European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 1, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday april 1,1987 former jugs members suggest nuke conventional Force cuts Washington up two former members of the joint chiefs of Shaft suggested monday & european nuclear arms reduction treaty also include at Lead a Token Cut in the size flee conventional forces the superpowers have massed there. I believe now is the time to seriously consider a negotiated reduction of conventional land forces in Centra european a part of the reduction in nuclear weapons there retired Gen. Edward Meyer former army chief of staff told the Senate armed service committee Meyer who Sal on the pcs by virtue of running the army said any negotiate reduction would have to be asymmetrical to take into account the geographical differences inherent in reinforcing the Central front from the .5.r. Also such negotiations would have to permit Reserve nails of our allies in Central Europe to be created to substitute for . Temperatures Force withdrawals he said. Meyer did not indicate to the panel which is examining . Defense strategy what size reduction he considered est but former pcs chairman air Force Gen. David Jones said it should be Small at the outset " would nol in the first negotiation son nuclear weapons try to achieve a significant reduction. I would try to put inhere a commitment of both sides to be More serious about this problem including thinking about having an agreement spell out a number that s slightly More than Token so we re nol playing games and it gets the momentum going and Al lows us to Start thinking about Dow Are we going to verify  with a Small reduction he said i they the soviets play games every thing s Oft talks now in Geneva Switzerland Center on getting rid of All intermediate Range nuclear missiles in Europe. But even with those missiles gone the soviet Union holds a Large Edge in Short Range nuclear weapons and the soviets an their Warsaw pact allies hold a significant Edge in the number of around troops tanks fighters and the like for any conventional War. Meyer said despite improvements in the forces of the United slates and its nato allies soviet and Warsaw pact advances in sheer numbers have pre vented the us and its allies from gain ing a competitive  the retired general said european Snow better understand the linkage be tween conventional and nuclear forces and . Troop reductions would let the United states put to technically Superior deep attack weapons. He suggested More German Reserve units could help counter any us. Reduction. L h missing u of m instructor turns up Safe in Germany Heidelberg Germany is University of Maryland instructor miss while in route to Corsica italian and . Navy search and Rescue forces University  since the March 21 disappearance of called off a search for survivors March a single engine plane on which he had 24. Been a passenger turned up Safe in Ger the four missing men Are r. Ward Terrell 36, of Washington Brian , 25, of san Luis Obispo. Calif. William t. Mynatt 36, of Gadsden Ala. And William d. Lamb,36, of Spokane Wash. Gibson said he new to Frankfurt from Spain saturday and found out he was being sought Only when he re turned to Lindsey As in Wiesbaden Gibson e computer science instruct is Back at work in Heidelberg. To thin gun european weat Nta w4 $5�. Pm my he bound run of lib Micai. No pc l1w. To Hoik Torton Oft Miny a n. M non a Chi to Tel in Ftp Aoudy Eflem Turtum Umnoff ugh i m Miu. He mum Tom twi rally by 41 14u 45 vim Juv. D u so a fwd of it Ai Ucland l no of Tai oaf Chimbu oaf thu str 1411 i correction a March t & article about Servic Mem Bers pawning goods for extra Cash contained erroneous information supplied Byan army customs investigator. Pawn shop Cash in Wiesbaden was fined 2,500 Marks for tax evasion not 30,000 Marks Accord ing to a notarized translation of a Tetter from German tax officials. Owner Josef Schrager did not own the shop when the Fine was levied in february 1986. Many saturday Richard g. Gibson jr., 33, said he spent the week from March 20 to 28 vacationing in Spain and was no aware officials were searching for him. Gibson was one of five original Pas sengers on a six passenger Piper Che Rokee that belonged to the Ramstein Aero club. The plane left Ramstein a Nomarch 14. Gibson left the plane in Malta March 20 and flew to Barcelona Spain by commercial airline. The remaining four passengers on the single engine plane disappeared Over the Mediterranean sea March 21 no found dead in room at Pitburg a Tburg a Germany an air Force no was found dead in his Billet ing room at 11 . Tuesday by a maid who entered the room to clean it. Staff sgt Chris David Roeder 27, was assigned to the 32nd tac fighter so at Oesterberg a Netherlands said senior airman Denise fomer a spokeswoman at Oesterberg. Roeder was on temporary duty to bit Burg. He was pronounced dead in his room by an air Force doctor said bit Burg spokeswoman Cape Peggy Durrell the death is being investigated. Roeder of Rochester minn., is sur Vived by his wife Teitsu and two sons Kenneth and Francis air Force no Dies in apparent suicide Beck Row England a 35-year-old air Force no was found in his Home tuesday after he apparently killed himself an Raf Lakenheath spokesman said staff ski. Steven Christiansen of Lindstrom minn., was found by British police said master sol. Phil Haines Christiansen was assigned to the 48thcomponent repair so at Raf Laken health. Christiansen was single. He is sur Vived by a Sisler Chris Ann kerb. Tor Roundup . Army honors industrialist schweinfu8t, Germany is a German industrialist has received the . Army s Hsih est decoration far civilian service from the army chief of Slaff. Geora Schaffer. Managing part Ner of Kuge Fischer a baft fearing factory in Schweinfurt receive the distinguished civilian service award from Gen. John a. Wienc Ham or. At Ledward Barracks Schaefer was recognized for almost30 Yean of support to us. Amy  american relations. Schaefer has repeated sponsored Gennan Linen cafe sporting Eventa he i american Gin scouts and boy scouts wow amp at his factory s recreation aits and Hostel social gather Law jul Juull begun. He also opened his factory for training when the array s project transition program was helping Vietnam Era veterans leaving the service prepare Fer civilian jobs. Heidelberg civilian honoured by army Heidelberg a Heidlberg civilian employee received b Secre Ury of the army award for his work improving manpower a red Force management. James a. Cooke who works in the manpower and budget division Deputy chief of staff for resource management office competed at my wide for the Gen. Mark dark award. The award exp to the out Iran ring intern graduate in Man Power and. Force management com Fried my Watt rtt aun of Pilot plane missing during exercise in Norway Ramstein a Germany a Pilot and a-10 aircraft assigned to Isih tac fighter so at Eidsen fab Alaska Are missing and Are presumed Down in nor Way air Force fit cab said wednesday. The plane was reported missing at11 5s . Monday during a five aircraft training Mission near Bodo. Norway said staff St Linda Jacobs of the 316thair div Public affairs office at Ramstein. A norwegian defense official tuesday told the associated press rescuers assisted by Mountain climbers readied the wreckage on the Nigger Island of Aust a Goy about 62s Miles North of the norwegian capital of Oslo. But Mai. Gunnar jell said they had not found any Trace of the Pilot. The search is continuing bul the Ler news update rain is very Tricky jell told the wire service. There Are mountains graders really difficult  the Pilot s name is being withheld until his family has been notified. Norwegian and Safe search and Rescue forces Are searching the area i which us Pilot was last known to be. Twelve a 10s and 250 men an women from the 343rd tac fighter Wing deployed to Norway March sin support of exercise Coronet Mars. Coronet Manis part of the continuing series of Check ered Flag exercises in which  base4 units deploy to Europe to familiarize air Crews and support personnel with opera Tion j in ibis theater a Board of Ticen will investigate. Texaco Appeal Houston up Texaco inc. Asked a Texas appeals court monday to reverse its decision upholding a Multi Bil lion Dollar damage award to Pennzoil co., accusing the court of merely rubber stamping a series of pro Pennzoil Rul Ings. Texaco s request for a rehearing cited More ton 200 errors in the original Rul ing from the 1st District court of appeals. The of giant accused the court of perpetuating a series of legals Iron it claims began in november i98i. When Houston jury found Texaco illegally interfered with a planned Penzo buyout of Getty Oil co. We regretfully submit that throughout its opinion the court applies inconsistent reasoning to similar situations so As to reach one consistent conclusion Peony Oil always wins an Texaco always loses Texaco s Legal Brief said