European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 25, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday August 25,1994 at a glance House speaker Thomas Foley has signalled shrinking democratic expectations in Congress for major health Reform. See Story on Page 6.training in Poland set More than 600 soldiers from Kirch Gons Germany will be travelling to Poland to train with soldiers from 12 other countries. A Page 4atomic theft stopped russian authorities have arrested two unemployed men and seized 21 pounds of stolen uranium-238 that is suited for Industrial use. A Page 5navy studies trash More than 20 years after maritime countries agreed to prevent pollution from ships the Navy is still looking for ways to Stop trashing the seas a study shows. V a Page 7lofty dream fourteen year old Mark Pfetzer has High Hopes of scaling mount Everest. A Page 8monitoring ordered Germany a Interior minister has ordered intelligence agents to Monitor a new Alliance formed by the country a two largest Radical right parties. A Page 11incomes grow residents of Montana new mexi co a Florida and Idaho led the nation last year in income  Page 14 c Index Abby Ann Landers 21 classifieds. 24 .28 Conics. 21 -23 commentary. A 17 crossword. A a a 21 faces a no places. A a a 20 Horoscope. A a a 27 Jumble. A a a 27 letters. A. A a. 16 Money matters. A a a 14 sports. 28 �?�36 to listings.  a 35 weather. 15 troops from Page 1 is overdue. A at this pout enlisted housing is More important than new laser guided munitions a he said. Deutch said that As Perry has travelled the world talking with the a War fighters a the officer and enlisted ranks a a a he a become convinced that Quality of life issues such As pay housing and child care Are the real issues affecting  ten new weapons programs Are on the a hit list a he said but Only a handful will go. Yet cancelling or delaying Only a few of these programs will fund future pay raises child care centers and housing  the services have until sept. 7 to make their recommendations to Deutch about which systems can be eliminated. Deutch declined to put a Dollar figure on the savings and on the amount that subsequently would be put into family life operations. A those numbers will come in a few weeks after the services make their decisions a he said. The savings from these programs also will ensure that enough Money is available to pay for real world training a Are parts and other operational needs he added. Deutch said that even if the defense department receives an expected $20 billion to make up the five year budget shortfall created when planners failed to Factor in inflation the military still must find additional savings. A the Only Way these weapons cuts can be avoided will be if Congress gives us More Money which is something we seriously doubt will happen a he said. He also said the increased costs of the defense departments far Flung peacekeeping and humanitarian missions Are not the cause of what some critics Are calling a a modernization  a operations such As those in. Rwanda and the Caribbean have certainly taken Money away from our budget but even if those requirements did no to exist we would still have to make these cuts a he said. The previous or upcoming base closures also will not make a difference a we develop the budget Over a five year period a he said. A so the base closure savings wont be seen  he insisted that these modernization delays wont result in an ill equipped Force a the character of. The threat has changed a he said. A a it a not As technologically advanced As it once was which gives us some breathing room and the Opportunity to bolster morale  planners know however that the mod Emiza Tion Issue will have to be tackled in time he said. If the budget is still tight then he said its possible that an additional troop draw Down will be necessary. A a we be looked at configuring a smaller Force equipped with next generation weapons and equipment a he said. A but since we already have units being stretched to their limit reducing Force Structure even More Isnit an option at a this  from Page 1 partially or totally grounded until oct. 1, the Start of the new fiscal year other affected naval air stations include be Moore Miramar and North Island in California Norfolk and Oceana in Virginia and Cecil Field in Florida. Despite the cutbacks officers at Whitbey Island stopped Short of calling the Overall situation a crisis. They have been assured that when fiscal 1995 begins oct. 1, their fuel Money will flow again said cmdr. Lee Holbrook commander of the tac electronic warfare so 132 at the base. A a it a More of a bother than anything else a said capt. Baker Hamilton a 26-Ycar Navy Veteran who commands the Whitbey Island based electronic combat Wing Pacific. A this docs not Impact the nations combined arms capability in any  but it does put commanders like hoi Brook in a Pinch. Two months after returning Home from a deployment that included missions Over Bosnia and Herzegovina and Only three years after fighting in the persian Gulf War he has found his Squadron grounded for Lack of Gas Money. Normally a Squadron coming off a six month deployment goes on inactive status for 30 Days then begins training flights to reacquaint Crew members with Basic flying skills. The Pace steadily increases Over the 12 to 15-month period before deployment As aircrews practice Low level flying night operations and simulated Carrier landings. But Money was shifted to other Carrier air wings on deployment or nearing their departure dates said Navy spokesman it. Conrad Chun. Congress approved $2.3 billion for flying in 1994, but the Navy had a $44 million shortfall because of the unanticipated missions Chun said. A this is unprecedented in my experience a said Holbrook 39, who has served in the Navy since 1976. A we had the unfortunate Luck to come Back from deployment right As the fourth Quarter  a result Holbrook commands a Squadron that cannot Fly its aircraft. He is faced with what he admits is a a significant challenges in leading a team of 24 aviators and 160 enlisted specialists who have no aircraft to maintain or Fly. By mid september most of the squadrons pilots and electronic countermeasures officers will lose their Navy flight certification. Regulations require that pilots Fly a minimum of 10 hours with two takeoffs and landings every 90 Days. One aircrew will keep its flight certification because it was assigned to ferry another squadrons ea-6b prowler from Whitbey Island to Norfolk va., for  from Page 1 immigration to the United states. At the same time the Clinton administration is moving to make it easier for people still in Cuba to apply to become Legal immigrants to the United states. The 1994 quota for cuban immigrants is 20,000, but that number has not been reached. A we Are looking at ways to expand Legal migration a White House press Secretary Dee Dee Myers said. Top level administration officials including Reno and Perry were expected to discuss the moves at the White House on wednesday a senior Pentagon official said a a a a a a the official who spoke on condition of anonymity said military officials were looking at options for moving Many of the 5,000 military personnel civilians and dependents who normally Are located at Guantanamo to make room for up to 50,000 migrants. Presently 14,000 haitians Are on the base the official said and As of tuesday plans had called for putting 10,000 cubans there As Well. Several Caribbean countries agreed last month to take in haitian refugees interdicted at sea fleeing their Homeland and . Officials Are now trying to renegotiate those agreements seeking shelter this time for cubans. Officials Are worried that the surge of cuban boat migrants will not dissipate As quickly As the one involving haitians did six weeks ago. . Officials had hoped for a drop off by now in the wave of refugees flowing across the Straits of Florida in the Wake of president Clinton a announcement Friday that All cubans rescued at sea would be sent to the . Naval base at Guantanamo. But the cuban refugees thus far have not been deterred. The coast guard picked up More than 3,000 cubans on tuesday the largest single Day total since the exodus of 125,000 cubans Over five months in the 1980 Mariel boat lift. More than 8,700 fleeing cubans have been picked up since Friday. The . Coast guard has called in More ships to help intercept refugees sailing toward Florida. Also 280 marines have been sent to help with Security and crowd control aboard refugee carrying coast guard and Navy ships. The first cubans were taken ashore to Guantanamo on monday and the number is expected to reach 6,000 Over the next Day or so. If this Pace keeps up . Personnel wont be Able to build accommodations fast enough. The administration Hopes to have housing ready for 10,000 by saturday. Ernesto Perez Balladares who takes office next week As president of Panama promised in july to accept 10,000 haitians if the United states would pick up the costs. His position on cuban refugees was not disclosed by . Officials. Judge refuses to reinstate Chavis Washington a a judge wednesday denied Benjamin Chaviss request for immediate reinstatement As executive director of the a act. Superior court judge Herbert Dixon said Chavis would have to wait for a judge to resolve his lawsuit seeking damages from his firing last weekend. Dixon said that Chavis had been employed by the a act and that the court could not Force the a act to take him Back any More than it could Force Chavis to continue to work if he did not wish to. Officials of the National association for the it advancement of coloured people struggling with growing debt and courting reluctant corporate donors said the civil rights group  be Able to survive More of Chaviss leadership. It a my god the organization would be virtually destroyed a a act staff attorney Willie Abrams said after a court hearing tuesday. A Are there people who would give or. Chavis Money i done to believe so.�?�. Chaviss attorney Abbey Hairston said some members of the a act Board of directors have unfairly painted Chavis As a essentially a crook.�?�. A the a act has a Long history of is Vival a she said. A but what will or. Clvis do a Board members voted 53-5 at a meet saturday to fire Chavis from the $200,000 year Job he has held since 1993. Board members complained that Clvis ran up a $2.7 million deficit did no to t them he used a act Money to Settle $332,400 sexual discrimination claim former employee Mary e. Stansel a tried to move the a act away from Long standing Integrationist ideology