European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1973, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday november 23, 1973 interdependent Paris up european nations mus make every Effort to achieve political Union but must do this in Alliance with the United states West German defense min ister Georg Leber said  the German viewpoint the West european states must draw the conclusion that every Effort should be made to bring about european Union in the interests of Security and for our common Alliance Leber  Europe can realize its own objectives its Independence from any for eign will the free evolution of the forces of its society and its political Union Only in an Alliance with the United states. European political Union feasible Only in Alliance with ., Leber says in spite of All current problems we must hold to the conviction that Western Europe cannot achieve its Union against but Only in an Alliance with the unite states of  Leber was addressing the Assembly of the Western european Union. Leber said the United states an Western Europe Are  he said  Forces in Western Europe Are essential to the americans As Well a europeans. Nowhere else in the world do the soviet presence and Power political interests con front the United states As directly As in Central Europe along the borderline that passes through  presence of substantial american forces in Western Europe serves As counterweight to the potential of the soviet world Power As Protection for shaping the future of Europe and no less As a Safe guard for a stable Security Structure in the interest of american  Leber said the Atlantic Alliance is repeatedly called into question. These doubts should be eliminated he said. Outlining his recipe for a successful operation of the Alliance Leber said ineffective political partnership can be developed and maintained Only if we under take a Well balanced assessment of the in inc Wun m Unuer Ai aies Centra Surop Aion in Oora Enin Inai Tak l t i West proposes ground forces of 1.4 million in Central Europe Vienna up the Western allies West conference the sources said. Central Europe must be maintain thursday proposed that nato and War saw pact ground forces in Central Europe be reduced to 700,000 men each arms Cut conference sources  Allied proposal was made by Stanley r. Resor head of the  Delegation at a meeting thursday of the 19-nation East Bonn probes reports of germ threat from press dispatches Bonn West German officials con firmed thursday that reports that Ara guerrilla partisans Are blackmailing the government with threats of germ warfare Are being investigated. Nearly All of West Germany s National circulation newspapers carried versions of a report that unidentified blackmailers had demanded $8.2 million and if the government refused to pay it threatened to mail bacteria Laden. Letters to official Sand dump potent germs into various City water systems. One newspaper which carried a particularly sensational version of this Story carried a four deck front Page headline Reading mad scientist threatens Willy Brandt with death  the Story however was similar to most of the other published versions that the blackmail threats had been mailed to Brandt s government and at least one of them said the Money would be atonement payment for the deaths of five Black sep tember guerrillas shot to death by police during the september 1972 Munich olym Pic gun Battles. Spokesmen for the government and police turned aside All questions on these re ports with no  Aspin assails spending for military bands Washington up rep. Les Aspin d-wis., a leading critic of Pentagon spending policies suggests that the armed services do not need 143 bands costing total of $48.4 million a year. He did not Call for an end to All military music but said "143 bands around the world is a Little much. This does contribute one Iota to National  Aspin called the army Navy air Force and Marine musical units extravagant and said the Money would be better spent to defend the country rather than polishing the Pentagon s  Aspin said 6,000 servicemen Are assigned to the  Pentagon had no immediate com ment. Wes according to the Independent Institute of strategic studies nato ground forces in Central Europe total 777,000 men and War saw pact ground forces 871,000. Soviet Delegate Oleg n. Khlystov said Inan interview monday that the present Mili tary superiority of the Warsaw pact in Centra maintained in an cutbacks. Conference sources said last week that the Warsaw pact allies had proposed a 20,-000-Man cutback by each Side in 1975, Fol Lowed by a Mutual 5 per cent reduction in 1976 and a further 10 per cent reduction in1977. That hemmed in feeling a commuter vents emotions As he i pushed around by riders crowding into a car at a Tokyo Railroad station. A slow Down by Railroad workers cancel Many runs and delayed others producing scenes like this one. A photo Teress of both sides. This does not mean that the european shave carte Blanche to afford themselves any conveniences at the expense of the United states. But conversely our american Friend must not commit the fault of burdening the West european allies with tasks that prop Erly belong to their role As a world Power and leading Power of the  on the question of reducing troop level sin Europe Leber said the forces bal Ance can remain Only if the United states maintains troops in Central Europe an continues to hold its nuclear umbrella Over the  Arabia plans Long Range Oil limitations Copenhagen a saudi arabian Oil minister Ahmed Zaki Yamani was quoted thursday As saying that in the future his country plans to produce no More Oil than is needed to Advance saudi Arabia s Economy and , Here with his wife and son to see danish doctors also told Copenhagen s business daily Boersen that King Faisal despite disappointments has no plans to change his policies towards the United states and expects to buy arms in the United states not in the soviet Union. The saudi arabian minister who has shunned All other contacts with news Media since arriving Here tuesday night invited a reporter of the Boersen for an interview the newspaper said. The interview took place before .secretary of state Henry a. Kissinger warned wednesday that his government would have to consider counter measures if the Oil embargo continues indefinitely and unreasonably Western Economy Yamani rejected a suggestion that the Arab countries Are deliberately trying to upset the Economy of the Western world. We definitely Are not interested in de. Stroking the Western Economy since that is where we get our essential income Yamani said. He said saudi Arabia has set very ambitious goals for the country s Industrial development arid now Plant to Channel Oil revenues into Industry that will replace our dependency on Oil and also will enable us to exploit the Oil ourselves to a much higher  in the future we will produce no More Oil than we can produce on a purely eco nomic basis he said. So far we have been making sacrifice sin this Oil game. That has to come to an. End now Yamani said. Help us or suffer kuwaiti tells Europe Paris up the Oil minister of Kuwait Abdel Rahman Salem Tiki said in an interview published thursday that Europe will suffer terribly if it does not Hel the arabs in their dispute with Israel he said the arabs May strangle the Western Economy. In an interview with the Paris financial newspaper be Nouveau journal Tiki said Europe will suffer terribly i As sure you if you do not help  he said the responsibility of Europe Tennessee editor elected Orlando Fla. A Richard  of the Oak Ridge term., Oak ridger has been elected president of the associated press managing editors association. He succeeds John c. Quinn Vic president for news of Gannett news papers. In the creation of the state of Israel is great. The French in particular have never ceased furnishing Israel with weapons. The israeli warplanes which sow Ter ror among our people Are French mirages couple refuses Reward for finding Liz s rare dog Del mar Calif. A a couple re fused a $500 Reward after they found and turned in Daisy Mae actress Elizabeth Taylor s rare Shih Tzu dog authorities said. The Little Black and White dog which disappeared sunday while miss Taylor was visiting the Beach at nearby la Jolla was picked up by a representative of the actress after the unidentified couple turned the animal in at a fire station a spokesman said. When the interviewer pointed out that France also had sold mirages to Libya Tiki said you delivered Vliem with a ban on their being used against Israel " when Tiki talked about making Europe suffer the interviewer asked How far do you want to go to the Point of paralysing the Economy of the Western world Tiki replied yes if it s  5 rare zoo snakes stolen Munich Germany a five rare snakes and two lizards were stolen from Munich s Hella Brunn zoo by what spokesman said must have been an expert. The Glass panes at the zoo s terrarium were smashed and the most valuable rep tiles an amethyst Python a King Python and three australian Rue snakes were stolen. The thief also took a pair of Emer Ald lizards police said