European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 28, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday february 28, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 3 so Al  a a to ,aldrea8aa and Nancy Reagan arc flanked by president Bush and Barbara Bush at the Keagan Home in los Angeles on  denies casting doubt on strength of Bush Campaign los Angeles up former president Reagan met with Bush for about 20 minutes at i Ronald Reagan vehemently denied wednesday that Home tuesday while the Are Hent in los Angeles up a former president Ronald Reagan vehemently denied wednesday that he had stated doubts about president Bush a Campaign. In a statement issued through his office Reagan responded to a Story in tuesdays Washington Post that reported that Reagan expressed qualms about the strength of Bush a Campaign in California. A anyone close to me knows that i would not say that and have never made any such statement a Reagan said. A press reports to the contrary Are absolutely  the newspaper quoted unidentified a sources close to the former president As saying Reagan told friends before last weeks new Hampshire primary that Bush was in deep trouble in recession weary California because a the does no to seem to stand for  Reagan met with Bush for about 20 minutes at his Home tuesday while the president was in California for a fund raising trip. Reagan did not attend the fund Raiser a Short distance from his Home saying he had a previous engagement. The meeting with Reagan was not announced by the White House until a few hours before the event although officials said it had been planned for Days. There was no appearance by the two men after the meeting. A president Bush and i had an excellent conversation yesterday a Reagan said. A the and i share the same View that we must turn the american Economy around and that the economic challenges in this country can Best be met with Republican leadership. A i support president Bush a candidacy to the fullest and will do everything i can to see that he is reelected As  cites training Gap in reservist units Washington a army chief of staff Gen. Gordon r. Sullivan told Congress on wednesday that it would take three months to train a Reserve brigade Tor combat but at least a year to ready units from other Reserve components. A i his is sophisticated combat we re talking about Quot Sullivan told the House armed services committee. In the aftermath of the persian Gulf War one of the major disappointments was the army National guard s round out combat units that were to have joined up with Active duty troops filling in vacancies of the Active forces. Of the three round out units not one was Battle ready in time to be deployed. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney said last year that the concept of mixing Reserve and Active duty forces in combat brigades is Quot not a Good  in All about 227,000 Reserve and National guard members were activated after Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990, and 105,000 were part of the . Force of 430,000 in the Gulf. Sullivan said that based on the callup of army reservists it would take 90 Days to train a brigade and at least 365 Days for units of other Reserve components. Bolstering Sullivan a arguments were details of a september 1991 general accounting office report which found that it took nearly 9,000 Active army personnel to train the three round out brigades. A rep. Ike Skelton a Mon a quoted details from the report National guard peacetime training did not adequately prepare combat brigades tar Gulf War which also concluded that the readiness of two Active divisions was severely affected by the training problem with the round out units. Quot All of us Are sensitive to the National guard but if you done to have fully trained people you re going to have a lot of dead kids a Skelton said after the hearing. College students warned about Gulf coast measles Corpus Christi Texas apr with one of the worst measles outbreaks in the country hitting Corpus Christi health officials arc urging the thousands of College students expected to arrive for Spring break to get vaccinated first. Since january the Corpus Christi nieces county Public health department has confirmed 191 measles cases. Or. William Atkinson of the . Centers for disease control in Atlanta called the outbreak one of the nations a most  meanwhile 150,000 students Are expected to hit the Gulf coast beaches around Corpus Christi in the next few weeks. Quot we re not preparing to immunize any student who comes to Corpus Christi but we recommend they be immunized two weeks before arriving because it takes that Long for the vaccine to take effect a said Annette sultemeier nursing director of the county Public health department. Date set for Stuttgart area s announced closings rms in urdu Milf pm 1 i i. By Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Stuttgart Germany a All Stuttgart area facilities that the army said it will give up Are scheduled to be closed and returned to the German government by late 1993, Vii corps has confirmed. The army expects the Stuttgart military Community a population to be about 8,000 after that corps spokesman it. Col. James Gleisberg said. The figure includes 2,400 to 2,600 troops with the rest composed of dependents and civilians. If the prediction proves accurate the military Community will have lost nearly three fourths of the population it had in mid-1990. The army plans to close the Patton Ville housing area which straddles the Boundary Between the suburbs of Lud Wissburg and Ramseck by the summer of 1993, Gleisberg said. Current residents whose Tours of duty Are scheduled to last beyond that Date will move to other quarters in the Community he said. The closure of Nellinger Barracks in suburban Ost Wildern is More imminent. May 1 is the tentative release Date for operations buildings on the installation Gleisberg said. The housing area will remain in army hands a bit longer so children who live there can finish the school year he said. The installation houses the 2nd corps support come Headquarters. The command is scheduled for inactivation March 15, but its last business Day will be March 13. The local army Community services office is sponsoring a a a Nellinger Barracks last Chance fun run March 14 to commemorate the end of the army a 43 years at the site said a command spokeswoman sgt. Jacquetta Cipriano. Other area installations scheduled for closure include the Bobingen maintenance Plant flak Cavern Krab Belloch Cavern Ludendorff Cavern Wilkins Barracks and parts of the Echter Dingen army Airfield and the osterholz storage facility. The remaining facilities include Patch Barracks and Kelley Barracks in Stuttgart and Panzer Cavern in Bobingen. Changes also Are in the works for local outlets of the army and air Force Exchange service Exchange spokeswoman Barbara Kirsch said without giving details. A there has been some kind of plan formulated but it Hasni to been approved a she said. The shopping Center at Robinson Barracks a sprawling Hilltop facility in North Stuttgart is scaling Down. Some second floor shops in the three Story Complex have closed or moved to the adjoining main Exchange. Community officials also discussed the idea of expanding the Post Exchange and reopening the cafes filling station at Patch Barracks site of the . European come Headquarters. Defense department policy requires the Pentagon to make the first announcement about installation closures. Consistent with that policy Gleisberg refused to say whether the army will give up Robinson Barracks. The army has done nothing to counter the impression that . Custody of the site May end soon however. Military Community officials already have said they plan to move administrative offices from Robinson Barracks to other Sites and local German newspapers reported in january that the army will leave the administrative buildings and shops but retain the adjoining housing areas