European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 18, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday april 18.1989 Galvin pushes soviet concessions by David Tarrant staff writer Willi Noen. West Germany the conventional arms talks that began in Vienna Austria last month will succeed if nato holds to its goal of bating Large concessions from the soviets. Nato commander Gen. John Calvin said monday the Wisl has proposed that both the Warsaw pact and nato reduce the number of tanks held by both sides to 20,000. We have 22,500 tanks in nato Galvin said. The soviets have 59,000," he noted that soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev has said that the Side with More weapons should make the largest reductions i Fth soviets agree to the unequal reductions Hal would change the whole world picture. We would be perfectly willing then to look at a lot of other  Calvin spoke before the annual european Conven Tion of the. Association of the . Army. The three Day meeting features 16 seminars on aspects of Mili tary personnel and defense issues. Galvin said the soviets have embarked on an unknown course of economic and military Reform that makes them More unpredictable. Although they have recently announced some unilateral military cuts the soviets still retain a vast superiority in conventional forces he  soviets have said that they arc willing to re Duce by 10 percent the 300 percent superiority in tanks artillery and other weapons Galvin said. Tri soviets before were big but predictable. Now they re just big. So t think it s necessary for us to keep our powder  general also touched of several other Opie during an hour Long address punctuated by anecdotes about his own Early Days As a Soldier. Galvin said he was satisfied during recent meeting with the defense department that the army would fare Well with its budget for Ocul year if Congress approves what we got through the Pentagon Well be in pretty Good shape. One by one we re Hilling the things that we put in the category of Quality  " earlier monday the new command sergeant major of the . Army in Europe spoke about the increasingly Complex role of the noncommissioned officer. Set. Maj. George a Horvath said the modern no must be belter prepared to help train Young Soldier Sand to Lead by example. The Book the Soldier reads and looks at is his or her sergeant he said. Horvath who arrived in Europe last week identified four characteristics he said were crucial in the making of a successful no being leaders trainers role Modeland expert fighters.  i personally feel physical fitness is next to godliness Horvath told about 100 soldiers and spouses at the seminar. You can t be a Leader without being physically  the sergeant major also said he would push for cos to become experts on their assigned weapons to score at least 8s Oul of 100 on the skills qualification. Test and to motivate at least five soldiers a year to re enlist. Infantry cos should earn the expert infantry badge and medical cos the expert Field medical badge he said. Horvath told the stars and stripes he plans to visit every Usa eur unit and push for these and other goals. A seminar on the unmarried Soldier elicited several complaints about the Way the army responds to the needs of the single Soldier. Maj Gen. Isaac d. Smith Usa eur s Deputy chief of staff for personnel released figures showing More than 89,000 out of the 219,000 soldiers in Usa eur Are single. That figure includes 2,357 sole parents with 3,589 family members in theater. Several participants criticized the army s ability to handle child care for single parents. Others suggested the service consider proposals to limit the number of sole parents allowed to theater or consider unaccompanied  some soldiers raised objections to the Barracks life style in which the single Soldier is subject to numerous inspections. Soldiers Are treated like kids one said. Army commissaries Meef passover dead  i a it. Naf in flirt. Ai mtr fowl it inf by Randy Mcclain a left writer army commissary officials have had to scramble in the past month to fill shortages of a variety of Kosher food needed by the american jewish Community to prepare traditional meals for Pas sover. The Holiday begins with the fes Tive seder wednesday evening. Denise Gomes spokeswoman for . Army troop support Agency Europe said shortages of passover hems including matzo Tanto meal and go Fitte fish cropped up As Early As March. Special orders were placed with the defense subsistence Region Europe the Agency that makes in country purchases for the commissaries on March 9 and again on March 31, but still some prob lems persisted Gomes said. The biggest one was the Lack of freshman Taos unleavened crack like breathe spokeswoman said. Followers cat Only matzo instead of Normal bread during the entire we Klong passover Cele bration. It is a jewish tradition to prepare Mai Zes once a year for passover Gomes said the 1988 matzo that were Slock cd in Many of the army s larger commissaries were still within their official shelf life but using the old matzo would be considered improper by Many in the jewish Community. Most commissary officers weren t aware of the religious custom Gomes said. We made a mistake. We did t really understand the  but gome said the larger army commissaries in Europe should have received by late last week an adequate sup ply of Kosher items everything from potato Pancake and Honc cake mixes to horseradish. Matzo stamped made in 1989" on the outside of the Box also should be in Stock Gomes said. The. Commissary spokeswoman acknowledged that delivery of some pass Over foods to the army s food stores came late this year. But she said things have been worse in some other years. Sometimes we be had Kosher products arrive after passover comes said. The term Kosher Means a particular food conforms to orthodox jewish ritual requirements. Some foods arc Kosher per so and others Are considered Kosher Only if they Are prepared a certain Way. Foods sold As Kosher generally Are inspected by rabbi during the manufacturing pro Cess. Officials with the air Force commissaries in Europe reported no problems with delivery of Kosher foods to their stores. 8th inf Soldier gets life in slaying of turkish  n. _4 i j._4_j-__.r4n,4m to Tiff once  in Sci a Quail. Lacfi Cudby Rosemary Sawyer stall writer Mainz West Germany an both inf div Soldier was sentenced to life in Pris on monday for the stabbing death and attempted rape of a 17-year-old turkish girl last fall. Spec. Emery l Franklin. 23, was spared the death penalty when his 10-Mcmber jury Alicr deliberating five hours failed to find him guilty by unanimous vote on two counts of murder. A guilty verdict by majority vote in the Case required the mandatory sentence of life in prison. Franklin assigned to Bury a 1st in 59th air defense arty met Molina Uzun Karanfil sept. 30 at a downtown maim disco and drove with her to a nearby Forest. Once there he attempted to rape her at knife Point and then killed her by stabbing her More than 90 limes. Franklin showed no emotion As the parents sat in the front Row throughout the Genera court martial that opened april ii at Lee Barracks. The Soldier did not testify. Military police used Metal detectors to Check people entering the courtroom be cause of threats against Franklin s life. During sentencing arguments maj. Michael s. Child of Trie prosecution Tea read a letter from the victim s father Varum Uzun Karanfil in which he asked the jury to Ponder As he does Why his daughter had to die. My daughter Dies again for me every morning the father said in the statement. Noting that his daughter and other Young people represent the future the father also wrote someone killing the future has no right to  defense attorney John Nolan urged jurors to ask Why such crimes happen in society and what they could do to help Rescue today s  mandatory life sentence offered the jury latitude Only in determining such additional penalties As discharge forfeiture of pay and reduction in rank. After 15 minutes the jury of officers and senior cos decided Franklin should be reduced to the lowest enlisted Grade Dis honorable discharged and ordered to for Feit All pay and allowances. " Franklin worked As a stinger and re Deye anti aircraft missile gunner at my Cully Barracks in Wackym him. Tilc. Ill Jujj 131/llp .-.,.- sergeant sentenced crash in England kills air Force Pilot in eve crimes Case or  i be i no Rush 11 Rel. Boh bins said. There tank aircraft Plo cd into in Clown o i sex Cas Stuttgart West Germany is a 7th engr brigade Soldier has been sentenced to a bad conduct discharge after being convicted on two counts Ofcar naj knowledge and a charge of Sodo my with a minor. Sgt Steven a Johnson 26, of the503rd engr co in ludwigs Burg. Also was reduced to the lowest enlisted Grade and ordered to forfeit All pay and allowances a Vii corps spokeswoman said monday the crimes occurred Between septem bar and november in the ludwigs Burg area. Sentencing took place april 5 at the Stuttgart trial Center Ortega to visit Greece Athens Greece a nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega will pay  Cial three Day visit to Greece starting april to. Raf Mildenhall England is an air Force Pilot died monday afternoon when his 10 Thunderbolt ii crashed about four Milts Northwest Ochat Lark a farming town in Northeast eng land a Ord air Force spokesman said. The 10 from the Gist tac fighter Wing at Raf bunt Walers was on a Rou Tine training Mission at the time of the 2 , crash it. Col. Bob Bru said. Ther were no other reported injuries or dam age resulting from the crash. The Pilot s name was being withheld until his family had been notified. A Board of officers will investigate the crash Brus said. Monday s crash is the third a id acc Deal since dec. 8, when one of the anti Tan t Plowe the Tow f Remscheid. West Germany killing sin people on the ground and the Pilot less than three weeks later another a 10 crashed in a Field near Raf Alcon Bury in England but the Pilot ejected safely. The latest mishap occurred on april 4, when an 10 skidded off the runway at Raf Alconbury. Apparent bomb planter killed in blast. .1. _ _i_ji.,�   let Siwl in ilm to tar a try nah Tegucigalpa Honduras a a bomb exploded outside a . Embassy warehouse killing a Man who apparently was planting it and injuring his compan Ion police said. Embassy spokesman Charles a bar Clay said the warehouse in Eastern Tegucigalpa about a mite from the embassy suffered no damage but the explosion interrupted Power in the area for about 20 minutes there was no immediate claim of responsibility for sundays blast. There have been three attacks on , person Nel and installations in the country so far this year. Officials said Miguel Aguilar Flores 39, a honduran Driver for a state company was killed in the blast. A second Man whose identity was not disclosed was injured and taken to a local Hospital for  police sources told the associated press the two apparently were planting the bomb when it exploded. They said the two had been Riding a motorcycle