European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 a the stars and stripes thursday March 12, 1992 at a glance Seville a holy week procession its Lively april fair and the opening of expo �?T92 will draw thousands of visitors to the Spanish City this Spring. For a look at what they will see turn to stripes Magazine. Noriega wont testify Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega has decided that he will not testify in his cocaine trafficking racketeering and Money laundering trial. A Page 5 trooper was scared a California Highway patrolman testified tuesday that he was scared when Motorist Rodney g. King moved toward him seemingly unaffected by stun gun darts and police Baton blows to the head. A Page 6 tobacco Aid defended the american medical association says there s nothing wrong with accepting Money from Rwjr Nabisco while accusing the conglomerate of using the cartoon came old Joe to sell cigarettes to children. A Page 7 Iraq asks for Relief Iraq pleaded tuesday for the United nations to lift Trade sanctions it contends have contributed to the deaths of thousands of people. A Page 8 the russian dream since Russia dumped communism capitalists have turned from villains into heroes and a new foreign car has become the ultimate sign of Success. A Page 18 Index Bush from Page 1 Florida Texas Tennessee Mississippi Oklahoma Louisiana and Missouri a including whopping majorities among Black voters. He also won Hawaii a democratic caucuses. Tsongas carried his Home state of Massachusetts neighbouring Rhode Island and Delaware. Super tuesday refers to the primaries held in the states of Florida Louisiana Massachusetts Mississippi Oklahoma Rhode Island Tennessee and Texas. Caucuses were held in Delaware Hawaii and Missouri. Bush equated his eight state sweep to support for his legislative priorities. A we Are winners again tonight a he declared after his victories in Florida Texas Louisiana Massachusetts Oklahoma Mississippi Tennessee and Rhode Island. The latest associated press Delegate count gave Bush 554 to 51 for Buchanan and one for Republican David Duke a former Kun flux Klansman. In the democratic contest Clinton had 707.25, Tsongas 347.25, and former California gov. Jerry Brown 81.25. A total of 288.75 democratic delegates were uncommitted and handful of others were scattered among former candidates. The fight in both parties now shifts to St Patrick a Day clashes in Illinois and Michigan where Tsongas must win to keep Clinton from sprinting away from the democratic pack. A a you re not going to pander your Way into the White House As Long As in a around was Tsongas defiant election night message to Clinton. A what the democratic party needs and what America needs is More courageous Lions and less pander bears in the for now Buchanan was ignoring the gop establishment chorus urging him to step aside saying he had a Miles to go before we sleep and predicting Michigan would prove Fertile ground for his right leaning rebellion. Duke proved Little More than a distraction tuesday in the South his Home Region. A was a party and a nation let us turn our attention to our future a Bush said in a statement that was a thinly veiled nudge at Buchanan. Already in Chicago Clinton said his a people first economies offered the Best Hope to people a in Illinois and Michigan where the most skilled workers in the world Are now among the highest numbers of the polls show Clinton with a slight Lead in Illinois and a tight race in Michigan where Brown is aggressively wooing Union workers and could prove a wild card. The democratic Calendar was front loaded in Hopes an Early nominee would emerge and the Southern dominated super tuesday primaries were crafted by moderates who hoped that candidate would be one of their own. A Paul Tsongas is a very tenacious candidate and should not be underestimated a democratic National committee chairman Ronald h. Brown said. Yet he added a a in be always been in favor of an Early nominee and it seems to me that we still have a Good Chance of achieving that Clinton now has one third the delegates needed for nomination and a sweep next week would All but end the race. On the other hand a Tsongas comeback in the Midwest where front runners have stumbled before would Send the fight onto Connecticut new York and possibly to Wisconsin Pennsylvania and beyond. A if you re Paul Tsongas you Pray for a Good tuesday next week a said democratic pollster Geoff Gann. A if Clinton follows up with a Strong showing next week hell have staked a pretty Strong claim on the if there were any surprises in the gop race it was that the level of anti Bush protest vote appeared to Wane a bit. Buchanan cracked 30 percent in just two states Florida and Rhode Island in part because a Sliver of the protest vote elsewhere went to Duke. Despite the presidents Success there were tremors of protest exit polls found widespread disapproval of his Job performance and one in eight Southern gop voters said they planned to vote democratic in the fall. Still Bush Campaign aides spread word that Bush would devote less time to campaigning in the future and More in the White House. Republicans who believe commentator turned candidate Buchanan is hurting Bush want him to abandon the stump and return to the studio. A when its Over its Over a said the party a Senate Leader Bob Dole of Kansas. The troubling signs for Tsongas went even deeper than the Southern returns showing Clinton with 60 percent or More of the vote. The Arkansas governor was again the overwhelming Choice of Black voters albeit those who bucked the trend of Low Black turnout. And exit polls showed those who believed Clinton a Labelling of Tsongas As too pro business supported Clinton by an 11-to-l margin. Europeans from Page 1 mint to Fly troops to Europe when needed. Canada unlike the United states has not been in Europe continuously since world War ii having brought its troops Home from 1947 to 1951. A a we be proven we can go Home and come Back again a Smith said. Canada had already planned to close its two German bases and Cut its european Force to 1,100 troops. The latest move would eliminate that vestigial presence As part of a $1.9 billion savings from the $10.8 billion defense budget in 1992-3. The cuts billed by finance minister Donald As a Quot peace dividend a have elicited Little political opposition William Claiborne of the Washington Post reported from Toronto. The country a armed forces Are being reduced from 84,000 last september to 75,000 by 1994. The vast majority of canadians express ambivalence at Best about defense preparedness and Many support a scaled Down military Claiborne said. Canadians traditionally have perceived themselves As less warlike than their neighbors to the South even though the Canadian armed forces fought in the two world wars and in Korea the Deputy commander of Canadas armed forces vice adm. Charles Thomas resigned in protest of the withdrawal warning that spending cuts would a dilute and marginalized the Canadian military and endanger the lives of soldiers. Ottawa officials say Canada has shown its intention to remain Active in Europe by sending 1,300 troops to join the . Peacekeeping Mission in Yugoslavia. A a that a a sign Canada will be in Europe when it is needed Quot defense minister Marcel Masse said on Canadian television. Quot nothing a changed in our commitment in that sense but we will not have that 1,000 people waiting in Germany for the russians to Ottawa a decision along with isolationist talk in the . Presidential Campaign comes at a delicate moment. While Eastern european states and the new republics in the former soviet Union clamor for admission to nato Western european countries Are edging toward setting up their own defense Force. Moreover nato faces confusing Competition from evolving approaches toward strengthening both the United nations and the conference on Security and cooperation in Europe a 48-nation group whose members stretch from North America to Central Asia. . Officials say there is virtually no Chance that Washington would pull All of its troops out of Europe Given a bipartisan consensus that a presence is essential to prevent the rivalries that have historically produced wars on the continent. But there is no consensus on How Large the . Contingent need be. Estimates of the minimum size for an effective Force Range from 50,000 to 150,000 troops. Abby Ann Landers. 15 comics. 15-17 commentary. 13 crossword. 15 faces a no places. 14 letters. 12 Money matters. 18 sports. 19-24 to listings. 23 weather. 11 West from Page 1 James a. Baker Iii at the opening of the working session to set up the Center. In a joint statement the United states the dec Japan and Russia said they want a to sign an agreement by the end of March and bring it into Force without a for a Long time politics have abused science directing its potential against Mankind a russian foreign minister Andrei Kozarev said referring to scientists working for the soviet military apparatus. Now efforts must be made to make sure these scientists Are not forced to continue such work out of economic necessity. A democratic Russia will do everything to make our scientists stay a Kozarev said. With the Center a we can minimize any incentives that May exist for those highly skilled personnel to engage in activities that could assist the proliferation of mass destruction weapons Baker said. Their scientific know How should be used for civilian purposes to achieve a a brain gain solution he said. Dec officials said such projects could include anything from safety at nuclear plants to help in destroying the very soviet nuclear missiles they built earlier. Dec commissioner for external relations Frans Andriessen said nuclear safety projects in Central and Eastern Europe would be Ideal projects since the scientists a Are especially Well placed to help improve safety As the technology concerned and its weak Nesses Are All too familiar to Baker Kozarev and German foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher proposed the Center last month. Baker refused to speculate How Many scientists had already chosen to work for other countries to develop weapons of mass destruction. But he said that during a recent visit to the republics of the former soviet Union he a heard concern that economic and professional conditions could deteriorate to the Point where even highly patriotic and responsible specialists might be tempted to Market their skills to unscrupulous representatives of Russia and 10 other former soviet republics along with Western nations needed into a working session later wednesday to set up the management and organization of the Center and to select projects
