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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 21, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday january 21, 1988 the stars and stripes Paga 7 Nunn says ski should t Block weapons cuts a whiff of oxygen App Ola a fireman administers oxygen to Pel my no one was injured but Wren pets Rabbit at he Aseiw of a fire in us Bride of Nedby Bernadt Akely perished. Clement easy Winner in special Tenn. Vote Nashville Tenn. A demo crat Bob Clement the son of a Cornier governor Defeated his Republican rival tuesday with More than 60 percent of the vote in a special election to til ten a cow s vacant congressional scat Nelums from All ib3 precincts in the two county District gave Clement 56,094 Voles or 62 percent to 32,747 for Terry Holcomb. Clement 44. Who once served on the Tennessee Valley authority Board of directors is the son of the late gov. Frank Clement Holcomb. 4, is a teacher and former slate Deputy conservation commissioner. Who has run for the sch District congressional scat almost full time since 1986. Holcomb wan nearly 40 percent or the Vole in 1986 in losing to former . Rep. Bill Boner who vacated the scat in october when he was elected mayor of Nashville. Holcomb by Pii running again for the Spe Cial election nearly a year ago when Boner announced his bid for mayor. Running far behind each with 1 per cent of the vote were two Independent candidates Suzanne Stewart 42, a registered nurse who advocates a s4-per-pack lax on cigarettes with 685 Voles and Joe Driscoll 44, a real estate agent who opposed expansion of the metropolitan air port on behalf of residents concerned about the added noise with 600 votes. During the Campaign. House minority Leader Robert Michel r-lll., and gop presidential contender pal Robertson stumped for Holcomb in an Effort to add a fourth gop congressman to the stale s nine member House delegation. Clement won endorsements from both of the slate s democratic us. Senators Jim Sasser who is seeking re election and Albert Gore jr., who is running for president. Cd mint lost a 1978 bid for governor himself As Well m a 1982 race for the stale s 7th District seat in Congress. Washington a sen Sam Nunn a a. Called an the Reagan administration tuesday night to sidetrack ill drive for Early Star wars lest and implement deep cuts in . And soviet Long Range nuclear weapons. The Opportunity to achieve historic reductions in offensive forces is now said the Senate armed services commit tee chairman. But Nunn said the Odds of major breakthroughs in president Reagan s fist year arc no More than 50-50. He urged the administration to take a cold Shower of reality Nunn whose views on defense carry weight with other senators challenged  Star wars program. In my View the motivation for such less has been driven by ideology not by scientific judgments he said in pre pared remarks to the private arms control association. Nunn said the . Drive to test could trigger a testing program by the soviets and destroy the 1972 anti ballistic mis Sile treaty which restricts . And soviet anti nuclear defences As a Way of inhibiting nuclear War. As a result. Nunn said the uni cd slates might eliminate half its Long Range nuclear bombers missiles and submarines while also possibly removing All restraints on soviet strategic defences. The senator said he could Noi be comfortable with Sutti an outcome. Nunn did say however pc could envision the development of technology for defense against accidental or unauthorized missile launches that would be compatible with the abm treaty an effective . Research program in strategic defense technologies is Nec Essary both to assess their practical potential. And As a hedge against a soviet decision to break out of the abm treaty he said. In addition. I can envision certain defensive deployments which could be in the interest of both our nation and the soviet Union. Such defensive deployments might be possible within the terms of the abm treaty or at most require a modest  for the near term we should seriously explore the development of a limited system for protecting against accidental and unauthorized launches he said elsewhere in the speech this should be coupled with a rigorous unilateral review by Bolh sides of their respective fail Safe procedures and  Nunn spoke at a dinner in which he was cited by the arms control group for defending the abm treaty. The administration Lake the View its program to develop test and that deploy an anti missile defense in space is consistent with the  administration is also currently negotiating with the soviets in Geneva to Cut the number of Long Range bombers land based missiles and nuclear submarines in half Nunn said the Reagan administration must recognize that Start the strategic arms reduction talks and ski Are in a completely different time Frame. The Opportunity to achieve historic reductions in offensive forces is  the debate in Congress Over arms control issues is expected to be healed this year As the Senate is being asked to ratify the intermediate Range nuclear forces treaty Between the uni cd Stales and the soviet Union. On tuesday sen. Alan Cranston d calif., said arms control opponents Are Likely to try to use the inf debate to hamstring negotiation on a proposal to Cut intercontinental weapons by 50 per cent. Cranston the Senate s democratic whip said he believes arms control sup porters can almost surely defeat any killer amendments designed to bring Down the inf treaty. But he said the debate on the pact will surely be complicated by efforts to secure passage of binding amendments that would make negotiation of a Start pact difficult if not  meanwhile. Rep. Jack Kemp r-n.y., a critic of the inf treaty accused the Reagan administration of giving inac curate and incomplete information to Congress to quiet opposition to in pact Kemp in a letter to Secretary or state George p. Shutlz complained about the administration s handling of a controversy Over whether the soviets provided accurate data about one of the missiles to be eliminated by the treaty. Caffy to comment raises rights Leader s ire Pittsburgh a a civil rights Leader called tuesday for the firing of a local television news an Chorman because of Nis Light hearted comment on a radio announcer s suggestion that cals be Frozen and sent to feed the hungry in Africa. Harvey Adams president of the a act s Pittsburgh Branch said remarks by Veteran Kaka to Anchorman Bill bums were racist and inflammatory and one of the most crass. And insensitive remarks Ever uttered Over the airwaves of the City of  bums and his daughter Patli who is his co Anchor were commenting on a Sloy about a cat that survived for More than a month in the cargo area Ofa Pam am Boeing 747 on nothing but water according to the Pittsburgh press which reviewed a videotape of the newscast for a Story tuesday. Burns said the cat was Lucky Mike Levine a Kaka radio personality did t meet up with  bums quoted Levine As saying All cats should be Frozen and sent to Africa to take care of the hunger Over there All the cats in the uni cd slates his daughter asked according to the newspaper. Yeah that s what he said Burns replied. They ought la do that to the pigeons in Market Square Patti bums said according to the newspaper. Of yeah destroy them bums said. Adams charged that Burns has made repeated derogatory statements about Blacks he did not comment on Patti Burns remarks. Usa today chief to Circle Globe seeking stories Arlington a. A Gannett co. Chairman Allen h. Neuhahn said tuesday that he will embark Nel month on a Globe circling a escapade tour of More than 30 countries on six continents to report on the Good and the bad and the glad and the sad among people around the world. It Tihart said at a news conference at the Headquarters of Cannell s National newspaper Usa today that the trip will be an International sequel to the  Busca Pade tour of the United Stales he made last year. He and a Cam of Usa today reporters will begin the new Lour by visiting Central America and will wind up in september in Canada. Neuhahn said Usa today will carry weekly reports on his Lour starting feb. 19, he said the reports also will be made available to Gannett s 89 other daily newspapers eight television stations and 16 radio stations. Ouf Hope and our primary goal is to help people in this country gel a belter understanding of our Fri Cruis and our Adversa Ries around the world Neuhahn said. The Neuharth group travelling in Gan Nett s Gulf Cream corporate Jet will visit Centra America sown America and Afri Ca in february from there they will go to the Middle East and India in March and on to Asia and Pacific nations in april and May they will visit Europe in june and july and the soviet Union and Canada in August and september. Neuhahn who said he would return to the United slates periodically to conduct business said the Lour will cover More than 125,000 Miles  
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