European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 08, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes monday april 8, 1991 at a glance american author and Kite flyer Arthur c. Clarke known Tor his works of science fiction presents a Young boy with a Kite on Beijing a Tiana men Square. Clarke is among a group of americans in China for a Kite festival. Book on reagans Nancy Reagan smoked marijuana with her husband when he was governor of California and had a Long affair with Frank Sinatra according to an unauthorized biography. A Page 4 under further review. A 14-year-old student who won a state spelling championship apparently misspelled the word that won her the title. A Page 5 sign of the times first class subway cars on the pahs metro will Likely be phased out this year. A Page 7 open door for poles six european were to open their doors sunday night to polish tourists allowing them to travel freely without visas. A Page 8 school Reform lags major Reform movements in american education have yet to touch students from the lower socioeconomic half. 7 a Page 9 rebate for at amp to Calls at amp to officials May refund a 3 percent Federal excise tax to about 400,000 customers who made Calls from the Gulf to the . A Page 17 Index  Abby Ann Landers. 19 action line. _____16 comics. 19-20-21 commentary. 13 crossword. 19 letters. .12 Money matters. .17 sports. 22-28 to listings. 22 weather. ____11 world s oldest zoo May close crisis London up a the oldest zoo in the world the London zoo faces a serious financial crisis and May be forced to dose within six months unless the government Steps in with emergency financing the zoological society of London said sunday. ,. The zoo that lifted the african of chant jumbo to stardom by Selling him to the Barnum and Bailey circus in 1882 and gave . Milne the inspiration for Winnie the Pooh urgently needs $22.6 million to survive the sunday times reported. Zoo officials said sunday it was impossible to contemplate what will happen to the 160-Ycar-old institutions 8,000 animals 400 staff or its 65 buildings at regents Park but said talks had been arranged later this week with the govern Merit. A a it  very very serious loss to the Community a David Jones director of the zoological society told bbl radio. A it is quite crazy after an. This institution is the Mother of most of the other similar institutions around the  a if this sort of situation happened in Holland Germany or Russia even the governments or other institutions would have leapt in and done something about it immediately a he added. Hit by falling attendance to from a Peak of 3 million a year in the 1950s Down to 1 million a the zoo is losing. About s3,48 million a year. It has received Ber a Jones said noting it depended on no. Government financing since 1988-, with a the outcome of talks with the depart the exception of an annual Grant of $2.3 ment of Environ Rilent which is the land million for research. Lord of the zoo property at regents Park. A the Hope of course is that it will not the zoo the eighth most popular tour close As such a that it will change. But a the reality is we cannot go on running London zoo at this sort of loss a said Jones. A we can to run it further than the end of the season making that sort of loss quoting an internal zoo memo the is attraction in the capital opened As usual sunday. Visitors expressed Surprise it s a very very serious loss to the Community this institution is the Mother of most of the other similar institutions around the world a David Jones zoological society director sunday times said officials feared a Public relations disaster if the zoo closes and alternative Sites cannot be found for Many of the 8,000 animals. A we must be seen to be handling these and be cry inc them at the news. A i think it would be a great shame if it does close a said one woman who was with her children. A it would be a great shame and a great loss to the area As a  the financing is needed to cover a backlog of repairs and maintenance the sunday times said. The government gave the zoo an endowment of $17.4 Mil 1 Ion in 1988 and informed parliament that no further government funding would be pro Vidd with the exception of research assistance. The zoo opened its doors in 1828 to display gifts from travellers Nobles and sailors. A reptile House the world s first opened in 1843 although the keeper was killed within hours by a cobra. The first african elephant was the one sold to the issues sensitively and tie giving enough time to make certain we have sex Barnum and Bailey circus in 1882 Hausted All possibilities of finding them Homes before the ultimate and regretful decision is taken to humanely destroy them a it said. A at the present moment in time we cannot answer the question which is what will happen to the animals in septem. During expansion in the Early 1900s, a Black Bear from Winnipeg the former Mascot of american forces in Britain in 1914, was added to the exhibits. The Bear inspired . Milne who visited the zoo with his son Christopher to create the character Winnie the Pooh. A Magazine says 6 More hours to Washington a american forces needed Only six More hours to trap the last elements of Saddam Hussein s Republican guard near Basra according to a published report that quotes military sources critical of the timing of the Gulf War cease fire. A we stopped too damned soon. If the attack had continued it would have bottled up the Republican guard inside Basra and they would have surrendered a one unidentified senior military source told . News amp world report in its april 16 edition released sunday by stopping the ground offensive after 100 hours of fighting 14 brigades of iraqi troops a including five brigades of the elite Republican guards 700 tanks and 1,400 artillery pieces a were allowed to escape the Magazine said those brigades some at no More than 25 percent of Normal strength led Saddam a offensive against shiite insurgents in Southern Iraq and have killed More than 5,000 iraqi civilians the sources Are quoted As saying. The sources said .-led forces had a schedule of 144 hours to liberate Kuwait and trap the surviving iraqi soldiers in the Southern iraqi City of Basra. The americans were 36 hours ahead of schedule after 100 hours and could have achieved All their objectives in another six hours the sources told the Magazine. The plan called for the 24th inf div Mech and the 3rd army Cav regt to Roll Over two Republican guard brigades and reach the Southern outskirts of Basra while the 101st airborne div used helicopters to Block escape routes North of the City. A /. A . . Forces Field commander Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf was reprimanded by the White House after he indicated in an interview that he differed with president Bush a decision to Stop the fighting. A frankly my recommendation had been continue the March a he said. Schwarzkopf later apologized. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney told the Magazine that a few More hours of combat would not have undermined sad dams ability to crush the insurgency. A the had Over 10 divisions and those divisions were unaffected by anything we were doing in terms of continuing the operation in Kuwait a Cheney said . After stroke James f. Arnold an editor in the european stars and stripes newsroom since 1964, died following a stroke saturday while visiting friends in new Orleans Arnold 61, survived a serious heart attack in 1979 but had been in Good health the past 10 years while continuing his work at stripes Headquarters in Darmstadt Germany. The Veteran newsman lived with his wife Peggy in the Darmstadt suburb of Griesheim. He is also survived by two daughters Lisa Ziemba of. Birmingham ., and Paige Byrne of St. Louis. Arnold arrived in new Orleans last week to begin a monthlong vacation that was to have taken him to about a dozen states. He had planned to retire later this year. Born in Hammond ind., on april 12, 1929, Arnold spent much of his youth in. An orphanage lie. Enlisted in the. Navy alter High school and later attended the University of Alabama where he received his journalism degree. He worked for several newspapers in the Midwest before joining the stars and stripes stall As a copy editor. A at the time of his death he was copy desk Chiet at the newspaper. A a family members said funeral arrangements will be announced later this week it James f. Arnold