European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 25, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday september 25, 1988 the stars and stripes Paga 7 Reagan soviet hold wide ranging talk Washington Uri president Reagan discussed a Range of East West is sues including arms control and human rights with soviet foreign minister Edu Ard Shevardnadze Friday and later told re porters we re making  Bui Secretary of state George Shutlz told a White House news conference twas improbable the superpowers would reach an agreement to Cut Strate Gic nuclear missile arsenals in half before Cagan leaves office. Shutlz also said there is no plan for the president to hold a final Summit  Leader Mikhail Gorbachev before Reagan s term ends Jan. 20, 1989. Reagan asked about the meeting As he headed for a weekend at his Camp David Retreat replied we re on the same path he said. We re making  an eight Page joint statement issued after he meeting Noiel there was Prog Ress in such areas As arms control and disarmament human rights and Region Al and bilateral issues in  relations. The statement noted Shevardnadze also had met with vice president George Bush the Republican presiden tial candidate. Democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis announced Friday he too would meet with Shevardnadze on wednesday in new York. Shutlz told reporters the controversial Krasnoyarsk radar in Siberia came in for a great Deal of discussion in trying to re solve . Concerns about the Iari Lily which the United states has said violates president Reagan and soviet minister Eduard Shevardnadze respond to reporters. The 1972 anti ballistic missile treaty. Gorbachev recently proposed that the Krasnoyarsk be transformed into an International space research Center. Shultz said it was being discussed and we Are working at  he said human rights was one of the main issues discussed along with negotiations on reducing conventional forces in Europe. Shultz who met with the soviet Diplo mat on thursday and Friday said the talks resulted in a somewhat mixed Pic lure on arms control. "1 won t say there is realty any substantial Progress to re port he added. Earlier White House spokesman mar Lin Filz Waler speaking to reporters aboard air Force one As Reagan re Lumen from campaigning for Bush in Florida said Shevardnadze brought some ideas with him for counting and limiting warheads. But stale department and White House officials said the proposals arc not new and consist of relatively minor provisions Hal have already been agreed upon in the strategic arms reduction talks. Shultz said Shevardnadze presented Reagan with a very substantial medal lion in a touching moment of the one hour Oval office meeting. The medallion commemorated the signing of the intermediate nuclear forces treaty with the United Stales. Shuttz said Shovard Nate de scribed Reagan As the author of the inf agreement and noted the first medallion was going to the president. Nasa preparing to Scarf discovery countdown Cape canaveral Fla. Up1 with blast off just Days away Nasa engineers worked through the weekend readying the shuttle discovery for the Start of its countdown to the first Post challenger Light. The Kennedy space Center launch team reviewed countdown procedures Friday to make sure Allun de stand their responsibilities when the countdown finally gets underway at 12 01 . Monday. It s Lime. Let s do it. We owe this one to our selves George Ted Sassen shuttle engineering director at the Florida spaceport said at the conclusion of the countdown review. Discovery s Blastoff on the firs american manned space flight since the challenger disaster is schedule for 9 59 . Not thursday weather permitting. The shuttle s Crew commander Frederick Hauck 47, co Pilot Richard Covey 42, John Mike lounge 42, David Hilmers 38, and Goree Pinky Nelson. 38 Are scheduled to arrive at the Kennedy space Center about 4 30 . Monday for final launch preparations. The astronauts plan to launch a Sloo million Nasa communications satellite six hours and 13 minutes after Blastoff before settling Down to fou Days  and other exercises that will end with a Landing at Edwards fab calif., at 7 55 . Put on monday oct. 3. Speeding Laws in Mississippi get aaa citing Jackson miss. A the Ameri can automobile association is telling its 29.8 million members to Case up on the Gas when cruising through Mississippi which it has deemed a strict enforce ment  the move Marks the first time an entire state has been cited by the aaa since Virginia and new Mexico shared the distinction 10 years ago. I can t think of anything better for a Highway patrol than to have its slate designated As a strict enforcement area said i. Col. Billie t. Hughes assistant chief of the Mississippi patrol. Such a designation acknowledges that our troop ers Are doing their jobs a. 41 percent increase in traffic tickets a Low tolerance for Speed violations and a highly visible Highway patrol were cited As reasons for the distinction. Jackson aaa manager Don Littlefield said that during the next year the association s 1,033 offices will Mark the enforcement designation on route maps compiled for members. Between Jan. I and july 31, troopers wrote 165,94 tickets 48,476 More than during the same period last year Hughes said. Patrol records show the number of traffic deaths on Mississippi roads be tween Jan. I and sept. 20 dropped from 531 in 198710 483 this year. College students find Many jokes bigoted sexist shocking prof says Madison wis. A a collection of More than 10,000 jokes included so Many bigoted sexist stories that the col lege students who compiled them were shocked a professor says. Some students were so disturbed they had to come and talk to me about the nature of the jokes professor  Mortensen said. Some were shocked at the brutality implicit in much of the  the Spring semester assignment for the University of Wisconsin Madison students found that about 30 percent of the 10,000 jokes gathered were ethnically offensive and another 30 percent were sexually offensive Mortensen said recently. About 60 students participated in the Independent study he said. The study showed nearly one third of the jokes gathered in the Madison area were ethnic or racial primarily demean ing jewish polish or Black people. Middle class White people the main source of the jokes rarely Tell jokes about themselves Mortensen said. I think there s a connection Between who we joke about and who we re afraid of Mortenson added. There s a lot of fear anger aggressiveness that is re leased towards people who make up less than 10 percent of the population in  nearly one third of the jokes were sexually offensive relating to differences in Genoer or lifestyle he said. This material is extremely  s lurid and it suggests that we not Only find jokes about sexuality funny we particularly find funny the sexual styles of people whose values Are incompatible with our own Mortensen said. Other jokes were about babies particularly dead babies he said or about disabled people animals religion and this being an election year politicians. Gary Hart whose relationship with Mode Donna Rice Cost him a bid at the White House was a prime target mor ten san said. Mortensen expects to finish his project entitled the Power of midwestern ethnic humor to Hurt and heal by the end of the semester. He said he regard humor As a form of aggression yet a pow Erful social lubricant. Jokes laughter ridicule and sarcasm allow us to have a cheap thrill a cheap Triumph he said. They allow us both to express the tension and hostility that we feel towards people that Are not like us and at the same time they Case ten  . Team beginning new search for my As Washington a teams of . Military casualty identification specialists will join local experts in Laos and Vietnam this week to search for the re Mains of . Servicemen who fought in Indochina the state department said. Joint excavations Are planned near be  in Eastern Laos tuesday through saturday by Hawaii based . Technical experts under an agreement reached last month at Vientiane the lao capital department spokesman Charles Redma said. We Welcome this constructive development and look Forward to increased cooperation with the lao government on this important Issue Redman said. Another . Team from the Hawaii laboratories will undertake joint on site investigations in Vietnam for 10 Days beginning sunday Redman said. The team will be following up certain cases raised with Hanoi authorities by retired Gen. John pc secy the . Representative in talks with Vietnam on searching for the More than 1,700 unaccounted for americans. Redman said further Indochina searches Are expected during oct Obi and november