European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Germany / s / it f is of f / / a s / edition the  vol. 50, no. 9 monday april 22,1991 b authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces 35c d 8693 iraqi troops leave Border town. Marines constructing tent City for refugees silo i Turkey apr Saddam Hussein a troops withdrew sunday from the Northern iraqi town of Zakhoo As . Marines forged ahead with building a tent Village for kurdish refugees. Army major Gen. Jay m. Garner met with an iraqi general and the iraqis were instructed to Retreat to a Point 18 Miles South of Zakhoo gamer said. Gamer told reporters that the meeting was a professional. Strictly business. It was not  As of sunday afternoon . Authorities could not confirm whether iraqi troops had cleared the 18-mile envelope. But in Washington defense Secretary Dick congressmen Laud military s Relief Effort by j. King Cruger staff writer in Ciurlik a Turkey a a congressional delegation on sunday lauded the . Mih Taiyo stake charge role in aiding kurdish refugees and called upon International Relief agencies to take on a greater share of the Relief Effort. \ a the involvement of the . Military has saved thousands of refugees lives and Only the american military had a system in place to carry out sulfa massive Relief Mission a rep. Marge Roukema r-nj., said sunday at a news conference at in Ciurlik a near Adana. The nine member fact finding delegation from the House has spent several Days in Turkey. The group has met with Morton Abramowitz the . Ambassador to Turkey and army it. Gen. John m. Shalikashvil the combined task Force commander. It also has flown by helicopter to refugee Camps at silo i and Cuk Urca near the turkish iraqi Border. A hunger remains a daily problem in the refugee Camps although water tents and blankets appear to be in sufficient Supply there a said rep. Matthew f. Mchugh the new York Democrat heading the delegation. A the military is doing everything it can do and it is doing it under extremely difficult  despite the Effort rep. Tony p. Hall a Ohio said see Congress on Page 10 Cheney said sunday the iraqi troops have withdrawn behind a Mountain Ridge near Zakhoo keeping their distance from the americans. More than .1,400 marines began constructing a tent Village on the Northeast outskirts of Zakhoo for refugees who had fled after the kurdish rebellion was overwhelmed by Saddam a troops. But the marines were surprised sunday to find 200 iraqi police in that town after the departure of two iraqi battalions. The police immediately withdrew. A we Are very concerned about this new development a said it. Col. Bob Flocke a Public affairs offi cer. A the introduction of police forces which we think is contrary to the spirit of our  As Saddam a armed forces withdrew iraqi police officers evidently arrived frightening residents said Flocke. The United states considers the iraqi police part of the forces that must withdraw under an agreement. However the Marine commander whose forces landed saturday in Northern Iraq said he did not find the development a particularly  Marine col. James Jones head of the 24th Marine expeditionary unit said the .-controlled zone see Iraq on Page 10 hero comes Home Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf right stands at Atten in Tampa Fla. He returned Home after leading the Al Tion upon his arrival sunday morning at Macdill fab lied Victory in the persian Gulf. See Story on Page 10. Kohl s party losing election on his own Home ground Berlin apr voters knocked Chancellor Helmut Kohls party out of Power in his Home state on sunday according to Early election projections. A defeat would be a serious blow to the German leaders prestige. The election in Rhineland palatinate state in southwestern Germany was the first major vote since Kohls Center right coalition won National elections in december and it was seen As a referendum on the embattled chancellors policies on German unification. Kohls Christian democrats could lose their majority in the Bunde sate elections after world War ii. In Rheinland Pfalz the German state with the largest number of . Military personnel social Democrat officials said they did not see any changes ahead in the .-German relationship. A we must work together As friends to talk frankly and to Tell the truth a said Rose Gotte a representative to the German parliament from Rodenbach who is expected to become the states new minister of family and social affairs. The election projections showed the social democrats with 45 percent and Kohls Christian democrats with 38.6 percent. That would give the social democrats 47 of the 101 seats in the , to 40 for the Christian democrats. Kohl s coalition partners the free democrats were projected to win 6.8 percent of the vote and seven seats. The leftist greens were projected at 6.7 percent and seven seats. The television projections were based on surveys of 6 to people after they voted. No margin of error was Given but the projections traditionally have been quite reliable. Other parties were expected to win less than 5 per see Kohl on Page 1085 percent of americans in debt in 90 Washington a eighty five percent of All american households owed Money at some time last year a on mortgages and automobiles credit cards and department store wares. . Household debt nearly tripled in the last decade according to a Federal Reserve study. But analysts say there a no need for alarm. A i done to think its dangerous a economist Bruce Steinberg of Merrill Lynch capital markets said. A i done to think it Means mass consumer bankruptcies or that people Are going to lose see debt on Page 10