European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes d Deputy Neucom commander assails Alliance bashing Page 2 d for the Crew of the Stark it was War Page 3 d weapons Cost Down for Start of 1988 Page 5 d Atlanta Victory ties Aba series at 2-2 Page 21 auth mild unofficial Puiu Citron l 0 tit u.�. Mid 0ciibbhhhh vol.47,no.31 wednesday May 18, 1988 Good morning i 08693 a Byrd pushes inf missile treaty wants it ratified before Summit Washington a Senate majority Leader r9bert c. Byrd was calling up the medium Range missile treaty for debate tuesday opening a race to ratify it before president Reagan meets with soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev at the Moscow Summit. Byrd acted after three Senate commit tees formally concluded that disputes Over the on site inspection provisions of the intermediate Range nuclear forces treaty have been resolved. The decision comes after testimony i which Secretary of state George p. Shultz said that in talks last week wit soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze on the disputed Points begot what we needed and the inf treaty signed at the Whitehouse on dec. 8 by Reagan and Gorba Chev would require the elimination fall . And soviet missiles with a Range of 300 to 3,400 Miles. Byrd had refused to permit debate on ratifying the pact to proceed until Dis Putes on implementing the on site. Inspection provision and on futuristic weapons had been resolved. Finishing the treaty by the time of the Summit will depend on the nature of the debate and the number of amendment that Are offered he said. Byrd said he plans to Call up the treaty and stay on it but noted there May become roadblocks. Vote count show that when the final vote is taken the treaty Likely will be ratified by an overwhelming Senate majority far greater than the required two thirds vote. Sen. Sam Nunn d-oa., the armed services chairman said he was satisfied by the agreement worked out Between see Byrd on Back Page a photo dam busters tribute a world War a it stage Lancaster skims Over the marked 45 years since the historic Mission against the Derwent dam in North Derbyshire England during a Muhne and Eder dams in Germany s Ruhr Valley tribute to the Rapi dam Busten monday several veterans of the raid attended the ceremonies. Top spokesman fired by Meese Lead writer quits Washington a attorney general Edwinm Csc i monday fired the Justice department s chief spokesman for allegedly not defending him aggressively enough and the head of Mccase s speech writing unit then abruptly handed in his a letter Justice department spokesman Terry Eastland said he had been relieved of his duties Friday and that he had defended a Csc i to the Best of my ability while exercising Good judgment and acting in a manner consistent with the obligations of this office. You have concluded that my efforts have not sufficed Eastland wrote the attorney Gen eral who had appointed him Public affairs director in april j1985. In explaining the dismissal Meese told reporters basically i decided this was a Good time for Eulanda change in leadership. This was a matter basically of my determination that for the rest of the year we could use some new leadership and he was agreeable to at a news conference Eastland said he Felt nose Meese on Back Page arc gets of to build hotel conference unit ,. By Charlie Bowde Munich Bureau Garmisch West Germany anew 450-room hotel and conference Center should be completed in years now that theary Iund forces recreation a enl hat received approval and funding for the Mility. The hotel originally for 650-rooms win arts or $60 million. Be Are on target and the european division of the corps of engineers is our agent for executing what we be Lieve to be a fast track concept that Uve us of Adin Guition team bang org Agic said Tran from army control. One consideration in cutting Backon the hotel s planned size was whether the military Market could maintain _. Me occupancy rate for a 650-room Complex Turner said especially considering other upgrade program scheduled for Berchtesgaden and cur Yoder Way at chiemsce.1450 rooms More adequately meet our immediate Market see arc on Back Page Driver tests drunk charged on 27 murder counts Carrollton by. A the Driver of a pict up truck that collided with a Church bus in a fiery weekend crash was charged with 27 counts of murder monday after blood tests showed he was legally drunk at the Mahoney 34, of Worthville Wasu warrants at Humana he is in serious said. A guard been posted at his door police Commonwealth s / Ackman Liinar kill Iii 11 Lilly death penalty in a it Ujj interstate 71 Jhaj Alich f27people returning Outing Park. A. Investigators from the National transportation safety Board said at a news conference that the converted school bus did not meet Post-1977 safety requirements for a caged fuel tank. Joseph t. Nail an Nosb member said the bus Ojuel tank bad a 3-Inch Gash in it and had been pushed Back 26 inches by the Impact of the asked if a caged tank might have prevented 4bejtrc that enveloped the bus after the Accident Nail continued on Back Page
