European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes Friday june 15,1990 . Mayor Barry wont run for re election to fourth term Washington apr the snails Pace jury selection for Marion barrys drug and perjury trial resumed thursday in the aftermath of the mayors announcement that he would not seek another term. The . Attorney declined to speculate on whether the move would affect barrys trial. In Advance of barrys announcement prosecutors were asking potential jurors if they would be affected by the mayors political plans. One woman said it  make any difference to her but a Man said he would regard a decision not to run for re election As an admission of guilt. The mayor has pleaded innocent to 10 Misdemeanour cocaine Possession charges one Misdemeanour charge of cocaine conspiracy and three felony charges of lying to a grand jury about his alleged drug use. . Attorney Jay Stephens would not comment on the Case thursday but he has said in the past that barrys political plans would not affect his decision to proceed with the trial. Jury selection began june 4, and a jury will finally be seated monday . District judge Thomas Penfield Jackson has announced. Opening arguments will begin tuesday morning Barry 54, turned to the City a Black Media on wednesday to reveal his decision not to run for a fourth four year term opening up the autumn mayors race to a Field that includes the districts Delegate to Congress Walter Fauntroy As Well As City councilmen John Ray and David Clarke. Bush visit to memorial not Effort to push Flag Bill spokesman says Washington apr president Bush visited the Vietnam War memorial at Daybreak thursday to watch one . Flag being lowered and another raised. A it was an appropriate Way to observe Flag Day a said spokesman Marlin Fitzwater. Bush who has been outspoken Over the past few Days in pressing for a constitutional amendment protecting the Flag did not speak at the Brief ceremony and would not take questions from reporters. The White House renewed its push this week for the Flag Protection amendment after the supreme court on monday struck Down the 1989 Federal Law against Flag desecration. Fitzwater later said no link was intended Between Bush a Active lobbying for the Flag Protection amendment and his decision to visit the Memoria Cheney from Page 1 the 207 projects might be cancelled but added a it is fair to say that the Secretary believes that funding should be cancelled on a substantial number of military construction projects. A i would expect a decision on this next week a Williams said. The freeze which will run through nov. 15, affects More than $7 billion in construction. The 207 specific projects under study for cancellation have been valued by the Pentagon at $1.2 billion. Cheney first put a freeze on construction in january and extended it in april. It was due to expire on june 15. If Cheney goes through with the request to cancel Many of the projects the decision is expected to cause consternation on Capitol Hill. Decisions to halt construction projects Are seen by some As an attack on pork barrel padding of the defense budget. But it also fuels the debate Between those who want to Cut Pentagon spending and lawmakers who want to protect local jobs. In past months Cheney has bluntly accused some members of Congress of a a certain amount of hypocrisy because they publicly advocate smaller Pentagon budgets even As they lobby him in private to protect Home state military programs. A the thing members of Congress have to understand is cutting the defense budget Means cutting the defense budget a Cheney said when he announced the list last month. A i think everything has to be up for grabs. I think bases military construction procurement Force Structure everything is going to get squeezed in the process of cutting the budget. The 207 Sites under study included the so called strategic Home ports in Ingleside Texas Mobile Ala. Pascagoula miss. And Staten Island . However some of the Domestic Sites targeted carried hefty Price tags. Besides the four ports the review also included a $110 million project at a rocket test facility at Arnold Tenn. $60 million in improvements at fort Hood and red River army depot in Texas and a $37 million project at a consolidated maintenance facility at Tooele Utah. To be photographed watching the Flag being raised. A the went to the memorial because he thought it was an appropriate place to commemorate Flag Day a Fitzwater said. He denied that the White House was seeking to politicize the Issue. But on Capitol Hill Senate democrats used Flag Day speeches to criticize the proposed amendment and Bush a support for the change. A we will be whimpering wimps if we Are so afraid of protest that we damage the Basic document of Freedom a said sen. Terry Sanford . Sen. Bob Kerrey d-neb., who won the medal of Honor in Vietnam called the debate Over the amendment a an attempt to Divide America to Divide fathers against sons that would reopen a the generation Gap of the 1960s. He held up a photograph of Bush watching Senate minority Leader Bob Dole r-kan., while the Republican senator held up an american Flag. A a it a a great loss when the president of the United states is doing this pointing and laughing laughing using this moment taking political  Dole however told the Senate that any delay in approving the amendment is too Long. He said that protesters a Are going to Burn a lot of flags around the country on Flag Day and a a it a shameful that we re not doing anything about  a amps Jim Cut Erv it a Panama Streamer spec. Robert Mcknight right who participated in the invasion of Panama and command sgt maj. Benito Garza tie a Battle Streamer to the army Flag during ceremonies thursday in Heidelberg West Germany. It is the 169th Battle Streamer to be attached to the Flag. Soviets vowing to ease embargo Lithuania says Moscow apr lithuanian officials said thursday that More than 1,600 workers who were Laid off at a fertilizer Plant will be called Back to work if the soviet Union eases its embargo and Steps up natural Gas supplies. Leaders of the Baltic republics 3-month-old Independence drive said wednesday that the Kremlin promised to restore 15 percent of Lithuania a natural Gas needs As the two sides try to reach a Compromise. The Kremlin imposed a crippling embargo on Many natural resources after Lithuania declared Independence. Also on thursday lithuanians paused to Mark 491 years since the soviets deported thousands of people to Siberia after seizing control of the  from Page 1 when driving to Berlin on the Helmstedt autobahn and when using the French and British duty trains Soucy said. American transportation officers on the duty trains will now present a single passenger list to the soviets instead of an individual Flag order for each passenger. A this saves the soviets time and saves us time a Soucy said. A for years and years Flag orders have been this really tedious thing for All of  Flag orders have been required for travellers for the past 34 years he said. As Many As 300 people ride the duty train Between Frankfurt and Berlin on weekend nights he said. Reducing the duty train schedule by two trips could trim an estimated $900,000 annually from the Berlin operating budget. This reduction combined with other operational restructuring such As revising the train car renovation schedules could Cut nearly $2.5 million from the duty train budget Soucy said. This is not a saving to the . Government though. All . Military costs in Berlin including the duty train Are paid by the West German government. Nearly 70,000 passengers used the Frankfurt to Berlin duty train during the past 12 months. The Frankfurt to Berlin duty train Cost about $10 million in 1989 and the Bremerhaven to Berlin train Cost $4 million Soucy said. It costs about $3, to move one train car from Frankfurt to Berlin be said. There Are no plans to reduce the Bremerhaven to Berlin schedule because that train is primarily used to haul freight he  not to make a National pariah of Germany for the next  from Page 1 against other drastic measures of revenge that were proposed such As flooding the mines of Germany a Rihr Valley his son said. A i think he Felt that the world should be Well aware. 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