European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 13, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes q new travel company seen As boost to mar funds Page 2 g Man faces fraud charges Over Vietnam medallion Page 7 q student newspaper staff fights against censorship Page 9 d Montreal canadians reach Stanley cup finals Page 21 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good morning vol. 48. No. 26 saturday May 13, 1989 pm out a Sun d 8693 a families evacuate Panama Homes Kelly Bouillon left and Sandy Adams cry As heir husbands leave Camp 1-Cjcune, n.c., on Friday for Panama. Scared or Nof is head for Panama Travis fab Calif. A pfc. Greg Rich Wear ing camouflage fatigues and face paint admitted that he was scared As he prepared to leave for Panama with about 900 troops of the army s 7th inf div Light. But i la do what needs to be done the Cleveland native said. We need to clean up the  the soldiers began leaving Travis fab at Sunrise Friday As part of the 2,000 combat troops president Bush is sending to Panama to augment the 10,000 military personnel already stationed there. The 7th inf div soldiers waved and smiled to journalists As they left fort Ord about 100 Miles South of san Francisco by truck and bus Convoy. They began arriving at Travis about 35 Miles Northeast of san Francisco on thursday night and the last of the 900 arrived Friday morning. Similar scenes were played out elsewhere. In Violet la., a few Miles downriver from new Orleans the cargo ship Bellatrix was being prepared to travel to Texas to pick up More than 700 Panama bound soldiers. They be been crowing up All night said Royle Blanc night Security supervisor at Violet Dock port. The 726 members of the 5th inf div Mech at fort Polk. La., will travel in convoys to Beaumont Texas where they will Board the  for the trip to Panama fort Polk spokesman William Penn said thurs  a staging area at Cherry Point Marine corps air see Panama on Back Page Panama City. Panama a hundreds of american military dependents evacuated their Homes in Panama and a . Military source said Friday that some panamanians had joined them in taking Refuge at . Military installations. The first contingent of . Troops headed for the Central american nation Friday under orders of presi Dent Bush who stepped up his offensive against  Antonio Noriega by ordering in 2,000 soldiers. Fifty soldiers took olt shortly after Dawn from tra vis fab in  on thursday also recalled . Ambassador Arthur Davis to protest the annulling of sunday s elec Tion and the beating of the opposition presidential and vice presidential candidates. Armed forces television announced there was no school Friday for the children of americans in Panama. The slate department issued a travel advisory for Panama saying americans should t travel in the country because of extremely unsettled  in another diplomatic decision the permanent Council of organization of american Stales approved unanimously on Friday a venezuelan proposal calling for Oas foreign ministers to meet wednesday to Dis cuss the serious  approval came after a two hour meeting. But Many of the 31 delegates urged Camion citing Oas provi Sions asserting that the principle of non intervention in the internal affairs of member countries must be re  crisis convulsing the strategically important nation occurred after the government halted the counting of ballots wednesday and claimed its presidential candidate picked by Noriega held a 2-to-l Lead. A team of International observers headed by former president Jimmy Carter said the opposition presiden tial candidate Guillermo Endara had won by a 3-to-l margin despite widespread fraud. Endara who was beaten wednesday during a Street protest by people wielding two by hours and Metal pipes remained hospitalized Friday. On thursday several Hundred . Diplomatic and military families packed up emergency supplies of clothing and keepsakes to seek Refuge in one of the 10 american military bases in Panama. A . Military source said Friday that since Mon Day night More than 160 panamanians have been Given Refuge at . Military installations. They arc Here because they have shown that they Are in physical danger for political reasons see families on Back Page army lifting restrictions on shipping for some is based in Germany by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington the army will lift weight restrictions on household goods shipments for accompanied soldiers assigned to West Ger Many starting june i. The new policy allows accompanied soldiers moving Back to the United Stales after that Date to ship their full allowance with one important condition household goods that were put in stateside government storage count toward the weight limit. For example a Soldier with a full weight Al Lowance of 10,000 pounds who put 6,000 pounds of goods in storage at government expense before moving to West Germany can ship Only 4,000 pounds going Back said capt. Doug Reynolds program budget officer for army per see shipping on Back Page modest soviet nuke Cut welcomed Brussels Belgium a the nato allies on Friday welcomed in guarded terms soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev s proposal to unilaterally Cut 500 Short Range nuclear  consider reduction in 500 weapons alone As a Welcome positive but rather modest sep nato said in a statement after Secretary of state James Baker discussed his trip to Moscow this week with senior officials of the 15 other nato  already has removed 2,400 nuclear arms in the past decade the statement said. It added that nato looks to Moscow to make further reductions in its unwarranted  estimates the soviet Union has 1,450 Short Range nuclear missile launchers in Europe compared with 88 for the Western Alliance. Baker discussed with the a i a new Challenge by Gorbachev to Cut not Only Short Range nuclear weapons but tanks troops and aircraft in Europe As Well. The nato meeting was attended by seven foreign ministers including West Germany s Hans Dietrich  soviet offer to Cut 500 Short  weapons comes at a time when nato is buffeted by an internal dispute Over whether to modernize its Lance missiles. The Issue is expected to dominate a May 29-30 nato Summit in Brussels. Baker met separately with Genscher who wants nato to delay the modernization until the Early 1990s and begin talks on reducing Short Range nuclear arms with the  a news conference. Baker acknowledged he was unable to persuade West Germany to Back off its de mands for . Negotiations with the soviet Union to reduce Short Range missiles in Europe. Baker said the soviet proposal to withdraw 500 nuclear weapons was apparently designed for Public opinion and had not guaranteed the weapons would be destroyed. The unilateral cuts Gorbachev intends to make this year include 284 Short Range missiles 166 nuclear bombs carried by air planes and 50 nuclear artillery  Moscow Gorbachev also moved boldly on the conventional weapons telling Baker he would offer to Cut Warsaw pact tanks by 40,000, combat aircraft by 42,000, and artillery pieces by 47,000, a . Official said. Other elements of the plan include a reduction of i million troops in both alliances and a 55 percent reduction in nato s combat  1997, the official said Gorbachev is aiming for equal Levels of 1.35 million troops in the two alliances 1,500 strike aircraft and 20,000  ceilings in other areas would be 1,700 helicopters 24,000 artillery pieces and 28,000 combat vehicles