European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 20, 1973, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 d the stars and stripes tuesday november 20, 1973 Force cuts soviets want considerable reductions of troop Levels in Central Europe by John Lawton Vienna up the soviet Union is seeking considerable reductions of forces in Central Europe Oleg n. Kyles Tov chief soviet negotiator at the Vienna Force Cut conference said monday. Khlystov said in an interview the exact figures Are subject to  he said he would not deny reports that the Warsaw pact allies had proposed a specific timetable for East West Force reductions in Central Europe. He declined to give details of the communist proposal. Imposes Speed limits Force Cut conference sources said the proposed timetable Calls for an initial 20, 000-Man cutback of North Atlantic treaty organization nato and Warsaw pact forces in Central Europe in 1975, followed by a Mutual 5 per cent reduction in 1976 and a further 10 per cent reduction in 1977. National forces should be included in the first stage Khlystov said. The United states has proposed that reductions begin with soviet and american troops stationed in Central Europe. Khlystov said the present balance of forces in Central Europe must be maintained in any cutbacks. Each Side has developed its forces in Europe to a level sufficient for its own Security Khlystov said. It is necessary to have these different Levels of forces in order to ensure political stability in Europe he said. According to the Institute of strategic studies in London nato ground forces in Central Europe total 777,000 men com pared to 871,000 from the Warsaw pact. Khlystov said it is wrong to dwell on differences of opinion Between the two sides. Our negotiations started in a business like form and we believe this is a Good Start Khlystov said. He said the Warsaw pact allies Are aim ing for Quick and successful  the negotiations which began oct. 30, involve seven nato nations the United states Britain Canada the Netherlands West Germany Belgium and Luxembourg and four Warsaw pact countries the soviet Union Poland East Germany and Czechoslovakia. In addition Italy Greece Turkey nor Way Denmark Romania Bulgaria and Hungary Are taking part As observers. Bonn bans sunday driving to conserve Oil continued from Page 1 German action becomes final. The Only . Servicemen so far exposed to the sunday ban Are those stationed in the Netherlands and Belgium. There american forces members Al ready have experienced life As lived on a no driving sunday. At the Netherlands Camp new Amster dam Oesterberg air base near utrecht airmen who must drive to work on Sun Days have had to obtain special permits from the office of the 32nd tactical fighter so s Deputy support commander. Chapel services and sunday school classes have been rescheduled for saturdays. Operations such As the local Woodland and the stars and stripes Bookstore have been closed sundays. At shape Belgium the Story was the same sunday for the International military Community there. Most Chapel services were held instead on saturday the shape service station was closed and Only person Nel who had to work on sunday were granted permission to operate cars. Many families took to bicycles sunday a shape spokesman said. In fact a few golfers not to be deterred from driving Golf balls were observed Riding bicycles pulling Golf carts behind As they made their Way to the links for a sunday round. One military Agency in Germany acted promptly in the face of a threat of a Sun Day driving ban. The armed forces recreation Center moved the reporting Date for All its learn to ski weeks Forward from sunday to saturday effective nov. 24. Ski weeks will now begin on saturdays and end on thursday rather than winding up on fridays danish motorists also were banned monday from sunday pleasure driving. Details Are on Page 4. Britain urged motorists to reduce week end driving voluntarily and slow Down to less than 50 Miles per hour. London said it will order Oil companies tuesday to Cut by 10 per cent deliveries of All principal Oil products. The scandinavian airlines system Sas suspended its daily Stockholm new York flight from wednesday until dec. 12. And the Netherlands totally Cut off from Arab Oil urged common Market partners to share their Oil with the dutch or face a cutback in dutch natural Gas deliveries. Common Market foreign ministers will meet tuesday in Copenhagen to discuss  arabs banned All Oil exports to the Netherlands because of its alleged pro israeli policy and the five refineries of Rotterdam with a total annual capacity of 85 million tons have announced production cutbacks ranging from 15 to 40 per cent. Friderichs appealed to West germans for voluntary restraint in gasoline and heating Oil use. The decrees were prepared under Emer gency Laws enacted earlier this month by the parliament giving Chancellor Willy Brandt s Cabinet Blanket Powers to save fuel. Friderichs said fines for violating the sunday driving ban would Range from 500 to 50,000 German Marks $193 to $19,300. He said the new Speed limits would apply every Day and would begin next monday. The economics minister said the sunday ban would apply also to private boats and air planes. He said persons with sunday jobs would be exempted from the driving ban. The ban should save 7 per cent of the weekly German consumption of gasoline he said. A decision will be made later whether to continue the sunday driving ban in Janu Ary. Friderichs said diplomatic talks were under Way with Arab states to see if the total cutoff in Oil shipments to the nether lands could be modified to permit trans shipments through the Netherlands to Ger Many. He said West Germany gets 22 per cent of its crude Oil and 50 per cent of its refined Oil through Rotte Dairi. West Germany is Western Europe s biggest Oil user and its Industry is  dependent on Arab Oil. West Germany gets about 70 per cent of its Oil imports from the Arab states. The government expects a shortage of up to 18 per cent by dec. 1 As a result of the Arab Oil production cutback. Friderichs said he did not know what the effect would be of sunday s announcement by Arab countries that a planned further 5 per cent reduction in Oil supplies would not be applied in december to most common Market countries including Germany. The Bonn government says it has about 66 Days of Oil reserves. Friderichs said the new Speed limits would Cut gasoline consumption by 6 per cent. This plus the sunday driving ban should save some 13 per cent of Normal Oil use he said. He urged. Germans to lower Home and office heating by two degrees centigrade 3.5 fahrenheit. He said this would save 10 per cent on heating Oil use. The economics minister said the Cabinet is preparing a Law to License exports of refined Oil from Germany. Repeated violations of the sunday driving ban could result in jail terms and fines of up to 250,000 Marks 197,000. Bonn officials said the sunday driving ban applies ii so to driving within West Berlin. But they added that West berliners will be permitted to drive on sundays for trips into or out of East Berlin and they said West germans will be allowed to drive on sundays to East Germany and to East Ber Lin if they do not go through West Berlin -. . Also May ban sunday driving Many commissaries will close wednesday Worms Germany army Many Usa eur commissaries will be closed wednesday due to a Ger Man Holiday Bascom food management officials remind patrons. Most commissaries will however be open on thursday thanksgiving Day. Thanksgiving Day commissary operating hours should be checked locally. Continued from Page 1 Winter will run about 17 to 18 per cent Short based on a Normal Winter and continued cutbacks by Arab Oil producing states. He said the shortage will amount to about three  of fuel a Day less than Are needed. Current mandatory and voluntary restrictions on fuel use and increased . Oil production will produce Only about 2.35 million barrels a Day he said. Dibona said the 25 per cent shortage predicted recently by the american Petroleum Institute is based on a More severe Winter and less voluntary cooperation than the administration thinks is realistic. But he said estimates of a shortage of up to 50 per cent during the first Quarter of next year particularly along the Atlantic Seaboard and in the Northeast could be come realistic if Large cuts in the use of fuels Are not carried out immediately. Dibona said the United states is taking these Steps to increase Domestic production or to save Petroleum reopening the naval Petroleum re serve at Elk Hills calif., with an Esti mated yield of 160,000 barrels a Day. Increasing pumping in certain Ameri can Oil Fields with an estimated increased yield of up to 250,000 barrels a Day. The identification of 46 electric generating plants across the country that could be converted from Oil to Coal at a savings of up to 430,000 barrels a Day. Dibona said the administration Hopes that 640,000 barrels per Day can be saved by reducing average Home temperatures by six degrees and by reducing the output of commercial heating plants by 10 per cent. He said another 600,000 Gallons per Day should be saved by the voluntary 50-mile per hour Speed limit a limit that he said May be made mandatory. The figures i be Given you Are i think a bit optimistic he said. If we achieve that level we will be very very  Sens. Hubert Humphrey d-minn., and William Proxmire d-wis., said they have serious questions that the voluntary pro Grams will achieve their goals. You can sit Here and say we re going to have All sorts of problems and i la agree Dibona said. But i can also say we re going to spread this thing As equitably As possible. The alternative is waiting until Spring when we would run off the  the Stock Market recorded one of its broadest and severest losses in recent years monday As the Energy crisis heightened fears of a . Recession in 1974. The Dow Jones Index of 30 industrials closed Down 28.67 Points at 862.66. Declines swamped advances by about seven to one on the new York Stock Exchange. Cambodian Pilot bombs Lon nol compound phenom penh a a cambodian air Force fighter bombed president Lon nol s Palace compound monday afternoon with four 250-Pound bombs witnesses re ported. They said Lon nol was unhurt but three other cambodians were reported killed and 10 wounded. Antiaircraft gunners around the Palace said the plane a propeller driven t28, approached the compound from the East and dropped two bombs at 4 30p.m. The Pilot it. Pech Lim Kuong was on a Mission to bomb on phenom penh s South Ern perimeter around the Highway 2 re Gion military sources said. The lieutenant was reported to have told the air base control Tower that he had some engine trouble and he could not continue his Mission and that he was returning to base. The control Tower radioed it was Okay for him to return. He diverted on his Way and headed to Ward Lon nol s Palace instead of Landing As two other planes on the Mission had done military sources at cambodian Headquarters said. The first bombs hit in a simultaneous explosion on a Large conference Hall inside the presidential compound. The next ones hit a minute later. The last attempt on Lon nol s life occurred last March 17 when a renegade cambodian air Force officer dropped two 500-Pound bombs in the Vicinity of the presidential Palace and struck a Barracks com Pound nearby. At least 36 persons were killed and dozens injured in the attack but Lon nol was not in the Palace at the time