European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 1, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes thursday december 1,1988 Asbestos claims Philadelphia a a fund for up to 200,000 victims of Asbestos related disease is begin nine id Settle claims thai arc in peeled to reach $3 billion against Manville corp., once the nation s largest producer of Asbestos. The company which emerged from bankruptcy Protection Mon Day is Selling aside 80 percent of its new Slock to help pay the huge liability Bill. The company is the former Johns Manville co., which sought bankruptcy Protection in 1981 with about 17,000 pending Aslies ins related Lii suits dating to the 1960s. Attempt abandoned  up Mcnair Bhutto s chief political rival wednesday abandoned his attempt to Furm a Federal govern a Clit. Clearing the Way for the opposition Leader to become the next prime minister Nawai Sharif head of the govern Mcnol Hiick cd islamic democratic Alliance look the oath of office As a member of the Punjab provincial Assembly in tie northeastern cily of Lahore hereby excluding him from holding a Seal in the lower House of parliament in Islamabad Bhutto won the largest number of  Assembly seals ahead of the Ida in the nov. 16 general elections but she failed to secure an outright majority. Both Bhutto and Sharif have claimed they can form governments with the help of independents and smaller parties. Chrysler sets Date Detroit not the Chrysler corp tuesday set dec. 23 As the Dale in will close its As Sembly Plant in Kenosha wis. Putting 4,8110 people out of work. Chrysler had said in january hat ii would close the Plant in the fall but in later said production would continue until the end of ii year because of higher demand fur curb. Chrysler also put off the closing to deflect Public , and Public officials had contended that Lee a Lacoc Ca the company s chairman broke what they believed was a Promise to operate the Plant until 1992,Chrysler has is tenuously denied making such a Promise but it a Knowle Decd thai it had perhaps raised Hopes for the Plant s future Loo High. Chrysler later announced a Trust fund for Laid . Polygamists trial Coalville ulan a jury selection began tuesday in inc trial of i rec members of a polygamist clan charged in the Jan. 28 slay Rig of a stale officer in Ashoot out Hal ended a 13-Day Landof twill police. Clan patriarch Addam Swapp 27, his brother Jonathan Swapp,21, and brother in Law John Timo Why Singer. 22, Are charged wit second degree murder in the slay ing of Utah corrections l. Fred House House was killed As he tried to direct attack dogs toward the Swapp Brothers. Prosecutors con lend Singer fired the fatal shot during a shoot out with police that ended a siege begun after a nearby mormon Chapel was bombed Jan. 16. The three along with clan matriarch Vickie Singer already have been convicted on Federal charges summing front the bombing. Funds of d for Garmisch hotel from stuff and wire reports nearly four years of planning pleading and waiting came to fruition tuesday when the army got the of to use 165 million in non appropriated funds to build a 450-room hotel in Gar Misch West Germany. The hotel will serve As the flagship for a revitalized armed forces recreation Center. The approval came from the House armed services committee panel on morale welfare and recreation Afler a recent inspection of european  chairman rep Marvin Cath a Texas and rep. David Martin r n.y., according to United press International the panel oversees the operation of a variety of programs including commissaries base exchanges and military Community recreation programs construction of the new hotel which will be located on Sheridan Cavern in Garmisch is expected to begin in the Spring with opening scheduled for late 1991?. The hotel will join a growing list of major renovations and construction pro Grams designed to modern ii the aging arc facilities in Bavaria most of them dating to world War ii. The hotels  Are Midway through a major renovation and similar projects arc on Tup for hotels in . A new Hausberg ski Lodge opened two years ago in Garmisch. Once the new hotel is Complete plans Call for closing Down the old hotels in Garmisch and turning them Over to . Army in Europe Tor its use or disposition. There is no question of the value of this area in providing our military peo ple with a respite from the isolation High Cost and Rigours associated with maintain ing a High readiness posture in Europe Lealh told up. Unfortunately High financial losses mismanagement and dilapidated facilities jeopardized the exis tence of the  following his inspection in mid no vember Lealh told the stars and stripes that he expected the panel to approve. Construction of inc hotel citing marked improvements in management and efficiency. ". The panel in february ordered a consolidation of the three major army hotel properties in German Hawaii and South Korea with Overall management centralized at the army s Community and family support Center. -. Since then arc and support Cente officials have been attempting to con Vince the panel thai modernization would be necessary and that building a new hotel would be cheaper than upgrading outdated structures Many of them not even constructed As hotels. Buting id this report h�4i worrier claim Bowdan Flo. High court won t reverse House election Tallahassee Fla. A the Florida supreme court wednesday rejected . Rep. Bill Chappell s attempt to have nearly 11,000 nov. 8 ballots thrown out which would have reversed his failed re election bid. The High court facing a self impose noon deadline before the state s elections canvassing commission could certify Republican newcomer Craig James As inc Winner issued its ruling in a Bri Forder shortly after 8 . It planned to Issue an opinion explaining its reasoning Laler. The commission had been scheduled monday to Tell Federal elections official that James a Doland lawyer had won the 4th congressional District race. Butich court ordered a delay in the meeting for two Days because of Democrat Chap Pell s lawsuit a Veteran of 20 years in Congress Chappell lost to James by 732 votes in a recount of the nov. 8 general  s lawsuit sought to have Flagler county s  invalidated claiming the county elections supervisor s office missed a so Vii Day deadline Afier inc election to file returns with stale officials. State Law requires that returns be ignored if they arrive after 5 . On the seventh Day Afler an election Bur the canvassing commission said it would be unjust to disqualify voters because of technicality. Without inc county s 10,907 votes Chappell would have won by 288 votes. Messages were left for both Chap Polland James wednesday but the Telephone Calls were nol immediately resume James who began a 15-Day Orienta Tion session wednesday in Washington had said he was confident of keeping hit Victory. /. Reward offered for solving apparent theft Ansbach West Germany investigators Are of Turing a $3,000 Reward for information about the apparent theft of communications equipment discovered to be missing nov. Is a 1st army div spokesman said  devices were apparently stolen from the 141 is signal in at Barton bar Racks Between nov 6 and is. Maj. John l. Shea division Public affairs offi cer said in a news release. The Reward is offered for information leading to the recovery of five communications Security devices and. The conviction of the person or persons who stole them the release said. Shea said inc equipment has been the object of an intense investigation since nov. 18, when it was discovered to be missing during a routine Battal Ion Alert ". The devices Are not classified but they Are considered sensitive Shea said add ing that the equipment will not work without additional parts that Aren t miss ing. I /.  ". Anyone with information about the Case should Contact the Ansbach office Orthe criminal investigation come at ets 468-8839 or 8416. Rome Uso Leader of head Uso Germany Washington the Dirc Clor of he Uso in Rome will become director of operations for Uso Germany Earl this month. Thomas a Buchanan will replace Janet Bandows Koster who has been a poin cd director for program and Council relations at the United service organizations world Headquarters in washing  has served As director of the Rome Uso and coordinator for uses i Italy since october 1986. While in Rome Buchanan served As the . Mili tary Liaison to the Vatican and provided support for Uso Mediterranean flee services in italian ports. His replacement in Rome has not been selected according to a Uso announce ment in his role As director of operation sin West Germany Buchanan will Lead a full time staff of 80 employees anymore than 1,500 volunteers he also will be responsible for opera Ioni an programs Ai the 23 Uso facilities in the  gets 4 years for stabbing 2 soldiers bad Kreuz Nach West Germany is an army specialist was sentenced tuesday to four years confinement for Telephone Booths in the billeting area Agra Fenohr. ,m3-.- two soldiers from Btry a 4th in 77ih the judge a so gave the 30-year-Oldstabbing two soldiers july 29 after a fight at Field any 44th Field arty brigade an. Baum older Soldier a dishonourable Dis . 8lh inf div spokesman said  incident apparently followed a fistfight about Midnight outside some spec. Omar a. Small of cod 7qsthsupport in St of div. Pleaded not Daumit Ciuci a Uiti  i charge reduced him to the lowest enlisted rank and ordered him to forfeit$400 a month for three years. Vietnam urged to join More talks on mias Washington a the United slates has proposed talks with Vietnam on future cooperation in the search for american servicemen missing in action the state department said tuesday. The talks would take place following a10-Day joint search by four american and vietnamese learns that starts dec. 5,said spokesman Charles Redman. Vietnam has agreed to a . Request to have four teams conduct the search an increase from the two teams that were allowed to search various Sites twice this year we Hope that this will enable us tomake More rapid Progress in efforts to obtain the fullest possible accounting of those still missing in action Redman said the . Learns will include technical personnel from the joint casualty Reso Lution Center and the army s Central identification Laboratory in Hawaii he said. They will be investigating a number of cases in the areas of Lmh and Dong hoi South of Hanoi