European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 7, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d general excels in Job he did t want paged d the earthy flavors of Mexico daily Magazine d players soften stand on tree Agency Page 21 the St is and vhf ripes Hathor had unofficial fut location Fob th1 . Ltd forces vol. 46, no. 172 wednesday october 7, 1987 w. 0 6693 a Senate panel rejects Bork 9-5 White House disappointed but pushing ahead Washington a the demo cratic controlled Senate judiciary com Mittee tuesday sent Robert h. Dork s supreme court nomination to the Senate floor with a recommendation that he be rejected the 9-5 vote came As president Rea Gan vowed anew to continue his fight for Bork s nomination. But chances for confirmation dimmed further when a key conservative demo crat Alabama sen. Howell Heflin said i must vote no and a Republican sen Ator Ahen Specter of Pennsylvania announced his opposition. Heflin announced his decision during the committee debate just before the vote. At the while House presidential spokesman Martin Fitzwater said we re disappointed but we re pushing  however he acknowledged it s Lough. There s no doubt about  Fitzwater said the White House would not alter its strategy. Well be doing the same thing we have been  one on on kind of debate As Reagan meets individually with senators. I Don t see any kind of new Campaign of any  Heflin s opposition was particularly troublesome for the while House which hoped for a favourable Vole from the for Mer chief Justice of the Alabama supreme court to Sway other conservative Southern democrats to Bork s Side. The committee Roll Call fell roughly along party lines with Specter joining eight Democrat in voting against the nomination. All five votes on the other Side were cast by republicans. The vote came after the committee rejected on an identical 9-5 Roll Call a proposal to Send the nomination o the floor with a recommendation that Bork be approved. Committee chairman Joseph Biden d-dcl., said after the meeting hat the full Senate could vote on the Confirma Tion As Early As next week unless Reagan withdraws the nomination before then. Biden said it was up to Bork to decide whether to ask Reagan to withdraw the nomination something Reagan has said he will not do but that it also was Reagan s right to seek a floor vote. "1 quite frankly Don t think there s any reasonable Prospect that judge Bork will be confirmed Biden said. Heflin said he was in a quandary try ing to decide whether Bork was a conservative Justice who would safeguard the living Constitution. Or a extremist who would use his position on the court to Advance a far right judicial  i m reminded of the old saying when in doubt Don to " Heflin said. Must vote  in the opening moments of the nation ally televised session each Side accused see Bork on Page 28 some women headed for reassignment from code 1 units by Charlie Bowde Munich Bureau Garmisch Germany army personnel officials in Europe Are double checking the assignments of women in frontline units and probably will begin mov ing some out of their current jobs the chief of the army s personnel Center said  action was directed by Usa eur commander Gen. Glenn Kotis to comply with army policy which precludes assigning women to code i units or those with the highest probability of being involved in  Over Here Are taking action to comply Wilh that said maj. Gen. Donald Jones commander of the total army personnel Center in Alexandria a. We had some cases where people had totally gone the opposite Way and units that should have them women had t taken them and some units that should t have had them did Jones cited Usa eur s Lance missile battalions As an example where female officers Are commanding batteries in code 1  officers arc going to have to come out of those commands he said during an interview at the annual Usa eur personnel conference sponsored by 1st personnel come. The army adopt cd the direct combat probability coding policy in 1983. It forbids assigning women Lojos or units with a High Chance of direct exposure to combat currently 86 percent of the 368 army a listed jobs 96 percent of commissioned officer jobs and 91 percent of warrant officer jobs Are open to women Jones also discussed congressional 1 mandated offi cer cuts and said we re doing no planning at this Point in time for officer cuts in 1988 and 1989." Jones said the position is the result of guidance from Secre tary of defense Caspar  position could change however if defense see women on Page 28 Couch potato California style los Angeles county resident Muia White 4is placed by Southern California s recent earthquake and 115 aftershocks lounges on a sofa in the Shade of Lincoln Park. She joins dozens of others in the Elty j Parks who have found a Haven from the shaking ground and record Selling heal. Dow has biggest 1 Day loss Ever Stock prices foil new York a Stock prices fell Imo a tailspin tuesday and the Dow Jones Industrial average plummeted nearly 100 Points in its biggest one Day loss on record analysis said investors were unsettled partly by another Rise in interest rates Early in the session and also by assess ments from a handful of Market observers that stocks were due for a Short term fall. See listings. Page 27. But analysts also said no signs of panic accompanied the sell off. It s not the beginning of a great big  predicted Lewis Smith an analyst Wilh hear Stearns & co. This is the final touch to the Market s Pult Back that began in August he said. The Dow Jones average of 30 Industrial stocks d Rop cd 91.5 5 Points to close at 2.548.63. The previous biggest fall in the widely watched Market barometer had been 86.61 Points on sept. Ii. 1986. Broader Market indicators also fell. Four stocks dropped in Price for every one Issue that Rose on the new York Slock Exchange. Trading was Active bul not unusually heavy with volume on the dig lieu re rising to p5.6 million shares from 159.65 million on monday. The recent Rise in interest rates in the Bond Market has made returns on some Bonds appear to be a More attractive in vestment than stocks analysts said. Higher interest rates also could reduce corporate profits. And some investors fear that the Federal Reserve Board May ii ghz n credit conditions driving interest rates yet higher