European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 12, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes monday january 12, t987 lures suspected of British Trucl Vertun Salisbury England Lipi a 20-ton military truck Benev Colo be carrying nuclear depth charges skidds and Over turned on an icy country Rofloc prompt ing a major Security Aler armed soldiers sunday. No one was Hurt and there Ilu Cly no danger to the Public Sah a defense ministry spokesman. But an position labor politician termed in most serious Accident involving the transport of nuclear weapons in Brit air in 25 years. The truck was travelling in a Mili Convoy escorted by police outrj4. And a fire tender when it Road and overturned in a Fie sat urday afternoon. A second try also skidded blacking the Road Mart came to rest with its wheels Ove engine a Royal Marine com maths in Arctic survival gear ringed the Aca backed up by about 40 police of frs. They cordoned off i Square rap of Countryside overnight As militia go engineers worked under arc lights id recover the trucks which were final a Power away at mid Day sunday. Anti nuclear protesters and local Resi dents said try believed the vehicles were weapons Proba Bly nuclear Nti submarine depth charges to a Royal Navy armaments depot inthe Villa Arof West Dean near Salisbury the Cal Rural City 85 Miles West of Lon Don. Defense ministry refused Loco Jutro or deny the vehicles were carrying nuclear weapons in line with its policy of never Corn he location of nuclear Long Standin menling on warhead experts said nuclear weapons in Al Plasil arc More stable than a con Ventigan bomb and could not be Duclo a Road Accident. Re Are different vehicles that different types of ordnance and vehicles Are specifically designed Torry nuclear weapons said a spokes Lan for Polaris watch an anti nuclear test group. Convoy had set out from the naval ird at Portsmouth Polaris watch nuclear anti submarine the Only nuclear warheads Ston the a Ideal happened barely on Emile front he West Dean armaments depot. The a Chick a were finally towed away at midday sunny. Some is hours after the Accident. Adv protesters unfurled banners and Sang Aee songs As the vehicles drove away. Martin o Neill a Bor party defens spokesman said he Folie cd this was the most serious Over of its kind re corded in Britain in 25 is it is incumbent upon be far More they have done. The nuclear stale tit we liven is a dangerous secret Start a said in a bbl radio interview. One Accident of a serious would be enough to wipe out an he said apparently referring to possible radiation Hazard in a catastrophic Acci Dent. Snow Boogie one of Many hit by this Winter storm which Sorori Cross the stranding nutty motorists Ison left17, and Ricky by dance their boards on new Snow in St. Louis the Are was soviets May upgrade envoy at arms for fes Washington up the soviet Union has informed the untied Stales it is upgrading its representation at the Geneva Switzerland talks on nuclear weapons which resume thursday according to published reports sunday. Victor Karpov 57, will be replaced Ashead of the soviet delegation by Yuli Vorontsov a higher ranking soviet first Deputy foreign minister the Washington Post said sunday. The new York Karpov will remain on the delegation to support Vorontsov. A group says. Irked san Jup affire the change was made known soon after a senior Western Diplomat in mos cow said Friday thai the United slates has been disappointed with Karpov be cause he did not have any authority tract independently. The United states is expected to focus its efforts at the arms control negotiations on a 50 percent reduction in All nuclear weapons a senior . Official said. By focusing on such a reduction . Team avoids airing an internal argument within the . Government that has cropped up since the Iceland Summit Over president Reagan s proposal that All ballistic nuclear missiles be scrapped after a second five year period. Secretary of slate George Shutlz believes a total elimination of All . And soviet missiles would be Loo Radical Astep and would leave countries such As China and France the most powerful nuclear nations in the world. At a news conference last month i Moscow Vorontsov 56, called on the United states to join me soviet Union in a moratorium on nuclear weapons test ing. Voronov served As second in com Mand at the soviet embassy in washing ton under Anatoly Dobrin from 1970 tot977. The change in chief soviet negotiators first reported by lbs news was relayed by soviet ambassador Yuri Dubinin to assistant Secretary of slate Rozanne u Ridgway in a meeting last thursday " Post said. State department spokeswoman Nancy Beck said sunday she confirm the change. Claimed huge i in which a killed on in the Ara statement. Deman Nia Noum port for and Iel it Lebanon jul a an shadowy bup in a publish sunday Sibun for starting it a Tittl in san Juan people were in s cells in a by the Index in pc said Wernell in wed Otel ing raids Onlie resistance based the do Sci Alillion South t group said it the ire 10 kill i were at the hotel. Kohl urges Trade dispute Compromise Bonn up Chancellor Helmut Kohl called sunday for Compromise in the Trade dispute Between the United tales and the european economic Community Over threatened Tariff increases. The United slates has threatened to impose heavy import duties on certain farm products unless the european eco nomic Community changes some poli cies thai favor Farmers in its member countries. Both sides have agreed to a Jan. 31deadline for settling the Trade dispute. Kohl said in a broadcast interview sunday that he did not believe there would be a Trade War Between the United slates and the european economic Community. I believe there is still time an enough room for mane vering to reach a Compromise Kohl told the radio Sta Tion deutschland Funk. The dispute was triggered by the admission of Spain and Portugal into the european economic Community and the resulting loss by the United Stales of european markets for hundreds of millions of dollars Worth of certain Grain products. "1 have Complete understanding forthe agricultural Export losses of the United slates. American agriculture and we should t forget in is in a deep crisis said Kohl. On the other hand it is Clear that with the Entrance of Spain and Portugal into the european Community the be Trade rules must apply. A Compromise must be found he said. The United states reacting to the application of the dec rules to Spain and Portugal has threatened to increase import tech by As much As 200 percent on selected imports tub As cheese White wine Gin and olives. The european economic Community has vowed it will retaliate with a Caurel directed against american Corn gluten feed wheat and Rice. Kohl said he was concerned any Trade conflict might spread to other areas and adversely affect Germany the world leading Export nation. "1 am very concerned about the Mea sures announced by the United states that would limit the importation of Ger Man machine tools Kohl said. We must also work together with our partners in Brussels the other dec coun tries 10 Force a withdrawal of this Deci Sion by the United suits thai would harm Gatt general agreement on tariffs and Trade rules and essentially hinder free Trade in the world Kohl said
