European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 29, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Q is a drink a drink no say wine Beer firms Page 5 n Stuttgart seeks recycling payoff Page 9 q Pentagon studying new my Basing plan Page 28 the stars and stripes vol. 44, no. 164 sunday september 29, 1985 d 8693 a germans arrest 2 spy suspects Karlsruhe West Germany a authorities have arrested two More spy suspects bringing to 11 the number of alleged communist spies thai have either fled the country or been arrested in recent weeks a spokesman for the Federal prosecutor s of fice said saturday. Spokesman Hans Juergen for scr identified the two suspects As harm Alkon and Micacla von hour ten of main. He said they were arrested on thursday. Foerster described Alken As the brother of a spy suspect who fled to East Germany earlier this month and said hour ten was an acquaintance of both men. He said the two were being held in investigative custody but declined to give details of their alleged spy activities. They have been under suspicion for some time he said in a Telephone inter View. The Bild on sunday newspaper reported that Alkon. 28. And hour ten 27, were arrested while trying to Lake sensitive documents from the main apartment of Rudolf Alkon. A University of Mainz researcher who fled to East Germany ear Lier this month. Citing Security sources the newspaper also said hour ten was a former sympathizer of the red army faction terrorist group. On Friday prosecutors disclosed that a 43-year-old City Engineer from the bavarian town of co burp had fled to  Germany and is suspected of being a communist spy. The Man was not identified. Seven other suspected spies have also fled to East Germany in recent weeks including a Secretary who worked in the West Ger Man Chancellor s office according to authorities. Among them was Hans Joachim tic dec see spy on Page 28 Reagan cautious in response of soviet arms offer Washington api president Reagan saturday welcomed a new soviet proposal to reduce strategic nuclear weapons but said he hoped it will be free of preconditions and other obstacles to  the soviets Are due to begin detailing the proposal which administration sources said amount to a 50 percent cutback at the negotiating table monday in Geneva Swit Carland. Reagan in his weekly radio address said there is no reason real reductions cannot begin  he added it is important that the counterproposal address our concerns about reductions and stability just As we have sought to address soviet concerns and we Hope it will be free of preconditions and other obstacles to Prog  Only a Bare outline of the proposal was contained in a letter from soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev delivered to Reagan at the White House on Friday by foreign minister Eduard a. Shevardnadze. Reagan therefore injected a note of caution saying it remained to be seen whether the soviets would put conditions on a cutback in . And soviet Long Range missiles bombers and submarines. The main soviet goal in the slow moving negotiations is to restrain Reagan s strategic defense initiative which is aimed at protecting the United slates from missile at tacks. The soviets warning that the program known As Star wars could extend the nuclear arms race into space have made limiting it their principal goal in Geneva. A soviet spokesman. Vladimir Lomeiko. Stressed on Friday that the two sides had agreed to Deal with both offensive and defensive systems simultaneously. Reagan recently ruled out any restrictions on . Re search testing and development of the ski program. Arms control is one of the principal issues Reagan and see offer on Page 28 silence in Mexico City motorists on Mexico City s Pasca de to Reforma push their cars during morning Rush hour Friday to eliminate engine noise. Rescue workers had called for the traffic halt to make in easier to listen for people trapped in earthquake damaged buildings. As Hope for survivors diminished an exodus of foreign Rescue teams begin. Late thursday 30 Swiss Rescue workers and 12 search dogs returned to Switzerland. Teams from West Germany Canada and France were preparing to pull out saturday. Sat scores in Dodds above average by Clint Swift Washington Bureau Washington Lor the l the year in a Row Dodds students average scores on the Scholastic aptitude test were higher than the National averages school system director Beth Stephens announced Friday. On the verbal portion of the exam. Department of defense dependents schools students scored 442, compared with the National mean of 43i. Dodds students averaged 480 on the math compared with 475 for students nationally. The Dodds scores were two Points better on the verbal and five Points better in math than last year. It was the second year in a Row that both Dodds scores improved. Stephens credited efforts by teachers principals and  by regions the scores Werc Atlantic 460 verbal 489 math. Germany. 437 and 472. Mediterranean 440 and 486. Pacific 443 and 503. Panama 439 and 469. The sat administered for the new York City based College Board by the old a National testing service of Princeton n.j., measures students verbal and mathematical reasoning ability. It is designed to help predict How Stu dents arc Likely to do in College and to help guidance and placement Counselor meet students needs. Daniel Taylor a senior vice president of the College Board told a congressional committee last year. Taylor lamented that despite its limited Aims the score is misinterpreted in Many quarters As a barometer of the effective Ness of educational systems. The Dodds scores were available nearly a month earlier than usual this year. Dodds spokeswoman Kay Garvey said staff members who Monitor student performance have sought to provide the scores As Scon As the National and stale figures became known each year. The National scores were announced last Mon Day. Over the years the Dodds scores have risen and dropped along with the National figures mirroring american educational trends and generally staying a few Points above the . Averages. In announcing the National scores. Col lege Board president George Blanford noted that one of the most important fac see Doods on Page 28