European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 38 the stars and stripes saturday december 10,1988 Reagan lauds Pace of peace Washington up president Reagan reviewing superpower relations during his White House ensure said thursday night his final Summit with so Viet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev is Evi Dence that the path remains open the Pace of peace  to the 48th and Likely last news Confer ence of his presidency Reagan greeted the White House press corps with a Joc ular we be got to Stop meeting like this 3 sly reference to the fact that his last meeting Wilh reporters was More than five months ago june 21 in Toron to after the economic Summit in his opening statement. Reagan noted that a year ago he and Gorbachev signed the intermediate Range nuclear forces treaty in the East room and since Ihnn we be seen a serious move ment and some  Gorbachev s address to the United nations wednesday was a result of this late news process and 1 congratulate him on  the soviet Leader said in his speech that he will reduce red army troop strength by 500.000 by 1991. So the path remains open the Pace of peace continues Reagan said. The East room glittered Wilh Christmas decorations. Two towering Pine Trees Laden Wilh Linsel and Sola were posted an either Side of Reagan s podium. Poinsettias were aligned in front of his lectern. Since 1985, extraordinary things have happened and nothing More extraordinary than yesterday with Rea Gan president elect George Bush and Gorbachev standing together in new York Harbor under the protective gaze of the statue of Liberty he said. The three men met for two hours on governors Island in new York wednesday in an All smiles Summit that was Short on substance and Long on Story telling. Thursday s nationally broadcast news conference marked one of Reagan s last prime Lime appearances before the american people before completing a Transfer of Power Jan. 20 10 Bush the first Friendly takeover of government by a single party in More than so years. Questioned about the $2.6 billion Nii tonal debt he leaves the nation Reagan said it is incorrect to say All of this happened because we Cut  he blamed the deficit on past congresses saying there were Only eight scattered years in which there was a balanced budget since the great de passion. He said there has been an increase in spending for College students and hous ing and added actually our defense spending and what we asked for. The ones t asked for were less than the projected budgets of what was  asked if he thinks Bush May have to raise taxes to balance the budget which suffered a 1155 billion deficit in fiscal 1988 the president said he would be deeply disappointed should the president elect take that course. The lop 5 percent of earners at this much lower Rale of taxation Are paying a much larger share of taxes now he said. We Don t have to touch social Security and we Don t have to touch taxes. We arc on the Way now of reducing the  again touching on relations with the soviet Union Reagan was asked if he had changed his opinion on communism or if communism had changed. He recalled earlier statements he made quoting their own words about How communists would lie.  but. I think there s been a change. That was four leaders Back before this one Gorbachev and i think there have been some  he added my philosophy is Trust everybody but Cui the cards. Soldiers on Arab raid rescued by israeli copters Jerusalem a israeli helicopters on Fri Day plucked four trapped soldiers from a pitched Battle with pro syrian palestinian guerrillas after a raid in which an israeli officer was killed and three soldiers were wounded army officials said. At least 20 guerrillas were killed and dozens wounded according to Gen. Dan Shimron army chief of staff. An army spokesman said no prisoners were taken on either Side during the nine hour clash. Speaking on army radio Shimron denied re ports from Lebanon thai israeli troops exchanged gunfire Wilh syrian forces stationed along the lebanese coast. According to an account from an army spokes Man israeli soldiers launched a pc Dawn raid on a base held by Ahmed Jibril s popular front for the liberation of Palestine general command. Panel locked in feud Over Gander crash cause Ottawa Nytz almost three years after 248 . Soldiers died in an air crash in Newfoundland Canadian investigators went Public thursday with an internal dispute Over whether. The crash was caused by ice or by an explosion. Two factions on the Canadian aviation safety Board feuded openly at a news conference called to release the Board s findings each accusing the other of distorting or ignoring key evidence in the Gander crash that killed soldiers returning . I while five of the Board s nine members agreed that the most probable cause of ther Accident was icing on the wings of the chartered Arrow air dc-8, tour others contended thai the arc was no direct evidence of ice and that indications that the plane had been downed by in in flight explosion had been brushed aside.  a total of 256 americans including eight Crew members died when the heavily Laden Arrow air plane carrying members of the 101st airborne div from Cairo Egypt to their Home base at fort Campbell ky., crashed during a pre Dawn Takeoff after a re fueling Slop in Gander on dec. 12,1985. Pneumonia treatment helping Justice Brennan Washington a supreme court jus. Lice William j. Brennan is responding to treat ment for pneumonia and May miss Only one court session a court spokeswoman said Friday. Kathy Arta erg the spokeswoman said bran " Nan is continuing to improve and is resting  -. Brennan at 82 the oldest member of the court was taken to die Bethesda naval medical Center in suburban Maryland on thursday after visiting a doctor at the Capitol court spokeswoman Toni House said. Shultz from Page 1 scale offensive action a feasible option an option which we have never possessed or  Gorbachev in a speech to the United nations on wednesday said the soviet Union would Cut its Mili tary forces by a half million troops by 1991. A total of 10,000 tanks 8,500 artillery systems and 800 combat aircraft also would be mothballed the soviet Leader said. Shultz cited figures showing thai even after the cuts the Warsaw pact would keep a belter than 2- of advantage in tanks 1.74-tp-l advantage in artillery and a 3-to-1 Edge in combat aircraft. They re very Welcome proposals Shutlz said of the soviet cuts. They will be significant they la make a difference. But they leave the situation still very  nato Secretary general Manfred Werner said the soviets now should remove the last obstacles in the Field of human rights and move As fast As possible to the negotiating  guidelines Tor starting new conventional arms talks in Vienna Are still being worked out. As far As a mandate Tor conventional talks it is not totally nailed Down but we re pretty close to it Shultz said. The negotiations called the conventional stability talks would involve the 23 members of the two Alli ances in Europe and would be a follow up to the stalled conventional arms talks in Vienna. Werner and Shultz expressed Hope that the new arms control initiatives would not weaken Alliance re solve to maintain a Strong defense. For example sever Al . Officials expressed concern privately thai the Public would balk at spending the huge sums required for modernizing Short Range nuclear missiles to response to questions from reporter Werner said modernization of the nuclear missiles was needed regardless of the outcome of conventional arms talks. I do not link them together he said. Of course Security has to be seen As a whole. But we still need a minimum of nuclear  the ministers agreed Friday to Complete work on a comprehensive concept on Security and arms control matters in time for their next meeting in the Spring worn said. ,. The report Aims to reach a consensus among the 16-. Nation North Atlantic Alliance for future nuclear and conventional Amis requirements in Europe As Well As agreement on arms control issues the ministers also endorsed a conference in Paris on chemical weapons for Early next year that will seek a worldwide ban. On East West Trade the ministers released a statement that said such Trade should be conducted on solid commercial grounds and to the Mutual advantage of the countries involved. Preferential treatment of the soviet Union should be avoided As Well As Trade that would strengthen the soviet military. Finally the ministers bid Farewell and paid tribute to Shutlz for his contributions to the Alliance Wilmer  Are grateful and we will miss  Aid from Page 1 Sador in Britain Leonid Zamyatin Friday said about 80,000 pc pc died in the Southern Republic of 3.3 million. Speaking briefly in English to a delegation of armenians at the soviet embassy in London he said our estimate is but it s not an exact figure that we have about  people who lost life in Armenia and 2.5 million lost i hair  he added Many people Are in hospitals including  official Media gave leu specific  said the quake left 400,000 people homeless. A scientist predicted More tremors would occur. Workers scrambled to find survivors buried in the rubble.  or a \.-. President Mikhail s. Gorbachev returned Home to direct the growing Relief efforts which brought emergency food v. Medics medical supplies and search equipment to the devastated Region. Gorbachev,1 who Cut Short a trip to the United slates and cancelled plans to visit Cuba and Britain arrived in Moscow before Dawn Tass said. He was expected to travel to Armenia but officials refused to say when he would make the trip Tass reported a Swiss Rescue team and 20 search dogs flew to Armenia with 8 ions of Rescue supplies. Swedish officials announced is million in Rescue assistance and Finland sent shipments of blood plasma. President Reagan offered humanitarian Aid cuban president Fidel Castro pledged to Send construction workers and Britain France and Italy also dispatched Rescue teams. . Scientists said the quake measured 6.9 on the Richter scale. We exp Cal More tremors to Lake place soon in the area of the earthquake that Shook the Tram Cau Casian Region on dec. 7," said Nikolai Shebala a spokesman for the soviet Institute of physics of the Earth. To report said two thirds of Leni Nakan a cily of 230,000 on the turkish Border were destroyed. Spitak was practically erased from the face of the Earth said one television correspondent. Tass said half the buildings in Kiro Vakan a City of 150,000, had crumbled. It said the injured and those left homeless were being housed indents military Barracks officers houses and clubs garrisons and dining rooms. Friday and saturday were declared Days of mounting in Armenia.  a special meeting of representatives of All 15 so Viet republics was called in Yerevan to discuss ois Asler Relief greek education strike Athens Greece a More Ihan 4.000 Stu dents and striking technical schoolteachers on thursday began a week of protests across Greece with a March to press for increased government spending on education