European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d National service proposed again Page 5 d Randy Harriett s car Corner Page 13 d celtics Stop Hawks in playoff opener sports Page 17 d British traitor Philby dead at 76 Back Page Fethe stand stripes vol. 47, no. 29 Reagan endorses Bush for president Washington not president Reagan ended one of Washington s longest running and least suspense Ful political dramas wednesday when he endorsed vice president Bush As his successor. In a speech prepared for a Black lie Republican fund Raiser wednesday night the president called Bush my candidate and added i m going to work As hard As i can to make vice president George Bush the next president of the United Stales Reagan had withheld any formal endorsement until the outcome of the Republican presidential race was completely Clear. In his speech Reagan foreshadowed themes be is Likely to use on the Campaign Trail this year. He excoriated the democrats As big spenders and said i Promise you this even after leave office 1 will never Stop campaigning for the tools needed to limit the insatiable fiscal appetite of  echoing an argument used frequently by Bush recently the president urged his audience to remember the last year of the Carter administration and what he described As America s declining influence and re Spect around the  Don t we have a right he asked to ask the american people tonight if the democrats return to the while House what happens in 19s9? " in making his Long awaited endorsement at a dinner for Republican House and Senate candidates Reagan guaranteed himself an enthusiastic audience that could Well play the rate of extras in television commercials broadcast by the Bush Campaign this fall but political analysts in both parties say Reagan s endorsement will have Only limited value to Bush since the president has previously proved unable to readily Transfer his personal popularity to those he supports. In 1936, Tor instance Reagan campaigned across the country for Republican Senate candidates but was unable to forestall the Senate s return to democratic control. Moreover analysts say no endorsement will cure the Basic problem facing the Bush Campaign the Lack of Public perception that the vice president has an identity Independent of his role in the Reagan while House clearly George Bush has to define George Bush belter than he has said Eddie Mahe a leading re publican Campaign consultant. If lie does t do that. Ronald Reagan s endorsement will not be enough to get him Over the  still Republican strategists say Reagan can Benefit Bush by reminding voters that in his administration economic growth has continued unabated Tor More than five years accompanied by Low inflation and a big decline in the unemployment rate. Robertson to quit race Norfolk a. A fat Robertson announced wednesday that he would withdraw from the Republican presidential race next week and said in a newspaper interview that he will Likely return to his financially ailing Christian broadcasting network. Barbara Galullo a spokeswoman for americans for Robertson said the decision to return to can is not set in Stone but the important thing is whether or not he returns to can he will continue to be involved in  she said Robertson would file papers shortly with the Federal election commission for a new political action committee americans for the Republic. Robertson speaking to reporters outside the White House endorsed vice president George Bush who already has the gop nomination Well in hand the former television evangelist said he would for Mally withdraw from the race monday. Meanwhile in an interview published in the Vir Ginian Pilot & the Ledger Star of Norfolk Robertson said he Likely would return 10 the Christian broadcast ing network which he founded nearly 30 years ago As chief executive officer a Job his son now holds his return was seen As both a political and economic necessity by several experts Robertson who has spent More than 122 million on his Campaign has but 46 delegates to the National convention while Bush has More than 1.300. Robertson finished third to Bush and sen. Bob Dole r kan., in most of the Early primaries. Runway work forces shift at Mildenhall   Raf Mildenhall England during a major runway resurfacing project some 41 air planes and 1,200 people will move to three Dif Ferent base next month and remain until Laic autumn. The 13,6 million move will shift the opera Lions of ec-13j, rc-13j, Kc-13i,,sr-7l and c-12 aircraft to other 3rd air Force bases in the United kingdom according la information released wednesday by the 513th airborne come and control Wing. Raf liken health Raf Sculthorpe and Raf Fairford will Lake on most of Ine additional traffic and the air planes officials said. The bulk or duty passengers Pace available travellers and military Airlift come fights in and out of Britain come through Raf Milden Hall. Mac c-l4ls and a is thai normally Fly into Mildenhall will use the Raf Lakin Heath Airfield about two mites away. Contracted commercial air planes bringing per Manint in Angl of Slation passengers to the country will Fly to and from Heathrow Airport in London said capt. Ruth Cllon Lethbridge Bor Den a Wing spokeswoman. Some 520 Raf Mildenhall people will go to work at Lakin Heath during the project and la Ken Halh the Home of four Squadron s off a 11 tighter bombers also will Lake on iwo ec-1 us. To rc-i35s, two sr-711, sin Kc-l3ss and three Navy cd 2s. Raf fair Orr which along with Mildenhall hosts the strategic air come j european Tanker task Force will get nine More Kc-135s and about 175 people Lelh Bridge Borden said. Raf Fairford is about 110 mites West of Mildenhall. Forty Miles North of Mildenhall Raf Seul Thorpe will take on 17 Mjos and about 920 people. Raf Sculthorpe is a standby Airfield with no aircraft normally assigned to it. Mottl Cohall s two mile Long runway suf acc now in its 15th year of service was due Tor re paving work last year Len Bridge Borden said. The $3.6 million Price lag of the move docs not include the actual resurfacing contract which has not been awarded according 0 base officials. Progress made on Sticky missile pact George so Ltd Geneva a american and so Viet negotiators reached tentative agreement wednesday night on a hand Ful of clicking Points on preventing cheating on a missile ban treaty a senior unofficial said. The issues Are technical but . Sen ate Leaden have vowed not to Lake up the Ueary until they Are settled. The official declined to predict Senate passage of the nuclear missile treaty As a result of the Progress in talks supervised by Secretary of stale George f. Shultz and soviet foreign minister Eduard a. Shevardnadze but he said it is soil our expectation we re going to get this resolved before president Reagan s visit to Moscow May 29 fora fourth Summit meeting. Four or five issues were tentatively resolved including two big hurdles the . Official said. One deals with . Demands to inspect soviet missile containers big enough 10hold Only a stage of a rocket. The other involves How much Access . Inspectors will have to soviet missile plants and bases nine verification problems surfaced in recent weeks. In addition the soviets demanded the right to inspect West Ger Man pending to a missiles stored in the United Stales. In another sign of Progress the two sides agreed to Exchange notes on futuristic weapons. The aim is to persuade sea. Sam Nunn d-ga., the chairman of the Senate armed services committee and other critics that the ban would apply to intermediate Range weapons hat have not been developed yet. Stilu said earlier wednesday he could not guarantee Senate approval of the treaty before the Moscow sum Mit on monday the Senate indefinitely postponed debate on the trealy. Democratic and Republican Leaden said the soviet response to . Complaints about restrictions on monitoring were i inadequate. Sher Arduin the pact on intermediate Range missiles which Reagan and Gorbachev signed last december is unprecedented in its provi Sion for on site inspection