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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, April 30, 1992

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 c the stars and stripes thursday april 30, 1992 euro Disney welcomed its first visitors with great fanfare. For a look at what they experienced and help on getting the most out of the magic kingdom Sec stripes Magazine. $157 million settlement the state farm insurance co. Has paid $157 million in a settlement with 814 women who were refused jobs As insurance sales agents in California Over a 13-year period. A Page 4 Navy finds sex abuse a Navy investigation into allegations of sexual abuse at a Las vegas convention has uncovered Quot unacceptable conduct Quot but Navy sources said it is unclear whether any officers will face criminal charges. A a Page 5 nine airmen killed a military transport plane on a training Mission crashed into a Lake near Lilesville n.c., the air Force said. All nine Crew members based at Pope fab were killed. A Page 7 Nancy Reagan accused Nancy Reagan was a tranquil Izer popping child beater during Ronald Reagan s years As governor of California says their estranged daughter. A Page 9 Bush extends moratorium president Bush is extending a regulatory moratorium that the administration claims has saved up to $20 billion in red tape costs but that critics say has derailed dozens of health safety consumer and environmental rules. A Page 15 Index a Abby Ann Landers 17 comics.17-19 commentary. 14 faces a no places .16 letters. 13 Money matters.15 sports26-32 to listings.31 weather.12 strike from Page 1 that did no to have to happen Quot of Gara said. However the strike has prompted the school system to schedule a bus to take Home 21 students attending a Model . Senate program in the nothern bavarian City of bad Kissinger the students went to the conference by train from Berlin Giessen and Oster Holz Schrambeck. Business at military travel offices reflected consumer Confidence that the strike would end soon or at least would not impede travel. Many customers have called the Ramstein a information ticket and tour office to ask whether they can get refunds for train tickets if the trains Stop running said Petra Joa who Sells train tickets there Quot i just Tell them if they cannot go from Point a to Point a they can get a refund a Joa said adding that nobody has asked for one yet. A people still Purchase tickets a she said a i think the strike wont last very  the Union representing strikers also has threatened to shut Down airports but has not done so yet. Nobody has called the Ramstein travel office to ask about plane ticket refunds according to office employee Susanne Mccoy. The same holds True for the scheduled airlines travel offices the Agency that conducts travel business on army posts in Germany according to assistant managing director Bob Wyatt. Wyatt said he had received no reports of customers seeking refunds because of the strike. Cafes is starting to feel the effects of the strike at its european distribution area in Giessen Germany. Sixty containers of merchandise that were delivered by ship last weekend to Antwerp Belgium Are stranded by the rail strike but cafes officials Are arranging to have the 40-foot Ocean containers delivered by truck said Tom Davis chief of transportation for Eda. ? Quot the situation is changing rapidly Davis said. Similar goods that Are delivered by Barge and commercial air have not been affected by the strike Davis said. Cafes has been Able to maintain delivery schedules from its distribution centers to military exchanges by changing its delivery times to avoid heavy autobahn traffic caused by the strike the cafes trucks Are leaving Early in the morning Davis said. Rail services were still available wednesday in Frankfurt he said adding in reference to the labor unions actions a i think there a a lot of scare tactics  the head of newspaper circulation for the stars and stripes said wednesday that there has been no disruption of deliveries despite the labor strike. Jim Wysocki said a German contractor has been hired to deliver an estimated 155 newspapers that usually travel by train to three locations in Northern Germany. Most copies of the newspaper Are delivered by truck from the newspapers printing facility located in Griesheim Germany. The strike has interrupted garbage collection for More than 6,300 Kaiserslautern area families said Ramstein a spokesman staff sgt. Doyle Tillman. Civil engineers in the Kaiserslautern military Community will provide refuse service in the Vogel Weh housing area and at military leased housing units in Kaiserslautern and Ramstein Tillman said. Government housing units at Ramstein and Simbach a also Are included. Residents can expect to receive plastic trash bags from their building leaders for household use during the strike. Officials also want housing area residents to sort biodegradable trash including foodstuffs from non biodegradable trash. Ramstein civilian engineers appealed to cafes commissaries dining hails and other major trash producers As Well As families and offices to Cut Down on waste and Recycle As much As possible. Office workers should collect bag and store their trash until a schedule for periodic pickups is devised Tillman said a if you done to have to throw it away,�?T1 Tillman said a a done to throw it away Quot a the engineers probably will pick up the bags twice a week he added. At Ramstein civil engineers were trying wednesday to procure cubic meter dumpsters for trash storage Tillman said if that does no to work the engineers Hope they can borrow army trailers for refuse storage. A base contingency plan for a strike involves packing refuse in temporary containers on base but those were intended for Short term use. A the contingency plan was sufficient when we thought the strike was Only going to go on for two Days Quot Tillman said. The greater Bremerhaven military Community which includes osterholz Schrambeck is providing free trash bags to families living in government quarters and to military units on Post. There Are presently no plans to pick up trash. When the trash receptacles Are full in the housing areas tenants Are authorized to store their trash on their balconies. Families living in quarters with no balconies must find their own suitable storage areas. A message to the Community from the Gumc Public affairs office said additional instructions will be issued should the strike continue for an extended time. Stall writers Chuck Roberts in Darmstadt and Ken c a son in Bremerhaven also contributed to this report Bush from Page 1 to be rallying around a virtual nominee this Early in the  Clinton now must unify his party while Honing his themes for the fall a for campaigns against expected Independent candidate h. Ross Perot As Well As Bush. Clinton a meeting on wednesday with democratic leaders in Congress is designed to present himself As the party a Leader and to meet sceptics still reluctant to endorse him. As much As Clinton and Bush had Rea son to cheer they also got fresh evidence of potential trouble 25 percent of voters in both parties said they would vote for Pennsylvania Campaign practising for the fall and working on the Unity Effort before the next three big contests May 5 primaries in North Carolina Indiana and the District of Columbia. Aides said a few new endorsements were Likely As Clinton huddled separately with democratic House and Senate members sessions at which he will Tell the lawmakers his Calls for change will include occasional criticism of both parties. Ronald Brown said the time for Fence sitting was Over but stopped Short of asking Jerry Brown to quit. A i cannot imagine a scenario under which Bill Clinton does not have a majority of the delegates by the end of the nominating season a he said. Clinton was on track to get 112 of Pennsylvania a 169 delegates increasing his total to 1,499.5 delegates of the 2,145 needed to be nominated according to the associated press count. Brown was adding 50 to bring his total to 321. For Clinton the win was his 18th in 34 democratic contests including the big states of Illinois Michigan new York Florida Texas and now Pennsylvania. A we were Able to run the most positive issues oriented change oriented Campaign that in be had the Honor of running a Clinton said. Perot in the fall. While the presidential results were about As predicted Pennsylvania lived up to its recently earned reputation for surprises. Lynn Yeakel a political Novice Defeated it. Gov. Mark Singel for the democratic nomination to oppose gop sen. Arlen Specter. She attacked Specter a treatment of Anita Hill during hearings to confirm Clarence Thomas to the supreme court. Specter easily won his primary. Five term democratic rep. Joseph Kolter was Defeated and eight term democratic rep. Austin j. Murphy was in a tight primary race As voters had a fresh Opportunity to vent frustration with Washington. Clinton ignored Brown throughout the nato from Page 1 withdraw its residual  troops from Europe after 1994. Shalikashvil who Speaks polish and German is not new to coalition efforts. East year he led multinational forces in operation provide Comfort which supplied Protection food and supplies to kurd in Northern Iraq. Navy cmdr. John Woodhouse a . European Conid spokesman in Stuttgart Germany said he worked with the general at operation provide Comfort he at in Ciurlik a from late May to july a the impressed me with his leadership and his style and his expertise in handling an International coalition of 13 nations Quot Woodhouse said Woodhouse said Shalikashvil ii a parents were georgian and fled to Poland where the general was born before world War ii. They later moved to the United states following the War. Galvin 62, is scheduled to give up his nato command in a ceremony in Mons Belgium on june 24. He will relinquish his role of commanding . Forces m Europe on june 23 in Stuttgart. Galvin plans to teach International Security at the . Military Academy at West Point . Staff writer Joseph Owen in Stuttgart con Numea report is Florida s rep. Smith not running Agair Washington api Florida two Nae. Washington a Florida a proc rat Larry Smith who wrote 161 bad checks at the House Bank and was under scrutiny for alleged misuse of Campaign funds said tuesday he would not seek a sixth term in Congress. Smith made the announcement in a Wai Hilton officer Elcas is Quot d by his 2��?o a a  Perfec so Rel it a. I be made mistakes and i regret tic then hic re Rte re anymore and he bemoaned a american instil and hitter a Smith said but Yah Roll Lens being shattered. I see campaigns b knowledge a his own political problem go Dpi a and personal Desie it ,. 1. To contest issues but to destroy can c is lose who hold Public and grind opponents into the   
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