European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 01, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d sex spouses barred from pensions changed by vets Page 3 d Truitt blames inexperience for Iowa blast Page 5 d s. Korean villagers attack air Force bombing Range Page 8 n Florida s rep. Pepper Dies at 88 Page 28 the stars  authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good morning vol.48, no.45 thursday june 1, 1989 25 duty ind sunday d 8693 a nato allies wrap up sum nit by David Tarrant staff writer Brussels Belgium president Bush and other Western leaders wrapped up a two Day Nuto Summit tuesday with a pledge to shape a flew political order of peace in  in a Post Summit news conference Bush urged soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev to Speed negotiations on conventional Force reductions in Europe and said he hoped the Kremlin would accept a . Proposal for cutting troops on each Side to 275,000. I think it s a Good thing it s Good for nato i happen to think it s Good for the entire free world Bush said before departing for Bonn. West Germany and further talks with West German Chancellor Hel Mut Kohl. Sec related stories pane 2. Bush also said Secretary of slate James a. Baker ii had told soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze that the United Stales was interested in a super Power Summit before the end of the year. If there was something constructive to come out of such a meeting. I would certainly be prepared to meet and i believe that Secretary Baker has conveyed that to minister Shevardnadze Bush said. In an address at an East West conference on human rights tuesday in Paris she Varnad a said the soviets consider the declaration made by president Bush in Brussels As a serious and important step in the right  in a news conference tuesday night in Bonn. Baker said the . Initiative accepted by the nato allies is a package Deal that makes the . Safer than it has Ever  the soviets can t pick and choose what they want out of  Baker said. Of course there will be negotiations on numbers concerning manpower and equip ment but if they accept it will mean we be gained in safety. This is by no Means a change in policy. The president has based his decision on prudence and sex  Baker said it was not unrealistic to expect an agreement on the reduction of conventional forces by the end of the year. That is entirely within the realm of possibility he said. The nato leaders maintained Unity at the annual meeting by adopting a Compromise for negotiations on reducing but not eliminating Battlefield nuclear missiles an Issue that had threatened to sour what had been planned As a Celebration of 40 years of peace. The agreement drafted during eight hours of late night meetings by nato foreign ministers allows the continued on Page 28 president and mrs. Bush with Chancellor Helmut Kohl and his wife Lluann Elert at Bonn reception. 14 marines missing in crash of helicopter off Okinawa Tokyo a a Marine helicopter crashed at sea during night training operations off Okinawa and 14 of the 22 marines aboard arc missing a . Military1 spokesman said wednesday. Of the eight marines rescued four were reported injured. The ch-46 sea Knight helicopter based in Kan conc Bay Hawaii had just taken off shortly before mid night tuesday from the amphibious transport Dock Denver off Okinawa said Marine master sgt. Jake Rodrigus spokesman for . Forces Japan. He said the crash occurred at about 11 55 . Tuesday local Lime about 33 rifles South of Kadena fab in Okinawa during a routine amphibious training exercise. Rodrigus said the  was carrying a Crew of four and 18 Marine passengers. The 18 being trans ported were assigned to 2nd in 3rd Marine regt Okinawa for six months As part of a unit rotation program. In Washington. Marine corps spokesman i. Col. Fred Peck said the helicopter pitched Over to the right and went into the water inverted upside Down. I have nothing to indicate Why it did  Peck said the four injured men were being treated aboard the Denver which is designed for use in amphibious assaults and capable of carrying up to six cd 46 helicopters. The cause of the crash was under investigation the Navy said in a statement. The helicopter was assigned to Marine medium helicopter so 265. The names of the missing were withheld pending notification of next of Kin the Navy said. Rodrigus said recovery operations were being con ducted by the Denver. Nagatoshi Narusch a spokesman for the maritime safety Agency Japan s coast guard said three Japa Nese aircraft and six maritime safety Agency patrol boats joined two . Vessels and three . Aircraft in the search. Beyond containment How the Bush troop Cut plan for Europe stacks up against reductions announced by soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Troops United states 305.000.soviet Union 625,000. Gorbachev would reduce soviet combat forces to 350,000 by 1997. Buth would limit both sides to 275.000 by 1993. Artillery Nat 19.300.Warsaw pact 71,600. Gorbachev Cut Warsaw pact to 34.300. Buh a ceiling of 16,600 to 24,000. Combat aircraft nato 4.000.Warsaw pact 6.300. Gorbachev reduce Warsaw pact to about 7.300. Bush set a ceiling Lor Botn alliances at about 3.400. Tanks nato 16.400, not including 6.000 tanks in  pact 51.500. Not including More than 6.000 in storage. Gorbachev reduce Warsaw pact tanks to 39.500. Buh limit both sides to 20.000. Helicopters nato 2,400.Warsaw pact 3.700. Gorbachev proposed no cuts. Buth limit both sides to about 2.100. We limn from vow Vespucci fhe Sou fest sailing ship afloat Page 13