European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 1, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday1958 the stars and stripes Page 3 base closure Compromise delayed House leaders Promise vote by june by William j. Bartman Washington bump Washington Compromise Between con Gress and the Pentagon aimed at breaking the deadlock Over what Domestic military bases should he closed was delayed last week but the speaker of inc House has ruled that the delay must be Short. Hopes to include inc Compromise in the House de sense spending Bill faded when it became apparent that the concur in of three separate committees could not be resolved in Lime for the vote on the legislation which should Lake place in the coming week. Bui House leaders promised that the initiative. Which could save the government an estimated 52 billion to is billion annually Wilt be voted on by june i. That deadline to be enforced by the speaker would allow time to place inc provision Back into inc authorization Bill in the coming months As the House and Senate Iron out their differences on defense spend ing. The proposal would require Secretary of defense Frank Carlue i to establish in consultation with con Gress a bipartisan commission to come up with a list of unneeded military base in the United states. The list would be due by dec. 31,1986. Once those commission selections were made the Secretary could choose to close ail or none of the installations thus avoiding charges that his selections were personal vendettas against members of Congress representing the areas where the bases would be closed. The political aspects of inc proposed closings which can be damaging to politicians became they mean lost jobs in the area surrounding the base have resulted in often bitter deadlocks Between Congress and the Pentagon for years. Rep. Dick Armey a Tex said he was concerned that inc delay Wai an Effort to scuttle the initiative. But Armey a prime proponent of the base closings Mea sure was relieved when the chairmen of the armed services government operations and merchant Marine and fisheries committees guaranteed a vote on App Nio Jueil Elizabeth applauds while the Duke of Edinburgh Point at the opening display of fireworks. World expo 88 opens in Brisbane Brisbane. Australia a Queen Elizabeth ii saturday opened world expo 88, one of the highlights of yearlong celebrations to Mark 200 years since euro peans settled in Australia. The Queen told the invitation Only audience of 10.000 about the Long connection Between the throne and Queensland Australia s tropical Northern slate. I am told you like to Call your state the Sunshine slate she said. Dul 1 prefer to think of it by its original name Queen s  she delivered the speech in sweltering heal on inc Banks of the Brisbane River. The Queen who has been Louring Australia s Outback for three weeks is on her Lith visit to Australia the s460 million expo 88, with its theme of Lei sure in the age of technology has attracted exhibits from 36 countries. It will be open until oct. 30 and is expected to attract 7.8 million visitors. The last world expo staged in Australia was 100 years ago the House  the proposal affects areas involving each of the three committees. It would waive for example a Law requiring environment studies in regions where bases have been proposed for closing a requirement thai has been used successfully Over inc years by those seeking to keep bases open. Rep Walter Jones. . Chairman of the Mer chant Marine committee said the waiver of Environ mental provisions Coli Ilid his panel to a hearing a decision seconded by inc other com Milce chairmen. The Senate armed services committee this week placed an identical base closings provision into its de sense spending Bill. Sen Les Aspin d-wis., inc armed services committee chairman and a prime sponsor of the initiative is not As confident of Success As Armey. It s a controversial Issue and there s a lot to he worked out cd an Aspin aide said. Armey however said thai with the Reagan administration in its waning Days i think the members of Congress recognize a window of Opportunity for a base closing Bill that we May not soon see again. Consumer group acts for Boycott of Mcdonald s in West Germany djs Meldorf West Germany a a consumer action group has called far a nationwide Boycott of Mcdonald s restaurants in West Germany. Officials of the giant , company say they plan no action against the group but Many franchise owners Are unhappy because the group receives Money from the protestant Church in West Germany. We arc not looking for a fight with the Church at All Mcdonald s marketing supervisor Rolf Krc incr was quoted by inc protestant press service As saying. The Issue arose earlier this month when several Mcdonald s franchise owners threatened to mop paying Church taxes because of the protestant Church s support for inc Volks Mund information Bureau o Frankfurt based group that is attempting to mount the Boycott. Volks Mund which promotes a variety of local grass Mots initiatives has received some 29,000 Marks $17,000 in financial support from the proc Slang Church of West Germany according to press reports. We Are urging the Boycott to Call attention to a worldwide industrialization of the food Industry that is having catastrophic results on the environment and on agriculture Oliver Weilandt a Volks Mund information Bureau spokesman said saturday. He said the group is also concerned about the effects of the fail food Chain s vigorous marketing efforts directed at  Kreiner said Mcdonald s understands the anger of some of its franchise owners but will not undertake any action against the Church according to the protes Tant press service report which was carried by the Frankfurter Mundschau daily Friday. The Volks Mund group says that fast food is unhealthy and that it worsens local litter problems. The group also charges Hal Mcdonald s forces employees to work port Lime to avoid paying them benefits. We Are targeting Mcdonald s because it has perfected Icse worldwide strategies Weilandt said. There arc More than 260 Mcdonald s restaurants in West Germany. Muscovites to get their first taste of big macs sometime in 1989 Moscow a soviets wit gel a Chance to Munch Flo Shoi macs when the first of about 20 Mcdonald s restaurants in Moscow opens next year officials from the City and the hamburger giant announced saturday. I think that the Mcdonald s in Moscow will be the highest volume Mcdonald s in the world said George a. Cohort president of Mcdonald s restau rants of Canada ltd., a subsidiary of Mcdonald s corp. Of Oak Brook Iii. Cohan and Vladimir i. Malish Kov chief of the food service administration of the Moscow City Council signed a joint venture agreement saturday at mos cow s City Hall at a ceremony attended by reporters. The agreement which gives Mcdonald s of Canada a 49 percent share in the soviet controlled firn is the latest soviet joint business venture with a foreign com Pany. I Jill year the soviet government modified its legis lation on foreign business activity in an attempt to and Quantity of consumer a cods. Malish Kov and Moscow Deputy mayor Valery a Zharov said the soviets Hope to draw upon the exper Tise of the fast food Chain 10 improve service in their country s food Industry. The first Soviel Mcdonald a a 650-Scnt location on Gorky Street in inc Center of Moscow is expected to open in the second half of 1989. But Cohon and the City officials refused to say exactly where the site is we Don t want to create any lines Zharov said with a smile. At that restaurant soviets will be Able to buy a nig Mac the Chain s trademark hamburger Sandwich fur 2 rubles or about so. Another Moscow location is projected that would Cater to foreigners paying in foreign currencies. We re not thinking of just opening 20 Mcdonald in this country Cohon said. There will be Many  Cohon said a 100,000-Square-foot commissary would be built in Moscow to process French Fries meat buns sauces and pics served in the restaurants. Bolh Cohon and the soviets said most of the joint venture s employees would be Soviel citizens but that there would be some foreigners in supervisory and management positions. Cohon said Hal through Burger diplomacy work ers in the joint Van lure would learn to communicate and become part of a team. As of the signing ceremony what the Moscow Mcdonald s will Call the Chain s flagship Sandwich appeared to be undecided. An interpreter referred both to a big Mac and a Bolshoi Mac in russian hoi Shoi Means big. The foreign capital for the joint Van lure comes from Mcdonald s of Canada which has 500 restaurants. 54,000 employees and registered 11.25 billion in sales last year. Cohen said Mcdonald s branched into Eastern Europe on March 24, when it opened a restaurant in Belgrade Yugoslavia. It plans to open a restaurant this month in Budapest Hungary making Hal East bloc nation the 90th country around the world to have a Mcdonald s. Company founder Ray Kroc opened the first Mcdonald s on april 15.1955, in pcs Plains Iii