European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday january 25, 1993 the stars and stripes a Pago 3 Washington map the clock is ticking on hundreds of . Military bases that escaped the last round of closures but could fall victim this year As president Clinton looks for deep cuts in defense spending. T the president has promised $60 billion in reductions from former president Bush a five year defense budget. The last round in 1991 closed 34 bases and realigned 48 More with a. Savings of $2.3 billion by fiscal 1997. Quot we re prepared to do anything to make sure there is a responsible round of base closures Quot said James a. Courter the chairman of the defense base closure and realignment commission which oversaw the previous cuts the process Calls for defense Secretary Les Aspin to submit a recommended list of closures to the commission by March 15, a month earlier than the last time. The list is compiled by the military services. By june 1, the eight member Independent commission must decide whether to add or delete any bases to the list. The deadline for the panels report is july 1 Clinton a final All or nothing say is due by july 15. With Little fanfare the first deadline in the process comes today Evhen Clinton must Recide whether to keep the eight members of the commission or make any changes. Before he left office Bush reappointed first deadline in process looms the deadlines for the base closure process a March 15 a defense Secretary Les Aspin submits recommended list of base closures and realignments to the commission studying the subject. A april 15 a the general a inline the pc selection criteria. A july 1 a the defense base closure and realignment commission issues its report to president Clinton. A july 15 a the deadline for Clinton to either approve the commis counting office issues a report analysing the defense departments  Eie a a Sion a report and Forward it to Congress or return it to the commission with his reasons for disapproval. If sent to Congress the House and Senate have 45 legislative Days to pass a Resolution of disapproval or the commissions recommendations become Law. A aug. 15 a if Clinton does not approve the list the commission must resubmit its recommendations to the president. A sept. 1 a final Chance for Clinton to approve the commissions revised list Ana Forward it to Congress. Three members a Courter Arthur Levitt or. Of new York chairman of the Board of the Levitt Media co. And Robert d. Stuart or. Of Illinois president of Conway farms. He also nominated Peter Bowman former commander of the Portsmouth naval shipyard in new Hampshire Beverly b. Byron former Maryland democratic congresswoman Rebecca Gernhardt Cox vice president for governmental affairs for Continental airlines retired air Force Gen. Hansford t. Johnson former commander of the . Transportation come and Harry c. Mcpherson jr., a former army Deputy undersecretary. Although Bush viewed the appointments As recess nominations that would not require Senate confirmation sen. Sam Nunn a a chairman of the Senate armed services committee said Senate approval is necessary. It remains to be seen whether Clinton will keep Courter a Republican in the top Post. The former new Jersey congressman won Praise from Nunn and Aspin at the defense Secretary a recent confirmation hearing. Courter also would give Clinton some cover on the painful Issue of base closings which always draws the Wrath of lawmakers and residents from the affected  the countdown begins speculation Over which bases might be on the list is rampant. Much of the talk is based on those facilities that barely survived the last found. The army has two Light infantry divisions one in Alaska and one based at fort drum in Northern new York. Although the troops from fort drum have played a major role in the Relief Effort in Somalia they Lack the guardian Angel Alaska has a sen. Ted Stevens the ranking Republican on the Senate appropriations defense subcommittee. Freshman rep. John Mchugh r-n.y., recently hired his predecessor David of a. Martin As a staff aide. Martin served As the top Republican on the House armed services subcommittee on military installations and Likely will keep an Eye out for fort drum As Wellas Plattsburgh fab. In Florida the Fate of Homestead fab severely damaged by Hurricane Andrew last August is up in the air As is the Orlando naval training Center which was on the list the last time but later came off. Still to be decided is the future of a base All too familiar to Courter a fort Dix in new Jersey. Washington apr retired supreme court Justice Thurgood Marshall died sunday of heart failure. He was 84. Marshall died at 2 . At Bethesda naval Hospital in Washington according to Toni House supreme court spokeswoman a the Nad been in failing health for the past several years and cited this As the reason for his retirement from the court Quot House said Reading a Hospital statement. He left the court in july 1991. Funeral arrangements were pending. Marshall the first Black Justice of the supreme court made his Mark As a Champion of civil liberties for All. Marshall was appointed to the court on june 13, Marshall 1967, by president Lyn Don b. Johnson climaxing a career As a civil rights lawyer appeals court judge and . Solicitor general. He quickly found a philosophical Home with the court s Liberal activists under then chief Justice Earl Warren. But the liberals became outnumbered and remained outnumbered As the appointees of presidents Nixon and Reagan gave the court a conservative cast. A gregarious Quick to laugh Man before he was named to the court Marshall became considerably More solemn in Public. His natural optimism displayed As the nations most successful civil rights lawyer appeared to fade. Among some of the More important decisions written by Marshall for the High court were those saying that shopping Center owners rights to restrict demonstrations were limited that a teacher cannot be tired for speaking out truthfully on Public issues and that possessing obscene material within the privacy of one s own Home cannot be made a crime. A amps Vinca Crawley air Force master sgt Thomas Szabo gets a soggy Farewell in Mogadishu Somalia. Szabo was returning 10 Aviano a Italy this month after duty in  group winding up Mission by Steve scholar staff writer Mombasa Kenya a joint task Force provide Relief is set to disband in the coming Days after shipping More than 23,000 tons of food Ana supplies to Somalia Over the past six months. Responsibility for the continued movement of food from Kenya to Somalia will be directed by the operation restore Hope commander Marine it Gen. Robert b. Johnston in Mogadishu Somalia. Provide Relief was a .-led Effort to transport food from Kenya to the famine stricken somalis. The shift in responsibility comes As More daily operations and food shipments Are directed by Johnston from restore Hope Headquarters in Mogadishu. Restore Hope was. Initiated under a . Mandate to use military resources to ensure that food reaches feeding centers in Somalia. Before the operation food shipments were often stolen and late sold on the Black Market at its height provide Relief was assigned More than 600 people according to chief warrant officer Hartman slate a provide Relief spokesman that number has dwindled to about 80 Over the past several weeks. Some of the original task Force members have returned to the United states while others have been reassigned to other elements in the Relief Effort. A contingent of Active duty and Reserve aircraft and personnel will continue to operate out of Mombasa. They will be led by col. Jon l. Martinson from Dyess fab Texas. The contingent will continue to Fly food to Somalia provide Relief task Force members have shipped the equivalent of 84 million meals to Somalia /