European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday. April 5.1968 soviet threat stays alive with Gorbachev says Burt or David Tahra Nastaff writer the nato Alliance should strive to preserve its military strength because Warsaw pact forces continue to focus on fighting an offensive War in Europe  lowest Germany Richard Burt said thursday. We need to recogni7c clearly that the soviet military threat has not changed. Under soviet Leader Mikhail Gorba Chev Burt told a foreign policy forum in Bonn. Burt rejected several alternative Stra Tebics toward dealing with the soviet Union including abandoning the concept of nuclear deterrence and restructuring conventional Force to Render them incapable of offensive action. In seeking 1o eliminate any capacity for offensive action proponents of this strategy would decrease forces in Readi Ness and severely reduce holdings of tanks artillery and strike aircraft Burt said in prepared remarks released by the . Embassy in Bonn. Nuclear weapons can truly deter would be aggressor and thus preserve the peace he said. Nuclear deterrence has served us Well Over the past 40 years and it should continue to do  Burt addressed delegates to he Chris Tian democrats foreign policy Congress an opinion forming group that assesses such foreign policy issues As German re lations with both the East and the West in military economic and social areas. Burt argued against several new approaches to Western Security that would change nato strategy by de emphasizing military strength. Proposals to tic americanize the Al Liance and have europeans assume the full Burden of their own defense result from a fundamental misunderstanding of the role of . Forces in Europe and of the implications of the inf intermediate Range nuclear forces i scaly Burt said. The . Presence Here cannot be evaluated simply in numerical terms he said. Rather it is an essential component of strategy that links the defense of Europe with that of the United  he applauded military alliances Between european nations including the Franco German Security arrangement. The United slates wholeheartedly supports strengthening the european Pil Lar. We Welcome  of uie Western european Union and the growth and intensification of the Franco German Security relationship Burt said. These efforts to consolidate the euro Pean pillar Are designed As they should be to complement . Participation in the Alliance rather than to substitute for it he said. Burt labelled As seriously flowed the concept of a Security partnership wit the Warsaw pact which seeks to re place armed form with cooperative political action. Such a concept Burt said reduces Easl Wesl relations to simply i heir Mili tary dimension. It ignores Lac fundamental cause of tensions in Europe and addresses Only their symptoms rotation of units brings concern Over increase in abandoned pets byjoe Mapother Bwint riven Baraa Bremerhaven a Large increase in the number of abandoned Pels two years ago when a . Battalion rotated to the states has local animal society officials worried that the same problem will occur this summer when a second unit is due to return Home. Those worries already have prompted West German actor and animal activist will Quadflieg to Send a letter in Brig. Gen. John Heldstab. Commander of the 2nd army div fwd in Karlstedt asking him to address the problem. The letter followed Quadflieg s recent visit Lothe drills else animal shelter near Carls Irdi. We re looking at 800 soldiers or so going Back to the suites said Gabriel Mccarry president of the Weser Tunde humane society two years ago we drowned in dogs and  that was the year that the 3rd on 41st inf rotated to fort Hood Texas and was replaced by the 1st in 41st  unit is expected to rotate this sum Mer although a 2nd army div fwd spokesman said he could not confirm the switch. Some 1,000 soldiers and dependents left Garls Ludt in 1986 As part of a four location test of Usa eur s battalion rotation concept or cohort. Neu Ulm and kerch Gons West Germany As Well Ai Vicinio Italy also underwent the battalion rotations in 1986. Cohort now referred to As the unit Manning system was Given the go ahead to expand this Spring. But even without battalion sized moves the Normal transitory nature of military life contributes to problems americans have with their Pels in West Germany according to my carry. It s not a specific american problem it s just germans when they have a dog and want to get rid of it have More Means to find a new Home for the dog Mccarry said. Corinna seller Hoff of the Bremerhaven animal shelter echoed some of my carry s concerns. The worries Here Are the same she said. Capt. Keith Jordan a 2nd army div fwd spokesman said the Issue of am mat mistreatment was brought to com Mand attention a year ago and that a educational program was begun at that time. Incoming soldiers Aie briefed on the differences to animal care Laws in the United slates and West Germany. Keemp Huizer last year for outgoing soldiers were the procedures for return ing the animal to the United slates or the option of transferring the custody so that the animal docs not have to be abandoned Jordan said. There was an increase in inc number of abandoned Pels two years go seller Hoff said bul statistics kept in Bremer Haven that include the Karlstedt area make it hard to Trace the surge Back a americans. Large ring binders hold re cords of animals found by location not by owner. Seller Hoff said inc number of animal swearing Nylon collars As opposed to the leather collars favored by German Pel owners and the number of Pels respond ing to English commands were Factor that led her to conclude Many animals came from american owners. Animal shelters Ore listed in local Tele phone books under Stierheim. Mos charge a fee for accepting a pet in varies according to the size and Type of animal charges of Between Sis and $60 Are fairly Standard according to seller Nolt. The animal is kept until an owner is found and necessary medical care is provided she said. Jordan said we want to and Are going to continue to work with the chair person of the humane society to eliminate the problem because it leaves a bad Laste in everybody s  . Ship hits mine 6 sailors Hurt Washington a an under water explosion lore open the Hull of a . Navy guided missile frigate in the Central persian Gulf and injured Sis sail ors thursday. Pentagon sources said it appeared that the warship Hil a mine. The injured sailors four with Sec Ond degree Burns and two with slight Back injuries were evacuated from the Samuel b. Roberts to the amphibious Landing ship Trenton for medical treat ment the department of defense Laid. The Roberts Ruelf Ihnn began steam ing slowly under its own Power toward port in Bahrain the Pentagon said. Defense sources said the Crew of the Roberts had spotted some mine like of a cols in the water immediately before the 10 10 . Edt explosion. The Pentagon declined official comment on the report. The sources who insisted on anonymity said the frigate was miking Only about two knots on its own Power thursday afternoon and would probably be taken undertow by the Cruiser Wainwright the Roberts Trenton and Wainwright Are three of 14 Navy ships assigned Toi i persian Gulf Force id provide Protection to commercial ships flying the american nag. The Reagan administration increased the us. Force in the Region last summer i response to b request irom Kuwait whose Oil Tanker come under attack in the course of the War Between Iran and Iraq. Dan Howard the defense depart ment s chief spokesman said the Rob erts had been in no danger of sinking and the Crew managed to staunch hooding in the engine compartments on its own. The explosion caused flooding in the engine room and some Hull damage Howard said. The flooding is under control and the ship is in the process of pumping out the water. It s operating under auxiliary  the Roberts whose Home port is Newport . Had left for Peron Gulf duty on Jan. 11 and was scheduled to leave the Gulf for Home around june 4, the Pentagon said at the White House spokesman War Lin Fiu water said president Reagan had been told of the incident which he said Only emphasizes our concern for Stop Ping the Iran Iraq  news updates Aeroflot crash report Moscow a the crash of in Aeroflot passenger Jet in february in which 20 people died was lie result of non by the Crew and an air traffic controller according to investigators. A report on the investigation 15 published wednesday Fry the official news Agency Tass. The hate civil aircraft flight safety commission said the Pikrot of the Tupoljev Tu-ij4 asked for permission to use a runway not normally used at the Airport Insu gut 1,400 Miles from Moscow and tried to land in poor visibility. The official report said the plane carried 45 passengers and Crew of 5ii. Seventeen passenger and three Crew members were killed. The other 31 people aboard the plane were injured. Since the commander did not stick to the flight parameters Jet by the air traffic controller the plane found itself in a position Aslo he Landing strip which made Safe Landing impossible the report said. Polygamist s trial Salt Lake City a a wife of a polygamist standing trial in the bombing of a mormon Chapel was called into the judge s chamber after she brought a toy bomb into the courtroom. Heidi Swapp 13, was escorted by . Marshals into . District judge Bruce s. Jenkins1 Chambers for a 15-minute meeting shortly after the trial of her husband a dim Swapp and three other family members recessed wednes Day. Addam Swapp 27, is Chruscz with seven counts and his Mother in Law clan matriarch Vickie Singer eight counts stemming from Hejaz. 16 bombing of a mormon Church building and the ensuing 13-Day standoff with police. John Timothy Singer 21, mrs. Singer s son and Swapp s brother Jonathan 21, face four counts each. Heidi Swapp had brought into the courtroom a Small red. Fire Cracker with a fuse that had instructions and the words Addam bomb written on in Laid an attorney s investigator who spoke on condition of anonymity. The investigator said the prop was a stupid  Heidi Swapp and attorneys declined to comment on the meeting but she said she had not been arrested or barred from further court proceed Ings. Canadian forces truck car collide 1 killed Lahr West Germany s4s a five ton Canadian forces truck collided with a Mercedes Sedan travelling North of Freu Denstad thursday killing a Ger Man passenger in the car a Canadian Force spokesman said. The Accident which occurred at 11 . Al the Junction of Federal Highway 294 and slate Highway 364, Alto critically injured the car s Driver. The Canadian forces Driver the truck s sole occupant suffered no injuries. The spokesman declined to identify the Soldier involved in the Accident but said the Mercedes apparently collided with the truck As the Canadian drier was using to pull away from the Side of the Road and into the flow of a flip