European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 26, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2b the stars and stripes wednesday april 26.1989 us a Germany sign aviation Security pact b Davi Tarrant staff writer the United states and West Germany on tuesday agreed to work together to strengthen aviation Security by exchanging informal Ion and boosting measures to thwart terrorist attack. The agreement signed in Bonn West Germany followed a meeting Between . Transportation Secretary Samuel Skinner and Friedrich Zimmermann the new West German minister cd transportation. The meeting was Ore of a series of sessions involving aviation and govern ment officials representing five euro Pean countries. The purpose of he meetings is to establish a common approach for improving aviation Security Skinner said in a statement released by the . Embassy in Bonn. We must do All we can to ensure thai International air travel continues 10 be one of the safest forms of transportation available Skinner said. Interest in strengthening aviation Security measures has increased since the dec. 21 terrorist bombing of pan am right 103. All 259 aboard the night and ii people on the ground were killed when the new York bound Boeing 747 exploded and crashed at Lockerbie Scot land. Investigators believe the bomb was hidden in a Small radio cassette recorder. Tuesday s agreement which amends a 19ss aviation Security pact Between the two countries Calls for greater adherence to International aviation regulations Mutual help in preventing terrorist at tacks and Quick consultation Over Security risks according to a statement re leased by the West German transportation ministry. Both countries also agreed to accept some limits on air traffic if no solutions arc found to the Security problem the statement said.  Skinner said he would discuss with european officials the need for implementing new technology to detect sophisticated explosive devices similar to the Type brought aboard flight 103. The placement of such Security de vices in airports overseas requires Diplo Matic and technical coordination and i Hope to help facilitate that process Dur ing my meetings he said. In addition to Italy and West Ger Many Skinner is scheduled to meet with officials in Switzerland Britain and France. Courts martial Ngo who threatened officer gets 1 year term Mannheim West Germany Sis a ser Geant who threatened to shoot his commander Between the eyes was sentenced to a year in jul for showing disrespect loan officer a 21st Thea Ter army area come spokesman said monday sol. Nych. Williams 26, of thesty inf div s 3rd in 77th Armor in Mannheim made the threat in a letter to the commander the spokes Man said. Williams who was sentenced in a general court martial March 24. Also was Given a bad conduct discharge ordered to forfeit All pay and allowances and demoted to the lowest enlisted Grade the spokesman said. V ". A military judge also found the Miami native a Silty on two counts of being absent without leave and disobeying a lawful  a go facing imprisonment for driving while drunk h Al Delberg West Germany is a 24-year-old Soldier was sentenced to five months in prison after being found guilty of Drunken driving a 21st theater army area come spokesman said monday. Phi. 1 Gary a. Cromartie assigned to the 178th signal co in Heidelberg also was ordered to forfeit $460 a month for six months and Given a bad conduct discharge in a general court mar tial april 12. .-.,in a previous incident involving drinking and driving the Tallahassee fla., native had fits License revoked. In another earlier Drunken driving incident Cromartie hit a German on bicycle. At the time of the most recent incident the Soldier had replaced the License plates on his car with a pair from another Auto the spokesman said. In addition to the Drunken driving conviction a military judge found Cromartie guilty of three counts of violating a lawful order the spokes mansard. Radio operator sentenced in drug assault Case Sheinberg West Germany is a 24 year old army radio operator has been sentenced to three years in jail after being convicted on drug and assault charges. Spec Wayne r. Thompson with the 85th Field arty Del at Scilen Kirchon a in Rhein Borg was convicted at a general court martial april 11 on five counts of wrongful use of Mari Juana two specifications of violating a lawful order and of damaging property and one count each of possessing amphetamines with intent to distribute Possession of hashish wrongful use of hashish and assault Thompson also was demoted to the lowest enlisted rank ordered to forfeit All pay and allowances and Given a bad conduct discharge. He will serve his term at fort Leavenworth kan., the spokesman said. The charges hemmed from two positive urinalysis tests subsequent room searches and a fight with West germans the spokesman said. Quake jolts areas of Mexico Mexico City a a Strong earthquake struck Mexico City and Acapulco on tuesday cracking buildings shattering Glass and panicking thousands of people who remembered the killer quakeofl985,. One Man was electrocuted when Power cables fell on him and two women were seriously injured when they jumped in panic from the second Story of a swaying building during the 8 26 . Quake offi Cial said  sent on inspection patrols throughout the City reported no collapsed buildings or other deaths or serious injuries but Many buildings in the Scis Mically sensitive Center swayed widely and were evacuated. The quake produced a lot of panic because of the recent 198s experience  Manuel Camacho Solis. The tremor Shook the Pacific Beach resorts of Acapulco and Zihura Canejo but there were no re ports of death or damage throughout the slate of Guerrero according to slate government spokesman Miguel Angel Hernandez. Even though the quake was intensively fell eve cry Lhing is Normal and there Are also reports of to major damage. We did a Survey by radio said Hernandez by Telephone the . National earthquake information Cen Ter in Golden colo., said the earthquake registered 6 8 on the Richter scale the epicentre was 40 Miles East of Acapulco about 200 Miles South of Mexico City said seismologist John Minsch. Mexico s Seis Mic Institute calculated the quake at 7 on the Richter scale. The tremor hit Mexico City at about the same time As the massive earthquake that hit on sept. 19, 1985, killing at least 10,000 people and destroying hundreds of buildings. Thai quake measured 8.1 on the Richter scale. There s a real psychosis Here about earthquakes since 1985," said Alejandro Maura an office worker who like hundreds of others had not re entered his building hours after the tremor. Francisco Guerra advertising director of the newspaper nov Dades do Acapulco said the quake caused Brief Power failures and panic. I be never Felt a tremor so Strong in the City and i be lived Here for 30 years. I thought the building would collapse he said. Pay raise from Page 1 West Germany which Are being withdrawn under the .-sovict inf  All the Pershing ii slots will disappear Reily said some of inc troops previously assigned to those slots will be used to backfill vacancies in 8-Inchhowitzer and multiple launch rocket system units. On the Navy Side the cuts will be achieved through Iho retirement of the Carrier Coral sea and a number of destroyers cacti Valish of 73  reconnaissance air Craft and the Transfer of 10 frigates from Active duty to the Reserve components. In term s of this specific budget revision service members should feel pretty Lucky said a pc lagon personnel official there s been a tendency Over the past few years to Cul into people programs because they yield Quick savings on paper. But for this $10 billion Cut almost All the heartburn was fell by the folks on the hardware  detailing inc hardware cuts at his first congressional hearing As defense Secretary Cheney produced few sur Prises since the major features of the s10 billion Revi Sion were worked out weeks ago through negotiations Between lawmakers and administration officials. He outlined the administration s proposal to end the decade old deadlock on modernization of Long Range missiles the 50 existing 10-warhead my missiles would be made rail Mobile in fiscal 1990, and procure ment of inc single warhead Midge Man would begin m fiscal 1991. The planned procurement of so additional my missiles would be cancelled. The most prominent weapons program cancellation is the v-22 till Rotor aircraft for the Marine corps which would save almost $ 1.3 billion. Cheney said that the decision was simply a ques Tion of affordability and thai the narrow Mission for that aircraft getting marines from ship to Shore could continue to be accomplished by helicopters in the inventory. Other programs scheduled for termination include the army s ah-64 Apache attack helicopter the of 5sd advanced helicopter improvement program the f-14d aircraft and one los Angeles class submarine. Cheney also confirmed his plans to cancel the scheduled acquisition of a 15th aircraft Carrier Battle group. That was one of the toughest decisions 1 had to make he said. Bui in my judgment i feel we can Dothe Job we need to do with the number of carriers we have weapons systems that were stretched Oul include the army s uh-60 Blackhawk and Navy sh-60f Ucli copiers the army s adapts Anli Lanc missile the Navy t-45ts and Fa-18 aircraft and the  stealth bomber which will be delayed for a year at a savings of $855 million. V " funding for stars wars the strategic defense Initia Tive also i ii be slashed by almost $ 1 billion. Missile from Page 1 sity before the meeting said negotiating at this Point with inc soviets Over the missiles would be a mistake because of their overwhelming superiority in non no Clear forces. For the foreseeable future certainly As Long As there is overwhelming soviet conventional superiority the defense Secretary said there s absolutely no rationale at All for us to talk about eliminating or significantly reducing those Short Range  Cheney said the United Stales  with Early work to improve the Lance missile system. It docs not require a firm commitment now or a specific decision now by a specific government he said _ opponents of the missiles Are concerned that having an Arsenal of lances is an incentive to use them and that any nuclear conflict Between Easl and West would spread to a world threatening War British prime minister Margaret thalcher will Fly to West Germany on sunday 10 iry to persuade Kohl to suspend Hii Campaign for .-soviet negotiations on inc  has support among several of the smaller. Nato countries including Norway Belgium the Netherlands and Denmark