European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 3, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                19421992 50 years of service vol. 51, no. 200 350 tuesday november 3,1992 b d 8693 a candidates Battle to wire hopefuls deliver final appeals As polls show Clinton with Edge Skoal suction coverage the stars and stripes will present full election coverage of the . Presidential race and state by state races in a _48-Page edition on thursday. Voters in the United states go to the polls today to elect the 42nd president and to decide various state races. The time difference Between the . And Europe prevents us from providing those results in wednesday s paper. However. Thursday s paper will contain comprehensive coverage including # results of the major races and ballot questions in each of the 50 states and . Territories. # How women and minorities fared in the. Elections. # reaction to the presidential outcome in the . And around the world. # How the outcome is expected to affect the Dollar overseas. # what the outcome Means to americans in Europe. # what stripes readers think about the outcome. By John King a political writer Bill Clinton and George Bush crisscrossed the country monday in a frenzied Campaign finale the president predicting a historic comeback and the Democrat sounding More confident by the minute. A put the Parade on hold a Bush warned Clinton. A a we be had enough neglect a Clinton countered. Ross Perot stirred things to the very end predicting a 50-state landslide that would defy poll after Pou showing him a Distant third and Clinton with a daunting Edge in state by state electoral math. A we Are going to pull off one of the biggest surprises in political history,�?T1 Bush told a rain soaked rally in suburban Philadelphia on the final Day of his final Campaign. A Bill Clinton wants to expand american government. I want to expand the american  Democrat Clinton saw it differently telling a Cleveland Airport rally his was a Campaign to a drown out the negative voices that have held us Back too  his voice almost gone from laryngitis Clinton pushed on with a Marathon Day a 10 stops in eight states. His Confidence was reflected in his introduction of his wife Hillary As a the next first  democratic National committee chairman Ronald h. Brown was on hand for Clinton a final Day. A i feel Victory in the air a said Brown whose party last won the White House in 1976. A press on and bring us Victory a Clinton said earlier As he like Bush addressed a crowd waiting in the rain outside the Mayfair diner in Philadelphia. On the final Day Clinton framed inc race As a a fight Between the Comfort of the status quo and the courage to embrace new  Bush saw it this Way a i have been tested. Lets keep a president in the Oval office who is Strong and knows How to stand up for  election the 1992 Campaign was played out before an involved sometimes angry electorate the presidential race a spirited generational Battle from beginning to end the Banner contest a ii a year that also had 35 Senate scats All 435 House scats and a dozen governorships up for grabs. So interested was Pennsylvania a Ruth Ferguson that she brought her daughter and three grandchildren to the Mayfair diner a just to get in on the excitement of the last Days of the  new ads and a weekend Campaign swing Perot abandoned his Promise to talk Only about his views on the issues roundly criticizing both Clinton and Bush on see Battle on Page 2 goals for Poland nato membership and 220,000 troops Warsaw Poland a Poland adopted a military doctrine monday that seeks future nato membership and closer links with the West. The doctrine assumes Poland does not have enemies at present but Calls for retaining enough military Force to Settle local conflicts a a total of 220,000 troops. A your strategic goal is joining nato Quot said Jerzy Milewski Secretary to the National defense committee which is in charge of defense policy. The committee which issued the policy is headed by president Lech Walesa and includes the prime minister key Cabinet members and parliamentary and military leaders. Milewski said nato is the Only organization that can ensure peace and stability in Europe. Poland a membership he said would guarantee the nations Security and allow better relations with its neighbors especially Russia and Germany. Under the doctrine armed forces will be deployed evenly around the country. Under the former Warsaw pact military pos Ture most troops were near the German Border. Milewski said the armed forces will eventually have 220,000 troops including a 20,000-Soldier rapid deployment unit Down from about 250,000 currently. Thirty percent of soldiers will continue to be draftees because the government cannot afford a full Volunteer army. The doctrine lists several nonmilitary potential threats to Poland a Security such As a blockade of natural Gas and Oil supplies from Russia or a mass migration from the former soviet republics Milewski expressed concern about political instability in the former soviet Union which May become a source of local conflicts similar to those in the Balkans. Last month Poland started destroying military equipment under the 1990 treaty on reducing conventional weapons. Within 40 months Poland is to demolish 1,120 tanks and armoured vehicles 47 military aircraft and 707  assumes Neucom Job As Mccarthy Heads to states by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Stuttgart Germany a air Force Gen. Charles g. Boyd became Deputy commander of the . European come on monday morning in an indoor ceremony at Patch Barracks. A i am sobered by the reality that the Europe i return to is a remarkably different Europe than the one i left six years ago a the soft spoken former Vietnam prisoner of War told the few Hundred spectators in attendance referring to wars and political instability in Eastern Europe the command will remain a an essential element to the continuance of history a most successful Alliance a Boyd said. The Alliance a nato a still is essential for american Security and the fates of Europe and the United states Are inextricably intertwined he said. Boyd 54, a native of Rockwell City Iowa served most recently As commander of air University at Maxwell fab Ala. He flew 105 combat missions in the Vietnam War before he was shot Down in 1966. He spent nearly seven years in North vietnamese prisons. Boyd replaces fellow Vietnam combat Veteran Gen. James p. Mccarthy 57, who is retiring to the Washington d.c., area after 35 years service As an see Boyd on Page 2 Gen. Charles g. Boyd new Deputy commander of the . European come Speaks monday