European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 08, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 i the stars and stripes thursday december 8,1994 at a glance the maltese Falcon used in the classic 1941 movie has been sold for $398,500 at auction. See Story on Page 20. Soldier wins fight a Soldier angry at How he was treated when he tried to recover Money for damage done to his Home while it was in a government lease program sued the army and won. Page 4 Deal forecast a German american Deal exchanging the Lakeside resort at Chi Emsee for renovations at Berchtesgaden is As Good As sealed a German official says. Page 5 students Binge Binge drinking is rampant on Al most a third of the nation s campuses a Survey  German family slain a financially troubled computer specialist shot and killed his four children and wife and then turned the gun on himself German police say. / resignation Analysed analysts Are wondering How Good the Clinton administration will be on defense with Loyd Bentsen an experienced Washington insider Leav ing the Cabinet. " Page 14 Index Abby Ann Landers. 21 classifieds. 24-28 comics. 21-23 commentary. 17 crossword. 21 faces n1 places. 20 Horoscope. 28 Jumble. 28 letters. 16 Money matters. 14 sports. 30-36 to listings. 35 weather. 15 Jet from Page 1 meet some training requirements but Cliver explained that it s not the same As practising at their Home base or while on training deployments. Last year a-10 pilots were deployed an average of 200 Days while f-15 fliers were gone for 140 Days. The goal for1995, As set by Gen. James l. Jamerson the Safe commander is to reduce the time Crews spend on the Road to about 90 Days for contingency operations and 30 Days for training deployments Cliver said. / pilots were deployed so often last Yea that Safe had to Grant training waivers to Many of its pilots something that was rare As recently As 1991, giver said. We had to waive some of our pilots Roget them up to what we Call Mission ready Cliver said because there Werea Fern things that they were unable to squeeze Ojito the Days dedicated to train ing Back Home and what Little extra they could get while they were doing Contin gency  the following Are some examples of waivers that were granted. F-16 pilots night flying air to air re fueling and strafing. F-15c pilots night flying four ship formation missions Basic fighter Maneu vers air combat tactics and air combat Maneu vers f-15e pilots night flying air combat tactics air combat Maneu vers nuclear training missions air to air refuelling an Basic fighter Maneu vers. A-10 pilots bomb drop target Mark ing strafing firing of its 2.75-Inch Rock ets and combat search and Rescue. C-130 pilots tactical requirements assault approaches and night vision operations. While some fighter pilots fell Short of meeting All of their training require ments Cliver said . Jets Are still in very capable hands. We re still the Best air Force in the world but we Aren t training As hard Ashe did in 1990 because we Don t have the time Cliver said. Time is the resource that is missing. It s not Money. We re budgeted with enough Money we re just too  juror from Page 1 Merit cover up of this enormous veterans  in the Gannett interview Blanck repudiated the term Gulf War syndrome say ing we in the defense department and largely in veterans affairs now say health issues related to the Gulf. The word usage May be nothing More than a semantic splitting of hairs a scientific definition is. A Layman s  a -. From a medical and scientific Point of View the term syndrome is incorrect said Cindy Vaughn a spokeswoman for the army s medical come at fort Sam Houston Texas. In other words the general did t reject the illness Only the Label Vaughn said. I know it could be confusing to the Layman but he was speaking from a med ical Point of  a syndrome must have a set number of criteria or symptoms but the number of medical complaints reported by veterans of the 1991 Gulf War Are too varied Vaughn  added that when All the research is done the illness could turn out to be a Yii drone but right now the jury is still   _.  the interview Blanck cited initial defense department numbers that say about 1,000 of the 10,000 people currently registered in the dependent s Gulf War registry have received a comprehensive physical exam. Of that 1,000, less than 10 percent have an illness that defies medical explanation ,.-., ". A./. Gulf War veterans still on Active duty who feel they suffer from a War related illness Are examined by the military arid put in the registry. S Blanck said that As Many As 25 percent of those who had an examination have been diagnosed with chronic fatigue syn drome a condition that has some of the same symptoms As those that have Bee attributed to the Gulf War syndrome ii eluding muscle and joint pain headaches mental confusion and overwhelming fatigue. -.-, a chronic fatigue syndrome has Bee linked to a virus. Veterans affairs Secretary Jess Ebrown disputed the notion that veterans would be sick anyway. We Are not ruling out any link to the War he said. He added that a doctors still use Gulf War syndrome As a diagnosis. Spokesman Jim Turner said the de sense depart nent Hopes to have a More Concrete explanation of the veterans ill Nesses once it receives several More comprehensive reports compiled from world wide medical examinations of . We wanted to have the report re leased by now he said. And we Hope it s Reata by before the end of the  Vaughn said Blanck was t rejecting the fact that people Are sick. He s just not ready to say there s a single cause of the illnesses she said. We Are still not ruling out anything but at this time there just in t any Evi Dence that there s Only one reason Why people Are sick she added. Haines disputed that explanation. There Are medically distinct symptom such As Wavy double vision in loss acquired chemical allergies acquired food intolerance loss of sex drive deteriorated night vision and reduced cardio pulmonary capacity the Reserve major said. None of these Are everyday Type symptom Shaines also alleged that Blanck is ignoring two medically obvious abnormalities that showed up on Dod and a tests he said. The tests have repeatedly revealed that these veterans have suffered brain dam age Haines said. But it seems the results Are being conveniently overlooked he said. _ Haines said he is just More and More disgusted with the government s Lack of action and refusal to take responsibility for these illnesses. The Bottom line he said is that this continued inertia is a disgrace for the people of the United states our govern ment and our military  fixed from Page 1 tons readiness and mobilization monitors readiness via computer screens inthe army command Center in the bowels of the Pentagon. Defense Secretary William Perry in separate interview at the Pentagon said readiness problems within the army willbe repaired within months. Last month the Pentagon announced that three of 12 army up Rabat divisions Are far below Par in terms of readiness to fight. Deployments to Haiti Rwanda an the persian Gulf prompted the army to dip into training funds set aside for Back up units.-. I _ the 1st inf div Mech at fort Riley Kan. The 4th inf Piv Mech at fort car. Son Colo. And the 2nd army div at fort Hood Texas All received the next to lowest readiness Grade because of missed training. These divisions would reinforce rapid response divisions in a prolonged .-conflict.,""-._",.  addition the army s five Forward deployed divisions two in Europe and one each in Korea Hawaii and Alaska Are rated slightly below full readiness As Are two Quick response units. Readiness a unit s ability to fight effectively is measured of a Complex scale that takes into account personnel equip ment and spare parts and  the army divisions train according to their missions. A division based in Europe for example must be prepared to execute River Crossings a very comp bated operation that takes an enormous amount of training and skills Scales said. To reach Only the lowest rung of training readiness a division might have to work on that Man Euver for two weeks he said. Sex chief of White House travel office indicted Washington a Billy r. Dale former chief of the White House travel office was indicted wednesday on charges that he pocketed More than $68,000 paid by news organizations for reporters to travel with the president. An indictment charging the 57-year old Clinton md., resident with two counts of embezzlement and conversion was returned in . District court in Washington. Dale s attorney Steven Tabackman was out of town but had said monday that Dale denied the charges and would vigorously defend himself at trial. The Federal grand jury charged that from february 1988 through april 1991, Dale deposited 55 checks totaling$54,188.61 in his own account at Mary land National Bank instead of putting them in a travel office account at Riggs National Bank that was used to pay pres travel expenses. The grand jury  him with embezzling Only 41 of the 55 checks because 14 checks Are More than 5 years old and a statute of limitations bars charges concerning them. Neither the indictment nor Justice department spokes Man John Russell gave a total amount forthe 41 checks. The government said the checks included payments by news organization for their reporters expenses and refund checks from Telephone companies and other businesses that had been overpaid for providing services to travelling report ers. ". In a second count the grand jury charged that Between february 1992 and january 1993, Dale cashed checks on the Riggs travel office account to replenish the travel office s Petty Cash fund but converted $14,000 of the Cash to his own use instead. The charges against Dale carry a Maxi mum penalty of 20 years in prison and $500,000 in ones. Dale headed the travel office from 1982 until his dismissal in May 1993 along with six other employees of the of fice