European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 21, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday May 21, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 7 Bush aides review nato Summit plans Kennebunkport. Maine a president Bush met with u i military advisers at his Seaside Home Friday to review plans for a nato Summit threatened by discord and to discuss strategy for arms talks with the soviet Union. As talks were under Way in Washington to Case the nato crisis. Bush met at his vacation Retreat wih defense Secretary Dick Cheney joint chiefs of staff chairman adm. William Crowe National Security adviser Brent scowcroft and other aides. White House press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater said no final decisions made at the meeting would be announced. Under Cloudy skies and in Chilly weather. Bush and his advisers posed for pictures in front of the wind swept sea Wall near his Home but did not comment on the talks. The session came on the eve of the arrival Here of French president Francois Mitterrand who generally backs Bush on the nato dispute. Mitterrand and his wife Danielle were to spend saturday night in a guest Home on Bush s compound. Nato s Harmony has been shaken by a dispute largely Between the United slates and West Germany. West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl facing Domestic pressure for disarmament has called for East West negotiations soon on reducing Short Range nuclear weapons. Bush has rejected the idea arguing Western Europe needs the weapons to compensate for the soviet led Warsaw pact s Large advantage in troops tanks and other conventional forces. The inf Short Range nuclear forces Issue of course is one that s under consideration right now and is driving the meeting of Bush and his advisers Fitz water said. He said he did not know if a Compromise could be struck before the nato meeting opening May 29. In Washington Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii held a second Day of talks with West German de sense minister Gerhard Stolton Borg to try to resolve the dispute before flying Here. White mouse chief of staff John Sununu also flew Here Friday. The West germans also oppose a Effort to Mure than triple the Range of existing Lance missiles to just below 300 Miles. The aging Lance can hit targets about 75 Miles away. Most of the 88 launchers and 700 single warhead missiles arc based incest Germany. Mitterrand at a news conference thursday before Leav ing Paris spoke out against elimination of the Short Range nuclear weapons but said nato did not have to decide posing for photographers at Maine arc from left National Security adviser Brent Scott Croft joint chiefs of staff chairman adm. William Crone president Bush and defense Secretary Dick Cheney. About modernizing the weapons until 1992. Fitzwater denied that Milt Rand s comments urging go slow approach on modernizing nato s nuclear forces were in conflict with the . Stance. President Mitterrand s comments yesterday Indi Cate that his position is very similar to ours. He shares our general concern about the strength of the nato Alliance Fitzwater said. Aside from the nato Flap Bush and the military advisors discussed details of a defense strategy review Deal ing with strategic nuclear weapons and arms control. Fitzwater said Bush would disclose some findings of the review in a speech wednesday at the . Coast guard Academy. And so they need to make some final judgments before that address occurs he said. The review also will put in place the groundwork for the resumption of strategic arms talks Between the United states and the soviet Union. Fitz Walcer also brushed aside reports that Mitter Rand s party was unhappy with his accommodations in . As far As i know the accommodations arc satisfactory to the French delegation. The discussions of accommodations have gone quite Well. We Don t have any problems he said. The new York daily news quoted unidentified sources As saying Mitterrand was unhappy with the size of the bed and the height of the toilet in the House where hell say. The House owned by Bush s Mother Dorothy Walker Bush is next to the president s Home. The article also said that Barbara Bush was upset about the Mitterrand s visit claiming it to be disruptive. Woman s death ends Lull in Washington crime by the Washington Post Washington until the shoot ing death of a Washington woman on Friday police and City residents had noticed a Lull in the violent crime that brought the nation s capital so much unwanted attention. Some thought the Calm was because of More police officers on the credited the dozens of crack House evictions and the arrests of big Lime drug dealers. Still others said it was because it had rained so Many Day sin succession. For a City shocked in the past few months with unprecedented nightly slayings the past weeks brought at least a bit More peace to embattled neighbourhoods. The number of homicides is still higher than last year 177 compared with 114 but the rate of homicides this month has decreased slightly. Two people arc being killed every three Days compared with two slayings a Day i january according to police statistics. While 53 people were killed in Jan uary 11 in the first 10 Days of the year the number of slaying victims dropped to 37 a month for both february and March. In april 38 people were killed and in the first i9 Days of this month there have been 12 Homi woman who was killed Friday was shot while she was Riding in a car on interstate 295, about 5 30 . Police had no suspects or motive. Even though the bloodshed is continuing and even though the number shave not dropped dramatically those on the front lines have noticed the Dif Ference. It s a big Relief said detective David Meyers who patrols the embattled 6lh police District. The num Ber of shootings and homicides has gone Down in the last couple of weeks. Have More time to work on other cases which is really , however is not optimistic that the dip in crime is Here to slay. With this warm weather staring us inthe face it May go up again. I think this is the Lull before the storm he said. Ron Gardner the television Anchor of the to program City under Schige said that for the first months of the year producers of the nightly show ran fillers As they faded to a commercial. The fillers displayed the daily body count compared with the same time last year and had to be double checked and sometimes updated throughout the night. I Don t remember the last time we be run those Gardner said. "1 Haven t had to do them for police officers City leaders and residents of the most crime Ridden neighbourhoods attribute the relative Calm to More officers on the Street. Hundreds More officers have been sent out on the Street under the depart ment s redeployment plan and the voluntary six Day work week funded by overtime pay. I m ecstatic at the Success of it said Jeff Krenrich a Community activist in the Shaw neighbourhood. We All feel More Safe said Koen Rich. There Are normally 20 to 50 peo ple standing around a nearby Corner. Now there Are no people doctor who gave baby to Steinberg loses License new York a the doctor who arranged for a baby boy to be Given to Joel Steinberg and who pleaded guilty to illegally placing a baby for adoption lost his state medical License Friday. Peter j. Sarosi s License was revoked because of his role in placing the boy with Steinberg who was convicted of manslaughter in the death of another illegally adopted child 6-year-old Lisa said Emlyn Griffith chairman of the state Board of regents committee on professional practice. The Board which oversees professional licensing in new York stale voted 14-0 to revoke Sarosi s License. Griffith said. Sarosi 36, May apply for reinstatement after one year. He did not return Calls but a woman in his office said he has been seeing patients All week. He pleaded guilty in january to illegally placing Achild out for ado Puon. A Misdemeanour punishable by up to a year in jail. He admitted he delivered a boy born june 21, 1986, to Nicole Smigill an unwed Long Island teen Ager and illegally gave the infant to Slein Berg two Days later in sentencing Sarosi criminal court judge John Stackhousr called him a highly resp cycled and beloved he Pul him on Ihrck year probation or dered him to do 100 hours of Community service and fined him $1,000. Sarosi was gynaecologist and Fertility doctor for Hudda Nussbum Steinberg s live in companion. She lest Ifird at Steinberg s trial for Lisa s death thai she had trouble conceiving so Steinberg arranged Wilh Sarosi to get a baby boy. The boy called Mitchell by Steinberg was found lied to a Playpen drinking spoiled milk and wearing a soiled diaper when police and paramedics arrived is Steinberg s apartment nov. 5,1987, to find Lisa unconscious
