European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 c the stars and stripes saturday september 28, 1991at a glance the United states in 1921 mounted a massive Relief drive that saved millions of soviets from starvation. Then Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover led the Relief Effort. See Story on pages 14-15.poverty rate soars poverty in the United states Rose sharply last year Tor the first time since 1983 and median household income  Page 4 . Losing drug War a costly . Drug interdiction Effort is not facing a High tech cocaine smuggling Industry that is driven by enormous profits. A Page 5hit Man captured a reputed colombian Assassin described As the hired gun of the notorious Medellin drug Cartel was ordered held without bail after his arrest in Queens. A Page 6terror Campaign foiled . Intelligence agencies reportedly helped arrange the arrest and detention of iraqi agents crippling Saddam Hussein a Quot plans for world terror during the persian Gulf crisis. A Page 7pope goes electronic the Vatican has made a Concession to the phone fettered fax Happy 1990s. Quot dial a Pope Quot service lets your fingers do the walking All the Way to St. Peter s. A Page 9consumers worried consumer Confidence in the Economy dropped to an eight month Low this week a poll showed. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers. 19 comics.19-21 commentary.13 faces a no places.18 letters .12 Money matters.17 sports.22-28 to listings.27 weather.11bush from Page 1 its share of uncertainties and  a we need a smaller More agile More flexible Active Force a one ready to meet Likely contingencies worldwide a Bush said at a building dedication at the National defense University at fort Mcnair. Bush has proposed a 25 percent cutback in troops Over the next five years. Bush did not divulge details of the speech saying Only that his address to the nation a will discuss what this Means for our nuclear weapons  a in seizing the historic Opportunity before us we will Advance the cause of world peace a Bush said. A and we will Advance the cause of International  officials said Bush was expected to propose Mutual reductions in superpower nuclear arsenals and would offer some unilateral cuts. One official said the new policy a involves every category of weapons a air sea land a and Alt  Busl was to announce changes in the Way weapons Are deployed and readiness and Alert status in a policy that a redirects part of the strategic modernization program a one administration source said. One official described the speech As a comprehensive and significant and said it May refer to recent discussions within the soviet Union about How to handle its nuclear arsenals. Russian Republic president Boris n. Yeltsin has called for moving All soviet nuclear weapons to Russia and other leaders have sought to banish missiles from different republics within the soviet Union. The speech was to focus on a a new path for peace As Well As the status of . Forces and changes in the soviet Union said Fitzwater. He said Bush would announce a a number of decisions related to our nuclear weapons  a the will discuss with the american people our thorough readiness to provide for the Security of the United states in the new world order a Fitzwater told reporters in a formal announcement. A it will Mark a historic turning Point in our National defense posture pointing out a new path for peace a Fitzwater said. A the president will announce a number of decisions relating to our nuclear weapons  one official said the idea is to encourage further arms control movement on the part of the soviets by showing them that their current course away from communism under the reorganized leadership a is going to do More to enhance their Security than what they be done before under the cold War the official said. A there Are things that we can do to make that easier for them a by making concessions that the soviets have wanted during Long years of arms control negotiations the official added the administration source also said Bush would state a new strategy on sea launched cruise missiles a system in which the United states has an advantage Over the soviet Union. Fitzwater said Bush has contacted . Allies and other world leaders on the  from Page 1 radar evading plane has met several flight test performance standards and until Congress takes a separate vote next year on whether to proceed with b-2 production. Three b-2s have been built and Are being tested. Congress has authorized a total of 15 and the Senate Defeated 5148, an Effort to Stop the program at that Point. The House Bill eliminates Money for further purchases. The administration wants eventually to build 75 of the Bat winged planes which it says Are crucial to the future of the . Nuclear deterrent. Acting on amendments during consideration of the Bill the Senate a voted 67-33, to Shelve plans to spend $225 million for tests on a rail Mobile my nuclear missile. A Defeated 50-49, an attempt to reduce the Bill a provision for spending on the strategic defense initiative to $3.5 billion. Defense spending Here Are the highlights of the 19s2 defense appropriations Bill adopted thursday night by the Senate a $3.2 billion to Purchase four new b-2 stealth bombers a $1.8 billion to buy one ssn-21 sea Wolf nuclear attack submarine a $3.5 billion for the strategic defense initiatives amps a rejected 90-10, an attempt to cancel the troubled sea Wolf nuclear attack submarine. Although acknowledging that far fewer of the sea wolfs Are Likely to be purchased than originally planned the Senate approved $1.8 billion for one of the subs the same amount As in the House Bill. A adopted 99-0, an amendment by sen. Timothy Wirth d-colo., that pro Hibits the Pentagon from awarding contracts to foreign companies that comply with the Arab league Boycott of Israel and of companies that do business with Israel. The action on abortions in overseas hospitals put the Senate on a collision course with the Bush administration. The abortion provision was not included in the version of the Bill the House passed in june and thus becomes a bargaining item that negotiators from both Chambers will consider. Chances for final passage Are reasonably Strong since the House approved a similar measure in june As part of the military budget Bill for fiscal 1992. But president Bush has vowed to veto the entire military spending Bill if final legislation include the abortion measure. Bush has made similar threats in the past and the measure eventually died. At Issue in the abortion provision is whether american military personnel and their dependants stationed abroad should be Given Access to Safe and affordable abortions. The proposals do not include financing for the medical  from Page 1 Thurgood Marshall a Pioneer of the civil rights movement. A a it la be All right a Bush told reporters at the White House. No Senate vote is possible before thursday giving opponents and supporters time to try and marshal More support for the showdown. The committee voted after one lawmaker after another read formal statements outlining the reasons for their decisions on Thomas a 43-year-old who Rose from extreme poverty to become a former Senate aide chairman of the equal employment Opportunity commission and Federal appeals court judge. A judge Thomas spent five Days running away from his record a said sen. Howard Metzenbaum the Ohio Democrat who was one of his most vocal critics during Thomas five Days of confirmation hearing testimony earlier in the month. Countered sen. Strom Thurmond r-s.c., a a there a been no confirmation  the committee took two votes a the first one to Send the nomination to the floor with a favourable recommendation ending in a 7-7 tie. A a second one to Send the nomination to the full Senate without recommendation prevailed 13-1. Sen. Paul Simon d-iu., was the Lone no vote. The 7-7 tie was sealed by conservative Alabama democratic sen. Howell Heflin a announcement thursday that he would oppose Thomas and by a similar announcement Friday by sen. Joseph Biden the Delaware Democrat who is chairman of the  from Page 1 in Europe commander has requested that the group make his command its top priority said col. Phillip Childress chief of Usa eur Public affairs. Diggs also said he will cancel the March if a meeting Between Saint and civil rights leaders from the states is announced before the Start of the March. In a letter tuesday Arthur Fletcher the chairman of the . Commission on civil rights requested a a a fact to face meeting with Saint suggesting that S.C. a meeting could Stop the March Saint received the letter but will not agree to meet with Fletcher until the chairman provides the specifics of civil rights abuses he alleges have occurred in the . Military in Europe Childress said. The . European come announced thursday that . Service members May not participate in demonstrations in foreign countries. But a spokesman denied the announcement was intended to prevent people from participating in this March. Cmdr. John Woodhouse a Neucom spokesman said policy statements issued thursday were made to remind service members of their responsibilities. He would not say whether today a March is considered a demonstration by the command. He also would not say what disciplinary actions if any service members could face if they choose to participate in the March. Neither Frankfurt military police nor criminal investigation division agents will patrol the March route spokesmen for both agencies said. The March is scheduled to begin at 10 . Today in the Frankfurt Zed across from the Kauf Hof department store. Digs once predicted As Many As 1,000 participants from All of the military a minorities would participate but said Friday that eur come a announcement May discourage some people from attending