European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Nolan Ryan fails to win 300th game a Page 21 authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 49, no. 104 Friday july 27, 1990 k k 2s4 do Ity and ruiv1y Karl Metzger holds his baby son Nikolaus As he watches the military Convoy pass through Clausen West votes to for using office to help prostitute rep. Barney Frank d-mass., Heads to the Capitol on thursday to face charges by the ethics committe. Washington apr the House voted thursday to reprimand rep. Barney Frank for using his influence on behalf of a male prostitute a i should have known better a the Massachusetts Democrat apologized. The 408-18 vote after debate that was both solemn and emotional imposed the lightest punishment the full House could have Given. Conservative republicans pushed unsuccessfully for More serious penalties either expulsion or censure. Frank told a hushed chamber that the actions he was being punished for had been done in part to a conceal my homosexuality at a time when he had not yet made his Gay lifestyle Public. He apologized saying he knows better now a but its a Little late. The House first voted 390-38 to reject a move by rep. William Dannemeyer to expel Frank. More than an hour later it voted 287-141 against a move by gop whip Newt Gingrich to censure the Massachusetts Democrat a move that would have stripped him of his subcommittee chairmanship. Rep. John t. Myers ranking Republican on the ethics committee fought to uphold the panels recommendation for a reprimand. He said the Case had nothing to do with Franks homosexuality. A we Are neither condemning today nor condoning that lifestyle a he said. The 50-year-old Frank listened from a seat on the see Frank on Back Page a by Peggy Davidson Kaiserslautern Bureau Clausen West Germany a on a Forest Road outside the Small town of Clausen on thursday the first shipment of chemical weapons began the Long trek to destruction in the Pacific Ocean. The Early morning Convoy included 20 military vans loaded with the first of 100,000 artillery shells filled with the deadly nerve agents Sarin and vex. The mornings journey began about 8 . And ended 2�?~/i hours iter t the Miesuk riled where the weapons will be stored until 11 the shells re there. From Miesuk the shells re to go by Ril to the report t Norden he to be Lodd onto ships for the voyage to Johnston atoll. Departing the Clusin army depot the vehicles to reeled t close intends flowing the entire 79-vehicle Convoy to exit the depot get in just More the 10 minutes. The Convoy then wound its by through the town of Clusin to Auto bin 62. Part of the Tob in 13 Miles from Heselberg to ends Tull is still under construction and not open to Public traffic. Once the Convoy is on the Tob in it stretched out Over Nerly 4va Miles. At Lan Stuhl the Convoy turned West on autobahn 6 for the final leg of the journey to Miessau. A it was just a Normal Day Quot said sgt. James Edgar one of the Drivers a it did no to bother me a said sgt. Kirk Pearson another Driver. A i was almost anxious to get the Mission Pearson who has racked up 75,000 continued on Page 3vn sent list of bases Galvin wants shut Down by Vince Crawley Nymberg Bureau Stuttgart West Germany a Gen. John r. Galvin said thursday that he s sent to Washington for approval a list of 100 bases that he wants closed. Galvin who is natos top general in Europe and the commander of the . European come would not reveal the lists contents during an interview with the stars and stripes. He told the Wall Street journal earlier this month that most of the bases Are in West Germany and that 12 Are major military complexes. A we be got All the planning done a Galvin said thursday afternoon at his Stuttgart Headquarters. Galvin hinted that the contents of his list probably won t be revealed anytime soon. After congressional approval there will still be Quot gov emment to government consultations Quot Between the United states and the Host nations where the bases Are. Quot then it will be a matter of coordination at see bases on Back Page
