European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 24, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                2 the stars and stripes March Gorbachev urges bilateral missile halt Moscow up soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev Friday called on the United states to halt the deployment of Pershing and cruise missiles in Europe and said the soviet Union would respond by ending its counter Mea Tass in a meeting with finnish prime minister Kaleva Gorbachev said such a move by previously suggested by the would be helpful to the Geneva disarmament Sorsa was in Moscow in his capacity As chairman of the socialist International disarmament consultative com Gorbachev told we Are convinced that the Termi nation of new american missile deployments in Europe with a simultaneous end to the buildup of soviet countermeasures would be most helpful in solving the entire Complex of questions under discussion in the new soviet Leader said the foreign policy of the soviet which Calls for a freeze on nuclear missile remains we Are resolutely against the talks becoming a kind of cover for the continued escalation of the arms he told this is Why the soviet Union proposes a freeze on both sides nuclear an end to the fur ther deployment of the at a news conference after the hour Long Sorsa told reporters chances appeared Good for a Summit meet ing next he said Gorbachev will respond directly to president who sent a letter to Gorbachev after the death of president Konstantin Chernenko suggesting a meeting in the United he is going to answer reagans letter in a Goodman need Sorsa he who writes the letter gets the Reagan told a news conference in Washington thurs Day chances were Good for an Early i think its High time we did Sorsa indicated that soviet foreign minister Andrei Gromyko would discuss a possible Summit meeting with Secretary of state George Shultz in Midway when both Are expected to travel to Vienna to attend ceremonies marking the 30th anniversary of the Austria state the most Likely venue for the superpower Summit would be in new York next september at the opening of the general he administration officials in Washington have also said that the opening session would be the most convenient time and place for both news updates trial of 13 delayed Kansas a the trial of 13 men charged with conspiring to skim Las vegas Casino which had been set to Start next has been delayed until a judge the some of them identified As organize crime were indicted in october 1983 on charges of conspiring to take control of Argent and skim million in Gam bling receipts from the company Las vegas District judge Joseph Ste Vens said that reasons for the delay included pending appeals in a similar Laos frees american Thailand not the government of Laos on thursday freed an american who accidentally crossed into laotian territory while swimming in the Mekong River last according to thai officials and an associate of the freed the freed Jon Robert Phil of was on vacation in Thailand when he swam out into the River last Friday to Sun Bathe on an Island that he was not aware belongs to according to thai and american who teaches at an indo chinese refugee Center in was reportedly escorted by laotian and american officials to a ferry that brought him to Plo oks peace plan Tunisia a the Central committee of the main group within the Palestine liberation has approved the jordanian palestinian agreement for a joint Mideast peace a pales Tinian source said the agreement reached Between Jordans King Hussein and Plo chairman Yasser Arafat on 11 for a common framework for peace talks was aimed at satisfying american demands for the Plo to recognize 2 Sembach airmen die in autobahn crash Sembach Germany two airmen from the 601st civil Engi Neering so were killed in an Accident on an autobahn near Kaiserslautern Early thurs according to a Sembach a spokes senior airmen Hector and Larry were killed when their Auto struck the rear of a truck at about near the Einsiedler Hof exit of autobahn the spokesman Ramos was from puerto and Bearfield was from Little both men were helicopter shipment angers South Korea a a state department official said Friday that the diversion of at least 85 Heli copters by a West German exporter to North Korea was Michael undersecretary of state for political said every Effort is being made to assure such diversion does not happen he said he and All members of the government share the sense of indignation Felt in South Korea Over the the Issue has been a major one in South Korea in recent weeks after it was disclosed that North Korea had acquired the helicopters through West German exporter Kurt managing director of Dellavia Flugg Erate who allegedly diverted them illegally from the United the helicopters Are of the same Type used for military purposes in South and fears have been expressed that North Korea could carry out slight modifications and put club Hopes of skewer Kebab record Story and photo by Dick Hodgson Kaiserslautern Bureau chief Kaiserslautern Twenty employees of the 49er no club spent More than seven hours Friday building a shish Kebab they Hope will set a world and an appreciative audience needed less than five minutes to devour the potentially record sized which measured 91 6 weighed slightly More than 250 Topping the september 1984 Effort of a Grill in that Kebab measured a Mere 82 4 according to the world record officials at ingredients for the Kaiserslautern Effort included 50 pounds of rib Eye 30 pounds of 40 pounds of calf 30 pounds of 35 pounds of Green and red 15 pounds of pineapple 22 pounds of 20 pounds of Cherry tomatoes and five pounds of fresh according to club manager James Mack conceded that the Kebab might not have included quite the full five pounds of garlic called for in the master it was starting to drive us out of the so we didst use it he but we flatbed the whole thing with a bottle of rum and a bottle of Asbach German Brandy to make up for the missing nobody will notice that were a few cloves them into military Armacost made his statements in a meet ing with Domestic Media representatives shortly before leaving Seoul for he arrived in Seoul wednesday night after a visit that took him to Pakistan and in the state department offi Cial met with president Chun foreign minister Lee Wonkyung and other korean this kind of diversion is Union scion Armacost told we have initiated an investigation into it through the Commerce we already have taken punitive action against individuals known to have been involved in the we Are thinking of instituting grand jury we obviously Are looking into the consequences from a military standpoint and will look at ways to limit the he said it would be quite wrong to suggest that Washington is reacting with indifference to the we take it very he we will make every Effort to assure it Doest happen in a Telephone interview last Theodore department of com Merce Deputy assistant Secretary for Export said the transactions involved Hughes Model 300 and 500 helicopters in probably the largest illegal diversion of of that we know we said the evidence indicates that be hens ordered at least 85 helicopters from Hughes for delivery in 1983 and and at least 80 were we was quoted As saying that instead of going to Behrens in West the helicopters were shipped to North policy provides for an embargo against shipping goods to North with the exception of noncommercial quantities of humanitarian James Mack makes a final adjustment to the kebabs alignment