European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 3, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d officer Calls for w. Germany to seek nuke arms ban Page 2 d Miami news publishes its last edition Page 5 d 3-year-old s first phone Call saves his Mother Page 7 d it s Down to four teams in nil playoffs sports authorized unofficial publication  . Armed forces vol. 47, no. 258 tuesday january 3, 1989 Good morning if 25 daily and sunday u Fri chief lauds Arafat offer in Jet crash probe a military Honor guard bears a casket carrying the remains of one of two victims arriving at Dover fab Del. The victims passengers on pan am flight 103, were spec. Douglas e. Malicote and spec. Michael g. Stinnett. By the los Angeles times Washington Fri director Wil Liam s. Sessions sunday welcomed a re ported offer by Yasser Arafat to assist inthe investigation of the bombing of pan american flight 103, saying that the pal Estine liberation organization Leader had a wealth of information to pro vide. In Abc and Abc television inter views sessions switched his tone to one of greater optimism about discovering who caused the dec. 21 tragedy in Scot land that killed All 259 passengers an Crew aboard the London new York flight plus at least another 11 persons on the ground. Sessions said that he had no Way of immediately analysing whether Arafat s offer was genuine but said that he Hope that it was. The sunday express of Lon Don reported that the Plo had sent message to president Reagan making the offer and vowing to Send a hit squad to Hunt Down the Leader of the terrorist group responsible for the attack. However White House spokesman roman Popaduik quoted National Security adviser Colin l. Powell As saying Sun Day that no message had been received from Arafat As of late saturday. He has a great Deal of a wealth of information i am sure he can give us sessions said of Arafat s reported  the Fri chief rejected the notion of Arafat s dispatching an assassination squad. We believe in the system of Justice where people Are brought to the bar of Justice to answer for those things for which they Are charged said sessions a former Federal judge. I would Hope in the american spirit that these people. Are handled by the  sessions on Abc s meet the press described himself As being very very see offer on Back Page of followed safety rules probe says of a gag report a so details Rescue efforts by Deedee Arrington Doke 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 governing air shows the distance Between spectators and planes can be no less than 700 feet. Brig. Gen. Lawrence 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 were injured. The investigation did not address the Accident cause but accepted a three nation inquiry panel s earlier conclusion that Pilot error by the soloist Leto the disaster. The report noted that the collision itself was investigated by the italians. No portion fits findings 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 see probe on Back Page . Success mixed on 88 base negotiations  writer . Military bases last year we rebooted out of Spain welcomed to Italy left intact in the Philippines and kept 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 remember .efforts to safeguard Europe s Security through two world wars and the Earl 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 tense talks Spain last january asked the unite states to remove the 72 f-16 fighters assigned to the 401st tac fighter Wingat Torrejon a East of Madrid. Despite efforts by the United states to get the spaniards to let the Wing re main 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 on nato Southern flank. Spanish-. Talks which began in 1986, stemmed from a march12,1986, referendum in which a majority of spaniards backed the government proposal to remain in nato but Only on the condition that the . Military pres ence 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