European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 b the stars and stripes saturday november 2, 1991marine Dies after aids fight a cancer stricken Marine who had battled the Federal government Over the aids caused deaths of his wife and son Dies in a Boston Page 6 officials jailed in protest five officials from a Small county in Georgia were released from jail after they were locked up for initially refusing to pay the Legal fees of a murder defendant. A Page 7a change of heart in Hanoi anger toward americans in Vietnam is fading and residents Hope for renewed ties with their one time Page 8 Delta takes pan am routes pan american has surrendered most of its overseas turf As Delta air lines takes Over. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers. 19 action line. 16 comics. 19-21 commentary. 13 crossword. 19 faces in places. 18 letters. 12 Money matters. 17 sports. 22-28 to listings. 27 weather. 11 it the Rev. Joseph Damien a 19th Century belgian missionary served on a hawaiian Island inhabit Ted by lepers. Today survivors and descendants worry they May be moved. See Story on Page 14.twin cities smothered a storm dumped More than 20 inches of Snow on St. Paul and Minneapolis Friday setting a record. A Page 4jobless rate rises the nation s unemployment rate climbs to 6.0 percent in october. A Page 5talks from Page 1 Baker said the United states and soviet Union the conference sponsors were proposing that the next phase a bilateral talks a begin a was soon As possible in Madrid but that the parties had not yet agreed on a location. He said he was still trying to secure an Accord and that sunday was the earliest possible starting Date. Arab delegates primarily Syria have demanded that the talks continue on the Neutral ground of Spain under . And soviet sponsorship. Israel has sought to move them to the Middle East As soon As possible and is anxious to hold at least one session in the jewish state because it would amount to de Facto recognition by its Arab told the conferees the International Community would judge them harshly if they failed to move ahead with the peace Effort because of the dispute Over where to talk. At a news conference Baker suggested that both sides needed to take a Confidence building Steps to move the peace process along such As a suspension of the Arab economic Boycott against Israel or a halt to the palestinian uprising in the occupied lands in Exchange for Israel stopping settlement building activity. In fridays conference session the longtime foes facing off across a wide to shaped table in an ornate Chan delivered Hall of the Royal Palace staked out stubborn Long held positions and vented once again their ancient grievances. Fridays speeches were rebuttals to thursdays remarks. Syrian foreign minister Farouk Al Sharaa holding up a 44-year-old wanted poster of Shamir accused him of helping assassinate the swedish peacemaker count Folke Bernadotte in 1948. A the himself recognized he was a terrorist a the Al Sharaa said of Shamir. Shamir speaking earlier called Syria a one of the most brutal and tyrannical governments in the world. The chief palestinian Delegate Haider Abdul Shafi reiterated Arab demands that Israel give up lands it won in the 1967 War and eventually allow an Independent palestinian state on some of those territories. A ladies and gentlemen the Issue is land a said Abdul Shafi. A Security can never be obtained by the acquisition of other Peoples Israel has refused to cede any of the West Bank and the Gaza strip seized from Jordan and Egypt and has annexed the Golan Heights seized from Syria. Abdul Shafi a doctor from the occur. Pied Gaza strip also criticized Shamir for leaving immediately after his speech to return Home for the jewish Sabbath which begins at Sundown Friday. He said the muslims Are working through their own holy Day and that the occasions importance warranted Shamire a staying on. The . Blueprint for the conference had envisioned three sets of bilateral negotiations in the second round Israel with Lebanon Israel with Syria arid Israel with the jordanian palestinian delegation. Although Baker was not Able to announce an agreement on the site for the bilateral talks there was general agreement that sundays session would be devoted to deciding that. Baker said a third phase of talks which would concentrate on regional issues would begin in several weeks for those parties who want to from Page 1 Force sergeants in the top four enlisted ranks who add another top Chevron. Other enlisted ranks will stay the same. Button changes Are also planned. Now service uniform buttons depict the air Force shield. Buttons on the new uniform will reflect the services Short past using the same Star with wings worn As a shoulder Patch by world War ii flying hero Gen. Hap Arnold. Seven fewer buttons will be found on menus uniforms removed from pockets Epa lets and one from the coat front. The fabric will retain the current dark Blue color but will change from 100 percent polyester to a poly Wool blend which clothing manufacturers have agreed is More durable and easier to maintain. The new uniforms will Cost Between $9 and $34 less than the current uniform depending on the individuals rank officials said. The new dress uniform will Cost $137 for both officer and enlisted women and $130 for officer and enlisted men. However none of the announced changes is set in Stone Mcpeak said. About 800 air Force members from Washington d.c., Wright Patterson fab in Ohio and san Antonio will Wear the uniform for a six Moth test begin air Force chief of staff Gen. Merrill a. Mcpeak left capt. Cathy Mcginn and chief master set of the air Force Gary Pfingston show off the new air Force uniforms. Ning in May 1992. Those areas were chosen for the test based on their consistent use of the service uniform in offices and on aircraft As required by their jobs Mcpeak said. Changes to the current prototype uniform could be made if the wearers find a design flaw. However few changes Are expected based on comments by Mcpeak and other models at the briefing. A a in be been wearing a service dress uniform for three decades and this is the most comfortable one in be Ever had on/1�?T said chief master sgt. Of the air Force Gary Pfingston. Mcpeak Pfingston and capt Cathy Mcginn no wore a women a version of the new uniform agreed that the larger Arm holes in the jacket added to their Overall Comfort. A women will love the fact that there is a new top pocket for the alignment of awards said Mcginn chief of the air forces clothing Branch at Wright Patterson fab. Development of the new uniform by red the uniform tailor inc. Of Toms River n.j., Cost $1.5 million Mcginn said. The finalized dress uniform will probably be available in military clothing stores in 1994, when they also will be issued to new recruits Mcpeak said. A Hie phaseout of the current dress uniform should be Complete by 1999 to give service members time to buy the new uniform officials said. Fatigue uniforms Are expected to stay the same except for the insignia changes. Over a 20-year career the Sleeker dress uniform will save air Force members about $1,000, Mcpeak Erom Page 1 lately financed abortions at . Military facilities overseas. Nunns committee opposes this plan and he said it remained to be seen whether it would be included in the final Bill. Nunn said the abortion dispute did not endanger the Overall defense budget Deal. The Bill also Widd provide $4.15 billion for the strategic defense initiative commonly called Star wars to develop a defense against Long Range ballistic missiles. That is $650 million More than the House had proposed and about $1 billion less than Bush had requested. The negotiators had become bogged Down thursday night Over Republican objections to a Democrat proposal to use about $1 billion in defense department funds to provide emergency food and Ali i i of i. I a. I a p 1. T t the dispute had threatened to prolong the negotiations but Nunn and other senators said Friday morning that the Aid provision was included in the final Bill. Several Republican senators said they were strongly opposed to the Aid plan mainly because it was unclear exactly How the $1 billion would be used. A i think its a big mistake a said sen Trent Lott a miss. Details of the soviet Aid plan and Many other provisions of the defense Bill were not immediately available. House negotiators agreed to the Over air Desense plan on thursday. Warner said Cheney assured him that Bush would not veto the measure even though it rejects Bush a request for purchases of four additional b-2 bombers in the fiscal year that started oct. 1. The b-2 Deal would provide $1.8 billion Tor the program but no authorization to spend it on new aircraft production the Money would keep open the b-2 production line which is turning out the 15 radar evading bombers already authorized. An additional $1 billion would be set aside for the b-2 As Well but it would stipulate the Money could not be spent unless both houses of Congress voted to release it and it appears increasingly unlikely the House would do that. Warner said the key decision on the Star wars program was to approve a Senate plan to authorize the development of an initial anti ballistic missile system for deployment Jim 1996. A this is an historic event a Warner said noting that it is the first time since ski was initiated in 1983 that Congress has Given its consent to deployment of an anti missile system albeit a much scaled Down version of what originally was envisioned. The system approved in the defense Bill would be limited to 100 interceptors based at a single site most Likely grand Forks n.d., which would not provide a Complete defense against missiles targeted at All Points in the United states
