European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sioe sunday to t and 1 v plus the Star amp and amp tripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces magazines vol. 49, no. 71 sunday june 24,1990 a a 25c Dally and sunday Good Murnin d 8693 a Saint discusses troop exodus pledges not to split up units families by Rosemary Sawyer staff writer Frankfurt West Germany a army installations with poor Quality of life standards and training opportunities will Likely be among the first boarded up during a draw Down usage urn Stop general said. And when the troop exodus does begin in Europe battalions and families will March out together Gen. Crosbie e. Saint said Friday. Dollars alone wont dictate Post closures at the expense of readiness Saint told about 100 guests at an american chamber of Commerce in Germany dinner Friday night at the Terrace club. A any closeout of installations will be made Only after a detailed analysis of fac tors is considered not simply a Money Factor driven by a quota a he said. The United states has sunk $4.1 billion in new construction alone in West Germany in the past six years he said. A by any Standard that a a bundle of Money. And the key Factor in any Force reduction is to retain combat capabilities necessary to do the Job while maintaining the Quality of our Force and main Taining a capable deterrent  local feelings about whether . Forces Are wanted in various communities also will play a role in deciding which installations Are closed Saint said. As for who will go Saint said he wont split up units. A units will redeploy generally in battalion size units will redeploy their peo see Saint on Back pages amps Ken Clauson bartender Lilly Winzer holds the grandson of the owner of checkpoint Charly the West Berlin  Charlies gone but checkpoint Charly remains by Ken Clauson staff writer Berlin a it was business As usual Friday at checkpoint Charly. Folks smoked and joked drank a few Beers and debated the Fate of the world. Lilly Winzer laughed with friends greeted strangers with a careful smile and dropped a few Marks in the Slot machine. As Lilly talked with late morning drinkers another checkpoint Charlie was being loaded onto a a uck destination unknown. That other checkpoint Uia rhe is the one in the guidebooks. A focal Point in a divided City. A Border crossing that is no More. Several area businesses use a a checkpoint in Noan est checkpoint Apotheker checkpoint Spiel Halle restaurant am checkpoint. But there s Only one checkpoint Charly. Nice a Kph int Charly the bar sits on the East Side 01  Between the Koc Strasse subway entrances Only one Block from where its More famous namesake stood for 29 years. Its a Dusty working class schnapps and a Beer kind of place that a open around the clock from monday morning to sunday morning. A hand lettered sign taped to the window advertises six packs to go. Checkpoint Charly is a quiet place. On a recent weekday morning Lilly the bartender pulled on a cigarette and played the Slot machine As two daytime drinkers slowly sipped Beers at the six Stool bar As if they had nowhere to go and forever to get there. The pinball machine by the front door was silent the Booths in the next room were empty and the Lone worn Pool table in the Back room waited for a few late night players. Its been called checkpoint Charly for 25 years Lilly says. She a worked there for 13. She a originally from Potsdam East Germany but left there inset Charly on Back Page time runs out for passage of Quebec Accord Montreal apr prime minister Brian mul Roney told canadians saturday that he is a deeply disappointed by the failure of a constitutional amendment that would have accorded special status to French speaking Quebec. A we have missed the Opportunity to turn the Page and Start a new chapter in constitutional history Mulroney said in a nationwide television broadcast. A a it a a sad Day for Canada a Mulroney said Friday night after officials determined the so called Meech Lake Accord would not be ratified by the weekends deadline. A this was All about  the Accord would have made Quebec a willing Fiertner of the country a 1982 Constitution had its Ive conditions been met by the nine other provinces. The conditions were recognition of Quebec As a distinct society a say in the appointment of supreme court justices increased Powers Over immigration the right to opt out of certain Federal programs and a veto on future constitutional amendments. The agreement had Strong symbolic significance in the province a Canadas largest with one fourth of the country a 26 million people. Most experts believed there would be a period of reflection before Quebec a provincial government decided How to respond. But Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa informing his legislature of the death of the Accord indicated the prevailing sentiment in his province. A English Canada must clearly understand. That Quebec today and forever is a distinct society Capa a of its own development and its own destiny a he said. While Quebec officials made no attempt to hide their displeasure they made no immediate threats of secession by their province which has twice the land area of Texas. Some canadians feared that the failure of Meech Lake would Lead to a separation of Quebec from Canada a a move that could have serious political and economic consequences for Quebec and Canada As a whole. In a 1980 referendum quebecois rejected a proposal to open talks with the Federal government on a plan allowing Quebec political autonomy. The 1987 Meech Lake agreement named after the government Retreat near Ottawa where it was originally worked out needed the ratification of the Federal parliament and the Legislatures of All 10 provinces by Midnight tonight. Newfoundland and Manitoba still had not ratified the agreement. It died Friday when Newfoundland Premier Clyde Wells decided to adjourn debate on the Issue indefinitely. Wells move scuttled a desperate last minute Federal plan to have the supreme court extend the time see Quebec on Back Page