European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday May 24,1989 cuts in Western navies called next soviet goal Bidav Odiehl . Bureau London the Sovil Union s main aim in future arms control talks will be to reduce the West s navies and limit their Freedom of movement Accord ing to the editor of the latest Jane s fighting ships. There is no doubt that the key soviet objective is a reduction in the West s naval strength. Richard Sharp a former Royal Navy Captain wrote in a nine Page foreword to the Book published this week. Editors of the yearbooks published by Jane s information group use the forewords to give their views on military and political topics. Sharpe. A former submarine commander and Intelli gence officer said the . Navy is holding most of she sea based chips the soviets would like to Sec bargained away. It seems Likely that ship launched land attack weapon systems will be the first focus of attention and these mostly belong to the . Navy Sharp said. With a giant military Fleet the soviets have a lot of ships they could discard with Little consequence he said. It has thousands of tons of ancient ships and sub marines which it could unilaterally scrap with minimal effect on its Overall effectiveness Sharp said. He also noted that soviet shipyards arc continuing to pro Duce vessels including submarines frigates Battle cruisers aircraft carriers and destroyers. Sharp said the . Navy in particular must re main Strong even if the soviet threat diminishes. He also wrote that other conflicts around the Globe can be dealt with by the navies of the West. The naval strength of the West can remain a real Force for International peace particularly if As much Effort is now put into understanding and improving rules of engagement for limited conflict As has previously been devoted to planning All out War with the Warsaw  but the author said he thinks this is an optimistic Outlook. Nothing will happen until the next major problem occurs when once again crisis management will have to till the Gap left by inadequate Long term International planning he said. Go family abuse in Europe hard to hide expert says by Rosemary Sawyer staff writer Willinger West Germany sol Diers and their families Likely have a harder time hiding child or spouse abuse while stationed in Europe than they would in the United states an army family specialist said tuesday. If a Soldier lives across a county line in the United slate the army May never know what s going on in his  said Sharon Davis who Heads the family advocacy program for the army in Europe. Here our soldiers and families use a cd Nurali cd medical facility so we have a ready identification Point there. We Only have one Law enforcement body a pro Vost marshal or criminal investigation come All locally generated and no county lines and no jurisdictional is the Structure of army communities in Europe also prohibits the stateside prob Lem of abusers who Hospital or Pedi Atri Cian shop to prevent officials from not ing an abuse pattern she told a training conference of the american women s activities Germany in willing in. Overseas bases also tend to create very close communities both physically and emotionally. Neighbors reports of abuse rank second behind reports from medical facilities she said. Usa eur received about 6,000 re ports of child and spouse abuse in fiscal 1988. Of the 2,967 reports of child abuse 1,646, or 55 percent were substantiated. From the command s 2,933 reports of spouse abuse 2,519 cases or 86 percent were substantiated. Authorities can substantiate More cases of spouse abuse because they usually involve a physical injury and adults in contrast to very Young children can Tell of the abuse Davis said. A lot of child abuse particularly sex Ual abuse does t have physical injury or May not have physical injury so it s much harder to make those judgment Calls said Davis who s worked 25 years in child Protection and welfare. Substantiated cases of spouse abuse have increased More than twofold since fiscal 1985, when Usa eur recorded 1,237 cases. Proven child abuse cases in creased by 51 percent from 1,087 in 1985 to 1,646 in 1988. One reason for the rapid climb in spouse abuse reports is the army s establishment of its spouse abuse program in 1983. Its child abuse program began in 1976. Usa eur child abuse figures of 10 children per 1,000 arc slightly higher than the army s 9.2 per 1,000 ratio Davis said. However they Are much lower than the Overall . Figure of 30 per 1,000, she said. That lower figure shows we re doing something right Here in Europe Davis said. Davis said she did t believe the fewer number of incidences in the military could to linked to the fact that bad con duct can affect a Soldier s career. There s a real stereotype Misc Rcck Tion about the program that it s a Witch Hunt and that once you get involved in the program you re caught up in it forever and you re labelled signed scaled and delivered rapidly to the states Davis said. That s a wrong perception very few soldiers face administration action be cause of their involvement in the family advocacy  Baker from Page 1 chinese response to that counterproposal. . Officials did not detail what was contained in the latest West German offer but said it did not move the process any further along to a Compromise. Baker told reporters the stumbling Block was How to draft a Compromise plan that would take into account the new mood in Western Europe for greater disarmament while preserving an adequate deter  negotiations would be a mistake i still feel Strong  Baker said of proposals for East West talks at this time on reducing nato s Short Range nuclear weapons. In addition to opposing talks on reducing the weapons the United Stales would like to upgrade and sex lend the Range of the american made Lance missiles now stationed in Western Europe most of them in West Germany. From Page 1 press censorship in a March that paralysed traffic for two hours. In Hong Kong protests continued for a fourth straight Day. In All about 10,000 students marched through the City and 2,000 boycotted classes. Workers used a Large Crane to replace a portrait of revolutionary Leader Mao tse lung on the Gate of the forbidden City across from Tiana men Square. Ear Lier tuesday two men splattered paint on the portrait of the founder of communist China. A witness said the two men wearing the White head bands of student protesters were jumped on by Stu dents and taken to Tiana men Square. Student leaders later insisted the men were not students. Thousands stopped to watch the 90-Minutc opera Tion of lifting the new portrait into place. They cheered and clapped when the work was completed. As in the previous three nights under martial Law a constant Stream of supporters walked bicycled and motorcycle around the Square. Most of the troops that moved into City outskirts Friday night had withdrawn to Points farther away from the City and residents had removed Many of the barricades they had set up to Block a troop Advance into the City. The students decided earlier in the Day to continue their occupation of the Square even though thousands of demonstrators had returned to their schools. More than half of the protesters on the Square were from outside Beijing. I voted that we should go Back because Many of the Beijing students arc already leaving said Gua Hai Fang a student Leader from Beijing University. But the student Union insists on struggling until the end. They want to Sec the government  we just could t leave said a student from Lanz Hou a Western City about 750 Miles from Beijing. Tia Nansen Square is the Center of our student movement. If it died the movement in Lanzhou and All around China would die  Dollar from Page 1 Pean trading during the Day in the Wake of massive intervention by european Central Banks and the . Federal re serve. But late tuesday afternoon the Dollar was still holding at 2.0040 Marks on the currency Exchange in Frankfurt West Germany. That represented a de Cline of less than a pfennig from Mon Day s close of 2.0120 Marks and gave Hope that the Buck s Strong showing might continue in the Days ahead. In England a Pound was Selling for $1.58 late tuesday afternoon Only marginally worse than the si.5775 rate of a Day earlier. The Buck also was trading at 141.65 yen Down just a bit from the 141,95 closing Rale in Tokyo earlier in the Day. Tuesday morning the Central Banks including the fed were in the Market Selling Between $2.5 billion and $3.5 Bil lion Worth of dollars said one currency trader in Frankfurt. And still they Only knocked the Dollar Down by .60 pfennig or  that was bittersweet news for spec. Patricia a Perez a communications operator assigned to he co 51st signal in in ludwigs Burg West Germany. It s not that Perez is unhappy with the Buck s performance. It s just that she won t be around much longer to enjoy it. Perez and her family arc moving to a new duty station this summer. Now i wish i was t  she said. I d get to shop a lot More on the  most other americans though arc making plans to enjoy their Good Fortune while it lasts. Bates of Raf Mildenhall said her tour in England has suddenly become a nicer one. I spent 100 pounds last weekend in Cambridge and i did t even think twice about it she said tvs been buying up British goods big  in West Germany sgt. Cedric Ander son of the 1 Ith signal in in Darmstadt recalled the Golden Days when he was stationed overseas in 1985, a time when the Dollar hovered As High As 3.45 Marks. It s getting better but i Hope it gets a lot better Anderson said. I want to see it at three Marks to the Dollar  spec. Cora Lawson of the 165th Mili tary intelligence in agreed. Lawson who is stationed in Darmstadt said spending Marks on her favorite Leisure activities is something uppermost on her mind. I m going to buy Marks now and save them for the sales downtown she said. I want some summer clothes and a euro Pean  staff sgt. Tar ranch Richardson of the 48lh Security police so at Raf Lakin Heath England acknowledged that a higher Dollar will make goods manufactured in the United states More expensive overseas and that could Hurt the . Trade deficit. But Richardson said he s top worried about his own finances to give much thought to american Trade and International economic health. Every time the Exchange rate improves it s Fine with me he said. Basically i think about How things affect my finances  in Italy the Dollar was trading at 1,454.50 lire tuesday after closing at 1,460.50 monday and . Service members and civilian personnel expressed cautious optimism about the path of the Dollar. Jim arc Cdon the 42-year-old safety manager at the Navy Hospital in Naples said r i think it s really Good. But we re All sort of apprehensive wailing for the  for now arc Cdon said the stronger Buck will allow him and his wife to eat a few More dinners out take a few More weekend trips and perhaps buy some new furniture. Whatever the future holds spec. Paul Russell of the 165th military intelligence in in Darmstadt has just one wish. Rus sell who likes to ski said Hast Hope this lasts through the Winter so lift tickets won t be so  com staring to i top