European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 13, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday March 13, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 7war waged Over base closing lawmakers cite Gulf to save own installations by Donna Cassata the associated press Washington a members of Congress Are busily invoking the persian Gulf War and any other argument. To  military bases As the Pentagon prepares a list of installation is to be closed. A. Members of the new Jersey and Texas congressional delegations have met in recent weeks with top defense department officials touting the role of their installations in securing the Gulf Victory. A iraqi aggression was halted because of the rapid movement of thousands of troops and millions of tons of equipment much of which came from or through Texas a sen Lloyd Bentsen a Texas said last week. Bentsen argued that fort Bliss in Elpaso should be kept off the closings list because it is Home to Patriot missiles which were largely attributed with intercepting iraqi scud missiles. That Contention was also used by rep. Dean Gallo r-n.j., who stressed in a meeting with army Secretary Michael Stone that the Pic tinny Arsenal in his state helped develop the Patriot missile. Lawmakers have been pulling out the stops As the april 15 deadline nears for defense Secretary Dick Cheney to submit his recommended list of stateside military bases to be closed or  a confirmation hearing last week for former rep. Jim Courter r-n.j., As head of the base closing commission. Sen. Richard Shelby a Al reminded the nominee of the importance of the chemical weapons training dime at fort Mcclellan in Alabama. A i m not looking Forward to the 15th of april a said rep. David Martin of new York the ranking Republican on the mouse armed services subcommittee on military installations and  income taxes will be the nicest thing to  lawmakers angry that the hit. List involves Only Domestic bases have seized upon plans for the United states and its nato allies to build a new air base in cd rot one. Italy. A if a ease is going to be made for that base von better bring your lunch and a  a clothes when you come to make the  sen. Phil Gramm of Texas ranking Republican on the Senate appropriations subcommittee on military construction said monday. A a a a Quot a a a a a   a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a. A the Pentagon s budget request Calls for a 63 percent increase in  spending Tor the nato base account in fiscal 1662. Including from 548 million to Sho million for Croton. The 401st tac fighter Wing which flies f-16 jets must leave Torrejon. Spam by May 1662. The United. States and its allies plan to build the new facility in Italy to House the Wing. Sen. James Sasser d-tenn., chairman of the appropriations subcommittee suggested using existing bases in Germany and Britain Lor the Wing. In his speech last week. President Bush challenged lawmakers to a turn away from the temptation to protect unneeded weapons systems and obsolete  a nobody has any question about obsolete bases. The question is How to decide what a obsolete a said rep. Patricia Schroeder d-colo., the House armed services installations subcommittee. Lawmakers argue that As the Pentagon reduces the size of the military by 25 percent during the next five . A significant number of troops will be Cut from. Europe. Where the threat from the soviet Union and former East bloc has. Diminished. Base closings there should be commensurate they say. David Bertean. The principal Deputy assistant Secretary of defense for production and logistics told the Senate appropriations panel monday that separate from the Domestic base closing process Cheney will present two lists of foreign facilities to be shut Dow n. The last round of base closings in 1688 touched Oft angry accusations from  complained that the residentially appointed commission used faulty information in selecting targets. But the defense department and Congress eventually accepted the commission s recommendation to close 86 Domestic installations partly close live others and change the Mission at 54 other Sites. In i660, Cheney called for closing or scaling Back 72 Domestic installations and 14 overseas facilities. Congressional democrats accused the White House of targeting bases in democrats districts and no action was taken on the recommendation. Hoping to avoid More political acrimony. Congress and the administration adopted a new system in which Cheney will submit his list april 15 to the presidential commission. The panel then has 75 Days to accept the recommendations or add or delete bases on july i the commission will submit its list to president Bush who must either accept All the bases or-.-r.e-. Jet the entire list. Two weeks later Bush presents the. List to Congress which has 45 Days to agree to All or nothing. Heaters drop gang film citing violent clashes los Angeles a death and destruction accompanying the drug gang movie Quot new Jack City prompted several Heaters to pull the film and put the movie maker on the defensive monday. Shootings and rioting arrived with the weekend Lelease of the Warner Bros film based on the life of Harlem drug lord Nickie Barnes. A Man was killed in new York and disturbances erupted in a Chicago new Jersey. Nevada and los Angeles. Warner Bros spokesman Robert Friedman said a less than a half dozen Quot Heaters have pulled the film. They included a los Angeles theater where 1,500 people rioted Friday night and a new York City theater but he gave no further specifics. A a Nimety time percent of the american Heaters had no problems whatsoever Quot lie said. A  where youths get together there Are often  a a new Jack City placed second in the weekend Box office tally behind a the silence of the lambs a with an impressive $7 million plus in receipts on Only 862 screens. But the film probably wont go into expanded release. Quot films like this have a limited Market it wont go any wider a said John Krier of exhibitor relations co., which monitors Russell Wong from left Mario Van Peebles Judd Nelson and ice-1 Are shown in a scene from the Filin a new Jack  \ motion picture performance. Stroy his drug Empire. The drug dealer is the movie stars Wesley Snipes As a Fla eventually , but is not shy and ruthless crack dealer. Rap artist punished. Instead a citizen takes the Law ice to. Judd Nelson and director Mario into his own hands. Van Peebles play policemen out to de Peebles insisted the film does no to incite violence and in fact is ail ant gang movie but Las vegas metropolitan police sgt. William Recd disagree Al Quot its the Type of movie that will draw the gangs to it quotas vegas Illi cers arrested 15 people Al Ter a Light Friday in a theater showing the movie. In new York a teen Ager was arrested saturday Lor investigation of murder in the shooting death of Gabriel Williams. Authorities said More than kill shots were fired Friday w Hen Williams 16, and Shawn Curry is went outside to finish an Argio rent that began inside the theater. In Sayre Villa n.j., three police Oil ices. And a civilian were Hurt Friday night when a fight Between two people in a theater lobby touched Oft other lights. In Chicago two groups exchanged gun lire late saturday alter a screening of the film at a downtown theater said do acc Tive . Minton. A 42-year-old passerby was wow ded in the leg. On Chicago a South Side a Man was stabbed Early sunday outside a theater showing the movie Minton said. In los Angeles about-1,50 1 people rioted when the Mann Westwood theater oversold tickets Friday night and turned people away. Stores in the Westwood Village District were looted during a 2 it hour Melee. Nine people were arrested. Stark Sailor receives 2 Jacksonville Fla. A a Sailor who claimed he became insane alter a 1687 iraqi missile attack on the guided missile frigate  sentenced monday to two consecutive life terms for killing a Mother and her daughter. The victims were slain with a Hammer Days after the damaged ship returned Home from the persian Gull. The missile attack killed 37 sailors. The Stark Sailor 24-year-old Walter Thomas Taylor or. Showed no emotion As circuit judge Michael ave therby rejected a defense request for concurrent terms and imposed consecutive sentences. That Means Taylor must serve 50 wears before he will be eligible for parole. A what Vou did was  you did was brutal. What you did was heartless. What you did was absolutely and utterly  Weatherby said. Taylor did not speak in the 30-minute hearing. He was convicted feb. 8 of two counts of first degree murder in the aug. 8, 1687, slayings of 21-year-old Paula Smits from Omaha neb., and her 3-year-old daughter. Amanda in the Smits suburban Quot Jacksonville apartment. A infant was unharmed but Sull ered trom dehydration before the bodies were found two Days later. The attack came three Days after the Stark returned to its Home port near Jacksonville from the persian Gulf. An iraqi Jet Oyer the Gulf had hit it with two missiles in May 1687 in what was described As a Case of mistaken identification. At the time Iraq was at War with  defense argued in Taylor a two week trial that the slayings were the result of Post traumatic stress syndrome brought on by the missile attack. Prosecutors contended that. Taylor killed the Young woman after raping her and then killed her daughter. Mrs. Smits husband then also a Sailor was at sea on the aircraft Carrier Saratoga at the time. The judge said he was imposing the two consecutive life terms because that s what he believed the jury wanted when it recommended a life sentence instead of death in Florida a electric chair. The judge said that although he Felt the death penalty was appropriate he did not believe overriding the jury s recommendation would withstand an Appeal because of Taylor s mental condition. Ann Finnell an assistant Public defender said she would Appeal