European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse D Ramstein runway repairs to affect travellers Page 2 d Winfrey show draws criticism apology Page 7 d air Force course Bridges cultural gaps daily Magazine d suns Advance in Aba playoffs sports Page 21 the stars aut Homzey unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol 48. No. 31 thursday May 18, 1989 0�ly inn Suma d 8693 a soviets vow far East troop Cut Beijing a soviet president Mikhail Gorba Chev wednesday promised soviet troop reductions in the far East and urged that the tense sino soviet fron tier be turned into a Border of he said soviet troops deployed in Asia would be reduced by 200,000 in 1989 and 1990. He specified the troop reductions would include 120.000 soldiers in the soviet far East bordering China and that ground forces would he Cut by 12 divisions. Gorbachev in a speech to chinese academics in the great Hall of the people also called for a collective Security network in Asia saying an All Asia process was needed for solving regional conflicts. On tuesday. Gorbachev and chinese Leader Deng Xiaoping agreed in a historic meeting to resume Friendly lies after three decades of hostility. The meeting Between the leaders of the world s two largest communist countries took place As hundreds of thousands of demonstrators demanding democratic re form look control of giant Tiana men Square. Communist party general Secretary Zhao Ziyang Scal a message to the demonstrators Early wednesday promising the government would work out Concrete measures to enhance democracy and Law oppose corruption build an honest and clean government and expand openness the official news Agency Xinhua reported. The Summit brought the leaders of the soviet Union and China together for the first time since a Frost encounter Between Nikita s. Khrushchev and Mao tsp Tunglin 1959. Relations since have been marred by ideological rivalry Border skirmishes in 1969, a Sharp decline in economic and cultural contacts and disputes Over so Viet actions in Afghanistan and Cambodia. Chinese communist party chief left and Mikhail Gorbachev at in outdoor reception in Beijing a soviet spokesman said the two leaders also agreed that the theories of Karl Marx must he revised to fit the limes. After the meeting with Deng. Gorbachev conferred with Premier i Peng and Zhao to wrap up the historic Fence mending. Zhao told the soviet Leader. We Are not for the multiparty system As is practice in Western countries nor for establishing new political Gorbachev has maintained a similar stance despite his willingness to tolerate divergent views within the communist party Structure. In his speech wednesday. Gorbachev stressed the importance of det Cylc Between the soviet Union and China and said Moscow was taking unilateral actions to reduce tensions on the Border. Dependents bikers runners Complete relay a la a. M m mip i i moving out of Panama by Norman Black a military writer Washington the United states stepped up efforts tuesday to safeguard relatives of . Military personnel in Panama offering immediate evacuations for any of the 14.000 Mili tary dependents who May want to leave that troubled defense department described the escalated Effort As a cautionary move insight of recent election related v id acc and sought to avoid creating the impression that there was any need for panic. But Pentagon officials said that while the program is voluntary some relatives ultimately might be ordered Home. The first group of evacuees including state department and military families left tuesday for Charleston. S con a chartered commercial Airliner others will be transported on the military cargo planes that have been ferrying extra troops Panama. At Howard a 23h americans boarded the charter flight. Most of the the 14,000 military dependents in Panama already Are on . Mil itary bases. The primary Obj us of the evacuation Cifor. Are the rough 3.100americans who have been living in panamanian neighbourhoods outside i s military bases but any of the dependents May leave if they wish. Last week when president Bush or see Panama on Back Page Navy Tina Tut Ltd Petty officer 3rd class Rick Allej i feds pack up a Hill South of Rome. B j. King or Ugek Mediterranean Bureau Naples Italy with 20 minutes to spare tuesday the Naples biathlon team completed its planned 104 hour running and cycling relay trip from London to Naples. The trip sponsored by military organizations and private groups raised More than $10,000 through pledges from the military Community for the Navy Relief society. As planned by its organiser. Navy it. Jerry Millen 38. Of the Naples naval Hospital the trip was to have clicked off2.300 Kilometres 1,426 mile but by the time the bikers and runners hit the finish line at Nava support activity in Naples they of Cir travelled 2,800 kilo me ters 1,736 Miles. Participants said detours incomplete map information wrong turns and traffic avoidance tacked the extra distance onto the trip. We used up every bit of the Slack built into the plan and instead of run Ning All the Way from Rome last night we had to do the final stretch mostly by said it. Cmdr. Greg Brad Ford Asa s executive officer and one of the team s runners. We worried everyday that we would t make the finish on time Petty officer 3rd class Rick Walkley. 26, an orthopaedic technician at the Naples Hospital and one of the team s hikers said. We had to keep going no matter what. Everyone hiked and ran As hard sea bikers on Back Page
