European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The suck vol. 50, no. 331 350 wednesday March 11,1992 d 8693 a sum new assignment it Gen. David m. Maddox v corps commander has been selected for a Post with the Secretary of the army a staff. See Story on Page 2. Lapse of laundry pact leaves gis High and dry candidates seek vote Harvest by the associated press president Bush and democratic challenger Bill Clinton sought superiority As super tuesday voters in 11 states dished out Campaign 1992�?Ts biggest Delegate catch. Republican Patrick Buchanan and see vote on Page 2 by John Millar Wurzburg Bureau Wurzburg Germany a soldiers whose washing was done by Wurzburg a quartermaster laundry May not see clean sheets or their uniforms for a while in the Wake of an expired army contract laundry employees said tuesday. When the contract employees arrived at the Wurzburg laundry Plant at 7 . Monday they Learned that their company a agreement to do laundry for the army had lapsed at Midnight sunday said Lori Lundy a clerk for the facility. The workers were not told they were fired but were told they  work said Lori Lundy a clerk for the facility. Wurzburg area support group officials contacted by the stars and stripes on monday referred All questions about the laundry to the . Army Europe on tuesday morning. Usa eur officials took questions about the laundry but did no to answer them As of late tuesday evening. A the order was a nothing goes in nothing goes out a a said a laundry employee who asked not to be identified. She said the order came from the army in Heidelberg through the contracting officers representative in Wurzburg. What that order Means said facility manager John s. Maloney is that �?o$30,000 to $40,000 Worth of laundry is there Are 15,000 to 20,000 sheets that Are dirty. And we Are not allowed to do them sitting there waiting to be Given Back to the troops. There Are 15,000 to 20,000 sheets that Are dirty. And we re not allowed to do  there Are a total of 160 employees who work for the quartermaster laundry operated by Pacific architectural engineering a Mph based in Frankfurt. Maloney said that up until monday morning the Wurzburg facility was in charge of picking up washing and returning laundry for soldiers serviced by 37 pickup Points from Fulda to Grafe Wohr and from Vilseck to Augsburg. The army a quartermaster laundry is a Means by which soldiers can have laundry done inexpensively. Individual soldiers could have 10 pieces of clothing cleaned and pressed for $5.50, a Price that was just recently raised by $1 Maloney said. Army units use the laundry to have Large numbers of Barracks linens cleaned while the club system uses the laundry for tablecloths and cloth napkins. Lundy said the facility has been Biden says Dod plan casts . In old role As world s policeman a Johns Maloney facility manager flooded by Calls since monday from people wanting their uniforms. Some she said were leaving the country and needed the dress uniforms. Others she said needed their dress greens for promotion boards. Maloney said Pacific architectural engineering knew the contract was coming to an end and tried to extend it. But the army a terms for an Extension included a 70 to 80 percent Cut in Pae personnel in the laundry operation he said. Paess contract also called for staying at the facility until either the army took Over the operation or a new contractor was in place he said. Pae negotiated until Friday night but could not get any commitment from the army Maloney said adding that the army had simply let the contract expire. The contracted company tried to give keys to the laundry facilities Back to the army on monday morning Maloney said a but the army  take the keys see laundry on Page 2 inside today Washington a a leading Senate Democrat on monday said a Pentagon plan that envisions . Resistance to the emergence of another superpower a reverts to the old notion of the United states As the worlds  sen. Joseph r. Biden jr., d-del., chairman of the Senate foreign relations subcommittee on european affairs said the defense department a having Laboured mightily is nearing completion of an eminently predictable  a the Pentagon vision even while disclaiming it reverts to the old notion of the United states As the worlds policeman a a notion that not incidentally will preserve a Large defense budget a Biden said. The new York times reported sunday that the Pentagon in a 46-Page draft version of its defense planning guidance asserts that the United states political and military Mission is to ensure that no superpower rival be allowed to emerge in the former soviet Union Asia or Western Europe. At the Pentagon officials issued a statement saying the defense department a expects to play a leadership role but not As a world  a we want to continue close collaboration with our friends and allies in constructing a world we can All be proud to bequeath to our children a the statement said. It said defense Secretary Dick Cheney has stressed that . Defense strategy is designed to a protect american interests and promote a More stable democratic world a and that in order to do this it must a preserve . Leadership maintain leading Edge military capabilities and enhance collective Security among democratic  Biden agreed with the departments assessment that stopping the proliferation of nuclear weapons should be a major goal but stressed the need for collective Power through the United nations. Missions of mer0y is f  willing to ban Long Range Mir missiles Brussels Belgium apr russian tuesday signalled its willingness to ban the Worlat a most dangerous nuclear weapons in a drive for a june Summit arms control agreement with the United states. A we have to bring our positions closer together including the elimination of mired missiles a foreign minister Andrei Kozarev said on the eve of Pivotal talks with Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii. His statement at a news conference following his participation in an East West nato session indicated a Deal May be struck that would Cut deep into . And russian arsenals of Long Range nuclear missiles. Russia however could also try for a ban of powerful multiple warhead nuclear missiles carried aboard . Submarines. A we will try to achieve a mutually acceptable Compromise a Kozarev said of the meeting he was to hold today with Baker. Until now Russia has been unwilling to consider a ban on its deadly land based Long Range missiles that carry up to 10 warheads each. Mir multiple independently targeted re entry vehicle missiles Are the focus of the latest american and russian proposals for sweeping cutbacks in nuclear arsenals. President Bush has proposed slashing 50 percent of the Long Range missile warheads that would remain on both sides under last years strategic arms reduction treaty or Start. But Baker was expected to Tell russian foreign minister Andrei Kozarev in Brussels today that Bush would consider going further a if the russians agreed to scrap their land based mires. At the same time the russians Are zeroing in on the . Missile submarine Fleet the Pride of the american Arsenal because it is considered most Likely of All to survive a nuclear conflict. Baker when meeting with Kozarev was expected to press for a change in russians stance. Both men Are in Brussels to attend a nato Council meeting at which 10 former soviet republics were accepted As associate members