European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thes fats vol. 50, no. 343 monday March 23,1992 d 8693 a car buyers in squeeze without Lemon Laws a adj njord vv9w<vv.v�n9vwj0mw�?� a a a a a re a Lviv  i ply Ivow pagtst4and15 by Luke Britt staff writer the military a new car sales program is a labyrinth of interlocking government agencies and private companies that dilutes seller accountability and weakens consumer Protection. This Complex mix of military and private Enterprise coupled with an absence of a Lemon Laws a Means that dissatisfied buyers have very Little recourse say lawyers and consumer advocates in the United states and Europe. A a it a not an uncommon corporate strategy. And though it May not be intended As a Way to avoid responsibility the end result is just that a said James Ross a car Salesman turned consumer advocate. Ross is the author of three books that detail the Pitfalls  car. Officials with companies involved in the program disagree with Ross. They say that the system works and that military car sales customers Are better off than their counterparts in the states. The programs overseers the military Exchange services concur. A we have a Good program that provides cars at fair prices with no Chance for the kinds of abuses that occur in the states a said William Munn the marketing director for the army and air Force Exchange service in Europe. But consumer advocates such As Rosemary Dunlap of Washington d.c., see buyers on Page 14clinton Calls barrage unprecedented by United press International leading democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton running on the heels of George Bush in the latest polls said sunday that attacks against him during his bid for the White House have been  the Arkansas governor appearing on the Abc television show meet the press has weathered allegations of adultery and Vietnam War draft dodging during the race for his party a nomination. A i have been subject to attacks in the press that Are unprecedented for anybody running for president a Clinton said. A fall i have to do i think is just keep running and winning elections and demonstrating to the see related Story on Page 4 american people that i have a Good record of Public  a Newsweek Magazine poll released saturday indicated that if a general election were held now Between Bush and Clinton the president would win by Only a slight margin. Those surveyed favored Bush 48 percent to 44 percent for Clinton. The next set of presidential primaries will be held tuesday in Connecticut with Clinton battling former California gov. Jerry Brown for the democrats and Bush fending off the rather weak Challenge by conservative commentator Patrick Buchanan on the Republican Side. As Bush a popularity among americans lags the president and his advisers Are slamming a democratic con trolled Congress that is suffering from a major image problem. The Newsweek poll marked Bush a approval rating among voters at an All time Low of 39 percent. Bush on Friday vetoed a tax Reform measure passed by Congress that included Middle class tax Breaks and higher taxes on the wealthy. He later accused lawmakers of blocking his economic recover plan and insisted see Clinton on Page 2some Are Bent out of shape by Dod plans by Eric Schmitt the new York times Washington a the cold War is Over the soviet Union has collapsed and the United states is cutting the size of its military. But the defense department Yurcan Eraslan is treated at a Hospital in Erzurum Turkey after being found under earthquake  survivor comes Back to life a woman who survived eight Days without food and water pinned under the wreckage of an earthquake in Turkey said sunday that she had come a awk to life after being rescued. Yurcan Eraslan a 22-year-old nurse was pulled saturday from the remains of a Hospital in the Eastern City of Erz incan which was severely damaged in the March 13 quake that killed at least 488 people. Meanwhile a moderate quake hit Eastern Turkey on sunday causing panic among residents already suffering from the effects of the previous deadly tremor. See Story on Page 2. Says it needs More room. The Pentagon a 6.5 million Square feet of space incorporating five floors and nearly 18 Miles of corridors is insufficient the defense department argues. And so it is charging ahead with a 10-year, $1 billion plan to renovate and add a 500,000-Square-foot Annex to its Headquarters on the Banks of the Potomac River in Northern Virginia. The two Story Arrowhead shaped addition would be built off the Pentagon Small in trance replacing a 600 space parking lot. The Annex would House electrical plumbing Ana other Industrial workshops a print shop Pentagon police department medical clinics Library and loading . Since the Annex will be partly underground and the above ground portion will be set off by landscaping the Pentagon will still be Well a Pentagon. No one disputes the need to Spruce up the Pentagon see Dod on Page 2 building More space when we re reducing people does t make any Damn sense a rep. John p. Murtha a a