European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 15, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d higher Speed limits raised death toll study finds Page 2 d marches mural Honor King and his dream pages 5,9 d superbowl sidelights Page 23 p germans find no illegality in libyan links Page 28 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 47,no. 270 sunday january 15, 1989 Good morning 254 daily and sunday d 8693 a pact Calls for new arms talks Vienna Austria a nato and the soviet led Warsaw pact agreed sat urday to hold new talks to reduce conventional forces in Europe Diplomat said. The agreement came after Greece and Turkey settled a territorial dispute. Negotiators from the world s two most powerful military alliances initiated the agreement calling for the new arms talks said a Western Diplomat who attended the closed door session. Later saturday diplomats were expected to sign a landmark human rights Accord that was informally accepted Fri Day by the East and West blocs and 12 Neutral nations. Resolution of the Greece Turkey dispute paved the Way for the signing. Secretary of state George Shultz and soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze will join 33 other foreign ministers at a three Day meeting starting tuesday to wind up the 35-nation Helsinki review conference. One Western Diplomat said the greek turkish dispute was resolved after last minute Telephone Calls Between the aus Trian capital Vienna and the turkish capital Ankara. Another Western envoy indicated the dispute was settled after the soviet Union and three unidentified nato countries submitted letters to Turkey. Their Content was not disclosed. The arms talks dubbed the negotiations on conventional armed forces in Europe could Start in March Diplomat said. The Call for the talks will be included in a 35-nation agreement designed to ensure Freedom of religion and travel by citizens of East bloc nations and to boost East West contacts at All Levels. The greek turkish dispute Over a strategic Corner of turkish territory close to the Border with Syria had threatened to unravel the Call for new East West arms talks and the Helsinki conference Accord. The Balkan nations were deadlocked Over the possible inclusion of the Strate Gic Region of Turkey the Eastern Mediterranean port of Mersin in the new arms talks on reducing conventional forces in Europe. Greece insisted that the port be included in those talks. The Athens govern ment said that Mersin is a key port for shipping supplies to Northern Cyprus which is controlled by Turkey. It was not immediately Clear How the two nations reached a Compromise on see pact on Back pages a Ken George Robert and Jennifer Freaney with their children 18-month-old Courtney and Ryan 3, in their Home in Lan Stuhl. Home buyers should beware it s Tricky business in Europe by Randy Mcclain financial writer Robert and Jennifer Freaney thought they were doing the right thing in november 1985 when they bought a House near Lan Stuhl West Germany for 265,000 Marks then about $105,000. More than three years later the Freaney almost were faced with the Prospect of moving Back to the United states without being Able to sell their Home before Robert Freaney s tour of duty As a Captain with the 58th military Airlift so at Ramstein a ended. The couple s 1,350-Square-foot Home has been on the Market since june for an asking Price of 245,000 Marks about $135,000. An interested buyer finally has surfaced and they expect to close the Deal this month. The Freaney close Call illustrates one of the difficulties of owning a Home in Europe. Once fashionable in the Days of the High Dollar Home buying today is filled with greater peril than Ever. When the Dollar was above 2.50 Marks i had lots of clients coming in asking for assistance with buying said Jerry Shiles Legal adviser with the 21st theater army area come. For the last two years though the housing Market has been  a variety of factors has conspired to take the continued on Page 3 . Choppers Rescue 32 from foundering ship by Dave Diehl . Bureau two . Air Force helicopter Crews capped a two Day drama in the Stormy Atlantic Ocean on saturday afternoon plucking 32 people from their damaged cypriot ship a spokesman for the British coast guard Rescue Center said. Crews aboard two Mh-53j helicopters from the 39th special operations Wing at Raf Woodbridge took 80 minutes to pull 31 men and one woman off the 42,000-ton bulk Ore Carrier Yar Awonga about 240 Miles off the West coast of Ireland coast guard officer Bob Hurrell said. The coast guard reported 45 Mph winds and 30-foot sea during the Rescue Hurrell said. The listing ship which was bound from Norway to the St. Lawrence Seaway in Canada to take on Iron Ore suffered a Large Gash below the waterline on the right Side of the Hull and a larger Hole higher up on the left Side the associated press reported. Winds of 60 Mph and 30-foot seas had ripped More than 300 Square Yards of plating from the ship coast guard spokesman Tony Andrews said. They Are quite severe holes Andrews said. There was always the danger of it the ship breaking in two because of those  on Friday the ship was Drifting in rough seas without Power but the Crew managed to fix its boiler and get under Way again Andrews said. It was heading toward Ireland at Only 10 Mph when the Crew was rescued. The Mh-53s, which can be refuelled in the air by he 130 Hercules air planes were believed to be the Only Heli copters in either great Britain or Ireland that could reach and Rescue the Crew a British defense ministry spokesman said. British authorities Friday afternoon called on the chop pers after the Captain of the 800-foot Yar Awonga requested Rescue the defense ministry spokesman said. The helicopters left Woodbridge saturday morning and were refuelled in route by two Hc-130s, one from Wood Bridge and one from Nas Kef Lavik Iceland. The choppers reached the ship about 2 . Saturday used winches to pull the ship s Crew aboard and landed with the passengers at the Airport in Shannon Ireland about 6 . The Royal air Force used two Raf Nimrod reconnaissance aircraft to watch Over the troubled ship Friday when it was about 500 Miles off the Irish coast. There were no reported injuries to the German Captain his wife or the 30 filipino Crew members on Board the ship Andrews said. A dutch Salvage tug on its Way to recover the abandoned Yar Awonga was expected to reach the ship sometime Sun Day Hurrell said