European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Side strikes d fog threat delays shuttle Landing until today Page 2 d social Security tax Cut derided by Bush Page 7 d Mcenroe advances in australian open Page 21 d Warsaw pact still needed hungarian officer says Page 28 authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good Mornin vol. 48, no. 278 saturday january 20, 1990 �  i m., d 8693 a drug sting nets . Mayor Washington a mayor Marion barn appeared before a Federal magistrate Friday on a Mise Meanor narcotics charge after a Federal sting operation videotaped him buying and smoking crack cocaine authorities said. A Federal magistrate ordered Barry to appear for a status hearing on feb. 5 and required him to submit to drug testing every monday. Court papers filed by Federal prosecutors said blood and urine tests conducted on the mayor after his arrest thursday night showed evidence of cocaine  Barry who has repeatedly denied drug use was in court for 10 minutes. He gave no statement in the courtroom and swore to appear at the hearing. He was not asked to enter a plea to the charge of possessing a controlled substance crack cocaine in this Case. The charge carries a maximum penalty of one year in jail and a $5.000 Fine. His attorney. R. Kenneth Mundy told the Magis trate that Barry wanted a jury trial and waived his right to a preliminary hearing. He said the mayor would plead innocent. I am going to leave Here and go about the business of  Barry said outside the courthouse after the hearing. He declined to discuss his Legal or political future. Top City officials said Barry s plans to launch his Campaign for a fourth term sunday were being postponed indefinitely. Four current or former City officials already were lined up to run against the pm battled mayor and Jesse Jackson might also enter the race. Magistrate Deborah Robinson said Barry would re main free until the hearing. She ordered him to Tele phone the court s pretrial services once a week. Barry seemed at Case. He smiled before and after the hearing and greeted Well wishers in the courtroom. While he waited for the magistrate to appear he talked with his wife. Effic. And his press Secretary. First lady has new slant on combat women Washington a first lady Barbara Bush is softening the qualified yes she gave when asked if military women should be allowed to serve in combat. She said in a radio interview with Mutual broadcasting on thursday that women arc not physically Strong enough to go into combat and their presence would cause morale and other problems. That differed from what she told news Agency reporters tuesday a qualified is when she said. If i thought a woman physically could pick up someone who was wounded and Carr the to safely if 1 thought they could throw a hand grenade As far a Man. Then i would say Fine. Because i think certainly emotionally and men rally they arc More than Able to compete with a  i sure they can shoot As Well icy can Fly As  she said in the earlier interview. That answer put her at Odds with Pentagon policy which excludes women from combat roles. However in the . Invasion of Panama some women unexpectedly found themselves getting shot at and shooting Back. Mrs. Bush said thursday. I was t Clear in the earlier interview. An Fri agent escorts Washington mayor Marion to his Home Early Friday after his arrest. Barry the purpose of this hearing is to advise you of the charge inc magistrate told Barry. She then read the charge and told Barry you Are not required to make any  Barry swore to Tell the truth and stated his name. Judith Retchin. An assistant . Attorney said the government did not oppose Barry s release on a per Sonal Bond and asked Only Standard conditions for his release. After the hearing. Barry was taken to a Cellblock in the Federal courthouse to be booked. . Attorney Jay Stephens said that the undercover operation which focused on allegations involving Barry was scrupulously fair and that the mayor was not entrapped. Barry s arrest resulted from a joint undercover Public corruption probe by the Fri and the internal affairs division of the Washington metropolitan police department Stephens said. According to court papers filed by Federal prosecutors an Fri agent using a surveillance camera observed Barry giving a Quantity of currency to a cooperating witness in return for the illegal drug. They were in a downtown hotel room. Or. Barry put some of the crack cocaine in a smok ing apparatus lit the crack cocaine and smoked  Fri agent Ronald d. Stern said in an affidavit. The hotel room where Barry was arrested was rented for the occasion by the Fri. According to the affidavit filed in . District court. The cocaine base used in the Sling was obtained from the drug enforcement administration in anticipation of an undercover  inc Fri affidavit stated. After his arrest at the hotel. Barry was released on his own Recagni acc and spent the night at his Home where he conferred wild City officials and lawyers. The Fri used a woman to get Barry to the hotel room but provided no further details said a Law in see sting on Back Page president Calls for decade of lower interest rates taxes Atlanta a president Bush told the slumping Home building Industry Friday that he wants interest rates to drop further and said a Federal commission will study ways to make Home ownership More affordable. Bush on the eve of the first anniversary of his inauguration declared the 1990s must be another  Ade of lower taxes and lower interest  the president told several thousand members of the National association of Home builders that Congress must adopt fiscal policies As sound As those of the average american  Bush s comments added impetus to administration efforts to pressure the Federal Reserve Board into an easier credit policy. We cannot allow the High costs of housing to suffocate the financial life of America s Young  the president said. When it comes to housing this  become a society of haves and  observing that the Cost of new Homes has been steadily increasing for the past decade and a  said More and More Oung americans Are finding themselves priced out of the Home Market. He vowed to work with housing Secretary Jack Kemp to Cut Federal red tape to create decent housing that people can  As he has done in nearly All of his speeches this year Bush also called on Congress to acl on items Hal he proposed last year especially his proposal for a Cut in the tax Rale on capital gains the profit from sales of invest ments. Bush took note of a planned White supremacist see taxes on Back Page president Bush leaving for Atlanta Friday