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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 22, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday August 22, 1978 Warsaw pact cutting nato nuclear weaponry Edge by Fred  a military write Washington a the russian led Warsaw pact which already outnumbers and outruns . And Allied conventional forces in Central Europe is narrowing nato s advantage in tactical nuclear  is the consensus expressed in recent . Intelligence reports on soviet development and deployment of tactical nuclear weapons in Western Russia. East Germany Czechoslovakia and Poland. Such weapons include a variety of less than intercontinental Range missiles bombs and missiles carried by fighter bombers. They could seriously affect and possibly decide a Battle for Europe if War escalated beyond conventional High explosive arms. Tactical weapon tactical nuclear weapons Are not Cov ered in the .-soviet negotiations to limit strategic nuclear missiles and bombers which the superpowers could hurl again teach other s Home territory. According to . Intelligence reports the russians appear ready to deploy More and newer Short Range ballistic  also Are said to be deploying new fighter bombers with improved air to ground nuclear  intelligence has credited nato foursome time with a 2-to-l numerical Edge in tactical nuclear warheads in  the new soviet theater weapons Are de Robed As having better Range and accuracy than the older missiles they Are replacing. Some Are said to be designed Towry either nuclear chemical High sex live or Cluster munitions giving soviet options in their possible use. Wallet c continued from Page 1 with the sciatic nerve at the base of the Pine. It generally manifests itself with in the thighs because that nerve trans i messages to the brain from that area i the sufferer registers the pain As if it Ina Ted in the legs in addition to Thek pain. The Wallet carried by the Salesman was Inch and a half thick filled with credit ads. Lutz told him to Stop carrying it into hip pocket. The other patient a 35-year-old Man and a sedentary occupation and comto$4 of having had pain in the right Rearic Olgh and lower Back for eight years. He a suffered from numbness in the right wot. Transfer of his Inch thick Wallet also filled with credit cards from his hip pocket to his jacket pocket relieved him of his pains. Lutz says that he has encountered other such cases in previous years leading him to suggest that pain caused by thick Wal lets in the Back pocket is More common than  suggests that physicians be Alert to this cause in order to eliminate unnecessary a Ray and other diagnostic studies a simple Wallete Tomy May be that s necessary to eliminate complaints Lutz advises. Al the Vatican employees Given Bonus for serving Pope Paul Vatican City a some 3,000 employees of the Vatican will receive a month s Bonus in recognition for their service to Pope Paul i Vatican sources , if the tradition holds True they All will receive a similar Bonus when the new Pope is elected. The two bonuses Are expected to amount to j2.4 million. Nato retains an Overall advantage inthe number and Quality of tactical nuclear  said one analysis but the Warsaw pact has been narrowing the Gap in recent Yean and is now beginning Tosee the fruition of extensive development programs a report  most publicly discussed of the new soviet weapons is the Mobile ss-20. Which has a Range of about 3.000 Miles and which us intelligence estimates outhit West Ern Europe from inside Russia. The United states has no comparable intermediate Range land based weapon and a senior defense official suggested last wee that we ought to open up an option for a longer Range ballistic missile in Europe to counter the ss-20. The . Ground launched missile i Europe with the longest reach is the 450 mile  senior defense official who asked not to be identified said one other possibility is a new ground launched . Cruise missile a new Short Range soviet missile designated the ss-21 is of particular concern. With a Range of some 30 Miles this system with its multiple launchers is rated a potential threat to nato s air defense radar stations and missile batteries. The ss-21 is said to be capable of Good Cross country movement on a vehicle from which it would be  have been reports in the past of soviet tests of new conventional warhead that could blast a circular pattern of More than 40 craters. Such tactical warheads could devastate airfields storage depots and troop and tank Assembly areas behind the nato front experts say. Another new soviet weapon said to be nearly flight tests is the Ky-13, with a Ranee of More than 300 Miles. It is believed in tended to replace the obsolescent scud missiles in service for Many years. Having a on All in band a  T1 Man nines 72 Boon i undetermined  spokesman teams said they 1about $ unit a year the. _. Orange an about son i Talina Hundred this year s 8 30 . 1 year old Bob played Tor 3 i rested for two Ifor More. Another  team Jack i reason hut or the _ used Costajr area tavern. Vietnam finds remains of 11 continued from Page 1 battling with China. We cannot make policy or negotiate but we come with open minds and we will take Back what we learn to the president and the Congress Montgomery told Hlen at the  said the communist government s Premier Pham Van Dong considered the trip very important and would meet with the congressmen in  delegation flew from Manila and landed at Hanoi s Noi Bai Airport which i guarded by camouflaged anti aircraft  delegation will also visit to Chi Minn City formerly Saigon and Vientiane the laotian capital. The congressmen Are the first official . Group to visit the former South vietnamese capital since it Mains or fell to communist forces in april 1975. Been a major i Montgomery who favors Trade and relations Between Jother ties with the former wartime oppo Montgomery a nent said he selected his seven compan vietnamese had Lions because they have been opposed to 18 months to Sei normalization of relations and their con Mains of american inversion might carry weight in Congress. Trans had done Hiwet 1 the seven Are reps. George e. Daniel the group is Atson a calf. Antonio Borla won Pat d .-Vletnamese to Guam John p. Murtha a a. Sam b. . Technicalp-1hall, a Tex. Ike n. Skelton do. James Broyhill .c., and w. Henson .-.,. Moore re. Of a Inri r�2 about 2,500 americans Are still listed As  in Indochina or dead without re. Covery of their remains a Large percent air Laviage in Vietnam. The vietnamese refusal or k a inability to turn Over More american re Dod to buy drug test units 37 to continued from Page 1 milled. And with the current edition of the portable urinalysis devices tests must be conducted under the control of medical , the official continued the equipment now being developed is not a Complex and the manufacturer forecasts that non medical personnel can be easily trained to operate the devices. Jle ?�m,estul8 of Kolce person Nel is prohibited by Congress a commander can require testing an individual when uie influence of non prescription drugs Are indicated she said. Are should the Field testing of the devices Lead to a broader procurement of the equipment it could result in a decrease in the current problems associated with transporting All samples to a centralized analysis lab. The portability of these devices per nuts them to be moved to a requesting unit tsp forts should fell  further procurement of the devices is desirable a determination will be made a that time on the number to procure and the size units to receive  number of reported drug abuse cases within Neucom from 1973 to 197? we currently have no assured Means of determining the exact extent of the drug use problem within Neucom. The differences in reporting requirements have in the past inhibited collecting sufficiently specific information to permit uniform measurements she said. Because of this difficulty she added Neucom component commands at a drug abuse seminar last april agreed on a uni form reporting system and a uniform set of definitions for hard and soft drugs. At minimum we will have established Standard Baseline that will permit future comparisons to be made she said. By. Prosecutor named to reopen probe of fire Frankfort by. 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