European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Wednesday october 2, 1991 the stars and stripes a Page 7powell reconfirmed As pcs chairman Washington up Gen. Colin Powell won Senate confirmation monday to a second two year term As chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. The confirmation came despite some senators criticism about recent . Offers to Moscow to unilaterally Cut the . Nuclear weapons Arsenal. Powell a first term expired at Midnight monday and without reconfirmation he would not have been Able to serve As president Bush s top military adviser. The full Senate confirmed Powell by voice vote following unanimous approval from the Senate armed services committee. While sen. John Warner r-va., a senior armed services member praised Bush a plan to reduce americans Arsenal of Short Range nuclear weapons he noted the committee would a have appreciated Quot Advance word of the move hailed by the Bush administration As a major shift in military strategy. Some republicans also complained that while they were fighting in Congress last week to save a doomed proposal for a Mobile system for my missile the Bush administration clearly had other plans for americans nuclear strategy. A a a they did t give political judgment to asking this senator and other senators to go out and vote for rail Mobile my on the Day before Bush a unilateral proposal to do away with Short Range nuclear missiles. Sen. Malcolm Wallop a Wyo. A i think d lot of people having carried the president s water the Secretary s water in All this thing were carrying pretty empty buckets looking Damn foolish. Here were people who had already made a and there was concern from republicans and democrats about Bush s decision to cancel work on a Mobile launching platform for the single warhead midget Man missile. Sen. Sam Nunn d-ga., the armed services chairman said Quot my pause Over tie decision was that the Bush administration might Quot do away with All the options Quot and politically be unable to revive the Mobile midget Man Basing system if the soviet Union did not reciprocate with changes in its nuclear programs or if it added other conditions. Pow Ell said the Bush administration concluded that with submarines Able to hide missiles under the Ocean and bombers Able to race to safety in the sky a we can afford to terminate the Powell 54, is a career military officer who along with defense Secretary Dick Cheney won Praise from the White House and the Public for his direction of . Military strategy in the persian Gulf War. E2 killed when freight train strikes boulders rescuers look Over the wreckage of a train that was derailed near Pinecliffe Colo. Two Railroad workers were killed. Pinecl1ffe, Colo. Apr a freight train struck a Rock slide and jumped off its track monday sending its two Lead locomotives plunging Down a 500-foot Mountainside and killing two Crew members. Two other Crew members on the Southern Pacific train survived by leaping from the second locomotive before it began tumbling Down the 45-Dcgrcc-Anglc slope said it. Jim Smith of the Boulder county sheriff s office. A third locomotive remained on the track but was leaning precariously out Over the Mountainside. Authorities had to stabilize it before Rescue teams could safely use Mountain climbing gear to descend the Steep Mountainside to the two wrecked locomotives. The derailment spilled diesel fuel into South Boulder Creek started a fire that burned most of the Day and blocked the track. The body of Brak Chinn John j. Beaird 47, was found in the wreckage of the no. 2 locomotive Halfway Down the Mountainside. De g. West 60, was found dead in the Lead locomotive which landed in the Creek. The injured Crew members were a John Sacco 54, who was treated for a Back injury and released from a Hospital. A Roy Alexander 47, who was hospitalized in Good condition. In spite of his injury Sacco ran and walked Down the tracks to Pinecliffe a Mountain Hamlet 2vi Miles to the West to notify authorities the sheriffs department said. Mike Furtney a spokesman for Southern Pacific Railroad in san Francisco said Crews expected to reopen the track tuesday. The derailment occurred about 4 . Monday when the 50-car train pulled by three locomotives in route from grand Junction to Denver hit boulders that had fallen onto the track during the night authorities said. Boulder county sheriff George end said one of the boulders was almost As big As the Lead links to marital Washington apr alcoholism and problem drinking appear to play an important role in the failure of american families a new government Survey finds. Separated and divorced people Are three times As Likely As those with intact marriages to say they were married to an alcoholic or a problem Drinker the Survey that was released monday said. Also nearly 56 percent of separated or divorced people said they had been exposed to alcoholism in their families at some time in their lives compared with 43 percent of married people. The Survey was conducted by the National Center for health statistics and the National Institute on alcohol abuse and alcoholism. Researchers did not distinguish Between an alcoholic and a problem Drinker in their Survey of nearly 44, adults in 1988. Since respondents interpreted these la be is patterns of alcohol consumption May vary among those identified As alcoholics researchers said. The Survey had a margin of error of alcoholism breakups about two percentage Points. The Survey found that Overall 76 million americans a about 43 percent of the adult population a had some Contact with alcoholism in their family. About 18 percent said they had lived with an alcoholic or problem Drinker while growing up. These estimates May be too Low researchers said because they do not include exposure to non blood relatives unless the respondent grew up with them and because Many families with alcoholics tend to deny the problem until it becomes unmanageable. The Survey also found that nearly 10 percent of adults have been married to or had a marriage like relationship with an alcoholic or problem Drinker. About 10.5 million americans Are considered to be alcoholic or alcohol dependent and 7.2 million others abuse alcohol but show no signs of dependence. But the study found that far More people Are touched intimately by the problems of excessive drinking. Tourist group makes Plai to polish up the big App new York apr the popular a opening More visitor Cente new York a the popular perception of new York As a Tough town is scaring away tourists and their dollars a group of business and civic leaders hoping to polish the big apples image said monday. A we want to make this a user Friendly City a said Lewis Rudin real estate Developer and chairman of the association for a better new York. Using $250,000 from the port authority of new York and new Jersey the Gateway America committee was launched monday with a laundry list of goals from instilling Courtesy in taxi Drivers to providing free Luggage carts at the airports. Among its other projects a improving transportation to and from area airports by cracking Down on Quot unlicensed uninsured and unethical car service Drivers and putting up multilingual signs directing people to taxis and buses. A cleaning and beautifying major roads in and out of the City. Opening More visitor centers and staffing them with people fluent in foreign languages As Well As English. A creating and distributing multilingual guides and programs to All cultural and sporting events in the Region including librettos in foreign languages at Broadway Heaters. A training police officers to help tourists and distributing Quot Street smart kits Quot for visitors a establishing currency Exchange and Check cashing centers at major tourist attractions. The City a $15 billion tourism Industry has been badly Hurt by the recession As Well As new York s tarnished image said Robert Nederlander who runs the new York Yankees stadium and several Broadway Heaters and chairs the Gateway America committee. New York failed to make the list of 10 Best cities in a readers Survey published in the october Issue of cd Onde Nast traveler
