European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 10, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes n Nunn ties missile Cut to ground forces Page s o Mcaa basketball tournament teams selected sports Page 21 d today s Dollar buys 1.84 Marks rates Page 27 Lutho Imit d inner Piihl publication Fob the Iii met Foncel vol. 45, no. 324 tuesday March 10. 1387 0 8693 a Britain plans ferry disaster probe Lonex n a Britain monday announced thai an admiralty judge will head a Public inquiry into the ferry disaster off the belgian coast and pledged $ 1.6 million to a fund Tor bereaved families and survivors. Transport Secretary John Moore describing the planned investigation to the House of commons also thanked the belgian people for extraordinary courage efficiency and care he praised British Rescue workers who helped save Hundred of lives after the ferry Cap sized. Fifty three bodies have been recovered since the Herald of free Enterprise capsized Friday night just off Zec Bruggy Belgium. Eighty one people Are missing and believed dead Belgium also is conducting an inquiry into the disaster and hat begun questioning witnesses and surviving passengers and Crew Moore said the British investigation would be headed by admiralty judge sir Barry Sheen it will be for the formal investigation to investigate the causes of this disaster and make recommendations to ensure that All possible lessons Are Learned he said. Moore said that preliminary reports suggest that the cause was an Inrush of water through the Dow loading doors but that there was no evidence to suggest a fundamental fault in the ferry s design. Mounting evidence indicated thai the huge loading doors were not closed properly and the shipowners say the crewman responsible far shutting them is blaming  but lawyers for the crewman in question said Mon Day he was not responsible for operation of he doors. Paul Ovington spokesman for shipowners towns end Thoresen said sunday that the British company has accepted that it the cause of the Accident is something to do with the  that is How the water rushed in because there is no other Hole in the ship he said. But he added even if sea probe on Page 28 a ferryboat crewman who arrived in Dover saturday to be reunited with his family clashes with photographers. Soviet arms aide says Summit is possibility Washington up another Summit meeting Between president Rea Gan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorba Chev is obviously a possibility especially if there is an Opportunity to sign an arms treaty the soviets chief arms negotiator said monday. Yuri Vornor Tusov first Deputy foreign minister and chief soviet arms negotiator also said on an Abc news program that soviet and . Technicians in Geneva Switzerland Are now writing the text of a medium Range missile treaty talk of a breakthrough in Geneva began last week when the soviets dropped their insistence that Reagan accept curbs on his Star wars anti mis Sile program the strategic defense initiative before Progress could be made on medium Range missiles. The proposal that emerged mirrored in a . Counteroffer would limit the soviets to 100 warheads in Asia and would restrict the United states to an equal number of medium Range missiles on american territory. Still to be fleshed out arc Sticky details on verification including a . De Mand for intrusive measures to Monitor missile destruction and storage facilities and the soviet advantage in Shorter Range missiles the soviets arc seeking an agreement by this summer and Vorontsov explained thai was in order to have the table cleared for the main Issue to  he said i think now when we have agreement on the strategic armament on the medium Range missiles when they arc in the hands of the technicians 1 would say because they arc working out now the text of the treaty that the Way is cleared to concentrate on weapons in space and strategic defensive weapons. Asked if another Reagan Gorbachev Summit meeting this year is possible Vorontsov said it s a possibility. It s obviously a possibility and i think Gorba Chev was always talking about that that he will be ready to meet again with presi Dent Reagan if the Opportunity arises for some serious decisions or acts such As Gic defense weapons. The sign ing of a  Vorontsov said the latest development on the arms talks in Geneva is definitely ,1  but he denied that the soviets have changed their approach no it s not a change he said. The Only thing we want to do now. Thai is to Clear the male Tor discussion on this very important and Central Issue of strategic  vory Sov said the soviets have our scepticism about the strategic defense initiative and we re not hiding that. We Don t think it s a very workable idea. That s Why we suggest hat we took very seriously into the problem to get an idea of limitation and deep cuts in the strata threats end an link to German Cable to service by Wendy you Ham stall writer German officials have agreed to remove the american forces network from the Bunde Spost Cable to service following threats of a program embargo by american television producers. Because the Bunde Posl was including an Riih out paying american to producers for their shows the producer had threatened to cancel 40 percent to 60 percent of the lop programs shown to All an to viewers. The German bund Spost ministry agreed id re move an from its Cable system at the request of the . Defense department and the . European come. The ministry the German equivalent of the . Federal common italians commission told regional offices in a feb. 13 message to remove an from the Cable service a . European come spokesman said monday. As producers expressed concern Over copyright violations and the danger of an being restricted from showing Many popular programs increased negotiations to take an olt German Cable  he said. The spokesman culled the action regrettable for american families receiving Cable program Ming but he said there was no Choice if an was to continue providing a full schedule. Cable companies that carry the an signal without pitying fees to american television producers violate . Copyright Laws. American producers i ave made it Clear 10 arts the armed forces radio and television service that a Large number of programs including live sports and other popular prime time shows will no longer be made available if an programming remains on the Cable he said. Producers complained on a regular basis lie said adding that it was not known exactly to lung German Cable has carried an. The producers claimed it was gelling harder to sell programs overseas he said. While a German net work would have to pay $ i  Tor one episode of a popular one hour american prime time show arts pays Only a Small administrative