European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 21, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The vol. 52, no. 278 500 Friday january 21,1994 Nunn rejected Post barbs become boomerangs in a troubled Man s face commentary William Safire this column is in response to allegations by retired adm. Bobby Ray Inman that new York times columnist William satire conspired with sen. Robert Dole to undermine his nomination As Secretary of defense by William Saf Irethe new York times Washington Why did adm Bobby Ray Inman sailing toward easy Senate confirmation As Secretary of defense suddenly flinch and withdraw his name we do not yet know but i suspect it was not for the reason Given in the therapy session that was Bis departing. News  one Good pop by a columnist along with anticipated Light flak about Nanny tax problems enough to drive a smooth Washington operator out of Cabinet Post if he had been confirmed and North Korea said boo would the Pentagon have sued for terms thanks but no pundit is that  possibility he did not want to address questions being drawn up by the staff of the Senate armed services see Sarre on Page 2 sup Consol Inman s decision prompted Job offer last week by Eric Schmitt the new York times Washington the White House asked Georgia democratic sen. Sam Nunn last week if he would take the Job of defense Secretary but he refused administration officials said wednesday. While Bobby Ray Inman who was nominated for the Post by the president a month ago withdrew his nomination tuesday White House officials said they were Given an inkling of Inman s decision last week. The offer to Nunn president Clinton s chief Nemesis on military issues reveals How urgent the White House feels it is to find a new Secretary of unquestioned stature with the Pentagon and Congress. Nunn a conservative Democrat who Heads the Senate armed services com Mittee led the successful Effort to put limits on Clinton s pledge to allow homosexuals in the military in one of the most embarrassing episodes of the administration s Early Days. Nunn also has been a leading voice warning that the administration s proposed military budgets May not Nunn fully finance the government s new fighting strategy and could ultimately erode the Pentagon s military effectiveness. A that was apparently set aside by the see Nunn on Page 2 Usa eur admits problems with rent payments Byro Jensen Nurnberg Bureau the . Army Europe acknowledged thurs Day that it has had a problem paying German landlords who rent to americans but it disclosed no details on Why some payments were late by As much As three  delay was blamed on a procedural prob Lem according to a four paragraph statement from Usa eur Public affairs. Capt. Laverne Chester a Usa eur spokeswoman said no further details would be released. No one Agency has been identified As the cause of the delay she said. One of the things we re not going to do is Point fingers at who is responsible. There Are a lot of different  the problems resulted in Many landlords not receiving payments through the government rental housing program or grip. Usa eur is unsure How Many landlords Are affected and How much Money is involved. According to the most recent figure available the government leases 5,000 grip units on the German Economy under the 6-year-old program. The units Are for use by command sponsored americans. Rent and Utility payments Are made see rent on Page 2 Chilly americans Cut Power to ease pressure on utilities by Doina Chiacu the associated press customers responded to pleas to Cut Back their Power use helping overburdened Utility companies in the nation s frigid Eastern half avoid rolling Black outs to satisfy demand thursday. We re lower than we were yesterday by several thousand megawatts so we feel that that is a result of customers conserving Energy said Neil Mcdermott a spokesman for Peco Energy co., which serves the Philadelphia area. On wednesday utilities Cut Power to hundreds of thousands of customers from North Carolina to new Jersey for up to 30 minutes at a stretch. They feared an unprecedented de Mand for electricity would overload the system and cause far More crippling out Ages. It was like a refrigerator in our House said Milton Lee Banks one of 900 residents of see related Story on Page 10 Surry county va., who sought overnight shelter after the Power was turned off wednesday. It was 10 degrees in Southeastern Virginia. From the Dakotas to the Atlantic temperatures plummeted below Zero Down to 14 below in Minne Apolis St. Paul and minus 16 in Albany . A falling Snow covers the Awakening statue on Hains Point on the Poto Mac River in Washington d.c., As the Eastern United states endured severe cold again thursday. In Amasa mich., a National weather service observer reported a Reading of minus 53 which if verified would be the state s lowest recorded temperature Ever. .-.-. Utilities begged customers to think twice before reaching for the thermostat and asked natural Gas users to switch to other Energy sources if they could. In Pennsylvania gov. Robert p. Casey declared a state of emergency asking All businesses to close Early see Chilly on Page 10 inside today to Angeles searching Orch it f or thu kinds Robert b. A or. Former Republican attorney named special counsel in Whitewater so Case see Page 5 animal behaviour Bur Donsback see Page 20