European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 14, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 2 news update the stars and stripes thursday april 14,1988 new chinese Cabinet Beijing a China s legis lature approved a new Cabine tuesday thai includes younger members More closely lied to eco nomic reforms of senior Leader Deng Xiaoping and communist party general Secretary Zhao i Yanthe 2.851 delegates of the National people s Congress also pasted constitutional amendments sanctioning private businesses and the right 10 Transfer use of land. Delegates confirmed 4 ministerial posts named three vice premiers and appointed nine As stale councillors to Cabinet called the stale Council. Qian Lichen 60. Who has been vice foreign minister in charge of relations with the soviet Union succeeded we Xueqian As foreign minister while Gen. Qin Jiwat 74, a member of the politburo and head of the Beijing military re Gion took Over the defense ministry from ailing Zhang Aiping 78. The three vice premiers who will serve under Premier i Peng Are outgoing foreign Minuter we slate planning commission minister Yao Yilin 71 and Tian Jiyun s9 Yao and Tian previously served As vice premiers. Nato ready to discuss cuts in conventional arms systems from staff and wire reports scheveninc5en, Netherlands a top ranking nato Genera said tuesday the Alliance i ready to include weapons systems in future East West negotiations on reducing conventional forces on both Side of the Iron cumin. In a speech on the occasion of the 39th anniversary of the Alliance West  Oen. Wolfgang Allenburg chair Man of nato s military committee said such talks should include units armoured personnel camera and Artil  nato is ready to do it Altenburg said. He did not elaborate on the number of conventional weapons systems that should be eat from nato s and the Warsaw pact s forces in Eastern and Western Europe. A nato source told the stars and stripes that the logical tile for conference on Security in Vienna. Aus Tria. The conference which began in no vember i9b6, covers a Range of issues including arms matters human rights and culture. Thirty five nations including the Warsaw pact nato and several non aligned countries participate in the talks. The source said Altenburg s views coincided with previous remarks made by nato Secretary general lord caring Ion who would like to be such talks take place following the current talks on strategic arms reductions in Geneva. Such neg Stalions would follow fruit less multilateral troop reduction talk that have been going on in Vienna for 14 years. Those talks Deal with troop reductions Only. In his tuesday speech Allenburg said Short Range nuclear weapons. It is not very Wise to discuss Short Range missiles first and then of on to negotiate the conventional de the four Star general said claiming that such an arrangement would take away the interest and momentum or the conventional talks Allenburg claims that Armi production Levels in the soviet Union have no Bee reduced since Mikhail Gorbachev assumed Power in 1982. Bui a change in emphasis Hai Uken place from nuclear to conventional weaponry where they already have Supe  Allenburg told an audience of nato supporters in the dutch Northsea resort of sch Vaningen close to the Hague. And he claims that recent intelligence shows that although the soviet Union has an advantage of about 20,000 tanks Over the West new construction pro Grams Are being launched. College collecting funds to Plant tree memorial Augsburg West Germany Sis City colleges of Chicago in Augsburg is collecting donations to Plant Trees in front of the education Center to Honor a College employee who died last month officials said. Kenneth m. Buchla died at the Augsburg army Hospital. He was s3. The re tired Navy senior chief Petty officer had worked in the Community and for the College since 1979. Originally from Buffalo . He is survived by his wife. Nancy and three sons. Individuals interested in contributing can Contact the College representative at the education Center on Sheridan Cavern ets 434-6405. New policy in effect at Canadian Exchange Lahr West Germany ass the Canadian forces is cringe system now permits customers to make purchases in dollars Marks or French francs. The Exchange system put the new policy into effect about three months ago. A spokeswoman for the Exchange at Lahr said change will be Given in Marks. The Exchange accepts personal checks drawn on american express or Canadian Bank accounts but not checks from Banks in the United Stales. The Canadian forces have stores at bases in Lahr and bade it sol Lingen plus a smaller outlet in Geilin Kirchon. Retired army officer Dies in Frankfurt Frankfurt a retired army lieutenant colonel died saturday after a Long illness. Hans e. Wagner served 28 years with the army As a German linguist and inter Preter. He served with the 6th Texas div in Europe during world War ii. He was 75. Wagner had lived in Frankfurt since1963. He is survived by his wife Helga and a son Robert of new York. A memorial service will be at 9 30a.m Friday at the Wal Friedhof in Frankfurt Oberra. I a la Cut big Xcvi nit Uusi m u Stripe t l m or he strongly favors conventional Force re conventional and chemical weapons sys action talks preceding projected  reductions Alki would be at the soviet negotiations on the limitation or . Airlift sea Iff capability too weak for wartime commitment general says by William j. B Ahtman Washington Inre Iii Washington the United suites would not be Able to meet its War time commitment to nato because of shortages in transportation the com Mander of the .trans come said this  of problems with sea Hal and Airlift the United states today cannot Cal inc National commitment of Send ing 10 divisions to Europe in 10 Days in the event of War. Air Force Gen. Diane h. Cassidy said tuesday at a news briefing after an appearance on Ca Pilot , who also oversees the Mili tary Airlift come has commercial air lines and scaling at his disposal in  he told a Senate panel earlier in the Day that the deterioration of the .maritime Industry and the implication for our National Security have caused him great concern sine assuming com Mand last year. Cassidy appeared before the Senate armed services subcommittee on projection forces and regional defense to plead his Case for bigger faster ships and better pay and benefits to help retain person Nel. While Airlift capability has been in creased recently a Pilot shortage looms in late 1989 and 1990, Cassidy said. The military retains Only 29 percent of its transport pilots each year compared to 79 percent five years ago As with fighter pilots in the air Force and Navy Cassidy proposes holding on to the pilots of his transportation planes by offering pay bonuses. He did no mention any figure although the air Force and Navy Are looking at bonuses As High As j13,000 per year. Cassidy believes he can support bonuses despite the current budget constraints even though he took a 1200 Mil lion reduction in his operations and maintenance this year because it is so expensive to train a new Pilot he said it takes four to five years and j4.5 Millionth train the Pilot of a c-141, for example. While bonuses still would t match he paychecks available from the com Mercial airlines he said the commitment to military flying would do the my in keeping pilots in the service. Canidy defended his decision to Cut flight training hours for the remainder of fiscal year i9s8 by  one third. Lie said the alternative would have been to Cut an already lean Civilin work Force and it will be easier to recover from what he Hopes is a temporary scale Back of training time. The sea lift problems offer Cassidy More of a dilemma. Proposed solutions to the problem have ranged from government subsidies to More government owned snipping. Cassidy said All information he hat teen Loday leads him to doubt our ability to meet even today s a Calif requirement. I cannot unequivocally state nor could i validate that we currently possess sufficient sea lift to do the  the Federal government reported last year that the . Flag commercial ship Heel declined from 843 ships in 1970 to Only 369 Active ships at the Btu Pinsof 1987. Sailor arrested in payroll officer s death Mayport naval station fut. A a Navy Petty officer was arrested in the Kildong of a payroll officer and the theft of More than $94,000 after investigators recovered j89,000 from his Safe Deposit Box authorities said. Petty officer isl class Ruben Colon career Counselor aboard the  John Hancock was arrested tuesday aboard the destroyer where it. , Ratish Pra sad was found dead March 15. Colon was being held at the Brig at Jacksonville naval air station on suspicion of murder and theft said David a Brand special agent in charge of the naval investigative service office at Mayport. A conviction could carry a death sentence. Brant said the investigation is continuing and he refused to divulge what led officers to suspect Colon. He is the prime suspect but we Are investigating other critical leads Brant said. He refused to Rale out the possibility of other arrest. Praia 24. Was the Hancock s disbursement officer. After he was shot an choked his body was shoved into a Stor age area and the killer vanished with 594,629 in Navy payroll and Blank checks authorities said. Nis and Fri agents obtained a search warrant tuesday for a Safe Deposit dds rented in Colon s name at a bar i Jacksonville and recovered 189,000 in Cash and . Treasury Check Brant said. Colon via arrested a Short Lime later. Colon. 34, of Vega Baja puerto Rico. Has been in the Navy for \4vt years and has been assigned to the Hancock since 1984. Brant said Colon had reported for duty every Day since the killing which occurred while the Hancock was docked at Mayport. West Berlin car bomb linked to shooting Berlin Sis a ear bomb de fused tuesday near the am Dre Pfuhl . Housing area was linked to the sep tember shooting of a West Berlin judge police said wednesday. The bomb was found tuesday mom ing in a red Volkswagen Pauai combi that had been parked at Ihnes Strasse 42 for some Lime police said. A West Berlin police spokesman said the bomb apparently was part of a terrorist attack on Canter Korbmacher who was shot twice in the be sept. I in front of his Home in he Lichterfeld District. The iwo assailants escaped on a motorcycle and the judge was not seriously injured. There have been no arrests to Date the police spokesman said. Among the items found in the Auto Mobile were iwo Rcd and Whit italian motorcycle helmets two Jackli an athletic Strelch pants she police spokes Man said. In september the revolutionary cells error group took responsibility for the Mack on the judge calling Hinta mainstay in West Berlin efforts to re Duce the number of people arriving in Berlin to seek political Asylum