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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Friday, December 30, 1988

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages the stars and stripes Friday december 30,1988 Bush appoints Cia s Gates As National Security Deputy Washington map preside a decl George Bush has picked no. 2 Cia official Robert m. Gates As his Deputy National Security adviser and is nominating career intelligence analyst Richard j. Kerr to replace Gates at inc spy Agency. Gates knows the system the critical importance of the incr Agency process for presidential decision Mak ing and the details of the management of that process Bush said wednesday in a statement Issue j in Washington while he was Hunting in Texas. Gates gained National attention in the Spring of 1987. When president Reagan nominated him to succeed the late William j. Casey As director of Central intelligence. Juror Over inc Iran Contra affair delayed Senate confirmation of inc nomination and Gates asked that his name be withdrawn in March 1987. Gates has denied consistently that he tried to cover up inc Cia role in the Iran arms Deal and he has kept a High reputation among intelligence  Hill. The vice chairman of the Senate intelligence com Mittee sen. William Cohen r-mc., said wednesday thai Gaii s brings a tremendous Reservoir of Talent to the National Security Council staff. Cohen in a statement issued through a spokeswoman called Gates an outstanding Choice. Bob gales is a loss for the intelligence Agency and a gain for the National Security  Gates would serve As Deputy in Bush s designated National Security adviser retired air of Virce Gen. Brent scowcroft. La. Gen. Colin l. Powell is inc current National Security adviser and John d. Negroponte is his Deputy. Gates appointment is not subject to Senate confirmation. Kerr s appointment As Deputy to Cia director William Webster is subject to hearings by the Senate intelligence panel and a two thirds vote of the full. Senate. Had gales been confirmed As director of Central intelligence he would have been the first Cia analyst to have attained that Post. Previous Cia directors i incr have served in the spy Agency s Clandestine service or have come from the outside like Webster or Bush who was Cia Ehi Efin 1976. Kerr has spent his career As a Cia analyst and and mistral or. Webster said the to Pointek it of Gates distribute to him and a Vole of Confidence for the Agency. While we will miss him Here his appointment is a real plus for the National Security of this  Ken is a highly Quali fied Cia career officer.," said Webster. As Dep Uty director for Intelli gence heading up the analytical Side of the cares Agency Kerr is my principal adviser on the production of finished intelligence and is widely respected throughout the intelligence  the Kerr selection also won Praise on Capitol Hill. Dick Ken s appointment sends a message that the new administration is recognizing professional Excel Lence in selecting top officials in the intelligence area said sen. David Boren a okla chairman of the sen ate intelligence committee. Gales 45. Has served with the Cia for 22 years including a five year loan from 1974-79 to the a Saslaff. He was raised in Wichita kan., where he earned straight a s in High school and was an Eagle Seoul. He received a Bachelor s degree from William and Mary College in 1965, a master s degree from Indiana University in 1966 and a doctorate in russian history from Georgetown University in 1974, Gates was Deputy director for intelligence for More than four years and according to one intelligence source greatly improved the Quality of Cia reports. Kerr 53, joined the Cia As a military analyst in i960, concentrating on biographical and reference material relating to the soviet Union. According to a biography released by the Bush transition office. Ken also has worked As an imagery analyst apparently sent Tunizi no satellite photographs. Kerr received a Bachelor s degree in history and did some graduate work at the University of Oregon. Mississippi City refuses to name Street after Martin Luther King or. Natchez miss. A cily officials have rejected a proposal to name a Street after inc Rev. Martin Luther King jr., triggering complaints from a Black Alderman that the decision Wasa step backward in race relations. The 4-2 Vole tuesday night Cam after about 10.people requested that Pine Street a residential and commercial Street that. Ems through the downtown area of this Mississippi River City be named after the slain civil rights Leader. Mayor David Armstrong who was among the support ers of the change but does not Vole on the Board said the City needed to show Unity Between Blacks and whiles. Aldermen opposing the step said that lax Rolls and property deeds would have to be changed and Busi Nesses on inc Street would be inconvenienced. George Harden the Only Black member of the six Mem Ber Board said prior to the vote that other members were not interested in moving talc he Forward. We re going to have problems in Nai Chez for the nest three or four  -. ". Alderman Freddie Biglane who voted against the name change said he fell threatened that i Host seeking inc name change were promoting a Boycott if they tailed to gel their Way. " at tuesday s meeting the citizens group presented a report that said the businessmen would not oppose the change. L we Wen through something last year i Hope never Hap pens again and i think we made a Tol of strides Forward in the town o do some Good things Armstrong said. The mayor was referring to a Boycott of White owned businesses by Blacks Over alleged inequities in inc schools. The Boycott wound Down Early this year and died out after the county superintendent was replaced during the summer. Stateside woman 81, collapses Dies at funeral of her son Newport Wash. A an go year old woman collapsed and died during inc funeral other son. Who died trying to Rescue his child from an icy River. Lydia Kirschbaum apparently suffered a heart attack at the funeral service for her Ion James 53. Family members said mrs Kirschbaum sob Bing heavily had been standing next to her son s wife while a choir Sang you Light up my life mrs. Kirschbaum was pronounced dead a Newport Community Hospital. Kirschbaum s cremation was postponed until after his Mother s funeral thursday. Lie died last week when his son. Rick fell through the ice on the Calispell River while the two were Bird Hunting. Kirschbaum went onto the Froien River after the youngster falling through himself. The son was Able to make Witback to Shore. 10-year-old arrested with 66 bags of cocaine Wilmington Del. A a 10-year-Oldboy was arrested wednesday after police found he was holding 66 bags of cocaine Worth 11,320on the Street authorities said. The youngster was apprehended about 2  officers responded to a lip by a caller who said two boys were holding the drugs. The 10 year old who also had s171 in Cash was charge with intent to deliver the drug police sgt. Don Roberts said he was taken to a juvenile detention Center while police tried to locale his parcels police believe the boy was holding hid cocaine divided into s 20 bags for someone else Roberts  second youth has not been found. . Resumes Aid to Fiji As democracy returns Washington a the United states is resuming economic Aid to Fiji that was sus Pended last year after a coup attempt in the Pacific Island nation inc stale department said. A statement said the decision to resume the nearly 11.4 million in Aid was made after recent moves were taken by the fijian government to restore democracy Man allegedly drives off with body in Windshield Lantana Fla. A a Motorist May have driven four Miles with a dead bicyclist lodged in his broken Windshield police said. Stanley Dock 74, was under investigation in the death of John r. Davis 42, of Lake Worth officer Mike Smith said tuesday. Davit Wai struck head on saturday by Dock s car which was on inc wrong Side of the Road Smith said witnesses said that Afler the car struck Davis Dock turned off the car s lights accelerated and continued for about four Miles with Davis body in the passenger seat and his legs hanging. Out the Windshield police said. After Dock arrived Home several witnesses tried to talk to him but said he was incoherent and tried to push Davis body underneath the car Smith said. Buccy my fac b Jde a t h u n d or i Cip us dog Law Toledo Ohio a some Sav Bucky is Mutt others say it s a super pit Bull. A judge s decision on the matter ultimately could Cost the dog its life under he slate s new vicious dog Law. Lucas county dog Warden Thomas Skeldon said wednesday that Bucky apparently is a super pit Bull part pit Bull part rhodesian Ridge Back Mak ing in extremely dangerous. A rhodesian Ridge Back is known As an african Ipin Houna because of its ability to Hunt Lions. Skeldon said. Bucky he said has the aggressiveness of a ring crack and the tenacity of a Pii Bull. Skeldon said mixed Breeding is on the Rise because some people Sec it As a Way of circumventing Ohio s hew vicious dog Law which was passed in 1987 after Dayton area doctor was fatally attacked by two pit bulls. The Law singles out Only Pii bulls. " we can foresee larger pit bulls com ing into the Pound and pit Bull crosses with larger Breeds. We be never seen one this Large before Skeldon said about Bucky. Who weighs about 90 pounds we hear there s an attempt to Cross pit bulls with Breeds so that it does t look like a pit Bull and there also is the tendency to Breed the dog with a larger animal. This is frightening he raid. County Deputy dog wardens on dec. Is confiscated Bucky who is licensed. After the dog was seen running Loose from us Yard which had an open Gate Ron Cannon a Deputy dog Warden said the Pound was notified by the . Postal service which complained that inc dog chased a letter earner who had to use a Spray deterrent to keep inc do Gat Bay. The owner Amy Adkins was cited for having a vicious dog improperly con fined and for having no liability insurance. Her attorney Christopher Park Dis Putes Skeldon s contentions that Bucky to a pit Bull. A is my understanding that in is not a pit Bull. I know the owners say it in the said. He said talking about the Case would be premature because of a Jan 12 pretrial conference in municipal court. If a judge determines the dog is a pit Bull he can order it destroyed the previous attack classifies Bucky As a dangerous dog under the jaw but the question remains whether he is a pit Bull the Only Breed listed in the state statute m a vicious dog. Penalties for violations involving dangerous dogs and vicious dogs Are Sim Ilar but the Law requires the owner of a vicious dog to carry proof of liability insurance which is often difficult to obtain  
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