European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 20, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes . Sunday. November 20,1994 most closed bases remain unsold Byers Schmitt new York time Washington nearly 90 percent of the military installations scheduled to close from the first two rounds of base closings remain in the hands of Tye Feder Al government or state or local govern ments says a new general accounting office report. As a result the report said the reve nue from pending and completed prop erty sales from these base closings has amounted to Only $92 million so far Well behind the Pace needed to reach the $1.2billion in total sales the defense depart ment had estimated it would eventually receive. The government plans to use the proceeds to reduce the Federal report which examined 37 of the 120 bases closed by Independent commis Sions in 1988 and 1991, dispels any notion that closed military bases Are being Soldo private buyers for hard Cash one of in the stars and stripes 10 years ago nov. 20,1984 libyan agents arrested in Cairo Egypt in a plot to kill a libyan exile confessed that they also planned to Hijack a . Built f-16 fighter Jet and assassinate egyptian leaders the nation s exterior minister was quoted As saying. 20 years ago nov. 20,1974 Chrysler corp. Planned to add another 43,900 autoworkers to the unemployment ranks announcing that it would close All but one of its Assembly plants for up to five weeks starting the Day before thanksgiving. 30 year Sago nov. 20,1964 Fri director j. Edgar Hoover bitterly attacked the Warren commission and the Nobel prize winning civil rights Leader mar tin Luther King or. At a Washington news conference. 4q years ago nov. 20,1954 German Chan cellar Konrad Adenauer s Cabinet. Approved the Paris agreements to bring a reared West Germany into the Western Alliance and Europea Naze the Saar Region. 50 years ago nov. 20,1944 More than 30 Jet aircraft most of them twin engine m0-262s, were among 91 enemy planes destroyed by . 8th air Force pilots who flew More than 550 Miles from bases in Britain. 50 years ago today nov. 20 19 44 bombers from British aircraft carriers strike japanese airfields at Sabang and Oil installations at Bulawan Deli on Sumatra in the dutch East indies now Indonesia. Nationalist chinese troops capture Wangshih in Burma s Salween Region. In Italy British soldiers take Castiglione. French forces Battle the germans at Belfort in Eastern France and their patrols reach Mulhouse and the Rhine River. Soured 2194 Days of wan w. H. Smith publishers inc. Fth world almanac of world waru. Bison books corp., 1981 a the program s original goals. Under the base closure Law properties can be put up for Sale Only after All governmental agencies and advocates for the homeless have been offered them accounting office an investigative of Congress found that 88 percent of the properties it reviewed will remain in the hands of the military or be transferred at no charge to other Federal state or local agencies. About 5 percent of theland will be sold. The status of the remainder has not yet been determined the report said. A senior Pentagon offi Cial acknowledged thursday night that the original estimates of property sales Revenue of $4.1 billion were based on unrealistic estimates of the Market value of land littered with unexploded bombs or poisoned with 40 years of military Indus trial waste. The reuse of closed military bases has been a simmering political Issue that May boil up now that republicans will take control of both houses of Congress. The republicans have been More willing to sell former military prop erties to private buyers than democrats. Rep. Al Mccandless a California re publican on the House government operations committee who ordered the re port said that the findings of the Gao suggest that despite the rhetoric to the contrary the Pentagon s actions show that its primary concern is to unload unwanted properties with Little regard to the effects on Job creation and deficit Mccandless is retiring after his current term expires in officials insist that their approach puts a higher priority on Job creation and speedy Transfer of prop erties than the policies of previous re publican administrations. Moreover a senior defense department official said much of the Lana transferred to other governmental agencies is contaminated and would not find a private buyer. The accounting office said that 110,000of the 192,000 acres at the 37 bases it re viewed remain in Federal hands mainly the . Fish and wildlife service a Agency of the Interior department. But nearly half of the 110,000 acres contain unexploded bombs including 7,200 acre sat Ford Ord calif., and 47300 acres at Jefferson proving grounds in 60,000 of the 192,000 acres re viewed have been transferred to other governmental agencies and about half of this land has been designated for Airport $69.4 million received so far from property sales comes mainly from the Sal of a Mih tary reservation in Hawaii and fam ily housing in various places. An additional$22.2 million is expected from pending sales. Another 9,400 acres have Bee planned for Sale including Justin Marine corps air station in Southern Californi and Myrtle Beach fab . Ian. By the new York time Washington the persian Gulf War ended More than three years ago but the Battle to win reparations from Iraq is just now heating up with a Batter of american lawyers leading the charge. About 2.6 million claims for damages Otaling $162 billion Are moving through a special . Commission in Geneva created after the War to ensure that Citi Zens " business Sand government agencies from 94countries Are compensated for their losses. The divers claims include lost wages for More than 800,000 egyptian labourers who were working in Iraq when presi Dent Saddam Hus Sein s army invade Kuwait in August 1990. Other claims for example involve compensation for wrecked Oil Wells and environmental damage in Kuwait although the most Complex cases could take years to Settle Law firms in the largest cases Are reaping fees As High As $11 million. To handle the vast number of disparate claims lawyers on the . Compensation commission Are applying arguments an procedures developed in american class a Gore opposes government role in prayer Denver athe government has no business telling children How to Pray vice president Al Gore said Friday the administration s latest word on school prayer. I oppose any proposal and the presi Dent opposes any proposal to have government. Taking Over the responsibility of teaching our children How to worship god Gore told the Council of jewish federations. That is a Job that must be handled by families parents churches synagogues and other institutions of Faith in other traditions he said. President Clinton said last week that he wanted to withhold judgment on a gop push for a constitutional Amend ment allowing school prayer. But he also indicated he could support the idea of school prayer As Long As there was no coercion. In i Tion litigation such As the Asbestos and Sili con breast implant cases. By creating six separate categories for claims the commission has sought the flexibility to make Quick awards of standardized amounts of $2,500 to $10,000 like insurance settlements a to individuals or families and to hold arbitration style hearings on complicated claims that run to billions of dollars and could take years to Settle. The american Legal practices we readopted because they allowed commis Sion members to examine a Large number of claims individually and Deal with them quickly. The idea of tailoring a process to Dif Ferent types of claims has t been done before to this level of sophistication said Francis Mcgovern a professor at the University of Alabama Law school who helped toe commission erect a Legal framework for dealing with the claims. The commission deals with claims for damage related directly to Iraq. . Fed eral courts Are adjudicating a variety of other cases including a lawsuit in Galves ton Texas brought by 800 american vet Erans of the Gulf War who Are suffering from unexplained illnesses. But the . Commission has run into major obstacle just As it is sorting out the Legal tangle of claims it has no Relia ble financing with which to award claims or pay Bills. 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