European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Ukr Many so. To 40 May �3, 1091 it a a it a to to l a Tai to Quot. 4w a a s a a a n if a i 41. A 3s� d 8693 a India mourns Gandhi party chooses widow to replace slain Leader new Delhi India a a dazed nation began a week of mourning wednesday for former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi whose assassination at a Campaign rally struck at the roots of indians unruly democracy. Gandhi 46, was killed tuesday night by a bomb that May have been carried by a suicide Assassin who presented him with Flowers. Meanwhile his party elected Gandhi a 43-year-old Gan Lii the coffin holding the body of former Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi is carried wednesday front the Steps of a plane at new Delhi International Airport. Widow As its Leader wednesday in Hope that she could rally its candidates to Victory in parliamentary elections. It was not known if the italian born Sonia Gandhi would accept the offer to Lead the party. An Anonymous caller to a National newspaper wednesday claimed responsibility for the bomb that killed Gandhi on behalf of minority groups in India and sri Lanka who Are seeking their own homelands an editor said. The claim was the first received by an Indian newspaper. Police would not dismiss the Call saying they had no idea whether it was a hoax. Indians were voting for a new parliament when Gandhi was slain while campaigning. Gandhi a Congress party had been expected to win but to fall Short of a majority and form a coalition. After the assassination government officials postponed further balloting until next month. Mrs. Gandhi selection to Lead the Congress party appeared to be an Appeal for a sympathy vote when the National elections resume. When Rajive smother Indira was assassinated in 19n4 by sikh bodyguards the party turned to her son to rally the party and it went on to win by a landslide. It the party goes on to win this time the politically inexperienced mrs. Gandhi would be in a position to become prime minister and perpetuate the family dynasty that has ruled India for 37 of its 43 years As Quot an Independent nation. But the party would not be required to make her prime minister. Gandhi was killed minutes after he arrived at a rally in Southeastern tamil Nadu state. Fifteen other people also died in the blast. First reports from witnesses said the bomb appeared to have been concealed in a Basket of Flowers sitting on the news Agency press Trust of India reported wednesday that police believe d Gandhi was killed by a female suicide Assassin who strapped explosives to her body and detonated the bomb when a she approached him with a Garland of Flowers. A a a a a. A senior police source confirmed that see Gandhi on Page 10 proposal would Cut number of foreign workers by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a the House handily approved a proposal tuesday that would severely Cut the number see related Story on Page 8 of foreign nationals on the . Payroll unless Host nations pay their salaries. The proposal approved in a voice vote would reduce the number of a indirect hire foreign nationals from about 75,000 to 19,000 by fiscal 1994. Indirect hires Are employees hired and paid by the Host nation. The United states then provides reimbursement. Indirect hires encompass most foreign National Job classifications. It is a term that refers to the method of hire not the Type of Job. The Pentagon a total foreign National work Force numbers about 113,000, most of them in Germany. The proposal was offered As an amendment to the fiscal 1992 defense authorization Bill by rep. John Bry see proposal on Page 10 Iraq agrees to remove Dozhuk forces by Joseph Owen staff writer Zachko Iraq a Iraq agreed wednesday to withdraw All its military and police forces from Dozhuk and the surrounding area paving the Way for a Small multinational team to go there Friday and begin restoring Basic municipal services. Army it. Gen. John m. Shalikashvil the commander of the operation provide Comfort combined task Force announced the agreement wednesday afternoon after a meeting in Zachko with it. Gen. Abu Firas Saber a member of the iraqi general staff. Bohok a provincial capital in Northern Iraq lies just outside the Security zone set up to ease the resettlement of refugee kurd. The kurd have been reluctant to return to Dozhuk claiming iraqi secret police there pose a threat to them a the International team will consist of military and civilian personnel including doctors engineers Security personnel and a command and control element Shalikashvil said adding that the size of the team is unde see Dozhuk on Page 10lawmakers tout Home state bases to closure panel by Bob Dart. Cox news service a washing ton a shuttling before the commission on base closing the nations lawmakers whined and wheeled on tuesday bragging about the military installations in their own states and bad mouthing those elsewhere. With thousands of jobs and millions of Federal dollars at stake they lined up to make their cases. Ideology ran a Distant second to pork barrel politics As liberals and conservatives agreed that National Security and fiscal responsibility would be Best served by closing bases in somebody else a state. The final list of doomed bases will be compiled by the eight member Independent closure and realignment commission that opened two Days of hearings on Capitol Hill. The Pentagon estimates that the base closings will save $1.7 billion a year starting in 199h, As part of an Overall 25 percent reduction in military forces. This is Assembly line oratory a five minute see bases on Page 10
