European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 13, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday june 13,1987 cd ends search Atlanta a the search for two vials of a deadly virus presumed lost a month ago while being shipped to a . Army Laboratory has been called off by the National enters for disease control. The consensus of the people conducting the search or the investigation it that the virus never Tencic and was inadvertently Dis posed of Here Agency spokeswoman Betty Hooper said. The cd called 13s laboratories in the United slate an abroad in its search for the vials of crimean Congo Hemorrhagic fever virus which were thought to have been mailed May s. When scientists at the .army research laboratories in fort Delrick. Md., opened the package May 11, they found Only a dilution fluid not the two vials of virus they expected a second shipment of the Vir Swai made during the last week of May Hooper said. The army Labi using the virus for vaccine re search she said. Temperatures my. D Ttsacssr-.1 i n my. P nuo Fenimo Fatmi  of nato agree to new arms talk proposals ,. ._., nato ministerial meeting in Ray Khjavi Reykjavik Iceland up the nato Allie agreed Friday on a new approach to negotiating with the soviets on medium Range nuclear missiles and for reduction in conventional forces in Europe the nato approach Call Tor eliminating All nuclear missiles in Eastern an Western Europe which is a change in the package thai had been under negotiation in Geneva. In the existing package Bot the United Stales and the soviet Union would retain 100  the nato meeting which had been preceded by intense consultations the Alliance look the position thai a agreement that eliminated an entire fam ily of weapons would be easier to verify than a partial elimination. Under the new plan which will be re viewed by president Reagan and then put on the Geneva table All intermediate Range missiles with a Range of More than 300 Miles would be dismantled. Aircraft and missiles aboard ships would. Pm Man of a. 7�iwmx� sol. Tri Burai. F � is not be involved. The West German military forces also would retain 72 penning la missiles which have a Range Shorter than 300 Miles. Their nuclear warheads would be retained under . Control in West Ger Many. The 72 missiles separate from the100 to be kept by the United states in inc earlier form of the proposal redesigned to give the West German forces a deterrent Force against a possible conventional attack. But the missiles Are regarded by the germans As an important bargaining Chip to be traded off for even Lual soviet concessions in arms control. It is not a practical premise to re move All nuclear weapons from Europe lord Carrington Secretary general of nato told a news conference. A s not practical to talk about the de nuclear a lion of  Secretary of state George Shulti said second important result of the Spring Nat Reykjavik Iceland was agreement on a new approach to the soviets on reduction of conventional forces in Europe. Under inc new plan the conventional arms talks in Vienna Austria which have been effectively stall a for More than five years would take p Ace within the framework of lie 35-nation Confer ence on Security and cooperation in Europe with the nato countries continuing to play the leading role. For the first Lime the French would play an Active role in the conventional Force reduction  the persian Gulf and the Ira Nian threat to Oil shipping Dionot arises part of the nato ministerial meeting the subject did come of in bilateral meetings and corridor rial. Nato is restricted by itt charter to the Atlantic Region and will not play direct role in protecting shipping. But individual members such a Britain Are expected to play an Active role. 40 More e. German prisoners freed after Bonn buys release paper says Hamburg a East Germany freed 40 political prisoners to West Ger Many after the Bonn government bought their release the mass circulation news paper Bild reported Friday. The prisoners jailed for attempted escape to West Germany or Tor forbidden Western  were brought to the West German Border by bus on wednes Day the Bild said. The latest release brought to nearly600 the number of Easl German political prisoners bought free by the West Ger Man government this year the paper said. The Hamburg based newspaper did not attribute its report but the Bild is known to have Good sources on East West  Bonn the West German ministry for mra German relations declined comment government sources have Yeagar the Bild report on the prisoners win appear in its saturday edition but it was Tel exed to news agencies on Friday. West Germany has been quietly buy ing out political prisoners from East Ger Many Smice the 1960s. Bonn declines to provide precise amounts or types of pay ments to the East which informed sources say have sometimes been in the form of , hav said the policy Noou fag the East German government to jail political Uon conf Onnist in onto to extort Money or Good from West Germany. Bui Bonn official defend it a � humanitarian program owl helps a Onen who Are held Sony because they w Jyh to emigrate to the West in Munich meanwhile Bav Naa state police said they were Teuch Jat fat a peeled East Kennan spy whose falsified West German identity papers wot found on a rapid transit train in Stuttgart. A police Sale men said the sum Papen indicated he had assumed the identity of a living 47-year-om a Man. No further Delate were provided. A Al blot Iulg a  a. Wholesale prices Rise Only 0.3%, Trade deficit declines $312 million Mon Fml d 73 5j_. Bet s 1 Fri Toronto d w 75 or a Koumi. Cd 64 w $4.ppbo it i7  pm r. & to. My Raj Udy.  Jeudy Tua yesterday s article about seven sol Diers who were convicted on drug charges in kaisers Lauriem incorrectly stated the soldiers were assigned to a 21st support. Come unit. The 21st sup port come had general courts martial convening authority Over the soldiers. Washington a inflation eased in May As wholesale prices Rose just 0 3 percent the government reported Friday with Energy prices holding steady and declines recorded for a wide Range of goods. The monthly increase is the smallest since a 0.1 percent gain in february and was in Sharp contrast to the  percent jump of april. Over 12months, the May increase amounted to 3.7 percent compared to 8.9 percent a month earlier. In another Good news report the government said the nation s Trade deficit fell $112 million in april it was the Sec Ond straight monthly drop and a Surprise 10 analysis who had predicted a Rise in the tens of billions of dollars. The Trade report was Likely to be meted As evidence that lie country s massive Trade deficit has finally begun 10 turn around. Higher food prices were responsible for Iff of the increase in the labor department s producer Price Index. The 1.4 percent gain led by rapidly rising meat prices was slightly less than the 1.5 percent boost a month earlier. Energy prices Overall were unchanged. In contrast to urge increases posted in three of the four preceding Mon it. Gas Oline costs actually fell 1.1 percent reversing the 13 percent Jamp of an but that downturn was offset by a 2.2 percent Rise in natural Gas prices and a1.4 percent gain in Home heating Oil prices. Other than food and Energy costs. Prices for consumer goods dropped 0.2 percent with decreases noted for a variety of items including alcoholic Bever Ages women s clothing tires Auto mobiles furniture and Home electronic equipment. Alcoholic beverage prices fell 0.5 per cent. Women s clothing prices dropped 0 3 percent. Furniture costs were on . Home electronic equipment prices declined 0.3 percent. Tire prices were off 0.6 percent. Wholesale prices were up however 0 1 percent for men s and boys clothing. 2 s percent for cosmetics 1.8 percent for prescription drugs and 0.5 percent for carpeting. The Rise in food prices was led by a 4.9 Perchem Rise in Leef prices a 7.s percent gain in pork costs and a 2.5 percent jump in poultry prices. Dairy product Price jumped 10,7 per eel virtually making up for deems in the preceding two months. Baked goods prices were up &3 per cent. Fruit and vegetable prices Rose modest 0.4 percent and 1-2 percent respectively. The Only food Price decreases were re corded for canned Frails and vegetables sugar products and soft drinks. So far this year wholesale prices Are up 4.9 percent calculated annually. Last month s Index was 296.3. That Means an array of goods Cortij $10 in l%7 would have Cost $29.63 last month. That is 1j cents More than the same assortment would have Cost in april and 73 cents More than a year ago. The drop in the Trade deficit to 113.3 billion came largely from a 3.6 percent decline in imports. Exports were Down slightly but were still Well above the level of a year ago. For the first four months of 1987, the Trade deficit has totalled js4.3 billion if that pattern holds for the rest of the year it would result in a Small $3 billion to proven sent from list year s record Trade deficit of s 166.3 billion