European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 17, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday. December 17, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 3 appt nto Donna Rice in casual clothing at no excuses inn. Donna Rice loses modelling Job As Harf resurfaces new York up1 Gary Hart s abrupt withdrawn from he presidential race in May markedly improved Donna Rice s fortunes but his renewed bid Tor the 1988 democratic Nomi nation May have had the opposite effect. Rice the other woman in the sex scandal thai derailed Han s quest Tor the while House lost her modelling Job hours after the former col Orado senator stunned the political world tues Day by announcing lit would re enter the race. Donna Rice will no longer serve As Model and spokesperson for no excuses sportswear revealed the company thai markets that line of casual women s clothing. The television commercials is. Rice made for no excuses Wilt no longer be shown and have been withdrawn from broadcast a spokesman for the company new retail concepts inc., insisted the move was not based on Han s decision but we had planned o make the announcement thursday and decided to take advantage of the other Story breaking today. Obviously the client likes exposure for his Brand name. Hart 51, was the democratic front runner when he dropped out May 8 amid reports he had spent much of the previous weekend at his Washington town House with Rice 29, while his wife was in Colorado. He denied any sexual relationship with the South Carolina native but acknowledged later that they were together on an overnight voyage to Bimini in March on a ship called Monkey  Rice s contract with new retail concepts which gave the company exclusive use of her As a representative for women s clothing expires aug. 6, 1988. The firm refused comment tues Day on what she was paid or whether she would remain bound by the agreement. Rice could not be reached for personal comment. The company cited its need for a new image As the reason Abr us switch. We Are moving into a new year and we think a new image and new spokesperson Are appropriate said Dari Marder the company s director of advertising and Market ing. We Are very excited about the new spokesperson. We re sure the new no excuses girl win capture the Public s  Sac wants to equip b-52s with conventional missiles by Richard iia Loran Washington not the strategic air corny is planning to equip a Licet of b-52 bomber with Small non nuclear cruise missiles that have been secretly developed by the United slates and with highly accurate Short Range missiles made in Israel air Force officers said tuesday. The missiles would be among the main weapons in a project devised by the Sac commander Gen. John t. Chain jr., to convert the bombers from nuclear to conventional missions 10 support american land and naval forces in Europe or third world regions. The project which would Cost $3.3 billion Over seven years is supported by senior Field commanders of All services air Force leaders and policy making officials in the defense department. But it must pass the review in which about $33 billion is to be sliced from the Pentagon s 1989 Bud it. The american missile officially designated the joint tactical missile system has n High explosive warhead and would be fired at Supply depots Headquarters Bun kers and communications centers More than 50 Miles away. The israeli missile informally referred to As Popeye. Would be fired at tanks and artillery or Bridges and rail junctions less than 50 Miles away. The air Force has fired the missile in tests at least twice and it has been foun djo have pinpoint accuracy the officers said. The Sac plan which Calls for converting about i so of its 240 b-52s to the conventional Mission appears to reflect two trends in military i Hining. One is to move away from nuclear weapons and Back to conventional arms. More and More officers believe that while nuclear weapons Are vital to deter the soviet Union they cannot be used in conflicts that arc More Likely to engage the United states such As those in the persian Gulf the second trend emphasizes weapons that permit the user to fire while standing off at a Safe distance from the target rather than expose pilots and Crews or air planes and ships to anti aircraft or Shore based mis Siles. In both trends the increasing accuracy of the weapons achieved with advanced guidance devices and sensors makes them More destructive than weapons that had to Blanket a target in Hopes of hitting in. The Navy is acquiring More cruise missiles armed with conventional warheads than with nuclear War Heads. Within the next two years the army expects to Field a missile similar to the one the air Force is buy ing for the b-52s. The army s new missile would also be Able 10 strike deep behind enemy i incs. In a Way sacs plan for the b-52s appears to Emu late the soviet unions whose armed forces never throw anything away but find new uses for aging equipment. The b-52s, the youngest of which is -5 years old were scheduled to be retired in the 199us but will be kept in service if the plan is approved. Officers at Sac Headquarters in Omaha. Neb., said that Chain had been concerned with what he perceived to be the superiority in the conventional forces of the soviet Union and its allies. So he instructed staff officers to find ways to put Sac Back into conventional fighting. Afler the Viet Nam War Sac bombers reverted to the nuclear mis Sion Tor which they had been designed. Chain told the stars and stripes in an interview dec. 4 that the b-52s were ready to help beef up conventional forces in Europe after the withdrawal of intermediate Range nuclear missiles under the treaty signed by president Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Chain said he had offered the plane to Cion. John r. Calvin supreme Allied commander Europe we have bombers that have bombs and missiles that could be dedicated to the Sac eur and come under his control he said for inc past few months Sac officers have Bacn briefing senior Field commanders beginning with Marine Gen. George b. Crist head of the Central come in Tampa Fla. Crist is responsible for american Mili tary operations around the persian Gulf. Chain has set several rules for the b-52s that would carry the american and israeli missiles and other conventional weapons. The first was that the bombers would be armed with standoff weapons and would not carry bombs. Many nations today including those in the third world have extensive anti aircraft radar and missiles bought from the soviet Union or Western nations. The second was that weapons would be acquired from existing stocks and would not require a Long and expensive development program. Both the american missile and the israeli missiles it that description. The joint tactical missile system is a cruise missile that looks like a Hying torpedo into which radar Detec Tion technology has been incorporated. It is just com ing into operation details of its performance remain secret. The israeli missile is mad by Rafael a quasi gov Crement company and was reportedly used with Suc Cess in the israeli Campaign against syrian forces in the Bcka Region of Eastern Lebanon in 1982 and 198j. Its accuracy is said to be measured in inches not feet. The third of Chain s rules was that the b-52s would be based overseas and under the control of the Field commander when engaged in operations. Israel demonstrates its muscle As troops tanks patrol Gaza City Gaza City occupied Gaza strip a Israel s army staged a major show of Force Here wednesday sending hundreds of soldiers and several tanks through the streets of the largest City. Israel s parliament meanwhile began debating five no Confidence motions against the government s Tough handling of the latest wave of unrest in inc occupied territories. The crackdown followed riots on tuesday in which soldiers fatally shot at least four palestinians two of whom died in a confrontation at Gaza City s main Hospital. Soldiers using crowbars and chains tied to the Back of jeeps forced open stores that had been shuttered in a strike protesting the army s shooting of demonstrators. A tank drove Down Omar Al Mukhtar Street the City s main shopping thoroughfare and was followed moments later by a second tank being hauled on a truck soldiers from elite infamy units lined the Road leading into the City of 150.000. The largest in the Gaza strip where 650,000 arabs and 2.000 jewish settlers live. Schoolchildren occasionally dated into the streets to throw stones or set turn and barricades on tire. A reporter counted 16 incidents of tire burnings in a tour of the City but in most Cau soldiers arrived immediately to Stop the demonstrators. On a Street near the old train station about 50 Chil Dren some in school uniforms set fire to a makeshift barricade. Soldiers arrived almost immediately waving their automatic rifles. They then slopped several Arab motorists seized their identity cards and forced them to remove the burning debris. Columns of smoke Rose from he Jab Atiya refugee Camp near Gaza City. Reporters could see a Large con Tingent of soldiers at the Camp. Five arabs were reported injured in beatings but no gunshot wounds were reported wednesday. Since the wave of protests began dec. 8, at least 15 palestinians have been killed and More than 100 wounded Accord ing to Arab reports the army released its first comprehensive figures on the violence saying eight arabs were killed and 29 wounded in inc Gaza strip since dec. 9 and four killed and 19 wounded in inc West Bank. Israeli leaders you cd to continue to crack Down on the protests despite . Appeals for less use of inc ammunition and other harsh measures. There s no other Way but to make it Clear to the Arab world to the residents of the territories that by terror or disturbances they won t get a  defense Mmiller Yitzhak Rabin did on Israel radio from Washington where he has met with defense Secretary Frank Carlucci