European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                It crisis in the Gulf other Gulf stories photos pages 2, 3, 4, 28 authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces a a . Vol. 49, no. 271 saturday january 12, 1991" a a 25 daily and sunday d 8693 a wait will end soon Baker tells of pilots by the associated press Secretary of state James Baker told air Force pilots Friday in saudi Arabia that a you will not have to wait much longer to know if the United states will go to War. A just so there is no misunderstanding let me be absolutely Clear we pass the Brink at Midnight Jan. 15,�?� Baker said in a speech that reflected a heightened War mood within the Bush administration. Meanwhile soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev telephoned president Bush Friday morning to discuss the persian Gulf crisis and the Domestic political turmoil in the soviet Union. Bush told reporters of the conversation but did not disclose details. But when asked if Gorbachev had any new proposals on the Gulf a you can assume he was thinking innovative by. A lie had some ideas he wanted to discuss with me a Bush said adding that he would keep that confidential. He subsequently met with the soviet ambassador at the White House and left open the possibility of a follow up phone conversation with the soviet president. Bush said a we remain in sync on the Gulf situation. When asked it Gorbachev requested More time to allow sanctions 1 against Iraq to Force president Saddam Hussein to pull his occupying troops Tom Kuwait he said  also on Friday Bush lobbied intensely for congressional approval to use Force to oust Iraq from Kuwait As congressional debate resumed with a weekend vote sex sen. Sam Nunn stating the Case against see Baker on Back Page up at schools housing is amps l. Emmett Lewis or. Spec. Pamela upshur left and spec. Charles Little patrol a Darmstadt housing area. By the stars and stripes the emphasis on Security continued at . Military installations across Europe on Friday with soldiers patrolling housing areas and outside some schools. A spokesman for the department of defense dependents schools said Security of schoolchildren is strictly up to Community commanders who could cancel classes if the threat from iraqi backed terrorist attacks increased. A with the logistical agreements we have the Community commanders have the responsibility for determining when a situation exists that requires additional Security measures a said Frank of Gara spokesman for the Dodds Germany Region armed guards Rode Home bound school buses in Berlin on thursday. A there was an Alert yesterday and they were on there. But i done to know if that is to continue or not a said Rebecca de Necke assistant principal at Berlin High school. Of Gara said armed guards at schools were common a few years ago. A we put armed guards at schools that were not on secure installations and soldiers were Riding buses in Many communities As an increased Security Pecau see Security on Back Page worry grips wives As deadline nears by Randy Mcclain staff writer Stuttgart Germany a strange thoughts pass through ones mind on the eve of combat. Just ask Laura Pennington whose husband sgt. Thomas Pennington is one of 370000 . Service members poised for War with Iraq. A before my husband left he sat me Down and said if in a paralysed or get my legs shot off in the desert in a going to shoot myself. I Don t want to put you through something like  a Laura who lives w Ith her 18-month-old son Kyle in Stuttgart  believe her  i said a Are you kidding i d rather have part of you than none at All. If you re going to shoot yourself done to do it on my account.�?T�?�. Sgt. Pennington who is assigned to the 51st signal in Quot eventually agreed with his wife but his words still Echo in her memory one month after his departure for saudi Arabia. The conversation illustrates the gut wrenching emotions military spouses left behind Are experiencing As the tuesday deadline for iraqis withdrawal from Kuwait draws near. War once thought of As a Remote possibility is suddenly a frighteningly real likelihood. A a it a one thing if your husband is just Sitt Iniz in the Sand eating res and doing a Little training a said Kathy Frechette. A a it a another thing if he a  her husband staff sgt. Louis Frechette has been in saudi Arabia with Vii corps 38th engr co since mid december military wives like their Soldier Hus bands Are counting lib Days to the United nations deadline on tuesday. Few expect a War to Start that Day but most see the Date As a Point of no return for american forces and their allies. Quot it will be kind of a Relief to get to that Point a Pennington said. Quot the future will be Clear Cut. They  Start a War before then. Ill he glued to the news every minute and ill be stressed out the whole  Frechette also will be on Edge. Quot in be been living the last month or so for the 15th of january to get things settled and Over with a she said. Quot but when it arrives i know ill have a different Type of  , whose husband. Sgt. Jeffrey Demayo selves with Pennington in the 51st signal in said every Day that passes brings her husband one Day closer to a returning. Quot i want to get the first shot Over with so they can get in there kick butt and come Home a she said. Until the shooting starts Pennington. Frechette and Demayo. Like thousands of continued on Page 2 j