European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday january 18,1988rdd Rcv Michigan caucus result pleases Bush Detroit a George Bush mapped Short of declaring a win Friday in Michigan s contentious county conventions while Pat Robertson disputed the numbers and said i m claiming Vic tory on the Prospect of challenges 10 the vice president s Strong majority. Related Lory. Pane 60 Bush said Only thai he was very pleased with the results or the Michigan county caucuses on thursday night. Bush called for an end to bickering among the republicans but backers of Robertson and rep. Jack Kemp vowed 10 Challenge hundreds of Bush delegates elected at the caucuses in an Effort to Block the vice president pram capturing a majority of Michigan s 77 Delegate to the 1988 Republican convention. By the time the convention takes place we will be uie winners and i am claiming Victory today even though he Bush May claim something else Robertson said while campaigning in new Hampshire. The Kemp Campaign estimated More than 700 of the 1,800 slate convention Delegate would be challenged. Robertson said the number of Challenge would be 300 to 400. The next stage in the Long confusing and often bitter Battle will be the state gop convention scheduled Jan 29-30in grand rapids where the delegates elected thursday night will determine the makeup of the National convention delegation. But their first task will be determining which delegates were properly elected. With results in from 98 percent of ihe124 county conventions 57 percent of the Delegate elected Aid they supported Bush 22perrit backed Robertson and 17 percent favored Kemp. Another 3percent supported Kansas sen. Bob Dole who declined to join the fray in Michigan. Also bypassing the state prows were former gov. Pete Dupont of Delaware and former Secretary of stale Alexander . The Bush figures giving him More than half of All the delegates elected at county conventions thursday night was a remarkable comeback from earlier set backs in the slate. Robertson stunned Bush and the go establishment in Michigan by Matching the vice president in the recruit evil of candidates for thousands of precinct level party posts. Then Robertson formed a conservative Alliance with Kemp to take control of the stale party Central committee and moved to tailor the rules to exclude Many potential Bush supporters. But the vice president went to court and overturned the Rales changes. Mecham hid loan counsel says Phoenix Arii. A a special investigator told the Arizona Home Friday that gov. Evan Mecham deliberately concealed a  Campaign loan and used Public funds for personal gain but he said Law makers could decide either Way on the question of whether to impeach him. Special counsel William French said he had reached the very Clear and disturbing confusion that Gover nor Mecham Sci out to keep the existence of the loan from or. Barry Wolfson a secret French did not make a specific recommendation on whether Mecham should be impeached saying Law makers might reach conclusions in either direction. French said the material he presented showed Evi Dence of perjury filing false financial disclosure statements Anil a course of conduct to intentionally cover up those acts in relation to the Wolfson loan. The House is expected to debate nest week whether to impeach the Republican governor who also has been indicted and faces a possible recall election. On thursday Mecham and his brother Willard Mecham. Who was his 1986 Campaign treasurer were fingerprinted photographed and booked on felony charges in connection with the failure 10 report the $350,000 Campaign loan. French s report came several hours after Mecham issued a Public apology to arizonans. Spain from Page 1 operational and support installations in Spain. The United Stales is expected to have continued Access to he naval base at Rota near the Strait of Gibraltar to the Small air bases at Zaragoz an Moron and to nine communications Sites around Spain he snid. The Gonzalez government will also continue to authorize . Use of Spanish territory sea and air space As Well As wartime use of those same bases and Tempo pics in support of nato reinforcement plans said the slate department official. But despite months of meetings . Negotiators could not Sway Spanioli officials from what has been one of the steadfast goals of the Gonzalez government since 1986 the Complete removal of the 401h tac fighter Wing from Torrejon As part of a general reduction of the . Presence in that country. The new agreement will be signed by mid May since the current agreement expires May 13, said be Pentagon official. The new Accord will cover an initial eight year period and could be extended for one year periods he said. The United states As part of the tentative agreement said it was halting All Security assistance Toi Spain. Officials denied this was mean to be any form of punishment for the Spanish insistence on removal of the 401st we agreed mutually with the spaniards that Aid should not be part of or connected to the new defense agreement because it is based on the common Security interests of both parties and because spam s new standing and capabilities make such Aid inappropriate the stale department official said. The official would not say How the Hole in nato Southern flank caused by the removal of the 401st will be covered. The no a round of negotiations on completing the agreement is scheduled for feb. 3 and 4 in  . Army s Frankfurt regional medical Center and completed at11-Day gambling treatment program in the United  said Baize s penchant for Gam bling began when the officer was disqualified from Pilot training at Columbus fab miss., in 1985, the weekend after he was told of his disqualification Baize travelled to Las vegas where he gambled Way $5,000 in sayings he had intended to use to study  in All Baize fell $18,000 in debt before the incident Ihm led to Hii  maximum allowable sentence in the ease was is years confinement forfeiture of All pay and allowances and dismissal and an unlimited Fine. The prosecution argued Tor four or five years confinement and dismissal from the air Force