European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 19, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wrangling stalls Mideast thursday december 19, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 5 by the new York times Washington a with israeli and palestinian delegations still meeting on a Couch in a state department corridor and Little substantial Progress made in separate talks with the syrians and lebanese israeli officials said tuesday that they will leave Washington on wednesday. But they insist that the Middle East peace process has not broken Down and that it will go on As planned in another round of talks in january at a place and time still to be decided. Israel wants to move the talks to the Middle East. The arabs want to stay in Washington or go to Europe. Originally the next move was to be to Moscow where soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev has been a co sponsor with the United states of the negotiations. But rapid changes in the former soviet Union Are making it less Likely that meetings can be held there. Ignoring what . Officials characterize n the stars and stripes 10years ago dec. 19,1981 a the state department said the . Embassy can no longer protect american citizens in Poland and advised those with a no compelling reasons to be there to leave. A crackdown continued As police battled Solidarity protesters in Warsaw and Gdansk. 20years ago dec. 19,1971 a Bobby Jones . Open Champion at the age of 21 and Winner of Golf s grand slam in 1930 with victories in one year in the . Open British open . Amateur and British Amateur championships died in his Home at 69. 30years ago dec. 19,1961 a the supreme court refused to order a stay of proceedings against Quot Freedom riders Quot arrested in Jackson miss., in response to a complaint by National association for the advancement of coloured people protesting alleged delays in trials.40 year Sago dec. 19,1951 a the . Government s top loyalty review Board has ordered the reopening of the loyalty cases of 565 Federal employees. H directed agencies to Check the cases in Light of the governments new policy that a reasonable doubt a not Quot reasonable grounds for doubt of a persons loyalty is sufficient for dismissal. World War in 50 years ago today 19 dec. 1g.41 Hitler removes Brauchitsch As head of the German army and takes on the role himself. Rommel s afrika Korps continues to Retreat Westward in Libya giving up Derna. Congress makes ail men 20 to 44 subject to military service. Are a Quot Strong message Quot from president Bush to end procedural wrangling palestinians and israelis stuck to their positions tuesday despite a new Exchange of plans. Bush met tuesday with israeli foreign minister David Levy. After the meeting Levy said he did not believe that the United states was inclined to intervene to break the israeli palestinian deadlock. The squabbling Over How to Start talking has been reduced to Fine Points but these rest on traditional israeli and Arab views of the palestinians role. Israel sees the palestinians As part of Jordan the palestinians regard themselves As a separate people seeking autonomy. In that context tables chairs and rooms have become monumentally important. As israeli officials explain it they and the palestinians agree that talks might Start with a meeting of jordanian palestinian and israeli delegation Heads. Israel prefers to Call it a meeting of two delegations jordanian palestinian and israeli. The palestinians want to be regarded As a separate entity within the framework of a joint delegation. But that is As far As the agreement goes. Israel wants to move into a meeting of the full israeli and palestinian jordanian delegations next then split into two tracks for considering issues of special interest to jordanians or palestinians. The palestinians and their jordanian colleagues want to move from the opening session to the two track approach regrouping in a larger forum Only when i hts Issue under discussion relates to All parties. Haidar Abdel Shafi. Head of the palestinian delegation said tuesday that he did not Challenge Quot the Validity of the joint delegation As an  he said the palestinians had presented Israel with another procedural proposal. They also asked the israelis to end jewish settlements in the West Bank and property seizures in Jerusalem s Arab Quarter. Quarick. Haidar Abdel Shan millions being spent on plants despite nuclear weapons cutback by the new York times Washington a one Day after the Bush administration announced it would drastically shrink the nation s nuclear weapons Industry the Energy department said tuesday the government must continue to spend hundreds of millions of dollars a month to repair parts of the Complex it plans to close. Energy department officials said they were unable to halt the flow of Money because repairs and construction programs already in Progress arc under contract and difficult to end immediately. But critics noted tuesday that the Gap Between a political decision to halt a program and the actual end of the project in the Energy department often takes years and wastes enormous amounts of Money. On monday Energy Secretary James d. Watkins said the work Force at atomic weapons production facilities which Are spread across 12 states is expected to be Cut in half by 2005 and Many non nuclear activities will be consolidated in the next three years. More than half of the $8.1 billion being spent to operate plants this year is earmarked for the five major installations that the Energy department said monday it must keep open. Another $4.2 billion is budgeted for environmental cleanup. But congressional critics and several state government agencies contend that More than $1 billion a year will continue to be spent on plants that have stopped operating arc winding Down or Are closing. Deborah Smith a department spokeswoman acknowledged that the department planned no abrupt changes in its spending plans including repairs to installations no longer needed in the Post cold War Era. She said Watkins a has moved As quickly As he can based on world  but rep. David e. Skaggs d-colo., who has been a persistent critic of the department said tuesday that the Agency had had ample information Over the Iasi three years to predict the declining need for maintaining such a Large nuclear Arsenal. Quot the Energy department has been indulged for too Long by a mind set that Breeds waste Quot said Skaggs a member of a by mouse appropriations committee. 1 his mind set has been aggravated by it lords in the last couple of years to get everything cleaned up greased and running again on an accelerated Hasis even As the world was running in the opposite direction Quot an example of the difficulty the department is having translating a new policy into savings is now occurring at the Rocky Flats Plant an Industrial fortress outside of Denver. Rocky Mats has been closed for two years and is unlikely to function Ever again As a manufacturer of plutonium triggers for nuclear weapons administration and congressional experts said. Nevertheless the department is spending $52 million a month at Rocky Flats to repair old nuclear buildings retrain workers and prepare the Plant to begin producing nuclear components that the military is close to deciding Are no longer Are needed. In ajl the department has spent nearly $2 billion in the last three fiscal years to modernize and repair Rocky Flats. Republicans reject Duke in two states by the new York times Atlanta a Republican party officials in Georgia and Massachusetts took Steps this week to keep David Duke s name off presidential primary ballots. Thirty eight states Are scheduled to have presidential primaries and debates surrounding attempts to get Duke a Louisiana stale representative on the ballot have already surfaced in five of them. Duke Campaign officials said they might try to enter As Many As 28 primaries. The action by the Georgia party officials came late monday As they vetoed Dukes initial inclusion on the party a ballot for the March 10 primary. Alec Poitevint the chairman of the Georgia state Republican party issued a statement calling Duke a a  Jim Mcpherson Duke s Campaign manager said the Campaign had not decided How it would respond to the action in Georgia. If it can change the mind of just one of three party officials by Jan. 7, Duke s name would be put Back on the ballot the Campaign May also Challenge he action in court. In Massachusetts Secretary of slate Michael j. Connolly eliminated Duke from the party a primary ballot because he said he did not consider him a nationally recognized candidate. Duke is already guaranteed to be on the ballot in Maryland Michigan and Mississippi. Sen. Dole in Hospital for prostate surgery source world almanac Book of world War ii. Bison books corp. 1981 Washington apr Senate minority Leader Bob Dole r-kan., was admitted tuesday to a Washington Hospital for surgical treatment of a prostate problem. Doles office issued a terse statement saying the surgery was scheduled for wednesday morning at Walter Reed army medical Center. He is expected to remain in the Hospital for a week. Walt Riker Doles press Secretary said he was unable to provide details on the extent of the problem or whether it involved cancer. A Complete disclosure will be made after the surgery he said. Riker said Dole had been considering treatment options for several weeks. The senator worked in his Capitol Hill office for most of the Day and was driven to the Hospital in the afternoon the aide said. Dole 68, has not announced whether he will seek re election in 1992. He was first elected to the Senate in 1968 and before that he served in the House for eight years. Dole