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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Unleaded Gas test causing Coupon confusion at Zessos see Page 2 stars am tripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 47, no. 275 Friday january 20, 1989 25$ daily and sunday d 8693 a Vienna Summit ends upbeat soviet troops leaving East bloc to take arms with them Vienna Austria a the 50,000 soviet troops being pulled out of Eastern Europe will take with them All of the missiles and other armaments under their control soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze announced thursday. In a speech on the final Day of a 35-nation gathering that has produced a historic Accord on Security and human rights Shevardnadze heralded the agreement As the product of a changing relationship Between theold adversaries of East and West. A nato spokesman welcomed the announcement As encouraging and . Arms negotiator Stephen Ledogar described Shevardnadze s speech As very up beat very  he warned however against Reading More into the arms control statements than the Kremlin intended. The Vienna meeting has shaken up the Iron cur Tain weakened its Rusty supports made new breaches in it and hastened its corrosion Shevardnadze said boldly referring to the East West division As Winston 2,300 hour cutback in Low flights urged by German minister Churchill described it four decades ago. We have been Able to attain our objective because we have been United As never before in seeking to prevent the rape of our Europe by the Bull of hostility mistrust and confrontation the foreign minister from soviet Georgia said in a wide ranging address. Truth must be visible Shevardnadze told fellow foreign ministers and promised the Kremlin would publish before the end of the month a detailed Tim Eta see Summit on Back Page by de Reavis staff writer West German defense minister Rupert Scholz has called for substantial reductions in Low level flights Over West Germany and will seek the cooperation of nato allies in putting the plan int action. Scholz s report wednesday to the parliamentary defense c9mmittee Calls for reduction of Low flying exercises by 1,000 hours by moving the flights from West Germany to partner countries. In 1990, the Scholz plan Calls for moving an additional 1,300 Low flying hours fro West Germany to Canada. Earlier statements from Scholz s office called for exploring the possibility of moving training flights to unpopulated areas of Turkey Sardinia and Portugal. Also Safe commander Gen. William l. Kirk said in a recent interview that the United states is looking into the possibility of moving some training mis Sions to Morocco. The Scholz report states that Low level flying in West Germany cannot been see flights on Back Page air Force plans to Park outdated sr-71 spy jets by Dave Diehl . Bureau the air Force is retiring its Fleet of High flying sr-71 Blackbird reconnaissance planes in october because of Bud get cuts and new capabilities in space surveillance systems. Maj. Suzanne Randle a spokeswoman for the strategic air come at Offutt fab neb., said thursday that the phase out will affect three units including det 4 of the 9th strategic recon Wing at Raf Mildenhall England. The 323rd flying training Wing will move its aircraft and navigational train ing Mission from Mather fab calif., to Beale fab calif., where it will come under the control of the 9th strategic recon Wing. The Wing will continue to Fly u-2 and tr-1 reconnaissance aircraft Rand Esaid. The Wing s det 4 at Mildenhall and det 1 at Kadena a Japan will be deactivated. In England the unit s shutdown will involve 111 military and five civil Ian jobs. The plane s phase out also will result in the deactivation of the 1st strategic recon so at Beale the stateside Home of the sr-71. Both detachments and the Squadron will begin to shut Down operations on or about oct. 1, Randle said. She said there Are no plans yet regard ing the Transfer of personnel from any of the sr-71 units to other positions Al though they could be integrated Back into the military system relatively easily. There has been no decision on Dispo Sal of the aircraft which Are capable of speeds in excess of 2,000 Mph at Heights of More than 80,000 feet. Randle would not comment on a re port in the latest Issue of Jane s defence weekly that the air command plans to test a Low flying reconnaissance plane Ca Pable of speeds in excess of 3,000 Mph. Contributing to this report staff writer Chuck Vinch i Washington Elta Ajr  a super Happy is Ken George headed for super bowl country capt. Mitchell. Bott s perfect ballot won Therolf Bott checks in thursday at Franks a football contest and a trip for two Furt Airport with his wife Brenda and to the super bowl game in Miami. Sto j-z-z611 j rom Iff Nicole misty and is on Page 28 and sports Section a a Hev  
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