European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 27, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d military stressing the value of values Page 9 d 1987 College football schedules pages 18,19 d Bucky Fox examines Safe football Stripe Magazine  unofficial publication of Thi . Humid Pouch vol. 46. No. 131 thursday. August 27. 1987 , d 8693 a Kohl offers to scrap missiles if superpowers ratify treaty Bonn up Chancellor Helmut Koht pledged wednesday to scrap West Germany s Pershing la mis Siles the current stumbling Block to a  nuclear arms Accord when a superpower treaty re moving medium Range missiles takes effect. Kohl made he offer at a news conference on his return from summer vacation in Austria. The offer could conceivably break an impasse in . And soviet efforts to achieve a nuclear i armament agreement in Geneva. The Chancellor said he had been in Contact with the White House but not with president . After arriving in Bonn. The soviet Union has said West Germany s insistence on keeping its 72 perching a medium Range missiles was the remaining obstacle preventing agreement Between Moscow and Washington on the elimination of medium Range nuclear missiles Wilh ranges of 300 to 3,000 Miles. Although West Germany a forsworn its own atomic weapons the United Stales has custody of atomic warheads for the German Pershing a missiles. Kohl pledged that West Germany would scrap rather than modernize the German missiles if the super Powers sign and ratify their nuclear disarmament Accord and stick to the pact. If in Geneva in comes loan Accord Between the United slates and the soviet Union on the elimination of medium Range nuclear weapons and this treaty is ratified and goes into effect then i would be ready to forego upgrading our rockets and would dismantle them Kohl told reporters. I expect from the soviet Union and its partners a constructive answer to our offer he added. In los Angeles where the news broke hours before Reagan was scheduled so make a speech on East West relations White House spokesman Marlin Fili Waier said the administration had no immediate response la Kohl s announcement. In Moscow tuesday soviet Leader Mikhail Gorba see Kohl on Page 24 Rainy Day in Paris a photo Peru a Pillors hold Omar Luu Tiu by to Lucid the Multi from the or lat in Noti m they View us Eiffel Tower. France s  office uld bed a t 3.84-Inch downpour broke Cen Tury old record la the capital. Danger pay okd a for persian Gulf by William j. Bartma Washington Bureau Washington the Pentagon wednesday appeared to have ended political storm by granting ii danger pay to about 10,000members in and around Gulf. The action should by cause implementation of Tejml Powers act which would give Ca fess Power to end the .  in the Gulf david_1e Pentagon s acting manpower paid at a press briefing. Armor did nol acknowledge the in tense pres Congress has applied for Grancaj  in the Gulf the Nal $110 per month. Review of the situation in he arabian Gulf area indicates that the Spe Cial pay is warranted on the basis of terrorist actions and other conditions he said. Personnel from All service branches the wide majority of them sailors on ships in the Gulf will qualify for the payment for As Long As the Pentagon determines they Are in an area of imminent danger. That area now includes the in see pay on Page 24 first . Units arrive in Europe for reformer by Mark Walsh suit writer Amsterdam Netherlands re forger 87, the largest Ever peacetime air lift to Western Europe got under Way wednesday As the first . Soldiers from Active duty and army Reserve components arrived on european soil. Greeting the soldiers at Schipholt air port dutch minister of defense . Vaneekeren expressed the importance of peacetime exercises such As reformer the return of forces to Germany. My generation has suffered heavily from the Lack of cooperation in limes of peace and the resulting inability to avoid world War Vaneekeren said. Twice the . Came to the Rescue of Europe after the world was set  John Shad . Ambassador to the Netherlands congratulated the first con Tingent of soldiers on the Speed and efficiency Wilh which they carried out the first leg of the exercise. A forger 87 demonstrates the re solve of the nato allies in Europe and America to defend our common freedoms and values on Short notice with massive unified Force Shad said. This ii the largest reformer Ever. In demonstrate the commitment of the United states to defend Europe wit american soldiers on european soil if  Shad noted that Progress is being made toward a nuclear arms reduction agreement Between the United states and the soviet Union. But he said let there also be no doubt that the nato Alliance is determined to meet these rious threat presented by the consider sea Reform he on Page 24 to i today in stripes Magazine