European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 9, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse At a glance Jerry Schaber shown in a polarized print playing Scrooge appears in a a Christmas Carol a the first play to be performed at the new dinner theater in Hanau Germany. See Story on Page 4. Pentagon assailed the military displayed reckless disregard for the Well being of . by administering experimental drugs to them during the persian Guif War a senator says. A Pagos Black group protests the chairman of the congressional Black caucus is enraged that republicans will Cut off his groups taxpayer funds. A pages workers reassured officials in Orange county calif., which has sought bankruptcy Protection say there will be no immediate pay losses for employees. A Page 7 Cia to Settle the government plans to pay $410,000 to Settle a lawsuit by a senior female Cia officer who said she was discriminated against a lawyer says. A a a a a a Quot. V /. A Page b torture alleged t a report by members of the British parliament details the torture oppression and executions to which Iran subjects women a Page 10 f Index Abby Ann Landers. 25 classifieds. 28-33 comics .25-27 commentary. 17 crossword to. 25 faces no places 14 entertainment .19-24 Horoscope. 29 Jumble .29 letters .16 Money matters. 18 sports 34-40 to listings. 39 weather. ____.15 1st army div seen As unit Likely for any Rescue duty by Effie Bathen Heidelberg Bureau if nato decides to Rescue . Peacekeepers in Bosnia and Herzegovina the Likely . Unit to participate is the Germany based 1st army div according to a senior spokesman for the . Army Europe. A the division with Headquarters in bad or Cugnach would be the a logical Assumption because it is the division the army would commit to nato s rapid reaction corps said col. Richard Bridges. A. A that multinational corps already is preparing for such an operation natos military commander said thursday. Earlier the Alliance ambassadors directed their military experts to develop a plan by today for a withdrawal of peacekeepers from Bosnia according to news reports. A in the event that something such As an evacuation was ordered we would expect to be a part of it a Bridges said. He emphasized that the army in Europe currently has no plans for a Rescue Mission. It previously had contingency plans to support earlier peace initiatives that never materialized he said. For the current crisis that has left hundreds of . Peacekeepers virtual hos tages behind Battle lines Bridges conceded a we Are not having Active 1 an announcement about the involvement of . Troops in a . Evacuation would come a out of Washington a he said. A a a a the configuration of the divisions forces that would deploy would depend on the Mission. Nato could Structure a Rescue Force in a variety of ways from any number of units contributed by its Mem bar nations. Depending on the Mission a a heavy division May or May not be suitable a Bridges said. The appropriate Force could be an airborne Force instead he said. That decision lies with the commander of the Mission. If the 1st army div deployed two full brigades and a division Headquarters it could include As Many As 10,000 to 20,000 troops he said. A he could not estimate How Long a Large contingent would take to reach the Battle area in Bosnia because a so much depends and other variables include terrain Type of equipment and Mode of transportation. A it depends upon urgency a he said. A unit like the 1st army div could be moving with less than 24 hours notice. A spokesman for the bad Kreuz Nach division agreed. A the Mission will dictate what Well go in with a said sgt Guy Ben son. It will a customize a Force he said and depend on Quot whether we Are going in As 1st army div or a big task nato officials have said a strongly armed Force of some 20,000 troops would be needed to secure the safety of peacekeepers if they did not have to withdraw underwire. Big red from Page 1 Down the divisions two Man Euver brigades will remain at fort Riley Kan. Each will be assigned As the third brigades for the two divisions in Europe the 3rd inf div and 1st army div. The plan is designed touring the army Down from 12 Active divisions to 10 a six a a heavy and four a a Light a each with a full complement of three Active duty Bri a a today a announcement brings americans army to what we think is sufficient to provide the nation with the forces it needs into the 21st Century a Sullivan a said. A a. A a Quot a a a a a the structural changes will be carried out in two phases. Actions planned for fiscal 1995 include a realigning the 6th separate inf brigade at fort Richardson Alaska As a third brigade of the 10th inf Mountain div based at fort drum . A inactivating one brigade of the 25th inf div in Hawaii and realigning the 1st brigade 7th inf div at fort Lewis wash., As the third brigade of the 25th inf div. A inactivating the 194 the separate army brigade at fort Knox by. More changes Are due in fiscal 1996 and 1997. Along with the closing of 1st inf div Headquarters and the realignment of its two brigades to the divisions in Europe they include a inactivating the Headquarters and one of the two Man Euver brigades of the 4th inf div at fort Carson Colo. The remaining brigade will stay there but will be aligned As the third brigade of the 2nd army div based at fort Hood Texas. A moving the 3rd army Cav regt from fort Bliss Texas to fort Carson. Two air defense artillery brigades the 108th at fort Polk la., and the 31st at fort Hood will move to fort Bliss. The changes Over the next two years will trim about 18,000 soldiers from the army a Active duty Force Structure. Combined with continued troop reductions in Europe the army eventually plans to Cut 45,000 More Active duty soldiers to bring its total end strength Down to about 495,000. The restructuring plan does riot Call for closing any bases because the army sought to retain As much training and mane vering space As possible. But officials said next years round of base closings and realignments May change some aspects of the plan. Clinton signs124-nation Trade Accord Washington apr president Clinton declaring that a no country can escape the global Economy a signed legislation thursday that will make the United states part of the most sweeping world Trade agreement in history. Clinton said the 124-nation Gatt Accord is a a Victory for the idea that amen Ca can Lead in the 21st Century that we need not fear said the 22,000-Page document of the general agreement on tariffs and Trade that cuts global tariffs by 38 percent and knocks Down other barriers to Trade will expand markets for . Products and services. The president signed the implementing legislation in the or Nate Hall of the organization of american states. Clinton was flanked by members of his administration and outgoing House speaker Tom Foley and Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole whose support was crucial in the final Days in winning congressional passage. Clinton a signature Means that almost 40 countries have now approved the agreement and another 40 Are expected to do so before years end a some say the answer is to try to just Hunker Down within our Borders. That is clearly not an option. No country can escape the global Economy and the greatest largest most powerful country in the world cannot escape the global econ omy a Clinton said the Gatt Accord which sets up a new More powerful world Trade organization to police Trade disputes is scheduled to go to effect on Jan. 1. The House and Senate passed the legislation by lopsided margins in a rare lame Duck session of Congress that had been forced on the administration by opponents who fought up to the end against the pact warning that the to represented an unprecedented infringement on american sovereignty. A a a a a o pm a fms a a ? charged that the Gatt by lowering , barriers to Trade would make american workers More vulnerable to Low wage workers in other countries. In his remarks Clinton sought to address these Middle class anxieties which polls showed played a major role in the huge losses democrats suffered in the november elections. A it is True that one of the reasons for stagnant wages is intense Competition in our markets and other markets by people for ases our per ple can to live on Clinton Aid. But he said this Competition is occurring anyway and America must seek to expand its own markets through agreements such As Gatt and the North american free Trade agreement and an Accord he is set to strike this weekend with 33 other leaders of this hemisphere to expand Naftal. _ a we will never restore stability to the workers of our country until we have More folks buying what we sell a Clinton said a a a. A v. A a a a a a opponents charged that the new powerful to represented an unprecedented infringement on . Sovereignty and have vowed to press Forward with their efforts to get the United states to withdraw from the organization As soon As possible. Consumer activist Ralph Nader sent Clinton a letter wednesday making a last minute a moral appeals to the president not to sign the implementing legislation. A the Structure of the to. Does not permit our nation fair representation and is Replete with secretive and autocratic procedures that conflict with our allegiance to open government and Public participation a Nader wrote. Gatt has been approved by nearly 40 other countries and officials expect another 40 to approve it by the end of this year allowing the Tariff reductions and other measures that will lower Trade barriers to go into effect on Jan. 1. Clinton who was scheduled to leave later thursday for Miami Hopes to get other latin nations to endorse the goal of a hemispheric free Trade zone starting with the addition of Chile to the current North american free Trade agreement among the United states Canada and Mexico. A a
