European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 31, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 24 the stars and stripes thursday March 31,1988 panel backs inf treaty ratification Washington a the Senate foreign relations committee recommended overwhelmingly wednesday thai the Senate ratify a historic treaty to eliminate All . And soviet medium Range nuclear weapons. This ii a Small is away from the nuclear  sen. Alun Cranston d-calif., said following inc committee s 17-2 vote. It Means inc elevator of nuclear Esca lation will finally Stop and hopefully descend said inc committee chairman sen. Claiborne Pell . Cranston said Bis Scad count shows  More than five senators will vote against the news briefs intermediate Range nuclear forces treat when the full Senate lakes it up. Probably late next month. Ratification Roqu Irocsa two thirds Senate majority 61 Voles if All 100senators Are present and voting. The Only dissenting votes inside the committee were can by Sens. Jesse Helms , and Larry Pressler. . Helm has worked vigorously to de rail the treaty. The resounding committee Vole papered Over a bitter partisan dispute Over an amendment added to the treaty on tuesday with the aim of assuring that the meaning of the pact cannot be re interpreted by a future president without the consent of Congress. Many moderate Republican said die amendment represented a partisan Jab at president Reagan and his administration s Feinler Bretalion of the 1972 Ami ballistic missile treaty to permit the deployment of the strategic defense Initia Tive missile defense system. Several gop lawmakers said the controversy May cause them to reassess their support of die treaty and cranian said he May be wilting to search for a Compro Mise when the Senate debates the Issue. The treaty signed dec. 8 by Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail 5. Gorbachev requires both sides to destroy within three years All nuclear armed missiles with a Range of 300 Miles to 3,400 Miles. These include All soviet 55-20 and other medium and Shoner Range mis Siles aimed at targets in Western Europe and All of the smaller Force of of. Per Shing ii and ground launched cruise mis Siles stationed in Europe and aimed at the soviet Union. The treaty is the first Accord in in history of arms control to require the actual destruction of the missiles that carry nuclear warheads. House leaders in Accord on Contra Aid package Washington a _ House Leader reached final agreement wednesday on a pack age of s4b million in humanitarian Aid Lonic Arangua s Contra rebels and to children injured in that country s Long civil War. The proposal had been worked out in negotiations Over the last two Days Between House speaker Jim a Rigau. A Texas minority Leader Robert Michel r-iil., and other leaders who gave it their final approval wednesday. Agreement sent the measure to a House floor vote that was to take place later wednesday and it was expected to receive a Strong bipartisan majority. That would Send the Bill to he Senate on thursday where easy passage also was expected and authorize the first . Aid to the rebel in a month. Mississippians chosen for Lott dowdy seats Jackson miss a two Southern Mississippi congressional districts have selected nominees for seals that congressmen Trent Lott and Wayne dowdy Are giving up to run for the,. Senate. In he 4 h District Runoff tuesday Brokha Ven funeral Home director Mike Parker a is year old political newcomer Defeated Brad i nit a 33-year-old Jackson attorney in the democratic Runoff. Thomas Collins Iii Defeated Andy Taggart on the Republican Side. Collins i executive director of the Mississippi veterans Home Purchase Board. Taggart is a Jackson at Torney. In the Jyh District state sen. Gene Taylor of Bay St. Louis Defeated Glenn White of hotties Bun while 43-year-old sheriff Larkin Smith of Gulfport outdistanced a Liesburg businessman George Robert Hall 37, in the Republican run off. In a Runoff race for the democratic Nomi nation for a vacant Seal on the stale supreme court former attorney general de Pittman Defeated Laurel attorney Jon Swartfager by a 3-to 2 margin. The races were left Over from contests i super tuesday. Pedal powered flight delayed by weather Athens Greece up High winds and rough seas in Greece s Aegean sea delayed wednesday a Massachusetts Institute of technology attempt to. Set a new world record for human powered flight. Mit officials at a Iraklion on the Island of Crete said they were not expecting the Weatherly improve much on thursday either. Bui we May have e Chance on Friday. We re at the mercy of the weather said John Pantos a spokesman for the project. The group instead conducted a boat Rescue Drill wednesday morning with the participation of two greek Navy torpedo boats and the coastguard. Mit scientist plan to launch their 90-Poundpedal-powered plane 74 Miles to the Island of Santorini when the weather is right and they say they Are willing to Wail until raid May Fortis to happen. M at inc m a Nail of Oaie m Issue. Actual f ii i t t the Carr Reagan has every confidence1 in Meese 2 senators join outcry  api aunt nov in rat thu in Annoh i Tati l.,tj� n.,.,., an a ,.,. _ j attorney general Edwin Meese Iii the subject of a still widening criminal investigation ought to step Down two senators Laid wednesday but president Reagan said of Mccase i rave every Confidence in  Meese is the Crown jewel of the sleaze Factor in Reagan administration history Senate majority Leader Robert Byrd old reporters and if Reagan does t want to ask him to quit he should find some one else to ask him. Sen. Bob Packwood r-orc., echoed Byrd you finally reach a place where there is a Cloud of suspicion a sufficient Cloud of suspicion that i think you owe it to the president to remove  but Reagan almost in reply told reporters during a ceremony honouring Young scientists in the White House Rose Garden he s been a Friend for Over 20 years. I have every Confidence in him. I m  going to comment any  met has said he won t step Down and he repeated that assertion As he left his office tuesday night. Meese s future became a subject of speculation and debate in the aftermath of the resignations of two top Justice department aides who acted according to in formed sources out of fear of being tainted by the attorney general s mounting Legal problems. The source declined to be identified. Then came a new development with the disclosure that Independent counsel James Mckay has widened Hii investigation Fay subpoena ing payroll records and other documents of the Washington chapter of in multiple sclerosis society in connection with a s4d,000-a-year position Meese i wife urn us got with the organization in 1985. White House spokesman Marlin Filz Waler said wednesday Reagan saw  need for Meetie to step aside in Light of the resignations of associate attorney general Arnold Burns and William Weld head of the Justice department s criminal division and four of their lop aides. Another top Justice department official solicitor general Charles Fried said the resignations were Lead ing him to reconsider his own future at the Justice department. He ought to gel out Byrd d-w.va., said. The country cannot have Confidence in the Justice depart ment when the top Law enforcement officer obviously has to spend an inordinate amount of his Lime defend ing  he should be spending his Lime fighting the War on drugs crime Byrd said. Washington attorney James Bierbower Legal counsel for the multiple sclerosis society and a Board member said the records concerning mrs. A Csc s Job were delivered to Mckay s office on monday. The Independent counsel is Irving to determine whether longtime Meese Friend e. Robert Wallach used his influence to help get mrs. Meet the Job said several sources familiar with the probe speaking on condition of anonymity. Sens. Arlen Specter r-pa., and Carl Levin d-mich., demanded that Mcnese explain Why Burns Weld and four of their aides abruptly quit on tuesday. Specter a member of the judiciary committee Zairl it May be necessary to Convene hearings if an explanation is not forthcoming. Bums and Weld offered Little in the Way of Public explanation but they told associates they were concerned that the nearly year Long criminal probe of Meese a hurting the entire Justice department according to several department sources speaking on condition of anonymity. Lbs news and the Washington Post reported thai bums and Weld had met with while House chief of Staft Howard Baker a week earlier and expressed their concerns about Meese. According locks they asked if the Reagan administration was willing to urge Meese to step Down but Palter responded that the president fell Meese was a victim of political backs boing and they could expert  help from the while House. Campaign frontage t about 20 percent of inc White vote according to television network exit polls. His Chare of the while Vole was put Al 5 percent in 1984. However primary Day surveys of voters by in by to in new York suggested Only one fifth of the democrats believe the nation is ready to elect a Black presi Dent. Abc found that one third of the Democrat would switch 10 the Republican Side if Jackson were dominated. Jackson was meeting in Washington wednesday with the front rank of the democratic establishment to discuss issues and policy. The former party chairman. John White who set up the  said in would allow Jackson to talk wit democratic leaders about the parts of the political world he might not be familiar  Jackson came under fire tuesday from Gore in the first serious attack on him by a democratic  said Jackson he a Complete and total Lack of experience needed to be president. We re not choosing a preacher we re choosing president the Tennessee senator said. Jackson retorted i assume that he is stimulated by his own status in the Campaign to attack  the Exchange came As the two were in new York jockeying for position in new York s Delegate heavy contest on april 19. Gore was in Wisconsin wednes Day malting an Early morning visit to a Dairy farm when he was to milk cows and do farm chores. On the Republican tide. Dole s departure left bus Wilh Only a nominal opponent former television evangelist pal Robertson who acknowledged i seems obvious now that George Bush will be the win  As the Kansas senator bowed out tuesday he put aside his differences with the vice president "1 return to the Senate As the Republican Leader. Ready to do All i can to elect republicans in november and doing All 1 can for our nominee George Bush he said. Bush beat Dole by a lopsided 71-20 margin i Connecticut. If Dole s delegates now in the uncommitted column go to Bush the vice president is Likely in the next few weeks to Clinch the delegates he needs to denominated. With the Republican nomination a nearly done Deal republicans wednesday were holding the first  hearings this one on foreign policy and de sense. The gop chairman Frank Fahrenkopf and in president s daughter Maureen Reagan were among those attending. Rep Richard Gephardt who dropped out of the democratic race on monday hied tuesday for re elec Tion to his House scat from Missouri saying he i somewhat relieved to have life return to a less hectic Pace