European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes g school killer also poisoned snacks Page s d Reagan cites Crew of Roberts in tribute Page 7 d Fleetwood Mac life after lindsay., Page 17 d celtics lakers Advance to Aba conference finals Page 21 vol.47,no.36 monday May 23, 1988 of Good morning d 8633 a Gorbachev upbeat on nuke pact wants Reagan s of for joint Mars Mission Washington a soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev old . Journalists in an interview published sunday Ifni he is optimistic about prospects far a .-soviet agreement on a 50 percent reduction in strategic nuclear weapons before president Reagan leaves office. Gorbachev in an interview in mos cow with the Washin Jlon Post and Newsweek Magazine also said he. Wilt ask Reagan to approve a joint soviet . Unmanned space flight la Mars when the two men meet in Moscow for the May a june 2 Summit details of inc interview and Gorba Chev s answers la written questions submitted in March were released saturday by Newsweek und published in sunday editions of the Post. Editors from the two news organizations interviewed Gorbachev for 90 minutes on wednesday. Asked about his answer to a written question in he 50 per tent reduction it strategic offensive weapons. Gorbachev said we want to have that  he said that if the agreement comes to be drafted under the present . Administration. I Sec no reason Why presi Dent Reagan and 1 should not sign it. I would certainly Welcome  asked to evaluate Reagan Gorbachev responded i m not particularly fond of giving personal character references. But since you ask i would like to say that realism is an important Quality in presi Dent Reagan As a politician. By this t mean he ability to adapt one s views to the changing situation while remaining faithful to one s convict  Paap Gorbachev stresses t Point during the interview with Western journalists. Maintaining a positive tone in and Vance of inc upcoming Summit Gorba Chev referred to the already signed . Sovil treaty to reduce medium Range missiles and said who would have though in the Early 80s. That it would he president Reagan who would sign with us the first nuclear arms reduction treaty in history Gorbachev cautioned Liml tic has no plans to set aside unresolved disputes in order to hasten a treaty on strategic weapons in our assessment we have covered together a Long Road in the search far conclusions to All questions Gorbachev said. But i i Ink you would agree with me if say that if we sign with one hand a treaty reducing strategic offensive forces in one area and at the same Lime launch tin arms race in space or at sea what would be the Point that would be senseless he said the soviet position is not Ca Pricious Bui fully thought out and responsible and he reiterated opposition see Gorbachev on Back Page Jet with 254 aboard skids off runway Grapevine Texas up1 an american airlines dc-10 ran 1,000 feet off the end of a runway during an aborted Takeoff attempt saturday Al dal Las fort Worth International Airport. Al least two passengers and a crewman were injured. American airlines right 70, in route to Frankfurt with 240 passengers and 14 Crew members aborted its Takeoff shortly after 4 . On a runway on the cast Side of the Airport. Federal aviation administration officials said. Airport spokesman Joe Daley or. Said the passengers Are being taken by Airport buses to a terminal where medical evaluation is being made. It is my understanding i hat a couple of Pas sengers have been taken to area Hospi  univ Cisily medical Center spokeswoman Ruth Spanjur said a crewman and two passengers were being treated at the Hospital for minor injuries. American airlines flight 70 rests an grass after shorted Takeoff saturday at Dalta fort Worth Intrau tonal Airport. Nashville sound spreads Good will Manama Bahrain a the turbaned teen agers in the Back rows clapped with the beat their Heads bodies and Sandaler feel moved energetically to the music that few if any had Ever heard before. The sounds of the Nashville Bluegrass band were an unusual experience for the Blind Arab students special guests at a Benefit concert for Bahrain s Al Moor Institute for the Blind. The five member group had come As part of a cultural Exchange program sponsored b the . In format Ion sen ice. Music can communicate with people in ways Mere words cannot said Banjo player Alan o Bry and. Music can Cut through the barriers of not really being Able to under stain j the language or terminology. The lyrical Content May not gel across but the rhythms and beats and what s going on up on stage with inc musicians will be picked up and enjoyed by the  the afternoon after the performance for inc Blind students children danced on the grass at a local amusement Park and veiled women watched discreetly As the musicians played and Sang from their repertoire of Bluegrass blues and country music. Men in ankle length Robes broke into traditional Arab dancing thai went on until dark. We could t even Sec our instruments any More. They were spinning like whirling dervishes said guitarist and Lead Singer Pat Enrighi. Western music is popular among the Arab younger set. English language radio stations keep listeners up to Date. The audience is More limited for such specialized music As Bluegrass with roots in music taken to America by scottish and Irish immigrants. It s a Folk music a people s music a rudimentary style of popular music that draws from Black and White and Early jazz and string band styles said o Bryam. A handful of other country Bluegrass bands have visited the Region in the past decade but they appeared mostly at hotels catering to foreigners. Performers for the arts America program arc drawn from a list compiled by Usis Headquarters in Washington d.c., in cooperation with the National foundation for the arts. Last year s program in the Middle East featured break dancing. . Embassies work with government officials to make sure performers and material arc suitable for local audiences