European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                D Tass reporters apologize for quake tale Page 2 d Navy cutting Force in persian Gulf Page 5 d two full pages of education news pages 8,9 d coach Thompson walks Georgetown wins Page 21 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 47,no. 271 monday january 16, 1989 25$ daily and sunday d 8693 a human rights pact adopted Vienna Accord hailed As historic Vienna Austria a nato the Warsaw pact and 12 other european nations wound up on Sunda More than two years of hard bargaining by adopting a human rights and Security agreement hailed As historic by both superpowers. Romania however immediately served notice that it would not implement some provisions intended to enhance Freedom for millions in the soviet bloc. A text of Romania s statement which was made in closed door meeting and distributed later by its state news Agency age pres said the Bucharest government takes no pledge to stick to commitments on greater religious Freedom and emigration. . Ambassador Warren Zimmermann dismissed the statement As illegal and  we simply Don t take seriously the romanian vie that they re at Liberty to implement our document selectively he told reporters. They will pay a Price Forit if they  meanwhile in Czechoslovakia riot police used water cannons Batons and dogs to break up crowds of almost 2,000 people at a banned Independent rally Justan hour after the Accord was adopted. The document adopted by consensus of the 35 nations who signed the 1975 Helsinki final act paves the Way for new nato Warsaw pact talks in Marchon reducing conventional forces across Europe. Secretary of state George Shultz soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze and their colleagues from 33 other nations Are expected to discuss preparations for the new arms control talks when they meet in Vienna on tuesday. The Vienna Accord lays Down greater Freedom foreast bloc citizens to practice religion to travel or Emi grate to the West to obtain and distribute information and to form groups to Monitor government compliance on human rights agreements. For the first time the Accord also gives Western an Neutral governments the right to raise human rights issues with East bloc nations at any time. It s an excellent document one that can play historic role in the development of the Helsinki pro Cess Zimmermann said. The 1975 Helsinki final act signed by the super see pact on Back Page Tower facing Tough choices on budget for manpower issues by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington in his stint a chairman of the Senate armed serv ices committee during the first fou years of the Reagan administration John Tower was known As a Man with a keen interest in the ultimate Fate of numerous big ticket weapon systems. As the former Texas senator get set to take Over the reins of the Penta gon As the next Secretary of defense the spotlight again has been directed to his unswerving support of the Rea Gan military buildup in the Early 1980s As Well As his More recent links to several defense contractors. But weapons aside what will a Pentagon under John Tower mean tothe Wallet and the Quality of life of a Soldier on the gunnery Range in Gra few Chr West Germany a Sailor on duty in the Mediterranean or an air Man working the flight line at Raf Lakenheath England at this Point no one is sure be a cause Tower is giving no interviews until the new administration takes of fice Friday. But people who worked with Tower during his Days in Congress said he has always cast a protective Eye on Man Power and compensation. They said that aspect of his work just has t received As much attention As his procurement efforts. As one congressional staff member who spoke on condition of anonymity put it armed services committee chairmen hardly Ever get attention for dealing with military manpower issues. It s the High profile big Money item that the Media focus  with the phrase Zero growth de sense budget in Vogue on Capitol Hill the sources said the question in whether Tower will support military personnel spending but whether Hewill be Able to translate that support into Concrete  Are that he May find it continued on Page 3 riot police smash rally in Prague Prague Czechoslovakia a riot police used Batons dogs and water cannons sunday to crush a rally commemorating the death 20 years ago of a student who set himself afire to protest the soviet led invasion of Czechoslovakia. At least one person was badly injured and several others were beaten by police. Plainclothes officers and riot police made at least a dozen arrests and sirens wailed throughout Central Prague. Some witnesses said tear Gas also was used to break up crowds of about 2,000, who gathered in Defiance of a ban on the Independent rally. Other witnesses said i appeared that canisters launched from police vans were smoke bombs not tear Gas. Acrid smoke Hung Over Many Side streets near Wenceslas Square the rally site. The action came an hour after Czecho see Prague on Back Page a Gem carriers reportedly probed in let blast London a investigators pursuing the bombers of pan am flight 103 Are looking into whether a . Soldier unknowingly brought the bomb aboard the jetliner a newspaper reported sunday. The sunday express said British and . Investigators were questioning american soldiers on the basis of . Government reports that some soldiers had been paid to take packages of diamonds to new York. The paper said the alleged Diamond courier scheme had been going on for months before the flight 103 bomb ing on dec. 21. The newspaper said . Service members were approached in West German nightclubs and offered thousands of dollars to carry diamonds to new York. On the fatal flight it is supposed a deadly semtex parcel of death and destruction was handed Over in Stead of diamonds the newspaper said without giving further details or identifying its sources. British officials have said the bomb was probably made from semtex a High powered plastic explosive made in Czechoslovakia that is difficult to detect. Flight 103 originated in Frankfurt West Germany and was destined for new York after an aircraft change in London. It exploded Over Lockerbie Scot land killing All 259 people aboard and 11 on the ground. Authorities said a bomb was placed in the front cargo hold. Meanwhile the sunday Telegraph said the investigation into Britain s worst air disaster is being hampered because baggage recovered from the wreckage cannot be matched with any of the passengers. It said Scotland Yard s anti terrorist squad working with scottish police also believes Luggage belonging to passengers who died was mistakenly placed on other flights. The implications of this Are causing investigators grave concern the sunday Telegraph said. Police believe that Matching Luggage to victims is an essential first step towards tracing the bombers. If stray baggage was in the pan am jumbo s hold it would make nonsense of claims that no baggage is loaded unless it is matched to a  As for the sunday express report a . Defense department spokesman in Washington said late sat urday that he had no information about the alleged Diamond courier scheme or a possible link to the flight 103 explosion. We Don t have anything on that at All said the spokesman who asked not to be identified. We Haven t been Given any information like  a . European Cpd Public affairs duty officer told the stars and stripes on sunday that he had no knowledge of the alleged Diamond courier scheme Scotland Yard had no comment on the sunday Tele graph s report and there was no one available at the Lockerbie police station sunday to answer Media que Ries