European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Germany edition the  vol. 50 no. 5 thursday april 18,1991 b authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces 35c o 8693 Sullivan nominated As army s new chief by Susanne m. Schafer a military writer Washington president Bush has tapped the army a no. 2 general Gordon r. Sullivan to Lead the nations largest service for the next four years the White House announced wednesday. Pentagon sources have said the Post would have gone to the commander of the persian Gulf War Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf if he had expressed an interest in it. But Schwarzkopf told army Secretary Michael . Stone some time ago that he preferred to retire on schedule and enter private life. The White House announced the nomination of Sullivan As the army a chief of staff a position that is subject to Senate confirmation. The 53-year-old general is regarded As the services chief architect of its plans to adapt in the new Post cold War Era. The Boston native will replace the services current commander Gen. Carl e. Vuono who plans to retire before july 1. A a he la Lead the army from the front not from behind a desk a said a Pentagon source. During his 31 years in the service Sullivan has commanded soldiers at every level from platoon to division. He specialized As an Armor officer saw duty in Vietnam and Rose to command the famed a big red one a 1st inf div Mech see Sullivan on Page 10rail workers across . Go on strike Washington a the nations 235,000 rail workers struck major freight carriers wednesday in their first strike in nearly a decade shutting Down cargo traffic and upsetting passenger travel around the country. Congress and the Bush administration sought a Quick end to the strike with their talks entering on a Cooling off period that would allow a new emergency Board to make recommendations for a settlement. One proposal called for a 100-Day waiting period. Bush administration officials said they opposed reopening major contract issues Over such an extended time. A. A a a a a a freight carriers and unions scheduled no new talks after last ditch bargaining talks failed to produce a settlement before the Midnight tuesday expiration of an initial Cooling off period. The strike waged by eight see strike on Page 10schwarzkopfon saturday Riyadh saudi Arabia apr the . Central come announced wednesday that its Headquarters and its commanding general h. Norman Schwarzkopf who directed operation desert storm Are leaving saudi Arabia on saturday. The command said Schwarzkopf was departing along with the majority of the Central come Headquarters staff because the number of . Troops remaining in the persian Gulf theater dropped wednesday to below see Schwarzkopf on Page 10 is hundreds of tents have been set up in silo i Turkey near the iraqi Border to House thousands of refugees. . Ground teams searching for refugee centers in Iraq by the associated press some kurd in Turkey said wednesday that they will never return to Iraa while Saddam Hussein holds Power despite an Allied Promise to Send Thorn Sands of troops to Northern Iraq to set up secure refugee Camps. In Washington Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams said wednesday that some . Troops had already entered Northern Iraq to prepare the Way for the proposed refugee havens. A ground teams have begun to enter Northern Iraq to Survey the sights looking for those locations which Are most suitable for these refugee centers a Williams said in Washington. Once Sites Are found with suitable terrain and adequate Access to roads water and drainage a expected within the next few Days a construction will begin and medical teams will be dispatched Williams said. Meanwhile at the United nations officials said wednesday that Iraq is willing to let the United nations set up sheltered Camps throughout the country for kurd and shiite muslims who fear for their safety officials said. . Spokeswoman Nadia Youncs quoted . Secretary general Javier Perez tie Cuellar in Paris As saying the iraqis a Are interested in this .  a we shall continue to work in order to find a so a see refugees on Page 10