European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I Germany edition vol. 50, no. 11 wednesday april 24,1991the Safe stripes b authorized unofficial publication for the  armed forces 35c d 8693 . Sends ships to med As warning to Saddam silo i Turkey apr the United states has sent a naval Battle group to the Mediterranean sea off Turkey As a warning to Saddam Hussein against interfering with . Troops building Camps for kurdish refugees in Northern Iraq the Navy said tuesday. The iraqi presidents forces remained in the City of Zakhoo defying . Orders that they move away from the area where the protected Camps for kurd Are being  officers in saudi Arabia said the aircraft Carrier Theodore Roosevelt and a guided missile Cruiser had see related stories on pages 2 and 3 moved from the red sea to bolster ships of the 6th Fleet off the coast of Turkey close to Northern Iraq. The presence of iraqi troops in the Northern part of the country could discourage kurdish refugees from coming Down from Remote Camps on the mountainous see Saddam on Page 10 late news Washington a the air Force tuesday chose a team led by Lockheed corp. To build us fighter. Plane of the future the advanced technology fighter. Thei Lockheed team Defeated one led by Northrup corp. For the $95 billion project the richest aerospace contract in history in a 54-month Competition. I air Force Secretary Donald Rice who announced the selection said the new plane is designed to give american pilots of the future a a first look and first kill in Are Lal combat and ensure a american air superiority Well into the next  the Pratt amp Whitney division of United technologies corp. Was chosen to provide engines for the new fighter defeating general electric co. Kurdish refugees unload a . Cargo helicopter bringing food to a Mountaintop Camp tuesday in  backs moving government to Berlin Berlin a Chancellor Helmut Kohl breaking months of silence on the subject Lent his support tuesday to moving the Federal government from Bonn to Berlin. A \. A i have decided that it is right in the reunited Germany to have the capital and seat of government again in Berlin a Kohl told reporters in the Reich Stag the old parliament building in Berlin after meeting with his conservative Christian democratic members of parliament. Parliament will have the final word on the matter. A vote is expected in june. Opponents of the move argue that 6erhn is chaotic crowded and blackened by its history As capital of the nazi third Reich. Also moving to Berlin would put the government in the Middle of the poorest part of the country a the former communist East Germany. But critics of Bonn say it is sleepy and provincial. They contend that vibrant Berlin is Germany a cultural enter and a fitting Symbol of National unification. Bonn was always a provisional capital of West Germany while East Germany made East Berlin its capital. When the two Germany agreed to unite last year the treaty specified that Berlin would be see Kohl on Page 10base closures of top concern to spa by Deedee Arrington Doke Kaiserslautern Bureau Mainz Germany a the Man expected to become the new minister president of Rheinland Pfalz said he wants to talk soon with . Army and air Force leaders about military issues in the state particularly the economic Impact of . Base closures. A there Are some issues we have to talk about a Rudolf Scharping state chairman of the social Democrat is said sunday after his party won More than 45 percent of the vote in Rheinland Pfalz a state parliament elections. The party a seven Point advantage knocked the governing Christian democratic Union from Power after 44 years of cd control Over the state. Scharping led the social democrats to Victory in the election and party members say it is certain he will be tapped to As sume the states top political Job from the a due Scarl Ludwig Wagner. V Rheinland Pfalz has the highest concentration of americans outside the United states and a number of Maior . Installations including Ramstein Sembach Ihburg and Span Dahlem air bases and army posts in Pir Masens we Brucken Kaiserslautern and Mainz state and party officials said sunday that they believe see bases on Page 10 quake kills at least 74 in Costa Rica a Page 10