European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 23, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 the stars and stripes sunday june 23,1991 Clark a Philippines a Flur pics of Ash from mount Piri Atup Contin cd to fall saturday a bogging Down cleanup efforts and clouding the future of americans largest overseas military. Base. A. A the runway at Clark once a major transit Point in the military a Pacific Supply network is buried under up to a foot of Ash. Buildings have collapsed. A Wall of mud and boulders pushed 10 cars More than 150 feet from a parking lot. A a it a going to be a Long slow process a said it. Cot. Ron Rand who accompanied reporters on a tour of the 130,000-acre base 10 Miles East of the Volcano. About 100 Yards from an air Force housing area an 8-foot-tall Mound of rocks Ash and debris still smolders a week after it poured from the 4,795-foot  . Officials have released no estimate on damage or How Long it will take to reopen the base which was evacuated june 10, a Day after the Volcano began erupting. Mount Pinatubo which had been dormant for More than 600 years killed More than 260 people and devastated several cities in major explosions june 12. A if we Hadnot pulled people out it could have been catastrophic a Rand said. A red Wolfe a member of a . Ecological Survey team said Clark remains unsafe because of the threat of mudslides and volcanic debris. He predicted the Volcano will continue erupting for. Months. A a a a a a a. A the probability is we be seen the biggest of the eruptions. But 1 think its possible that it would go on for Days weeks or months a Wolfe said. A one danger is the possibility of it having an explosive eruption a Little bigger than what has been going on for the last few  c a it a a Wolfe said preliminary studies show that this months eruptions were much stronger than the a 1980 eruption of mount Saint Helens in the United states Public works Secretary Jose do Jesus toured areas North of. Clark on saturday and urged residents to leave because of. The threat of landslides and floods from the Volcano a a Raymundo Punongbayan director of the philippine Institute of volcanology and seismology believes Pinatubo is ready for More eruptions and the Volcano could explode from time to time during the next three years. About 1,500 airmen remain at the base  a filipino youngster cats Rice and sardines in a refugee Camp in Manila. To guard it from looters. The rest of the nearly 15,000 service members civilian employees and family members were evacuated to Subic Bay naval facilities. Most were in route to the United states. Rand said electricity has been restored to about one third of the base including the command Center. Ash Clearing operations have been limited to the roads and no runway Clearing has begun. Rand said about 30 buildings were damaged or destroyed by Ash and tons of debris. The Jacobia River outside the base was still steaming saturday from volcanic materials that scientists measured of 365 degrees. The bases aircraft were flown out to Okinawa Japan and Guam a few Days before the eruptions and the three remaining uh-1 helicopters were not damaged. Before beginning major  tons the United states must decide whether it wants to keep the base. The lease expires in september arid talks on. A new agreement broke Down Over compensation and How Long the americans could stay. The Philippines demanded $825 million a year for a seven year agreement but Washington offered $360 million annually for a 10 to 12-year agreement. Talks Are now on hold. Passed key test ski experts say Washington apr the Pinta gon said Friday that its Star wars researchers have produced a chemical laser beam with enough Power to confirm that such a laser could destroy a missile in space. The strategic defense initiative or Gardi nation which runs the Pentagon a ski program called the test a major sue Cess for the Alpha chemical laser project. The Alpha laser built for the Pentagon by try inc. At a facility near san Juan Capistrano calif., generates its Light beams from the combustion of fuels similar to those used in rocket engines. The goal is to show that a chemical laser could be placed in space and used to destroy Long Range nuclear missiles in flight. The test was performed May 16. A Pentagon announcement said ski scientists have spent the past month analysing test data to determine the. Lasers performance. The ski office said no officials were available to provide additional  Page 1 crushed country on its Road to democracy. Baker addressing a session of the albanian parliament urged albanians to keep on the course to democracy a i want to be very Clear just As there is no turning Back on the Road to a new Albania there is no place along that Road for violence no place for intimidation no place for the use of Force a Baker said. Despite the significant changes this country has seen Over the past six months the government still maintains the secret police which terrorizes its citizens. A a. A a the Steps Albania has taken so far away from communism such As elections held last March and the inclusion of the democratic party in the government earned it membership last week in the 35-nation conference on Security and cooperation in Europe. Baker the most senior . Official to yet visit Albania attended the Csc meeting in Berlin last week and recommended albanians admission to the organization. From Berlin Baker flew to Yugoslavia to urge its leaders to resolve the defer fences that Are threatening to splinter the country. Baker said at the end of Daylong meetings with the country a six Republic presidents that his concerns about the country a disintegration Hadnot been allayed. Unlike the grim situation in Yugoslavia the administration is finding Hope in recent events next door in Albania. Baker flew Back to the United states later saturday. The country with a population of 3 million but the lowest per capita income in Europe was the last in Eastern Europe to depart from communism. Albanians had been living under authoritarian control since Enver Hoxha imposed an isolationist stalinist regime on the country in 1944. He died in 1985, but his legacy continued to cast its shadows until last december when the wave of democracy sweeping Eastern Europe penetrated Albania and led the communists to approve the formation of opposition  Page 1 vision. Dollars done to make visions deeds do. When government spends your Money it  do so for appearances. It should spend your Money on programs that  while denying any political overtones the message was distributed to reporters on a traditionally slow news Day while the president was spending the weekend at the Camp David presidential Retreat. The White House has increased its focus on Domestic issues. Bush has scheduled More High profile appearances touching on his Agenda which is entered on american initiative and commitment. A John Kennedy was right when he said a ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country a a he said. Since his attacks on Congress have proved effective in the past Bush seems willing to push that Button again. A while government can to do everything it ought to do its Job a declared the president. A so today i urge Congress to join us in doing the nation s business. There is no shame in acting and there a plenty of time Between now and Congress August recess to get the Job