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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d 800 gis to join Nijm Egen March Page 2 d Dukakis Jackson avoid confrontation Page 5 n Independent counsels criticized by Meese Page 6 d showers postpone British open Page 21 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 47, no. 90 sunday july 17, 1988 Good morning if if 2s doily and sunday d 8693 a Warsaw pact Summit end arms spending freeze urged Warsaw Poland a leaders of the seven nation Warsaw pact ended their Summit saturday by calling for a Mutual East West moratorium on increases in military spending and talks before the end of the year on reducing conventional arms. The communist allies also signed a statement expressing concern about the effects of the arms race on the environment. Soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev departed for mos cow several hours after the meeting ending a six Day visit to Poland. Other Warsaw pact leaders also were returning Home saturday. In a joint communique released at the end of a two Day Summit Warsaw pact leaders said they support negotiations with nato on freezing and reducing military expenditures and on announcing on principles of reciprocity a moratorium on increasing Mili tary spending for one to two  on Friday the first Day of the Summit romanian Leader Nicolae Ceausescu urged the other leaders to press for new talks on Banning Battlefield nuclear weapons from  Gorbachev and the other East Europe communist party chiefs conferred Friday Gorbachev s wife Raisa travelled to the former nazi death Camp at Auschwitz and paid tearful tribute to the 4 million see Summit on Back Page a Harold Goecker enters his House Friday after a Tornado felled a tree in his front Yard in Council Bluffs Iowa. The tree left a Large Hole in Goecker s roof. Twisters rip 2 Missouri River communities Council Bluffs Iowa a National guardsmen sealed off half the City to prevent looting saturday As Crews cleared Trees and other debris strewn Here and in Omaha neb., by tornadoes that wiped out entire blocks. An estimated 10,000 Homes were damaged and More than 100 families forced from houses destroyed or severely1 damaged by the twisters that slammed into the two Missouri River cities Fri Day. At least 64 people suffered injuries mostly minor when winds gusting to 92 Mph downed Power lines uprooted Trees and ripped roofs off houses in Atwo mile stretch along interstate 29 near the River. It s a major disaster. There Are com plete blocks gone said Pott Wattie county supervisor Larry Allen. It s an absolute Miracle no one is dead Council Bluffs City councilman Stanley Grote said. Omaha Public Power District and Iowa Power and Light co. Said an Esti mated 80,000 customers were without Power saturday in the two  looting was reported. It was not immediately known if any arrests were  up to 48 inches in diameter snapped in Council Bluffs and others As tall As 100 feet were uprooted at a Omaha Golf course. The twisters also started fires and overturned rail cars in a two mile stretch in Council Bluffs. No Dollar estimate of the damage was immediately  than 170 uniformed officers including 60 Iowa guardsmen helped protect against looting and reroute  than 50 red Cross volunteers worked in shifts to distribute free food and drinks through the night. Guardsmen sealed off a 700-Block area of Council Bluffs issuing permits to residents who lived and to anyone else with reason to be there but otherwise allowing no one  cleared Trees from streets and cranes loaned by the Union Pacific Railroad were used to straighten Metal sup ports on toppled signs and billboards  
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