European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Remember fhe Susan b. Dollar Coin Page 9 the  authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 48, no 25 Friday. May 12, 1989 2sc of in and sunday u ou9ij a Bush sending 2,000 troops to bolster forces in Panama Washington a president Bush said thursday that he is sending 2.000 combat troops to Panama and evacuating . Dependents to protect americans from the violence and bloodshed launched by Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega after the country s presidential elections. We will nol be intimidated by the bullying tactics of the dictator. Noriega brutal though they May be hush declared. Bush facing the firm foreign policy crisis of his presidency said the troops would be sent to protect the lives of american  about 21,300 american civilians Many of them retired live in Panama. Bush acted after consulting with congressional Lead ers who gave him their backing and with leaders of other latin american countries. The move comes in response to the nullification of the panamanian elec Tion by Noriega and attacks by rioters on opposition politicians. The Noriega regime first tried to steal this election through massive fraud and intimidation and now has nullified this election and resorted to violence and bloodshed Bush said. Bush also recalled the . Ambassador Arthur Davis and said companies doing business in Panama will be asked to bring Home dependents. He said americans in Panama will be asked to leave the country or move to . Compounds there. The United states maintains 10 military facilities in Panama and has 10,000 troops there. Davis concerned for the safety of the americans asked the 152 dependents of diplomats to move to military bases and embassy spokeswoman Cynthia Farrell said the move was under Way. Administration sources said the Pentagon is or car continued on Back Page Gorbachev offers major arms reductions Moscow a soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev challenged the United states and its nato allies thursday with two Bole weapons reductions proposals. Gorbachev meeting with . Secre tary of state Jamer a. Baker offered to Cut soviet stockpiles of Battlefield nuclear weapons. Baker called the offer a Good step. A Small step. A modest  hut Baker said that there has to be a Little less of an  reiterating the . Assessment that the soviets have a 12 to i advantage in european Short Range nuclear missiles. Tass the official soviet news Agency said that the soviets would withdraw 500 tactical nuclear warheads from East Ern Europe this year and that the Krem Lin is prepared to pull out All nuclear munitions from Eastern Europe by 1991if the United states brings about equivalent Steps in Western Europe. A senior . Official flying with Baker to Brussels Belgium for a briefing with nato ministers said the soviets announced they would take out of service this year 284 Short Range missiles 166 nuclear bombs carried aboard air planes and 50 nuclear artillery shells. Along with the request to discuss joint missile reductions Gorbachev moved boldly on conventional arms cuts. He told Baker during their 3 hour see Gorbachev on Back Page . Secretary of state James Baker left smiles As he meets soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev in the Kremlin on thursday. Sex Carrier crewman recalls 1965 a bomb loss by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau Goppinger West Germany a librarian at go Pingen elementary Junior High school says he was on Board the aircraft Carrier Ticonderoga when a Navy attack Jet armed with a Hydrogen bomb rolled into the sea about 80 Miles from a japanese Island. It All happened in a matter of seconds said Phillip g. Weldon who was a Petty officer third class at the time of the dec. 5, 1965, Accident. By the time we got to the Side and looked Oer there was nothing visible at All. It went straight in he said adding that there weren t even any telltale disturbances on the surface of the water. We just looked out in the Ocean and it looked like it Alwa a  Pentagon officials on tuesday confirmed the Acci Dent but offered few details on the loss of the Navy a-4e plane or the a Magalon bomb which has a Force of 1 million tons of int Weldon 44, said wednesday that the Accident occurred As sailors pushed the plane onto a hangar deck elevator during a midday training exercise Weldon said the Pilot had been in the cockpit for continued on Page 3