European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wat i f of cafe Lentint s Stafe Jeinel stripes Baker stops in Bonn for discussions Bonn West Germany a Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii arrived Here sunday for talks that will focus on West Germany s hesitant stand on modernizing Short Range nuclear missiles and other areas of tension Between the two nato allies. Baker was greeted at Bonn Cologne Airport by for eign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher and by Richard Burt the . Ambassador to West Germany. Genscher t9ld Baker the trip is an expression of the Friendly relations and cooperation existing betwee the two countries. Baker s Stop in Bonn is part of a we Klong tour of Allied capitals his first such trip since taking office a Secretary of state. He was to hold talks with Genscher and chancello Helmut Kohl. Earlier sunday Baker held a nato strategy session with British leaders but they reached no decision on How to respond to a Surprise West German proposal to put off modernizing Short Range nuclear weapons i Western Europe. Baker called first on British foreign Secretary sir Geof Frey Howe at Howe s London residence then travelled by helicopter to lunch with prime minister Margaret Thatcher at her country residence North of London. Howe and Baker both told reporters their review was a preliminary one that reached no conclusions. This is not an occasion for decision taking Howe said. Baker called the meeting very productive but he stressed that his tour of the Allied countries is Primar ily an Agenda setting trip while president Bush s administration formulates its foreign and defense poli cies. British officials said Howe endorsed a Baker Sugges Tion for a special nato Summit meeting in late May possibly in the Belgium capital Brussels. Genscher s interest in reducing nuclear arsenals is a longstanding one. But the Surprise last week was produced by Kohl who said Short Range Lance missiles now deployed would be adequate until 1995. Nato is scheduled to make a decision in three months on modernizing the Battlefield weapons which Many fear would ignite a nuclear holocaust if the were Ever fired. The planning by nato is based on the premise that the Lance missiles both deter soviet aggression and see Baker on Back Page the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Ahmed forces Good morning Yvo i -.v,-.c i=w�-v.-,. Lab i vol. 47, no. 299 monday february 13, 1989 254 daily and sunday d 8693 a performing first duty As Bishop a Bishop Barbara Harris flanked by Church officials at Boston s Hynes convention Center celebrates the eucharist at her ordination on saturday As the first woman Bishop of the episcopal Church. Justice delays North Case sets hearing with full court Washington a the supreme court Schief Justice on sunday ordered a delay in Oliver North s Iran Contra trial to give the full court a Chanceton consider the Case. Chief Justice William h. Rehnquist set a hearing for Friday on issues raised in briefs filed saturday by the Justice department and the special prosecutor in therase. Friday will be the first regular business meeting of the nation s highest court since its Winter break. Court spokeswoman Toni House notified news organizations about Rehnquist s Brief order. The order came As government sources said the jus Tice department was working with prosecutors in an Effort to reach a Compromise that would allow the Rialto proceed without delay. Charges in the Iran Contra Case were made last year after former National Security adviser John m. Poin Dexter his aide North and two others were accused of c9nspiring to defraud the United states by illegally diverting Money to the nicaraguan Contra rebels from secret . Arms sales to Iran. Such assistance to the contras was banned by Law. North is scheduled to be the first of the four to retried. Discussions under Way sunday afternoon involved a possible Compromise with the Justice department narrowing its objections to North s planned release of classified material at his trial said sources speaking on condition of anonymity. On wednesday the Justice department raised of see North on Back Page estimated 10 million rats alarm officials in Naples Balb Bragoli Mediterranean Bureau Naples Italy Many armies have invaded Naples during its 2,500-year history but few have the potential to wreak devastation As great As the horde lurking beneath the City s streets. We have estimated that there Are 10 million rats just within the boundaries of the City a ratio of about 10 rats to every person said Giuseppe Ossorio a Naples health official. And we Aren t talking about Little pet rodents we Are talking about big hungry sewer rats who live under our Homes by Day and take Over the streets by  the rodent problem is not a new one to Naples and it is tied to the City s inability to Deal effectively with its refuse. In the 1970s, Naples faced a similar invasion and when the ratio of rats to people hit 6-to-i, there was a cholera outbreak. One night As i was driving Home i saw a huge rat citizens As Well As City officials were shocked into dragging a dead cat across the Road said Paul Lista Ana �aij-7am n that garbage brings pests and illnesses american civilian who works for the Navy. Our land-i7 1 i Ord put a cat Down in the basement to try and keep the rats away from the building and the rats killed that one the Ossorio said. For a time everyone was very scrupulous about abiding by the rules. The entire City was cleaned up and disinfected. People disposed of garbage prop Erly and garbage men picked it up  but the garbage is Back and the rats with it. Naples has twice As Many sanitary personnel and garbage trucks As Rome yet we have the biggest heaps of garbage to be found in any City in Italy Ossorio said. It s a Lousy situation for people and a great on for  rats Are Champion survivors with voracious Appe tites often consuming twice their body weight each Day. Their constant hunger can drive them to attack other animals and even people. Too Lista lives in the Posillipo an upper class neighbor Hood that Many americans Call Home. Adding to the problem in Naples is that rats become aggressive As they adapt to crowded City spaces and a their numbers grow. They Don t confine themselves to sewers and nightly forays anymore said Carlo Franco a medical re Porter with a local newspaper. During the last few months we be had reports of several children being bit ten by rats right in their own Homes. One family told me they put food out in the Kitchen continued on Back Page