European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday january 14,1989 Bush pledges restudy of immigration Tances hard line on chemical weapons Islamorada Fla. A president elect Bush said Friday he would take a hard new look at . Immigration policies but he blamed the influx of Refu gees from Central America on what he called tyranny in leftist run Nicaragua. Bush at a Brief news conference at the Airport in nearby Marathon in route to a weekend of fishing in the Florida keys defended offshore Oil drilling and said it can be done without harming the environment. He also said he would strive throughout his presidency to rid the world of chemical and biological weapons. Referring to the juror Over what the United states contends is a chemical weapons Plant under construction in Libya Bush said i think there is much More understanding now about that rata Plant and think that s a Good thing. But i think the Way to approach it now is to build on what happened there in terms of worldwide under standing to Start with a determination to Stop proliferation of chemical weapons he said. Earlier Bush told reporters travelling with him from Washington that he never doubted West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl s commitment to eliminating chemical weapons. The Bonn government said thurs Day it now has indications that a German company May have links to the suspect Plant. Bush who is being joined on the fishing trip by buddies including Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady and sen. Alan Simpson r-wyo., was asked first what he planned to do about the influx of refugees overburdening the Miami area. Bush replied that the influx of refugees into Florida and his Home state of Texas is causing an overburdening of facilities like schools and hospitals. This is a president elect Bush gestures broadly during an Impromptu press conference on the Tarmac at Marathon Airport. Backers receive funds to Honor Black revolutionary War soldiers Washington a backers of a planned me Morial honouring Blacks who served in the revolution Ary War banked their first major corporate contribution Friday and said they hoped to build it i Washington by 1991. Design and construction of the Black revolutionary War patriots memorial is expected to Cost about $4 wine that went unused at 1988 Summit to be sold Portland Ore. Up a bottle of Californi sparkling wine that was available to president Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev during their May 1988 Summit will be auctioned March 1. The bottle to be put up for bid at the classic wines auction is one of seven bottles remaining from three cases of 1986 sparkling tremant sent to the Summit sponsors said. Lee Ragen of Portland received the bottle from a representative of Schraffenberger cellars of Anderso Valley Calif. The auction raises funds for metropolitan family service a non profit Agency serving needy families an the elderly. Million said Bill Noack a spokesman for general motors which contributed $25,000 to the project. Pm also plans to sponsor a dinner in Washington on May 23 aimed at raising another $250,000, Noack said. The memorial is intended to Honor the 5,000 Black soldiers and sailors who fought in the revolutionary War As Well As Black slaves who ran away or petitioned for Freedom during the Era according to Maurice a. Barboza president of the Black revolutionary War patriots foundation. Pm group vice president Marina Whitman who presented the $25,000 Check to Barboza at a news conference said we Are Here today to Correct the historical record if you will. The 5,000 or so Black americans who served in the revolution and the Many who gave their support Are not prominent in the pages of history. Yet they made a meaningful contribution to our Freedom As a  Barboza said he hoped other corporations will con tribute funds that will help us memorialize these for gotten  president Reagan signed a Law on March 25, 1988, authorizing construction of the memorial which is expected to be in the area Between the Lincoln memo rial and Washington Monument. Sorry commentary on what s happening in Central America and Nicaragua and we be been seeing this fora Long Long time. When i become president we re going to take a hard new look at the immigration policies but there is no easy answer to it he said. The final answer is democracy and Freedom in Nicaragua the vice president added. When people Are fleeing tyranny the United states has to be generous. But no one Community can suffer an overload without some  asked what he would do about the refugees already Here Bush replied crisply the Law takes care  on air Force two earlier Bush said the fact that his new Cabinet is heavily weighted with familiar Washington figures was just what he wanted. Bush had promised to bring new faces to Washington but he said i never pledged that i would have a totally inexperienced Cabinet. There s a lot of new faces in the Cabinet. It depends How you define new new from the old Reagan administration Cabinet not new from having no experience in Washington. I want an experienced Cabinet. That s exactly what we be got said Bush who chose Only three people without Washington backgrounds to fill his 17 Cabine tand Cabinet level jobs. The president elect who once hoped to appoint the whole Cabinet before Christmas finally finished the task thursday by naming the former naval chief James d. Watkins As Energy Secretary and tapping former education Secretary William j. Bennett to Lead anti drug efforts. Seven current or former Reagan Cabinet officers and two retiring Republican lawmakers will hold to jobs under Bush. He also enlisted Edward Derwinski an undersecretary of state and former congressman to head the new department of veterans affairs and kept William Webster on As Cia director. It labor Secretary designate Elizabeth Dole and Carla Hills Bush s Choice As . Trade representative will be the Only women in the Cabinet. It will have two hispanics Lauro Cavazos at education and Manuel Lujan at Interior and one Black Louis Sullivan a health and human services. Bush who was to be sworn in next Friday said he is not entirely comfortable with the Cost of his inauguration which could reach $25 million. However he said it is being paid for largely with private funds and the country deserves every four years something As unifying with the pageantry and the drama of an  the excursion to Florida is Bush s third fishing or Hunting trip since his election two months ago. He went fishing in Gulf Stream Fla., in november and went Hunting and fishing in Texas and Alabama the a Eek after Christmas. Explosion puts Man on mattress in flight Crystal Lake 111 a a flying mat Tress earned a 79-year-old Man to safety As his Home was levelled by a natural Gas explosion authorities and the Man said. The incident occurred thursday morning As James Steurer was sitting on his bed in this West Ern Chicago suburb putting on his shoes in preparation for a visit to his daughter in Law. Moments later Steurer said he was still sit Ting on his mattress outside on the driveway blown out a Side Wall of his Home by the Force of the Gas explosion. I landed outside picked up my mattress and it was on fire so i tried to put it out he said. What could you think at that Point the explosion scattered Glass threw a Side Wall of the Home against a next door neighbor s garage sent pieces of Wood onto neighbouring rooftops and gave off a blast of heat that melted the siding on a neighbouring House. Absolutely i m Lucky said Steurer As fire if jeers searched through the remains of his 3 5u,000 Wood Frame Home for clues to the Caus of the blast. He suffered Only a few scratches