European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday March 18, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 3michigan, Illinois Comfort Clinton Detroit apr Michigan and Illinois voters rolled out tuesday to Settle presidential primary contests that seemed destined to move Bill Clinton closer toward a november head to head confrontation with president Bush. But both front runners faced the continued Pesky threats from candidates with revolt in their hearts a Jerry Brown on Clinton a left and Pat Buchanan on Bush a right. Brown declared just As Campaign look in tomorrow s paper for Complete election results the balloting was getting under Way that he would have a a real hard time supporting Clinton for president even if the Arkansas governor won the democratic nomination a unless he can own up to his own failures and Stop trying to Point his Finger at   Brown refused to Back away from his assertions of the past two Days that Hillary Clinton a partnership in an old line Arkansas Law firm raised questions of conflict of interest. Appearing on cd so this morning Brown insisted that the Michigan primary was a about workers. Losing their jobs completely abandoned by a governing elite like they have Down in Arkansas where their private business where the Peoples business gets All tangled  while polls suggested Browne a insurgency could land him a second place finish in Michigan Buchanan a Republican revolt appeared in danger of losing strength. Jobs and Trade were the dominant issues in the we Klong Campaign to win the struggling rust Belt although the democratic race was spiced at the end by the political  wrestling Between Clinton and Brown. Clinton hoped for a midwestern sweep to add to last weeks super tuesday Blowout. Well ahead in late polls in both states the Arkansas governor was poised to become the prohibitive favorite for the democratic nomination. Buchanan himself established Michigan As a perfect proving ground for his a America first message but late polls showed he was More Likely to have a Tough time Matching past showings. Buchanan abandoned his talk of toppling Bush and returned to his Battle cry that a vote for him would a Send Washington a message to Wake  Bush during a Stop in Milwaukee hardly sounded worried on an election eve trip to Wisconsin and Illi airman draws 6 months for bad Check offences Aviano a Italy a an air Force enlisted Man has been sentenced to six months in prison after a general court martial at Aviano a found him guilty of passing bad checks and forging a Check. Senior airman Scott Lagrimanta of Aviano a 40th consolidated aircraft Maint so pleaded Quilty to charges of passing More than $3,000 in bad checks and forging and cashing a Check according to staff sgt. Austin Carter a base spokesman. All the offences took place Between july and August 1991 at Sabre Hall Aviano Sall ranks club Carter said tuesday. A Board of officers on thursday sentenced Lagrimanta to be separated from the service with a bad conduct discharge to be confined for six months to forfeit $200 in pay each month during that time and to be demoted to the lowest enlisted Grade Carter  play suspected in Hanau go s death by the stars and stripes a 3rd corps support come Soldier was found dead monday in a Hanau Germany military training area. Foul play is suspected a spokesman said. Pfc. Jeremy Berry 19, of the 149th Maint co 8th Maint in in Hanau was found dead in the Pioneer Woods training area at 7 10 . By German police. The spokesman who asked not to be identified said military police in Hanau have taken a . Soldier into custody in connection with the death. He also said a preliminary investigation by German authorities found that Berry May have been strangled. Rivals have something in common a Walton Washington apr president Bush is rewarding Sam Walton for building an Empire of discount stores. And along the Way Walton is helping Bill Clinton too. Bush Calls Walton a an american original Quot in the citation for a presidential medal of Freedom he was to present to Walton on tuesday at the Wal Mart Headquarters in Arkansas the state that elected Clinton governor. It does no to seem to matter to Bush that Hillary Clinton wife of the democratic front runner is on the Wal Mart Board of directors and owns Between $50,000 and $100,000 Worth of Stock in the company. Or that Walton his wife and four children have donated to Clinton a presidential Campaign. A i have a very High regard for Sam Walton and what he a done and the Way in which he a done it Quot Bush said As he campaigned in Wisconsin on monday. The trip to Arkansas he said a is purely non political. It is to Honor a great  Walton 73, who is suffering from Bone cancer joins a select group of medal of Freedom recipients including persian Gulf War hero Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf joint chiefs of staff chairman Gen. Colin l. Powell and former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher. The Wal Mart founder built up his Empire from a single store 40 years ago and the Chain did $32.6 billion in sales in fiscal 1991, More than any other retailer. Forbes Magazine ranked Walton As the country a richest Man from 1984 to 1988. He split his $9 billion Fortune equally with his four children in 1989. Nois that raised $1 million for his re election Effort at a time even conservative enthusiasm for Buchanan a rebellion appeared to be waning. A a in be been very pleased a Bush said of his unbroken string of 15 victories. But he refused to predict his margins a never try to say How High the High bar should be on these  among the democrats Clinton held healthy leads heading into tuesdays balloting and sought to end the Day with a Good chunk of the 295 democratic delegates at stake. He had 766.25 delegates even before the polls opened a one third of what it takes to be nominated. Already there was talk of Clinton As the presumptive nominee and party leaders called on the candidates to tone Down the personal attacks lest they provide republicans with ammunition for the fall Campaign. While predicting wins in both states Clinton aides said the Man to watch in Michigan was Brown the former California governor and angry Man candidate who feverishly pointed to the states economic troubles a vividly illustrated by mounting Auto layoffs and anger at perceived unfair japanese Trade practices. Clinton aides said Brown was approaching 30 percent in late internal Michigan polls. A Strong showing by Brown would be More bad news for former Massachusetts sen. Paul Tsongas who immediately after poor showings in the South said the real test of the race would come on the Neutral Midwest turf. But he showed Little Success in broadening his Appeal to Blue Collar and minority voters and was damaged with his opposition to a ban on striker replacements and comments critical of american car Quality. Tsongas already was looking ahead to next weeks Connecticut contest which offers him More affluent suburban votes a the source of his past Success. A a we re in this Campaign until the convention Quot Tsongas said As he campaigned in Moline 111. Quot at the convention there will be one question. Who can beat George Bush who is electable. That is the question. I am the  Brown targeted Wisconsin after the midwestern showdowns and said he was in the race until the end a and unwilling to make peace with Clinton after accusing him in a debate sunday night of funnelling Money to his wife a Law firm. A i got mad last night because it was my wife and she is not running for president a Clinton said monday. A Jerry Brown  have jumped on her. He a not running for first  voluntary Early retirement for Dodds educators studied by Jimi Jones education writer bad Kissinger Germany a a voluntary Early retirement plan for department of defense dependents schools educators is still being considered by Pentagon leaders the school systems director said  in an interview John Stromple said the plan was the same one that defense department personnel officials recently approved for civilians employed by the . Army Europe. Usa eur officials announced the plan sunday but have yet to provide details. Stremple said Dodds educators were Quot part of the package Quot that Usa eur sought in its request Stromple to offer voluntary Early retirements for civilians. Stremple who had been visiting Dodds facilities in the Pacific Region arrived in bad Kissinger from Tokyo for the annual conference of Germany Region administrators. He said his travels left him in the dark As to Why the school system was dropped from the plan to offer Early retirement. A i was under the impression that we would come out in that Usa eur category but for some reason the Dod schools were left out of it a he said. Quot i Hope that a not a final  Stremple speculated that school employees were dropped from the request because top Pentagon personnel Are Uncertain whether a reduction in Force will be necessary soon for school system employees. Still Stremple said that voluntary Early retirements would help the school system because a it looks like Well be riffing some people a at least some administrators. It also would help on a contingency basis because at some Point Down the line there s a probability that Well be facing a  however he said interest among school system employees in Early retirements was a not  Germany Region personnel officials told the group of about 250 administrators tuesday that approximately 1,200 positions in Germany have been designated As surplus for the 1992-93 school year. Hayden Horne the Germany regions personnel director said i tuesday that positions for 52 administrators 852 teachers and specialists and 308 support staff have been determined to be a excess Quot for the next school year. Horne the excess positions re late to slots Only and do not necessarily Equa a to the people who now hold them. Stremple said Germany Region schools Are being staffed on a projected enrolment of 61,000 students for school year 1992-93. Current enrolment in those schools is about 67,000, Down about 20,000 since the 1991-92 school year began. Stremple said the total number of personnel losses in Germany probably wont be known until May