European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 9, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday novembers 1990 Bush concedes election results were no Victory for gop Page 28 the stars and stripes news briefs top 2 officers in nato to observe soviet changes Brussels. Belgium a natos top two military officers will travel to the soviet Union next week to get a first hand look at the dramatic changes under Way in the superpower the Alliance announced thursday. It will be the first visit to Moscow by High ranking military officers of the 16-nation Alliance. The trip will be made by norwegian Gen. Vig leik Eide who is chairman of nato s military committee and . Gen. John r. Galvin who is the alliances supreme military commander in Europe. The officers will arrive in Moscow on sunday and hold several Days of talks with political and military officials according to a nato statement. Eide also will travel to Leningrad to meet with regional military authorities the statement  studying merger of 44th signal in units Heidelberg Germany a amps army officials Are studying a proposal to consolidate the 44th signal in at Rheinland Cavern in Ettlinger a Karlsruhe suburb a . Army Europe spokesman said thursday contrary to a 7th signal brigade statement broadcast this week on an radio the battalions move is not certain. Commanders of the 21st theater army area come and 5th signal come Are studying the proposal . Army Europe spokesman capt. Dee Jepson said. . Army Europe a commander Gen. Crosbie e. Saint Hus neither received recommendations from those commanders nor made decisions on the matter Jepson said. The proposal is designed to. Consolidate the 44th signal in s units that now Are scattered across tour military communities according to the brigade. The battalions he co is in Mannheim co b is in Heilbronn co c is in Darmstadt and co a and co d Are in Karlsruhe. Rheinland Cavern is expected to have space available after March because the 78th engr in is to be withdrawn from Europe by March 1. The Cavern a a Only other tenant is a civilian support  of civilians won t be needed of says ramste1n a West Germany a amps the air Force has cancelled furlough notices sent in september to its . Appropriated fund civilians officials at . Air forces in Europe said wednesday. The furloughs Are not necessary because the 1991 budget does not impose across the Board cuts. The setting aside or sequestration of Money to Cut the deficit would have forced the furloughs. Air Force civilians had been warned of possible unpaid furloughs of up to 22 Days Between oct. 18,1990, and sept. 30,1991.man charged for firing shots near Gorbachev Moscow up a an unemployed Leningrad worker who fired two shots in red Square on revolution Day was charged thursday with attempted assassination the official Tass news Agency said. It identified the Man As Alexander Simonov and said he told investigators of his plans for an assassination on the nov 7 National Holiday. The Komsomol Skaya pravda newspaper said someone struck sumo nov a hand just As he pulled the trigger on a Hunting Rifle near where soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev and other leaders stood. A this hand was seized by a Lucky Chance just As he was firing 220 Yards from the mausoleum a the newspaper said. There was no reaction by the soviet leaders who were standing atop the  Kab investigator p. Sokolov said Simonov was in solitary confinement. A Washington a president Bush conceded thursday that Quot i m not talking Victory about the 1990 elections in the Wake of democratic gains in Congress. But the president quickly added that gop losses were less than the historic average. A i did no to do As Well As id like a the president said at a news conference. Democrats strengthened their hold on Congress by gaining one Senate seat and nine in the House. Republicans were Quick to contend that those losses were below the historic average for a first term president in his first congressional elections. Democrats counter that the average loss of two dozen House seats normally occurs after the president carries Many House candidates into office with him. That did t occur in 1988, when democrats gained three House seats despite Bush a Victory. Quot in a not talking Victory because i am very disappointed about How some of the races turned out Bush said in his first Public discussion of the election results. He cited the defeat of Republican sen. Rudy Bosch Witz of Minnesota by Democrat Paul Wellstone As Par Stuttgart Germany a amps a Vii corps will Mark the first anniversary of the opening of the East German Border this morning by dedicating a slab of the Berlin Wall at the corps Kelley Barracks Headquarters. It. Gen. Frederick m. Franks jr., the corps commander will dedicate the Wall Section to the corps soldiers family members and civilians for their efforts to preserve peace and Freedom in Europe a corps news release said. A the 9 . Ceremony includes remarks by Jurgen Lohmann maybe of Stuttgart a Mohringer District and sgt. 1st class Billy Gable of he troop 1st so 2ndtank from Page 1 in and 3rd in 66th Armor of 2nd army div fwd Are based in Karlstedt the buildup is one of Many signs that the . Ground Force in saudi Arabia is being transformed from a largely defensive one to an offensive one with the punch required to mount an assault on the entrenched iraqi Force in Kuwait. Other signs include a the Pentagon is shipping 400 to 500 of its top Battle tanks to. Saudi Arabia from storage depots in Germany. The Mial tanks being shipped Are equipped with 120mm guns and have better Armor and Protection against chemical weapons than the army a next Best tank the my which has a 105mm gun. A about 55,600 tons of various ammunition Are being shipped from european stockpiles to the operation desert shield Force. A the Pentagon also started mobilizing the first reservists for combat duty this week. Until no the More than 35,000 reservists summoned had filled Only combat support jobs like driving Supply trucks and flying Mili experts from Page 1 attache in Israel said tank warfare in open desert should Bear Little difference from that on German soil. Fighting on the offensive also would not present a problem for . Tankers according to new. Quot All our training in Europe has been defense and offence a he said noting that natos defense of Western Europe would have been followed by a counterattack or offensive. Harris who recently published a Book on armoured warfare thinks the biggest Challenge in the Gulf will be retaking Kuwait. A in the Early stages of a War a Harris said a a there a not going to be a lot of fighting in the open because the iraqi army has dug in  if this turns out to be the Case the terrain might not be much of a Factor in Battle Harris said. Infantry and engineering units would Lead an armoured assault by first taking out minefields and iraqi held positions. The improved version of the my tank in use by both the 1st and. 3rd army divisions in Germany would match up Well against the soviet Armor used by Iraq the titular by disappointing. Invited to announce his plans for 199 Bush Brusci off the question by saying a no decision has Bee made.�?�. The president did not accept any responsibility of gop losses although Many analysts said before the vol ing that republicans were Hurt when Bush dropped i Tough line against any tax increases. A i done to think there is any confusion about How i fee about taxes a he said. A a in a going to hold the line of  the president was less bullish about the election re suits than some of his party leaders who were energetically arguing that the losses were a Victory because the could have been much worse democratic party chairman Ronald a Brown an Republican party spokesman Charles Black raced from one joint appearance to another wednesday. Brow declared the 1990 outcome a a no Confidence vote o Bush while Black found in the results a a Good Day of the Republican  army Cav regt. The army a Berlin brigade provided the Wall Sej ment and the 237th engr in has turned it into a Momi ment including one of the signs that marked the one Kilometre zone at the former Border Between East an West Germany. A plaque honors a those who risked and sacrifice their lives in the Pursuit of  the Wall and Intra German Border ceased to divid East arid West when the now defunct East German go eminent authorized free travel for its citizens nov. 1989. Tary cargo planes. A the marines have called up More than 600 Comba reservists and the Pentagon was expected to announce shortly the Call up of As Many As 7,000 army comb reservists. Officials said the . Force is armed with a array it High powered weaponry ranging from heavy b-52 boat ers to guided Missone cruisers. The Force faces 430,000 iraqi troops that Are armed wit an estimated 3,500 tanks 2,200 armoured personnel carried and 2,200 artillery pieces. The iraqis Are dug into heavy fortified positions in Kuwait and Southern Iraq. Disclosure of the new buildup was delayed for severs Days while Secretary of state James Baker consult with leaders of saudi Arabia and other Allied nation about the Middle East situation. Baker gained ground thursday in his attempt to i support for a . Resolution authorizing military action against Iraq when the soviet Union gave its qualified approval for using Force. Also thursday iraqis army newspaper and . Off vials said Saddam has replaced his military chief of Sta with the head of the elite Republican guards. Wester analysts said the move could indicate dissension with the military Over Saddam a policies. Experts said. Several Hundred of the . Tanks also Ai being moved from storage Sites in Europe to saudi an Bia. A it really gives the Allied Force an advantage a Sai Chris Foss the military editor of the authoritative Jane a defence weekly Magazine. The tanks Are a ifs More lethal and More survivable than anything the in is have a he  least 20 dead 60 Hurt in Southern Iran quake Nicosia Cyprus apr at least 20 people at dead in Southern Iran and a dozen villages severe damaged after a Strong earthquake struck a Mountain Ous area Iran a official news Agency reported Wedney Day. The . Geological Survey said initial readings i the magnitude of the tuesday quake at 7.0 on the Rich or scale. Iran s geophysics gent tar of Tehran universe said it measured 6.6. 7 an earthquake of that magnitude is capable of wid it spread heavy damage. Vii corps to dedicate part of Wall