European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday november 23, 1985 direct  flights tentatively of d Washington a the United Stales and the soviet Union have reached tentative agreement allowing resumption of direct commercial airline flights Between the two countries after a nearly four year suspension officials said i riday. The agreement Clearing the Way for at least four com Mercial flights a Day by a . Airline and the soviet airline Aeroflot. Was initiated by negotiators in Moscow according to transportation department officials. Direct flights Between the United slates and soviet Union were halted in late 1981 As part of a number of sanctions imposed by president Reagan s administration. They were initiated in response to soviet pressures being applied to Poland in con Naclion Wilh the crackdown against the Solidarity labor movement. Transportation Secretary Elizabeth Dole said the agreement is an immediate step following up on Hopes expressed by Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorba Chev at the Summit talks that the . And soviet people be brought closer together. Department spokesman Ted Opalkiewicz said the agreement authorizes pan american world airways to serve Moscow and Leningrad from the United states and Aeroflot to Fly Between the soviet Union and new York and Washington. One Stopover will be allowed in Europe. It was not immediately known whether pan am will resume .-sovict service. The airline sloped twice a Wick flights to the soviet Unior in 1978 because the flights were losing Money. If pan am chooses not to resume flights the direct service would be Only through Aeroflot. Since no other . Airline is Given authority under the agreement to operate such flights. The agreement must still be ratified formally through diplomatic channels a Opalkiewicz said. Reagan from Page 1 helicopter for the flight to Capitol Hill. Gorbachev provided a report of his own in a 90-minute news conference before de parting Geneva. He said All restraint will be blown to the wind if the United states docs not Compromise on Reagan s Star wars but he also declared the talks were productive. I would be so bold Aslo say the world has become a More secure place because of the Summit the soviet Leader said. Reagan said his Summit partner was an energetic defender of Summit policy. He was an eloquent speaker and a Good listen  he added the five hours the iwo men spent in on on pne sessions were the Best part our fireside  but even As he praised Gorbachev s style Reagan said bluntly "1 can t claim we had a meeting of the minds on such fundamentals As ideology or National purpose but we understand each other belter. That s key to  arms control aside Reagan said he had raised other subjects including threats to peace in Afghanistan Nicaragua Ethiopia Angola and Cambodia where soviet backed governments Are in Power. I tried to be very Clear about where our sympathies lie i believe i succeeded he said. Reagan also said the two men discussed human rights although he made no claim on Progress toward winning the release of soviet dissidents. In his 20-Minutc speech the president also Lis cd several agreements to emerge from the talks a new agreement for cultural exchanges Between the United slates and the soviet Union involving artists students teachers and others. A decision to establish a new soviet consulate in new York and a new Ameri can facility in Kiev .s.r. This will give the United states a permanent presence in the Ukraine for the first time in decades Reagan said. An Accord together with Japan on a new Pacific air safely agreement. What happened before must never be allowed to happen again Reagan said in reference to a korean air lines Jet shot Down by the soviets in 1983. O he said he looks Forward to welcoming Gorbachev to the United states in 1986 and said he has accepted an invitation to mos cow for the following year. Reagan also said on arms control he and the soviet Leader Are both instructing our negotiators to hasten their vital work. The world is waiting for  absent from Reagan s speech was the sense of frustration conveyed by Gorbachev who spent most of his news conference die cussing the failure to reach an Armi agreement. I am pleased to report tonight that Gen eral Secretary Gorbachev and i did make i measure of Progress Here Reagan Laid. While we still have a Long Way to go we re at least heading in the right direction. We moved arms control Forward from where we were last january when the soviets re turned to the  funds from Page 1 last Capitol Hill hurdle when the Senate passed it at about 1 30 Friday morning. President Reagan is expected to sign the Bill. We deferred All projects with Low operational Utility including recreation centers indoor swimming pools religious education buildings Community centers libraries and museums said rep. Mickey Edwards of Oklahoma the ranking Republican on the House appropriations subcommittee on military construction. The conferees approved about $82 Mil lion of the si21 million the defense department had requested for building in the politically troubled Philippines this year. The committee is concerned about the Long term viability of our bases in Light of the economic and political instability  said rep. Bill Hefner d-n.c., chairman of the military construction sub committee. He said the agreement Calls for an Exten Sive review of Security and Long term construction plans at Clark a and Subic Bay naval base. Only one of 13 proposed projects in Spain a $6.8 million pier Extension at Rota was approved. Members wanted to wait for developments in troop withdrawal talks with the Spanish government. The Bill provides $19.4 million of the $31.5 million requested for mobilization hospitals overseas. Bui none of the Money May be spent until or. William Mayer assistant Secre tary of defense for health affairs certifies that the facilities fit in with a worldwide plan for military medical mobilization and contingency facilities that emphasizes in creased Host nation support and maximum use of existing facilities. All future requests for medical mobilization facilities will be scrutinized in terms of their consistency with this plan the conference report states. The agreement provides $56 million to upgrade Security at Pershing ii missile Sites in Europe and $16 million for ground launched cruise missile facilities in the Netherlands. The Money for the cruise mis Sile Sites May not be spent until the dutch agree to deploy the missiles. The conferees restored some family hous ing funds that the House had Cut from the defense request. But the report states the services in our belief have not done enough to explore and implement changes to the present system that could reduce costs without sacrificing  the services Are being allowed to go ahead with some of their building plans with the understanding that alternatives will be explored it says. Architect Dies of cancer los Angeles a William l. Percira 76, an architect whose landmarks include the transom circa corp. Pyramid in san Francisco the los Angeles International Airport and the Houston Center Complex in Texas has died of cancer. The alternatives the conferees want to  explored include using prefabricated housing and dividing projects into smaller contracts to attract bids from local contractors. The committee approved an $11.6 Mil lion Purchase of a support facility at Rhein Borg Germany. But the report holds actual spending of the Money hostage until the defense department provides a report on the feasibility of consolidating or closing some bases overseas. When the defense department has been asked to provide a list of oases that could be closed to save Money it has preferred to look at stateside bases where members of Congress have constituents to consider. The conferees Cut $6.6 million from department of defense dependents schools construction requests. They denied an addition to the Elemen tary school at Misawa a. Japan directing that this and All future school projects in Japan be funded through the japanese facilities improvements  one fundamental Tenet of protectionist Trade sentiment in Congress is that the Jap anese do not Bear their share of the Allied defense Burden. The japanese have tried for years to keep defense spending below i percent of their Gross Domestic product. Members of Congress have suggested the japanese could do More without visibly in creasing defense spending by funding More support facilities such As schools. The conference report drops a provision in the Senate military construction Bill that ordered a halt to contracting for new fast food or other franchise operations on Mili acs users won t qualify for tax Relief tary bases in the United states As of last May. The committee noted that the defense authorization Bill now Law contained a similar provision. Some members of both houses have asked for the moratorium until they see a report from the defense depart ment on its Overall plan for such Franchis ing. Temperatures Heidelberg tax Relief applications will not be approved for purchases made through american consumer serv ices Usa eur announced Friday. Acs a German business headquartered in Mainz Kalcl proposed a plan to assist authorized . Forces members to conduct Las Relief purchasing in a More streamlined manner than Usa eur regulations authorize. The plan called for the individual to Pur Chase goods As an agent of acs from stores that had paid a membership fee to acs. The individual at a later time would act As a nato status of forces agreement authorized buyer and Purchase the same goods Back from acs for tax Relief proc Essing purposes. The objective was to allow Relief from the 14 percent German tax after the fact on an accumulation of Small purchases. Based on the Usa eur judge advocate s recommendation and an extensive re View of the american consumer service plan Community commanders have been advised that approval to process tax Relief applications for purchases made through acs cannot be authorized a Usa eur news release said. Usa eur said the plan violates a num Ber of provisions and the general approach to tax Relief set out in Usa eur Regula lion 215-6, which concerns procedures for tax free procurement in Germany. Acs managing director Berndl Elicius said Friday Usa eur had not told him of the decision. I m a Little bit surprised by the decision of Headquarters Elicius said. Acs had signed up 1,500 German Mer chants he said. The firm offered memberships to Mer chants for 360 Marks $140 annually and to service members for a one time Price of 90 marl.5 $35. He said Only a few service members had bought memberships because acs salesmen first were concentrating on signing up stores. November 11 l h 34 42 27 57 4 19 m 69 52 55 50 51 -16 2 47 60 -2 24 43 53 30 11 36 39 72 75 39 49 13 31 25 40 28 31 43 50 5 j9 9 29 25 15 -5 5 1s?if 4fl 64 2 46 71 23 40 74 ii 19 31 31 s6n 41 Albany Albuquerque Anchorage Altanya Allan la Civ Baltimore Billing Birmingham Bolie Boston Buffalo Bulington Charleston . Car Talon . Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Dallas fort Worth Denver Des Molnes Detroit Fairbanks Fargo Hartford Honolulu Houlton Indianapolis Jacksonville Kenui ally Las Verat Little Rock l h 50 67n a 33 50 70 80 7 ii 35 a 57 67 38 62 49 51 29 45 10 26 75 86 50 56 o 71 2 37 34 51 26 31 50 55 4 68 it 40 25 m 76 15 26 12 45 6544 a 75 15 25 2� 32 34 11 4 51 56 21 34 lot Ano Elei Loullen Dememphis Miami Bea Campli so. Paul Naif Nim new Orleans new York Norfolk Oklahoma City Omaha Orlando Philadelphia Phoenix Pittsburgh Portland Maine Portland Ore. Prov want Raleigh Reno is. Lull is. Petersburg Sal Lake a Ulsan Diego san Francisco san Juan Seattle Sara cum Tucson Washngton Wlch Lla european weather Noreuil Lor saturday Cloudy throughout Germany and me Benelux with  free in Drill in Tutt North during Early morning hour and turning to mow by mid morning.  mow Nihro Lehoul in do can be expected throughout All remaining treat. It Fly rape nature in the mtd-30i, lows in the a opt 30k Sumel saturday 431. Unripe sunday 7 s4. Outlook for sunday continued Cloudy Uklet in to Arm with in Ltd Ritieni now throughout the Day. Holaht in it Tow to  Low in the mid-201. Temp a turf recorded Friday is w 34 3? 57 61 38 5?Berlin. \ n 30 Bremerhaven. In 34 30 Brumell. It 3? 36 Adana f Arete Darr a them t 4am 4pm Copenhagen til 34 34 Frankfurt of. It it London cd 41 a Madrid p 77 41 Munich Fig w m pan it 30 34 Rorant cd 41 52 other worldwide Lempera Lurtz High Low High Low Cairo Montreal cd w 31 Dublin cd 43 37 Motcow. F 21 f Heitink. Cd is 19 Otlo cd 31 m Jerusalem i 71 u Toronto cd 34 21 Lubon. I i9 4s Vancouver. M if supplied by it  Prthu. Flair. Cd Clouds. Of partly it oud log do or Lam mow