European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2fl the stars and stripes sunday March 20.1988 retired Gen. Clarke Dies following stroke retired Gen. Bruce a Clarke n 1962 file photograph. Washington api retired Gen. Bruce c. Clarke the army com Mander in chief in Europe when Berlin was die focal Point of the cold War be tween the United stale and the soviet Union died thursday at age 86 in Wal Ter Reed army Hospital after suffering a stroke. The Mclean va., resident was bom in Adams ., and Wai graduated from the . Military Academy at wat Point in 1925. He later received a Masler i de Gree in civil engineering from Cornell University and a Law degree from la Salle Extension University. During world War ii he commanded the combat come a in the 4th army div and later commanded the division. During the korean War he commanded the . I corps and lain the x corps of the far East come. Later commands included the . Army in the Pacific the . 7th Amy in Europe and the Continental army come at fort Monroe a. He was commander in chief of the army in Europe from 196042 and was credited with keeping hit troop in a High state of training and morale while supervising patrols or air and ground routes to Berlin Clarke devoted himself to army affairs after retiring in 1962, writing frequently on mailers such Ai training and command and making an inspection of Vietnam in i96b. His wife the former Bessie Mitchell died m 1936. He is survived by three sons Brucejr. Who lives in Austria or. David a. Of Colorado Springs Colo. And army col. Gordon m. Of san Antonio Texas a daughter mrs. Elisabeth Clark of Lees Burg a two Sisters Mary Griffin of Adams and Frances Sale mow of Oswe go  18 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Demo hopefuls Honduras eyeing contest in Michigan by the associated press democratic presidential contenders took another hot at winning delegates from Texas on saturday and looked to caucuses in Kansas and South Dakota to add to their totals. But their eyes were on tic Delegate Rich contest in Michigan this week. Among republicans Franl Omner George Bush was expected to capture the 14 delegates Al stake in the Winner Lake All primary in puerto Rico on sunday. The vice president was the Only gop candidate to mount an organized Campaign on the Island. Many of the democratic candidates campaigned in Michigan which holds caucuses next saturday 10 de cide 138 delegates. All of the hopefuls with the exception of Jesse Jackson gathered for a democratic Din Ner in Detroit saturday night. Illinois sea. Paul Simon buoyed by his Home stale win on tuesday toured a polish Community in de troit slopping at a local bakery to shake hands with customer. Simon repeated his vow to continue the Campaign until the convention in Atlanta in july. The event that got me Back in the race was Illi Nois Simon said. I now have More delegates than Dick Gephardt. And he next event thai will put me on the National stage will be Wisconsin where i think you re going to Sec Paul Simon doing very Well Michael Dukakis look his Campaign to Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo where he intensified his criticism of president Reagan s decision to Send american troops to Honduras earlier this week. The decision is one of inc worst fiascos in the history of this country s foreign policy Dukakis said of Reagan s response to the nicaraguan invasion of Honduras to destroy Contra rebel outposts. Trie Massachusetts governor said thai if he is elected Contra Aid is going to  Texas democratic parly officials said results of sat urday s county conventions May closely Mirror the super tuesday outcome in which Dukakis captured 43 of the 114 delegates Jesse Jackson won 42 and Tennessee sen. Albert Gore or. Gained 25. In South Dakota which has 15 delegates at stake democrats considered the option of allocating their delegates based on the feb. 23 primary in which mis Souri rep. Richard Gephardt received 44 percent of inc vote and Dukakis 31 percent i Don t see inc realistic chances of people wanting to do anything other than Honor the wishes of the South Dakota democratic voters and uphold the Iniego Rity of that election said Rich Hauffe acting director of the state democratic party. If the primary results Are ratified Only Gephardt and Dukakis would Quality for any delegates. Jackson closely trails Dukakis in the Delegate race with 469.55 delegates while Core is third with 357.8. Illinois sen. Paul Simon has 171.5 delegates and Gep Hardt is fourth with 14s. There arc 272.65 uncommitted delegates. From Page 1 communist dictators have done exactly As we predicted he said. Instead of giving peace a Chance the Aid cutoff is giving the communist dictators a Chance. Instead of negotiating for a cease fire they have launched a major military assault on the weakened con tras invading democratic Honduras in the  Reagan said the administration s policy has been to let the people of Nicaragua win Back their Freedom and their Independence from the soviet Union on their own to do his without having to commit american military personnel. But now because of Congress Aid cutoff last month the sandinista have mounted their major Cross Border incursion into Honduras the soviet Media accused the United slates of try ing to impose its will on Nicaragua and spoil Central american peace efforts by sending in troops Alcana said inc situation in the mountainous Boca Region deteriorated when sandinista troop re entered Honduras after having retreated to the nicaraguan Side. He estimated the nicaraguan strength in Honduras at about 2,1 00 by saturday morning. The president told the associated press he was reinforcing the 2,000 honduran troops at the Border with several More battalions. He said Honda non War planes were on standby ready to bomb nicaraguan position in honduran territory. A honduran military intelligence officer said Hon Duran troops bad the sandinista surrounded and were under orders to shoot or capture any nicaraguan sol Diers found on the wrong Side of the Border. Honduras and the United Stales say nicaraguan troops crossed the Frontier last week in Pursuit of . Backed Contra rebels who have base Camps an the honduran Side of the Border. Nicaragua s leftist sandinista government denied the charges Friday at the United nations calling them a Reagan Aditi inspiration ploy to gel Congress to resume military Aid to the rebels. Out privately a sandinista military official indicated nicaraguan troop had entered Honduras. Azcona has said he expected the presence of inc . Troops would prompt a nicaraguan Retreat. He also echoed what . Officials have been saying that . Troops would not be involved in any fighting. . Embassy spokesman Michael o Brien said Fri Day evening that the United states might Airlift Hon Durao troops to non combat areas. Noriega from Page 1 Ama s Economy. According to the official the administration fears that any arrangement which does not include Noriega s exile would enable him to continue his role As the dominant Ligure in Panama s political life. Noriega probably would be Able to continue pulling the strings even if tie resigned As chief of the defense forces the official Taid. Legal actions and other measures taken by the Rea Gan administration have effectively dried up the Low of dollars into Panama leaving the country s banking system in crisis and the government unable to meet its payroll. The official said the administration expects the situation in Panama to women this week because of a general strike which has been called by opposition forces and the wednesday payday for the 20,000 de sense Force personnel there was considerable doubt that the government has enough Money to cover the military payroll the official said. The crisis was touched off three weeks ago when president Eric Artura Delvalle attempted to fire Noriega but instead was fired himself. Del Valc who has been in hiding Ever since is regarded by the United slates a Panama s constitutional president. The administration has refused to recognize the Suc Cessor government in Panama nominally headed by president Manuel soils Palma. Students from Page 1 rights and it s to their credit that they know what s going  Mcmahon acknowledged that the local military authorities had been bothered by the appearance of the banners. When they first put them out the military thought it would be Little awkward if German photographer came around taking  he said thai in was within the local Community com Mander s authority to have the signs taken Down but that he was unaware of any military plan to Force he signs removal. There have been protests Here before marches even when the iranians took Over our embassy in Tehran. I Don t think you can say in was with the Mili tary s approval but it was certainly with the tolerance of the military he said the Munich Community commander was unavailable for comment saturday. A duly officer also had no comment. One of inc protesters said he believes the Ramon were empty threats aimed at avoiding an embarrassing situation for the local military commander. I Trust he s heard of the pint  the student Taid there Are courts to protect things like that it stands to reason thai students Here would be More interested in what s going on in Honduras be cause we re on a military installation another student said. "1 think there is definitely a tension atmosphere Down