European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 3, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse N. Page 10. B the stars and stripes monday june 3, 19.91 London up Abritis support for prime minister John major six months into office slumped below 50 percent in the opinion polls sunday and embittered former prime minister Margaret Thatcher was reported to be privately expressing contempt for his leadership. A a the stands for nothing a Thatcher was quoted saying of major in a report by the sunday Telegraph newspaper. An in Mune dose political ally of Thatcher also v quoted her saying a the is. Gray. He has no ideas i have been totally deceived.�?�. But a spokesman for Thatcher who was unceremoniously forced to resign in november in a move that left her feeling bitter and betrayed dismissed As a Complete nonsense the Telegraph report that she had been telling friends of major s incompetence. A mrs Thatcher chose him. He was and bests candidate a the spokes remains the Man said. Despite her resignation Thatcher remains a key player in British polities holding considerable Sway among the tory right Wing. She has retained a seat in parliament and has not yet publicly announced whether she intends to seek another term in general elections by mid �1992 a -. ,. Aides Are said to major have privately urged to run for a House of commons seat again to allow tier to speak publicly about the Bonn Germany apr Chancellor Helmut Kohls party was dealt a huge de feat in i Lamburg state elections sunday by Hamburg s governing social democrats. According to television projections it was the third consecutive state elec lion defeat Lor Kohl s Christian democrats this year / Hamburg mayor Henning voucher aug a. Social democrats garnered about 48 percent of the Vole compared with about 34 percent for the Christian democrats easily winning re election according to television projections. Heri naut Porscha the Christian democrats mayoral said it was a Quot in itch result for the 1 Lamburg i that reflected the party slower standing across Germany t he. Social democrats have governed Hamburg in coalition with the Liberal free democrats for the past four years but apparently will no longer need their Junior partners. The election results at least partially reflect a nationwide slide in Kohl s popularity and a Rise in the social democrats who lost reunited Germany a first Federal elections to Kohl dec. 2.a the social democrats won Hessen stale elections earlier this year and Fol Lowed tip by ousting the Christian demo qty Fly from the leadership of Rhineland a a palatinate. Kohl s Home policies she holds. Dear while not being seen As attempting to undermine her successor. Iti trips abroad Thatcher has spoken strongly against a single european currency and fear of a United Germany. Dominating. Europe a political Agenda. These Are two issues which major has been careful to sidestep As lie attempts to increase Britain a leadership role in eur. Rope an affairs. A a.-. At the same time. Conservative. Party leaders have seen reports of thatchers private comments As damaging to the tory s own re election prospects against an increasingly popular labour party that has denounced majors handling of the economic crisis and health and education issues. V 1. A new poll by Market and opinion research International commissioned by the sunday times gave the labour party a 6-Point Lead Over the tories a the big Gost Quot Edge enjoyed since. Thatcher was dropped. The Survey among 1.955 respondents gave labour 43 percent conservatives. 37 percent and the Liberal democrats 16 percent. A worse for major were signs of increasing popular doubts Over his Leader slip Zibili. Ties. Some 49 percent were satisfied with his Rule Down from 59 percent a. Month ago. The number of dissatisfied jumped 7 from 26 percent to 36 percent. During the Gulf War 61 percent were satisfied with major while Only 15 percent were not. Major still retains More personal popularity than labours Neil Kinlock but for the first time Liberal democrats Leader Paddy Ashdown took Over As the party Leader with the Best rating with 53 percent pleased with his performance. A from Page 1. A a d e a go de s p i t c u m n be r r u p t e a. E co n on i c _. Growth from 1982 through 1989. Several stereotypes about just what Type of children Are living in poverty turned out to be unfounded the study found. For instance in 1989 most poor families with children had at least , and that pay Cheek a not welfare checks a was the family a biggest source of income. _ More poor children live outside big cities Alvan inside them and dearly two thirds of All poor families with children. Have Only two children ,. The report blamed a declining effect to Vencuss of government assistance programs and changes in the Job Market a such As increased unemployment and. Lower wages. A a spending cuts during the 1980s exact or Batch the extent to which poor families with children Are shortchanged by Public programs a the report said adding that spending for Cash payments to Low in come. Families with children fell 21 percent Over the decade. 7 in addition the study found More than half of All government Cash programs a such As social Security Vete rans benefits and Aid to families with dependent children a go to non poor families. Lower wages and the poor Job Market is also to blame the study said. Between 1979 and 1989,. The proportion of hourly workers who were being paid wages too Low to lift a family of three out of poverty increased by More than 50 percent. A the official poverty line in 1989 was $9,885 for a family of three and $12,675 for a family of four. 7. Mob from Page 1. Quot a Rinc expeditionary unit compound at a about. Ii a.m., bringing traffic to a standstill in both More than a hour according to sgt. Maj Edward Deane of the 18th my brigade of Frankfurt. A nobody got Hurt. It was peaceful. proper action broke it up and they were on their Way Deane said. A a a a a t. A a military policemen were also called the City Hospital and the Zakhoo Telephone service Headquarters to protect them from crowds that Ivad gathered there. Police were also rushed to a Rural area about is Miles South of a Wkho at about 3 45 . To break up a. Fight among some 4 h kurdish Anil Tab Armeis. I he dispute involved ownership Grain ready Lor harvesting there police said. ,. Military police of the pesh Merga a kurdish paramilitary organization cleared the Deni on stators from the put ice station. Air Force tire fighters from the 501st Tuc missile Wing at Raf Grenham common England extinguished the tires and spread chemicals on the spilled gasoline. A one .-Soldier had to a treated for smoke inhalation. A a _ a -. Ltd a a a a a a col. Lutious Delk the commander of the Lelh my brigade said neither . Nor pesh Merga officials knew whether an organized group had provoked the p o i i be s t a i to n riot. Muha nun a d. S a r i k. A n iraqi p e r forming Liaison work with . In rfcs in the area said demonstrators told him that they were trying to emphasize their fears of we that might follow a . Pullout a they said the allies moved us from fhe min gains moved us to the City and now they Are. Leaving us giving Saddam Hussein the Freedom to attack us a he said. Sharik said sunday s incident stems from an an a nou Cement a week earlier by the local iraqi police chief who raised the iraqi Flag atop the station and told returning refugees they were subject to iraqi Law and would be treated accordingly. Demonstrators ripped Down the iraqi Flagon sunday. The iraqi officer who lives at the police station Brig Gen. Nash an Khanoon was away when the demonstrators entered the building. A crowd had attacked the general his Driver and an iraqi reporter two weeks ago As the three left the. Combined task Force Headquarters in Eastern Zakhoo. 7. _ Zakhoo and other communities in the task forces Security zone in Northern Iraq Are Home to thousands of kurd and other iraqi minorities who tied to the mountains in March after a failed kurdish rebellion against the iraqi government. Most of those refugees returned Home in May. J a a a. The lust of the Mountain refugee Camps on the Turk ish iraqi Border the one Atje Kurca Turkey is sched Quot used to dose monday. A Quot Quot a a women from Pago 1 pending legislation As a first step toward expanded roles. T he move would be designed not Only Tor female pilots but Tor women tin Navy combat ships and in and Marine infantry and artillery units. Military policies technically restrict women to non combat inaction but that distinction is sometimes Artilie Ial. Al though women would not serve irn Tantry and artillery units aboard lighting ships or Fly Eom hat aircraft in the Gult War they engaged in activities that exposed them to Many of the same risks As men. Of the 325,00 1 forces in the Gulf legion at the Peak of the War 26,0110 were women spokesman maj. Nancy Burt said five women were killed. By hostile action two More were taken prisoner by the iraqis and later released to Oslan Lizio said Quot women were trained Well and served Louether with men As a the line should be drawn rather than team. They showed Quot they weren to . Gress set the a nits on the role fall apart if they had to. Go. Two Vve Ersnt women in combat. A without a Quot Shower and sleep in the Sand a Stone said the had not taken a _ defense Secretary. Dick a Cheney has Normal position on. The proposal but women were trained Well and served together with men As a team. They showed they weren t going to fall apart if they had to go two weeks without a Shower and sleep in the Sand a Becky Costantino said he would not be surprised if women a combat roles were expanded Given the experience of the Gult War. Speaking about the proposed change. Pentagon spokesman fete Williams said Quot the department welcomes this legislation because it gives the department of defense the authority to decide where would be Likely to go along with the plan to open flight positions to women. "if., the Eom hat exclusion Law is changed to permit that a he said guess is that the would follow that guidance and open that part of the aviation Branch that is presently restricted a about 38 v of the a i3, >5�?T0 Active duty pilots Are women. They Are allowed to Fly transport and Utility Jill copters and planes but not the s 1,187 Apache and cd Ohra helicopter gunships. The air Force says that women arc eligible for 97 percent of its service positions. It. Gen. Thomas j. Hickey the air Force chief of personnel said in testimony before the Senate. Armed services committee in april that existing Law was Quot a the last impediment Quot to allowing female. Pilots to Fly front line combat aircraft. In general though proponents of expanding women a combat roles have Tor years fought an Uphill Battle against in _ grained beliefs at the Pentagon and in Congress that women would not Cut it or _ that the nation would not tolerate it. The 35,000 women among the 5411,0011 american troops sent to the persian Gult generally received favourable reviews Lor their performance and helped to a pc. Both notions tawn bikers and military analysts said a
