European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                D rep. Schroeder proposes military relocation centers Page 2 d record season predicted for airline travel Page 3 d rep. Lukens convicted of sex charge Page 4 d Candy bomber still sweetening lives Page 9 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good morning vol. 48. No. 41 sunday May 28, 1989 ?5c daily and sunday d 8693 a democratic rep. Coel Horwits Tob event probe Oft Frances Washington not rep. Toff. Coelho of California the no. 3 House Democrat and the leading contender to become majority Leader said Friday thai he was resigning from Congress rather than put his party and his colleagues through a protracted investigation old impersonal finances. Coelho had been expected to face a House investigation for a 198ft invest ment involving inc Purchase of $100,000 in junk Bonds underwritten by the in vestment firm of Drexel Burnham Lam Bert. He has acknowledged failing to report on his financial disclosure form the help that he received from a savings and loan executive in buying the Bonds. In addition the Justice Departie Athas confirmed opening a  Quiry into the Purchase Coelho has called his failure report the savings executive s . T and he has denied aay Ujj Calion thai he Lent any  legislative assistance to the a jugs and loan Industry in Exchange to Mai help. Coelho a stunning announcement came dirty hours after his staff had said he would press a Hajj my a race for majority Leader in Jar succession struggle set off by exudation that House speaker Jim so put d-tc.\As. Would resign. _ some of Coelho s democratic col sues. Battered from the yearlong investigation of Wright had been urging Coelho already the Republican party s principal target after Wright not to himself an even bigger target by Pake Tony coi who for majority Leader ethics committee which has  right s finances and found possible Vuht Ajjon of House rules was under incr Astrig it sure last week to open an inquiry into tip cello s finances. Coelho said he understood that was an internal debate at the Justice do Parment Over whether to open an investigation of his finances. The department has not commented on that but Coelho said he was certain he would have to answer questions in the department s inquiry into Drexel Burn Ham Lambert. C Ohelo is a Friend of the former head of Drexel s junk Bond division Michael Millken. Who arranged Coelho s Bond Purchase. Shortly before Coelho disclosed his decision. Common cause the lobbying group announced that it had sent a letter to the House ethics committee asking for an investigation of Coelho s Bond Deal. In the event that Wright Steps aside. Rep. Thomas s. Foley of Washington is virtually certain to succeed him As speaker. Democrats say. Coelho s resignation throws open the race for both majority Leader and whip. Rep. Richard a. Gephardt of Missouri a close Friend and ally of Coelho. Is now expected to seek the majority Leader s Post. Rep. De Jenkins of Georgia has also been preparing to run for the Job. Coelho has represented California s Central Valley for 11 years. I can t be Leader and if i can t be id Coelho. Who has a reputation As ambit re and fiercely partisan it s time to try Awil a different Challenge. Therefore. June Lac which is my 47thbirthday, will be my isl my a in the con  Coelho said he was certain Phi had done nothing wrong in his finances. But see Coelho on Back Page Bush scarfs Europe trip upbeat on soviets from staff and wire reports Rome president Bush arriving Here for the Start of a we Klong european trip said soviet initiatives Are prompting new challenges and unparalleled opportunities for the Western Alliance. Continuing his upbeat approach 19 East West relations after weeks of expressing caution and wariness about soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev Bush began his first trip to Europe As president Friday with a message of Welcome to the political and economic changes taking place in the soviet Union and some european nations. White House officials meanwhile declined to Dis cuss a report in the Washington times Friday that Bush plans to announce at the nato Summit meeting in Brussels Belgium that the United states will reduce its troop strength in Europe by up to 10 percent or by As Many As 32,100 . I am not admitting or denying  while House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater told reporters on the Way to Rome. Any ideas in this area would be ones the president would want to discuss with the  Fitz Walcer  he would want to raise with his partners at this session before he discusses anything publicly. These arc issues that Are very closely tied to the goals and objectives of the Alliance. They Are not actions we would take unilaterally. We would Only consider these issues in inc. Context of the  Bush did not make any statements on the troop Cut Issue. But on the soviets he told reporters at Andrews fab md., Friday morning shortly before boarding air Force one for the eight hour flight to Rome we Welcome the political and economic liberalization that has taken place so far in the soviet Union and in some countries of Eastern Europe. We watch hoping More changes will  on arriving in Rome Bush made no mention of the nagging and divisive dispute Between Washington and Bonn Over Short Range nuclear missiles which began last month when the West German government defied the United states and demanded that nato open president Bush is greeted in Koine by italian prime minister Cirineo de Mita. Negotiations with the East on reducing such weapons. Most of those weapons arc in the two Germany. Bush was to spend the weekend in Italy before Hying to Brussels where a nato Summit meeting will he held monday and tuesday. In Rome police enforced tight Security in the streets around the . Embassy and the Villa Taverna Resi Dence of . Ambassador Maxwell Rabb where Bush was to stay. The president was to begin saturday with a morning meeting with Cirineo do Mila the prime minister of Italy s caretaker government and foreign minister Giulio Andreotti. Do Mita s coalition government feel apart this month and he was asked last week by Italy s president Francesco Corsiga to form the caretaker government. The meeting was to be followed by discussions with Corsiga before lunch at Rome s Quinn Alc Palace. Bush hoped to discuss with the italians plans to Transfer a Wing off a 6 fighters to Italy from Torr Jon a Spain by 1992. The United states is withdrawing the fighters from Spain because of Public opposition there. Bush was to Host a reception for italian dignitaries Al the american ambassador s residence before going to the Vatican Al 6 . For a private audience with Pope John Paul ii. The official Day was to conclude with a dinner for hush Given by de Mita at Villa Madama. Barbara Bush is accompanying her husband on his first trip to Europe since taking office. On saturday morning she was to visit the recently opened Mother Theresa Center for homeless women before going to Sec inc Arch of constant inc a recently restored 4th Century Monument. In the afternoon she was to tour the Quirinale Palace. While inc president visits Rome on saturday Mili tary units were planning to have a dress rehearsal for memorial Day observances thai Bush was to attend sunday morning at the Sicily Rome american Ceme Tery at Nettuno an hour s drive South of Rome. The cemetery near where Allied troops waded see Bush on Back Page