European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday March 13, 1992 the stars and stripes Page 3sounds of Clinton Daley duet in air Chicago apr Bill Clinton was far from Subtle when he came to Chicago to court the City a political titans suggesting mayor Richard Daley might be the kind of Democrat who a fit nicely on the ticket. A i was not pandering to the mayor or anything else a said Clinton sensitive after being called the a pander bears by rival Paul Tsongas. Daley chimed in a i like my  Daley after meeting with Clinton on wednesday declined to endorse any of the democratic candidates except to say Clinton a does have a vision he has a heart he represents the  with the Campaign now shifting to the nations Industrial heartland democrats in particular were focusing on political forces largely not heard from so far at the voting Booth. Clinton and Tsongas headed for a big state showdown in Illinois and Michigan next tuesday that would hinge largely on the votes of Blue Collar workers buffeted by Plant closings and overseas Competition. The spoiler in the labor Battle could be former California gov. Jerry Brown who has nabbed the endorsement of one United Auto workers local and is pursuing More. A these Are angry and frustrated people who saw their jobs go out the window a said Joe Mangone Law National political director. A Jerry Brown is adroitly exploiting that. He will pick up some Disen chanted  but no one in the three Man Field thoroughly inspires Blue Collar workers Mangone added. A i think a lot of Auto workers will take a hike. You might see the lowest voter turnout in Michigan history. The three remaining candidates done to engender any great enthusiasm a he said. There Are about 700,000 Union members in Michigan a about 460,000 of them Law workers or retirees. About 15 Union presidents who were backing presidential dropout Tom Harkin planned to meet in Washington on thursday to discuss siding with a new candidate but Mangone said he did not expect them to come out unified behind anyone. President Bush still basking in a super tuesday sweep confidently predicted on wednesday that Republican voters who deserted him in Early contests will come Back As the Economy improves. A i believe they re going to come Home a said Bush. Bush himself went Home to the White House to use the incumbents Best asset a the Oval office a and busied himself in presidential duties. Gop challenger Patrick Buchanan talked of the Impact his Campaign has had on Bush. A Only last week the president denounced his own budget Deal his own tax increase. His rhetoric is increasingly conservative he a making statements and overtures to conservatives a said Buchanan. Tsongas who after his poor showings in the South on tuesday vowed to take on Clinton in the Industrial states already has begun to look beyond Back to new England. A we have to be seen As competitive in these two states and then carry it on into Connecticut and places like new York where we think there a going to be a real showdown a Tsongas said. Tsongas and Clinton sparred Over Clinton a investment in Arkansas in the 1970s with a Friend who became head of a failed savings and loan. Tsongas warned that the Flap would deny democrats a Chance to use the Thrift bailout As an Issue next fall. A whatever vulnerabilities i have Are on the issues a said Tsongas. A a they re not vulnerabilities of character and  a a that a the most ridiculous thing in be Ever heard of a shot Back Clinton during a Michigan Campaign Stop. A a in a disappointed to see him doing something like that without regard to the facts. Its a sign of his  Clinton aides distributed a 1983 letter to then Massachusetts sen. Tsongas from an Industry group thanking him for his work on the Thrift deregulation Effort. A the has some explaining to do a said Clinton. Clinton a Campaign also hired his longtime Friend Denver lawyer Jim Lyons to investigate his investments and his relationship with the Thrift executive. Another unlucky Day for computer users by Leslie Cauley the Baltimore Sun computer users who managed to make it through last Friday a the strike Date for the Michelangelo computer virus a with their files intact  breathe too easy. Another virus is set to hit today Friday the 13th. Dubbed Jerusalem for the City in which it is thought to have originated today a virus is decidedly less destructive than its March 6 relative but a problem nonetheless. The Jerusalem virus which has been around for about three years shows up every Friday the 13th. Like Michelangelo the Jerusalem virus affects Only ism equipment and clones. Unlike Michelangelo the Jerusalem virus obliterates files Over a period of time not immediately. Left untreated files hit by the Friday the 13th computer Bug wont execute properly and will require time consuming reconstruction. A a it a not nearly As bad As Michelangelo but its still pretty Nasty Quot said Wayne Carpenter president of Fetics inc. Of Vienna va., an authorized agent for Mcafee software a popular anti virus program. One tip off that a machine has been Agency keeps Down to Earth Outlook by Kevin Robinson staff writer Darmstadt Germany a sending satellites into orbit around the Earth tracking them and bringing them Home Are Complex enough tasks on a Good Day. However performing those same functions amid a computer virus that activates on the superstitious Day of reckoning a Friday the 13th a could give the organization with one of the most elaborate computer operations in Europe More than just a Day of bad Luck. Jerusalem As the Friday the 13th computer virus is nicknamed Isnit causing any hysterics at the multinational european space operations Centre in Darmstadt said computer operators there. A we have conducted a systematic inquiry of All our computers using software called Vir scan and we be discovered nothing so far a said Jocelyne Landeau of soc. The space operations Arm of the european space Agency uses a Central computer facility called the Multi satellite support system to process information simultaneously from up to six orbiting satellites. On a much smaller scale Landeau said soc uses personal computers to conduct Ordinary word processing and run sophisticated scientific information packages. Soc officials said they did no to suffer any computer havoc from Michelangelo a the virus that struck March 6 a and even though Jerusalem is considerably weaker they Arentt ignoring the threat. A we discourage copying any software but if its done Vir scan is used to Check it a Landeau said. Mike Holland a pc support analyst said the Agency a huge mainframe computers in the Central computer facility wont be affected by today a Jerusalem virus. But he said pc operators Check their computers daily with software created by one of Esock a in House experts. Any problems Are reported to the risk management office at Esock a Paris Headquarters. Infected with the Friday the 13th Bug is programs. The anti viral programs seek that its memory is about 2,000 bytes Ful out and destroy any virus they find Ler than Normal Carpenter said. Than another tip off is that a machine wont turn on properly Carpenter said. Infected machines can be cleaned with one of a number of anti viral computer Prog they i 1,000 computer viruses More exist. Several viruses Are ejected to hit in rapid succession after Friday. The maltese amoeba virus which sends computer users a poem before blowing up files will arrive sunday. More than half a dozen different viruses a with names such As Casper and Christmas tree a Are expected to activate april 1, april fools Day which traditionally has been a big Day for computer pranks. Sex Stasi members tied to threat Bonn Germany apr self styled commandos from a a country that exists no More threatened to kill German leaders attack . Soldiers and Poison drinking water if they weren to paid 12 million Marks $7 Millionth government said wednesday. Former members of the East German Stasi secret police Are apparently behind the blackmail attempt said Dieter Vogel spokesman for Chancellor Helmut Kohl. A 36-year-old Man has been arrested but others May be on the Loose. A Well founded suspicions were expressed in the Cabinet meeting today that this concerns former members of the ministry for state Security a said Vogel using the stasis formal name. The threat raised anew the question How dangerous Are former Stasi officers who May still be bitter about the dismantling of their communist country nearly two years ago. Other bizarre occurrences have since been traced to the Stasi legacy. Unknown vandals ransacked and stole documents from the offices of attorneys for Erich Mielke the 84-year-old jailed former Stasi chief. One of Mielkey a attorneys fled the country amid suspicions that he bilked 17 million Marks $10 million from a company that May Nave once had close ties to the Stasi under Mielke. The attorney a Jurgen Wettenstein Ollen Schosger a has since fled to in Cuba according to the newspaper Bild. Mielke himself a on trial for the 1931 slayings of two policemen a gives the appearance in court of being mentally impaired. He said Little More than his name wednesday under questioning by a special parliamentary committee in Berlin. Some German news Media have speculated that Mielke is under pressure from former Stasi officers to remain silent. And now there Are signs that remnants of the Stasi could be trying to blackmail the unified German government. Roland Bachmeier a spokesman for the Interior ministry said the Case began with two blackmail letters to Interior minister Rudolf Seiters. The first letter arrived feb. 28 and the second on March 7, Bachmeier said. The blackmailers identified themselves As a members of a special military unit of a country that exists no  one letter said the group had prepared a commando undertakings including a elimination of decision makers shutting Down Energy and communications centers disruption of transportation a poisoning dunking water with a material from chemical weapons and a attacks on assemblies of  Bachmeier said of the threat a we take this very  . And British military installations Are also potential targets said the Bun  Germany a Fri which has obtained detailed plans of the terrorists intentions. Vogel said Justice minister Klaus Kin Kel told the Cabinet the blackmailers May be a frustrated former Stasi workers who Are having trouble coping in a unified  denies it sold missiles to chinese Washington a Israel on thursday denied reports that it had sold Patriot missiles or its technology to China. A these Are totally false and baseless reports a said a spokesman for israeli defense minister Moshe Arens. Arens is visiting new York and is expected in Washington next week for talks at the Pentagon. The Washington times reported thursday that a senior . Official confirmed the administration was investigating the alleged sales and said inquiries have been made to Israel about it