European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday March 16.1989 Galvin says Gorbachev lessens threat by Randy Mcclain staff Wriler the nato commander in Europe said wednesday he believes soviet presi Dent Mikhail Gorbachev is less of threat than past leaders of the soviet Union but he still sees dangers in cur rent East West relations. I think we should be Happy that or. Gorbachev is in the position he s in Gen. John a Calvin said during an appearance on Abc to s today show. I think he intends to be less of a threat if he can work his Way through these changes he s talking  Calvin s appearance was broadcast Over an to about 4 30 . In Central Europe the nato commander spoke on wide Range of topics during the inter View including possible ,in Europe conventional arms reduction talks and the proposed modernization of the Lance missile. News briefs Calvin acknowledged that Public pres sure is building within nato countries Tor cuts in defense spending. But he said he Hopes thai does t happen unless it comes As a result or negotiations that also reduce the soviet military threat i think there is a Strong desire to draw Down on the military presence in Europe. Bui i certainly Hope that does happen or that if it docs it is in connection with the arms control talks underway in Vienna Galvin said referring to the conventional armed forces in Europe talks that started a week ago. The talks involve 23 countries including the United states and soviet Union and arc aimed at reducing a variety of conventional arms in Europe chances Tor Success in the new talks which follow 15 years of unsuccessful negotiations Are better because the soviet Union is a More serious. Participant Galvin  big difference is the soviets want something. There was just no willingness to negotiate before. I Don t think the so Viets saw a need to do something. The were bigger enormously bigger on the conventional Side and they though things were going Fine but now thai the soviets have Dee problems in their country in manage ment and their Economy they Ore More willing to reduce conventional arms the nato commander  show Host Bryant Gumbel asked Galvin if he sees Gorbachev As Lessof a threat to world peace than the late soviet president Leonid h. Brezhnev whose attempts at detente with he West were often Hurt by such adventures Ashe 1979 soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Galvin gave Gorbachev muted  soviets under president Gorba Chev arc entering into a period or vast transition. They say they Don t know exactly where that s going. They also arc saying it s irreversible. That has some dangers of unpredictability and instability. I think it is a great Effort that they arc making to get away from what the soviet Union has been but we arc certainly still going to go through a period of danger Here he  another ionic Galvin said the United states and West Germany Are no that far apart on he possible modernization of the Lance missile pcs pile Calls by German Chancellor Helmut Kohl to delay the decision deploying a new ver Sion of the missile until the Early 1990s. "1 Don t think we should press the germans too hard to accept a missile that has t been invented yet Galvi said. What the germans need to do is to support nato strategy support nuclear weapons and support modernization. But there is no need for them Osay we want to station this missile in town x because the missile has t Bee tested or even built yet " name of Pilot who died in crash released by of Torrejon a Spain is air Force officials on wednesday released the name of the Pilot who died in tuesday s collision of of to Jet fighters on a training flight Southeast of Madrid first i. Daniel r. Johnson 25, of Wayzata,minn., was flying a scheduled air to air training Mission when the two planes collided near the City of Cuenca about 2 45 . The planes were assigned to the 401 is tac fighter  Pilot of the second plane capt. Steven s. Kempf 27, of Glendale ariz., ejected from his aircraft. He was taken 10 the Torrejon base hos Pital for observation and was later  spokesman for the 401st, sgt. Charlton h. Richey said Johnson had 716 flying hours in the f.16. Kemp had flown the plane Lor 1,009 hours. Shuttle problems solved Mission plans unchanged Houston a the lights came Back on the discovery space shuttle wednesday after Mission control apparently fixed a troublesome Hydrogen tank and told the astronauts not to worry about conserving  discovery s five astronauts had switched Oil unnecessary lights and computers because of concern about erratic pressure readings from one of three Hydrogen tanks aboard the  tank which helps Supply electricity was taken out of service tuesday White Engineer studied the problem. The Crew turned inc tank Back on wednesday morning but used Only one of its two Heaters. Mission control told the Crew that Early pressure readings showed the tank was working properly. The Hydrogen is combined with oxygen in the fuel cells to produce electricity Tor shuttle sys tems with water As 8  round controllers were concerned that with but use of the third Hydrogen tank there might not be enough electricity to support a five Day flight plus two Days for contingencies but flight director Granvil penning on said the problem seemed fixed meaning that the Dis covery is headed for a 6 34 . Landing Lime saturday at Edwards fab calif., As planned fruit from Page 1 testing uncovered Trace amounts of cyanide. There were also crystalline rings around the puncture Marks which is consistent with the presence of cyanide. Food and drug administration officials in the United states said. That evidence coupled with the fact thai a Anonymous threat to Poison chilean fruit was Tele phoned to the . Embassy in Santiago Chile led tothe massive ban in North America. In West Germany it. Col. Tom Antosh chief of the Quality Assurance division with the dare said commissary Headquarters for the army air Force an Navy were advised tuesday to remove nil chilean fruit from display cases and to discontinue buying chilean items until an All Clear is issued by the Fra. Antosh said he doubts a Large amount of chilean fruits was on the shelves of commissaries in Europe. I usually j in t until the May july time Frame that apples and pears from Chile become available in truck Load quantities he said. At this time of year dare buyers generally repurchasing Only Small amounts of chilean fruit along with other produce at regional German markets an Tosh said. Customers probably will not notice any serious shortage of produce in stores Allosh  have other sources for products and by the end of the week All stores should be stocked at Norma Levels As usual he said. Barton l. Hairr chief commissary management specialist for the air Force commissary system agreed. He said some commissaries were forced to remove Nomore than i m cases of fruit from their shelves meanwhile the associated press reported from Santiago that Chile s booming fruit Export Industry was paralysed wednesday As growers and Sellers halt Edall shipments and began scouring their stocks in response to a worldwide cyanide contamination scare the military government harshly criticized he . Ban on chilean fruit imports As another roguish act of the United states but promised to Check All fruit be fore it leaves the country the Independent democratic Union a supporter of the military government announced a National Day of fruit eating for thursday. Joaquin Lavin party vice president said the group was asking chileans to show the world hat our fruits arc a Cathy and of Supe rior  exporters and growers said tuesday night they had voluntarily hailed packing and shipping for 72 hours Tocheck inventories. Chile s exporters association said All fruit should be submitted to government inspection and none would be exported until it receives Approver fro health officials. Cafes from Page 1 living off base and $925 if living in government quart ers to qualify Lomas spokesman Bob Derr said. Applications now being printed require Gross monthly household incomes of $ 1,200 for off base Servic members and $850 for those living on base. The touts can include housing and other allowances. As before the program allows applicants to include their spouse s income to reach those totals. An e-4 with two years in the service earns a base salary of $912 monthly. An e-3 with two years of serv ice earns $858.90. Exceptions to the income requirements can be made Case by Case said Mai. Jim Heaberg an cafes spokesman in Dallas. However such applicants Mayend up with a lower credit limit. The morale and welfare official in Washington also said Ibe income requirements for taking advantage of the credit program could be lowered  All goes Well Well look at it in about another year and see what we can do for the Els he said Idon t think Well Ever get to a Point where a is could participate. If you re an Al you usually have less than six months of service and there is a fairly High Attri Tion Rale during thai  Navy also has signed with Lomas Bank to pro vide credit cards through its exchanges but a spokes Man for he Navy resale and services support office in new York said it Wilt be another month or two before the program lakes effect. The arrangements Between Lomas and the military exchanges involve Affinity credit cards. These cards give the organization that helped Market the cards the exchanges in this Case a percentage of profits made on the cards. The exchanges have accepted visa Mastercard and discover car is for several years aide from Page 1 suggested that the soviet action was i retaliation for the . Expulsion of Pak Tusov in Washington state department spokeswoman Anita Stockman called the expulsion  she said Weare considering Pur response but declined to elaborate Van Gundy refused to answer questions from reporters As he walked to his office. He specifically refused comment on Gerasimov s allegation that warn Ings had already been issued to the lieu tenant  Gerasimov said the . Admin stration is revealing its foreign policy and we have this problem of spy mania. He cited a recent time Magazine cover Story on the 1987 Marine spy scan dal in Moscow and said there had been other attempts to incite ears of espionage by unnamed american Leader uninterested in improving .-soviet relations we re not the ones who initiated this process Gerasimov said tacitly acknowledging the connection Between last week s incident and the expulsion of Vangundy. Using almost the same words Gilbert used to denounce wednesday s action Gerasimov called the expulsion of Patch Tusov a provocation uncalled for and unjustified. It does not fit in with the trend for he positive development of soviet american  called it an artificially cooked Sce Nario clumsily carried out by the  Pak Tusov was accused of receiving sensitive information about How the . Government protects computer  state department said he was caught in a six month Fri probe after he approached an unidentified american employee of a firm  in  information Pak Tusov 3 military attache at the soviet embassy in Washington was or dered Home after the Fri said it caught him receiving sensitive information. A . Source alleged that the 35-year-Oldsoviet was a member of Gru he soviet military s intelligence