European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday june 9,1983 . Demonstrates missile removal from Page 1 missiles arc Cupic cd to leave from the he Elbrann Silc. The . Military has a total of 464 gloms Al though not All Are stationed in Europe. Florin pcs had 20 of the gloms when the super Power treaty was signed in december said col. Calvin l. Chaste in commander of he 485lh tac missile Wing. Chasm can declined to give the specific number currently Ai inc base citing Security reasons but said the number would not exceed 20. Four of the missiles Are spare or not operational he said. There also were 12 launchers including eight spares. Soviet inspections will begin sometime Between july i and aug. 31, and dismantling of the ground launched cruise missiles Likely will begin within the nest six months military officials said during an All Day press briefing at inc missile Silc. We think that we May Well state thai this will Hap pen in the beginning of next  said Guy co Csc belgian minister of defense. Brig Gen. Roger k. Bean commander of the 56thfield arty come said inspectors should arrive in West Germany in july or August. After that Lime sometime in the month of september it is reasonable to expect there will be Sonu movement he said refer ring to the dismantling of missiles. . Ambassador to West Germany Richard Burt on hand for he demonstration at mul Langen said the news briefs hostage Sutherland starts fourth year of Captivity Beirut Lebanon a kidnapped Amer ican Thomas Sutherland the second longest held captive in Lebanon begins his fourth year As a hostage thursday with no word on his Fate. Tin Stoilis bom Sutherland. 57, was kid napped june 9, 1985, As he drove from Beirut Airport to inc american University of Beirut where he was acting Dean of agriculture. Islamic jihad or islamic holy War a group of iranian hacked Shi Ilc moslem extremists claimed to have abducted him. Unlike other foreign hostages held by islamic jihad the kidnappers have never issued a photo graph of Sutherland or a videotaped message from him since he was kidnapped. His not know Why. . Bookie bets Dukakis will beat Bush in election London a Ladbroke a one of Lon Don s leading bookmakers on wednesday made Democrat Michael Dukakis the favorite to beat Republican George Bush in the . Presidential election in november Ladbroke s made Dukakis the 8-11 favorite which Moons if you bet Sll and Dukakis wins you get so plus your original stake. Bush was Given even Odds which Means if you bet is you win a Dollar and get Back your $ 1 stake. Treaty proves the Wisdom of inc 1979 nato decision to deploy the missiles to counter existing soviet medium Range rockets and it also leaches the world a few lessons. One of those lessons it seems to me is that there is no tree lunch a we say in America in arms control Burt said adding that in the treaty s aftermath the principal problem facing Europe is he division of Europe and the existence in Eastern Europe of a soviet invasion  West Germany stale Secretary Wolhar Rohl thanked Pershing soldiers and residents of he towns near the three penning to bases for their perseverance and sacrifices. He said those involved in the political move ment that opposed the rocket deployment were a Small minority who made nonsensical demands with the support of the Eastern bloc countries. Several dozen protesters also turned out for the open House albeit on the outer Side of the Fence. The group carried signs and banners encouraging the Swift removal of the missiles from West Germany. The soldiers participating in the open House were hand picked by their Battery commanders to meet the press and display he missiles and other equipment at mul Langen while praising the arms pact they said it would not detract from their readiness to use inc mis Siles if they Are ordered to do so. I feel it s a Good treaty. Our acting As a peacekeeping deterrent has brought the soviets to the bargaining table said sol Martin Littlejohn 25, of Detroit serv ing a second tour at a Pershing base in West Germany i think it is a great step toward total nuclear disarmament said missile crewman Sec. Kurt Amos 20, of Shelby Vulte ind. But he added that until the mis Siles Are gone inc treaty does t affect the duties he and his co workers in Btry a 2nd in 9th Field arty have to carry out. It has t really changed the Mission. The Mission is combat readiness every Day and that s what we strive for said sgt. Stephen Fedor 28, an infantryman from Georgetown Texas. Officials in Florenne said they had been conducting mock inspections for several months to prepare for soviet inspectors. The purpose of the inspection is to train the . Inspectors of soviet missile Sites said it. Col. Joseph m. Wagovich a spokesman for Hie newly established on Silc inspection Agency. As outlined in inc treaty the base in Belgium for example will be Given 16 hours notice of the arrival of a team of soviet inspectors. After arriving in Belgium the soviets have four to 24 hours to notify . Officials which base they will inspect. . Officials in turn have up to nine hours to take the inspection team to the chosen base. The same procedures apply to . Inspectors of soviet missile Sites while co Csc said he expects the Wing to leave the base Early next year Chaslee said he could not yet release an exact time. However when the missiles finally arc dismantled and the Wing s Mission completed the Wing itself will be deactivated and the personnel shifted to other locations he said. Dukakis from Page 1 say whether he would accept such an offer. Dukakis making no promises said on Abc i Don t think anyone is due an  he added there arc a great Many people that arc going to be considered and hell be one of them and i m not going to Rule anybody in or out at this  Dukakis season ending sweep gave inc Massachusetts governor victories in 30 states. The Marathon primary contest began with seven contenders but Over the last two months came Down to a head to had Bailie Between Dukakis and Jackson. The magic number for a convention majority was 2,081 and Dukakis easily surpassed that with his landslide finale. His Delegate total after tuesday s sweep stood at 2,251, according 10 the latest associated press count. Confronted by polls saying Dukakis was the current Choice of a majority of voters Bush said i m fighting Back. I m the underdog  while Dukakis could enter the race with an Edge in polls showing americans wanting a change after nearly eight years of Ronald Reagan s presidency. Bush could find strength in the Republican hold on the electoral votes of Southern and Western states. The vice president was meeting with Reagan wednes Day morning in Washington. Party Unity and the search for running males were to priorities for both Bush and Dukakis As they looked ahead to their party conventions the democrats in july the republicans in August and beyond Bush was flying to Denver Friday to open a Unity con Ference at which three of his former rivals for the Nomi nation would appear sen. Bob Dole of Kansas  Kemp of new York and television evangelist pal Robertson campaigning in California for two Days before the Pri Mary. Bush previewed his fall strategy repeatedly portraying the Massachusetts governor As a Liberal Likely to advocate tax  Dukakis said he would not Rule out a tax increase Bush said. Ill Rule it  Dukakis Jackson remained an unpredictable Fig ure in on otherwise smooth Road to party Unity. Com manding the loyally of Black voters who Are a critical part of inc democratic party s coalition Jackson will have More than 1,000 delegates tit the democratic National convention in Atlanta Dukakis predicted there would be a floor fight or two Over platform issues but none that would split the  the final contests Dukakis Defeated Jackson by mar gins of better than 2 to i in new Jersey new Mexico and Montana. Returns from California were putting him ahead in that stale by a comparable  new Jersey with returns from 99 percent of the precincts counted Dukakis had 405,639, or 63 percent. Jackson had 209.762, or 33 per Ecol with 100 percent counted. Bush had 236,140 for 94 percent in new Mexico with returns from 97 percent of the precincts in was Dukakis 109,957, or 61 percent to Jack son s 49,797, or 28 percent. Bush had 78 percent of the vote translating into 65,733 votes from 97 percent of the  Montana with returns from 99 percent of inc precincts Dukakis had 82,034, or 69 percent. Jackson had 26,571, or 22 percent Bush had 73 percent or 62,395 votes in California with 97 percent of the precincts counted Dukakis had 1,798,759, or 61 percent. Jackson had 1,049,895, or 35 percent. Bush had 83 percent or 1,840,053 votes. Gao from Page 1 acc Lhasa result of the Gao s findings. According to Dave Groves a Gao evaluator who worked on the housing study Only the housing needs for com Mand sponsored soldiers were looked at because the Usa eur family housing acquisition plan Only included those people some civilian employees do go through housing offices to find a place to live he said but the army is not required to find housing for them in does have the responsibility to House soldiers and their  but Holland said there Are indeed hous ing shortages the worst area being what he Calls the Rhein main metropolitan area in West Germany Mainz Wiesbaden Darmstadt Frankfurt Hanau and the Butzbach Kirch cons and Friedberg sub communities of Gissen. Frankfurt remains the biggest problem because it is the Center of he area he said and Large american companies and germans also Are competing for the same civilian housing. The Gao noted that 200 units were cancelled in Berker sheim near  Holland said the units had been can celeb in 1986, and there is no excess housing in the area. We did t cancel the project because of Gao he said ii was needed then it is needed today but we could t get Ger Man approval to build  Groves maintained tint Gao finding influenced the decision to cancel the project the Gao report questioned the need for new housing in Mainz based on its 1984 study of the area. However the military there has just completed erecting 186 pre fabricated units manufactured in the United Stales. As of last week 178 units had been filled Holland said. According to the Gao report Hanau also had excess housing projected. But Hollands id the projected units there were never funded and would nol be  housing officials said the Gao based its report on Frankfurt s authorized strength even though in usually has More soldiers. We have about 600 that Are Over strength but when you determine the requirements you cannot count what you have on hand you have to count what is authorized Holland said. That is what the auditors looked  Holland explained that programming for future housing needs is done five years in Advance and the person who did the programming in Frankfurt was gone by the time the Gao auditors arrived. There was a new person trying to defend the old data and they did t do a very Good  1986, v corps hired a private firm to do a Market analysis of he More than 500,000 housing units available in the Frankfurt area. Holland said half of those were knocked out because land lords did not want to rent to soldiers. An additional 25 percent were discounted because they did not meet the military s structural requirements. A further 10 percent were unfurnished and did nol meet military standards while 5 percent More were High Cost luxury apartments that soldiers could nol afford. An additional 3 percent rented to the German government As Low income housing also were not counted. The bulk of the remaining 12 percent arc controlled by real estate brokers who require Large Deposit and fees Hollands id leaving 3,011 unit available to the military. He said the Community housing referral has about 3,200 units registered. We have 1,126 soldiers in Frankfurt on the wailing list with a current waiting time of Between 4s and 6s Days hol land said