European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 1, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Is takes a break there will be no newspaper Tomor Row because of the new year s holi Day. The stars and stripes will resume publishing tuesday. We wish you a Happy and prosperous 1989. The stlr4andiitripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Happy new Yar vol. 47, no. 257 sunday monday january 1/2,1989 25 any and sunday d 8693 a subpoenas issued for Reagan Bush by North defense Washington a president Reagan and president elect George Bush have been subpoenaed As de sense witnesses in the trial of Oliver North on charge stemming from the Iran Contra affair. The action involving a sitting president and his successor was unprecedented in . History govern ment officials said. White House and Justice department officials said the subpoenas written orders directing the recipient to appear at a trial to testify were received Friday and would be reviewed by government attorneys. They declined to speculate on How Reagan and Bush would respond although a White House statement said one possibility would be written depositions instead of alive appearance by the president. North was fired As a White House aide and charge with conspiracy for his role in Selling arms to Iran and diverting the proceeds to Nicaragua s Contra rebels. His trial is scheduled to Start Jan. 31,11 Days after Bush takes Over for Reagan. Spokesmen for the White House and the vice presi Dent indicated Reagan and Bush would not automatically accept the subpoenas. The Washington Post on saturday quoted unidentified Justice department and White House officials As saying they would fight them. The Post also quoted a White House official As say ing that Reagan considered the subpoena an attempt to prod him into pardoning North. But Reagan urged by some conservatives to Grant such a Pardon has no changed his View that the Case should be decided at trial the newspaper quoted the official As saying. A statement released by the White House press of fice in Palm Springs calif., where Reagan is on Vaca Tion said the Justice department has received subpoena seeking the president s testimony at the see North on Back Page no announcements president elect George Bush gives the thumbs Down sign while he departs the White House Friday heading for a meeting with Cia director William Webster. The negative gesture was in reference to a reporter s question As to whether or not Bush planned any announcements on Cabinet posts. Of followed safety rules probe says of a gag report a so details Rescue efforts by Deedee Arrington Dok Kaiserslautern Bureau the commander of the 316th air div ordered Ramstein air show organizers to More than double the space nato requires Between spectators and aircraft during Aerial demonstrations prior to the ill fated a gust show according to an air Force report. Under a nato standardization agreement govern ing air shows the distance Between spectators and planes can be no less than 700 feet. Big. Gen. Law rence e. Boese who took command of the air division roughly three weeks before the air show directed the safety margin be increased to 1,500 feet the report said. The 42-Page summary received saturday by the stars and stripes outlines How the annual air show s organizers responded to governing safety rules in a 1985 nato agreement signed by the United states Italy West Germany and others. It also describes the base s emergency response after the aug. 28 disaster which occurred when three italian air Force jets collided and the plane piloted by the team s soloist crashed near the crowd of 300,000 spectators. Seventy people were killed and hundreds injured. The investigation did not address the Accident cause but accepted a Tri National inquiry panel s earlier conclusion that Pilot error by the soloist led to the disaster. The report noted that the c9llision itself was investigated by the italians. No portion of their find Ings was provided to the . Air Force for Public release. Two pages in the air Force report respond to the segment of the nato agreement that Calls for avoid ing All Maneu vers Likely to jeopardize the safety of persons or property in the event of any mishap to the aircraft or  in addition to reviewing All participants planned demonstrations air show organizers relied on the ital ians acceptance of and compliance with nato safety requirements in approving the recce Tricolour team s proposed program the report said. In choosing team for the event officials also took into consideration their professional reputations. Well known for death defying stunts the italia team also had a reputation in some quarters for recklessness. In reviewing specific Maneu vers the Ramstein airshow coordinator did not believe some possible Over flight of spectators during the italian team s pierced see probe on Back Page . Success mixed on 88 base negotiations  writer . Military bases last year we rebooted out or Spain welcomed to Italy left intact in the Philippines an kept in suspense in Greece. Throughout the year . Allies tangled Washington in tedious renegotiation of base agreements procedures that Are be coming More difficult a defense department official said. The generations that . Efforts to safeguard Europe s Security through two world wars and the Early Days of the cold War Are disappearing and the younger people taking Over Are just not As amenable to our presence he said in describing the difficulty. In 1988, some negotiations worked others did t. After More than two years of Long complicated and sometimes tens talks Spain last january asked the United states to remove the 72 f-16fighters assigned to the 401st tac fighter Wing at Torrejon a East of Madrid. Despite efforts by the United states to get the spaniards to let the Wing remain at Torrejon Spain insisted on the withdrawal and we Are complying with their Sovereign decision a state department official  is the largest air unit in the Mediterranean area and a designate backup Force for the other countries Italy Greece and Turkey Nonnato s Southern flank. Spanish-. Talks which began in 1986, stemmed from a March 12, 1986, referendum i which a majority of spaniards backed the government s proposal to remaining nato but Only on the condition that the . Military presence of about 12,000 service members be substantially reduced. Voters also demanded that Spain re main free of nuclear weapons and that continued on Page 3 a look Back at