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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, December 16, 1993

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 16, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the of ars and stripes Mursay dec Ember 16,isj93 in i at a glance \-1 a palestinian prays wednesday after Israel allowed him and about 200 other fundamentalist deportees to end their yearlong life in a tent Village in Lebanon and return to Israel. See Story on Page 12. Movies to be added Walt Disney studios films such As sister act will begin appearing next month on a test Cable movie Channel set up in some military communities in Germany. A Page 4 c-17s requested the Pentagon wants to buy 40 c-17 transport planes but has applied a major condition to the Deal. A Page 5 Ruby files released Fri agents cast a wide net after Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald the suspected  president Kennedy in trying to determine whether Ruby had acted alone newly released records show. A Page 6 Kevorkian trial set an assisted suicide charge against or. Jack Kevorkian has been dismissed but a trial was ordered in a second Case. A Page 7 . Released radiation the government. Purposely dropped radioactive material from planes in the United states after world War ii a . Senator says. A pages German Park planned Warner Bros plans to buy the Money losing  and convert it into a theme Park. A Page 14 Index Abby Ann Landers a a a19 classifieds. Comics. Commentary. Crossword. Faces of places. .18 Horoscope. Jumble. Letters. Money matters. Sports. To listings. Weather. Sets cuts source says from Page 1 a a a j Gale and its signature a Gateway to Europe sign Back to the location of the base shopping Center and turning Over the hotel and an As act unopened clinic to the germans. If proposed timetables Are approved the source quoted Loranger As saying the air mobility come cargo operations would Transfer to Ramstein a Germany late next year. The cd 30 Hercules cargo plane operations would move to Ramst Eiri in late 1994 or Early 1995. The air Force originally protested that a move of additional cargo flight operations to Ramstein a was unfeasible in part because its ramp space was insufficient. But a move of f-16s from Ramstein to Aviano a will free up space for More cargo operations than it currently handles. The passenger terminal Wilt remain in . Hands at Rhein main but much of its Mission along with other functions on base will be handled by civilian contract. Other provisions Are said to include. A of the 700 service members who would remain at Rhein main All would be soldiers except for 256 airmen. The future of airmen currently assigned to Rhein main will be handled in the same manner at other air bases that have closed in Europe. Basically those with one year or less remaining on their Tours would be eligible to return stateside. Those with a year or longer would Likely be reassigned to Ramstein or another european installation., a remaining units would include an air postal operation the army a 21st replacement in army signal assessment on site inspection Agency defense courier service 630th air mobility support so and the Federal aviation administration. A remaining services a but not necessarily in their current buildings a will include a single base theater classes for grades kindergarten through eighth a gymnasium combined with a recreation Center in Gateway gardens Library Post office Bank a few eateries on base billeting general medical care Chapel and a combined base Exchange and commissary. A geographically the air base will be divided roughly in half according to a map shown at the meetings. The familiar Gateway to Europe sign above the main Entrance to the base will be pushed Back to the area of the current base Exchange which is proposed to become a site for other military Industrial uses. A the commissary building will be used for mail operations. A the base hotel will be returned to the germans. The future site of the hotel will be building 600 at Gateway gardens. A base housing will be available to anyone desiring to live on base but people will not be forced to leave their Economy quarters. A a the existing clinic will. Dose. The new unopened clinic a for which an opening Date has not been announced a will be turned Over to the germans. Negotiations Are under Way to allow the Mil. Itary partial use of the facility. An estimate of the clinics original protected building costs was not available wednesday night. But a Rhein main spokeswoman said the Cost will vary from the original estimate because of contracting problems that have forced some parts of the project out for another bid. The clinic was supposed to open earlier this year. A dormitories will be mothballed for a possible future buildup of the base. A Many operations at the military air terminal will be contracted. In a question and answer session peo ele expressed concern about the tight using situation at Ramstein the source said. Loranger was quoted As saying he hoped the transition of c-130s to the base would occur in conjunction with the move of f-16 fighting Falcon fighters from Ramstein to Aviano a Italy. The general noted that potential housing possibilities May slip away if considerable time lapses Between the two transfers the source said. But once the transfers Are Complete Loranger said Ramstein will have a net loss of about 500 service members. Gore from Page 1 Gore pointedly called on other Western allies to deliver on their promised economic Aid to Russia. Some critics of the administrations russian policy had said Yeltsin a poor showing in the parliamentary elections is proof that the policy is tied too closely to Yeltsin personally. But Gore dismissed such suggestions and said that if anything the. United states and other West can allies need to do More to help Yeltsin prove the Wisdom of his economic reforms. Gore said the elections Quot May serve As a kind of Wake up Call to some people who weren t listening clearly to what president Clinton said. This is an historic transition under Way Here that the world must recognize the breadth of the difficulty being carried by Russia s Economy the effect it has on the russian people and the need to respond forcefully. A Mirinovsky has said he considers Lithuania Latvia Estonia and other countries to be russian territory and in interviews published this week threatened Germany and Japan that he would Quot not hesitate to deploy atomic weapons Quot if they meddled in russian affairs the remarks sent a shudder across Europe and Many of the former soviet re Kulics. But Gore said Yeltsin assured in that Russia has no intention of expanding its Borders. World according to Vlad by the associated press Vladimir Volfovich a Mirinovsky Leader of Russia s extremist nationalist Liberal democratic party has toned Down his rhetoric in recent Days. A sampling of his past pronouncements Imperial Russia Quot the Liberal democratic party stands for the restoration of the russian state in the Borders of the former .S.R.�?� a from his party a platform. Nuclear waste Quot ill Start by squeezing the Baltic and other Small nations. 1 done to care if they Are recognized by the . In a not going to invade them or anything. Ill buy radioactive waste along the lithuanian Border and put up powerful fans and blow the stuff across the Border at night. Ill turn the fans off during the Day.  All get radiation sickness.  die of it. When they either die out or get Down on their Knees ill Stop it. In a a dictator. What in a going to do is bad but it a be Good for Russia. The slavs Are going to get anything they want if i m  a remarks made at a parliamentary session at the Kremlin in Moscow shortly after the August 1991 soviet coup the United states he called it the Quot Empire of evil earlier this year. Dictatorship a i say it quite plainly when i come to Power there will be a dictatorship. I will beat the americans in space. I will surround the planet with our space stations so that  be scared of our space weapons. I done to care if they Call me a fascist or a nazi. Workers in Leningrad told me a even if you Wear five swastikas Well vote for you All the same. You Promise a Clear  Quot there a nothing like fear to make people work better. The stick not the Carrot. Ill do it All without tanks on the streets. Those who have to be arrested will be arrested quietly at night. I May have to shoot 100,000 people but the other 300 million will live peacefully. I have the right to shoot these 100,000. I have this right As  a remarks made in late 1991 at the Kremlin. Bombs he once threatened to drop �?�100 nuclear bombs on any country that makes territorial claims on Russia and he demanded the return of Alaska Finland Poland and other former parts of the czarist pm Pire. Expansionism a How i dream that russian soldiers amid Wash their boots in the warm water of the Indian Ocean and change to summer uniforms once and for All a a from his autobiography the final March South published in september. Trade from Pago 1 made in the final Days of bargaining As various protected industries successfully fought to retain their barriers against foreign Competition. Still Sutherland said that the Accord Quot will mean More Trade More investment More jobs and larger income growth for All a he said. Economists believe All this Trade liberalization holds out the Promise of expanding global output by $6 trillion Over the next decade $1 trillion of that in the United states. The agreement was done in time to meet a . Deadline that president Clinton notify Congress before Midnight. This was required under legislation that will require Congress to consider the pact on a take it or leave it basis that bars any potentially troubling amendments. Congressional approval is far from Clear although the administration believes that it will not be As hard fought a Battle As Clinton a successful Campaign to win approval of a free Trade agreement with Mexico and Canada. As the clock ticked away european foreign ministers overcame portuguese resistance to lower textile import barriers and gave their unanimous backing. It France one of the harshest critics said its objections were answered and pledged to recommend approval by its National Assembly. Quot i can say we have had a big Success globally a French foreign minister Alain Jupp said. A on All the important sectors we obtained what we  took a hard line stance against farm subsidy cuts and Hollywood film imports and won huge concessions from the United states on both counts  
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