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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, November 1, 1992

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 1, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A the stars and stripes sunday november 1,1992 at a glance a salvadoran re bal studies information after handing Over his weapon to a . Official near the capital of san Salvador. Rebels surrendered their weapons under terms of a .-brokered peace treaty. See Story on Page 10. Gop official quits the director of hispanic outreach for the Bush Quayle Campaign resigned As the Fri pressed its investigation of influence peddling allegations involving the treasurer of the United states. A Page 4 probe of War trophies the House armed services committee is investigating whether the military is dispensing equal punishment to enlisted personnel and officers who bring War trophies Home from Battle. A Page 5 watching sub in Gulf the . Navy is sending an attack submarine into the persian Gulf to keep tabs on the expected arrival of Iran a first submarine. A Page 8 teen remains free after her release from a Hospital psychiatric Ward Amy Fisher was told she would remain free until her sentencing for the shooting of Mary to Buttafuoco. A Page 9 influx of refugees the . High commissioner for refugees is bracing for thousands of refugees from the bosnian town of Jajcek after its capture by serbian forces. A Page 11 Market looks to vote the Stock Market was in a holding pattern last week As Wall Street took a cautious stance ahead of the nov. 3 election. A Page 17index. I Abby Ann Landers 16 classifieds.2023 commentary.15 faces a places .16 letters. 14 Money matters.17 Mutual 1819 sports.2432 weather .13 Mueller Muttra j. Kolmer s. Kolmer Mcguire nuns from Page 1 african bombing raids on towns and roads that Are Taylor a Supply lines. On saturday a gunship of the West african Force fired missiles into swamps sheltering Taylor a guerrillas As Well As people fleeing from them raising fears that civilians again will be the main victims in the latest round of liberians War. Dozens and perhaps hundreds of fugitives from the siege of Monrovia Are starving in swamps near the City Center. On Friday night under a truce worked out by the . Embassy . Officials and Taylor the rebel Leader sent three buses into Gardnersville and chocolate City near Monrovia to pick up More than 1,000 orphans who had been trapped in the fighting. The children were apparently taken farther Hind Taylor a lines and there have be a reports that thousands of other civilians Tiave been forced behind the lines. The nuns had been living near the Eastern suburb of chocolate City and were Active in health care and education in Liberia. Sister Mildred Gross Mother Superior of the adores of the blood of Christ Convent in Ruma 111., identified the five nuns As sister Barbara Ann Muttra 69, of Springfield 111. Sister Joelle Kolmer 58, of Waterloo 111. Sister Shirley Kolmer 61, also of Waterloo and a Cousin of sister Joelle Kolmer sister Kathleen Mcguire 54, of Ridgeway. 111. And sister Agnes Mueller 62, of Bartelso 111. The nuns order commonly called precious blood has about 2,300 members  from Page 1 of Loose talking about  the Issue May dog Bush through the final hours of the Long Campaign. On saturday a plane circled the Kickoff rally for his train tour in Wisconsin towing a sign that said a Iran Contra haunts  the president ignored the plane but did note that saturday was halloween and with All the costumes parties and talk of ghosts and goblins it was a your opponents favorite  a the Yore literally trying to scare America a hush said asserting that under Clinton a every Day is going to be halloween a fright and  Bush said he was a related that there Are Only three Days to  Clinton was up Early on the final weekend too campaigning at a Pancake House in Atlanta and then at a Flag waving rally at a High school football Field. All three major candidates faced brutal weekend schedules As they entered the Homestretch to tuesdays showdown. The democratic and Republican Camps targeted the same tossup states and hop scotched across the country. Both for instance put Wisconsin and its 11 electoral votes on their map saturday. Bush was travelling the state by train. A Clinton visit to Milwaukee was sandwiched Between stops in Atlanta the Quad cities of Iowa and la Lonois and Cincinnati. The new polls varied but All showed Perot mired in third place in the mid teens despite his massive advertising Blitz. But Perot had rallies in Tampa fla., and Kansas City on saturday with More scheduled today. Bush and Clinton kept up their Duel Over economics with Bush calling his rivals plan a trample Down economics and Clinton saying Bush would just give America a four More years of Tri Clde Down economics declining incomes rising  but Bush was again consumed by the Iran Contra affair when former defense Secretary Caspar w. Weinberger was named in a fresh indictment that contradicts Bush a claim that he did not know the Reagan administration was trading arms to Iran for hostages in Lebanon. Profits from the Exchange were diverted to pay for illegal arms shipments to the anti government Contra rebels in Nicaragua. The indictment based on Weinberger a Handwritten notes said that Bush As vice president attended a Jan. 7, 1986, meeting where president Reagan and aides discussed such a Deal with Iran. A a up favored a Weinberger a notes said contradicting previous Bush denials. The democrats jumped on the indictment. Clinton said it a diminishes the credibility of the presidency a and running mate a1 Gore called it the a smoking  Bush appearing Friday night on in no Slany King live said that a if there is a smoking gun out there id have been hauled up by one of those Senate committees or the Iran Contra prosecutors Long before. One of the callers to the show was Clinton a communications director George Steph Nopoulos who said he could Tell Bush where the smoking gun was. A for the last five years you have consistently said it was not arms for hostages. This memo shows it was arms for hostages a Steph Nopoulos told Bush. Bush appealed to voters on the show a a let a not clutter up an election at the last minute by phony allegations by the Clinton  from Page 1 Wing in the Southern Region is a Way to a Plant the Flag Quot not Only As a warning to would be aggressors but also As reassurance for the allies in the Region who have always been considered natos poor cousins a there is a definite psychology of the Southern flank a Merritt said. A Spain Italy Greece and Turkey have a special and unique identity within the  but some critics wonder Why it should fall to the United states to stroke allies on the Southern flank. A has everyone forgotten that we had an air Wing Down there and Spain kicked us out a said retired rear adm. Eugene j. Carroll jr., Deputy director of the Center for defense information. A Greece and Turkey  want us either. T he Only viable candidate is Italy and even there the negotiations Are  the main reason for the air Wing deployment in Carrolls View is to continue the notion that nato serves a purpose. Quot the Only argument for the existence of nato is that it already exists and. Therefore we must find continuing missions for it a he said. A the air Wing situation is an outgrowth of that. There a no need. Who Are you defending against what threat there is no external military threat to Western Europe. It is appalling that we Are scrambling for justifications to maintain a cold War level of spending for cold War military  but the military significance of having an air Wing in the Region at a time when the dust from the end of the cold War still has not fully settled cannot be overlooked other analysts say. A a it a been a volatile and unstable area of world for my whole lifetime an area where the United states has had and will continue to have a strategic interest a said retired Gen. Michael j. Dugan a former commander of the . Air forces in Europe. To the extent that you have visible military commitments the chances that you la have the kinds of situations that might require military intervention go Down he said a a that a a message we lcru.r.?.cci from years of experience on n a10 s Central  retired Gen. John r. Galvin who stepped in n As supreme Allied com  1 in pc earlier this year said the Wing would be the a Backbone of nato capabilities in an unpredictable Region. A we simply done to have As Many modern fighter a bombers in the Mediterranean As we do in the Central Region a he said. A the problem Down there is a Lack of Mobile firepower. And that a what the Wing gives you.�?�. Military strategy aside the interim agreement that lets . F-16s Fly from Italy and Sicily is Laden with symbolism the analysts said. A a it Avery much a political Issue for the Alliance to put at least some aircraft there to remind the Southern flank nations that they have not been forgotten Merritt said. A a it a a sign of How much the military leadership of the Alliance believes that the . Presence in that Region is important a Snider said. The interim agreement also is critical from an operational standpoint because it allows the f-16 Crews that May be based in the area permanently at some Point in the future to become More familiar with the areas Topography weather eat tems and emergency Landing Sites it Ugan said. A it also acclimated the locals to their presence a he said  
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