European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 06, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday january 6, 1995 at a glance chief warrant officer 2 Bobby Hall says he feared he would never be freed by the North koreans. See Story on Page 6. Residents evacuated a powerful storm forced the evacuation of More than 100 people from a convalescent Home with a Leaky roof in Southern California. Wii Crew buried f. The bodies of four . Fliers gunned Down Over France in 1944 have come Home to rest in Arlington National cemetery. Page 7 grammy nominees five artists tied for most grammy nominations thursday baby face Sheryl Crow Elton John Bonnie Raitt and Bruce Springsteen. Page 10 car prices climb Many cars at the 1995 North american International Auto show Are new and  unfortunately their prices have undergone an overhaul too. Page 14 Index Abby Ann Landers 20 classifieds 21-26 comics 18-20 commentary 13 crossword20 faces n places 10 entertainment 15-17 Horoscope. 22 Jumble 22 letters 12 Money matters. .14 sports. 28-32 to listings  31 weather. 11 correction because of a reporting error the Nam of the family from Gellhausen Ger Many in thursday s article about Tele Kom . Was incorrect. The family s name is Bray. _. Promised from Page 1 of the country he said. He said he hoped that now that the House had begun working on reforms they will keep on  Clinton said leaders of both parties told him that 1981 s bidding War be tween democrats and republicans to keep upping the size of that year s tax Cut without enacting offsetting spending cuts had been a mistake. There is going to be apparently no at tempt to go Back to what i Call trickle Down economics to exploding the Defi Cit he said. " " \  in a letter to Gingrich another congressional leaders Clinton thursday offered congratulations for the reforms adopted by the House but said it should be followed up with Steps that reduce the Power of lobbyists and Spe Cial interests 1 Al the Power of organized Money i Washington hurts the Middle class boats spending and the deficit and blocks needed change Clinton said in the let Ter released by the White  emerged from the White House meeting saying they were ready to work with republicans but suggested there were  meeting was not to draw lines in the Sand Saia House minority Leader Richard Gephardt do. We have to work with and Compro Mise with republicans. But we re not going to give up our Basic  noting differences with the White House on How to Cut taxes House majority Leader Dick Armey r Texas said there was a commitment and encouragement that we can work out the differences and come to an agreement to. Republicans said Clinton promised open lines of communication betwee the White House and Congress. Clinton told the lawmakers there s consensus in this country that we should t do anything that would inv crease the deficit Hurt the Middle class Hurt poor people who Are trying to work their Way into the Middle class or do any thing that would undermine Pur economic recovery. So on that basis i think we can look Forward to a Good  in an emotional House a Day earlier Gingrich  his Rise from a nettle some Bac Bencher to House speaker and renewed his party s prom ise that the gop would stage votes on an Agenda that included tax and welfare cuts an anti crime package and a balanced budget amendment. We were hired to do a Job and we have to Start today to prove Well do it he told his colleagues minutes after a rousing greeting from fellow rep Ubu ,cans.,  their grueling opening Day which usually is Brief and ceremonial began at noon and lasted just under 1416 hours. From Page 1 a. -.". /. Of Prikals on the Job. Besides he said to laughter anyone working in Nurnberg won t have a Job much longer anyway. V j he also encouraged them to speak tothe Media although he wanted himself exempted from that. At the beginning of his talk Maclella said that any press in attendance should leave him unidentified. The stars and stripes has attached his name to his remarks because the meeting was Public and held in a Public place and because Maclellan is prominent in the Community. Of the meeting was called by Jose Rodriguez a Retiree and longtime member of the Community who helped Start a letter writing Campaign to protest the closing the letters which were sent to politician Sand major Media outlets emphasize the amount of Money spent in recent years to upgrade the " Community including schools the Exchange and commissary. Calling the Effort a crusade he opened the meeting by saying we Revere tonight to see what we can do to Stop the madness to Stop the waste and abuse of taxpayer Money a committee was formed including Maclellan to discuss How to Best get the message out. Some suggested they should highlight the International Airport i Nurnberg the Access to several Auto a Bahns that Cross near the City and the proximity to training areas none of which is True or Wiir Burg. In his remarks Maclellan said 27,000 droops  t. From the Niernberg Airport when deployed to operation desert storm. The Effort is up against another former commander Inobe Community Gen John my. Shalikashvil the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff commanded Here As a brigadier general from 1984 to 1986.vshalikashvili supported the closure in a letter that responded to one he had received from Norma Kaes president of the Nurnberg overseas education association Shalikashvil said the closure was in the Best interest of the military in the letter read by Rodriguez the general said that when the decision was made to reduce the final number of sol Diers in Europe from 92,000 to 65,000, Nurnberg was chosen for draw Down. The most Cost effective course of action was to close the Nurnberg military Community he  supported efforts to continue to write letters. He initially said that letters to Congress rarely have an Impact if we had a congressman from Niernberg he d be fighting like crazy he said. However he added these Are no Normal times in Congress. We have a lot of hew congressmen who Are Bloodthirsty. I heartily recommend that you write to these new  he predicted that Wieri congressmen visit Europe the army will take them Towi Irmburg to plead for Money for facility improvements. They will not be show Nurnberg he said. The retired Community commander also urged the crowd to Send letters to the consulate in Munich and the embassy in Vienna Austria both of which have staffs that shop at the Exchange and commissary in Furth and stay at the bavarian american hotel in downtown Nurnberg which is also due to close. I Don t think it s too late to Stop it Maclellan said. But i be got to Tell you i Don t think the chances Are  report from Page 1 .-"., Berger As vell As companies in Italy andsweden.-. ,. ,. " a no German company has acknowledged Selling chemical or biological technology or materials to Iraq. 7= Hans Peter Schreiner  for Thyssen Handel Union , in Dussel Dorf Germany confirmed to the German newspaper die tags Zeitung or Taz the existence of the is billion lawsuit. The plaintiffs simply put together a Liston International firms that did business with Iraq at some time or other Schreine   Schreiner said the suit is general in sep and contains no detailed complaint against individual  said that Thyssen never sold any chemicals to Iraq but that it did build an Oil refinery in Basra if the Houston court accents the vets suit against them Thyssen will make Avail Able All its files on their business in Iraq he Legussa Headquarters in Frankfurt also disputes having delivered chemicals to Iraq a spokesman said. Legussa Deutsche Gold und Silbur  stall is translated As German Gold and Silver analysis  Institute of Medicine s report found no evidence that chemical or biological agents were used in the persian Gulf War the pane was briefed on com Bat operations in the War and had Access to classified information on chemical War fare in general and Iraq s chemical capabilities in particular. The report said the panel could Fin absolutely no reliable intelligence and no medical or biological justification for claims that . Troops had been exposed to chemical agents. That conclusion is completely ill founded Spagnoletti said. He pointed Toa recent report done by the Senate Bank ing committee  Behest of then sen Donald Riegle d-mich., which said re ports of Gas exposure were probably Credi ble. There was evidence of chemical weapons in the theater Spagnoletti  Gas was found in Kuwait City in Large Yats. We bombed iraqi chemical and biological facilities which caused fallout. There Are symptoms of Gulf War syn drome in the kuwaiti and iraqi populations. A  i m not saying chemical and biological agents caused every problem of every vet who returned from that War but in my opinion a Large number of vets were exposed to those kinds of agents there. To say there s no evidence is ridiculous contributing to this reported reals Froni do Rel. Germany. Army doubles Reward in thefts of vehicles Heidelberg Germany is the latest in a series of thefts of govern ment vehicles has prompted army officials to double a Reward for information leading to a conviction. The 5th my Del . Army criminal investigation div this week upped its $7,500 Reward to $15,000 in connection with the disappearance of 37 government vehicles. The Reward is offered for information leading to the identification apprehension and conviction of the responsible parties. Since september 1991, 21 commercial Utility cargo vehicles 15-highly Mobile multipurpose wheeled vehicles hum vees and one nine passenger commercial Van have been stolen within Germany most in the  area. The latest theft occurred in december increasing the total army loss to $2 Mil lion a Usa eur spokesman said thursday. Officials Are investigating but have no idea where the army vehicles Are ending up. The command spokesman said anyone with information about the thefts Shoul Contact the local Cid office or Call the Cid hot line at Dan 380-6669 or civil Ian 0621-730-6669