European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday May 24, 1992 at a glance Virginia gov. L. Douglas Wilder says sen. Charles s. Robb above and his aides had engaged in a Campaign a to smear and discredit  Sec Story on Page 12.navy morals upset Perot Likely Independent presidential candidate Ross Perot sought a discharge from the Navy in 1955, in part because he was upset by Slack morals aboard his ship according to a letter to his congressman. A Page 4oregon recount Likely rep. Les Aucoin of Oregon finished 248 votes ahead of businessman Harry Lonsdale on Friday in tuesdays democratic primary for . Senate. The close vote Means a recount is Likely. A Page 5military Abandons . Area a military enlistment Center that burned Down during los Angeles recent rioting will not be rebuilt partly because officials consider the area too dangerous. A Page 6red Cross cleared a Cleveland jury has decided that the red Cross should not be held responsible for the death of a woman who contracted aids from a blood transfusion in 1983. A Page 7thai Leader under pressure Thailand a prime minister Suchinda Kra Prayoon retreated to a heavily guarded army Camp on saturday in the face of growing Public demands for him to  Page 8 pm focuses on profits general motors corp. Is putting profits first instead of clinging to Market share at any Cost chairman Robert Stempel told shareholders Friday. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers 16 commentary. 15 faces no places .16 letters .14 Money matters.17 Mutual .18-19 sports.25-32 weather.13 i am one of the Lucky people Carson says in Farewell show Burbank Calif. A Johnny Carson ended his 30-year reign on late night to on Friday choking Back tears As he closed his final tonight show by telling America a i bid you a very Heartfelt Good  longtime sidekick de Mcmahon yelled a thee Eeren a Johnny at the Start of the show and Doc Severinsen struck up the Abc orchestra. But Carson 66, abandoned most other traditions during the broadcast which had no big name guests and an audience of family and staff. A you people watching 1 can Only Tell you that its been an Honor and a privilege coming into your Homes All to nest years to entertain you a he said. Carson earlier acknowledged his wife Alex and sons Chris and copy in the audience a and remembered his son Richard who died in a car crash last year. A it would have been a perfect evening if their brother Rick had been Here with us a Carson said. A but i guess life does what its supposed to do and you accept it and go on. Carson delivered his last monologue sitting on a Stool instead of standing on the Star that marked his spot on the floor. His usual political jokes however remained constant and he took a last shot at vice president Dan Quayle a frequent to the _ by final week Ful a Carson said. Butt of his jokes. A i really want to thank him for making my final week so fruit Carson moved Quot from his monologue to a montage of clips from memorable inter views with subjects ranging from Richard Nixon to David Letterman. Then he highlighted musicians who appeared Over three decades including Louis Armstrong Richard Harris Ella Fitzgerald the Jackson five and Luciano Pavarotti. Several times Carson thanked Mcmahon and Severinsen. Mcmahon who joined the show with Carson in 1962, said a i just found out there were seven other people up for that Job. I thank you. My family thanks  at the end Carson said a and so it has come to this. I am one of the Lucky people in the world. I found something that i always wanted to do and i have enjoyed every single minute of  then noting his appreciation for his staff and his audience a teary eyed Carson bid Good night. The audience Rose to its feet. Many cried. Severinsen led the band in ill be seeing you. Abc said saturday that preliminary ratings indicated 55 million people or 62 percent of the viewing audience watched Friday nights show. That surpassed Carsons previous record of 45 million people set in 1969 when Singer tiny Tim married miss Vicki on the Snow. Carson was to head for Europe and his annual trip to the Wimbledon Tennis match in London. He plans to launch a production company with tonight show producer Jeff Sotzing. Meanwhile Jay Leno takes Over the show this week. Johnny Carson tears during taping of last show italian cola soars after Price Survey by Ron Jensen Niernberg Bureau Aviano a Italy a the Cost of living allowance for service members at bases in Italy will double in Many cases beginning with the june 1 paycheck. Under the revised cola a staff sergeant with eight years in the service and two dependents will have an increase from $4.19 a Day to $9.22. A Captain with eight years of service and two dependents will have an increase from $6.30 daily to $13.26. A this is a dramatic increase a said sgt. Mark Wilson the non commissioned officer in charge of the financial analysis office at Aviano. He said the new rates went into effect May 16. Wilson and maj. Michael Liska the Aviano base comptroller said last week that the increase is the result of a More detailed Survey done in March at five military communities in Italy a Aviano san Vito Naples Simonella and Vicenza. The periodic surveys compare prices with those in the District of Columbia. But Liska said Many items in the italian Survey have been inaccurately marked As not available if they  be found in the commissary or the base Exchange. A the Correct answer is they Are available but they Are available at a higher Price on the Economy a he said. The committee in Washington that determines cola would disregard items listed on the Survey As not available he said. That skewed the results. This time each base sent people to record prices of items bought regularly by americans said Wilson who conducted the Aviano Survey. They surveyed Only stores frequented by americans. Liska said he noticed something amiss in the cola for Italy when he transferred from Ramstein a Germany last August. A when i was in Germany i got a High cola a he said. A but in Germany the Cost of living was less. I was shocked to find our cola was lower than  the new cola increase puts it a where it should have been a he said. The purpose of cola is to ensure that service members stationed overseas do not see a drop in their Standard of living because of High prices where they live. It also considers such things As rank number of dependents time in service and base pay. The Survey conducted in March affects Only those five bases involved and any Remote Sites attached to them Wilson  from Page 1 order for that to go away there has to be another one to remove it a Hart said. Congress also could approve legislation to officially end the conflict the spokesman said. Keeping the Region a combat zone enables . Military personnel in the persian Gulf Region to receive special benefits such As $150 a month in a hostile fire and imminent danger pay a known to the Public As combat pay. Enlisted personnel also Are excluded from paying Federal taxes while in the Region. Officers Are allowed a $500 a month exclusion Hart said. One change has been made. During the conflict everyone who served in the Gulf received the South West Asia service medal. Now in order to receive the medal a service member has to have spent 30 consecutive Days in the Region or a total of 60 Days if a deployment has been interrupted Hart said. At the height of the War there were 541,425 troops in the Gulf. Now there Are 18,226. Rats cleared from Darmstadt store by Kevin Robinson staff writer Darmstadt Germany a a shop Pette operated by the army and air Force Exchange service on Cambrai Fritsch Cavern reopened saturday after closing for rat extermination an cafes spokesman said. The shop Pette was closed wednesday allowing exterminators to eliminate at least 15 rats said it. Col. Joe Cato of cafes. Barbara Slifer a spokeswoman for the 7th medical come in Heidelberg Germany said veterinarians from the 110th medical det in Frankfurt Germany visited the shop Pette on May 15 after a customer complained of a a foul  a the veterinarians inspected and found that the shop Pette did have a rodent problem a she said. Slifer said the veterinarians filed a report on the rats with the Darmstadt base support in commander and to cafes. The shop Pette was later steam cleaned before a veterinarian from the 110th medical det inspected the store Friday and cleared it to reopen Cato said. A a pest control officer from the 110th medical det inspects All of our shop Pettes every month a Cato said. A that shop Pette has had satisfactory reports for the past  another cafes official said there Are plans to move the beverage store also known As the class six store to the Cam brai shop Pette