European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 26, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a the stars and stripes wednesday february 26, 1992 at a glance a Lone resident of Jerusalem braves a freezing blizzard As a fierce Winter storm blanketed the Region with heavy Snow tuesday. See related weather stories and photos on pages 4,8 and 11. Honors for pea Island the coast guard is going to Honor its historic pea Island lifesaving station off the North Carolina coast at one time the Only All Black lifesaving station in the United states. A Page 4 love him slender will America choose a Slick haired Elvis or a rhinestone encrusted Elvis in either Case the Elvis Presley who appears on a 29-cent stamp next year will be a depicted in a Way that will trim pounds off the Singer s heavy legend. A Page 5 it was t an easy War one year after the War that stole the life of a fellow Pilot and threatened his own u. Cmdr. Mark Fox said he does t appreciate people who talk of the persian Gulf War As if it were a cakewalk. A Page 10 closing stuns town with a recent make Over and a popular product the general motors Plant in North Tarrytown n.y., seemed secure. But the North Tarrytown Plant employing 3,456 workers making minivans has been marked for closing in three years As part of the automaker s big restructuring. Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers 19 action line.16 comics.19-21 commentary a .13 crossword .19 faces a places .22 letters.12 Money matters.18 sports.23-28 to listings.27 weather.11brown from Page 1 he and his conservative challenger Patrick Buchanan were looking Forward to their next confrontation in the South on March 3. Tsongas won the Maine caucuses sunday but his margin of Victory was paper thin Over Brown. A nearly Complete and unofficial returns in Maine showed Tsongas had 29.5 percent to Browne a 29.3 percent. Uncommitted delegates with to percent finished ahead of Clinton with 15 percent Harkin with 5 percent and Kerrey with 3 percent. A to me this is a major Victory. Brown said. A when the people hear the message the message to take Back America from this corrupt Power of Money they will follow. I believe the Only electable candidate is the candidate who can bring new people into this  a we mean business. We need to fight a stagnant status quo. Its going to take All the Energy and creativity that exists in this  while giving Brown credit for his Good showing Tsongas said a we got More votes than Bill Clinton and Bob Kerrey and Tom Harkin together and i think that is a powerful  the caucuses attracted nearly 16,000 voters about 5 percent of the states registered democrats officials said. In South Dakota Kerrey got the endorsement of the states largest newspaper the Sioux Falls Argus Leader and was claiming a 10-Point Lead in the polls. A i need a lift out of South Dakota a Kerrey said campaigning in the state monday. A the people of South Dakota have an Opportunity to select the next president of the United  but Harkin was not giving an Inch. A there is a lot yet to happen in this race a he said. A it has just  Clinton was pushing hard in the South which holds More than a half dozen primaries and caucuses during the next two weeks while Tsongas next big Hope is Maryland on March 3. Maine republicans gave Bush a lopsided 88 percent to 4 percent win Over Buchanan on sunday. White House press Secretary Martin Fitzwater said that Bush a win in Maine where he has a summer residence was  Bush was about to head out on a trip to California Texas and Georgia where he and Buchanan will face off next on March 3. Fitzwater said the president a will be very positive while campaigning against Buchanan but added that surrogates such As vice president Dan Quayle and advertising will respond to Buchanan. On monday Bush skipped Buchanan and picked on his favorite whipping group giving Congress a failing Grade for its work on his budget. A the Stark and sorry fact is that Congress so far deserves an f. They deserve a ailing Grade a he told the . Chamber of Commerce. In Tallahassee fla., which holds a primary on super tuesday on March 10, Buchanan took on both Bush and Quayle. A i notice Young Dan said on television yesterday a George Bush did no to break that tax pledge a the Congress made him do it a Buchanan told a rally on the state Capitol Steps. Quot it s the old flip Wilson defense a the Devil made me do  a f 1988 pm Tantal i a Lection statistics 165,415 voted Republican 52.85% a 145,560 voted Democrat 46.51 % 312,991 total votes in 1988 3 electoral votes All Republican state politics governor George s. Mickelson r senators Larry pre9sler r Thomas a. Daschle d congressman Tim Johnson d state statistics 1991 est. Population 709,000 land area 75,952 so. Miles number of counties 67 percentage of population 65 years and Over 14.4% Black population est. 1985 3,000 hispanic population est. 1985 4,000 a per capita personal income 1989 $13,244 leading industries agriculture and mining source the 1991 information please almanacs amp stress from Page 1 More people Are coming to me with problems she said. Quot when we sit Down and talk about it its because of the unknown circumstances. Just about everything we re doing at acs is geared to this  Roger Tierney a psychologist and one of the founders of living works said the stress in the military right now is similar to that in Calgary where the Oil companies there Are laying off workers. A your people Are going through the same thing a he said in a Telephone interview. Quot people Don t like  a person not coping with the uncertainty May suddenly change his or her behaviour or not care about his or her appearance for example Tierney said. A any of these kinds of things Are symptoms of someone in difficulty a he said. A it does no to mean they re suicidal. It Means they re in  the workshops will teach people to calmly approach those who appear to be having problems and ask the proper questions to determine the level of risk. Cooper said a person who is suicidal May not express that feeling freely. It May take a series of questions before the severity of the problem is evident he said. Tierney said it is important that suicide intervention be taught to people like ser seats and others in Contact with people Aily. A we need people on the front line like first sergeants like teachers in schools a he said. A this is far too important to leave to the  Werner says nato trusts new Russia Moscow apr nato general Secretary Manfred Werner said tuesday that the Alliance fully trusts the a new democratic russian and wants to open a new Era of cooperation with Moscow news agencies reported. Werner met with president Boris n. Yeltsin in the Kremlin to discuss future relations Between Russia and the Atlantic Alliance. A we have opened a new chapter in relations Between Russia and the North Atlantic Alliance a Werner said after the meeting the itar Tass news Agency reported. A we fully Trust the new democratic Russia Rich in Talent spiritual values and potential and Trust its leadership led by president Yeltsin a Werner was quoted As saying. The Secretary general said the meeting with Yeltsin confirmed his opinion that the russian Leader was committed to Reform and nato wanted to cooperate a was closely As  according to the inter fax news Agency Yeltsin and Werner discussed a wide Range of issues including disarmament russian participation in the Alliance s cooperation Council the Freedom of religion and the so called a brain Drain of atomic scientists. Yeltsin and Werner also discussed russian and nato cooperation a in the framework of the nato cooperation Council which was set up at the end of last year a the news Agency said. On monday Werner met with Commonwealth defense chief Yevgeny Shaposhnikov and told him that nato a would not be interested in breaking up the Commonwealth a according to a delegation member speaking on condition he not be named Werner added however that nato a would respect any decisions by the Sovereign states on the Commonwealth the official said. He also discussed deeper cooperation with Russia a the Legal successor to the soviet Union a during meetings monday. A partnership to which Russia and nato have pledged allegiance is becoming a reality a Werner said after meeting with russian foreign minister Andrei Kozarev according to the inter fax news Agency. Compressor blast injures 2 Pitburg airmen Pitburg a Germany a amps two airmen were injured one seriously when an air compressor containing liquid oxygen for f-l5 fighter jets exploded in a building near the Pitburg a flight line. The Accident occurred about 9 . Monday said base spokesman sgt. Tom Mullican. One of inc airmen injured in the blast was hit in the face by a Metal panel that evidently blew off the compressor Mullican said. The two airmen were identified As tech. Sgt. Leonard meyerhoefer and staff sgt. Jimmy Hopple said staff sgt. Rourk Sheehan a spokesman for the army a Lan Stuhl regional medical Center. Meyerhoefer was the most seriously injured. He was listed in stable condition tuesday and Hopple was in Good condition with cuts and bin Ives Sheehan said. Musican said the air compressor is used to help make liquid oxygen for of less assigned to the 36th fighter Wing at Pitburg. The building in which the Accident occurred is located at the Southwest end of the base close to the flight line. The air Force is investigating the Accident Mullican said