European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 o the stars and stripes thurs de february 18,1988 soviets Start removing e.  Berlin a the soviet Union dismantling  Germany the Staic Nan reported tuesday night according to the report rockets stationed near Neubrand Cyburt North of Berlin have been dismantled and crated and arc ready for transport Back soviet Union. Under a treaty Litkei in december Bijj Imoni Reagan an soviet cad Era a flail s. Gorbachev the sup crop ingried to eliminate the medium Range missiles. The . Senate has cd to ratify the the last Nii rack " Pretum Viil Union. Crets Are Shorter Range weapons included in the intermediate Range mis site pact which banned weapons with a Range from Joo to 3,000 Miles. The news Agency quoted a soviet offi cer As saying that the troops Are very proud thai nuclear disarmament is be ginning in our nil  German Jour Rcd the missile base and was Al Lowed to interview soviet soldiers there. Erich Honecker dial Range rockets stain Germany could be removed ahead of schedule but gave no specific timetable for their withdrawal. The adn report did not say How Many rockets were ready for transport Back to the soviet Union. H also did Noi say if other missiles stationed in East Germany had been dismantled or How Many troops were scheduled to leave the report written by an adn correspondent described preparations under Way to ready the Racket for transport. Cranes were used to Load the Dis rockets into transport con Melasi Rock Els were ready for Loans  Oca lion where they will be adn correspondent said. The rockets Are to be sort Back to the soviet Union by rail the report said. Win from Page 1 going into the Delegate Rich Southern primaries. In Dis Tant second place was Richard Gephardt 20 percent with sen. Paul Simon at 17 percent."1 love new Hampshire Gephardt a Missouri congressman said Simon a narrow second place Fin Isher behind Gephardt in Iowa and already half a Mil list dollars in debt said this in t  Jackson one of the also urns Laid he was talking with Bruce Babbitt about gaining an endorse ment if the former Arizona governor quits the race. Babbitt Defeated Only Gary Hart m the Back of the democratic pack. With his win Dukakis Laid claim to momentum in the still Cloudy democratic race. Aides expressed optimism that he could gain a midwestern win when Minnesota holds its caucuses nest week thus gaining additional standing before facing voters March s across the South. Dunk ii told his supporters ten months ago we bunched a Campaign for the future of America a Cam Naif in for Good jobs and real on Ortun ily for every citizen. N Campaign to gel our fiscal House in order. The Effort earned him a Bron medal in Iowa he said and in Nunt door new Hampshire we went for the Gold and we won , reporting on the basis of interviews with voters leaving their polling place said Bush was helped considerably by president Reagan s popularity in in Granite state. Other pollsters concurred and said Dukakis was helped by his Long tenure As governor of a with almost All the Vole reported Dukakis led for 9 democratic convention delegates Gephardt 6 and Simon 3. That would raise the National totals id 44.5 for Dukakis 39 for Gephardt and 33 for Simon. In All,2.082 delegates Are needed to win the democratic presidential  the raw Vole it was Dukakis 43.350 votes or 36.4 percent. Gephardt 24,139 or 20 percent Simon had 20,697 or 17 percent. No is briefs port restrictions led Ter Crews go on Law York up1 a strip by tugboat Andt Tryc Crews tuesday foiled the coast guard place special  on vessels in the no Ort new Jersey to vessels the port were Bjong required to pro vide detail reports of to Buff positions within a special so Sbily Ioney i ease traffic congestion and As a cry Mcmire coast guard of i Cial isaid a Over demands by nine inies for concessions Tonew York new Jersey other East coast and the strike i Large transport Almake operations port competitive Southern ports. Gen. S Shap us a famed chief of Taff 5hape?Belgium air face it. Gen. John a. Shafts fits been nominated a promotion to  will be assigned As Wafe chief of staff officials said tuesday. Shaud 54, now Heads the air t ratting come Randolph fab Texas. He is sched Jed to begin if new assignment july 1 and Wilt place air Force Gen Robert h. Reed who will retire from the service. Jackson and sen. Albert Gore jr., were denied the boost they sought As the primary Campaign moves to their native South trailing with 8 percent and 7 per cent of the vote. Babbitt had 5 percent and was a candidate for withdrawal. Long ago front runner Hart had 4 percent and said he would continue his Campaign for at least a month or two. They won nothing tuesday but Gore already had commitments for Iffus Delegate votes at the Conven Tion Jackson had 9.80 and Babbitt 4. In the Republican race. Bush won 11 new Hamp Shire delegates Dole 7, Kemp 3 and Dupont 2. Those results raise their National totals to 61 for Bush 42 for Dole 35 for Kemp and 2 for Dupont. In All 1,139delegates Are needed to win he Republican presiden tial  the raw vote Bush 58.656 votes or 38 percent. Dole 44,361 or 29 percent. Kemp 19,757 or 13 percent Dupont 15,608 or 10 , 14.5s7 or 9.5 percent. The former to evangelist finished just below the. Level to pick up a Delegate. Empty handed tuesday Robertson already had won 8  thus ended Dole s dream of taking Early control Over the gop Campaign and said in an Enutan Victory statement you Haven t chosen o Man you be chosen a course to expand our Prosperity and build a Strong  makes the climb a Little steeper Dak said of his loss Here but it does t make it impossible he blamed his defeat on inaccurate attacks by the Bush forces  asked if head a message for  wish him Well and 111 meet him in the South said the vice president. Asked he had anything to say ,,"ycs,stoplyingabotlttnyrecord.". Dukakis claimed Victory in n speech to supporters in which he took several thinly veiled jabs at Gore say ing i Don t have a Southern strategy i have an Amer ican strategy Dukakis sought every last ounce of momentum nil Victory could bring As he made the rounds of the television  think this Isa very Strong message about the future he said. It s about which of us has the strength the values to Lead this country i a the  Victory margin seemed certain to outstrip the 11 percentage Point record for a contested demo cratic primary in new  Bush s win was even More impressive As he completely overhauled his message and Campaign style in a bid to Stop Dole s Post Iowa surge. Coming on the heels of a third place fizzle in the Towa caucuses he defied re election polls that showed him locked in a race Loo close to , probably nearing withdrawal on the demo cratic tide said he would spend the neat few Days meeting with supporters in Washington before making a , who scored a spectacular Victory Here four year ago said it would take at least 30 to 60 Days to determine if i can put together a viable  he said he was disappointed but not discouraged by his showing. It was t delegates thai Drew the candidates and their television advertising dollars to a sparsely settled state with a reputation for upsetting front runners and elevating upstarts. It was the Prospect of momentum and the ability toll act Campaign funds needed next month. Then again As new Hampshire boosters never lire of pointing out no one has Ever won the White House with out a Victory in the first in the nation primary since the Granite stale started going first in 1952. Warships from Paga 1 ministration insider  concern about iraqi military operations near . Ships. The United stale thought it had won iraqi agreement last year alter the attack on the frigate Stark to keep Jet fighters roughly 40 Miles away from american warships. An iraqi fighter attacked the Stark last May in what Iraq has described As a Case of mistaken identity. Thirty seven sailors were killed in the attack. While no american ships have been attacked since then there have been a number of close Calls and the United Stales now wants to assure that we re All sing ing from the same  Armitage said. The latest incident occurred saturday and involved an iraqi Jet that failed to respond to Navy radio Ca Jtj and fired a missile that passed close to the destroyer Chandler during a Convoy operation. It was the fact of the firing of the missile and the Range of the firing that was Siroub csome Armitage cafes from Page 1 the recent Price increase acts which we purchased Bulion in Europe and the he said the decision had nothing to do with la it was smelly a Resul talc be said. The Dollar closed Elighil currency tuesday ending staff in tit Chut wet Cal in Cal Muy Only applied to those prod ill yen for overseas Distri  cancel the Price increases f the improving Exchange Ower against the japanese e Day at 130.50 yen. Said we have communicated with Baghdad the undesirability of this dangerous practice. And we will be sending a team in the next Day or two Back to Bagh dad id review safely procedures he said. Administration sources had outlined in january the withdrawal of some warships from the Gulf Region thai Armitage formally announced tuesday. There arc currently 28 . Warships in the Region but the helicopter Carrier Okinawa and the battleship Iowa and two escorts Are coming Home without being replaced Armitage said. He repealed thai . Policy toward the Region has not changed. Our Mission of protecting . Lag ships in the Gulf remains  Armitage said. We Don t think the Overall i real has abated. However we think win Learned a lot of lessons in the nine sweeping area and this allows us primarily to pull out some of the  Armitage said the Pentagon no longer thinks it needs mine sweeping helicopters along with mine sweeping ships Clearing the Way for the Okina wats departure. Moreover the aircraft Carrier Enterprise has just replaced the Carrier Midway in the Northern arabian sea making it easier to order the Towa Home Armitige said. The Enterprise is a much larger nuclear powered Carrier with a larger air Wing than that aboard the Midway he noted. On other topics Armitage said Iran appears to be sinking further into debt Mak ing Arm purchases More difficult Iran has been Flash ing Oil prices to bolster sales but can l find Many buy ers because they Are not reliable in their  the United slates has begun monitoring an in crease in activity by Iran s air Force but does t know if Iran might have found some Way to evade a us. Embargo on spare parts Tor its Amman built jets the Navy s operating costs in the Region have dropped significantly because Kuwait has made Good on a previous Promise to provide free fuel to . Warships