European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 02, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I i & i pc Vav flt to a v " v  a a. A suit v a. " a Soldier examines the wreckage of iraqi military equipment near Camp Doha a u.5. Base North of Kuwait City. Who funds . Presence in persian Gulf is file by Cox news service a the United states has maintained a military presence in Kuwait and the persian Gulf. Does Kuwait or saudi Arabia or any other coalition member offer the United states any financial assistance to keep a presence there is our presence in the persian Gulf is pretty much funded by the United states a Pentagon spokesman said. But he added there Are some shared expenses. The kuwaitis and saudis pay for the Upkeep and storage of a repositioned equipment and base Upkeep and v maintenance of the bases. From 1 990-1993 in All branches of the military there were 218 to 250 suicides a year or about 1 1.5 per 100,000. There have been 138 in 1 994. The 1 1.5 suicides per 100,000 compare with about 11.4 per 100,000 in the general population has a president Ever been awarded the Nobel peace prize a. Yes two of them. Theodore Roosevelt not Only was the first president of any country to win one but also was the first american. He won in 1906 for mediating an end to the Russo japanese War in 1905. Woodrow Wilson was awarded the 1919 prize for founding the league of nations and trying to establish a fair peace agreement at the end of world War i both presidents were presented the Nobel peace prize _ while they  in office. Wilson did not receive his until 920. A were the recent suicides in Haiti by . Servicemen an unusual occurrence we got total suicide statistics for All branches of the service and they run very close to the statistics for the population at Large. The two in Haiti appear to be isolated and tragic occurrences said a Pentagon spokesman. Please explain to me How the Federal Reserve can arrest inflation by raising interest rates. It seems that if the fed charges the Banks More Money the Banks Are going to charge businesses More Money and then the businesses in turn Are going to raise their prices to recover their interest costs. Does t this seem to be inflationary rather than anti inflationary a Here is How they figure it s supposed to work the Federal Reserve raises interest rates to put the brakes on the Economy. When interest rates go up it costs businesses More to borrow so they borrow less. It s the same with people they borrow less Money when interest rates Are High. Consequently _ businesses spend less because they have less to spend. And people spend less too. With less Money being spent stores Are less Likely to raise prices on their goods. A a i watched the pcs special baseball and am wondering what Sandy Koufax is doing today. A this is a Tough one even for author Chuck wills who has updated the whereabouts and activities of Many former major league stars in his Book beyond Home plate. After checking with All his sources which included the  Angeles dodgers the Best i can come up with is that he lives a Low profile life with no obvious  and nobody is even sure where. He has been said to be living in a number of places from Maine to California. He shows up at the dodgers Spring training Camp Ever year but  Angeles times sportswriters do not know where he arrives from or where he goes afterwards any questions do you have a question about something in the news beginning today the stars and stripes will present a regular feature by Cox news service that attempts to answer questions sent in by readers. If you be read something in the news that leaves you wondering Why write to a a on the news Box 4689, Atlanta a. 30302, and the staff of the Atlanta journal Constitution will try to find the answer and print it in this column. M radio transmissions Why does a person receiving a message say Roger Roger who j there is no Roger. Using the name to acknowledge radio messages began with the pilots of the British Royal air Force who Felt it was stilted to respond received when acknowledging a message. So they used Roger which represented the letter a in radio transmissions. Q 2 is Newt Newt Gingrich s real name " v is Newt is a nickname the House Republican whip from Georgia picked up As a child. He was born Newton Lero Mcpherson. Short subject coed Basic training spurs Competition. By the associated press male and female soldiers work together in the army. Someday they May forge into Battle together. Now they re going to do Basic together crawling through the Sand of Columbia . Side by Side. It used to be that male and female recruits were kept segregated during Basic training. No More. The first coed units formed in september at fort Leonard Wood to. Two companies of 240 soldiers each half men and half women formed at fort Jackson in Columbia in october. Three More coed companies will form this month. Fifteen hours a Day for eight weeks they will do sit  and push  and practice shooting running climbing and All the other Rigours new recruits sweat through. Together. About the Only things they la do separately Are Bathe and sleep. Not everyone likes the idea but staff sgt. Edward l Johnson fort Jackson s Drill sergeant of the year has a ready answer i say when you were a Little boy there was one person who you always looked up to. You Tell me your Mother was weak she was strong1 it works every time with the  nevertheless some remain unconvinced including Charles & Ross of Columbus n.c., a retired army colonel. Coed training will Only produce diminished standards and results for the simple reason that women do not possess the strength and endurance of men Ross said. Tout Johnson maintains there s nothing like a Little Competition to bring out the Best in his recruits All he a got to Tell the men is i be got a female who can outrun  sgt. Barbara Davies who participated in an experimental coed training course last year found the Competition spurred the women on As Well they wanted to prove they were As Good As the men. But the Battle of the sexes did t keep the recruits from helping each other out Davies said. Women guided men in the classroom men guided weapons handling in the Field. That s the kind of teamwork the top army brass is hoping to see. Every woman in the military works with men and most men work with women said a. James Mcdonough spokesman for army Secretary Togo West who is pushing the change. If you provide this Type of training at the earliest possible level it stands to reason people Are going to get along a lot better Down the line Mcdonough said staff sgt. Edward l Johnson checks the ids of female recruits. 20 the stars and stripes wednesday november 2,1994