European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday March 18,1989 . Calls aircraft limits unrealistic official opposes Warsaw pack stand by William j. Bartma Washington Bureau Washington the United states and its nato allies remain firmly against including aircraft in conventional Force reduction talks with the Warsaw pact a stand that presents a serious obstacle to successful negotiations a to Pentagon official said. Our focus has been on those forces which can take and hold ground assist ant Secretary of defense Ronald f. Leh Man ii said thursday. Aircraft Are to bile. It is unrealistic to put limits on  removing combat helicopters from Europe would be pointless he said since they can easily be transported by cargo planes or other Means. Lehman s remarks came during a news update Bhopal settlement new Delhi India a an attorney whose petition before the supreme court has stymied distribution of compensation to Bhopal Gas disaster victims urged the court on Friday to direct the government to release an interim compensation. Indira raising asked the court to order the government to release $190 million of the $470 million settlement the Union Carbide corp. Has agreed to pay As compensation. Product recall Media briefing on last week s conventional armed forces in Europe or cafe talks in Vienna Austria. The talks involve 23 Warsaw pact and Natona tons and follow 15 fruitless years of Sim Ilar negotiations. Nato s main goal in Vienna is to re Duce the overwhelming advantage the Warsaw pact enjoys in Armor and Artil Lery. The soviets while already making unilateral cuts in Forward deployed forces want to Chip away at what they perceive As nato superiority in combat aircraft and attack helicopters. However . Negotiators have Crit in cd Warsaw pact proposals As lacking specifics. On thursday Lehman offered no changes in the nato position which Calls for reducing the number of weapons on each Side to 20,000 tanks 16,500 artillery pieces and 28,000 a Morud troop carriers. The More ambitious Warsaw pact proposal Calls for 10 percent to is percent arms reduction from present nato lev Els which would leave approximately 14,000 Battle tanks 12,300 artillery pieces and 3,600 armoured infantry fight ing vehicles while excluding All other a Mored personnel carriers. After those reductions the soviets arc calling for a further 25 percent Cut Leav ing forces in place that arc strictly defensive in  in All areas including aircraft leh Man said the soviets draw the line where it gives us the least  and if nato wants to maintain a Strong Forward defense there Are limits to How Low you can go he said. The Warsaw pact s tactical aircraft proposal places regional limits on everything for nato except for some old English lightnings interceptors built in1954," Lehman said while the soviet Side is allowed to retain a number of modern aircraft including bombers. He left Little doubt that the soviets must shift their position. They dropped the aircraft Issue out of inf intermediate Range nuclear Force Sand that helped it he said referring to the . Soviet treaty on medium Range nuclear missiles in Europe. However Lehman declined to offer predictions on How Long it could take to reach a conventional forces agreement. If the soviets Are prepared to get Down and begin negotiating Concrete de tails we could be done  British official says pan am warning was mailed after plane was blown up Cologne West Germany is the on off switch on certain models of pal system Sony television sets sold be tween october 1985 and september 1987 May need to be replaced to prevent overheating a company spokesman said. The Power switches on certain models sold in Europe could overheat and cause further defects if used extremely often Andreas von Schoelch said thursday. Sony will Send repairmen to replace the Power switch at no Cost he said. Customers who bought pal system televisions during the time period can Call West German civilian 0130-7555 daily Between 8 . And 9 . To Sec whether their sets need work and to make repair appointments. Callers must know the to Model name and serial number which can be found on the Back cover of the set. The service can Only be requested at the above number and not at Sony s regional branches. Sony will Send a letter to owners of televisions that do not require new switches to confirm the sets safety von school or said. Street in Heidelberg to close for construction Heidelberg West Germany  will be closed to All traffic. Briw can  and Auto Joncker on  from 8 .monday to 8 . March 30, a Community spokesman said. The Road will be closed during construction work on the Railroad overpass. West German police will regulate a traffic Detour onto Rohrbacher sir ass.  a major traffic artery in Heidelberg is the Access Road to Mark Twain Village Usa eur Headquarters at Campbell Barracks nato Headquarters in the pc yes building 7th medical come and the army Hospital. London a a bomb warning dated two Days before pan am flight 103 was destroyed Over Scotland was an unimportant document and was mailed after the disaster the transport Secretary said in an interview published Friday. It went out after Christmas. I cannot Tell you the exact Date but some Days after Christmas the Secretary Paul Channon was quoted by the times of London As saying. It was not a great new warning which we had to Send out by telex. It was a bit of supplementary information con Taining some color  disclosure of the dec. 19 letter warn ing of a radio cassette bomb such As the one which has been identified As killing 270 people in the pan am disaster brought new demands from opposition lawmakers for a Public inquiry. Published reports that investigators have identified and even arrested a suspect in the bombing were denied by authorities in Britain and West Germany. As criticism of the government s handling of bomb warnings mounted a spokesman for the governing conserva Tive party pointed a Finger at pan am. The truth of the matter is that the West German authorities told pan am about a bomb in Early november. The american government told pan am about it on nov. 18," conservative Law maker David Wilshire said Friday. So what has it got to do with the British government Are pan am deaf or not Pamela Hanlon a pan am spokeswoman in new York confirmed Friday that the airline received a warning from the West German government on nov. 10 and another warning from the . Federal aviation administration on nov. 18. Wilshire charged that pan am had covered up the earlier warnings but Hanlon said frankly i Don t think it s for the company to disclose that the nov. 18 advisory that went out from the Faa was not openly disclosed by the company per the Faa s direct  the times of London quoting unidentified government sources reported Friday that authorities know who bombed flight 103. But the report was denied by British officials and an official in West Germany where the flight originated. 900-year-old Tower collapses in italian town of Pavia killing 2 Pavia Italy a a 900-year-old Tower collapsed onto a Square in a North Ern italian town Friday killing two peo ple injuring 15 and damaging the Adja cent Cathedral. None of those treated at the san mat Tco Hospital was injured seriously Doc tors said. A civil defense official said Friday afternoon that 25 people had been injured. But Friday evening a civil de sense officer Erminia Cusari said the earlier figure had been wrong. Both she and the mayor s office said 15 people were injured. Rubble from the 255-foot medieval Tower buried parked cars and a newspaper stand. Pavia is about 20 Miles Southwest of Milan. An official of the local archbishop s office who spoke on condition of anonymity said the 501-year-old Cathedral adjacent to the collapsed Tower suffered substantial damage. The baptistery and an Arch were cracked following the collapse of the nearby Tower. Experts arc checking the extent of the damage the official said. About 50 faithful were attending a mass in the Cathedral at the time of the collapse but none was injured. The Cathedral was fenced stand near by streets were closed to traffic Asau thormities inspected the Cathedral including the dome designed by Donato Bramante. A spokeswoman for the office of mayor Sandro Bruni said there had been no signs indicating that the Tower was in danger of collapsing. However some experts had recently checked to Sec whether the medieval Tower might need restoration work after heavy Rains last August. Maria Anionic la abrade an official of the local government office for Protection of monuments said the collapse was probably caused by the natural decay of the mortar cementing the bricks. Italy s most famous Tower the leaning Tower of Pisa has Long been judged in danger of collapsing although not in the immediate future. Suspect sought in shop Pette robbery Baum older West Germany is military and West German police arc looking for a Man who made off with More than $1,000 in Cash and checks from the Post shop Pette wednes Day Community officials said Friday. The suspect a Black Man reported to be Between 5 feet 9 inches and 6 feet tall and weighing about 180 pounds. Enforcement no. After attempting to Purchase gasoline coupons without the proper vehicle registration the Man left saying he was going to get the Correct form. He returned a Short Lime later and gave the cashier one of three employees in the store a note stating that he was armed and wanted Money. The Man never produced a weapon and fled after being handed about $900 in Cash and $ 118 in checks. The Man described As having a Small Mustache and pock Marks on his face was wearing a Black jacket and Blue sweat pants Bowers said. A $500 Reward is being offered to any one providing information leading to the apprehension and conviction of the Rob Ber. All information will be handled in a confidential manner and should be called in to the Baum older criminal investigation cd my at ets 485-6212 or 7548 or the military police desk sergeant at ets 485-7546 or 7547