European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 4, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 2 the stars and stripes saturday March 4, 1989 envoy warns against nuke reduction talks by David Tarran Slatt writer Brussels Belgium negotiations on reducing Short Range nuclear missiles in Europe favored by West German could undermine conventional arms talks set to begin a Chi week in Vienna Austria the u.5. Ambassador to nato said Friday. ,. The untied Stales com mined to reducing the Large advantage in conventional arms enjoyed by Tfir soviet during the negotiations thai Nan monday  told the stars and stripes to enter into nut Attr negotiations a the some Lime would give the soviets inc news updates soviets buy wheat. Washington a the soviet Union has bought an additional 485.000 metric ions of . Wheat Arub Sidime prices the agriculture department said thurs Day.,. Melvin Sims general sales manager for the deportment s for eign agric ii i ural service said the wheat was part of an authorization on Jan 25 of More than.3 million tons under the Export enhance ment program. Sims said the wheat will be ship Ped in april counting some leftover from a previous arrangement and the Jan. 2s authorization the Sov Kli have 525,200 tons still available under she program. Driver sentenced Ghi Caco al1. A woman whose. Car slowed through a schoolyard killing three people and injuring seven was sentenced thursday to 100 Days of Community sen ice and ordered to pay a s100 Fine. Cook county associate judge Thomas r. Sumner declined a prosecutor s request to Jait Isabel Fucles for one year Tor her conviction for leaving the scene of the april 1988 Accident Ai a South Side elementary Sthool. The judge Ali embed fut a pcs As a nearly Model Eil i in who committed an error in judgment. Her lawyer. Lawrence Morris Scy said a malfunction caused the vehicle to suddenly accelerate jump a curb crash through a Fence and slam into the. School s in trance As classes ended. The Accident tilled two Chil-1. Drin Ages 4 and 0, and a woman Wai Ting for her grandchildren. Seven people were injured Opportunity to hold the conventional negotiations hostage keel said. West German foreign minister Hans Dietrich guns Char said wednesday that East West negotiations on Short Range nuclear systems should begin without  saying there is clearly a difference Between Genscher  and Hose of the , government keel said the cur rent strategic landscape in Europe de mands that Short Range missiles like the . Lance missile remain in place. We Dnn i think that under the cur rent circumstances the current Security death of go s baby under investigation il1.eshejm, West Germany is military and esl German Aulhorn ties arc investigating Itu Donth of the 8 month old daughter of a Vii corps sol Dier a military spokeswoman said Fri Day. Amber Kahala daughter of pvt 2 Kenneth j. And Lisa l. Kahala was taken to a local Hospital feb 24 by a West German doctor and a military policeman when Kahala reported the child was having difficulty breathing the spokeswoman said. The infant was Law transferred to or Langen children s Hospital where she died sunday Kahala is assigned to he co ii in aviation brigade in la Leahcim Tiboul-15 mile West Lifa Sbath the cause of death is unknown said use Kahn of the Anspach Public affairs office. Environment the current Force balance that it is in the Alliance s interest to enter into negotiations on inc remaining nuclear systems in Europe keel said. After pullouts mandated by the inter mediate Range nuclear forces Accord there s Only one class left. And we Don l think it s in our interest to enter into negotiations on those missiles,1 keel said. The United states is seeking modernization of the Short Range missiles in eur Nipe. La has opposed a girly East West talks on the Issue which arc favored by Many of ils european allies. What Ger Many the Likely Battleground if such weapons Ever were used frequently hat called for curbs on the weapons the United states already has reduced by a third the number of its Short Range nuclear warheads to a total of 4,600. Keel said. As we develop and deploy updated systems both in terms of nuclear Artil Lery As Well As surface to surface missiles. We can foresee even greater reductions in he future he said. Keel said he believed the rift Between West Germany and the United states Over the  missile Issue will be re solved by the Niit nato Summit in May. Go gets 20 years in Saab Brig death Heilbronn. West Germany is a 56th Field arty come Soldier has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the stabbing death of a fellow Soldier last november. Another member of the same unit was Given a one year sentence for hiding the murder . Willie g. Bowen. 20, a Rifleman assigned to co a 2nd in. 4th inf per Shin pleaded guilty wednesday 1o unpremeditated murder in connection with Lite  death of pvt. 2 Owen m. Cal my in a crowded Heilbronn discotheque. Army officials said Bowen also was Given a dishonourable discharge reduced to the lowest enlisted Grade and ordered to forfeit All pay and allowances. Because of a pretrial agreement the Soldier s jail term will a limited to 18 years. On Friday another co c Rifleman pfc. Robert Pikney 20, of los Angeles pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fad in aggravated assault and to pos session of a switchblade in violation of. Army regulations officials said. Pinkney also was Given a bad conduct discharge ordered to forfeit $400 monthly for a year and reduced to the lowest enlisted Grade. A redial agreement limits his prison term to nine , of Shreveport la., stabbed Majenty four times with a switchblade knife after an argument at the Amun i discotheque. Mcalerney died when one of the blows pierced his heart. Pinkney took the knife after the Stab Bine occurred. 3 soldiers sentenced in separate drug cases Gak Stedt West Germany is three 2nd army div fwd soldiers convicted of drug charges in unrelated. Courts martial were discharged from the army and Given prison Scal Csecs a Mili tary Community spokesman said  Tern Hallum 21, a medic with he co 1st in 4lsl inf was found guilty by a general court Manial of one charge of distribution and Possession of Mari Juana me was sentenced to four months confinement ordered to forfeit two thirds of his pay reduced 10 the lowest enlisted rank and Given a bad conduct discharge pvt. I Gregory Gaudit 21 a Bradley fighting vehicle crewman with cod 1st in 41st inf was found guilty by a Gener Al court martial of dealing in Large amounts of marijuana and Ltd. He was sentenced to four years confinement or dered to forfeit All pay and Dis honorable discharged. Gaudit will serve Only two years of his sentence because of a pc trial agreement the spokesman said spec. Travis Jepperson 24. Of co a 498th support in was found guilty by a special court martial of distribution and Possession or marijuana. He was sentenced to nine months confinement Given a bad conduct discharge ordered yanks in Europe won t see partial eclipse of Sun to forfeit at pay and reduced to the Low est enlisted rank. All three were sentenced feb. 28 and will serve their Lime at fort Riley Kan. In another general court martial a sol Dier was found guilty of three counts of driving without a License three counts of driving under the influence and one charge of breaking restriction Between dec. 3 and Jan. 21. Pfc. Anthony Gross 30, a Mechanic with he co 2nd in 66th Armor. Was sentenced thursday to  con linemen at Fon la Vanworth Kan reduced to the lowest enlisted rank or dered to up rfcs Al pay and Given a bad conduct discharge. Fermi staff and wire reports americans living in Central Europe won t witness an eclipse that is expected to partly obscure the Sun tuesday morning for. Millions of people in the Western two thirds of the United states and Canada. But  stationed in Greenland and Iceland should be Able to see the phenomenon according to the director of the Institute for space re search m bochum West Germany. The amount of Sun covered by the new Moon passing Between it and the Earth will vary by location. Service members stationed Al Thule ,.green land should have a Good Vantage Point with americans in Iceland Able to see less of the eclipse Heinz Kami ski. Said the optimal eclipse occurs Over the Ber ing Strait. Honor for Andropov withdrawn by soviets Moscow a Yuri v. Andro Pov s name is being wiped off the soviet map the news Agency Tass announced Friday making him the Blest victim in a purge of former leaders names. The communist party Central com Mittee the  soviet presidium and the soviet government decided to cancel their 1984 decision to name the City of Rybinsky after Andropov. Tass said. The eclipse Cari be viewed in Thule at 2 . And in Iceland at 6 . A the United Stales 70 percent of the Sun will be obscured in Alaska with the View diminishing to about half in the Pacific Northwest and to percent along a line from san Diego in Southern califor Nia to Winnipeg in Canada astronomers Al the University of Texas at Austin said. At the easternmost limit of the eclipse along a Tine from Central Toas through Missouri Illinois and Michigan Only a Small Dent will appear in the Sun even though a portion of the Sun is obscured during the eclipse astronomers and Eye doctors warn against looking directly at the eclipse. Staring at the Sun for More than a couple of seconds can bum and scar the Retina potentially leading to distorted v Ision or blindness. Supplier problems slow Ford car production Detroit up production of three of Ford motor co s newest and most profitable cars has been slowed by pans supplier problems within the last month resulting in a Wail As Long As four months at showrooms for some models Oul Pul of the s20.000 Ford thunderbird super Coupe so and Mercury Cougar xr7, the no. 2 car maker s new performance flagships is expected to re main substantially below desired Levels until april and May Ford said. Germans cite go Cavaliers Bam Berg West Germany is artillery soldiers Convoy ing Home after an exercise were inc. First on inc seem of a fix vehicle Accident and their actions earned them West Germany s Cavalier of the Road medal. First it. Glenn t. Richardson the Leader of inc Convoy and four other soldiers from the 4th in 14th Field arty were singled out for their res Cue and first Aid efforts. The Jan. 26 Accident involved two trucks and four cars on High Way sos about 20 Miles from Bam Borg. La. Col. Theodore a. Monc he the unit s commander said Richardson was leading 13 vehicles Back from training at Cra Fenohr when he witnessed the Accident Hie directed efforts to Rescue people trapped in cars extinguish fires and give first Aid to at least seven victims. Spec. Richard a Dandridge staff sol Junior d. Johnson pfc. James k. Larntz and pvt. 2 Scott a. Windham also were recognized -. Because the Convoy was made tip. Of soldiers from throughout the battalion. Awards were Given to the entire unit. The medal awarded for Rescue efforts on West Germany s High ways was presented thursday. "