European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d study recommends Dod Cut 7,300 jobs Page 5 d Randy Barmett s car Comer Page 13 d the French Riviera a travel primer stripes Magazine o Detroit whips Boston in Aba playoffs sports Page 17 the Sims Anco stripes o nor Rizui Putli Triam rot Thi . Humid Toicen vol. 47, no. 40 d6693a president arrives in Helsinki in route to Moscow Summit. Helsinki Finland a presided Reagan a Rcd in the finnish capital curly thursday in route to a Moscow sum Mil with soviet Leader Mikhail Gorba Chev after proclaiming thai superpower relations have come a Long Way since their i98i face off in Oene a. Reagan and Taij wife Nancy were Gre cled by finn ish president Mauno Koivisto and his wife to Lloro in the Cool night air. Set related stories pages 6 and8. Spotlight flooded the Tarmac at Helsinki Vantara Airport and a red carpet was rolled out to air Forte one for Reagan s arrival. At a while House departure ceremony held wednesday under Dart skies and a steady rain Reagan gave a mostly sunny assessment of relations Between Moscow and Washington. But he acknowledged that we hive Many differences deep  there will be plenty of work for or. Gorbachev and me in Moscow next week Reagan said. I do no expect it to be  Secretary of stale George Sulu. Who had planned on accompanying Reagan stayed behind in washing the negotiations had reached an impasse and the offer to drop drug charges against Noriega if he left the country had been withdrawn. Administration officials said earlier mini Reagan had Senate appears poised to of arms control pact Washington Lap the chief opponent of the medium Range arms control treaty conceded de feat wednesday Clearing the Way for possible sen ale approval of the historic Accord before president Ricapi meets soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev in Moscow this weekend i m fairly confident we will be Able to finish the treaty Friday or saturday Senate majority Leader Robert c. Byrd. D-w.va., said. That would mean the treaty could be approved inline 10 Fly the ratification notice to Moscow so the president could present it to Gorbachev during the Summit. Which begins sunday Byrd no cd. Reagan left Washington on wednesday for the Summit Wilh a three Day Stopover in Helsinki Fin land in route. Ratification of the  Range nuclear forces pact requires 67 votes and is assured be cause 90 or More senators support the treaty according to sup ponces and critics of the pact. Sen. Jesse Helms r-n.c., the trealy s chief critic conceded he had failed in his attempt to modify the Accord which Reagan and Gorbachev signed dec. 8 in Washington i m licked in terms of doing anything on the treaty Helms told reporters. Laler Helms admitted. I be had no illusion from the very beginning about the prospects of defeating this  the treaty requires elimination within three years of All . And soviet nuclear Missi with Arange of 300 Miles to 3,400 Miles. 11 would result in the elimination of 867 . Missiles in Europe and of 1,7 52 soviet missiles. Helms Byrd and other Senate leaders met be Hind closed doors to work out an agreement that would end the procedural snarl that has blocked definitive action on the pad since in reached the floor last week. Helms and other critics using Senate rules de signed to protect the rights of the minority have stalled action filing a series of amendments that were rejected overwhelmingly. In response Byrd and scale minority Lea Derbab Dole r-kan., filed a cloture motion to halt debate. That motion was set for a vote thursday approval of the motion requires 60 votes and is assured meaning the debate would be limited to 30hours. That would set up a final vote Friday. The backstage talk were aimed at setting aside the cloture vote which also would mean the scale could avoid the All night ses Sion thai would be required if a Lolur were  said that of tar the cloture motion was filed he realized the Ball game was  but he said Helm he still was seeking approval of some amendment that could be attached As conditions to the Resolution of ratification. But there was no agreement by wednesday eve Ning meaning the Cloi Urc Vole was Likely to go ahead thursday morning. Meantime the chamber voted 89-9 to reject a Helms amendment that would have abrogated he treaty if the United Stales found that the soviets had furnished false information. Sen. Richard Lugar a and. Said the proposal would be a killer amendment that would require the pact to be renegotiated with the soviets. Later the chamber voted Down 69-2b, an amendment by sen Eric so Hollings . That would have permitted ground bunched cruise mis Siles with non nuclear warheads to be deployed in Europe. Hoped the matter would be resolved before the outset of the Moscow Summit which begins sunday. Reagan planned to use the three Day Helsinki Stop Over to prepare for the Summit and to adjust to the eight hour Lime difference Between Moscow an Washington. Reagan s rip Marks the first visit to the Sovie Lunion by. A sitting president since Richard Ninon and Gerald Ford made separate trips there in 1974. Rongan 77, has never Vij Sild the soviet Union Al though i spent much of hit tone career speaking of America s challenges in the face of sing soviet Power. Reflecting on his three previous summits with Gorbachev beginning with the november 1985 meeting in see Summit on Back Page Noriega talks collapse . Drops All offers Washington a a . Negotiating Effort to induce panamanian Leader Manuel Antonio Noriega to go into Chile this summer collapsed wednesday and no further talks arc planned Secretary of slate Georgep. Shultz announced. At the final moment in negotiations. Noriega would not carry through with inc arrangements his representative Riad negotiated Shultz told a hastily arranged news conference. No offers remain on inc  under Secretary of stale Michael Armacost told re porters that Noriega had indicated hat majors an captains within Panama s defense forces might Lake Strong action against him if he agreed id the Deal the United slates has been seeking Noriega s remo Val since his indic men in february by a Federal grand jury in Miami on charges of taking at least 14.6 million in payoffs from Colombia s Medellin Cartel to protect cocaine shipments launder Money and hide drug smugglers from Law enforcement officials the collapse of the talks came As president Reagan was flying to Helsinki. Finland on the first leg of his Summit meeting in Moscow next week. Republicans and democrats on Capitol Hill welcomed the development sending Noriega off Inlo retirement with a Legal Golden Parachute. Would have been the wrong step at the wrong Lime said Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole of Kansas. Shultz indicated that the two countries now a Pearlo be Back to Square one. All proposals addressed during these negotiations have been withdrawn he said. Attorney general Edwin Melesc Iii said in a Siai Emnott thai Noriega is a fugitive and inc , government will use every Legal Means Al our disposal to bring him to Justice to remove him from Power an to restore democracy to  the . Negotiating plan had drawn considerable bipartisan opposition at Home and from anti Noriega forces in Panama As Well. Among the critics was democratic presidential front runner Michael Dukakis. Classified ads Magazine today