European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 11, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Vol. 50, no. 331wednesday, March 11,1992 d 8693 a candidates seek Harvest of delegates by John King a political writer president Bush and democratic challenger Bill Clinton sought superiority tuesday As super tuesday voters in 11 states dished out ram Nolan 10otr.campaign 1992�?Ts biggest Delegate catch. Challengers Patrick Buchanan and Paul Tsongas hoped to do Well enough to be Able to fight on next week in Illinois and Michigan. Florida was the democrats wild card a Southern state in geography Only where Tsongas was trying to stall the regional Romp coveted by Clinton. Former California gov. Jerry Brown the democratic Fields insurgent Maverick did no to expect much out of the Southern dominated Day and like Tsongas hoped for better Luck in the Urban showdowns to come. David Duke was alongside Buchanan As a challenger on several Southern gop ballots looking to Cut into Buchanan a share of the anti Bush protest vote. Duke a former Kun flux Klansman and Neo nazi said again he did no to want to run As a third party candidate in the fall. From Massachusetts to Hawaii Delaware to Texas voters were see Harvest on Page 2 deadly storms lash wide areas of . By the associated press Tornado Laden storms swept the lower Mississippi Valley Early tuesday killing six people and injuring dozens As the storms Tore up houses swelled creeks knocked out Power and dumped Golf Ball sized Hail. On monday a blizzard pummelled the Plains states with High winds and nearly 2 feet of Snow bringing an abrupt end to a see related Story on Page 11 spell of mild weather and shutting Down local governments schools businesses and Miles of highways. In Western Nebraska authorities on monday located a 15-year-old boy who vanished a Day earlier when a blizzard struck while he was out walking his dog. Matt Meyers suffering from hypothermia was listed in fair condition late monday. His dog was sent Home in Good shape. A traffic death in Wisconsin was blamed on the weather and two deaths in Wyoming were described As possibly weather related. A bus tipped on its Side on a Slick Highway in Wisconsin and eight passengers suffered minor injuries. The storm knocked out electricity to thousands in Nebraska and Wisconsin and prompted officials in Colorado to see storms on Page 2 a frigid wind and Snow make a walking icicle of Tim kor of Worthington Minn. Biden says Dod plan casts . In old role As world s policeman 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. Inside today s paper special report missions of mercy St Russia willing to ban Long Range Mir missiles Brussels Belgium apr Russia on tuesday signalled its willingness to ban the worlds 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 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
