European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 03, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse A Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday december 3,1994 at a glance a judge ruled that Penthouse mag Azine can resume distributing an Issue with topless pictures of Paula Jones above who has accused president Clinton of sexual harassment. Jones had fought publication of the photos. See Story on Page 7. Reservist wins a Navy tribunal decided a Lieuten ant s career in the Reserve should not end with the statement i am a ". Page 6 like clockwork bandits have hit in Southern Cali fornia going after rolex watches after apparently spotting them on motorists wrists _ Paget Powell honoured retired army Gen. Colin l. Powell received one of Jamaica s highest honors " i --3 j a "-., Page 8 Jailhouse converts Jailhouse Solitude seems to have a Way of stirring inmate introspection and spiritual interest _ ,.," l page14 rate reactions american businesses Are disappointed bruised angry arid in some cases relieved at the new postal rates scheduled to take effect in january t r a t Page 18 Index Abby Ann Landers. 25 classifieds. 28-32 comics. A 25-27 commentary .17 crossword. 25 faces n places. 24 focus. 19-22 29 Jumble. 29 letters. 16 Money matters. 18 religion. 14 sports. 33-40 to listings 39 weather. 15 democrats gop deciding -. T. _ a nato is Crit inning to enforce the to Fly zone Christopher said in Brus Sels Belgium. He said serbian missile batteries posed a problem. But he said nato was Ca Pable of dealing with them and we continue to police the no Fly zone in the effective Way we have in the past."-. Charles Redman the former of the Contact group also was Back in Sarajevo leading bilateral talk with Izet Begovic and prime minister Hans Silajdzic that presumably focus Don a proposed new peace plan. Redman now ambassador to Germany helped draft the first Contact group peace plan which the serbs have repeatedly rejected. Although that proposal was presented to the serbs As a take it or leave it plan the Lack of Western will to use Force has allowed the serbs to demand apparently successfully the right of future conf Der Al links with serbian led Yugoslavia. The original plan denied serbs that As punish ment for starting the War though it granted the bosnian croatian Muslim federation similar rights to link with Croatia. -. Akashi on a Mission to end the peace keepers detention and win Freedom of movement for . Relief convoys hoped to have More Success with the serbs than his Boss . Secretary general Boutros Boyl Ros Ghali. Boutros Ghali was rebuffed in trying to meet the bosnian serbs on wednesday and later said intransigence by the War ring sides might Force the end of the . Mission. C seventy dutch peacekeepers arrived i Zagreb Croatia on Friday after being Rev leased from a seven Day detention by the serbs in Eastern Bosnia . Officials said. But serbs continued to hold about 20 other dutch peacekeepers along with hundreds of britons ukrainians and canadians at various Points throughout a -. . Spokesman Thant Myint a said Akashi also wanted to discuss with bosnian serbian Leader Radovan Karadzic fighting around Bihac. The United nations is trying to broker a cease fire there. " a number of detonations were reported on the outskirts of Bihac on Friday along with machine gun and Small arms fire . Officials said. But the heaviest fighting appeared concentrated around velika Kladusan North of Bihac where serbs apparently were closing in on the government army s 5th corps. The serbs backed by serbs from neighbouring Croatia want to wipe out the 5th corps which launched a briefly successful offensive from the Bihac enclave part of which is a . Safe area in late october. Cuts from Page 1 t that s an Inouye and Stevens from their appropriations committee perches Wield considerable Power Over military spending priorities and have a say in virtually Ever Dollar spent by the Pentagon. J they re not Happy about troops Coni ing out of Alaska and Hawaii said one congressional staffer who spoke on condition of anonymity _ _ but the staffer said the Central concern was Over the shifting of army forces out of the Pacific Region where military ten Sion in Korea remains a top priority. A Pentagon official who spoke on condition of anonymity said Perry has not yet approved the army plan but added there is no indication at this stage that the army recommendation will be changed the cuts Are part of a Long planned move by the army to go from 12 to 10 combat divisions and from an Active duty Force of 540,000 to 495,000. The reorganization does not involve closing any bases but it would deactivate the Headquarters of the historic 1st in div at fort Riley kan., and the 4th inf div at fort Carson Colo. Kansas would lose 30 percent of the army Force stationed there a total of 5,600 positions according to the army outline. Colorado would lose a fifth of the Active duty Force stationed there 4jooo positions. Alaska would lose Only 50 positions according to the outline and Stevens said that Perry assured him that there will be no army restructuring in Alaska Cepl for about 30 administrative jobs that willbe consolidated into the 25th inf div at Schofield Barracks Hawaii. Hawaii would lose 2,500 army positions a 10 percent reduction other states affected by the cuts the percentage of army positions lost and the number of actual positions lost Are California 1 percent 95 positions Ken Tucky 3 percent 1,150 positions Louisi Ana 13 percent 1,350 positions Mary land 1 percent 91 positions Texas 5 percent 3,300 positions. The army could make changes in these cuts before publicly announcing the plan. Army maj. Ray Whitehead said army Secretary Togo West and Gen. Gordon r. Sullivan the army chief of staff Are putting final details on the plan to Stabi Lize the Force at 10 divisions. No Date has been set for a final announcement the moves designed by West and sul Livan May not be the final word since the Independent base realignment and clo sure commission is scheduled to Conducta new round of base closures in the com ing year. Cash from Page 1 speak out against Clinton s proposed in creases was rep. Ronald Dellums d calif., the departing House armed serv ices committee chairman. I am disappointed said Delouras a Liberal voice in the wilderness on the Issue of further defense cuts. Such unnecessary expenditures either will Aggra vate the deficit or sacrifice urgent Domestic initiatives equally vital to Dellums said the fiscal 1995 defense budget actually increased readiness fund ing Over previous Levels and contained$60,900 in operations and maintenance funds per service member. That compares with $49,800 per per son in 1990 under George Bush and $49,200 per person at the height of the defense buildup under Ronald Reagan in.1985, Dellums noted. He said the defense budget can keep shrinking through continued trims in excess Force Structure and through the reassessment of weapons programs to ensure that the military does not develop sys tems that Are no longer necessary in the Post cold War a time when we desperately Nee to educate our children rebuild our infrastructure and do so much More for our communities we must legitimately ask How much More Money can it conceivably take to be ready in a world in which the United states already spends As much on defense other nation combined. Is
