European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                During it out in Louisiana new Orleans a Louisiana added a new chapter to its flamboyant political history saturday As voters chose either former Kun flux klan Leader David Duke or scandal Ridden Edwin Edwards to be governor. The Campaign with its explosive racial and political implications Drew attention around the world a and sent Ripples of fear throughout the nation especially among Blacks jews and republicans. Officials at polling places throughout the state reported a Stream of voters some of whom were lined up before polls opened. By mid morning some precincts reported one Quarter to one third of their registered voters had cast ballots. More than a 72 percent turnout of 2.2 million registered voters was expected election officials said. Both Duke a suburban Republican state representative with a history of klan and nazi sympathies and Edwards a three term Democrat acquitted of corruption charges in 1986, tried to convince voters that they had reformed abandoned their past and atoned for indiscretions. President Bush and other National Republican leaders denounced Duke As did National democratic leaders and Louisiana a business labor and political establishment. But some political experts gauging the disenchantment of this Southern stale a voters said those Denun see during on Page 2gap is closed Between mar top of leaders by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a the air Force has overhauled its morale welfare and recreation Structure with an Eye toward keeping the services top leaders in closer touch with what a happening in the Field a top official said. At every level a base major command and air staff a mar chiefs have been dislodged from their former niches several links Down the Chain of command and put directly under the Overall commander said Brig. Gen. Norman Lezy director of air Force mar. A a we re now set up As a directorate of the air staff at the Pentagon and Lezy now works directly for the chief of staff Gen. Merrill Mcpeak a he said. A was the chief likes to say he now has somebody a Necktie to  for the airmen who use mar that is a Concrete Assurance that the very highest Levels of air Force leadership Are personally involved with maintaining solid viable programs. A what the ultimate result should be for those airmen is Well managed programs that have clout and backing from the entire Chain of command a Lezy said. The changes Are partly the result of congressional pressure to make mar activities in All the services More Businesslike and self supporting in a tighter Buysee mar on Page 2mother natures fall collection ass out Schu Amlar its that time of the year when Mother nature Sheds her summer foliage in a Cascade of red and Gold leaves. Although it creates plenty of backbreaking work for groundskeeper a a passer by can i Joy the coat of Many colors covering an Asphalt parking lot in Griesheim  of recent layoffs by arc challenged by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Garmisch Parten Kirchen Germany a a German judges ruling that an armed forces recreation Center worker was Laid off improperly could cast doubt on the Validity of dozens of recent arc Layoff notices say parties representing both sides in the dispute. The local labor Union never receive military pay notification that Vladislav Moravek an architect and Engineer at arc he was to lose his Job so his release violated German labor Law according to the ruling thursday in a Garmisch Parten Kir Chen labor court. Arc has four weeks to decide whether to Appeal. The claim of inadequate Union involvement is a common element in labor court complaints raised by Many arc employees who received Layoff notices said Gerhard Oestmann an administrator in the bavarian state finance office which employs non american workers on of Rcd a behalf. A everyone knows that a test Case has been decided a Oestmann said of Mora Vekos Victory. The decision did not address Mora Vekos chief allegations however. Among other things he and other Laid off workers claim the Center is using . Troop reductions As an excuse to get rid of non american employees but then is hiring americans to replace them. They also claim that falsified data served As the basis for determining the order of layoffs to the disadvantage of non americans. Alexander Holtz a Munich attorney see Layoff on Page 2 can to reveal doomsday command Chain Washington a in the event the . Government is felled by nuclear War who takes Over in no a special assignment team says it has found out and will Tell viewers in a one hour special called doomsday government to be aired at 9 tonight est. The program reveals the existence of a super secret Agency run by the White House which has devised an alternate plan for presidential succession and a network of bunkers and Mobile command centers to enable the government to function if the country is attacked. The Agency called the National program office was authorized in a secret 1982 directive issued by then president Ronald Reagan and came under the jurisdiction of his vice president George Bush can says. Marine it. Col. Oliver North then an aide on the National Security Council was instrumental in setting up the Covert project which he discussed briefly in his recently published Book under fire. The offices Mission is to make sure civilian leaders can maintain control Over the military in Case of attack. If All 17 Legal successors to the president Are incapacitated the plan provides for others a elected and non elected officials a to take Over can says. Among those who at one time were in the office Reserve to serve As alternate successors were former White House chief of staff Howard Baker former Cia director Richard Helms former . Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick and former Energy Secretary James Schle Singer according to can