European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 1, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes o fumes Send hundreds to hospitals Page 3 Qushair Gelok on Piedmont merger Page 6 o Dickerson so rvs with Colts Page 21 the stars an Lutho Hinio unofficial  Fob Tki . Armed focus vol.46. No. 197 sunday november 1, 1987 Noa r d 8693 a Quick Ginsburg action sought Phoenix Ariz. A president Reagan appealed anew saturday for speedy hearings in his supreme court nominee judge Douglas h. Ginsburg warning against a reprise of the pressure politics thai foiled his Campaign in place judge Robert Bork on the High court. Reagan in his weekly radio address praised his new appointee As a distinguished Legal scholar who would protect the rights of the victims of crime and of society not just of  As the Senate lakes up judge Ginsburg s Nomi nation 1 hop that it will join with me in defending the integrity and Independence of the american system of Justice against the kind of Campaign of pressure poll soviet Leader warns against Reform delays Moscow a Mikhail s. Gorbachev says in his forthcoming Book that any delay of his economic reforms could cause a serious political crisis in the soviet Union. Excerpt i from the soviet Leader s Book appear in the latest edition of the weekly Moscow news. The associated press obtained a copy Friday. While pushing his reforms and criticizing some actions of previous regimes Gorbachev docs not make a Complete break with the past. Josef Stalin s forced collectivization of agriculture and rapid industrialization were necessary de spite serious errors he writes and the communist party was justified in ousting Niki s a Khrushchev in 164. Gorbachev has said he worked on the Book acres troika and new thinking for our country and the whole world during his vacation in August and sep tember. He uses the word per Stroika which Means restructuring to describe his Reform program. The Book is expected to be on Sale in november in the soviet Union and in the United slates where it will be published by Harper and Row. Perestroika is an urgent necessity any delaying of perestroika in the near future could aggravate the internal situation which to put it straight would con lain a threat of a serious socioeconomic and political crisis Gorbachev says in the Book. Braking and stagnation Phenomena in the econ omy could nol but Al acct other aspects of social life. The negative processes have seriously influenced the social sphere. A kind of deafness to social questions see delays on Page 26 tics we saw during the consideration of judge Robert Holt s nomination Reagan said. The president called on the Senate to hold hearings promptly in order to prevent such a Campaign. No delays to gear up opposition or support for this nomination. Prompt hearings Reagan demanded. Reagan s conservative critics have faulted the White House for mishandling the Campaign for Bork contend ing thai the months Between the nomination and the hearings were used by Bork s foes to gear up opposition. The president who was in Phoenix to attend a me Morial service for his late Mother in Law Edith Luck Cut Davis taped his radio address before his departure from Washington on Friday. In his address Reagan also gave a Pep talk to the lawmakers and White House aides meeting on Capitol Hill in a series of budget deficit reduction talks. The world is looking to Washington for leadership. So i say to the leaders in Congress let s Roll up our sleeves pull together Reagan said. Rep. Pal Williams who delivered the democratic weekly address said the Steps the  Tak ing will soothe the co omit concerns of main Street  we want to Calm the Wall Street jilt cars. And we democrats believe that the Only sure Way to Calm Walt Street is to reassure main Street America said the see gems Buflo on Page 28 investors Grin and Bear it let a smile be their umbrella Wall Street steering toward a comeback by Glenn Kramon new York not the Rumor is that Merrill Lynch has adjusted its investment port Folio to 50 percent Cash and 50 percent can Ned  bumpers around the country the latest sticker proclaims my other porsche is for  Miami production is said to have begun on a new movie rambo gets a margin  and what do you say to an investment banker filler up and Check the  such is the rather grim humor that has emerged on the trading Floore and in the Confer ence rooms of investment firms in the past two weeks. Weekly Wall Street Roundup Page 20. Of course for the Many investors who have lost hundreds thousands or even millions of Dol Lars the Stock Market plunge is hardly a laughing matter. But the nature of Black humor is that i surfaces in the most trying limes. You either laugh or  Street seems to generate More than its fair share of this kind of humor. It had a Hel Day with the foibles of Gary Hart and the trag Edy of the space shuttle. You got 27 one liners in 10 minutes one investment professional  difference this time though is that the Market s collapse has hit closer to Home. Many traders and analysts said the jokes have been far scarcer when bad things happen to other people you have a lol More jokes said Edward e. See investors on Page 28 committee considering changes in go Bill by Chuck Vinc Washington Bureau Washington the iraqi attack on the guided missile frigate Stark last May apparently has persuaded lawmakers to allow refunds of go Bill payments to families of service members who die before receiving benefits of the Bill. Bui thai change along with several others under consideration by the House veterans affairs commit tee won t be made before the next session of Congress convenes in 1988, congressional sources said the committee is still reviewing testimony from recent hearings on the Bill said Jim Holley a com Millee spokesman. Besides they re inclined logo slowly with changes because inc program i so Success Ful and no one wants 10 disrupt  participation in the Fol Bill now Calls for recruits to pay is 00 per month for the first 12 months of  return hey become eligible for j30q per month covering up to 36 months Lor College vocational and technical training or graduate study. A number of the 37 sailors killed in the Stark attack had been paying into inc program Holley said. The committee had been leaning toward modifying the no refund policy anyway based on numerous comments from participants but the Stark incident helped cinch the decision he said. The proposal also would make refunds available to families of  who become mentally or physically disabled before using their benefits Holley said. The committee also is considering other changes tothe Bill including stretch ing out inc initial Loo per month payments and extending the time recruits arc Given to decide whether to participate. Many recruiters and service members have said they think those initial payments arc Loo High especially for a new recruit gelling Rock Bailom pay the committee is considering changing the payment schedule to eilher160 per month for the first 20 months of service or 150 per month for the first 24 months. A change that is on the Back Burner according to Holley would allow recruits up to 60 Days after com ing on Active duty to quit the program. Recruits now Are automatically enrolled and have up to 14 Days 10 Opl out of the program. I Don t know if that la Fly or not Holley said we be had some complaints that 14 Daysis l enough Lime to decide but most recruits we be talked to seem satisfied with  total defense department enrolment in the go Bill program is about t5 percent with almost 450,000 participants to Dale