European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 20, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Bid the stars and stripes a a Page 9 but each has Peculiar problems apr Houston is Pranna Washington apr Houston is the presidents Hometown. New Orleans is fun. Cleveland is Blue Collar. Tampa st. Petersburg is senior citizens and the Sun Belt. San Diego boasts the biggest Cache of electoral votes. That in a nutshell sums up arguments for the five contenders to play Host to the 1992 Republican National convention. Current handicapping makes san Diego the front runner to win that Competition. In part the Southern California City benefits from problems Peculiar to two of its rivals a problems named David Duke and Ann Richards. Gop officials insist that former Kun flux Klansman Dukes standing As Louisiana a most prominent a if unwanted a Republican does not disqualify new Orleans nor does the Prospect of Richards As the newly elected democratic governor of Texas eliminate Houston. But they concede that Duke and Richards Are among the political factors that will be weighed As the party decides where to gather to open president Bush a re election Campaign. So far Bush has expressed no Public pref a ides say he in get Likely to do so. All it takes is a nod from the president toward one City to ensure its selection. Quot he As said he wants to go to the place that makes the most sense a said Mary mat Ahn executive director of the Republican National committee. A the has not Given us a preference one Way or the  the party a site selection committee plans to make its recommendation at the end of this month. But the final decision won t be announced until Early next year. The democrats already have chosen new York As the site of their 1992 convention. No one disputes the importance of Cal Tornia which will have 54 electoral votes in 1992, one fifth of the 270 needed to win the presidency. Neither is there any argument with san Diego s Ideal weather. The problems cited most often Are the size of the convention Hall and Money. San Diego shall is the smallest of the five m Contention but backers contend it is As Large As the Hall in Dallas where republicans met to renominated Ronald Reagan in 1984. There also is talk about holding the final session of the convention in the California City a Jack Murphy stadium. Money could be a greater problem. Normally the major exporter of political Money to both major parties California will have Little to spare in 1992 when the state will have two Senate races As Well As contests for seven new House seats. When Republican Pete Wilson takes office As governor in january one of his first acts will be appointing someone to succeed him in the Senate. Wilson a Choice then will have to run in 1992 for the remaining two years of his Senate term. In addition 1992 is the year the seat held by retiring democratic sen. Alan Cranston comes up for election. New Orleans was the site of the 1988 convention that nominated Bush for president. The super dome is big enough for two conventions. Also working in the City a favor is what one party source called a the fun  but the republicans Are concerned about the potential for Duke a state legislator and former klan Leader to grab too big a share of the television coverage. Despite efforts by National party officials to repudiate him Duke ran for the Senate this year As a Republican and garnered 44 percent of the vote in an unsuccessful bid to oust democratic sen. J. Bennett Johnston. If Bush had a favorite most republicans assume it would be Houston his adopted Hometown. But if the republicans meet there Richards would be the governor who would Greet them. Could the news Media resist writing and broadcasting excerpts from her scathing keynote address at the 1988 democratic convention a poor George a she said. A the can to help it. He was born with a Silver foot in his  Cleveland has its supporters especially after Ohio elected a Republican governor in 1990. Choosing it would enable the party to showcase its commitment to Blue Collar americans a voting group that Felt More comfortable with Reagan than with Bush. Tampa st. Petersburg has the drawback of bringing the convention to a state that is considered a Bush stronghold but Florida voters ousted their Republican governor earlier this month in favor of Democrat Lawton  of fancy a prototype of a futuristic plane gets the once Over by Fred Barker president of flight innovations inc. In Arlington Wash. Called the sky commuter vol vertical Takeoff and Landing the lightweight aircraft is designed to cruise at speeds of about 85 Mph for up to 225 Miles. Army sergeant 3 others held in theft of military weapons Jacksonville Fla. Apr an army sergeant who had served in the persian Gulf and three other men have been arrested in the theft of a huge Cache of military weapons and explosives Federal and local officials said saturday. The Materiel seized Friday and saturday from a warehouse and one suspects Home in Jacksonville included enough military explosives to destroy an entire City Block said Willi Ellison agent in charge of the Federal Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms in Jacksonville. Michael Tubbs a . Army special forces sergeant had been brought Back from operation desert shield in saudi Arabia within the past several weeks Ellison said. Tubbs was already facing possible Federal firearms and explosives charges in connection with a january 1987 incident at fort Bragg n.c., in which two soldiers were jumped and tied to a tree by two masked men who stole their rifles. He remained restricted saturday to the base at fort Campbell ky., Ellison said. Another Soldier warrant officer Jeffrey Jennett has already been arrested and charged in the 1987 incident. Jennett was arrested in Charleston s.c., on thursday night and charged in Federal court with assault with intent to commit felony theft and with stealing an m-16 Rifle Ellison said. Also seized Friday and saturday were military weapons manuals magazines describing How to wage Urban warfare and make homemade bombs and hate Materi als including videotapes of speeches by Adolf Hitler. Ellison said. A fall the literature focused on just a Litany of hate against jews Blacks and other minorities a Ellison said. A they were Well equipped to engage in major  a your preliminary indications Are that these individuals Are related to the Kkt and the aryan nation a added John Gordon Deputy director of police operations at the Jacksonville sheriffs office. Arrested in Jacksonville on Friday were Michael Tubbs brother John and Stephen Fussell a 26-year-old Handyman. Both men face Federal firearms and conspiracy charges. The seizures and arrests resulted from a multistage investigation by Federal and local agencies focusing on the theft of weapons and explosives from military installations Ellison said. A this investigation spans several states a Ellison said. A a we re talking about Tennessee Kentucky North Carolina and  much of the firearms and explosives Are believed to have been stolen from fort Bragg and fort Campbell Ellison said. The Arsenal recovered at John Tubbs Home and a min warehouse included soviet ar-15 and . M-16 automatic rifles thousands of rounds of ammunition an anti aircraft machine gun anti personnel land mines numerous handguns and shotguns a 40mm grenade launcher hand grenades smoke grenades tear Gas dynamite blasting Caps Booby traps and other  build clinic at vietnamese bombing site. Bangkok Thailand apr nine . Veterans have built a medical clinic in a town near Hanoi that american warplanes destroyed during the Vietnam War the official Vietnam news Agency reported sunday. The veterans worked with local resists in erecting the 10-room clinic at yen Viii about six Miles East of the National capital the report monitored in Bangkok said. It said the veterans Vietnam restoration project based in Garberville calif., put up the $30,000 construction Cost while the North Gantry clinic of Areata ualif., will provide medical facilities and Medicine. The vietnamese clinic opened oct. 20 to serve More than 30,000 residents of Ren Vien and seven surrounding villages me news Agency reported. It said yen Vien was a crazed by . Carpet bombing ordered by then president Richard Nixon in the Hanoi Haiphong area in late december 1972 to pressure the communists into a peace agreement. The attack became known As the Christmas bombings. The report quoted a number of those working on the project including Cherie Rankin a former red Cross worker in Vietnam from 1970 to �?T71. She said she joined the Effort to push Washington to end its economic embargo against Vietnam and normalize relations with the Southeast asian nation. A the other reason was to try to do something constructive in a country where i was involved in doing something destructive a said Rankin a 44-year-old psychotherapist from Norwood mass. Another Veteran who worked on the clinic Art James 40, said he returned to find the vietnamese a forgiving people not the enemies his government said they were. A forgiveness is part of a message i need when i go Back to America a he was quoted As saying. James from Maryland was an infantryman with the 1st air Cav based in Phuong Long province from 1969 to �?T70. John bums 43, said he returned a to find some peace of mind and because a we Learned nothing about Vietnam before except for what our government told  a i wanted very much to come Back and learn about Vietnam and find the truth about the people. And this has been the most incredible experience of my life a he said. Burns served in Vietnam from 1967 to 1969 with the 45th combat engr in attached to the 1st air Cav. The news Agency said it was the third clinic built by the veterans Vietnam restoration project. The first two were constructed last year at Vung Tau 60 Miles Southwest of to Chi Minh City formerly Saigon and at Vinh a City in Central Vietnam severely hit by . Bombs. The . Government has eased restrictions on the activities of american humanitarian groups in Vietnam since August 1987, in return for vietnamese cooperation in accounting for missing . Soldiers. Many . Veterans have returned in recent years to visit old battlefields and see the country under communist Rule. This month a group of vietnamese army veterans visited the United states to talk with veterans there about their experiences and shared postwar trauma. It was the first  Mission of its kind