European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes g columnist Rowan fires Bullet into trespasser s wrist Page 2 d recruit screening for phobias urged Page 5 g trans Atlantic flight delays expected to get worse Page 13 d nil May look outside . For More games sports Page 21 the slurs  Utho Iii d unofficial Ajili Citron for Thi . Ahmid Good morning vol.47, no. 59 wednesday june 15, 1988 ,-jj� 08693 a Baker leaving Post in july Jiw i in a Iii iwo chief of staff Cifes poor health of we sep Mother for resigning Washington a Howard baiter will adviser who has guided my staff deftly and Lien As while Home chief of staff and be effectively for the last 16  Reagan bake Resig while Hou replaced by his Deputy Kenneth Ducr slain on july to it was announced tuesday. In addition White House communication director Thomas c. Cir Iscom intends to leave his Post but he has not said when he will leave said White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwa Ter. Although Baker had promised Reagan to slay until the end of inc administration next january he asked the president to be excuse from that commitment Fitzwater said. Baker cited the ill lie ally of itis wife Jay and step Mother Irene who Are both hospitalized. See related Ilam on pore 12. Baker s decision to resign also is sure to fuel speculation about him As a possible candidate for vice president. His name has been on Many lists of potential running mules for George Bush. Baker joined the while House staff on feb. 27, 1987, in the aftermath of the Iran Contra scandal. In a statement read by Filz Walcer Reagan said he accepted Baker s resignation with deep regret. Senator Baker has been a close Friend and advise Dell effective months said. He held a steady hand in the operation of the White House while the Iran Contra investigations were being conducted and his Wise counsel fostered the spirit of cooperation in which those issues were presented to the Amer ican  when asked during a picture taking session with italian prime minister Ciriaco do Mila whether Baker s departure could be seen As fur ther evidence of a lame Duck administration Reagan replied Well. I Don t think it should be. He had his reasons for what he s had to do. We re going to miss him of  Reagan in his statement also called Baker a steady Force for peace to promote negotiations leading to an intermediate Range nuclear missile treaty with the soviet Union and two Summit meetings with soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev. Fitzmaier said Baker will return to his Law practice Baker Wothington Crossley Slan scr by and Woolf in Knox me. Duberstein became Baker s Deputy on march23, 1987. Baker recommended that dub Stcin succeed him. Baker joined the White House staff in february 1987. Fin photo soviets apologize for killing . Major april Frade deficit plummeted to lowest level in Over 3 years maj. Arthurd Nicholson or. Apfl i photo see Story Back Page Washington a the . Trade deficit shrank to $9.89 billion in april the lowest level since december 1984, the government reported tuesday. The Commerce department said that a Steep drop in import helped push inc deficit Down by 15.5 percent from the revised March figure of a 1,7 billion. Many analysts had feared that the deficit would Widen in apr so the report showing it actually shrank to its lowest level since late 1984 sent investors scrambling to buy dollars and . Stocks and Bonds. The buying wave pushed the Dollar up sharply against key foreign currencies wrenched Down interest rates in inc Bond Market and gave an Early boost to Wall Street where Stock prices jumped. The key Dow Jones Industrial average of 30 stocks Rose More than 20 Points to 2,133 in the first hour the highest Range since the Slock mar Ket crush in october. At the White House Reagan was asked about the Trade figures during an Oval office picture see Trade on Back Page Dukakis denounces Star wars Bush pledges no ties to Castro by the associated press Democrat Michael Dukakis tuesday declared we Don t need ski but should in Stead help Europe by improving convention Al military forces. A top Dukakis aide mean while was discussing vice presidential plans in Washington As Jesse Jackson began sound ing More conciliatory on that subject. Republican George Bush was in washing ton too one Day after telling an anti Fidel Castro cuban american group there will be no accommodations with the cuban Leader if Bush is elected president. Dukakis speaking to the private Atlantic Council in Washington said in reference to president Reagan s proposed strategic defense initiative popularly called Star wars we Don t need ski we need cd1, the conventional de sense initiative begun by leaders in the Congress to apply advanced technology to the Challenge of Hehling and winning a conventional  he praised the .-sovict treaty Banning in a mediate Range nuclear missiles and he hailed see Dukakis on Back Page Torme Glare fee maker liable in smoker s death Back Page