European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 5, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                ,.inside stripes army to court Mart Tat aids infected go Page 5 n ski killer rocket contractors chosen Page 7 d today s Dollar buys 1.80 Marks rates Page 27 the stlfis.andjslripes8&bw$j&r Tuirok Lea unofficial Fotu Littlon fan the . A vol. 46.no.49 Friday june 5, 1987 9 d 8693 a Reagan hails Kohl s support of soviet missile proposal Venice Italy a president Reagan thursday embraced Germany s endorsement of a soviet offer for the removal of medium and Short Range missiles in Europe and said in sets he Slage for establishing a nato consensus on the key arms control Issue. See earlier Story Page 3. I am confident that based on discussions with nato and those that will occur Here in Venice a foundation will be Laid for equal and verifiable global constraint on United states and soviet Short and medium Range missiles in the near future Reagan said in a statement released As he prepared for next week s economic Summit. Presidential spokesman Marlin fit water said the United Stales and soviet Union also bad moved close to having a superpower Summit. It s probably fair to say this moves us a Little closer hut we have not discussed specifics with the soviets. The Welcome mat is out. The invitation remains there he said. Fitzwater said the United Stales takes the position that arms negotiations arc conducted Between the United states and the soviet Union and other coun tries missiles Are not involved. In a statement released As he relaxed at a luxurious 17th-Century Villa outside Venice Reagan said Ger Many s decision sets the stage for establishing a com Mon nato position at the Corning foreign ministers meeting at Reykjavik Iceland " next week s seven nation Summit. Immediately after he said that once in consensus is reach he Wilt instruct . Negotiators in Geneva to incorporate in into the . Bargaining position. Without directly mentioning Kohl s reservations about the proposal Reagan said that . Negotiation son medium Range missiles have always been characterized by close consultations with our friends and ullies in both Europe and  he added i commend the Chancellor Kohl on the leadership he has shown on this  Fitzwater said the arms control Issue would be one continued on Page 28 North Given limited immunity despite Welsh s plea Washington a the congressional Iran Contra committees voted thursday to Grant limited immunity toll col. Oliver North to compel his Testi Mony in private for the time being to allow a special prosecutor extra Lime to gather Independent evidence against the former while House aide. The House and Senate panels decided that North would not be questioned privately until june 15 and not give Public testimony until july 16. However the committees decided to vote again before requiring a Public appearance. Independent counsel Lawrence Walsh made a last minute Appeal wednesday for rejection of immunity. He won three weeks to build his Case prior to any pub Lic testimony by North. Meanwhile David Lewis a washing Ion lawyer testified thursday he was la col Oliver North and his wife Betsy leave their Home in grail fulls a. Asked to find a Way to secretly Channel Money to North s wife Betsy. He said he was approached by Willar Zucker. Zucker was financial manager to Albert Hakim an iranian american businessman who also has testified he set up a 1200,000 a Cash Benefit account for North. Lewis testimony came before the committees investigating the affair met separately to decide Hal her to Force North to testify by giving him limited immunity from criminal prosecution. Walsh pleaded with the committees not to take that step saying it would make prosecution of the Marine officer More difficult. North has appeared briefly before Congress but Only to say he would not testify on grounds he might incriminate sea North on Paga 28 Dod obscenity directive May Spur ban on some magazines by Chuck Vinc Washington Bureau Washington an Effort to bring the services in line with a supreme court ruling on obscenity could Lead local commanders to ban the Sale of such magazines As Penthouse and Hustler on their installations. A directive being written by David Armor the Penta gon s no. 2 manpower official is facing stiff opposition from Pentagon Legal and Public affairs officials. The directive would unify service definitions of adult literature to conform with a 1973 supreme court decision. Some officials however say no practical change would result from the new guidance. They said it is Only being drawn up in response to a letter writing Campaign to Secretary of defense Caspar Weinberger protesting adult Magazine sales on military bases. The guidance would give base commanders the Power to decide which adult magazines could be sold in local exchanges bookstores and aboard ships. Currently commanders have that Power in All services except the air Force which lets local Exchange manag ers make Hal decision in coordination with the base  although Armor said the directive is not aimed at any particular Magazine it could conceivably Lead to some bases barring the sate of Penthouse oui and Hustler which have been found obscene by some local courts he  s up to the military communities he said. In a Remote unaccompanied local Ion it s quite Possi ble the Standard would be different than Al a base witha lot of  in Miller is. California the supreme court ruled thai Stales can ban magazines books plays and film found to be offensive according to local standards even if they May be acceptable elsewhere. The directive has prompted a flurry of interdepartmental memos. In one Fred Hoffman the principal Deputy assistant Secretary of defense for Public affairs told Armor the military Structure " does not provide for the commander to be moral arbiter of the military population under his  military members arc emitted to the same free see magazines on Page 28 4/r Force army report number of smokers Down b Chuck Vinch Washington smokers howled in Indig nation one year ago when the defense depart ment unveiled its sweeping plan to Cut tobacco use in the military but surveys recently completed by the army and air Force show the pro Gram is getting results. An army Survey of 5,000 soldiers completed in March showed the portion who smoked dropped from 52 percent based on a Dod study done in late 1985 to 41 percent a de crease of 2 1. 5 percent. The air Force Survey of 10,000 members completed earlier this year showed a similar decrease of 20.s percent. It found that 31 per Seti smokers on Page 28 guide to insuring your belongings daily Magazine