European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 4, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes d Cable to a hot Issue in Germany Page 2 g midget Man projects get big Cut Page 5 d 1,000 la police patrol gang Ridden area Page 7 d Oklahoma Kansas reach Mcaa final sports Page 21 the stars vol 46. No. 350 monday april 4, 19bb Good Terni regt d 8693 a contras delay resumption of talks stick to fhe timetable sandinista say Managua Nicaragua a nicaraguan rebels on saturday announced they arc delaying for one week tie resumption of Lalk with the sandinista govern ment but the government called on the contras to stick to the original timetable Tor discussing a lasting peace. The High level Wilts Between delegations from the government and rebels known As contras were to begin wednesday in Managua. A rebel Leader said the contras want More Lime for the technical commissions of both sides in work out details of he five zones inside Nicaragua where rebel forces Are to gather under the provisions of a 60-Day cease fire Accord. Adolfo Calero one of the lop Contra leaders said in a Telephone interview from Miami thai the rebel delegation will not meet with the sandinista until april we feel it s not violating the Accord Calero said of the postponement. A government statement saturday signed Fay Dep Uty foreign minister Victor Hugo Tinoco stressed that in is a Strmely important in comply with the cease fire pact s timetable and Slick to the april 6 meeting Date. The statement said Lite government considered it counterproductive to postpone inc april 6th High level the agreement to meet wednesday in Managua which would be the first talks Between the two sides in the nicaraguan capital had been reached in negotiations last month in the Village of Samoa he std the Border with Costa Utica. A Tinoco letter released saturday night which apparently had been prepared before the contras insisted on a postponement disclosed plans for the wednesday meeting. Ii said arrangements had been made for inc Laski to he held in Managua s hotel Las Mercedes beginning at 4 p.m., As is stipulated in the Samoa accords. rebel and leftist govern Mcnol leaders see contras on Page 28 cutbacks Force return to training basics Betony Raimoth Norn Twig Bureau while budget cuts have sent army leaders scram bling to meet the Pentagon goal of making 1989 the year of training some commanders say the cuts arc producing surprising payoffs in what one Calls a reawakening of individual Basic Soldier Pentagon officials say mandated cuts will Knock 10 percent off army training funds this year reductions hat will mean an $8 million shortfall for the 1st army div headquartered in Ansbach. West Germany unit Money managers and commanders there arc looking hard for ways of scale Back plans with a minimum of damage to training goals. Some of the quickest solutions include using track transports to move tanks instead of driving or railing them and cutting Back on the number of vehicles used in training exercises. The division also has trimmed More than 100 Miles from annual Man Euver mileage allowed each of its my Abrams tanks which Cost a Hefly i71-per-Milc to operate. From now until mid april the division is con ducting readiness evaluations for All its Man Euver battalions at the combat Man Euver training Cen Ter in Hohrn fils. Dubbed Iran Star 88," in is the division s biggest and most expensive cur disc of the year. To Cut costs commanders have left one vehicle from each platoon behind in Garrison split Ling up the resulting Cora troops among Short manned Crews. At least one commander it. Col. Clayton e. Continued on Page 3 first sol. George Peter of cob mid no vehicles payed the part of an entire tank company d urine recent exercise. Christians worldwide celebrate easter by the Aviti sled press a Kristians worldwide looked beyond global strife on busier sunday braving unrest in the holy land and praying in England for an end Lomori hem Ireland s religious bloodshot d. In his traditional easier address in Vatican City Pope John Paul ii told 100.000 people in is. F Eier s Square and a broadcast audience of millions to re member people around the world who suffer from in Justice and War. Pray for peace in the world for Justice Pray for the rights of Man. Especially for religious Freedom he said. In Jerusalem about 1,000 faithful joined in services at the Lite where most christians believe Jesus Rose from the dead. But Church officials said Only half As Many people came As last Jear to the service at the 12th-Century of the holy so Pulcher. Many had been deterred by four months of palestinian protests and israeli crackdowns in the occupied territories that have Init More than 130 arabs dead. The Holiday was marked across the a nit cd states. President Tagan and his wife Nancy spent 3 quiet easter at their secluded ranch in the Santa Ynez mountains outside Santa Barbara. They did not attend Church Ami there was no gathering of relatives. New York City s fifth Avenue was closed to traffic in Midtown Manhattan for the annual easter Parade of people displaying their Holiday finery and bonnets. About 1.000 people braved Cloudy weather for Phil Adelphia s easter promenade strolling up and Down Walnut Street near fashionable Rillon House Square while several bands look turns serenading the crowd. In Canterbury England anglican archbishop Rob Ert Runcie likened the recent murder of two British soldiers at an Irish Republican army funeral to Christ s Cruor fusion the two soldiers shot to death in a predominantly roman Catholic District of West Belfast on March 19, after they were Caien by mourners heading to the burial of an Ira guerrilla. In Belfast thousands marched peacefully to Mark the 10 6 easier uprising against British Rule in what is now the neighbouring Republic of Ireland where most people Are Catholic. Mainly protestant Northern ire land has remained under British Loniro. Police sent heavy patrols to the sue where the main March of about 5,000 people would walk through inc Catholic a hellos of West by fail. In Vatican City a cold rain forced the Vatican to hold the traditional outdoor easter mais inside St. Peter s Basilica. Christendom s Largel Church. Among the participants were . Secretary of slate be easter on Page 29
