European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a the stars and stripes saturday january 25, 1992 at a glance jamaican accented raps by per formers like Queen Latifah have transformed Rock a Roll. See stories on pages 14-15,Clinton denies stories Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton strongly denied a woman s allegations that she conducted a 12-year affair with him but conceded Quot i done to know if i can persuade voters to believe the denial. A Page 4bush school plan denied the Senate rejected Bush administration proposals to include private or parochial schools in education Reform programs using Federal Money. A Page 5mayor goes to jail Richard Arrington mayor of Birmingham ala., surrendered to begin serving a contempt of court prison sentence. A Page 6red Cross in debt the american red Cross disaster Relief fund is $28 million in debt after two straight years of record breaking numbers of storms floods and other disasters. A Page 7smoking wars in the european Community a parliament a proposed Blanket ban on tobacco advertising has sparked a fierce War of words. A Page 8ransacking Clark a filipinos Are systematically plundering Clark a one of the oldest and largest . Military installations abroad until it and its contents were turned Over to the philippine military. A Page 9jobless Aid claims climb first time claims for unemployment benefits jumped by 46,000 during the week that ended Jan. 11. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers 19 action line.161 commentary.13 faces a no places .18 letters .12 Money matters.17 sports.22-28 to listings.27 weather.11mx from Page 1 cushions with Bush administration representatives leading Republic officials have signalled a desire to move More rapidly toward much smaller nuclear forces on both sides. The . Officials speaking on condition they not be identified said Bush a new actions Are intended to reshape the . Strategic deterrent into a smaller Force shrinking particularly the number of . Warheads deployed with land based missiles such As the my and minuteman Iii. These missiles Are considered vulnerable to a preemptive nuclear attack on their fixed silos. Once the reductions Are completed a greater percentage than now of the . Nuclear Arsenal will be deployed on submarines hidden at sea or on single warhead missiles based in silos. Such single warhead missiles pose a less inviting target for preemptive attack than multiple warhead missiles and Are therefore considered More stabilizing in a nuclear face off. Bush a expected move represents what officials described As a major step toward fulfilment of a longstanding . Arms control goal safeguarding the heart of a the strategic nuclear deterrent from Surprise attack. The directors of the Cia and defense intelligence Agency testified wednesday that the breakup of the soviet Union has already dramatically reduced if not eliminated the threat of such an attack against the United states. The timetable and number of weapons involved in Bush a plan could not be Learned thursday As Many officials spurned press inquiries to preserve some suspense surrounding Bush a speech. But officials confirmed a report in thursdays new York times that the details of Bush a plan were settled in a meeting last weekend involving White House National Security adviser Brent scowcroft Secretary of defense Dick Cheney and Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii. The cutbacks of land based missile warheads will Likely total 1,500 and reductions of sea based warheads could total another 1,400 or so according to Independent experts. These would be in addition to a drop of an estimated 2,000 to 3,000 nuclear warheads mandated by the strategic arms reduction treaty from the existing . Arsenal of 11,500 warheads. Officials said that further nuclear warhead cuts May accompany Bush a expected announcement of a Sharp reduction in the planned b-2 bomber Force to around 20 planes instead of the 75 sought by the administration last fall. Congress has authorized just 15 of the planes which May wind up costing More than $2 billion apiece. A senior air Force official said he expects Cheney to announce the development of a new missile a armed with conventional rather than nuclear warheads a for deployment aboard the b-2. By emphasizing the planets non nuclear role he said the new missile May Garner support for at least five More bombers which together with the 15 already approved would be enough to Complete two squadrons. The officials said they were Uncertain if Bush will cancel plans to renew production of one sea based warhead the plans to spend an additional $18 billion on several Hundred associated Trident ii submarine based strategic missiles. In a televised interview on sunday Cheney said he intends to make sure that even though the . Military will be smaller in the coming years it retains the High tech advantage that made Victory possible in the persian Gulf War. The Secretary argued that technology a is clearly something we want to continue to pursue very aggressively to maintain our  the defense departments strategy for cutting the military budget will also include targeting up to $4 billion in a marginal or unnecessary current programs funded by Congress Over Bush administration objections. Among the items on the Pentagon list Are a $143 million upgrade of the Navy a f-14 tomcat fighter hardware improvements for additional my tanks and oh-58 helicopters and several dozen defense research Grants earmarked for specific universities Many at the request of individual lawmakers. But the presidents proposals while cutting far deeper than generally thought possible a few months ago still Are not Likely to satisfy Congress where lawmakers have recently called for reductions in defense spending of up to 50 percent. Rep. Les Aspin d-wis., chairman of the House armed services committee recently outlined plans for a a ground up rebuilding of the armed forces arguing that the Pentagon a current plans Only slice away at the existing cold War Structure. A if we reduce our forces from the top Down by simple subtraction we will get a smaller defense budget and smaller forces but the chances Are Good that neither the budget nor the forces will be the right ones a Aspin said in a speech scheduled for deliver Friday. Aspin has yet to propose any spending targets but House staff members said his approach almost certainly would Lead to sharper reductions than those sought by the  from Page 1 states As he did before president Bush a Tokyo Summit. Those remarks caused anger among some . Businessmen who said they needed open markets a not sympathy a from the japanese. . Trade representative Carla a. Hills on thursday defended the widely criticized trip telling the Senate finance committee that it Quot was a bold initiative in the administrations continuing Effort to address the disparity in Access Between our  the japanese prime minister promised that his nation which has a huge chronic Trade surplus with the United states would a seek to further promote imports with a close Eye on our current account  Miyazawa also listed his priorities for the new session including passage of a Bill that would allow japanese troops to participate in . Peacekeeping missions. But a political scandal is expected to Japan s parliament buys 2 bricks Tokyo a Japan a parliament announced Friday it is buying two bricks As part of its Effort to persuade reluctant japanese to buy american cars. The two Buick Park avenues made by general motors will be the first foreign cars the lower House has bought for official use since the japanese car Industry came into its own after world War ii. A japanese official said the purchases will be made to cooperate with the a action plan announced during president Bush a visit this month. The plan is designed to reduce Japan a $38 billion Trade surplus with the United states. Cars and car parts account for about three fourths of the surplus. Kyodo news service suggested however that parliament May have acted As a Way of apologizing for remarks sunday by House speaker Yoshio Sakurauchi. Sakurauchi called the United states a a Japan a subcontractor and said its Trade deficit was caused by laziness and the Lack of education among american workers. Following criticism by . Officials he tempered his remarks. Delay his legislative program and May even threaten his administration. During the broadcast of the speech the camera briefly showed the empty seat of lawmaker Fumio Abe an ally of Miyazawa who was arrested this month in connection with bribery allegations. Although Miyazawa himself has not been linked to the scandal opposition lawmakers Are expected to make the Abe Case a major Issue in the parliament  from Page 1 Welsch was not Hurt Kubsch said. Boehler identified the two dead students As Megan Beeler of Granger ind., and Colleen Hipp of St. Louis to. Notre Dames Public information director Denny Moore said a mass was scheduled for Friday night at the Church at the 9,000-student roman Catholic University. One of the injured passengers a student suffered a serious Back injury and was undergoing surgery said Dick Rosenthal the University s athletic director. The Accident occurred shortly after Midnight near the North Edge of South Bend As the team returned from a meet at Northwestern University in Evanston Iii. The bus chartered from United Limo inc. Of Osceola was eastbound on the Indiana toll Road a major Highway. Boehler identified the Driver As Howard e. Dixon 53, of Mishawaka. A Snow advisory continued Friday. The National weather service warned of blowing and Drifting Snow with accumulations of up to 6 inches. Rosenthal said 15 of the injured were taken to memorial Hospital of South Bend where the seriously injured student had Back surgery. Of the 19 taken to three other hospitals eight were treated and released and the others were at St. Josephus medical Center in South Bend which declined to release information. At memorial Hospital Early Friday dazed and tearful students wearing neck braces slings and bandages huddled together in the emergency room. Notre Dame officials and priests comforted the injured and began a Telephone search for the victims families while swim lers made Calls Home or hugged one another. A a they re All worried about each other a Rosenthal said. Quot everyone says the same thing a a is everybody else All right a a Rosenthal said some of the students who were treated and released were taken to the Campus infirmary for observation As a precaution