European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Page 5 Navy cutting Force in persian Gulf 3-for-4 Swap eaves 14 ships in waterway Washington a the . Naval Force in the persian Gulf is being trimmed again leaving the Fleet with six surface fighting ships the lowest number since the mid 1987 buildup that began As the Iraq Iran War escalated. As the guided missile Cruiser Josephus Daniels and three missile frigates left the Gulf recently three newly arriving vessels entered the waterway to begin three month duty Tours. The three for four Swap reduced the Gulf based Fleet from 15 to 14 ships and pared the number of surface combatants cruisers destroyers and frigates from seven to six. A 10-ship Battle group built around the nuclear powered aircraft Carrier Nimitz remains on station in the arabian sea. It will be replaced by another Carrier group headed by the Carrier Constellation at the end of the month. The defense department said in a statement Friday that the Josephus Daniels was being withdrawn be cause it was no longer required to meet the threat to our forces and shipping in the Region in fact the departure of the Josephus Daniels did not reflect a sudden decision to reduce the Force. The 8,200-ton Cruiser based at Norfolk va., was scheduled to leave the Gulf on Jan. 8, along with three other East coast based ships the frigates Aubrey Fitch Doyle and Taylor. As those four ships left the Gulf their patrol responsibilities were taken Over by the destroyer o Bannon and the frigates Hawes and de Wert All based at Charleston . The frigate Klakring originally slated for deployment along with those three had its orders cancelled in december. With the arrival of the newcomers the mix in the Gulf includes the Hawes the de Wert and another missile Frig ate the Reid As Well As the o Bannon and another destroyer the Harry w. Hill plus the missile Cruiser England. The United states earlier scaled Back its operations in the Gulf from direct escorting of .-flagged tankers to a system of monitoring their movements from a distance. It also has curtailed air patrols and according to the press Secretary predicts americans will be delighted with new first lady Washington a Barbara Bush s press Secretary designate said sat urday she expects the american people to be delighted and surprised by her Boss s handling of her role As first lady. Anna Maria Perez whose appoint ment was announced saturday by presi Dent elect George Bush s transition team said her Only real acquaintance with mrs. Bush was an extensive inter View in Early december. Mrs. Bush is so difficult to categorize or Label or typecast i think that i along with most of the rest of the american people Are going to be delighted and sur prised by what she does with this Posi Tion Perez said. Perez has been press Secretary to rep. John Miller r-Wash., for the past four years and previously worked four years for sen. Slade Gorton a Wash. She said she plans to go into her Job with an open mind and the expectation that it s going to be an awful lot of hard work but that i m going to really enjoy serving this administration and working for mrs.  mrs. Bush has been interested in pro Anna Maria Perez moving literacy but Perez said she did not know yet whether the future first lady planned to choose that or something else As a special project. We re just going to have to wait and see for a while Perez said. She really wants to be a wife and Mother i think. Mrs. Bush always puts her husband first  she said she has a lot to learn about her Job adding i m really going to be looking and learning and listening a lot in the  my knowledge of mrs. Bush is in credibly limited Perez said adding i be read As much As i can about  Perez 37, is a native of new York City where she attended Hunter College. She owned a Community newspaper in Washington state before going to work for Gorton in 1981. Mrs. Bush had said she wanted a Black or hispanic As her press aide and Perez is Black. The kind of first lady she s going to be is going to evolve Perez said. I m a going to be darn glad to go wherever she  Pentagon on Friday recently withdrew one of the four Azacs or airborne surveillance aircraft based in saudi Arabia during the last year of the Iraq Iran War. There have been no armed incidents in the Gulf since the United nations brokered truce went into effect aug. 20, and other foreign navies have been pulling out their forces. Although the cease fire has worked defense Secre tary Frank c. Carlucci said during a visit to the Gulf on dec. 5 that there was no plan for major changes in our Force Structure As Long As Baghdad and Tehran failed to make any Progress toward a negotiated peace. . Officials have made it Clear that the United states would continue to maintain a permanent Force in the Gulf at least at the level of four to six warships that were assigned there before the 1987 buildup. The continued presence of a soviet Fleet of some seven to 10 warships is seen As an important Factor affecting the rate at which the United states will re Duce its Gulf Force military sources say. Man plays $3 to win $1 million from vegas slots Las vegas Nev. Up a $3 in vestment in a Dollar Slot machine at cae sars Palace has returned More than $1 million to a los Angeles Man who said he would use the Money to buy a restau rant and Send his son to College. Leon Yacoub 48, inserted three to kens in a Dollar Slot machine at the popu Lar resort Casino saturday afternoon and on the third Token lined up four 7s to win the machine s Jackpot Caesars spokeswoman Debbie Munch said. Yacoub who had planned on Gam bling for just one Day returned Home late saturday with a cashier s Check made out to him for the total amount of the Jackpot $ 1,012,061, Munch said. Now i know i can buy the restaurant i wanted to buy said Yacoub who de scribed himself As a businessman. He said he also intends to set aside Money for a College education for his Only child an 8-year-old boy. Yacoub became the second califor Nian to win a Large Jackpot at Caesars in less than a month. On Christmas Day Mike Matuk 50, of Bakersfield won $ 1 million playing one of the Casino s new $500 Slot machines. Mcdonald s memo Calls King Holiday nothing Day Memphis Tenn. Not on the eve of the Observance of the Rev. Or. Martin Luther King or s birthday Black residents of the City where he was slain were stunned to learn of a local Mcdon Ald s promotional Calendar that labelled the Holiday National nothing  the january Calendar an internal memorandum distributed to 65 Mcdon Ald s franchises in the area late last month to remind managers of upcoming sales promotions brought charges of racism from employees incensed Over the entry for Jan. 16, the Day the slain civil rights Leader s birthday is observed. The Issue erupted As churches across the City were planning special services to Cele brate King s actual birthday which Falls on sunday and As City leaders were completing plans for a downtown civil rights Center at the site of the Lorraine Motel where King was slain 21 years ago. The Memphis chapter of the National association for the advancement of col ored people stopped Short of threatening a Boycott but said it would review an affirmative action partnership it has had with several dozen Mcdonald s in the Region. We cannot let this pass As a cute Little mistake said Maxine Smith executive Secretary for the Memphis chapter. This was an inexcusable thing. There is a lot of anger in the Community. It s an insult and an Effort to degrade what is important to  the major Licensee for Mcdonald s in Memphis Century management issued a written apology to its employees for what it called serious negligent human error and ordered a corrected Calendar to be distributed to the franchises with Jan. 16 Labe Ledas Martin Luther King s birthday. Steve Lykins vice president of Cen Tury management said no Mcdonald s officials had reviewed the Calendar be fore it was distributed by the advertising Agency John Malmo advertising. It s like an internal memo the Agency sent out with information about George Washington s birthday or Martin Luther King s birth or National Pickle Day that has nothing to do with us Lykins said. This is confusion and miscommunication that resulted from a horrible mis take somebody  the advertising Agency said the error was made unintentionally by a new employee who was overwhelmed by the Christmas Rush. The employee whom the Agency declined to identify wrote in National Noth ing Day a mock Holiday usually included in the january Calendar As a joke said Kath Leen West who supervises the Mcdonald s account for the Agency. She said the employee neglected to Check the Date to make sure a Symbol of racial Progress. No real Holiday occurred then. It was a terrible terrible oversight West said. It was an innocent  that is not How it came across to Many of the City s Black residents for whom King is this is where they killed him and now they do this said Pinkie Donerson a sales clerk eating breakfast at a Mcdonald s near downtown. They just refuse to recognize  in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Jan. 16, 1949 the . Consul general in tientsin China reported All Ameri cans in the area were Safe after the City fell to chinese communist troops. 30 years ago today. Jan. 16, 1959 cuban Leader Fidel Castro said if the . Decides to Send marines to Cuba to Stop the execution of War criminals former leaders of the ousted Batista regime two Hundred thousand gringos will  20 years ago today. Jan. 16, 1969 president Johnson submitted a Farewell $195.3 billion spending budget to Congress with a $3.4 billion surplus achieved through a proposal to extend the 10 percent income surtax through june 1970. 10 years ago today. Jan. 16, 1979 moving submarine so 16 from naval Siaion Rota Spain to the United states will in no Way affect nato commitments said vice adm. Joe p. Moorer commander in chief of . Naval forces Europe