also works with All services Engi Neering installing and maintaining equipment. The defense information systems Agency Europe in Stuttgart Germany is the electronics data network manager for All services. The Pentagon is troop readiness so there s Little Chance of chopping much from training and operations budgets. With budgets rising for such missions As helping cuban and rwandan refugees and fighting drug traffickers defense officials Are turning to big ticket weapons purchases to find savings. It May not even be these programs that will be Cut the Pentagon official said but some programs almost certainly will be Cut or postponed. Deutch spared no military Branch and his list includes some of the services most treasured gems the army the army was ordered by Deutch to develop a program alternative that terminates the Only new programs under development such As the Comanche Heli copter and the advanced Field artillery system. The move Means the army would have to Settle for Only upgraded versions of the Apache helicopter an the Paladin artillery system. We re very concerned by Deuch s memo an army official said sunday. The Comanche was supposed to Spur creation of Many electronic technologies and can celing it May kill them the official said. The air Force the air Force Deutch said should prepare for possible cancellation of Chetri service standoff attack missile As Well As for a four year delay in the f-22 Jet fighter and a seven year delay in it joint primary aircraft training system. Losing the standoff attack missile would be a blow to its manufacturer Northrop Grumman corp., Industry officials said because the company has few other Large programs. Delaying the f-22 could mean trouble at the Texas and Georgia plants of main contractor lock heed corp., Industry officials said. Obviously we re concerned but we re not alarmed yet Lockheed spokesman Jeff Rhodes said. We re confident the air Force can state the need for keeping the plane on  the joint primary aircraft training system was designed to replace the air Force s 30-year-old system which is shot and is causing us massive problems an air Force official said. The Nav the Navy was told to submit plans for slowing the rate of production of Arleigh Burke class destroyers and new attack submarines As Well As for cancelling the Marine corps embattled v-22 Osprey tilt Rotor aircraft. General dynamics corp. Officials whose electric boat shipyards in new England Are to make the new submarine said that a one year delay would be Bea Rable but that a longer one would be troubling. The most vulnerable shipyards would be the Bath Iron works in Maine and Litton industries inc s shipyard in Mississippi which Are desperate for work be cause they Are the last two . Yards that make conventional Navy ships. I Don t see any Way to keep two Yards open because it s so inefficient a ship building Industry official said sunday. One could be forced  the Navy said it can t maintain its planned Force of 330 ships by building Only two destroyers a year As Deutch recommended. The Marine corps said it needs the v 22 because the decades old ch46 Heli copter in t big enough and requires four hours of repairs for every hour it is in operation