European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 3, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The Sec amp and ripes vol. 50, no. 323 350 tuesday March 3,1992 d 8693 Aadams quits Senate race scandal ends Campaign but he Hopes to finish term Seattle a . Sen. Brock Adams dropped his bid for a second term but rejected a suggestion from his own party that he resign after eight women quoted anonymously in a newspaper accused him of sexual misconduct. A i care for people and i have never harmed anyone. But i find now that it is not Worth it to continue this Campaign a the 65-year-Ota Liberal a Democrat said sunday. He hugged his wife of 40 years Betty after the announcement. A this is the Saddest Day of my life a he said. The Seattle times i care for people and i have never harmed anyone because of an earlier allegation of sexual misconduct the former House member and . Transportation Secretary already was considered vulnerable. Before Adams announcement state democratic party chairwoman Karen Marchioro said that deciding not to seek re election was the least Adams could do. His resignation a has to be considered now a she said. A this is a very very serious hit on a person who was not in that Strong a position anyway a she said. But Adams insisted he will serve out his term. A a in be sen. Brock Adams earlier sunday reported claims by eight got a responsibility to the people in this women who said Adams subjected them to unwanted kissing and fondling Over two decades. One woman described As a democratic activist said that in the Early 1970s Adams drugged and raped her leaving $200 As he left. None of the women Ever took the allegations to police. State and nobody can step in and take that Over in a Short period of time a he said. The times said reporters began hearing accusations of sexual misconduct against Adams in the 3vi years since Kari Tupper a former congressional aide and see Adams on Page 2 sen. Brock Adams accompanied by his wife Betty answers questions in Seattle. Agency does about face on Berlin commissary by Vince Crawley staff writer the defense commissary Agency reversed itself monday on whether the Berlin commissary will close by october 1993, approximately two years ahead of schedule. The 1993 closure is a absolutely untrue and plan that for the Agency a regional Headquarters at Zamstein Ely untrue Ana i ners a do not have any specific dates for the facility a closure said Mike Brimhall chief of operations a Germany. Berlin was included in a list of 22 commissaries slated for closure by october 1993. That list dated feb. 25, was transmitted by facsimile machine from the defense commissary Agency a regional Headquarters to the stars and stripes and appeared in sundays newspaper. The stars and stripes Story quoted an official As saying the list was tentative. But on monday Bill Mackrain executive assistant to the Agency a regional director said that if Berlin were on the fist it should not have been. There Are a apparently some negotiations going on a Mackrain said. A if they re the commissary Agency considering it they re not ready to make it Public knowledge  Mackrain also stressed that a a Wco re going to be there As Long As we re needed  officials of the Berlin military command also denied that the commissary will close Early. A the commissary will close when the last Soldier has left and we expect that will be fiscal 1995,�?� Russ Anderson an army spokesman in Berlin said monday. Just under 5,000 army and air Force service members Are now stationed in Berlin and these troop strengths will drop to around 3,700 by the end of 1992, Anderson said. Authorities have made no additional announcements for troop withdrawals from the City he said. A we just today started seven Day a week operations at our commissary a Anderson pointed out. Marines kuwaitis begin exercise Kuwait apr More than 2,000 . Marines landed with their equipment on kuwaiti beaches monday for 10-Day military Maneu vers. Exercise eager Mace which began sunday is the fourth of its kind since the War ended in february 1991. The pact Calls for joint exercises pre positioning of weapons and training of the emirate s armed forces. Kuwait a 21,000-member army crumbled in the face of iraqis massive August 1990 invasion. The Force is Down to 10,000 personnel despite High unemployment and patriotic Fervour. The marines arrived on Shore aboard hovercraft and other Landing crafts from five warships sailing a few Miles off Kuwait City. Three of the ships were involved in operation desert storm which liberated Kuwait on feb. 26 last year after seven months of iraqi  revellers Bridge the Gulf for lost carnival Cologne Germany apr Wolfgang Barbera dispensed Beer from a Keg during Cologne s Nuge Rose monday carnival Parade and was once again a Happy Man. Last year Germany deemed merrymaking inappropriate because of the persian Gulf War and cancelled us official carnival rites called Fasching in some areas. A a we re partying twice As hard this year to make up for it a said the 30-something Barbera dressed like a medieval Monk and handing out Beers to a group of costumed friends. As Barbera spoke a float filled with clowns rumble see related photos on Page 3 by. Bright lettering on the float read Quot finally we re fools again a hundreds of thousands of spectators mobbed the streets to see parades in Cologne Disseldorf Mainz and other cities As Germany made up for last years lost carnival season. Elaborate floats again poked fun at politicians Parade participants hurled Candy into the crowd and brass bands stepped smartly. Male spectators were costumed As transvestites while fools and Vikings guzzled Beers and shouted a a Leaf Quot an ancient chant in the Rhineland dialect that basically Means a forget your  in front of the historic Cologne Cathedral three Tipsy Middle age women were doing just that. A sack filled with bottles of Champagne was at their feet. A careful where you re walking. That a a valuable commodity a one of the women joked when a reveler nearly toppled the sack. On another Cologne Streel Corner was a male Spectator dressed As a Gorilla