European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 12, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2b the stars and stripes monday december 12,19gb Advance vigilance a Swiss Soldier armed and carrying a Walkie talkie walks Kinrd duty on sunday through he visitors gallery it the Airport in Geneva. That portion of he Airport was closed because or tight ened Security already put into effect for the . Meeting on Palestine scheduled for tuesday through thursday. Pentagon expected to of stealth production slowdown los Angeles a the defense department is on the verge or approving a change in funding that could delay palc production of the b-2 stealth bomber until the mid to late 1990s, the los Angeles times reported sunday. The decision on the $68.5 billion bomber program was to come monday the newspaper said. It quoted unidentified Pentagon officials who said the bomber s production schedule clearly will be stretched  news followed a meeting wednesday of the de sense resources Board the Pentagon s senior decision making body for program management. We be flattened out production to a More gradual increase than was planned a Pentagon official told the times requesting anonymity. Air Force officials Are backing the change in production saying it will allow Lime 10 incorporate improvements that May be suggested during flight tests the newspaper said. Deputy defense Secretary William h. Tall in who was chairman of wednesday s meeting was expected to reach a final decision Over the weekend following meetings with department officials the times said. Production plans Call for building 132 of Floc planes. The stealth a variation of a single Wing aircraft design and resembling a giant Bat was unveiled last month when the first plane was rolled out at Northrop bases from Page 1 leaders concerned about a possible shutdown order. None of the four services has been asked for a list of bases fort losing and none Lias been orc red Edwards said. Commission spokesman Jim abbe said the panel has focused special attention on the 870 largest bases out of the 3,800 installations under review. But he said the recommendations won t be submitted until dec 30. The closings arc estimated to save Between $2 Bil lion and $5 billion cart cd is expected to approve the recommended list by a deadline of Jan. 15, five Days before he leave office to make Way for the appointee of president elect George Bush. But next year Congress or the president could Block any base  fro Page 1 soldiers were running after us. I ran into a tibetan courtyard and 1 said i m wounded and 1 fainted.". Meindersma who said she had been in Lhasa since september studying tibetan said she refused to stay in a Hospital where she was being treated because police wanted to question her and take her picture. She said police searched her hotel room and those of other for Eigners.   clash saturday began when 3.0 tibetans identified by the Xinhua news Agency As monks and nuns marched into the Market carrying the banned tibetan Flag to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the . Universal declaration on human rights the protes ters dressed in Street clothes and face masks demanded an end to 38 years of chinese communist Rule Over the Himalayan Region. The nationally televised evening news said police were forced to fire during saturday s unrest when some troublemakers refused to heed a warning and threw stones and bottles at police the official Xinhua news Agency said that to of the 13 injured were seriously  no other details. Another dutch witness to the clash. Lucia Dean is said a crowd of tibetans surged toward the demonstrators and began stoning the Security forces who opened tire she said it was not Clear whether the Stone throwing or shooting began first. Decries said she saw two people lying in pools of blood and was told they were dead. . From Page 1 the first military Force to win the award. Also in a while tic ceremony in Stockholm swe Den five americans shared the science prizes with three West germans a briton and a Frenchman. Literature laureate Naguib Mahfouz of Egypt could not attend for health reasons and was represented by two daughters. He is the first Arab writer to win  i. Sweden s King Carl Xvi Gustaf awarded the prize for physics to americans Leon m. Mcderman Melvin Schwartz and Jack Steinberger. Johann Deseri Hoffr Robert Huber and Hartmut Michel Alt West germans received the chemistry award .-.". \ sir James Black of Britain shared the Medicine prize with Gertrude b. Elion and George h. Hit hugs both of the United states and Maurice Allais of France won the memorial prize in economics. This year s prizes Are Worth $416,000 per category. For reasons never explained swedish industrialist Al Fred Nobel stipulated in his will that the Nobel peace prize be awarded in Norway and the other prizes in Sweden. An audience of 600 at Oslo University s Aula Hall observed a moment of silence for the 733 peacekeepers who have died on duly the first . Force went to the Middle East in 1948. Since then 500,000 soldiers from 58 countries have served in trouble spots around the world keeping combatants apart and monitoring cease fires. The United nations has 10,000 soldiers in the Field today and Perez de Cuellar noted that one of them . Marine it. Col. William Higgins is held by kid nappers in Lebanon he appealed Higgins release. Corp s production facility in Palmdale. The first bombers costing shoo million each hereto he delivered to the air Force in 1991, and planes were reportedly to be delivered at a rate of two per month by 1992. Production Rales like nearly everything regarding the highly secret bomber have been classified but tall s decision could push Back Peak production two to three years. Some lawmakers had also indicated previously that production plans might have to be pushed Back be cause of High costs. We probably Are going to have to slow Down the stealth considerably. Sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., chairman of the Senate defense panel said on lbs to s face the nation program nov. 27. Such a change however could jeopardize the Finan Cial stability of the bomber s prime contractor North Rop which derives about half its sales from the plane. The company already has reduced its labor Force on the bomber from a Peak of 14,000 to 12,600 employ pcs. As word that the bomber s production scale might be stretched out began to surface on Wall Street last. Week. Northrop s Stock dropped from 131.875 a share to $29.125 in trading on the new York Slock Exchange. News briefs 8 finalists being studied to fill Quayle s Senate seat Indianapolis apr gov. Robert d. Orr said he has narrowed his list of candidates for vice president elect Dan Quayle s . Senate seat to eight finalists Orr said Friday that expects to name his Selec Tion this week. A final background Check of the finalists was being conducted Over the weekend. On sunday the Indianapolis Star published a list of the finalists which it had pieced together from sources and said Orr had confirmed it. The eight All republicans arc rep. Dan coals and rep. Dan Burton former Indiana Secretary of stale Edwin j. Simeon state House speaker Paul s. Mannweiler of Indianapolis state rep. Patrick j. Kiely of Anderson chair Man of the state House ways and Mosna com Mittee it gov. John m. Mutz Indianapolis mayor William h. Hudnut and Marion county prosecutor Stephen Goldsmith the newspaper  Marcos condition raised from guarded to stable Honolulu up the condition of for Mer philippine president Ferdinand Marcos hospitalized with congestive heart failure was upgraded from guarded to stable saturday a  Hospital spokeswoman said. Marcos 71, is awaiting a decision by a judge. On whether he is fit to travel to new York to face racketeering charges. A government doctor has concluded that Marcos is healthy enough to. Make the trip. Marcos suffered acute congestive hear fail ure according to his personal physician. Or. Juanita Zagala. South Korea accused of blazing balloon foray. Tokyo a North Korea has charge that South Korea set Eire to its territory by float ing balloons with igniters across the Border. An official news report said. The North s official korean Central news Agency said major Gen Choc i ung sent a letter protesting the alleged incident to the South korean government. The news report dated sat urday was seen in Tokyo on sunday i. The South korean Side sent balloons with igniters by taking advantage of the wind into the demilitarized zone thus burning several Hec Tares of area on our Side the communist news Agency said. It said the incident occurred wednesday