European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 01, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday october 1, 1985 soviets unveil arms control proposals Geneva Switzerland a the soviet Union pro posed monday what it billed As sweeping new arms control measures to . Negotiators and the chief soviet Delegate said Success at the talks would hinge on the . Response. The soviets led by Viktor p. Karpov presented their proposals Al a meeting that lasted just Over a half an hour. Neither Side commented on Why the session requested by the soviets was so Brief. A second extraordinary meet ing of All sit principal negotiators and their aides also requested by the soviets was scheduled for tuesday. Karpov talking to reporters before entering the negotiations refused to reveal the contents of the proposals which were outlined to president Reagan on Friday in washing ton by soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze. I can Only say that they Are directed Al drastic solutions to All the problems at the arms talks which entered a third round sept. 19, Karpov said. Secretary of state George Shutlz has said the proposals signify a change in the soviet position. But Shultz has also cautioned against calling the soviet plan a breakthrough in the arms talks. . Officials also have cautioned against expecting an agreement before the nov. 19-20 Summit meeting Between Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. According to . Reports the soviet initiative Calls for reducing both superpowers offensive nuclear weapons sys tems by 50 percent. But there was no indication that the soviet Union would give up its demand for an end to american Star wars research. Moscow has repeatedly called on the United states to scrap Star wars formally called the strategic defense initiative says is destabilizing and violates Genisl ing arms control treaties. But Reagan has said the United states intends to continue its Star wars research. London District cleaning up from weekend riots London up1 the first of More than 200 people arrested in weekend riots in London s Brixton District appeared in court monday As merchants and residents began Clearing up the havoc. Approximately 220 people were arrested in two nights of burning and looting that left 65 people injured including 10 olice Man a Scotland Yard spokeswoman . The violence sparked by the accidental shooting of a woman by police was the Sec Ond spate of rioting in a British City in a month. But the disturbances were on a lesser scale than the outbreak in Birmingham two weeks ago said reporters who covered both incidents. Scotland Yard logged 1j7 major crimes in the area just two Miles South of the houses of parliament. Fifty rive cars were seized and burned and dozens of shops were smashed and looted. Two women were raped by gangs of youths Early sunday morning. One of the victims was dragged off the Street and raped in a Park and the other was attacked in her own Home. The More than 20 people who appeared in a local court monday were charged with theft assault arson and looting. Others Are to appear in court next week. Brixton meanwhile maintained an uneasy Calm. Broken Glass still littered Many streets and sidewalks. Wrecked and burned out can were dumped at the Roadside and scores of shop windows were boarded up with plywood. Sergeants from Page 1 probability of a Corporal out ranking a specialist seven or eight or nine when it came to filling a leadership role. Leadership positions went to the hard Medina said. If you had a group of soldiers and All things being equal the hard Stripe would be the one put in charge. The hard _ the it s All right said former spec. 5 Curtis Hunter an immunization technician with the 913lh medical Del in Kaiserslautern. Ser Geant sounds a Little More prestigious. Il., the same thing my pay did t change but ser Geant has a better ring to your prestige is in your Les leave and earning statement said Theresa Howland a specialist five who today became a sergeant in the 65th signal in in Parma sons Germany. I Don t get paid the same and i m still an admin specialist sgt. Annie Croom of the 64th medical Del in bad or Cugnach Germany said the change is both Good and you get More respect As a hard Stripe and More challenges said Croom also a former specialist five. But you re under More pressure because you Don t know what to expect. There will be More responsibilities the troop push ing kind. Specialists push paper and hard stripes push troops. That s the main differ spec. 6 Duane Moody and Sec. Raymond Morse hold opposite viewpoints on the change. Both Are with the Forward Del 394th trans in and work in the computer Field. Morse is Moody s supervisor. There arc certain specially Fields that will lose Pride in the technical skills they have be cause of this change said Moody a computer repairman. I think that whoever thought this up did t look close enough at some of the Moss Job specialities Morse Moody s platoon sergeant contends that the move will strengthen the change of command. I m All for it he said. Now can use him Moody in a supervisory Moody objects. I m a firm believer in the technical Side of my Job. It s going to be Tough to keep up with my constantly changing specially and be expected to push troops too Moody pointed out that in his position he answers through three different chains of com Mand. More supervisors in this system will Only add to the confusion he says. This latest change is the result of a recommendation from a training and doctrine come study group that has spent More than a year examining a variety of issues facing the army s enlisted Force. In the . Army in Europe it affects about 13,000 soldiers most of them specialists five. Most of the usar eur soldiers Are serving in combat service support jobs at the is level while the majority of the e-6o Are in computer related skills. The change does not affect the specialist four Grade. The study group in querying Field units with specialist authorizations found that a conver Sion process already had begun although unofficially. Many position authorizations were bring rewritten so that they required a hard Stripe sergeant. The group also found that about 1s percent of the specialist authorizations were being filled by sergeants. This was not True in the Case of e-4 specialist jobs where almost All positions were being filled by specialists. The study found that the Field units wanted to keep the specialist four Grade Asa training slip for becoming an no. Temperatures september 29 March from Page 1 stators where they had gathered in late afternoon to hold the Vigil. Police officials told the demonstrators through loudspeakers that they would not be allowed to March to the downtown shop Ping area where Many protesters smashed up police cars and shattered windows of businesses on sunday night. By 8 30 . Monday All but about 30 of the protesters had dispersed. The demonstrators were protesting both a right Wing party s conference in Frank Furt saturday and the death of the Demon Strator who was run Over by a police water Cannon truck that night. About 2,000 demonstrators some hooded and masked marched through Frankfurt City Center near the main Railroad station late sunday night and Early monday shout ing murderers at hundreds of police in full riot gear. Protesters smashed windows in Banks shops stores and office buildings and looted jewelry and grocery stores police spokesmen said. Damage was estimated in Frankfurt at $750,000. Cues sought in plane crash that killed i7 Jenkinsburg. A. Up1 officials of the National transportation safety Board searched debris monday for clues to the crash of a single engine plane that killed 16 skydivers and the Pilot shortly after Takeoff from a private air strip. The Cessna 208 caravan stalled three minutes after Takeoff sunday and nose dived onto a Rural Road police said. Federal aviation administration spokes Man Roger Myers said an Faa inspector grounded the Cessna on Friday after Dis covering that its fuel was contaminated. Myers said the inspector promptly notified the plane s owner. Air Carrier express services of Atlanta he the inspector said hey you be got a fuel contamination problem Here. This aircraft should not be flown until it is re paired " Myers said. They All agreed. At this Point the Faa inspector was satisfied corrective action would be taken. What occurred Between Friday and today we just Don t know Myers said. Officials said the owner of air Carrier express David Williams 35, of Atlanta was among those killed in the crash. The ill fated jumpers paid Williams $12 each for the flight from the West wind sports and Parachute Center a compiler. Of two House trailers and several Sheds on the Edge of a 13-acre cow pasture. Reagan to seek Allied input on Summit Washington a president Rea Gan plans to meet in late october with leaders of six Allied nations to help plan his Summit meeting with soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorba Chev the White House said monday. The talks in new York with leaders of Britain Canada France Italy Germany and Japan will Deal with economic and political questions As. Weli As arms control. Edward p. Djerejian a White House spokesman said. Reagan is scheduled to attend ceremonies oct. 23-24 marking the 40th anniversary of the United nations. The talks will be held then at the invitation of the United states Djerejian said. He said not a j the other leaders had yet accepted but lha Reagan is looking for Ward to having a dialogue with them. The seven industrialized democracies hold annual economic summits that often Spur discussions of East West relations and other topics such As arms control which Are on the Agenda for Reagan s nov. 19-20 meeting with Gorbachev in Geneva. The last such seven nation Summit meet ing was held last May in Germany. L h41 74 Albany 51 69 albuqueruqe44 is Anchorage 52 76 Allan 56 74 at Natl cllv41 75 Baltimore it 31 Billing 51 m birmingham34 62 Bolia 51 49 Boiton 47 74 buffalo4 71 Burlington 65 75 Charleston s.c.4 is Charleston . 50 74 Chicago 47 7 cincinnati45 n Cleveland 66 61 Dallat i. Worth17 79 Denver 41 104 on molnn47 70 3? 53 fairbanks34 41 Fargo 40 74 Hartford 75 8 honolulu66 id Houston 47 74 indlanapoll64 83 Jacksonville 43 45 Kane cllv59 ii Lai vegas u � Ullola Rock l he 77 lot an do 49 76 loulivllla56 n Mam Phat 74 14 Miami beach41 44 Moll is. 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