European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 31, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a a the stars and stripes tuesday july 31,1990 s no. 1 new York apr Dick Tracy has a gang of funny faced bad Guys on the run in movie Heaters and Bart Simpson rules television airwaves and to shirt sales but the summer belongs to spider Man for comic Book fans. Less than two weeks after its release in june the first Issue of a new Marvel comics series titled simply a spider Man a became the Best Selling comic in . History. And the wisecracking web Slinger snared a favorite character honors in the annual comics buyers guide readers poll. The Wall Crawler Defeated Batman last Summers Box office sensation and to tech older since 1985. Spider a a Success has Hollywood sniffing around for a movie Deal. A when it comes right Down to it i can be pretty awesome if i want a spider Man also known As Peter Parker says in an introspective moment in the first comic in the new series a spider Man no.  he debuted in 1962 As an unpopular teen Ager whose life changed when he was bitten by a radioactive spider. Today he a a graduate student in biophysics who shares a new York loft with his glamorous actress Model wife. A a he a changing with the times but still contains a lot of the stuff that attracted people to the character in the first place a says spider Many a editor Jim Salicrup. Canadian cartoon artist Todd Mcfarlane 29, gets much of the credit for the new comic Book series Success. Previously he Drew for a amazing spider Man a the title of the original comic Book series. In 1988, he redesigned the costume to add a a a creepier feel. The new series first run of 2.35 million copies sold out so Marvel is printing another 400,000, said Pamela Rutt a spokeswoman for the country a larg est comic Book publisher. By comparison a legends of the dark Knight a a Batman Book introduced at the height of last years Batman a sold an estimated 800,000 copies to become 1989�?Ts top seller. Spider Man continues to draw new generations into his web and Stan Lee the writer who created him with artist Steve Ditko says he a not surprised. Quot they like spider Man because they can relate to him a Lee said. A the has All the problems that they themselves the readers can empathize  Over the years spider Man starred on television and was featured on several record albums. Lee now publisher at Marvel and writer of the spider Man newspaper comic strip is trying to bring spider Man to the big screen. Quot we re negotiating now a a he said. A if we re Lucky it might reach the Heaters by the end of next  own staff wont be spared from cuts by Chuck v1nch Washington Bureau Washington a determined to Lead by example when it comes to trimming the size of military Headquarters defense Secretary Dick Cheney has ordered the elimination or downgrading of 13 of the 27 general and Admiral positions on his own staff. A was the department of defense reduces the size of the armed forces in response to changes in the world situation it becomes increasingly important to allocate general and Flag officer positions effectively Quot Cheney said in a statement monday. A with fewer generals and admirals those who remain must be placed in positions of command and crucial responsibility a he said. A we cannot afford to assign our most seasoned and experienced military officers to Pentagon staff jobs that could be handled by civilians or less senior military officers. The Cut is the first step in a larger reduction of 78 general and Flag officer positions about 7 percent of the Milita a wide total of 1,073, that was an a bounced june 28. The reduction will be carried out by the end of 1994. The plan will Cut the number of generals and admirals by 33 in the army 27 in the air Force 15 in the Navy and three in the Marine corps. Across the services the proposal Calls for cutting 20 of the slots in each of the next three years and the final 18 in 1994. The reductions in fhe senior positions on Cheney a Pentagon support staff will take effect when the officers finish their Tours of duty and Are reassigned. The managers of the staff organizations affected have the Choice of eliminating the positions or filling the vacancies with civilians or lower ranking military officers. A list of the affected positions follows. All Are one Star billets unless otherwise noted a director of the defense management review implementation coordination office. A director of the quadrennial review of military compensation. A military assistant to the assistant Secretary of defense for atomic Energy. A military Deputy to the assistant Secretary of defense for production and logistics. A executive assistant to the undersecretary of defense for acquisition. A adviser for nato affairs. A assistant to the undersecretary of defense for policy. A director of special programs for the undersecretary of defense for acquisition. A Deputy director of program integration for the undersecretary of defense for acquisition. A Deputy assistant Secretary of defense for legislative affairs. A assistant defense department inspector general. A Deputy assistant Secretary of defense for mobilization plans and requirements a two Star Billet. A director of drug policy and enforcement a three Star  a chimps life a when a Chimpanzee began drowning after falling into a 5-foot-deep Moat at the Detroit zoo on sunday a Spectator turned into a hero. Rick Swope is shown hauling the 135-Pound male animal Back to its Island compound after Swope jumped into the murky water. The Rescue was captured on videotape by Sherry Huntington of Lincoln Park Mich. A female Chimp drowned in the Moat in april a week after the $7.5 million exhibit opened and officials at the zoo in Royal Oak Are now considering whether to modify the compound chimpanzees cannot swim because they have too Little body fat.�?T76 Case shows Soufer against states paying for medicaid abortions Washington apr supreme court nominee David Souter As new Hampshire a attorney general opposed an order that the state pay for medicaid abortions. In its 1976 Brief the state referred to abortion As a the killing of unborn  the Brief was filed during a Federal court Appeal of a Case begun during the tenure of Souter a predecessor Warren Rudman and Souter did not personally argue the Case. New Hampshire a attorney general is appointed by the governor and required by Law to represent the governors views in court. New Hampshire a governor at the time was arc conservative Meldrim Thompson. Souter a name was listed on the Brief but it was signed by its author Richard Wiedbusch then an assistant attorney general. White House Deputy press Secretary Stephen Hart said he did not know if Bush had been told about the 1976 Brief. A a what a important is the president supports his nominee Quot Hart said. A there were no specific issues queried about nor was there a litmus test in the nomination of Souter. What a important is that he Bush chose the Man based upon his merits what he thought was  Bush in an address to the youth leadership coalition said monday a i am very Happy with the Way the Choice has been received across the  a it is moving in the proper direction and i probably wont have too much More to say about it a the president said. Although nothing in the Brief Sheds any Light on Souter a personal views on abortion the Case Likely will provide Senate judiciary committee members eager to learn those views a vehicle to raise the Issue. A clearly the Senate should ask judge Souter to address himself to this document at his confirmation hearings Quot said Arthur j. Kropp president of the Liberal activist group people for the american Way which monday distributed copies of papers filed in the 19/o Case