European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 5, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes q unwanted garbage Heads Back toward new York Page 5 d Davey Allison takes Winston 500 sports Page 21 d today s Dollar still buys 1.77 Marks rates Page 27 is and tripes vol. 46, no. 18 Thomies unofficial pu1lication for tub a. Ahmoo foot Sci tuesday May 5, 1987 mat d 8693 a Reagan offers nuclear arms Cut Washington up president Heagan Pul Forth a detailed proposal for a so percent Cut in strategic nuclear arc Luh monday and called on he soviet Union to make nuclear arms reductions a reality this year. In a written statement issued by the White House Reagan said . Negotiators in Geneva Switzerland will formally present the offer this week and asserted great Progress has been made in the Start strategic arms reduction talks. I am firmly convinced that a Start agreement is within our grasp even this year if the soviets arc prepared to re solve the remaining outstanding issues he said. The new . Proposal reflecting Basic areas of general agreement at the Iceland Summit Iasi october would limit each Side to 6,000 nuclear warheads and 1,600 delivery vehicles missiles and bombers after seven years. During that same period the United slates and soviet Union would agree to adhere to the 1972 anti cellist in missile treaty which restricts development and testing of space based missile defense systems but would be free to deploy such systems after 1994. Despite the expression of optimism from Reagan the areas of strategic and defensive arms have been the most contentious of tie three sets of negotiations under Way in Geneva speculation about a breakthrough agreement hns focused on the third area intermediate Range nuclear missiles where Reagan conceded that important issues remain to be  especially verification procedures and the status ols Horter Range missiles. Intermediate Range missiles have Arange from 240 to 3,300 Miles the Shorter Range missiles arc a subcategory with a Range from 240 to 1,080 Miles. The latter Issue has been the subject of intensive consultation Between the United slates and in nato allies some of which want Shorter Range missiles de see Reagan on Page 28 Pope pleads for spiritually United Europe by de reav1s stiff  assistant City editor Speyer Germany Pope John Paul ii speaking in front of the 950-year-old Speyer Cathedra monday afternoon said spiritual Unity not government author Ity must solve the world s problems. Only if we regard our truly great Christian history 89 something of tasting value and use it to accomplish the tasks of today and tomorrow will it be possible As . Families make Rhine pilgrimage to see John Paul by Joseph Owens Targgart Bureau Speyer Germany boat travel suits pilgrims Well. Karlsruhe area americans who travelled of Spyer to see Pope John Paul ii found that out monday. A quiet two hour Glide Down the Rhine on the passenger ship . Karf Irurhe allowed them Lime to Ponder what Many of them called a once in a lifetime Chance to Sec their spiritual Leader. St Michael Catholic Parish sponsored the trip offering a free ride to any member of the military Community who wished to go. About Iso people climbed aboard for the ride to Speyer including eight guest affiliated with the French forces in Germany according to trip organizer Thomas Mckay. Most passengers were roman Catholic Mckay said. Asked whether the Pope s Fame or the Prospect of a religious experience had attracted most of the Passen Gers he Taid it s probably both. It depends on where your level of Faith is. For the kids it s just a Chance to ice the  travellers acknowledged that getting to Sec such a famous Man was a thrill in itself but they said the Pope religious status was More important. To me even if he was t coming i would make an Effort to go to Rome to see him. That s what it Means to Roe said Lucy Basurto an i paso Texas native see pilgrimage on Page 28 a spiritually United Europe to ofter the world a Liberat ing message which will show people and nations a future Worth aspiring to the Pope told More than 40,000 people lining the Street facing the Cathi Lral John Paul arrived in Speyer by helicopter at 12 35 . Monday. Sunday night the pop and his entourage had to drive from Munich to Augsburg where an outdoor mass was forced indoors by heavy snowfall. The Pope got Back on his schedule late monday morning when the Gray cold Central Germany skies cleared enough to permit the helicopter flight. Only about 350 people were wailing in the cold at the Speyer Spori grounds when the Pope s helicopter touched Down. However in Speyer tens of thousands of people began gathering behind police barricades to glimpse the Pope As he walked the 200 Yards from the Bishop s residence to the Cathedral. Metal barriers and a cordon of Security men kept people from getting within several feel of the Pope. In a Sermon during mass in front of the Speyer continued on Page 28 a pretty Flaky sort of Spring springtime in the Taurus or so the Calendar said. But when Hermann Lichtnecker went outside this Mountain inn at Feldberg Germany monday morn ing he found Hin self in another scrape. An overnight Snow coming on the heels of � windstorm an heavy fog showed that Winter was still Here. Dodds measures up favourably evaluator finds by Dave Walczak education writer Giessen Germany the military s overseas schools compare favourably with those in the United states an education evaluator says. Bill Schrankler part of the North Central association of colleges and schools accreditation learn said department of defense dependents schools rank in the High Middle Range if you look All he schools in the United slates and stacked them up against  the principal of St. Anthony Park elementary school in St. Paul., minn., is making his second appearance in the Germany Region As part of an accreditation visit. He helped evaluate six Dodds schools i Germany five years ago and about the same number in England in j9e5. Schrankler co chaired team visits to bad nauheim and Butzbach elementary schools april 21-29 before beginning inspections of the three pics san schools May 1 the team Wilt finish its work at Gissen High school May 15. Dodds students higher than average scores on standardized tests Are Only one indication of Quality Schrankler said. We compare where the children Are by Grade level and curriculum. By Law Dodds has. To be fairly congruent with most . Schools. If a kid had t had Long division by the time he s in the sixth Grade in Dodds see dodos on Page 28