European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 26, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2b the stars and stripes saturday november 26,1988 Mandela still a prisoner wife says Johannesburg South Africa up1 the wife of Black nationalist Leader Nelson Mandela on Friday Dis missed a Justice ministry decision to ease restrictions on her husband saying he remains a prisoner of the South Afri can government with no sign of release. The government Annovi iced thursday that Mandela transferred from prison to a Cape town clinic for treatment of tuberculosis in August would be transferred to a comfortable and secure Liv ing accommodation and allowed greater Contact with his family. The Brief announcement by Justice news Briers minister Kobie costs cd tended to con firm widespread speculation Mandela would be released in a step by slip pro Cess in a bid to prevent massive celebrations among Blacks and defuse persistent International appeals for Mandela s Freedom. But the announcement stopped Short of granting Mandela Freedom and was swiftly dismissed by Mandela s wife Winnie in a statement released through the family attorney in Johannesburg. Mrs. Mandela did not have any and Vance knowledge of the statement made by the minister of Justice this evening. She attaches no significance to the statement said attorney Ismail ayob. Or Mandela still remains a prisoner of the South african government and there is no indication of any imminent release he added. She has taken Strong exception to the family not being in formed in Advance by the South african  the government announcement indicated Mandela was recovering from his illness in the exclusive Constanli Aberg clinic in Cape town and could be moved eventually. But citing fears Over his safety it said he would be transferred Only to a secure living a commode  cock Sec said Mandela s health had improved to such an extent that should the improvement continue it will eventually no longer be necessary to care Tor him in a clinic in View of the particular Circum stances of the Case including possible threats to his safely from different quart ers it has been decided that when the time arrives he will be transferred to suitable comfortable and secure living accommodation where he will be Able to receive members of his family More freely and on a continual  ., Europe make plans to explore Saturn s Moon Paris a Europe and the United states arc joining in a Mission to explore the largest Moon in the solar system a celestial body that May have an atmosphere resembling Earth s be fore the Dawn of life Here the european space Agency announced Friday. The Mission to one of Saturn s Moons to be called i lie Cassini Titan probe was chosen from a series of proposed projects during a meeting thursday and Friday of the Esa s science pro Gram committee responsible for planning future space missions. Cassini was a French italian astronomer who discovered several of Saturn s Moons and its rings in the nth Century. Titan is the Only Moon in the solar system known to have a thick organic Rich nitrogen atmosphere. Cassini Tilan is scheduled to be launched in april 1996 by Nasa and should arrive in the Saturn system in october 2002. Shiite rivals Battle it out in once quiet Central Beirut Beirut Lebanon a Battles Between rival shiite moslem militias burst out of the Southern slums Friday filling neighbourhoods that had been quiet for two years with the Thun Der of Cannon and rocket fire in South Lebanon israeli warplanes blasted bases used by palestinian guerrillas and Allied lebanese militiamen killing five. Guerrillas and wounding is other people. It was the 23rd israeli air raid in Lebanon this year. Fighting in Beirut pitted the mainstream shiite militia amal against the pro Ranian Hezbollah or party of god police said at least 10 people were killed and 20 wounded most of them civilians since it began thursday evening. Commanders of syrian army units in charge of Security in moslem West and South Beirut ordered a cease fire Friday night fighting ebbed in the City but clashes persisted in the slums after the latest truce was called the spokesman said. Bush shrugs off paper s report of plans to Cut medicare benefits Kennebunkport Maine a president elect George Bush enjoying a four Day thanksgiving vacation at his family s Seaside vacation Home indicated Friday he has made no decisions yet on budget cuts but will consider the Issue shortly. The vice president shrugged off questions on reports of proposed cuts in medicare programs by telling re porters i keep Reading in the papers lot of things i supposed to be doing that i Don t know anything about. Don t make judgments based on stories that don1 really have any authority behind  Bush spoke to reporters As he and his wife Barbara made a Surprise morning visit to the Village business District to shop. Yugoslavia approves Constitution changes Belgrade Yugoslavia a Yugoslavia s parliament Friday adopted amendments to the federa Constitution designed to pay the Way for Radical eco nomic changes and streamline the country s communist political system. The 34 amendments changed 135 articles or about one third of the current yugoslavian Constitution passed in 1974 during the Rule of the country s communist founder Josyp Broz Tito. The 1974 Constitution believed to be the to Ngsi and most complicated in the world granted wide autonomy to the country s six republics and two Seriau Tono Mous provinces. It generally is blamed for the country s current Polit ical and economic crisis because it created eight virtually self ruling states thai must reach consensus when passing any important new Laws. As a result key decisions often Are watered Down to muddled compromises that keep the Federal govern ment weak and a nothing to control spiralling inflation and foreign debt. A draft of the new economic system approved by parliament envisages closing Down All loss making enterprises introducing private Domestic and foreign capital investments and the floating of stocks an Bonds. Emerging from a wine and cheese shop called the Tipsy mouse the vice president said he and his wife had purchased food to serve later in the Day at recep Tion in their Home for reporters. We bought the cheese for you Guys Bush said when asked the purpose of his visit. Bush declined to comment further on news accounts including one in Friday s editions of he Washington Post predicting his administration would go along with some $3.5 billion to $5 billion in proposed medicare cuts expected to be recommended bar out going president Reagan in his final budget submission to Congress in january. Bush promised earlier this week to Send negotiators to meet with members of Congress on the budget Defi Cit As soon As he becomes president. The strategy is in keeping with a proposal by the Man gush picked to be budget director Richard Dar Man that Bush not submit his own rewrite of the Rea Gan budget by instead work behind the scenes with Congress to forge a Compromise Darman has suggested that Bush will look for Sav Ings in the medicare program when he begins negotiations with Congress Over Ine 990 budget Bush has insisted he will not support any form of tax increase and would seek to reduce the nation s si50 billion a year budget deficit with a flexible freeze such a freeze would hold Overall spending at the level of inflation pairing additional spending in new areas with new cutbacks in others. Up Brachey to meet Bush read pm Washington a the Kremlin has agreed to a single luncheon meeting dec. 7 Between soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev and president Reagan and president elect George Bush in new York. Two Sites Are under consideration the metropolitan museum of Art and governors Island in new Yor Harbor. Reagan and French president Francois Mitter Rand held a discussion of East West relations on the Island during the 100th anniversary Celebration of the statue of Liberty in july 1986,i nato from Page 1 Ity talks will be to remove those Dis parities in weapon systems which give the East a capability for Surprise attack and Large scale offensive action Accord ing to the nato report. -. Increasing stability in Europe will re quire parity in these systems and ground forces especially suited for invasion said Alton g. Keel jr.,.the  Representative to nato in a statement re leased Friday As demonstrated by these data parity will demand Large asymmetrical reductions. Until that happens this document provides unassailable evidence of the continuing conventional military imbalance thai threatens the Security of Western Europe keel said. The 211-Page nato document entitled conventional forces in Europe the facts includes comparisons of Warsaw pact and nato ground forces and aircraft in Western Europe from the Atlantic Ocean to the ural mountains. The report does not address naval forces. Nato figures were gathered from each of the 16 nations in the Western Alliance. The Warsaw pact numbers were estimates agreed upon by the nato countries a  Official said. According to the document areas with major imbalances include tanks. The Warsaw pact has 51, Soo main Battle tanks including 37,000 held by the soviet Union. Nato has 16,424 tanks. Artillery. The Warsaw pact has 43,400 pieces of artillery mortars and multiple a wifi launchers compared to 14,458 held by nato. Personnel. The Warsaw pact also includes 3,090,000 personnel in its land forces compared to 2.2i3.s93 in nato the report said. R. Aircraft. The Warsaw pact advantage in combat aircraft is slightly More than 2 to i with 8,250 aircraft compared to 3,977 within nato during meetings of the nato foreign ministers in Brussels in 1986 and Reykjavik Iceland in 1937, the ministers proposed setting up two autonomous sets of negotiations on covent Lonal arms within the framework of the ongoing conference on Security and cooperation in Europe in Vienna. The first would involve All 35 nations participating in the. Conference an would focus on Confidence and Security building measures. The other talks would be limited to the 23 members of the North Atlantic Alliance and the Warsaw pad and would focus strictly on conventional  " the nato statement said the release of the figures was not a substitute for. The data which All participant will Needle provide in the course of the two new negotiations. Nor does it seek to prejudge the categories of forces to be Cov ered or the degree of detail  noting recent signs of willingness bythe Warsaw pact to provide military data in Europe the nato report added we Hope that following our example they will now demonstrate this willingness in deeds rather than