European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Why is this baby grinning a Page 9 apr supreme court Justice William a Brennan resigned Friday after a 34-year career As a leading voice of liberalism on the nations highest court. Brennan 84, said his a advancing age and medical condition led to his decision to step Down. His departure gives president Bush his first Chance to name a Justice to the court which has been deeply divided in recent years Over such issues As a woman a right to an abortion affirmative action and separation of Church and state. Brennan has been a firm advocate of All three. Bush said Brennan a decision took him by Surprise. A obviously his resignation is accepted. I also thank him for his distinguished service to the United states a the president said aboard air Force one in route to Washington from Wyoming. He was then to Fly to Newport news a. Bush said saturday that he and top aides had discussed several possible successors to the Jurist. Bush said later that his 75-minute meeting with attorney general Richard  White House chief of staff John Sununu and presidential counsel c. Boyden Gray was the first session in which a successor was discussed but a there will probably be  a i am going to try to make this determination As Jim a a a juju Knorth Speaks out retired it. Col. Oliver North left accompanied by Ben Bagert at the Baton Rouge la., Airport Friday afternoon Speaks briefly about the decision by a Federal appeals court panel to set aside Bis Iran Contra convictions. North is in Louisiana stumping for Bagert a Republican candidate for the . Senate. Story on Page 24. Authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 49, no. 99 sunday july 22,1990 a a 25 daily and sunday d 8693 a Justice William j. Brennan soon As. Possible a the president said. A the process is moving. Bush declined to divulge the names of those discussed during the meeting and would not accept further questions Olic top possibility i a a Al judgeship to take the Justice department Job. Other possible candidates include a number of Federal appeals judges including Ralph k. Winter of the 2nd circuit j. Harvie Wilkinson Iii of the 4th circuit Patrick e. Higginbotham of the 5th circuit and Clarence Thomas of the District of Columbia circuit in Washington. . Trade representative Carla Hills and sen. On Hatch a Utah have also been mentioned. The president called Brennan during the flight White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said Ritz water declined to say what was discussed. An anti abortion group in Iowa looked Forward to a new Justice who opposes abortion while Eleanor Smeal former president of the National organization for women said a potential justices views on the subject a will be the key political Issue of the 1990 senatorial  whatever the course of the confirmation process see Brennan on Back Page Allied troops will remain for Good Kohl adviser says Bonn West Germany up a a senior West German government a official said in an interview to be published sunday that the three Western allies will permanently keep troops in Germany after unification. Horst Teltschik a senior adviser to Chancellor Helmut Kohl told a sunday newspaper that soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev agreed to the proposal at his recent meeting with Kohl in the soviet Union. The adviser said it is in the soviet unions interest that a unified Germany a maintains strongly lied to the european Community and nato instead of swaying Between the  he told the sunday edition of the Bild daily that the number of troops by the Western allies maintained in West Germany will be determined at the disarmament talks in Vienna Austria. France Britain and the United states will completely retire their armed forces from West Berlin in three or four years after the soviet Union has completed the withdrawal of its troops from East Germany Teltschik said. The  has about 250,000 armed forces stationed in West Germany and West Berlin Britain 65,000 and France about 50,000. The soviet Union keeps about 400,000 troops in East Germany. Kohl and Gorbachev had agreed at their meeting to withdraw All soviet troops from East Germany to Grant a unified Germany membership in the North Atlantic treaty organization and to reduce a unified German army to 370,000 troops. Teltschik said that if the level of armed forces in All of Europe would be reduced a unified German army could Cut the number of its troops even More. He said Only a few members of the East German National Peoples army would become part of a unified German army because of their different ideological training under the former communist regime. Debate heats up on timing of German Unity elections Berlin apr the fight Over How to merge with West Germany intensified saturday when the Leader of East Germany s second largest party accused prime minister Lothar de Maiziere of trying to destroy the country a grand coalition. De Maiziere a fragile coalition has been thrown into crisis Over whether the two Germany should formally unite before joint elections this december or after. Wolfgang Thierse chairman of the social democrats called de Maiziere a position on the Issue a extreme anti coalition  Thierse in an interview in saturdays Berliner Zei Tung said de Maiziere a stance could break the governing coalition and he alone would be to blame if that happened. De Maiziere Leader of the conservative Christian democratic Union has said the joint German elections should be held in separate regions followed by formal Unity. He and his counterparts in West Germany Chancellor Helmut Kohls Christian democrats have a see Unity on Back Page