European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 26, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 26, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 3iraqi casualty totals being reduced by Patrick j. Sloyan new Day Washington a the . Military faced a smaller iraqi army and inflicted far fewer casualties during the persian Gulf War than previously reported defense officials say. As a result of new intelligence estimates the Bush administration has decided to revise the official record of operation desert storm the officials said. The conflict will take on new and smaller dimensions in a report to Congress next month that will abandon previous claims that Allied troops killed 100,000 iraqis who were part of an army numbering More than 500,000 men. The new report will show that 380,000 iraqis were deployed when the air War began and that almost half deserted the Battlefield after b-52 bombers and other warplanes began around the clock attacks on their positions. Defense officials Are still debating the exact warhead reportedly cancelled Washington up the Bush administration has decided to cancel production of the Only nuclear warhead that had remained on the . Military a order books the Washington Post reported saturday. Attributing its report to senior . Officials the newspaper said the decision a reflects what the officials described As waning concern about the nuclear threat to the United states and a desire to Cut defense expenditures  the decision on the w-88 warhead is scheduled to be announced wednesday by Energy Secretary James d. Watkins the paper said. The officials said the move is consistent with other recent Steps to shrink the nations nuclear weapons production Complex according to the Post. The officials told the newspaper that some of the savings estimated at More than $1 billion would Likely be shifted to cleaning up environmental damage caused by decades of nuclear bomb building during the cold War. The officials who spoke on condition they not be identified said the move will also Lead to a partial shutdown of the controversial nuclear weapons Plant at Rocky Flats colo., outside Denver. Plutonium triggers for the warhead were to have been made there later this year. The w-88 was developed by los Alamos National Laboratory under Energy department supervision for use with the Trident ii ballistic missile deployed aboard strategic submarines. Casualty estimate that will be in next month s report but one senior official said it would be far lower than 100,000. Pete Williams Secretary of defense Dick Cheney a spokesman confirmed last week that the iraqi Battlefield estimates would be revised but would provide no details. According to Williams it was still undecided if the new estimates will be made Public or contained in a classified version presented to selected members of Congress. According to one defense official senior desert storm commanders had privately complained that earlier administration statements and reports overstated the iraqi threat and the results of the 44-Day air sea and ground War. The most outspoken has been air Force it. Gen. Charles a. Horner who contends that Large segments of the iraqi army fled the Battlefield once the air War started leaving a Force of 200,000 to face Allied ground forces. Of those remaining iraqis Horner says a maximum of 25,000 were killed during desert storm. Horner who directed the air War against Iraq said his estimates were based on a body count conducted during the ground War by 2,100 air Force officers acting As Forward air observers with . British egyptian and other ground forces. A what amazes me is the Lack of bodies Quot Horner said in a recent interview. Quot they really did t find a lot of bodies. There weren to a lot of dead people around. I think a lot of the iraqis just  aides to president Bush had been concerned that a High iraqi death toll would undercut Arab support for the War against Iraq. Once the War ended however the Pentagon cautiously embraced a defense intelligence Agency estimate that 100,000 iraqis had been killed and As Many As 300,000 wounded. Williams has stressed that the Agency estimate could be off by As much As 50 percent in either direction. Paperwork Job applicants fill the knights of Columbus Hall in Joliet 111., on thursday. More than 1,000 people applied for entry level jobs with Commonwealth Edison co. The electric company has no openings but was updating its application files. Chicago s faulty radar puts planes on hold Chicago a a 45-minute radar outage at of Hare International Airport left More than 50 planes flying in a holding pattern Over Chicago and hundreds More grounded in other parts of the country an official said. A faulty electronic circuit Board at the of Hare control Tower knocked the radar out intermittently Between 6 48 . And 7 33 . Friday Federal aviation administration spokesman Mort Edelstein said. The longest flight delay was 55 minutes and All flights were Back on schedule by late Friday said Edelstein. During that outage 54 planes were held in the air surrounding of Hare Edelstein said. Air controllers were in constant voice Contact with the pilots who were also tracked by controllers at another Chicago area radar installation he said. A the moment it went out they knew. It does no to happen very often but when it does we know How to handle it a Edelstein said. A there was no safety problem at any  six planes were diverted to other airports and 60 planes were held on the ground at of Hare Edelstein said. Moreover officials in Washington ordered a ground Stop holding every plane bound for of Hare until the problem was corrected he  seeking 5th term despite cancer surgery Topeka Kan. Apr sen. Bob Dole unexpectedly announced that he would seek a fifth six year term saying he decided to go ahead after doctors assured him that he was in Good health. The 68-year-old senator said his decision was delayed by his five month Battle against prostate cancer. He said he got a clean Bill of health after dec. 18 surgery to remove the cancerous gland. A i really feel pretty Good a he said. A a but you do get a Little  Dole had told no one of his decision he said until he called his wife Elizabeth from the Airport just before leaving Washington on Friday morning. His staff and Kansas Republican party officials had no Advance warning. President Bush called Dole at the hotel where the Senate minority Leader made his announcement and congratulated him. A the president did no to even know a said Walt Riker Doles press Secretary. A the was Only told that Dole was making an  in Washington sen. Phil Gramm a Texas chairman of the National Republican senatorial committee said in a statement a this is great news for republicans in the Senate and for America. Bobs decision also will be a big morale Booster for Republican candidates  the first question posed to Dole at the news conference was whether he would run again. A yes a he replied firmly and loud applause broke out from 75 to 100 republicans in the room. A nobody knew that a Dole said of his decision. He said he a sort of hinted to sen. Nancy Kasse Baum a Kana couple of Days ago that he would run and that he had been leaning toward running All along. Because of his surgery Dole remains on a limited schedule. He has returned to his Senate duties but told reporters Friday that his regimen includes no Early morning or late night work. A i thought about it a lot a Dole said of his decision to run. A i wanted to be sure i was in Good health. I got this Little Wake up Call in August or september when the cancer was detected a Dole said he did no to know who his democratic opponent would be. The senator does have opposition in the Republican primary aug. 7. He is Richard Rodewald 55, a retired general motors worker who now farms near Lawrence. Dole who tried unsuccessfully for the Republican presidential nomination in 1 its and 1 it is has never lost an election in Kansas