European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 10, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday october 10, 1987 the stars and stripes page3 soviets put brakes on arms plan Washington a soviet arms negotiators in Geneva have backed away from a Ley Compromise on Wesl Ger Man nuclear missiles lipped with . Warheads but . Officials Hope the move will not Upsel a Len Lalic super Power arms control agreement. Under inc Compromise worked out Here task month the 72 penning 1a missile would not be included in the .-Sovicl agreement but would be dismantled by the West German government and the War Heads withdrawn from Western Europe. In the meantime All soviet and . Inter mediate Range missiles would be scrapped. Bui this week while working on a sched ule Tor eliminating the nuclear weapons so Viet negotiators surprised the american Side by proposing that the soviet Union be Al Lowed to retain some of its Short Range Rock ets until the West German missiles were Dis  was a definite walk Back a . Offi Cial old the associated press Friday speak ing on condition of anonymity. He said on theory was that inc idea originated with Vik Tor p. Karpov a senior soviet arms control expert and did not have inc backing of his Kremlin superiors. The official said it was not Clear whether the soviet move in Geneva posed a serious obstacle to wrapping up tie treaty. Secretary of state Georges Hull is going to Moscow next week to try to resolve remaining differences on verification and other issues. Shutlz also expects to make arrange ments for a superpower Summit meeting Here later in the fall. A treaty Banning the . And soviet missiles presumably would be the  looks like another Short lived soviet Effort to complicate he negotiations another . Official  soviets initially insisted on including the Pershing a warheads which have a Range of 465 Miles but the Rea Gan administration  the warheads Are owned by the United states and can be fired Only with . Permission president Reagan s administration argued the cooperative agreement with West Germany Over the Pershing Las was not subject to a treat with the soviet Union. Shutlz apparently resolved the dispute during talks Here lost month with soviet foreign minister Eduard a. Shevardnadze the two sides announced they Hod reached an agreement in principle on a treaty. The soviet move in Geneva cannot be attributed to ambiguity the . Offi Cial said. The understanding was  he said . Negotiators promptly rejected inc soviet proposal our Guys and their Guys Are still son of staring at each Atner to see who blinks the official said. I do not think we arc going to blink. The nuclear arsenals of Britain and France. Western Europe s Only nuclear Powers were not included in the superpower agreement. Unsafe radiation found in czech milk in Ghana Accra Ghana a More than 800 tons of skimmed milk imported from Czechoslovakia has been found to be contaminated with radioactive mate rial stale owned radio reported Friday. Customs commissioner James Koufi told inc Media that inc radiation level was 15 to 20 limes higher than that considered  the contaminated milk has been seized by the government and is being kept  said ghanaian customs officers had been routinely inspecting food imports from East european countries since the chem Yob nuclear Accident in 1986. Rolf Lowgren of Stockholm is sur rounded by to firm As he shows off n armful of Trout Trout he caught from a Lake Malar Quay just outside the foreign office building in inc swedish capital. The fish weighed in at 21 it Pound. Probe finds wives were pressured but of in t punishing commanders by Norman Black a military writer Washington a the wives of two senior officers at Grissom fab i Indiana were pressured to quit their jobs with warnings thai inc careers of their husbands would suffer if they did to an internal investigation has concluded. Despite that finding the commanders involved in the incidents will not be disciplined inc air Force said Friday. The pressure was exerted by com manding officers including a one Star general who headed the 42nd air div because until recently the air Force had no written policy statement on the Issue of working wives the investigating offi cer found. As a result we found no evidence that there was a violation of any policies regulations or Taw which would warrant disciplinary action said maj. Ken St. John an air Force  inc report reveal is that some officers did not handle this situation a effectively As they Mim have he added. The investigation s re i n appear cer Tain to Sharpen debate a Al the manner in which women in the military As Well As spouses Are treated. 1 in air Force has already ordered a task i acc to examine the treatment of spots la and defense Secretary Caspar v. Weinberger to or dered a similar group to probe complaints of discrimination and harassment against women in uniform. The air Force investigation was con ducted in late july and Early August Fol lowing stories in the Indianapolis Star and the air Fores times. The newspapers quoted Simce wives As complaining of undue pressure to quit their careers from the men who commanded the305th air refuelling Wing at Grissom. A part of inc 42nd if div. The wives charged that it was mad Clear their husbands would not Advance unless they devoted More Lime to voluntary social and charitable activities Al the base. The air Force subsequently ordered an officer from another base col nor Man f. Ral hic vice commander of the68th air refuelling Wing Al Seymour Johnson Raffl n.c., to investigate. Rathje s three Page inquiry report dated aug. Ii was released to the associated press on Friday in response to a month old query. The investigation focused on inc complaints of two women Judith p. Crouton wife of now retired col. Royd Cromon jr., and Battaya  wife of col. John f. . Mrs. Croxton s Case began in May 1985, when her husband was nominated to become a vice commander of the 42nd air div. Al the Lime the com Mander of the 305th was col. Howard l Kravtz. Following col. Croxton s nomination. Inc division commander then Brig. Gen. Larry Fortner advised Kravtz that he would not nominate col. Crouton. As Long As mrs. Croxton was working the investigator found. Kravez communicated this information to col. Croxton and mrs. Crouton subsequently resigned from her civil service position As manager of the air Force suggestion program at Riisom. The inquiry report continued. Former is now a major general and i Puly corny Amiin of the 6lh Allied tac air Force in a Mir Turkey. C Roxton the director of operations Al Grissom never Crim cd the promotion and was relieved from his Post in March for what the air Force us Here reason unrelated to his wife s complaints. He re lived earlier his month. The Case of mrs.  mean time came to a head last january after col. Gary r. Eben arrived As the new Wing commander.  had been previously warned in 1986 by Kravtz thai his wife s decision to work full time would probably make him non com incl iliac for professional advancement the report said. Once Ebert took Over As Wing com Mander he began Loeu it pressure on mrs.  for increased participation in social activities the report said. Mrs.  was working full time a a substance Amise therapist col. Eber believed command policy. Supported his expectations thai the wife of an officer in col. Leuen Berer s position should be fully Active in Wing and Dep talc acid Vitus the investigator wrote. After a meeting on feb. 9 Between the  and Ebert col. Lcuien bar Ger recognized an impasse an brought up the possibility of leaving inc   the Deputy commander for resource management subsequently won reassignment to another Post in Germany. While both spouses were pressured to quil their jobs the investigator concluded an outdated unwritten policy of the Jund air div commander discouraging wives of senior officers from work ing has contributed to the difficulties encountered by col. Ebert Al Crissom  while awaiting the study by their task fort. The Secretary and thief of half of the air Force issued a policy statement in late july saying they expect Wincn to participate in activities which support air Force families. But where and when the spouse works is nol an Issue that affects the career of the military