European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a the stars and stripes Friday november 23,1990 news . Copter Crew mistakenly fires missile blows up dump in Eastern saudi Arabia a the Crew of an army ah-64 Apache helicopter accidentally fired a hellfire anti tank missile and blew up an air Force ammunition dump the . Central come reported thursday. The pilots of the 1st in of the 101st aviation regt were carrying out a weapons system Check on the ground wednesday when the missile was accidentally launched the military said. No casualties were reported in the fire at the ammunition dump and the military said damage at the air base was minimal. In another incident a saudi arabian was killed and another seriously injured in a collision Between a . Military truck and a civilian car in saudi arabians Eastern province on wednesday the military said. No americans were reported Hurt. The army and saudi officials Are investigating the  considering opening production plants in . Dusseldorf Germany a the German automaker Bow is considering opening production plants in the United states an economic weekly reported thursday. Bow chairman Eberhard von Tunheim in an interview with economics week said the fall of the Dollar has prompted the consideration. A presumably everyone is thinking in relation to the Dollar whether to Export to the United states or produce there a he told the weekly. A t. F army May freeze releases for virtually everyone in . Washington a the army is considering freezing the release of officers and enlisted personnel from units in the United states to strengthen its Pool of potential reinforcements for troops in the persian Gulf officials said thursday. Defense department and army Public affairs officers said the action would expand a policy that has been in effect since August curtailing release of Active duty troops in the Gulf Region and of personnel in some specialities who have not gone overseas. It. Col. Stuart Wagner a defense department spokesman said the army had been working on a a conceptual plan that he understood would a expand it to include virtually  army spokeswoman Judy Johnston said that a was of last night the policy was not finalized but that a there Are policy changes under  one Pentagon official who declined to be quoted by name said an announcement concerning the policy change was being prepared. Capt. Barbara Goodno another army Public affairs officer said that under an order issued Iby president Bush in August the services have had the authority to extend the service of troops in the Gulf Region who come to the end of their enlistment or to their retirement Date. In the army she said this also has applied to some specialists in support units in the United states. She said some units had been added and some removed from the list from time to time. The spokeswoman said one of the options being considered would expand this to include All officers and enlisted personnel not just those with skills identified As critical. The new York times quoting officials whom it did not identify said in thursdays editions that the army had decided to halt about 1,500 retirements and enlistment expiration a month. The Washington Post also quoting unnamed sources said the policy change was expected to take effect dec. 1. Johnston said the changes being considered also would trim vacations for trainees. Depending on the final decision she said such vacations could be reduced in length or eliminated. Officials quoted by the Post said the policy change also would put an end to transfers unrelated to the situation in the Gulf. Wagner said he did not know whether the other services were contemplating similar action. Some experts have said they believed a halt to the release of officers and enlisted personnel was needed to assure the army of enough combat ready replacements for those who would be killed or wounded in a Gulf War. Each year 10 percent of the army officer corps of 104,375 and 20 percent of the 625,517 enlisted personnel leave voluntarily officials said. Bush sent troops to saudi Arabia in response to iraqis aug. 2 invasion of Kuwait. He recently ordered the . Troop strength in the area doubled to about 400,000, to provide the ability to mount an offensive if needed. An estimated 120,000 army troops Are now deployed in saudi Arabia. Earlier this week the army called 20,129 More reservists to Active duty. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney has authorized activation of up to 125,000 reservists from All  from Page 1 happiness in Celebration of what has been is and will remain the greatest peacetime political reign of this Century a Marlow said. When opposition labor party Leader Neil Kinlock pressed his demand for a National election Thatcher said that was no More in the cards than it was when labor prime minister Harold Wilson resigned in 1976 and was succeeded by James Callaghan. Speaking in the House of commons defense Secretary Tom King said the new deployment in the persian Gulf would involve 14,000 troops bringing the total number of British soldiers in saudi Arabia to More than 30,000. That would make the British troop commitment to the multinational forces arrayed against Iraq in the Gulf the second largest behind the United states which has deployed 250,000 soldiers and promised another 100,000. Earlier Thatcher smiled but said nothing to reporters As she left her office to go to Buckingham Palace to inform Queen Elizabeth ii of her decision. Her office said her resignation would take effect As soon As her party has a new Leader. The announcement that Thatcher would resign came barely 2vi hours before the deadline for nominations. In next tuesdays second round of voting Only a simple majority will be needed to win. Thatcher has been assailed for imposing a new per capita tax on local services that makes princes pay the same As paupers. The dissatisfaction hit new Heights several weeks ago when she resisted backing monetary Union for the european Community at a meeting of its leaders. Heseltine 57, has promised a More a caring capitalism a a review of the local services tax and closer ties to the 12-nation european Community. Labor had been leading the conservatives in the polls for 16 months but several recent surveys showed the conservatives leading if Heseltine were the Leader. Heseltine won enough votes in the first round of balloting among the 372 conservative members of 650-seat House of commons to deny Thatcher an outright Victory and Many observers saw that failure As tantamount to defeat. Kinlock hailed the news of his Nemesis a departure. A Good. Very Good indeed. I cannot pretend otherwise a Kinlock said. Whoever becomes prime minister must Call new parliamentary elections by mid-1992. Thatcher struggling to stay in Power had rushed Back on wednesday from a european Summit in Paris changed Campaign managers and tried to Hustle votes in the commons tearoom. Shares on the London Stock Exchange shot higher following the news Thatcher was withdrawing from the leadership  from Page 1 serving him Coffee. The president responded a a that a what Woody Allen said a ninety percent of life is showing  a Bush accompanied by his wife Barbara and four . Congressional leaders ate two thanksgiving dinners with the troops and attended worship services on a ship in the Gulf. Bush also spoke to a combination of american British saudi and kuwaiti troops at an air base in Dhahran. He was the first . President to visit a frontline area since president Nixon went to Vietnam in 1972. Later in the Day Bush and his wife travelled to Egypt where they were greeted in Cairo by president Hosni Mubarak and his wife Suzanne. Bush was scheduled to Confer with Mubarak on Friday. In saudi Arabia Bush was greeted enthusiastically by the forces he had dispatched to confront Iraq but some expressed frustrations with the waiting game in the desert. A a let a go get him Saddam now so we can go Home a army spec. 4 Gwendolyn Page shouted at Bush in Dhahran. Army Reserve capt. Don Shiarla a financial planner from Salem ore., who had to leave his business expressed frustration that Bush was not rotating reservists and had just extended his Call up for a second 90-Day period. A a we la stay until the jobs done but lets just get going. I think its time to make a statement a he said. At his final saudi Stop of the Day Bush climbed into a Bunker at a Marine corps outpost As the Sun set and chatted with marines. Later he discussed his Day with reporters saying he understood that Many of the troops he sent to the Gulf Are expressing some anxiety and frustration. A i think the waiting is a difficult part of this a Bush said. A but i sense a certain resolve on their part. They want to do something and they want to do it fast and get it  a it was a very emotional Day a Bush said. A these Are the ones doing the heavy lifting. God bless them  for Security reasons the White House forbade publication of the presidents precise location. But army Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf commander of . Forces in the Gulf said Bush Ana his wife were within 65 Miles of the Border with iraqi occupied Kuwait. The president called it a an unforgettable  Bush expressed no Security concerns and Schwarzkopf quipped a if he a in danger in a in big  a contingent of Britain a famed desert rats served As a reminder to Bush that his strongest ally prime minister Margaret Thatcher had announced her resignation just hours earlier in London. Bush emphasized his warning that Iraq could soon be a nuclear Power though some experts put the timetable at five years or later. It was the first time head raised the Issue As a key component of his anti Iraq policy. A those who would measure the timetable for Saddam a atomic program in terms of years May be seriously underestimating the reality of that situation and the Gravity of the threat a Bush said. A every Day that passes brings Saddam one step closer to realizing his goal of a nuclear weapons Arsenal a Bush said. A and that a Why our Mission is marked More and More by a real sense of urgency. A no one knows precisely when this dictator May acquire atomic weapons or exactly who they May be aimed at Down the Road. But we do know this for sure he a never possessed a weapon he did no to  . National Security adviser Brent scowcroft said the president was stressing Saddam a nuclear potential As a rebuke to those who advocate giving economic sanctions a two or three years to work. A if we had to use Force after he had nuclear weapons it would be a whole different operation a scowcroft told reporters. Gen. Joulwan takes Over at . Southern come Howard a Panama up a Gen. George a. Joulwan took Over As chief of the . Southern come wednesday in a Brief ceremony at Howard a 5 Miles West of Panama City pledging to help latin american nations combat drug trafficking and terrorism Joulwan 51, replaces Gen. Maxwell r. Thurman As commander of the . Military forces in latin America. Thurman one of the chief architects of the . Invasion of Panama last december is retiring from the army. Joulwan a Vietnam Veteran previously served As i Carric inf 8eneral of v corps in Germany and Wapp array and was a special assistant to