European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 14, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes us monday november 14.1994 race on for 3 Washington a sen. Phi Gramm said sunday that he would file this week As a Republican candidate forthe 1996 presidential election and he took a Quick swipe at potential rival Bodole saying Dole lacked his commit ment to overhauling big government. Sen. Aden Specter a moderate fro Pennsylvania is announcing today his interest in a presidential bid adding tothe list of republicans seeking to Chal Lenge an incumbent president made increasingly vulnerable by Republican gains in elections last week. Gramm speaking on Abc s meet the press said be would file papers with the Federal election committee this week to put the Legal Structure in place although he did not expect to formally announce his candidacy until March. I think people Are ready for change. Maybe i m that change the Texas senator said. Gramm 52, a conservative who favors deep cuts in Federal spending said he thought he would make a bet Ter president than Dole r-kan., the Senate s next Magramm Specter Jority Leader. If i did t think so i would t run he said. I think that i am More committed to changing government fundamentally than Bob Dole is Gramm said. Dole the current minority Leader said he differs from Gramm in being in a leadership position where he has had to work for consensus to pass legislation. Dole hopefuls Gramm has had the advantage of being outside the leadership where you can throw a bomb or a grenade now an then and you can be a Little More committed Dole said on lbs face the nation. Dole 71, said he will announce by feb. 15 whether he will be a candidate. Specter 64, has scheduled news conferences today in Philadelphia con Cord n  and pcs Moines Iowa apart of exploratory travels " to test his Appeal among party moderates seeking an alternative to More conservative candidates. " up. Vav Specter who gained National prominence and much criticism from women groups for his questioning of Anita Hill during Clarence Thomas supreme court confirmation hearings subscribes to a big tent philosophy in which the Republican party includes people of All views. Among other potential candidates Are former vice president Dan Quayle former housing Secretary Jack Kemp former Secretary of state James Baker and for Mer defense Secretary Dick Cheney. In the stars and stripes 10 years ago nov. 14, 1984 the Pentagon said that enough circumstantial evidence indicated Nicaragua might be planning an offensive against Al Salvador or Honduras. 20 year Sago nov. 14, 1974 president Ford publicly rebuked air Force Gen. George s. Brown for stating in a speech that jews owned the nation s Banks and newspapers. 30 year Sago nov. 14, 1964 ambassador Adlai Stevenson indicated that the United states would agree to voluntary payments by the soviet Union and other delinquents to avoid loss of . Voting rights. 40 year Sago nov. 14, 1954 the Eisenhower administration pressed its program for rearming West Germany within a proposed Atlantic Alliance. 50 year Sag nov. 14, 1944 the German battleship Tirpitz was discovered in a hideout off Norway and was sunk by Royal air Force bombers. World War ii 50 years ago too nov.14 1.9. 44 British troops attack German forces Between Venlo and Roermonde in the Netherlands trying to drive them across the Maas River. American soldiers enter Audrenne distr off and haute Vutz in northeastern France French forces launch an offensive toward Belfort. Norway s government in exile announces its soldiers Are fighting alongside soviet forces against germans in the Arctic source 2194 Days of War a h. Smith publishers inc. The world almanac of world War ii Bison books corp., 1981 . Auctioneer forced to scrap of Ledger from sings Rig new York a too much publicity scuttled sunday s planned auction of a unique 1852 Ledger listing inmates at the notorious sing sing prison. News paper accounts attracted the attention of new York state officials. The notebook could be an official government record which should be in the custody of the state archives said Joseph b. Porter a lawyer representing the state. Cancelling the auction did t set Well with James Hiller a collector who says he paid $50 for the Ledger at a Yard Sale in992. Auctioneer William Jenack said bid Ding might have started at $1,500 to $2,000. Hiller said it originally belonged to the Guy who made it not the state. The 6-by-4-Inch notebook was kept by James Jessup keeper of the prison in the 1840s and 1850s. The prison keeper was in charge of Day to Day operation of the prison serving under the Warden and a Board of inspectors. The Book is 13 years older than any thing similar the state archives has on the prison built along the Hudson River North of new York City in Ossin inginl829. For years Hollywood made sing sing a maximum Security facility that still in use synonymous with prison the big House the place you went when you were sent up the River. Thomas Mills a representative of the state archives and records administration examined the Book saturday at Jenack s auction House in Chester. Mills did not return a phone message left at his Home. ?9rter said the document May have Tobe compared with other records of the time to determine if it once belonged tothe state. Hiller has no intention of just giving the notebook to the government. Ill hang on to it until a court tells me to give it up he said. Hiller suggested that the state jus join the bidding. Porter had an answer to that Why should the state bid on what i already owns he asked. Saving old glory firefighters Aaron Moore left and Dan Deford Center of the Bak Ersfeld calll43583 stores beefing up work forces Washington a the Federal government s civilian work Force is de Clining while state and local governments Are hiring More the census Bureau said ,eportin8 on pub ii employment for1992, the Bureau said that Federal civilian employment declined by 55,758 to 3,046,873, compared with the year before at the same time state government employment increased 73,250 to 4,594,635. Local governments increased their workforce by 172,834 to 11,103,221. More than half 55.6 percent of All local workers and 44.6 percent of state employees were involved m education. All Levels of government reported in creases in wages. Federal pay Rose 2.5 per cent to $9.9 billion during the period and states paid $9.8 billion up 4.2 percent wages paid by local governments Rose 5.6 percent to $23.4 billion