European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 01, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page the stars and stripes thursday february 1.1990 news briefs voters narrow Field Savannah a. A Vot ers on tuesday narrowed the Field from eight candidates to two in the  Clifford Hardwick Iii and dentist Phyllis Mack led the pack in Complete but unofficial re turns. They will clash in a feb. 20runoff election for the Council seat of Robert  received 920 of the 2.572 Voles cast. Mack had 494and Mary Evans Roberts had 444. The others received Voles of 210or less. Mail bomb victim Houston a a pipe bomb apparently mailed to one of Houston s largest churches exploded tuesday morning injuring the pastor s daughter police  and local investigators spent much of the Day trying to determine whether there was any connection to four recent Mailbombing in the South which killed a Savannah councilman Anda . District judge. The bomb tuesday exploded atthe Lakewood Church an inde pendent charismatic congregation thai has a membership of More than 15.000 people almost evenly divided among White Black and hispanic congregants. Baltic mediation bid Riga. . A Balti separatists say they have arranged an Alt Mph to mediate the blood strife in the caucasus with both the armenians and Azerbaijan disagreeing 10 meet in Riga capital of  leaders say icy arc Mak ing inc Alt Mph because inc conflict could jeopardize their own peaceful drive for Independence and democracy. The mediation Effort is unusual because in bypasses the Kremlin and president Mikhail s. Gorba Chev. S. African Boycott Johannesburg. South Afri Ca a police used Batons rub Ber bullets and car Gas tuesday to prevent 1.000 Blacks from March ing on a stadium to protest a boy Cott busting English Cricket team s match against a South african University learn. The Cricket team s tour has caused confrontations every place the learn has appeared including their hotels where Black employees refuse to serve them. Unusual bandits Boston a an unusually elusive pair of bandits dubbed Bonnie and Clyde have led police on a frustrating Chase around new England allegedly robbing 27stores and tying up clerks at knife Point in the past five  Are seeking Edward m. Aranjo. 46, and Ellen m. Marks,50. In the spree which grew to 27 incidents with two robberies Mon Day. Shearson chief quits new York not in above that reflects the continuing turmoil on Wall Street Peter , the chairman and chief executive of Shearson Lehman hut ton inc., resigned under pressure tuesday night the firm announced. Worry from Page 1 and Eskisehir munitions storage site Turkey and Owci Brincken a West Ger Many. Three air bases in South Korea Are also slated to close. Thomlinson s worries weren t share elsewhere in great Britain. Outside the Fence at Raf Greenham common peace activists said Cheney s announcement monday represented partial Victory for them. They said their Diligence in the for of 24-hour, 365-Day-a-year presence at the base has paid off. In West Germany concern for Job Security was mixed with a sense of sadness tuesday As germans who work Atzie Brucken a Learned of the base s shutdown scheduled for 1993. But state officials in Rheinland Pfalz where Wei Brincken is located described the proposed closure As a first step in the evolution of West Germany s economic future. German employees said they were worried about their Job prospects once Wei Brincken a shuts Down. It s just a question of time. It s like walking on thin ice permanently and it bothers us added Andrea Ewald an administrative assistant. Thomas hone a management adviser in the base s civilian personnel office said the need for his Job skills could Dis appear along with the . Military pres ence in West Germany within 15 to 20years. Hoyc was critical of his countrymen who want the United states to leave West Germany. If they Are really concerned wit peace we should not kick the military out of the country because it makes i easier for aggressors Hoyc said. A spokesman for  Interior ministry said state officials Are concerned about the potential loss of German jobs and the economic Impact of losing about 5,000 Community Resi dents who annually spend about 150 Mil lion Marks or roughly $90 million inthe Owci Brincken Community. Domestic military bases identified Tor realignment or possible closure by the Pentagon proposed for closure us. Army onto army tar plan Midi. Fort old. Can. Fort Mcclelen Ala. Lima army tank plan. Onto Sacramento army depot Caw. Troop support come 81. Louis u.8. Army ammunition plants chans town ind. Parsons Kan. Kami. Texas . Play Una Mesa. Scranton a. . . Navy Alameda naval aviation depot end naval air station. Cam. Chata fed naval air Sun tens Datoni naval air hadity. Mich. 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Kely fab tens he fab Utah Han com fab mass. . Tonopah research brie. Nev. Nettie fab Nev. Andrews fab my. Bangor air guard station. Maine Robins fab. Of. Dave Monthan fab Ariz. Jurgen Dietzen said state officials want the base turned Over to civilian interests once . Operations shut Dow there. This is the beginning of realignment and reduction of troops. That was our political aim and it is a Good thing the spokesman said. Reaction to the proposed base closure was also mixed among americans. At  Tyrone Long 21, said he was upset when he heard that his Home of four years was expected to close. You have to go past that and look a reality. It makes sense said Long whose father works at the air base. Butt s been my Home and you Don t think about your Home leaving. Contributing to this Story Dave Diehl and Amy Geiszler Jones United kingdom Bureau and Gary Miller an Candy Sansone Mediterranean Bureau response from Page 1 Chev was voluntarily trying to distance himself from the communist party to bolster his credibility to negotiate wit several of the soviet Union s is republics that Are seeking Independence from Moscow. Gorbachev is known to be impatient with the communist party s slowness in responding to Calls for a Multi party sys tem. The can report appeared to catch both the White House and the state department off guard. No comment said White House Deputy press Secretary roman Popadiuk. We can t confirm it. We re looking  Baker labelled the can report just arum or. And therefore it s not some thing i think we should respond to or react  a state department official said Thenn report had prompted the United slates to ask for a confirmation an clarification from Yuri v. Dubinin the soviet ambassador to the United states. At this Point we Don t know what tomake of it the official said. First we have to find out whether it s True. Thence have to find out what it  on Capitol Hill the reaction Range from confusion to concern. Senate minority Leader Bob Dole a Kansas used the report to bolster his warning that the Congress should not Cut the military spending Bush requested in his fiscal year 1991 budget released  Wake up alarm just sounded in Moscow Dole said on the Senate  that Kremlin hard liners could be forcing Gorbachev from Power Dole warned that the United Stales should not plan its military strategy based on the life or death of one Man Mikhail . Richard g. Lugar r-ind., a rank ing member of the Senate foreign relations committee said any Effort by Gorbachev to distance himself from the communist party could have severe repercussions throughout the soviet Union. The communist party is the glue fac Tor that holds the soviet Union together he said. Gorbachev hints at of to United Germany Moscow a president Mikhail. Gorbachev met tuesday with East German Premier Hans Modrow and appeared to be More open toward eventual German reunification. Modrow told reporters after the meet ing that Gorbachev did not Rule out such a Prospect in the future and at the same time did not venture to set some time limits for  earlier the Kremlin chief said an such decisions must include the four Al lied Powers and take into account euro Pean opinions. The development of events in the world in East Germany in the soviet Union demand deep consideration andean analytical approach to deciding this problem " he said in remarks reportedly the official news Agency Tass. Time itself is acting on this process giving it dynamism Gorbachev said. Kwe have to act responsibly and not de cide this important question on  Tass said Gorbachev emphasized that talks about restructuring relations be tween the two Ger Many must involve All directly interested  Gorbachev s position was similar to that adopted by communists in East Berlin tuesday. For the first time the communists acknowledged German Unity As a Long term goal but said it Mustbe part of the process of overcoming Europe s Overall divisions. The soviet Union traditionally has strongly opposed any talk of German re unification but Gorbachev has softened that position in adopting a policy that has allowed Radical Reform in easter Europe