European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Loui Sirmans during it out new Orleans a former Klansman David Duke and scandal tainted Edwin Edwards attacked each other and wooed voters at rallies and Over the airwaves in an Lith hour push before saturdays gubernatorial Runoff. Louisiana Secretary of state Fox Mckeithen said he expected Between 72 and 75 percent of the states 2.2 million voters would cast ballots. Results were not expected until late saturday Louisiana time. Victory was predicted by both Edwards a Democrat and three term former governor acquitted of racketeering charges in 1986, and by Duke a former Kun flux klan grand dragon and nazi sympathizer who is running As a Republican. Duke has been repudiated by National gop leaders including president Bush. Polls last week had Edwards leading but experts cautioned that Many Duke supporters done to express their True preference in such surveys. On Friday both candidates made last minute appeals to voters appearing on television and radio shows. Edwards was cheered at an inner City Church service and addressed a rally of several thousand in a Mardi gras warehouse. Duke addressed a rally that Drew hundreds near his Home in suburban Metairie. As he has done throughout the Cam 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 mar activities in All the services More Businesslike and self supporting in a tighter Bud see mar on Page 2mother natures fall collection its gut sch matter it s 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 passer by can enjoy the coat of Many colors covering an Asphalt parking lot in Griesheim Germany. Arc Layoff actions clouded by judge s ruling. _. A. A a t til a _ _ a j in 1 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 received military pay scans 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 China tells Baker that pressure won t work on Page 3. Beijing a China is putting up stiff resistance to appeals by Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii for movement on a variety of issues that includes human rights a chinese spokesman indicated saturday. The spokesman quoted chinese president Yang Shangkuan As telling Baker a exerting pressure can Only Strain the relations and will be harmful to the settlement of the problems Between earlier saturday Yang told Baker a it is Only natural that some twists and turns should occur in relations Between two countries with different social systems ideologies and different stages of we Jianmin spokesman for the chinese foreign ministry brushed aside a question about Bakeis meeting with Justice minister Cai Cheng where Baker was expected to press the chinese to meet . Requests that 800 political prisoners be released. A i was not present at the meeting a we said. A the action that the chinese Judi Cial organs will take Are entirely something that the China Side should we also said his government Hopes to have ratified by the end of the year its participation in the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. Under that agreement More than 100 nations have agreed to limits on Transfer of nuclear materials and technology that could be used for military purposes. Baker is scheduled to leave China and return to Washington today
