European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                V. Author Tollko unofficial fuel Catton f on tit i Anicito font la vol. 49, no. 232 sunday december 2, 1990 a to a d 8693 Good morning Iraq welcomes offer of talks Baghdad Iraq apr Iraq on saturday accepted the idea of a trip to Baghdad by Secretary of state James Baker but linked the Resolution of the persian Gulf crisis to an israeli withdrawal from occupied Arab lands. President Bush has ruled out any such linkage in settling the crisis which was set off by iraqis aug. 2 takeover of Kuwait. His administration repeated that position saturday. Tens of thousands of iraqis mean while staged demonstrations in Baghdad and other cities to protest a . Security Council Resolution authorizing the use of Force against Iraq if it does not leave Kuwait by Jan. 15. The Prospect of negotiations in the nearly 4-month-old Gulf crisis sent Oil prices tumbling More than $4 a barrel Friday to $28.85 on the new York mercantile Exchange. Informed sources speaking on condition of anonymity said . Embassy officials met with iraqi foreign minister Tareq Aziz apparently to deliver Art official invitation to open a dialogue. Bush offered Friday to Send Secretary of state James Baker to Baghdad and to have Aziz visit Washington for talks to forestall War in the Middle East. Bush had been under increasing pressure to seek a peaceful Resolution especially since the . Security Council passed a Resolution thursday authorizing the use of Force if Saddam a troops do not leave Kuwait before Jan. 15. Former heavyweight boxing Cha Pipion Muhammad Ali postponed a planned de. Parture from Baghdad with 15 . Hostages saturday. Aides said Ali was hoping to use the Good Wilt generated by Bush a offer to seek the release of three More  said alias group May leave Bagh see talks on Back Page. A amps Ken George making Harbor checks in the persian Gulf Are port Security Man 1st class Sandy Mitten from left machinery technician chief coxswain Loren Sandak a saudi National and port Security Man 3rd class Robert Brinza coast guard Reserve unit makes its splash in the Gulf by Randy Pruitt staff writer on the coast of saudi Arabia Back in new Berlin wis., a eur old girl Caus Sandy Mitten  today m the arabian Gulf she answers to the same name. Even when she s behind a .50-caliber machine gun. A port Security Man 1st class Mitten 49, patrols the shallow Blue Waters with the . Coast guard Reserve the fort Security unit 303rd made history on sept 16 when it became the first coast guard Reserve unit called up two other units have since been deployed. A Quot a a a a. A a Quot the coast guard Reserve created in 194l Falls under the department of transportation without a Ripple of fanfare the Wisconsin Reserve unit has been quietly cruising coastal saudi Arabia As part of the Security Harbor defense come. Many Are unaware of the units presence. A a we la be walking somewhere and  say a coast guard what Are you doing Over Here a that happens often a cmdr. Tom Johnson said. It. Cmdr Gary Anderson said the Crew comes from the great lakes Region known As the 9th coast guard District Psi 303rd consists primarily of three units from Milwaukee Kenosha and Green Bay wis. Several Crew members Are from Chicago Northern Michigan and Indiana a a we re like a lot of army commands a Anderson said a it the unit does no to really exist except in time of mobilization and at that Point it draws from existing Reserve units.�?�. _ with the threat of War in the persian Gulf Region the role of the coast guard Reserve has changed. A in peacetime we re pretty much doing the Trade see Gulf on Pago 3old is. New germans pick path for Unity from staff reports today a United Germany goes to the polls to choose Between the old Way and the new Way. The old Way is represented by Helmut Kohl the Christian democratic Chancellor who has spent eight years in office. The new Way is represented by Oskar Lafontaine the social Democrat who nearly bled to death after being stabbed in the neck during an april Campaign rally. If one believes the pollsters the upcoming German election Campaign was elided essentially decided before it started Kohl who Calls himself the Chancellor of German Unity is a repeat Winner the surveys show. One poll published wednesday in the daily Frankfurter a Gemeiner Zeitung showed Kohl a Kohl voted by 48 percent and Lafontaine by 33 percent. But elections Arentt decided by surveys and the two candidates have been travelling non Stop across the newly United country to court the voters who will decide the race. Throughout the Campaign one isse has Dom mated must Germany increase taxes to repair the crumbling mess left behind by 40 years of communist control in the East v. A \ Lafontaine who is known for his confrontational style has repeated a focused on the costs of unification and the need to raise taxes. Kohl a has lied All the Way up to election Day on the question said the challenger who Fiji the imm Stef president of the German state of Saarland. The estimated Cost of rebuilding Eastern Germany is enormous. The reunification treaty worked out by for so Unity on Page 9 Lafontaine