European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 03, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Trucking in w. Germany the stars and stripes daily Magazine authorized unofficial publication for the , armed forces vol. 48, no. 16 wednesday May 3, 1989 25 Allty Ano sum d 8693 a . Proposes nato nuke cuts Kohl says he still wants Early arms negotiations Rome a West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl said tuesday be is open to a reasonable Compro Mise but stressed that he still wants Early talks on Short Range nuclear weapons As part of nato s Overall disarmament strategy. A spokesman for Kalian Premier Ciriaco de Meta said that during talks Between the two leaders. Kohl did not soften his demand for Early negotiations on Battlefield nuclear weapons. De Mila qualified Italy s support for such negotiations telling a joint news conference such a reduction must be linked to similar cuts by the cast bloc and significant Progress in East West talks on conventional forces. West Germany is pushing for Early talks on reducing Short Range nuclear weapons and says it has the support of nearly half of the 16 Alliance partners. The United states and Britain have strongly opposed immediate negotiations on the arms. We Are disposed toward a reason Able Compromise Kohl said at the news conference expressing Hope that the allies could reach a unified Posi Tion on the Issue during the Brussels Belgium Summit. Desertion charge filed against Sailor Brussels Belgium a the United slates has proposed that nato make unilateral cuts in its Battlefield nuclear weapons As part of Alliance plans to upgrade the aging Lance missile a project that has sparked opposition in Man european countries a nato official said tuesday. Sec related Story Page 5. Under the proposal the soviet Union would be challenged to meet the lower Levels of the 16-nation North Atlantic treaty organization said the official who spoke on condition of anonymity. The weapons would be trimmed As Parton efforts to Bridge Sharp divisions in the Alliance Over the Issue the official said. Further ruts in nuclear arms would be considered after Progress was made in recently opened talks in Vienna Austria on slashing non nuclear forces in Europe the official said. The ideas were put Forward last week to representatives of the nato nations in Brussels. They could serve As elements of a possible Compromise to solve the Tom Muir Sab Gary Miller  and Candida Sansone Mediterranean Bureau Naples Italy a 22-year-old Petty officer missing for nine months was charged with desertion tuesday and her father said she seemed to be glad that it s  Petty officer 3rd class Jennifer Muir once thought to have been a victim of foul play was to be flown wednesday to Rola Spain where she will be confined in the naval Brig said . Dave Morris a Navy spokesman. Police in Southern Italy picked up Muir before Dawn monday after her father Tom Muir appeared sunday night on a nationwide television program from Rome that attempts to track missing per sons. "1 have not been alone with her at All Muir. An ism systems Engineer from Trumbull conn., said in an inter View tuesday afternoon. He visited his daughter tuesday morning in the naval see Sailor on Back Page countdown begins for thursday launch Cape canaveral . A an abbreviated countdown began tuesday for launching the Atlantis on a once delayed planetary Mission thursday. The shuttle will carry into space the s550 million Magellan probe a robot spacecraft bound for Venus. Liftoff is scheduled for 1 48 . Thursday. Right now we re confident we can make the launch on schedule pending any weather impacts said launch test director Ron Phelps. A launch on Friday was scrubbed just 31 seconds before liftoff because of a Short circuit in a fuel pump. Technicians working around the clock replaced the pump and a Leaky fuel line in half the time expected and Nasa see launch on Back Page divisive missile Issue before a Summit May 29-30 of president Bush and other Alliance leaders. The nato official said the plan does not offer any Compromise on a West German demand that the Alliance agree to Early East West talks on cutting Short Range nuclear weapons. The unite states and Britain have opposed Calls for immediate negotiations. The official described the american plan As a proposal for a working document for How to proceed on the Issue. It does t offer any Compromise with the German  nato officials have been trying to find satisfactory language on the weapons Issue to include in the comprehensive concept a Long awaited blueprint of the Alliance s strategy in arms control and Force planning. The guide is to be presented to Bush and the other Leader sat the Summit. A senior . Official suggested Laic see nato on Back Page Vest Berlin Beira Joe store workers remove broken Glass after leftists rioting. Leftists riot in w. Berlin injure hundreds of police Berlin a rampaging leftist militants looted 75 stores and apart ments in West Berlin and injured 335 police officers in the City s worst Street violence in years officials said tuesday. Police blamed 2,000 leftists for a series of violent often bloody Skir mishes in the working class District of Kreuz Borg on monday and Early tuesday. Dozens of store windows were smashed and scores of cars were destroyed after firebombs were hurled at them. Police commissioner Coorg sch Cru admitted in a statement that officers were nearly at the end of their abilities in dealing with the violence. About 1,600 police officers were see Berlin on Back Page