European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Psi dec stripes o Dod civilian issues concern lawmakers Page 2 n Mecham s letters called inappropriate Page 5 q u2, Simon win grammy Gold pages14-1s q nets hand Boston Home loss 117-107 Page 26 full Elf uhf Licul a licit Tiosh the . A Ltd Poi ii vol. 48. No. 319 Friday March 4, 19bb Good morning d 6693 a talks end with Call i for troop arms cuts  writer Brussels Western leaders concluded two Days or talks thursday calling for cuts in conventional forces in Europe n worldwide Baa on chemical weapons and continued talks Wilh the soviet Union on reducing nuclear arms. Related Storla Pige 3. Until those goals arc met the leaders of the 16 nato countries said in a Ivr Ilten statement the West pm Alliance mull Siniuk to its strategy of combining nuclear and conventional arms la deter aggression by Superior soviet forces massed in Eastern Europe. The five Page communique issued at the close of the first nato Summit in six years also asked the soviet Union to improve its human rights record and to make speedy withdrawal from Afghanistan. It praised the untitled slates for i role in the recently concluded treaty limiting intermediate Range nuclear arms and expressed Hope that president Reagan an soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev would make further Progress in arms control at a Moscow Spring meeting. W. German released by kidnappers Beirut Lebanon Al West German hostage Ralph Rudolf Schray was freed by his pro iranian shiite moslem kidnappers in Beirut before Dawn thursday and taken under syrian army escort to dam ascus officials said. In d statement issued in Bonn the West German foreign ministry confirmed that the 30-year-old Industrial Engineer had been freed and foreign minister Hans Dietrich guns Char thanked the syrian govern ment for its efforts. Schray a lebanese born West German was Kidnap Ped Jan. 27 in moslem West Beirut. A shiite faction tailed the Hoy Warrior a of Freedom on wednesday made the first claim of responsibility for his abduction. Schray s lebanese wife of six months farm Maun id. And his Uncle George Abu Hussar left by car for Damascus carrying a suitcase of clothes for the freed German. I m going to Sec him a beaming mrs. Tehray told reporters. I m taking clothes for  she indicated thai she planned to return to Beirut Wilh her husband from Damascus. When we re Back together in Beirut tomorrow Well both Lalk to you she said. She declined to elaborate however he communique stated the Resolution of East West differences will require Progress in Many Fields. Genuine peace in Europe cannot be established solely by arms control. It must be firmly based on full respect for fundamental human  it detailed a four part Agenda for nato s future including so percent reductions in strategic weapon global elimination of chemical weapons and reduction sin conventional Force Levels. At the same time the Alliance will seek lower equal ceilings on Shorter rang nuclear arms in Europe the communique suggested that the controversial upgrading of nato s Short Cal Range nuclear weapons would proceed calling far the continued viability credibility and effectiveness of our conventional and nuclear forces including the nuclear forces in Europe which together provide the guarantee of our common Security. The communique was seen As a Success for hard liners such us British prime minister Margaret see talks on Back Page addresses i news conference follow president Fie Agui address conferee ing inc conclusion of nato lulls in Brussels. Service secretaries influence on promotion panels criticized by Chuck Vinc Washington Bureau Washington citing past cases of improprieties two key legislators thursday said they arc considering limiting the influence of service secretaries on officer promotion boards once the boards have convened and made recommendations. At a Senate armed services manpower and personnel subcommittee hearing. Sen. John Glenn d Ohio said procedural irregularities in two cases last year were counterproductive to an unbiased promotion  sen. Pete Wilson k-calif., said the incidents indicate that the services May have some problem with individual favouritism when it comes to promo Lions for senior officers. But David Armor the Pentagon s no. 2 Man Power official said the two isolated incidents arc a reflection of ambiguities in the Law covering office management rather than any indication of deep rooted or widespread problems in one Case after eight Marine corps brigadier generals were recommended by a Board for promo Tion to major general the Board later added iwo names to the list before it was sent to the  additions supposedly were made at the insistence of senior service officials. Glenn told the full committee that he fell Only the original eight should be promoted a recommendation that was accepted in the. Other Case former Navy Secretary John Lehman attempted o manipulate a promotion Board considering officers for advancement too to according to  turned Down the Board s promotion recommendation because he thought there were too Many submariners and not enough aviators or sur face warfare officers. In the Wake of the publicity Over Lehman s action the defense department issued revised guid Ance increasing the oversight Powers of the Secre tary of defense regarding promotion boards armo said. But Wilson and Glenn said the two cases Las year came about because Hen Are no regulations that directly prohibit a service Secretary from Chan Ging the number of officers to be considered for promotion after a Hoard has made its recommend  a Board recommends a list of officers for pro motion and then the service Secretary says he needs one More officer to be promoted or something like see panels on Back Page veto threatened rights Bill sent to White House Washington a the House overwhelmingly passed a landmark civil rights Bill wednesday that would broaden protections Lor women minorities the elderly and the handicapped but president Reagan has vowed to veto the measure. The civil rights restoration act considered by Many lawmakers the most significant civil right Mea sure in Zoy ears was sent to the White House on a 313 98 vote the Senate passed it by a 7s-1-1 vote in Jan uary. Both Chambers passed the Bill by the two thirds margin needed to override a presidential veto but it is not Clear if the margins would hold up if Reagan fal lows through on his vow to reject the measure. The act was designed to reverse a 1984 supreme court decision thai narrowed the scope of four major civil rights Laws meant to prevent taxpayer financing of discrimination. Supporters of the act said hundreds of discrimination complaints had been dropped or restricted since the decision. We have suffered far too Long in waiting for this great and important Day said rep. John Conyers Day publicans Reagan said he would veto the measure if it is presented to me in its current  in the letters sent from Brussels Belgium where Reagan is attending a nato Summit meeting the president said the Bill dramatically expands the Scop of Federal jurisdiction Over state and local governments and the private sector and poses a particular threat to religious  in the Case brought by Grove City a College the supreme coun held in a 6- opinion that title in a see Bill on Back Page