European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes related photos arid stories on president reagans Fri can be found on pages the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces 17 May 1985 is d 8693 a in Europe 1985 economic issues Divide Summit by Mary Hladky and de Reavis staff writers Bonn president Reagan and the leaders of six other nations met face to face Friday in the palais Schaumburg to try to thrash out disagreements on eco nomic and issued their first joint declaration concerning the 40th anniversary of the end of world War the nations secretaries of state and finance sometimes meeting in separate groups and sometimes have set a saturday afternoon deadline to Complete the 11th annual Summit of major industrialized nations and Issue a joint eco nomic the political which pays tribute to those who lost their lives in the War and stresses the lessons Learned from the was informally approved by leaders during a thursday night they quickly ratified the document before economic discussions began the declaration states that the assembled nations remember in grief All those who lost their lives at that whether by acts of War or As victims of repression and we acknowledge the duty we owe to their and to All those who follow after to uphold Freedom and Justice in our countries and in the the statement emphasizes the reconciliation and cooperation achieved since the a theme both Reagan and Ger Man Chancellor Helmut Kohl wanted to stress during reagans but the concept has been overshadowed by the controversy Over reagans plan to visit a cemetery in Pitburg where 49 members of the nazi Waffen is Are Reagan has Cut to 10 minutes his visit sunday to the German military cemetery at his schedule showed the White House belatedly issued Rea Gans sunday which also includes a 40minute Wreath laying ceremony and speech at the Bergen Belsen concentration Camp the leaders say they Welcome High level talks Between East and sup port arms reduction and Back the opening of arms negotiations in Germany foreign Hans Dietrich said the relative ease in passing the common Resolution indicated the will of the seven nations at the Summit to cooperate with each at an earlier Genscher the foreign ministers discussed the far East and How they can work More a Fec see Summit on Page 2 Bif Burg kids bag Ergo meet president by Jean Albright Pitburg Bureau chief Pitburg Germany a second Grade class at Pitburg american Elemen tary school has an invitation to meet the president of the United states and to sit with German and american vips during the presidents remarks Here several members of the class have lived outside the United states for most of their although they consider the president their they have no plans to feel awed or shy and have a lot of questions about what a president and a first lady several want to shake president Rea Gans hand and get to know ill ask him if he can have supper at my said Jason the son of Kevin and Kathi who was born in says he is More used to the formality surrounding Kings and we have asked other people to come to our class who can Tell us about their said Jeff the son of David and Ann i just want to learn More about the reagans Kimberly Page also wants to know about the id ask How Many hours he works a said the daughter of Dale and Paula i wanted to talk to Reagan be cause she does so much with drugs and said Christine the daughter of staff Mike and Patricia since it is be kind to animals id say that she should do some thing to save the striped and the added Dave Malo the son of Mike and Donna Pitburg teacher Frank Ogara talks with Johnna Frankie about president reagans background see kids on Page 28 some of his second Grade pupils from Christine Schmid and John Kaufman and plans for his visit preparing for the president photo by Jean Albright panel approves Cut in go retirement fund Washington a a House armed services meeting in closed approved a billion Cut in next years Pentagon retirement fund to Force changes in the military pension the Washington Post reported in Friday de quoting congressional the news paper said the military personnel subcommittee also directed defense Secretary Cas Par Weinberger to develop a new pension plan for future military personnel that con forms to the lower fund the Pentagon is requesting billion for its pension under its individuals May retire at so percent of base pay for life after 20 years of the Post said the subcommittee voted to retain current pension rates for million men and women now on Active duty and million people who Are the panel also asked the defense department to find ways to promote longer military the newspaper the moves were proposed by Les chairman of the armed services in other according to the the subcommittee voted to Cut in half the pentagons request for More personnel and followed the Lead of the Senate armed services committee in voting to delay until 1 a proposed 3 percent pay hike the administration wants to implement in another on research and voted to Cut billion from the administrations billion request for development of the Star wars defense the newspaper again quoting the Post said the research and development panel okd cutting a total of billion from the pentagons billion request for fiscal the Senate armed services committee Cut the request by billion last Senate leaders battled Fri see fun on Page 28