European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 25, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes monday november 25,1991 at a glance one year alter her election Texas gov. Ann Richards is still enjoying her new Job saying a the states Are where it is today. See Story on Page 16.titanic equipment sinks a Barge loaded with equipment that was used to find the titanic has gone Down off South America. A Page 4democrats get wound up the major democratic presidential candidates deepened their divisions Over the party a direction and began to Jab at each other As they slogged through a Snow packed weekend in Des Moines Iowa. A Page 5�?~nutcracker�?T goes Urban done to look for a european mansion in the Urban Nutcracker an inner City version of the Holiday favorite. A Page 6haitians rescued the coast guard has rescued another 213 haitian boat people from rickety vessels in High seas. A Page 7no Mickey mouse teacher Carolyn Materna who teaches in Hanau Germany is one of 36 educators honoured on the Walt Disney company presents the american teacher awards a television program that has received widespread acclaim for its approach to recognizing the teaching profession. A Page 9chain buys publisher shareholders of the publishing giant Harcourt Brace Jovanovich inc. Agreed to a $1.5 billion buyout by general Cinema corp., one of the nation s largest theater  Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers. 20 comics. 18-20 commentary. 13 faces a no places. 10 letters. 12 Money matters. 17 sports. 21-28 to listings. 27 weather. 11 Bush from Page 1 under the guidance of i. Lewis Libby the principal Deputy undersecretary of defense for strategy and resources. One possibility under consideration a senior Pentagon official said Calls for the army to Cut the nun Ber of Active duty divisions to 10, from the current 18, by 1995. Under the Pentagon a present plan divisions would be reduced to 12 by that year. The air Force would reduce fighter wings to 20, Down from 36 now instead of the current plan of 26. The Navy would pare its Carrier Fleet to nine ships Down from 14, rather than 12, As currently planned. The Marine corps already by far the smallest of the forces is shrinking to 177,000 troops by 1995, Down from 194,000 now and is not Likely to suffer much deeper cuts. Cuts would be made gradually beginning with $3 billion to $7 billion in fiscal 1993, to avoid Large immediate layoffs in the military. Deeper reductions would come in the mid to late 1990s. A it does no to take a rocket scientist to figure out that the political process is taking a look at the resources available and How to spend them a said one officer. Cheney and Powell face an agonizing predicament. One of their choices is to stick to their existing plan resist congressional efforts to make further reductions and risk lawmakers dictating additional Force cuts to them in next years budget process. Or they can seize the initiative by combining cuts in forces with further reductions in two areas that Are sacred to lawmakers military bases and Reserve troops such As the National guard. In this Way they would Force Congress to share the pain and they would retain some control Over the size and shape of the military. Pentagon officials Saia they do not like this approach because they fear that ceding some cuts to Congress would Only whet lawmakers appetite to pare More. A Dick Cheney and Colin Powell know How to read the political Tea leaves and everything says the budget has to come Down faster than their five year plan a said Gordon Adams director of the defense budget project a non partisan re search organization in Washington. In a number of recent speeches Cheney has stepped up his criticism of people who clamor for deeper cuts warning that such reductions could Hurt training and readiness and could Force the Pentagon to dismiss thousands of troops. A the choices we re making Arentt about jobs Back Home in the District. It Isnit about the economic Impact of the defense budget. Its not about How much pork a congressman Sable to deliver for the voters Back Home on election Day. Its preparation for the next time we go to War a Cheney said in a speech at the state department. Rep. Les Aspin d-wis., chairman of the House armed services committee has said that the Pentagon has a got to go Back to the drawing Board on base Force  he said he would soon Convene hearings to study future . National Security interests and which forces will be needed to protect those interests. And there Are rumblings from the budget committees that last years budget agreement preventing the shift of Pentagon Money to Domestic programs May need re examining. Bush gives Sununu a thumbs up Washington a a smiling John Sununu was waiting to Greet president Bush As he returned to the White House sunday from Camp David. The president gave a thumbs up when asked if he intended to keep his combative chief of staff. Sununu also got a kiss on the Cheek from Barbara Bush. Sununu is not normally on hand when the president returns from weekends at the Mountaintop Retreat. This time Sununu in Green sweater and casual Slacks was waiting at the door with his wife and son As the Marine one helicopter approached. A what brought you in a a reporter asked. A just catching up a said Sununu. There has been a spate of recent reports of bickering Between Sununu and Bush a political advisers including prospective leaders of Bush a impending reelection Campaign. Sununu had a confrontation in the Rose Garden on thursday with a reporter he accused of mistakenly blaming him for Bush a recent slap at High credit card interest rates. Wall Street stumbled badly after the Senate reacted to Bush a nov. 12 remarks by passing a 14 percent Cap on credit card rates. Sununu told a television interviewer Friday he was a absolutely not responsible for plugging those Market shaking remarks into Bush a speech. A the president and lib bed them Sununu said on John Mclaughlin so one on one show. The Bushes spent the weekend at Camp David with their son Neil daughter in Law Sharon and their three  from Page 1 flight attendant a note saying he had a dynamite bomb in his attache Case. The Man who Chain smoked Raleigh filter tipped cigarettes and who appeared to be in his Middle to late 40s, demanded $200,000 in used $20 Bills. He collected the Money a provided by the airline a during a Brief Stop at Seattle Tacoma International Airport where the 36 passengers were released and the four Crew members were kept aboard. Airborne again Cooper parachuted into a freezing rainstorm at 10,000 feet near tiny Ariel in southwestern Washington wearing Only a business suit and loafers. The temperature was 7 below Zero not counting the wind chill Factor at the planets Speed of 200 Mph. A it was obviously not Well thought out. You done to think Nis loafers blew off in the wind for instance it was stupid a said Ralph Himmelsbach the retired Fri agent who spent nearly a decade investigating the crime. If Cooper did no to freeze to death on his Way Down he probably died when he hit the ground wearing an a a extremely fast Parachute provided by authorities in Seattle said Himmelsbach reached at his Home in Redmond Ore. A and he came Down right smack  in the Middle of the Woods in really rugged county a he said. A there Are Steep up and Down ravines in really heavily wooded county. It was a Baa place to land and it is doubtful we would Ever find the body. A this was a desperate act you  expect from a Normal Man in his mid-40s,�?� he said. A this was something you would expect from somebody who had nothing to  the very fact that Coopers identity has never emerged tells Himmelsbach the Man was probably an sex convict. A when Guys like that Arentt around they re not missed because when they Are around they re trouble a he said. Himmelsbach said he was further convinced that Cooper was dead after boys playing on the Columbia River in february 1980 found $5,800 in crumbling $20 Bills that turned out to be from Coopers loot. He speculated that either Cooper landed in the Columbia and drowned or died in the mountains and the Money was washed out. As usual Cooper believers Are having none of that. Each year anniversary celebrations Are held at taverns named . Cooper in Salt Lake City and san Jose and at a Little bar in Ariel where legend has it Cooper paid an Anonymous visit during an earlier party in his  from Page 1 returning from a weeks trip to the United states. The United states issued invitations thursday to Syria Lebanon Israel Jordan and the palestinians to reconvene the peace talks a begun in Madrid Spain last month a in Washington on dec. 4. Washington requested replies by today. Jordan has accepted the invitation and the palestinians also appear to have agreed. Meanwhile Egypt on sunday urged Syria to reply positively to Washington a invitation egyptian sources said. Egypt a foreign minister Amr Moussa made the Appeal during a Telephone conversation with his syrian counterpart Farouk Sharaa according to the sources. A Ramr Moussa urged Sharaa during the conversation to agree to attend the bilateral talks in Washington a a Cairo based Diplomat said. In an interview in new York with lbs television aired sunday Shamir confirmed that Israel would participate in the next stage of the peace process. But in Tel Aviv Shamir stressed that he preferred that the talks be held in the Middle East or nearby. He argued that Washington was too far for negotiators to comfortably keep in touch with Jerusalem for instructions. A Washington itself is not comfortable for us for reasons of distance. We asked of the administration mostly of the july question of the site of direct talks a president to seriously reconsider the he said. Israel has insisted from the outset of the peace talks which began in Madrid on oct. 30, that it wanted the sessions to continue in the Middle East. Arab countries have urged More Neutral territory. Shamir accused the arabs of refusing to talk to Israel directly about a location for future talks and of trying to persuade a the american government to Force on us their Arab positions that we done to  a i expressed my opinion that we do not see this As the appropriate Way for honest and efficient management of the peace process a Shamir said of his talks last week with president Bush and Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii. Shamir also expressed Hope a we will hear in the next few Days of an agreement that can also satisfy  he said the Washington proposal would be discussed further by the Cabinet