European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 50, no. 80 tuesday july 2,1991 b authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces 35c d 8693 a Bush picks . Judge to succeed Marshall Clarence Thomas Kennebunkport Maine a president Bush said monday that he would nominate Clarence Thomas a Black Federal appeals court judge to the supreme court to replace retiring Justice Thurgood Marshall. A the is the Best person for this position a the president said at a news conference at his summer Home in Maine. A a Thomas is a conservative former chairman of the Federal equal employment Opportunity commission. His nomination is Likely to trigger a fierce confirmation see related Story on Page 5 Battle in the democratic controlled Senate. Thomas 43, was overcome with emotion As he thanked Bush for his appointment also thanking a my grandparents my Mother and the nuns All of whom were Adamant that i grow up and make som thing of  a Only in America could this have been possible a president to consult with military before approving base closing list Washington a president Bush said monday it was a highly unlikely he would reject an Independent commissions recommendation that two dozen military bases be closed but that he would consult top military advisers before making his decision. A a in a interested in one saving the Money that we be said Well save and two being sure a and this comes first actually a that we have a proper Structure from which to conduct military action that we might be called upon to conduct in the future a Bush said. The defense base closure and realignment commission on sunday night completed a Daylong series of votes calling for the shutdown of major army posts the Philadelphia naval shipyard and three strategic bomber and refuelling bases. A Bush said a yes it is highly unlikely that he would reject the recommendations. But the president speaking to reporters outside his family a summer Home in Maine said he would consult with defense Secretary Dick Cheney before deciding whether to endorse the recommendations. The chairman of the commission former rep. James Courter r-n.j., said monday on abcs Good morning America that a the president can reject the recommendations but i done to think he  a we Are closing bases today that affect american defense enormously a said commissioner Howard a a boy Callaway a former Secretary of the army. A we Are doing it for the Good of the country to save  the cuts made by the commission were from a list recommended by the Pentagon which is facing declining budgets and plans to reduce the size of the military Force by one Quarter Over the next five years. More than 80,000 military and 37,000 civilian workers would be affected by the closures. A the commission adopted 90 percent of see president on Page 10 major . Military bases recommended for closure or readjustment Mij. \ 12 i 20 11 / some smaller installations cited for closure or readjustment Are not listed. Arizona 1. Williams fab Chandler Arkansas 2. Eaker fab Blytheville 3. Fort Chaffee California 4. Fort Ord Monterey 5. Sacramento army depot 6. Long Beach naval station Long Beach shipyard will remain open 7. Tustin air station Tustin 8. Castle fab Merced Colorado 9. Lowry fab Denver a Florida 10.macdill fab Tampa Indiana 11. Fort Benjamin Harrison Indianapolis 12. Grissom fab Peru Louisiana 13. England fab Alexandria Maine 14. Loring fab Limestone Maryland 15. Harry Diamond lab source department of defense i a a. It. A. A  a Feml Olill it. I j j4 a. Massachusetts 16. Fort Devens Ayer Michigan 17. Wurtsmith fab Oscoda Missouri 18. Richards Gebaur air Reserve station Kansas City new Jersey 19. Fori Dix Wrightstown Ohio 20. Rickenbacker air guard base Columbus Pennsylvania 21. Philadelphia naval shipyard 22.  station 23. Naval air development Center Warminster a a Quot a a South Carolina 24. Myrtle Beach fab Texas 25. Chase Field naval air station Beeville 26. Bergstrom fab Austin 27. Carswell fab fort Worth a As of 130 . Edt 7/1/91 sat d the Man who was confirmed in 1990 As a Federal appeals judge in Washington. Bush bristled when it was suggested that he had appointed Thomas because of his race. A the fact that he is Black a a minority a has nothing to do with this. He is the Best  Thomas if confirmed by the Senate will join a court that has become increasingly conservative especially in ruling against criminal defendants and suspects. Conservatives had a 6-3 working majority on most issues in the just concluded term although the docket did not include cases on such divisive topics As abortion affirmative action and religion. The courts next term could include All three issues. The administration Hopes to have its new Justice con tired before the court convenes in october. Last week Benjamin Hooks executive director of the National association for the advancement of coloured people said that if appointed Thomas would face see judge on Page 10 aps amps airman finds wife children dead in Home Raf Mildenhall England a amps an american Serviceman found Nis British wife and their two Young children dead in their off base Home when he returned from temporary duty sunday evening. Sgt. Gregory Voelcker an airborne maintenance technician with the 6988th electronic Security so at Raf Mildenhall returned Home at 6 . And found the bodies of his wife 2-year-old son and 16-month-old daughter at the couples Home at 128 the St. In the Village of Kirtling. The Village is about four Miles South of Newmarket. Newmarket is 13 Miles South of Mildenhall base. British press reports said an autopsy found the English woman died of natural causes about 10 Days ago and the children died of starvation. A Cambridgeshire police spokeswoman Anne up Cochley said the autopsy did not substantiate those reports. She said police could not say what the cause of death was. A samples arc now being forwarded for forensic examination a she said monday afternoon. Mildenhall spokesman Frank Randall was quoted by the Cambridge evening news As saying that the air Force has a policy of visiting families of service members on duty out of the country. Randall said the last Contact with the Voelcker family was on june 12. A contacts Are about every two weeks and they would have been getting a visit soon if the husband had not come Home a Randall was quoted As saying. Base officials and British police would not release the names of the three family members monday afternoon pending notification of the wife a parents. British police have handed the investigation Over to Mildenhall agents at the air Force office of special investigations. The Cambridge evening news said Voelcker from Friendswood Texas had been in Athens Greece. Air Force spokeswoman 1 an Hauger said Voelcker was a being comforted on the base by people who Are trained in