European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 11, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside strikes o West German panels discuss plan for Low flights. Page 2 n child abuse team proposed for military Page 3 d Tower s last Day at the Pentagon Page 5 d Indiana wins big 10 hoop title. Page 21 the stirs Leinon fort it . Akmid of faces. Good morning vol 47, no. 325 saturday March 11, 19b9 Joa d 8693 a Senate rejects Tower 53-47 Washington a the Senate thursday rejected the nomination of John Tower As defense Secretary 53-17, handing  hush a Majot defeat in his first High stakes showdown with the Dumot Amie a Emrol i d Congress. Bush said hi1 would Aci swiftly to sub Mit a replacement candidate in the sen ate but Hud nit timetable for making a decision. While mouse officials began the process of reviewing other possible nominees almost immediately. The Senate has made its deter Rita lion hush said 1" respect its Roie in doing so. But disagree with the out  Bush said to War should have received the recompense of a grateful nation but i Nicaj his Sot in Post weeks has been i cruel ordeal. Fur this am truly sorry for Bolh him and has family see related Story Pape 5. Tower s nomination guv shut Llyd. By concerns Boul his drinking habits Cou pled with senatorial us happiness that the former senator left his Post Seriale government Post As. Arms negotiator and quickly began turning hundreds of thou Sands of dollars is a Del Csc Industry consultant .-soviet talks open in Vienna b davii1tarhant staff writer Vienna Austria negotiations. Id reduce the heavy concentration of conventional we april in Europe began thursday Between nato and the1 War saw act with both sides hoping for . However disagreements Over the categories of weapons feb be included in the talks make prospects for Carlo Suca is Uncertain i would Shiira cleric i As a Good  said Stephen Edgar head of the us. Delegation in opening remarks thursday. Oleg a. Grinewsky. Head of the soviet delegation said thir Ujj idl the Amis negotiations Are unprecedented both in icbms of their objectives and possible diverse effects but Grinevsky tempered his optimism by saying the talks Myrtll not be Cash. It will be  u task 10 put the talks on steady feet and Bangui pm to  Ledogar noted Cornmon ground be Iwen East and Weil in several areas including the que sure o Van fling cuts in weapons Lizul he i Liq pointed out obstacles to Success is Colvin ditch in pcs in the Way each Side counts its weapons How far the in Al stages of reductions should go and a Laik of specifics found in Warsaw i act proposal officially labelled the negotiation on Conven Tumal armed forces in Europe or cafe the talks my pc 23 nations before the cafe talks similar negotiations to Vienna Hod been under Way Lor see Vienna on Back Page he pm Mimi of. 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Back Page Eastern in bankruptcy court new Yoke Ai Eastern air lines filed for Protection from creditors in bankruptcy court thursday  Day of a machinists strike blaming pilots for a Cash crisis  paralysed the nation s seventh largest airline. The move came a Day after Eastern insisted such a step remained a last1 resort in the airline s Effort to endure the strike which had Strong support from pilots and night attendants and is costing Eastern an estimated $4 Mil lion a Day. The filing under chapter 11 in . Hanor Utcy court in new. York is de signed to give Eastern a reprieve from debts while it tries to  and  from the worst crisis in i 60-year history. Frank Lori no chairman of East Ern s Parent company Texas air blamed the damage that has been  inc pilots  he and Eastern president i Hil bakes insisted they intend to restore the airline in bankruptcy court though in a smaller form. We tried might ill to keep Eastern from bankruptcy bakes said at a news conference. We intend to oper ate our airline make no mistake about  Union leaders denounced Loren of is a robber Baron machinists called for a Public to Ioctl of Eastern s sister airline. Continental set up pickets against Continental m Houston and said icy would oppose Eastern s co Anim Ion plan and any Sale of Assou make no mistake about on buys a ticket on Continental the re making a contribution to treachery. To atrocity.  Lorenzo and bakes pledged that All creditors would be paid in Lull. He said shareholder would receive fair value passengers would be protected and As Many Emp Otts As possible Usu old return to work. Eastern had 31,200 employees before inc Strile Only six bigger companies have sought chapter 11 Protection the larg est being Texaco inc. With assets of Kastlin s Frank t.oren/0 $35 billion John Peterpaul. A machinists vice president said Eastern filed for Chap Ter 11 on payday in a spiteful at capt to deny Eastern workers their last pay Check earned before the  pay checks were Foo in by the move John barfs head of the Eastern i tots Union said manage men Tolm used calling pilots at Home in Hopes some will return to work. He said Ine Effort would fail. Henry Duffy president of the air line pilots association said he hoped the move meant Lorenzo is finished itt Eastern