European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 09, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes monday september 9,1985 soviets agree to discussions with . Concerning far East news update Washington not the soviet Union has agreed for the first time to hold High level talks with the United states on their differences Over Indochina Korea and other areas of Poten tial trouble in the far East state department officials said sat urday. They said that Paul d. Wolfowitz assistant Secretary of state for East asian and Pacific affairs would Lead a three member delegation to Moscow for discussions thursday and Friday with Mikhail s. Kapitsa the Deputy foreign minister in charge of asian affairs and other experts. The Reagan administration has been seeking full scale talks on Asia with the russians since 1981, officials said because of the continued tensions in Indochina due to the vietnamese occupation of Cambodia. The occupation is backed by military economic and political help from Moscow. The asian talks were proposed by Secretary of state George Shutlz during his meeting with the soviet foreign minister Edu Ard a. Shevardnadze in Helsinki last month state department officials said. This is the latest in a series of relatively unpublicized High level discussions by the superpowers on regional problems that have the potential for widening into major conflicts. In the last year the two sides have discussed the Middle East Afghanistan and Southern Africa. Because countries in the various regions Are sensitive about having Moscow and Washington talk about them without talking part themselves neither is inc has chosen to say much publicly according to secret briefing paper about the talks. But the talks arc seen Here As important because they Deal with those parts of the world in which War involving the superpowers is More Likely to erupt than in Europe where both sides already face each other with Large scale nuclear armed forces. Such regional questions will be a major part of the meeting Between president Reagan and Mikhail s. Gorbachev the soviet Leader in Geneva on nov. 19 and 20, and will be discussed when Shultz and Reagan meet with Shevardnadze during his visit to the United nations and Washington later this month officials said. Our main philosophy is that it is helpful to be As Clear As possible about one another s position toward situations which could Lead to wider conflicts and that a Clear understanding of our positions will help to avoid additional crises a senior official said. The official said Wolfowitz will raise with the russians the administration1 concern Over what it regards As a threatening soviet military buildup in the far East. In recent months the soviet Union has begun modernizing the Arsenal of North Korea with advanced Mig-23 aircraft. It has also created the largest overseas soviet naval and air base at Cam Ranh Bay a former american base in South Vietnam. A senior state department official said Wolfowitz will not be negotiating with the russians about solving any local Issue. But he added obviously if a Clear and forceful exposition of our position can move things Forward in a positive direction Well Welcome  More Aid for contras May be sought Washington a the Reagan administration plans to ask Congress for More Aid for Contra rebels fighting the sandinista regime in Nicaragua the Washington Post reported in its sunday editions. The Post said the intention to seek a supple mental appropriation was contained in a secret briefing paper prepared for a meeting of us. Ambassadors in Panama this week. It said More Aid would also be sought for government forces in Al Salvador. The draft paper dated sept. 4, says that .-backed forces in Nicaragua Are a Long Way from Success and that it does not appear the War Between the .-supported Al Salvador government and rebel forces can be won by either Side on the ground the newspaper said. In the paper the administration also sex Prues doubts about peace negotiations in Central America the Post said. State department spokeswoman Anita Stockman said she knows nothing about the paper. The document says the administration will ask Congress to bring Aid to the Region to the Levels recommended by the Kissin Ger commission on Central America according to the Post. The newspaper quoted a congressional source As saying that would amount to about $300 million in additional economic Aid for the Region and $182 million More in military Aid. The paper the Post said also suggests that assistant Secretary of state Elliott Abrams should make the following Points at the session in Panama which was to begin sunday Nicaragua will remain our major problem and the chances for a break through there Are limited. The armed Nicaragua resistance is a potent Force but still a Long Way from  the dialogue Between the government of Al Salvador president Jose Napoleon Duarte and rebel forces has been useful. We now need to consider whether and How to Foster it. It does not appear that the War can be won by either Side on the  while the United states prefers to continue the Contador peace process in the Region collapse would be better than a bad  the Contador process is sponsored by Mexico Colombia Venezuela and Panama but the paper says a new support group composed of Argentina Brazil Peru and Uruguay May breathe new life into the  the session with Abrams and representatives of the National Security Council the Cia and the defense department is scheduled to include . Ambassadors from Nicaragua Honduras Al Salvador Guatemala Costa Rica Panama and Biz. Bandits get $1 million from brinks vault Providence . A two Rob Bers wearing ski masks tied up the Lone guard at the brinks armoured car building saturday and scooped More than is million from a vault police said. At least one of the robbers was armed with a handgun police it. James Higgins said. Toe guard Joseph Lajoie was tied up and pushed into another room while the robbers went through the vault maj. Milton Wilson chief of Providence detectives said. La pie was not injured and managed to free himself and Call police at 6 17 . Higgins said. The two robbers were in the building for about 20 minutes and were believed to have entered through a garage when Lajoie checked on a ringing Doorbell the lieutenant said. Higgins said police and the Fri believe the robbers May have been former brinks employees. The company has had Union problems Higgins said. They be had quite a lot of turnover in the past six months. It May have been someone who knew the opera Tion. You never know what keys Are float ing  Wilson said the vault contained Cash being transferred Between Banks As Well As from retail businesses. He said the robbers also took three .38-Cali Ber pistols from the building but Higgins said the report of stolen guns was not confirmed. Police located a Van that fit the description of the one used by the robbers and were checking the vehicle for fingerprints and other evidence Wilson said. Thomas Donovan a Brink official in Providence refused to comment on the robbery. Alabama coastline declared disaster area Washington up president Rea Gan saturday declared the Alabama coastline a major disaster area from Hurricane Elena which caused an estimated si00.3 million in damage to private property. The declaration allows the use of Federal funds in Relief and recovery efforts including individual and family Grants As Well As Tempo Rary housing assistance for eligible victims. Disaster Loans also will be made available to banners and Small businesses. The Atlanta based insurance information Institute declared Elena the fourth costliest Hurricane Ever for the $543.3 million in Pri vate property losses caused in Florida Ala Bama Mississippi and Louisiana. Frederic is rated number one after destroying s752.s million in private property damage in 1979, said Bill Davis the South Eastern regional manager of the Institute. Davis said the largest loss was in Mississippi where s352.4 million in private property was damaged. Mississippi received a presiden tial disaster declaration wednesday. Alabama ranked second in losses to Elena. Although the Hurricane threatened the Florida Gulf coast longer than any of the other state the state suffered just $46.8 Mil lion in property damage while Louisiana got off lightly with is 3.8 million in losses. More than 175,000 people fled the Ala Bama coastline thursday and Friday when Elena first threatened. When it swerved Back East they packed up and headed Home Only to be on the Road when the storm threatened again. Sex lawmaker freed Lexington by. Up for Mer rep. Frank Thompson a no has been released from the Federal correctional institution after serving slightly More than two years of his three year prison term for his a scam conviction. Fri spokesman Dan Dove said that no one was on hand to Greet Thompson at the prison Gate of the minimum a scarily facility. I cannot release any other information Dove said. Thompson 67, was convicted in december 1980 of accepting a $30.000 bribe from undercover Fri agents. He was convicted of accept ing the Money in two separate Cash payments in Exchange for promising to help an Arab Sheik emigrate to the United states. Settlement accepted Kansas City to. A a woman whose husband was known As the town bully of Skidmore mo., h u accepted a $17,500 settlement in a pair of multimillion Dollar lawsuits tiled after her husband was shot to death on the Street her lawyer said. Trena Mcelroy accepted the settlement because she wanted to pick up the pieces of her life and go ahead. She did not want to relive an of those bad memories said her attorney Richard e. Mcfadin. Ken Rex Mcelroy was shot sever Al times As he sat in his pickup truck on july 10,1981. Although dozens of people were nearby no one was charged in his death. Charges of condoned Vigil Antum were made when no one would testify about what they saw thwarting Sev eral investigations of the murder. New trial sought Denver up two former officials of a meat packing firm that supplied food for school lunches have tiled for a new trial on grounds they were convicted by perjured testimony of processing spoiled beef. Attorneys for Rudolph Stanko the owner of the cattle King company and former Salesman Gary Waverick tiled for a new trial in us. District court bolstered by a sworn statement from prosecution witness Gary tuck that another witness was to blame not the defendants. Tuck a former shipping supervisor for cattle King claimed the chief government witness Bruce Ryan was responsible for Many of the crimes blamed on Waderick Tod Stanko. Clemency sought Tallahassee Fla. A gov. Bob Graham has asked the Florida Cabinet to reconsider conditional clemency for convicted mercy killer Roswell Gilbert whose bid for release on Appeal failed two week Sago. Graham said he was drafting a letter to each of the six independently elected Cabinet members to say that releasing Gilbert during his a peal would not be a threat to society. Roswell Gilbert is a 76-year-old Man. There s no reason to believe he s a threat to society or will escape Graham said at an Impromptu news conference. Gilbert a retired fort Lauderdale Engineer was convicted May 9 of shooting his wife Emily who suffered from alzheimer s disease and osteoporosis a painful degenerative Bone ailment