European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 16, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday december 16.1987 news briefs army no being held in stabbing of his wife  a. Germany is the wife of a . Army sergeant was in stable condition suffering from slab wounds tuesday and her husband was in pretrial confinement a. 32nd army air defense come spokesman said. The suspect a sergeant assigned to 6th Fin 56lh air defense arty 32nd army air defense come. Allegedly Slabbed his wife Al Aboul 11 30 . Saturday and held her in their on base quarters until 6 30 . Sunday said Cap. Cay Ian Johnson. The woman reached a Telephone Al 6 30 . And called air base Security police. Her husband. Fled As Pulke arrived and was not apprehended until 7 30 . Monday Johnson said. The woman is being treated at the by thurs a Hospital. Her husband is being held at Pitburg pending Transfer to the army confinement facility at Mannheim. Tin i Tuple s names Are being withheld As army military police and criminal investigation come officials continue their investigation. Officials declined to say How Many times the woman  been Slabbed. Navy identifies Pilot killed on training flight Washington is the Navy fighter Pilot who died in a night training Mission in the Mediterranean sea dec. S  been identified by Navy officials. An air and sea search for it. Joseph m. Mulla by 26. A Navy Reserve Pilot from Uniontown Ohio was called off dec. 9, officials said. Mullany s of a is Home fighter crashed 30 Miles Southwest of the Spanish Island of Ibiza while on a routine training flight from the air Craft Carrier Coral sea. He was based at Cecil Field naval air station ha., a Navy spoke Man in Italy said. Talks on . Presence in Spain Are postponed Madrid Spain a Spain and the United slates have postponed the eighth round of .-Spanish talks to reduce he american Mili tary presence in Spain until mid january a spokesman for the . Embassy said tuesday. The spokesman said the talks originally set Tor dec 18-19 in Madrid were postponed Al the request of the Spanish foreign ministry the talks that began in july 1986 currently Are stalled Over the Spanish demand that the United Stales withdraw 72 . F-16 fighter air Craft stationed Al Torr Jon a just East of Madrid Spain  steadfastly maintained its demand since the Start of the talks to comply with the terms of a March 1986 government referendum in which a majority of spaniards approved re Taining membership in the North Atlantic treaty organization. The three conditions set in the referendum seen As a Victory for socialist prime minister Felipe Gonzalez involved Spain s substantially reducing the . Military presence in Spain keeping the country free of nuclear weapons and maintaining Spain s armed forces outside the integrated nato command Structure. Israeli jews celebrate beginning of hanukkah Jerusalem up israeli jews de Bra cd the Start of hanukkah tuesday with the country s chief rabbi lighting the first Candle of the tight Day festival of lights that Marks the triumphant revolt of the maccabees Over the greeks 2,000 years ago. To kick off the Holiday jews lighted eight branched menorahs or candelabra dined on sugar coated Jelly doughnuts called soul Ganiola and potato pancakes called Levi vol and Sang hanukkah , who Are excused from school during the Holiday played with spinning tops called Dreidel in yiddish. The Dreidel is labelled with a four letter acro nym for a great Miracle happened  the Miracle occurred after the liberation of the jewish Homeland from the greeks about 160 . Vuono puts top priority on better conventional arms by Connie Dickey staff writer Frankfurt the chief of staff of the army said tuesday that improving conventional capabilities should be a lop priority in Light of the nuclear weapons treaty signed Las week Between the superpowers. I think anything we can do to reduce the amount of nuclear weapons is a step in the right direction i think it is a sound treaty and a verifiable treaty Gen. Carl e. Vuono said. An Accord calling for Al initiation of intermediate Range nuclear forces in Europe was signed dec. 8 by president Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Vuono ending a three Day swing through Europe said there is nothing new in the need for Strong conventional forces and said Here is nothing to the Rumor of a division being pulled out of Europe. The Cornerstone of deterrence is Strong conventional forces in Europe and there is no plan to withdraw any division out of Europe he said this is the first visit to Europe for Vuono As chief of staff of the army since assuming that position six months ago. Vuono called for a nato Alliance with the highest degree of standardization in interoperability we can achieve. In our doctrine in our training and in our  Vuono said he is optimistic that soldiers will see at least a two percent pay raise in the coming year. No plans now Call for involuntarily extending soldiers in Europe As  been done the past two years he said. In terms of Quality of life Vuono said such things As additional child care centers specifically arc very High on the list of improvements because those Are the kind of programs that i believe give the greatest payoff to our soldiers and  although there will be a slowdown of promotions in he future Vuono said there arc no plans for any promotion freeze in the army. He said additional offi cer cuts for the army will be fought because it is my belief that we have the offi cer corps we need to meet combat  Vuono also said thai even though the army will be losing Many of its com Bat veterans to retirement in the next 10 years it should not Hurt he service. I believe that we be got the finest group of leaders that we be  since i Tecarl e. Vuono been in the  on his trip Vuono visited the divisions Al Gra pc Wohr Hohrn fils Baum older and Frankfurt and Clements of both corps. Question areas open to the stars and stripes in the interview were limited by Vuono s staff. Snowstorm paralyses Midwest by the associated press a Storai that socked Sun Bell cities with record Snow howled Over the Midwest tuesday snarling High Way and air traffic after unleashing tornadoes across four Southern states. At least 15 deaths were blame Don the weather. Worst hit a West Memphis Ark where a Tornado late monday killed at least five people and injured dozens As it Cut a path of destruction 300 feet wide and a mile Long. Police it. Gary Gitchel said 100 Homes were destroyed or severely damaged and about 4,500 people  been displaced. Authorities tuesday closed Chicago s o Hare inter National Airport where 8 inches of Snow  fallen and the storm s High winds prompted the Federal aviation administration to briefly evacuate the Airport s control Tower. Visibility dropped to Zero and we went into a Vir Tual blizzard condition with gusts up to 65 knots 75 Mph said Earl hard Chicago s commissioner of aviation. We  to Stop our entire Snow removal  officials closed schools tuesday in pans of Wisconsin Michigan Illinois. Indiana Minnesota Iowa and Kansas where up to 10 inches fell. More than 100 schools were closed in Missouri. Winds blasting up to 70 Mph tuesday derailed train cars in a Yard West of Indianapolis the National weather service said. In Wisconsin m i Waukee county executive William o Donnell closed All county government functions except for emergency efforts. The City s Mitchell Airport with 7.5 inches of Snow by Dawn was closed indefinitely because Sno plow Drivers could t Sec where they were going in Snow whipped by 70-Mph gusts. The wind also lore Down Power lines and the Indi Ana City of Bounvi he was without electricity official said. Wisconsin electric Power co. Said about 10,000 people lost Power Many in Racine and South of Mil Waukee. The storm which left up to 30 inches of Snow on parts of the Southwest Over the weekend was expected to move Inlo Southeastern Ontario after dumping up to a foot of Snow on the great lakes Region said Hugh Crowther of the severe storms Center in Kansas City to. Navy Secretary defies budget Cut order by Richard Halloran Washington not the Secretary of the Navy James Webb  defied Secretary of defense Frank c. Carlucci by submitting spending cuts that fail to meet the target Carluci set for nest year defense department officials said monday. They said the Gap is nearly $ i billion. The Navy  been ordered to Cut its proposed Fis Cal 19b9 budget of $108.7 billion by $11.6 billion. Webb submitted $10.7 billion in cuts asserting that further cuts would make the risks unacceptable the officials said. Webb s action came in response to Carlucci s order that the military services Shie a lout of about sj3 billion from next year s spending a reduction of about 10 percent. The it Flagon s budget culling Effort is a Conse Quence of an agreement Between the White House and the Congress to Cut military spending As part of the Overall government Effort to reduce the Federal deficit in fiscal 1989, which starts oct. I i98s. Under thai agreement the Deputy Secretary of de sense William Howard tall in set specific budget cuts for the departments of the army Navy and air Force with their recommendations delivered to him Luc last week. The budget for the Marine corps which is part of the Navy department was included in that department s budget. Among the reductions to which Webb agreed was to hold personnel strength level thus forgoing an increase of 10.000 sailors to a total of 603,000, by the end of fiscal 989, officials said. Naval officers have Long complained thai personnel strength was not keeping up with shipbuilding As the Navy grew to a Fleet of 600 ships. Hart from Page 1 about his relationship with Miami Model Donna Rice. Aides said that the former Colorado senator would spend the next several Days campaigning with his wife in new Hampshire which holds the first primary of the election year next feb. 16. They added he intends to mount a nationwide Campaign. But if Hart chose to emphasize his Campaign of ideas others noted the severe organizational difficulties that he faces As he bids to climb Back into the race he once led. He  a Gargantuan task said Bonnie Campbell chairwoman of the democratic party in Iowa where Lead off caucuses will be held feb. 8, his supporters have now committed to other  but another Iowa stale party official Phil Roedfr noted there s still a sizeable Block of undecided peo ple out there looking for a candidate