European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday january 12, 1992 at a glance teacher David Flom sets the stage for High school drama. Sec sunday  Day dumped Christopher Columbus has been tossed overboard by Berkeley officials who have declared oct. 12 Quot indigenous Peoples  a Page 4soliciting ban under review the supreme court has agreed to decide whether airports May ban All soliciting a and the distribution of political and religious literature As Well a from their terminals. A Page 5flu epidemic strikes . Deaths attributed to the flu reached epidemic Levels in late december and the first week of january in the United states. A Page 6scrutiny of nuclear plants drug abuse vandalism and incidents involving weapons plague . Nuclear plants a watchdog group said. A Page 7security stepped up armoured vehicles bomb sniffing dogs and hundreds of police scoured a Rugby stadium before the first concert of Paul Simon a South african tour. A Page 8raging Bull halts charge Wall Street finally got a Well deserved rest when it ended its three week climb to record Heights. A Page 15 Index Abby Ann Landers 14 commentary.13 faces no places .14 letters .12 Money matters.15 sports.18-24 weather.11 Kinder gentler canadians balk at becoming americans Toronto a is it possible that Canada could become just a Northern Region of the United states in the next 50 years nearly four canadians in 10 think so. _ a whopping 67 percent of canadians already believe the United states has too much influence on their Way of life. Canadian identity and specifically the differences that separate canadians from americans Are the subject of continuous discussion countless articles a and More than a few jokes. How does one recognize a Canadian in new York he a the one standing at a red Light in the Middle of a snowstorm at 2 . On a deserted Street waiting for the Light to turn Green. Yes canadians Are great Law abides. Civilized polite a aggressive and a Many will admit a even Boring they bristle at the idea that canadians Are nothing but americans writ Small. But when a Gallup poll published thursday asked More than 1,000 canadians whether they thought Canada would become a part of the United states Over the next half Century 37 percent said it would. A Mere 52 percent said clearly it would not. Eleven percent had no Opin we May have a few turkeys in our own politics but Down there it s a poultry farm a Dalton Camp Ion. The margin of error for the poll conducted dec. 4-7, was 4 percentage Points. The same question asked in november 1988 showed Only 25 percent thought Canada would become a part of the United states within 50 years. And when Gallup first asked the question about american influence in 1956, Only 27 percent thought it was too great. People in Ontario Canadas richest and most populous province seem the most convinced. Forty one percent believe in the inevitability of joining up with big brother to the South. Its not that the 26 million people who live in Canada done to like americans. In general they do. Many just done to want to be americans. The subject frequently crops up in talk about the breakup of Canada that could follow a separation by the French speaking Quebec province. If Quebec became inde pendent the maritime provinces of Nova Scotia new Brunswick Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland would be physically Cut off from the rest of Canada. They already have close ties with new England and albertan frequently say they have More in common with folks in Montana. Canadians in general tend to look up to americans and look Down on them at the same time. A watching americans run for office makes canadians feel better about themselves a wrote former political Power broker Dalton Camp. A we May have a few turkeys in our own politics but a Down there a its a poultry  canadians built their society on the principles of peace order and Good government. Americans glorify life Liberty and the Pursuit of happiness. The uncharitable say Canada was built by the losers. The French of Quebec were crushed by the British on the Plains of Abraham near Quebec. Much of English Canada was built by United Empire loyalists who chose to switch rather than fight in the american revolution. A that left Canada with essentially two groups of people the conquered and those who preferred the status of a Colony to that of an Independent country a wrote columnist Babara Amiel. Party says germans should get or share seat on Security Council Munich Germany a Germany should have either its own seat on the . Security Council or share a seat with its european partners the conservative Christian social Union party said saturday. The Csc is the bavarian sister party of Chancellor Helmiut Kohls Christian democrats and strives to present an Independent a image to raise its profile against its larger ally in Germany a coalition politics. The Csc issued a wide ranging policy paper after a closed meeting of the party leadership at which defense Secretary Dick Cheney spoke Friday. The meeting was held in Kreutch a snowy bavarian resort South of Munich the bavarian state capital. A German interests must be Able to be asserted in the Security Council either jointly with our european partners or through an individual seat a the document said. The Csc went beyond Kohls government which has not staked a claim to a permanent Security Council seat since East and West Germany United in 1990. The unification made the country with 80bugged from Page 1 . Officials explained each time an iraqi technician opened a a windows on his computer screen to Access information the contents of the screen simply vanished a . News reported. The report is part of a Book based on 12 months of research by . News reporters called Triumph without Victory the unreported history of the persian Gulf War to be published next month. In a series of adaptations from the Book . News also reported that two 5,000-Pound bombs developed by the air Force during the Gulf War were dropped on a command Bunker on the second to last Day of the War with the explicit purpose of killing iraqi president Saddam Hussein. The fact that the bombs were dropped feb. 27 has been reported previously out . Officials have repeatedly denied that Saddam was the intended target. Gen. Ronald w. Yates commander of air Force systems come told reporters last year that the bombs were aimed at a senior staff of the iraqi military. . News also said it had calculated with the help of private defense analysts in Washington that As few As 8,000 iraqi soldiers May have been killed in the War. The . Government has made no official estimate of iraqi casualties although the defense intelligence Agency has said the number killed May Range Between 50,000 and 150,000. Million people considerably larger than any other in Western Europe. The permanent seats a and veto Power a were taken by the victorious nations in world War ii the United states Britain France China and the soviet Union. The end of the cold War and the breakup of the soviet Union have brought Calls to revamp the Security Council in the Light of changing times. But some analysts see the Quick Transfer of the soviet seat to Russia As having put off a wider change at least in the Short  from Page 1 they were planning to have a child and put it off during the War but most say they missed their husbands while they were away and it just happened a said obstetrician or. Dave e. David. At Camp Pendleton North of san Diego insurance approvals for pregnancy care went from 21 in March 1991 a just before the troops came Home a to 123 in May when Many had returned. By August the last month with figures available 240 approvals were issued. The number of women coming to the Camp Pendleton base Hospital for pregnancy tests also has soared officials said. Official travellers must use lodging Center comic feature doubled last week Prince valiant did no to arrive in time for publication so we doubled up on the sunday crossword. This week we re running both instalments of Prince valiant on the Center pages. Washington a amps a in Effort to save Money military travellers on official business to the Washington area Are now required to Contact an office at fort myer va., before making hotel reservations officials said. The office operates a program called lodging Success which provides lists of area hotels that offer reduced rates for official travellers. All the hotels listed As either expensive moderate or Low priced Are near military installations Ana subway and bus routes. Most of the hotels also offer shuttle bus service. Hotels rated a a expensive Range from $76 to $97 per night while moderately priced facilities Range from $56 to $73 per night. Low Price rooms Are $35 to $55 per night officials said. Travellers who request assistance from the lodging Center will be guaranteed reduced rates which average Between $5 and $10 less per night. To Contact the lodging Center from Europe travellers must Call Auto on 226-3039. The office number when dealing in the United states is 1-800-8216559. Callers will be Given a a Call in number that must be placed on official travel orders officials said