European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes Friday May 23, 1986 troop cuts would Hurt nato . Official says Washington a congressional moves to Cut american troops stationed overseas would reduce nato ability to Slop a conventional attack by the Warsaw pact a is ale department official said wednesday " would certainly be seen Boih by our allies and by our adversaries As a weakening of our commitments abroad and a reinstatement of something that Over the years has come to be culled a fortress America foreign Polky said to inne l. Ridgway assistant Secretary of slate Tor european not airs. Rep. Lee Hamilton d-lnd., chairman of the House foreign affairs subcommittee on Europe and the Middle Hast told Ridgway during a hearing that same members of Congress were urging a reduction of . Troops Over seas partly because of budgetary constrains. Thai my be an Csc Rhine Issue Hamilton said. Given our fiscal problems this move is not going to go Uway -.-. Rep. Let Aspin a wis chairman of the House armed services committee has said lie was willing to consider a reduction in american forces abroad As one of several ways of meeting he targets of inc Grimm Rudman Dofi. Cil reduction Law. Ren Patricia Schmo ajar a Colo. A senior member of the armed services committee introduced legislation tuesday that would Over a period of five years Cut the number of american troops stationed abroad by nearly half. Wun Derbar from Page 1. Nuorn Burc and up to 60.000 were expected at the one Day festival this year. Eicr Eyrisch a spokesman for the Kai scr stauter mayor said advice had been received from americans that it would be a cider to Call off the festival. He said he did not know which americans had been consulted but the question had gone All the Way to the Rhc Inland Pfalz parliament. The German tourist Board did not con suit Usa eur before Laking this action command spokesman it. Col. Robert me Dowel said. A Neucom spokesman said his com Mand has no official position on the postponement.. Ambassador Richard Burl has gone on record As encouraging americans not to be afraid o travel to Germany i press of fice spokesman at the . Embassy in Bonn said. Bart is quoted in this week s edition of the German Magazine Quick As saying "1 believe that anybody who cancels a trip to Europe because of terrorism is wrong. When friends ask me should we travel to Germany i can Only Tell them pcs come 10 Germany the Magazine quotes Burt As saying. A spokesman for the tourist office Achem Schurer said to received a Call from the National office tues Day about cancelling the events planned forthe festival it is postponed perhaps until septem Ber or october or maybe it would be better nest year he German Federal railway had planned to offer special fares to the Wurt Durbar festivities this year. However spokesman Siegfried Kuglics in Frankfurt said he supports the postponement decision. La is Loo dangerous now he said. This would have been the fifth festival to promote the Germany is Wun Durbar Campaign designed to encourage Ameri. Cans to travel in Germany the festival Dale coincided with Kaiser stauter s Allstadt festival As an added attraction several new activities Hud been planned. Wun Derbar is a year round Campaign that includes award s o people who visit All of Germany s states. Brochures in English arc available to explain what each state has to offer. The National tourist office has mounted a 1.2 million Mark about 15-10,000 Campaign in the United Stales to attract Ameri can tourists to Germany arms from Page 1 the White House presidential spokesman Larry up cakes suggested thursday that Republican opposition to Reagan s position was based on election year pressures. Sen. Alan Cranston d-calif., Leader of the opposition told his colleagues shortly before adjournment we would lose have no idea How the vote will come out in june but we Wil work to Senate majority Leader Bob Dole r-kan., u supporter of the Sale agreed with Cranston s View saying "1 believe we have the votes to sustain he veto and uphold the presided position but Dole said the override attempt was put off because opponents would have filibustered. Senate rules permit unlimited de Bate and make it difficult to Muster he votes to Cut off a filibuster both the House and Senate voted against the Sale by overwhelming margins two weeks ago but Reagan promised to veto the disapproval Resolution. The Sale goes ahead unless each chamber overrides his veto by Atwo thirds margin of those legislators pre sent and admitted the while House picked up support when he saudis agreed to drop their request for 800 stinger Shoul Der fired anti aircraft missiles. The Reagan administration says the Sale is needed to show support for moderate Arab nations but opponents contend the saudis support terrorists and have stymied . Interests in inc Middle East. Chemical from Pagel to offset a soviet stockpile estimated atj50, tons. The nato defense ministers who com prise the planning committee adopted by consensus each other s Force goals or projected military capabilities. There was nonspecific vote. The opposition of some nato members raised the question of whether adoption would satisfy congressional requirements. Congress will not release Money for chemical weapons production without nato approval of the plan or without contingency plans for their deployment in Western Europe. By what we re doing we think we re meeting the nato approval require ment a . Official who requested anonymity said. Whether Congress thinks we re meeting it. That s up to Hern to Trade from Page 1 shot. Presidential spokesman Larry speak is called the measure an a-1 candidate for veto but conceded it probably will sail through the House which continued debate on the measure thursday. Reagan said the House democratic leadership has put together a Trade Bill rather i should say an anti Rad Bill that is openly and frankly this anti Trade Bill his protectionist legislation would have our nation violate the most Basic tenets of free and fair inter National Trade Reagan said. Indeed it would plunge the world into a Trade War eroding our relations with our allies and free world trading partners. Economic growth in America and around the world would be the casualty he said in an address to the american re Tail federation. He said the House measure would Cost american Consumers billions and undercut the millions of american Job connected with foreign Scakes said it s probably a foregone conclusion that with the number of items on it that favor various constituencies through out the nation and the support of the demo cratic party for this Bill that in will pass in the House. We will be looking at veto num Bers Soldier shot after stabbing his wife my Manf theim. Germany a military policeman responding to a Domestic disturbance shot a 23-year-old Soldier in the Abdomen after the specialist four stabbed his wife and another policeman officials said thursday. The 4th trans come Soldier was Shol after he ignored repeated warnings and re fused to surrender the Mannheim Public affairs office said. When the military police arrived couple s apartment in Benjamin Franklin Village wednesday they found the Soldier stabbing his 21-year-old wife Public affairs spokeswoman Doris Scott told the stars and stripes. The my was stabbed in the shoulder when the two officers attempted to subdue the Soldier the Public affairs office said in a news release. The Soldier was in stable condition thursday in 3 Mannheim Hospital. His wife who suffered knife wounds to the Throat and cuts on the face was tint treated at the Mannheim dispensary the transferred to the army Hospital in he incl Berg. She was in stable condition thursday the wounded my was treated at the Mannheim dispensary then released to his unit. The incident including the action of the maps is under investigation by military officials. No charges have been filed. Trie my who shot the Soldier has been Given other duties temporarily Scott said. 19-year-old go caught inside German firm Fuerth Germany is an unidentified 19-year-old Soldier was apprehended tuesday night after he allegedly broke into the workshop and garage of a German firm a German police Spok Man thursday said the Soldier assigned to the 16th engr in 1st army div at Johnson Barracks entered the building at s . Through a window that he broke to gain entry. The spokesman said the Soldier was intoxicated at the time of the incident. The spokesman said Fie Soldier started a truck parked in the garage and drove it Hack and Forth damaging machinery smashing through two doors of the front Gale and driving distance before police apprehended him. Nuernberg military Community spokes Man Gerard Maloney said thursday he could not identify the suspect because the Man had not yet been charged. The Soldier was treated for Cut on his leg sustained when he climbed through the window Sloney said a was later transferred to the Fuerth military police station on William of Darby Cavern then taken to the us army Hospital in Nuernberg forbore treatment of hit injuries. German police estimate the firm s dam Ages at is 1,000. At one Point 98 republicans defected to Back provisions casing the Way for countervailing duties on subsidized imports and penalties for dumping products into the . Market at unfairly slashed prices. A move to delete those features was buried 338-79 As gop lawmakers from textiles tales of the South and the Norl cast mid West Industrial Region parted company with both their administration and Export minded farm Belt colleagues this is the opening Cannon shot in n new Trade War declared rep. Bill Frenzel a Minn. 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