European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Germany edition vol. 50, no. 51 monday. June 3 1991 elections scheduled by Kuwait Kun Vait apr Kuwait a Emir on sunday set a Date of october 1992 for parliamentary elections but the opposition said 16 months was too Long to wait and demanded earlier balloting. In his decree setting the election Date the Emir. Sheik. Jabir Al Ahmad Al Jabir Al Sabah also announced the reconvening next month of the National Council a body the opposition says is unconstitutional. The opposition a which had already announced plans for a protest this week a its first a quickly objected to the election Date. At least one opposition Leader said it was meant to give the ruling Al Sabah family time to alter election Laws and Gerrymander districts. A they want to change the election Law to make a parliament they like a said Ahmed Bakr a Leader of the islamic caucus and a Deputy from the parliament that was dissolved by the Emir in 1986 for its belligerent questioning of his Cabinet. A the Al Sabah done to want democracy they want a Fagac of democracy with a docile parliament that will act As a rubber St nip a said Abdullah Zibari a Leader of the kuwaiti democratic forum one of seven opposition groups. The Whitemouse had no immediate comment on the Emir a decree spokesman John Herrick said sunday the United states has pressed the kuwaiti government to hold the elections and make other Democrat pc reforms. The Emir said the 16-month wait Lor elections a is suitable to our situation after the  the government has said in the past that it did not want to risk the possibility of a divisive elect Ion at a time when t he country was trying to a recover from the persian Gulf War. M  m a by. Iraq seized the emirate on aug. 2, and Allied forces drove iraqi troops out in late february. During the occupation the iraqis plundered and terrorized kuwaiti the opposition had previously announced plans for a silent demonstration on tuesday to protest what it says is the governments Lack of Progress in getting the country Back on track after the iraqi occupation and to Quot demand political reforms. Author old Una Fontal publication ror Roros Avau pox its d 8693 a a . Soldier appeals for Calm As hundreds of kurdish protesters March in the streets of Zakhoo Iraq on sunday. A. A a a a a. A a a a a a a a. A a. Mob does heavy damage at police station in Zakhoo by Joseph Owen staff writer. Zakhoo Iraq a a mob of about 500 people on a sunday stormed and ransacked the Zakhoo police station which doubles As a resilience Lor the iraqi general with whom the coalition task Force coordinates refugee Relief operations. _. V intruders set i mattress afire on the first floor of the two Story Concrete building and Lett the second floor in a shambles according to 1st it. Kenneth r. Keim. An intelligence and Security officer with the . Army a 709th my in of Frankfurt Germany. It a they were in there a Good 10 minutes a Keim said of the noontime incident. By Eric Sci Mitt the new York times a Washington a the Secretary of the army says that if Congress repeals the Law barring women from flying combat planes the service will probably open hundreds of pilots jobs now off limits to women. The Secretary Michael . Stone became the first head of a service to indicate a willingness to take advantage of the proposed change which is a provision of the military budget Bill approved recently by the House of representatives the Stone measure has Strong support in the Senate which will take up the budget Bill after the fourth of july recess. The budget is for the fiscal year beginning on oct. Of a the provision would allow the Navy Marine corps Al Rair Force to let women Fly combat missions the army is governed by its own internal regulations but they Are patterned after the existing Law and will probably be modified if the statute is changed. V. A the Pentagon supports having the option to expand combat missions for women but the individual services differ Over How to carry it out the air. Force and Navy would probably expand combat missions service officials said while the Marine corps would not. Becky Costantino. Chairman of the Pentagon group that advises the defense department on women in the military said that she envisioned Thea a see women on Page 10 outside other demonstrators overturned a police pm set a delivery Van Alire and opened a gasoline valve on a Generator. I hey also broke an iraqi policeman a nose and ripped his clothes according to Chi. Scott Bartolomei. 23, of the 202nd my co irom ii Essen Germany. I he attack was one of several demonstrations m and around a Kroon sunday. Most of them appeared to be protests against the International task Force s plans to withdraw its troops irom Northern Iraq alter the resettlement of refugees is finished. About 300 people most of them children crowded the major eastbound Highway in front of the . In see mob on Page 10 More children in new study says _ Washington apr ineffective government programs mid Low wages pushed2 2 million  into poverty during the 19x a a children is advocacy group says in a report that shatters several myths about just who is poor Only one in 10 poor children in America in 19x9 was Black and living in a female headed family on welfare in a big City said the study being released monday by the children a defense fund. A poor families in american Are All of us , Black pro win hard working two Parent and single Parent families. Fathers and mothers struggling to earn decent wages a said Marian Wright of Dolman president of the group. A about 2.6 million children in the United Stales a or about one in live youngsters a were living in families with incomes below the poverty threshold re 19x0, said the report. _ 1 hat was 2.2 million More poor children than a dec see poverty on Page 10