European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                President says new nuclear weapons critical to defense a. % la Kim Tah in i of Ever  what in onion in in saturday february 10, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 5 by the Washington Post Omaha. Neb. President Bush finishing his third Day of Louring the arsenals of modern warfare Calico devel Oping new strategic nuclear weapons critical to the National Security on thursday. Speaking in the new underground command renter operations room of the strategic air c omd. Bush addressed 200 Sac Alert stations around the world by Telephone. He told the officers the historical changes we arc seeing in the soviet Union Are in no Small part due to the vigilance. Of the men and women of the strategic air command. Your practice of deterrence has kept the peace and defined the basis for positive change in the soviet  increases for strategic weapons including the stealth bomber that Bush viewed Here arc among the most controversial elements of the president s $295 billion defense budget request. Democrats and some republicans argue that Ina Lime of reduced threat from the soviets spending on such weapons should be scaled Back. Two House democratic leaders pressed that argument thursday Al a Ca Pilot Hill news conference. The administration said House armed services committee chairman Les Aspin. A wis. Is tremendously out of sync with t is going on in the  House majority Leader Richard a. Gephardt d-mo., added with Freedom ready to ring from the Walls of the Kremlin to the streets of Prague with the communist party sur rendering its Power monopoly in the so Viet Union americans arc asking on question. Why is president Bush in Nebraska beating Plo shares into swords without directly responding to his critics. Bush stressed As he has through out this week s tour the uncertainty of the time and the need for a Strong Mili tary. As we push for a major new arms agreement with the soviets to increase stability we will continue to modernize strategic forces he said. Any time Day or night in the missile Field or the flight line in a command Post or in an office you Are  while House officials Insisi cd Here that the three Days Bush devoted to War games stealth bombers and under ground command centers were not out of synch with the week s historic changes in the soviet Union. Moreover. While House and gop officials argued that polling data reflect Public scepticism about the soviets an show that Bush is in tune with the nation. Houston police chief Eli Aht la Watson is swim in thursday As Houston s first female chief of polio.1. She replaces Lee Brown who quit to head the new York police department. Minnesota senator defends financial deals Washington a sen. Dave Duran Berger thursday claimed Hal appropriate official bodies approved the financial dealings that sparked a Senate ethics committee investigation of his conduct. I am comfortable in presenting my Case to the ethics cum Millie and letting the process take its  the Minnesota Republican said after spending about an hour before the panel in a closed door meet ing. I have accepted full responsibility for my actions and i have acknowledged that had 1 to do it All Over again some decisions would be made differently he said.  requested the meeting before a newspaper printed allegations wednesday that claim he received si.3 million in unsecured Low interest Loans from the commercial state Bank in St. Paul. His Cousin is a vice president at the Bank. The Minneapolis Star Tribune published a list of 23 Loans the Bank made to  Over the past decade Al interest rates As much As 6.5 Points below prime. A Durenberger aide said the list was accurate. Duran Burger. However called the Story a Mischa  of a Normal Long standing relationship with a Bank and it was a blatant distortion of the  the committee is in its grand jury phase and is trying to determine whether it should proceed to the trial stage. Durenberger refused to answer reporters questions after the meeting but said in a statement that he sought and received approvals from the appropriate official bodies in regard to financial dealings that arc being questioned. Durenberger previously said the Federal election commission approved an agreement to promote two books he wrote and that the Senate rules and ethics committees sanctioned reimbursements he received for stays in a Minneapolis condominium he partly owns. The ethics panel is trying to determine whether Durenberger broke Senate rules by evading outside in come limits when he made promotional speeches forthe books improperly charging the Senate for the con Dominium stays and receiving improper reimburse ments for trips to Boston that combined official appearances with visits to his marriage  s statement did not address the Boston trips. He has repaid the Senate $11.005 for slays in the condominium while the Senate was not in session but the repayment did not include weekend trips during Senate , who is not up for re election until 1994. Has apologized to constituents for mistakes in judgment. More than 70 percent of respondents in two recent Minnesota polls said he should resign if the ethics panel finds  Weinholzer the Minnesota Republican party chairman said he expected state democrats to in crease pressure for  to resign because democratic gov. Rudy Perpich could appoint a sen Ator from his party to serve until an election could be  in t the first time that Durenberger has been in hot water with the ethics committee. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today feb. 10. 1950 the lawyer for or. Klaus Fuchs accused atomic spy said his client would plead not guilty at his arraignment and Reserve his defense until formally tried on atomic espionage charges in London. 30 years ago foday. Feb. 10. I960 sen. Hubert h. Humphrey d-minn., told a farm country Audi ence in Oregon Hal if Richard Nixon was elected president the republicans farm program would be As phony As a s3 Bill and Worth  20 years ago foday. Feb. 10. 1970 the agriculture department released records showing that americans had consumed millions of pounds of beef from diseased cattle with can cer Eye or similar humorous disorders. ?0 years ago today feb. 10. 1980 Iran president Abolhassan Bani Sadr praised the Aims of islamic militants who Are holding 50 americans hostage but issued them a warning to obey government decisions. Quay a wife help kick off cancer awareness Campaign Washington a vice presi Dent Dan Quayle joined his wife Mari Lyn on thursday to kick off a $400.000 Campaign to raise Public awareness about preventing breast cancer stating it s not solely a woman s  the Quayle and health and human services Secretary Louis Sullivan announced they will participate in a june 16 five Kilometre run to raise Money for breast cancer research and treatment. As terrible As this disease is it is treatable through Early detection the vice presi Dent said at a news conference. Quayle joined the Effort at the urging of his wife whose Mother died of breast can cer at age 56. When breast cancer kills 40.000 women each year it becomes an Issue for every family every Community and the nation becomes  Quayle said. The health Issue affects so Many Ameri cans that it is not solely a women s Issue. We Are committed to make a  Quayle will be co chairmen of the june 16 race for the cure in washing ton to raise Money for breast cancer re search and treatment. The fund raising goal for the event is $400.000. With the Money to go for Low Cost mammograms for women in Washington and to support the Susan g. Komen foundation which funds research education and treatment of breast  and several members of con Gress As Well As celebrities Lynda  Anderson and Larry Hagman also will participate in the race