European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 14, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes tuesday february 14,1989 North s lawyer opposes plan for Tria Washington a a lawyer for Oliver North said in a court filing released monday that he would be unable to defend him adequately under a proposed agreement to control North s use of Classi fied material in his Iran Contra trial. The proposed agreement would Gua Rantee a cuckoo clock trial that would make a mockery of the adversarial pro Cess said North s lawyer Brendan sul Livan. He said that without the information he wants to present we cannot adequately defend this  the agreement was worked out be tween the office of Independent counsel Lawrence Walsh who is prosecuting North and the Justice department which fears that North will spill Classi fied material damaging to National Secu Rity at his trial. The court filings by Walsh and Sulli Van came hours after . District judge Gerhard a. Gesell sent the jury Home and scheduled a hearing for tuesday on the proposed agreement. In a separate Issue the supreme court plans to hold a hearing Friday on the Justice department s request to delay the trial because of concerns Over nation Al Security. The department has said it will ask that a stay issued by supreme court chief Justice William Rehnquist be vacated if Gesell approves the pro posed agreement. According to the filing by Sullivan the proposed order would gut the defense by barring North from using critical in formation about the Reagan administration s third country arrangements for military support of the nicaraguan resistance and the official non disclosure of those  in referring to a cuckoo clock trial Sullivan was quoting Gesell who has made it Clear that the government s proposed order would have certain categories of classified information that should not be revealed at the trial before prosecutors had an Opportunity to contest its relevance. They include information identifying undercover Cia officers the locations of Cia stations identities of foreigners work ing for the Cia and details about Cia operations with foreign intelligence services. Also included would be material about american intelligence collection on terrorism and efforts to locate hostages Aswell As . Covert activities other than military support for the contras and the names of non Central american coun tries that supported the  of the proposed agreement would bar North from offering evidence Abou Central american countries support for the contras in Exchange for favors fro the Reagan administration. Under the agreement a candid admission by the government of a quid pro quo arrange ment would be sufficient. Unless Gesell approves the agreement Walsh and the Justice department agree it will be impossible. To protect against disclosure of classified information that is of vital importance to the National Security and the foreign relations of the United  service from Page 1 and beyond what we were already doing. The Vogel Weh commissary s still Jam packed on  the commissary s expanded hours will add a competitive note to 24-hour shopping at Ramstein the location of a round the clock shop Pette one of Only two Exchange service convenience outlets that Sta open All Day. The commissary plans specials on doughnuts de signed to attract Early morning commuters and mid night madness sales. More elaborate promotions which Fowler declined to reveal also Are in the works. Single airmen who work late night or Early morning shifts Are among the infrequent commissary shoppers Fowler Hopes to attract with the expanded hours. They re the biggest segment of the Market we miss Fowler said. I be heard them say i did know i could use the commissary because i was t married " after feb. 21, the Ramstein commissary will close Only for Federal holidays and once a month for computer maintenance which will last about two hours. No Date has been set for the Brief closure. Light maintenance and shelf stocking will be done throughout the night. Only four employees will be added to the commis sary s roster of 133 workers to handle the expanded hours commissary officer Gene Tate said. But customers May find themselves bagging their own groceries late at night because baggers Are not commissary employees and some Don t like the 24-hour concept head Bagger Charlie Searchwell said. However he noted when we opened up the store on sundays i was Able to schedule 60 More High school students. It s the Bagger s nature to stay Here along As there s something to  shoppers questioned at the Ramstein commissary said they were pleased the store would be open longer. I m not going to set the alarm at Midnight to avoid lines but if the people who work late shifts can shop then it should help said tech. Sgt. Bret Danks. Retired 4-Star Gen. Bolte Dies at 93 in Virginia Alexandria a. A Charles Lawrence Bolte a four Star general who was the army s vice chief of staff during the mid-1950s, has died Here at 93. Bolte who retired from Active duty in 1955, was company commander in world War i. As a major general in world War ii he commanded the 34th inf div in Italy. After the War he served As army ground forces chief of staff and chairman of the inter american defense Board. He was the Usa eur commander from 1952 to1953. He served As army vice chief of staff the second High est position in the service from october 1953 until his retirement in april 1955. Baker softens Call for nato to approve missile upgrading Bonn West Germany a Secretary of stat James a. Baker Iii said monday that West Germany has not faltered in its support of a controversial missile upgrading project but he softened the . Call for a nato endorsement of the plan this Spring. After what he termed a very very Friendly talk wit Chancellor Helmut Kohl Baker said he and Kohl had agreed to negotiate remaining differences Over the Nat oplan to develop produce and deploy new nuclear missiles to replace aging Shorter Range Lance missiles. Kohl suggested earlier monday that allies could  production of the new rockets while delaying a vote on whether to deploy them. West Germany s attempts to both decide and delay the Issue were the primary topics Baker discussed with Kohl and Baker said he was assured that West Germany has no changed its commitment to the nato project. This was not a decision taking meeting Baker said of his talk with Kohl. That is not what we Are Here for. It did i Hope Clear up some of the  Baker said Kohl told him in no Uncertain terms that he plans to work out through further negotiations West Germany s differences with the United states Over what is referred to As modernization of the . Built Lance. In a statement issued after his talks with Baker Kohl said he had reaffirmed West Germany s willingness to define general defense policies at the next nato Summit but he did not make Clear whether that would include support for modernization. Baker s six Day tour of Alliance countries produce some signs of reluctance among other member states. The danish foreign minister told reporters in Copen Hagen that he expressed support for the West German position during his talks with Baker. Baker also visited Norway on monday where officials in Oslo expressed reservations about upgrading the missiles. Moslem riot erupts in Indian City in further outburst against novel new Delhi India a police in norther Jammu Kashmir state opened fire monday on a demonstration by moslem protesting the publication of Book killing one person and injuring More than 60, news reports said. The rioters were protesting Salman Rushdie s novel the satanic verses when police fired on them. The protesters had forced businesses to close in sri Nagar City summer capital of Jammu Kashmir state the United news of India news Agency said. The demonstration in Srinagar City 405 Miles North of new Delhi came a Day after at least five people were killed in Islamabad Pakistan while protesting the publication of the Book which Many moslem claim derides their Faith. The Book has been banned bythe Indian government. Islamic nations that forbade circulation of the boo Kalso demanded that the satanic verses be banned by All countries. Meanwhile moslem students staged demonstration sin several pakistani cities monday to denounce the Book and to protest police action in the riot in Islamabad that claimed the five lives and wounded 83 people. Hundreds of helmeted riot police stood guard in the Vicinity of a . Government cultural Center in Islamabad the scene of sunday s fighting but no further incidents were reported. Sunday s violence erupted when nearly 3,000 mos Lem fundamentalists converged on the american Cen Ter to demand Banning of the Rushdie Book. Rushdie lives in London. The Book is published in Britain the United stat Sand other Western countries. Moslem claim that the Book is blasphemous by suggesting that the Prophet Mohammed was fallible. . Diplomats ordered the Center and the embassy closed at midday monday after reports of possible new violence in Islamabad. Processions also gathered outside . Consular mis Sions in the major cities of Lahore and Karachi but a heavy police presence reportedly prevented violence. Three americans and 15 pakistani staff member were inside the Islamabad american Center on sunday when the mob pelted the building with stones Tore Down the . Flag and started several Small fires. Police responded with tear Gas then Rifle and shot gun fire. All those killed suffered gunshot wounds hos Pital sources said. American diplomats said they were puzzled Why the United states was singled out As the author lives in Britain where the satanic verses first was published. Valentine from Page 1 barely beating John Gower and two others. Oruch also uncovered Why Chaucer would choose Chilly february for a Cele bration of love and Spring. A Check of calendars of the period found two dates Mark ing Spring s first Day feb. 7 and feb. 22. Five calendars found by Oruch note feb. 12 As the Day when Birds begin to sing which presented the professor with questions of natural history. Did Birds in 14thcentury England really sing and mate that Early did blossoms appear on Trees and did Flowers Bloom on what is now consid ered a late Winter Day Oruch discovered that they did. Through a shift in the Calendar Over the centuries feb. 14, the traditional Valen Tine s Day was in Chaucer s time closer to feb. 23 of today s Calendar. As Many As 15varieties of Birds Are mating by that Date in England. In fact a significant number of 14th Cen Tury calendars designated february As time for turning the soil and pruning shrubs and Bushes. Also the Day of martyrdom for St. Valen Tine Falls in mid february but so do the Days of other saints including to Rienhilde aus Trebert Scholastica and Eulalia. Chaucer s Choice of Valentine was in orach s opinion a moment of  his characterization was picked up not Only by his contemporaries but also by succeeding generations of poets. Throughout the 15th Century St. Valentine was so frequently associated with love Romance and springtime that the name became synonymous with sweetheart. It remains that Way. So As you profess your feeling for your sweetheart today give thanks to Chaucer for not