European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 14, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday december 14, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 5u.s. Patrols Over Baghdad urge Tough talking Bush fails to act Aspin says by the los Angeles times Washington a warning that Iraq is hiding some nuclear capabilities the chairman of the House armed services committee urged the Busty administration thursday to resume combat air patrols Over Baghdad. Rep. Les Aspin d-wis., also urged the president to use Force if necessary to destroy All remaining iraqi weapons facilities. A the White House is playing a game of threat and forget. Since the War ended we be had Bellicose language out of Washington but no action a Aspin said in a committee report. The report which also called on the administration to do More to help the kurd was released As . Officials announced that inspection teams had discovered More chemical weapons production equipment hidden in an iraqi sugar factory. Aspin said the discovery was evidence of an iraqi Effort to retain its non conventional weapons and develop More of them in violation of the cease fire imposed on it following the persian Gulf War. The report followed a similarly sober assessment by Cia director Robert m. Gates. The new director told lawmakers earlier this week that Short Range missiles with chemical warheads Are expected to proliferate throughout North Africa and South Asia Over the next decade. Citing the proliferation threat Aspin said the manner in which the United states deals with iraqi president Saddam Hussein will set an important precedent that is certain to have a a big Impact on the rules of the games in the Post cold War order. Quot there Are things this administration could be doing that it Isnit a Aspin said. A we won the War but we will lose the peace it Saddam or his successors get nuclear  Aspin proposed a three part plan to improve humanitarian Relief efforts for starving iraqis increase inspections of suspected weapons Sites and impose a a draconian penalties should Iraq continue to defy the . Cease fire. In a speech prepared for delivery in new York Aspin said the administrate a Quot ministration should a Quot flood Iraq with More nuclear inspectors providing id air and land escorts and if necessary them with armed taking Over an iraqi air base to use As a Headquarters. A deploy More combat aircraft to the area resume combat air patrols Over Baghdad and draw up a list of targets to be attacked by new air strikes if Saddam Quot continues to lie cheat and obstruct inspection  such targets could include facilities to which the . Inspectors have been denied Access As Well As military and government installations of Quot High value to the military. And or to the leadership a he said. A wrest the a food weapons from Saddam by forcing him to allow the United nations to distribute humanitarian supplies directly to Lra Ais. The Effort could be financed either by charging the costs against future iraqi Oil earnings or by seizing some of the $3 billion to $5 billion in iraqi assets Frozen abroad. Despite this Tough approach Aspin said proposals under consideration by the Bush administration to Force Saddam s ouster would be a grave mistake because they cannot be accomplished at an acceptable Cost. A we Only shoot ourselves in the foot when we declare policy goals that we can to achieve a he said. In the stars and stripes10 year Sago dec. 14,1981 a state and party Leader Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski set up a temporary military government and declared a Quot state of War Quot a polish equivalent of a state of emergency a on the heels of police raids and mass arrests of Solidarity activists. 20 year Sago dec. 14,1971 a during a meeting in the azores president Nixon and French president Georges Pompidou reportedly agreed on the urgency of reforming the International monetary system.30 years ago dec. 14,1961 a the United states disagreed with a Call by Britain for an immediate cease fire in the Congo saying that there should be no cease fire until the minimum objectives of the United nations have been reached in the african trouble spot.40 years ago dec. 14,1951 a the Navy announced that it expected to Complete an atomic powered submarine in 1954. The sub to be named the Nautilus was expected to be Able to cruise for Long distances without refuelling and at High speeds and to make All present submarines technologically obsolete. World War i 50 years ago today 14 dec.1 941 the powerful soviet counteroffensive on the Moscow front makes Good Progress As Berlin publicly admits to heavy losses by German forces. Japanese troops capture Penang and press toward guru in Malaya Japan and Thailand sign an Alliance. Likely Leader of teamsters vows to sever Union s ties to mafia by the new York times Washington a Ronald Carey the presumed new president of the teamsters Union proclaimed thursday a a it a goodbye to the  Quot this Union will now work in the interests of its members Quot Carey said at a news conference. A a it a the members that will come  Carey president of a teamsters local in new York City is the insurgent Victor in an election that the Federal courts Are supervising in a settlement of an anti racketeering suit the Justice department brought against the teamsters three years ago. The Union the nations biggest in the private sector has also been the most corrupted through involvement with organized crime. Three of the last five presidents spent time in jail. Carey and his slate of 15 candidates for Secretary treasurer and other Union vice presidencies appear to be sweeping the mail ballot election the unions first by secret ballot of the rank and file. The counting of about 410,000 ballots cast is Likely to continue into the weekend. But the unofficial tabulation by 6 . Thursday showed the same pattern that emerged when the count began a Carey winning. With More than 65 percent of the ballots counted Carey Nad 133,796 votes. . Durham the candidate of the teamster bureaucracy had 93,520. And Walter Shea a former senior staff member whom the retiring president William j. Mccarthy fired after he decided to run had 44,700.durham who retains the presidency of his local in North Carolina issued a statement conceding defeat. But the statement withheld any expression of support for the new leadership. It said a in Many ways Ron Carey a greatest Challenge is still ahead of him. In Ron Carey expected to be the teamsters next president addresses a news conference. Spite of the bitterness of the Campaign i urge All teamsters to do what i plan to do As president of local 391 put the welfare of teamster families ahead of individual political  Carey said that upon taking office in a month or so he would reduce the Union presidents salary from $225,000 to $175,000. He said he also would move quickly to fulfil his Promise to end the practice of Union officers drawing multiple salaries. In the Union an officer of a local who moves up the ranks to head of joint councils and regional conferences retains the salary that was paid at each level. As a result 165 Union officials Are paid More than $100,000 a year. He said he won because the Union leadership had lost touch with the 1.55 million members had forced members to accept concessionary contracts with employers and had mishandled their grievances with employers. Carey said he would put the Power of the Union behind the drive for a National health care system. Carey an sex Marine and local Union officer for More than 20 years said the election meant a goodbye to the mafia goodbye to concessionary contracts goodbye to those who have lined their pockets at their members  until this election top officers were chosen by acclamation at conventions. 18 Hurt in Michigan Plant explosion source 2194 Days at War w. H. Smith a publishers inc. World almanac Book of world War it Bison books corp., 1981 Plymouth Mich. A an explosion Friday ripped through a Plant where Industrial equipment is cleaned injuring at least 18 people who inhaled chemical fumes. The blast at a Cygnet automated Plant a blew the Walls off the place literally destroyed the building a said Plymouth township supervisor Gerald Law. A fortunately because of equipment in there and the main Frame of the building the roof did not fully collapse on the employees. Eighteen people went to St. Josephus Hospital in Ann Arbor where they were being treated for inhaling fumes said a spokeswoman. The injuries were not believed to be life threatening she said. Some of the workers were even Able to drive themselves to the Hospital she said. Div to in Detroit said 30 people were being treated most for breathing difficulties but the St. Josephus spokeswoman would confirm Only that it had 18 in its emergency room. The Plant uses chemical solvents to clean the equipment Law said. The blast happened about 9 30 . A fall i know is i heard a bang turned around and saw a giant flame coining toward me a said employee Mike Giacomo. A the Walls started caving  a Plymouth township police dispatcher confirmed the blast but would Tow in details