European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page Zub the stars and stripes wednesday. Match 16.1688 candidates confident As Illinois votes editor s Nute Bee tax of use Lime Dinenne Between the United sate and Europe the faults of the Illinois Pri Mary Weir not available o Hea this Edi Tion vat to press. Readers in Frankfurt Wiesbaden. Rhein main and Darmstadt can Check out Uno won in Lite . Spans final Chicago a Democrat Jess Jackson tuesday said we re going to have a Good Day casting his ballot As the Illinois presidential primary began with a Light turnout in cold weather. On the Republican Side George Bush won dered aloud what was keeping rival Bodole in the race. I m net sure i understand what he  said Bush during a final Campaign swing in the slate where polls were forecasting a landslide Victory for the news briefs vice presided Over Bis cop rivals. Bui both Dole and Pat Robertson were insisting they were staying in the race although the former television evangelist said he would re evaluate his status if he Geu leu than 5 percent of the vote Jackson voted at Bryn mawr Community Church on the City s South Side. The stale other democratic favorite son sen. Paul Simon voted at the my Kanda fire station in Rural Southern Illi Nois. Illinois does not have party registration so voters could choose a democratic or Republican ballot at their polling place. As if to emphasize his determination to fight on dote flew to Wisconsin and Connecticut to Campaign in two of the Stales that follow Illinois. Simon said i will win his Home slate i democratic primary Jund con ceded second place in either the popular Vole or the Delegate contest would not be Good enough. Massachusetts gov Michael Dukakis said he has nude significant gains in Bis Effort to finish ahead of at least on of the stale s to favorite son Candi Date. An Abc news Washington Post pol carried out saturday and sunday suggested that Simon Hod the support of 39 percent of 318 Likely democratic voters with Jackson at 34 percent Simon s Lead Wai within the poll s tin Point margin of error. Dukakis trailed with 17 percent. At stake in tuesday s voting were 82 Republican and 113 democratic delegates. Another 0 gop delegates will be chosen at the party state convention in june. Silly additional democratic delegates will be allocated to candidates inthe same proportion As they won delegates in the primary and 1s More elected and party official will become super delegates to the democratic convention. Jackson saw his Home state s primary As an Opportunity la Challenge Dukakis for the leadership of the democratic Field. For Simon Illinois was a fight for survival while sen. Albert Gore or. Of Tennessee was looking for an Opportunity to punch through Wilh a Victory in a Northern Industrial stale. Rep. Richard Gephardt of Missouri did Little campaigning in Illinois concentrating instead on Michigan which hold democratic caucuses on March 26. 2 palestinians killed in clashes with soldiers Jerusalem up two palestinian pro testers were shot by israeli soldiers tuesday Anda general strike paralysed much of the Weil Bank and Gaza strip palestinian sources said. Demonstrations erupted in several it Bank towns and refugee Camps As prior minister Yitzhak Shamir began a second Day of talks Onan american peace plan with . Officials in Washington in the Village of Dir Jarir about 20 Miles North of Jerusalem Arafat Weih 22. From the nearby Village of Ein Labrud was shot an killed during a clash with soldiers the Arab run Palestine press service reported. In the Village of Jaba about 40 Miles North of Jerusalem Alan said Nus Alaji 17. Was shot in the stomach during a morning protest the pres service said. Tic teen Ager was dead on arrival at St. Luke s Hospital in Nablus officials there said. Power outage strands passengers in new Tunnel Tokyo a passengers spent longer thaw expected tuesday Iri the world s longest under sea Tunnel which opened to rail traffic two Day earlier. A Power outage left them stranded for More than three hours 460 feel below ground in Section of the 33.6-mile Sci an Tunnel that is not under Hosea. Most of the 166 passengers were asleep when the outage halted their it coach express train bound for Tokyo from Sapporo about half a mite from the underground Tappi station officials said. The soot � about 7v Miles from he Tunnel s South exit Reagan from Page 1 usually circumspect monday when diked whether there had been any change from the government Ini tial intention last month to follow through on the indictments regardless of the circumstances the administration is worried that dismissal of the charges could produce i political outcry because of Noriega s reputation outlined in the indictments As a key figure in an International drug smuggling conspiracy. But Tome analysts believe thai dismissal of the indictments would quickly solve Panama s crisis. The indictment Issue has come to a head because of the escalating financial crisis in Panama combined with a conditional offer from the Spanish Gover Mentlo Grant Asylum to Noriega. Spain has said it would be willing to receive Noriega provided he asks for Asylum and the United stain does not seek his extradition As Long As Noriega remains in Panama there is no Legal Way the United states can extradite him. But virtually All the other countries in which Noriega ii believed interested in As Asylum locations have treaties thai would make him vulnerable to . Extradition. State department spokesman Charles Redman called the Spanish initiative praiseworthy but he refused to or cuss whether a policy reassessment concerning extradition is under Way. But other officials insisting on anonymity said a High level meeting was held monday at the slate department to discuss thai Issue. The sources said Justice department officials will be briefed later in the week on the meeting. Until now the Justice department has strongly opposed any move to drop the indictments. Deficit from Paga 1 billions of dollars to foreigners in Exchange for imported Good. With All of that wealth now in foreign hands the perennial advantage the United slates has had in investments a shifted and America has be come the world s largest debtor country. Being a net debtor Means that foreigners now own More in . Investments than americans hold in for eign investments. America was last a net debtor in 1914. It regained that status in 1985. With a foreign debt of j111.9 billion. That debt grew to 12616 billion at the end of 19s6. Economics said thai with tuesday s new figures the total debt has probably surpassed 1400 billion although the government s official accounting will not be nude until june. Tuesday s report showed thai the bulk of the 1987 Trade deficit came from a $159,2 billion imbalance in merchandise Trade a figure that was first reported last month. Adding to that deficit were payments of is 3.3billion in foreign Aid and other government Transfer payments such As social Security paid to retirees living overseas. That figure was reduced slightly by a surplus of $12 billion in the services category while foreigners now Awn Mare in . Investments the payments Hill showed a slight positive because Many of the older . Investments Are earning a higher Rale of return. However the Servius surplus was Down from 118.6 billion in 1986 and has been dwindling steadily. Economists expect the service surplus to be wiped out in future years As More and More american dollars Are paid to foreigner to meet interest payments on the for the fourth Quarter the current account deficit shrank slightly to 139 billion Down from $43.4 billion in the third Quarter. This improvement reflected slightly smaller merchandise Trade deficit and a re sumption of surpluses in the services category. In the third Quarter the United states had run a deficit with the rest of the world in investment earnings for the first time in 29 years. Army from Page 1 business management Lor our operations Rixon  wants us to manage them just like any hotel Chain manages its  the action was ordered last month by rep. Marvin Leath a Teut. Chairman of the morale welfare an recreation panel of the House subcommittee on Readi headed by army col Lewis Turner and includes James Mccrindle who will be temporary executive director of arc. That Job became vacant in Decem Ber following the resignation of Anton cots he the first civilian director of the organization. Mccrindle 48, he experience in both military and civilian hotel and club management. He will keep his Job As the Deputy chief of the european Region of the family and support Center in Rodel him v i West Ger Many it s not an indication that anything is wrong Turner said. It s just pan of a centralization of management that will allow for Economy of Force some streamlining of support structures and other things that can be done on a worldwide  the Hae pm in Hawaii has been run at the army level for several years he Laid and the guidance from the committee slated that arc also should be oper ated in that manner. We have enjoyed Tome Success and some benefits with centralized management Turner said. No arc facilities will be closed and there will be no Impact on contract employee and vendors or on prices Tod services offered by the hotels restaurant and recreation programs Mccrindle said. Curio men will ice no obvious changes when they come to arc Mccrindle said. Turner said the decline in the value of the Dollar did not have an Impact on the decision to move manage ment responsibilities for arc to the army the plan was under consideration on several occasions until it was directed by the congressional panel. Turner said Lealh has made it Clear that he thinks the operation in Europe Tun been less efficient Tain the operation la Hawaii. Thai in t to Lay that the Way Usa eur has Man aged arc is bad but Congress has seen a Way to do it better and they be told us to do it Turner said Naf activities have to maximize profit because those profits gel turned Back into the mar pot to help pay for other activities. This move is designed wit thai in  centralizing management of afr i siring of bavarian hotels and recreation facilities is to be completed in two phases. During the first phase the transition Icahn will assume operational control and Complete planning for the new hotel and conference Center in Garmisch site of afr cts Headquarters. In the second phase an army level Agency will be chosen to operate the hotels phase one is to be finished by june. Congress has Given the army until june i la develop a command Structure to manage arc Hale Koa an dragon Hill facilities. Delben Spurlock an Clant Secretary of the army Tor manpower told the stars and stripes recently that be envisions a hotel command that would be i distinct element under the army Deputy chief of staff for per sonnet. He said ii probably would not be placed under he control of the service s Community and family support Center but rather would be a sister Agency closely aligned with the Csc