European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 21, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday september 21,1989 . Beef plan would hit gis in Europe from Page 1 High Cost areas  As Japan Are paying the same beef prices As those posted in . Commissaries. What do we owe overseas military personnel and families asked one House staffer. We owe them the same Quality of life As Scricc members enjoy in the United slates. The commissary Mission is to offer american products at Standard prices. So Why should other service members have to pay for . Beef while those in Europe Don to even in Japan one of the most expensive areas in the world commissaries Stock .  european commissaries also stocked . Beef until the mid-1970s, when the Dollar began slipping on for eign exchanges the staff member said. When that happened we decided to go to euro Pean beef because it was cheaper he said. In retrospect we probably should t have done that. Now in Light of this dec ban we think it s just a Good time to phase out purchases of beef locally in Europe. As the subsidy decreases and prices Rise Over the three year period Normal military tour rotations will serve to absorb some of the Shock As service members from other areas who Are used to paying for . Beef arc assigned to Europe the staffer said. And adjustments to the Cost of living allowance will offset the increases to some degree too he said. We be targeted the bulk of the subsidy Money for the first year because it takes a while for these kinds of cola adjustments to catch up with actual  the staffer said this should not be viewed As a Case of Congress trying to stick it to service members. In fact the opposite is True he said. That s Why we fought for the subsidy in the first place. But let s be realistic Why should the Guy who happens to be stationed in Europe get a Price break when the Guy in Japan does to service members who Don t want to pay higher prices for the . Meat can easily go to a local store on the Economy and buy the cheaper lower Grade stuff. That s their  within Congress lawmakers Are still trying to Settle bomb from Page 1 was sending a team of . Investigators to help deter mine the cause of the crash. Uta said Contact was lost with flight 772 less than an hour after it took off from n Dja Mcna after a Stop Over tuesday on a flight that originated in Brazzaville capital of the Congo. The airline also said the last radio Contact Between the plane and air traffic controllers indicated every thing was Normal. It reported no unusual weather. It exploded at High Altitude leaving every reason to believe it was a bomb Uta airline spokesman Michel Friess said on French television. He said it was possible but less Likely that a technical failure was to blame. Islamic jihad is among several Radical fundamentalist groups in Lebanon presumed to be part of Hezbollah the Iran financed guerrilla group that is believed to be holding most of the 16 Western hostages in Leb anon including eight americans. On dec. 21, a new York bound pan am jumbo Jet exploded Over Lockerbie Scotland killing All 259 peo ple aboard and 11 on the ground. Investigators said a bomb disguised in a radio Cas Sette player was put aboard flight 103 in a suitcase a Frankfurt West Germany where the flight originated. Investigators also said the main suspect in the bomb ing is an Arab terrorist group the popular front for the liberation of Palestine general command. On March 10, 1984, a bomb exploded on a Uta dc-8. Scheduled to Fly the same route As the dc-10, just before the plane was to take off from n Ndjamena the capital of Chad. Twenty five people were injured in the blast. An unknown group calling itself group Idriss Miskinis claimed responsibility but the Chadi an government blamed Libya for the bombing. Chad fought with libyan backed rebels for More than a decade but the situation has been Calm for the past two years. Chad and Libya recently signed an agreement to Settle their Border dispute peacefully. Among the passengers who boarded in n Ndjamena was Bonnie Pugh wife the . Ambassador to Chad Robert l. Pugh the . Embassy in Chad said. Nato  talk proposal to urge limiting size of military exercises Vienna Austria a nato will suggest curb ing the size of Maneu vers across Europe in a package farms control measures it intends to present today to the Warsaw pact diplomatic sources said. The sources wednesday said the proposals Call for limiting the size of military exercises to several tens of thousands of troops or several Hundred Battle tanks with one Man Euver exceeding the constraints permitted every two years. The provisions would oblige b9th sides to give and Vance notification of a major mobilization of reservists and Large troop movements and concentrations they said. Other proposals would mandate easy Access to specific weapons depots and simplify surveillance of equipment in units with a Low level of readiness. The package is Little changed from one that was to be offered two weeks ago at the opening session of the fall round of East West non nuclear talks before its delay by an inter Alliance dispute said the sources. At that session sept. 14, both sides expressed Hopes of speedy Progress toward a treaty reducing conventional forces of both military alliances from the Atlantic Ocean to the soviet ural mountains. Soviet chief Delegate olog a. Grinevsky pledged to get Down to hard work at the six week session on conventional armed forces in Europe. Stephen j. Ledogar his . Counterpart welcomed Warsaw pact agreement to try and reach a draft treaty within a year. The question Over financing the meal shipments to Europe. In its fiscal 1990 defense authorization Bill the House agreed to pump an extra $10 million into the Pentagon account that pays for the shipment of products to overseas commissaries specifically to fund the transportation of . Beef to Europe. In its version of the Bill the Senate wants the Pentagon to pay for those costs out of existing operations and maintenance funds. The House and Senate armed services committees Are meeting to resolve differences in their respective Bills. The House staff member said their conference May wrap up this week. Chilled beef stays fresh for about 45 Days and the Pentagon can get it to most locations in Europe within 20 to 23 Days leaving an acceptable shelf life of about three weeks. Pentagon officials say they doubt they can get . Beef to Points South of the Alps primarily Italy Greece and Turkey and still leave a Long enough shelf life. News briefs czech harassment failing to halt refugee exodus Frankfurt West Germany a the East German exodus to the West continue wednesday with More than 400 refugees arriving in West Germany overnight despite reports of harassment in Czechoslovakia. West German Border police spokesman Klaus Papenfuss said 416 new arrivals appeared to breast germans who made their Way from Czechoslovakia via Hungary and Austria. Hungary last week opened its Borders to East German refugees and More than 17,000 have since emigrated to West Germany. Meanwhile Media reports said the number of East German refugees in the West German embassy in Prague Czechoslovakia had swelled to at least 520 by  of the refugees interviewed by West German television said Czechoslovakia s communist authorities were trying to prevent East germans from reaching Hungary although the refugees had valid travel documents and visas. De Klerk takes office with plea to All s. Africans Pretoria South Africa a . De Klerk was sworn in wednesday for a five year term As president and appealed to South Afri cans of All races to help build a nation free of domination and  look the oath of office before 1,500 people in a dutch reformed Church near the univer sity of Pretoria As reports spread that his govern ment would free jailed Black nationalist leade Nelson Mandela Early next year. In an Indica Tion of South Africa s International isolation no foreign Heads of state were  quoted official sources As saying Mandela s release would be part of a package of moves aimed at drawing Blacks into negotiations on a new Constitution. Hugo from Page 1 looting. We be seen police looting. We be seen National guard looting. There s no Law and order Here " at 9 a.m., Hugo s Center was 395 Miles East of Nassau in the Bahamas. Its coordinates were 25.2 North latitude and 71.1 West Longitude. The storm was moving Northwest at 12 Mph. Little change in strength was expected wednesday. The Navy wednesday began to Send ships to sea from a base at Charleston s.c., to avoid storm damage. The storm s death toll was incomplete and officials feared it would grow As rescuers searched collapsed buildings. Hugo so far has left millions of dollars in damage More than 50,000 Caribbean residents homeless and hundreds of injuries. It ripped away roofs flattened houses flipped planes damaged Cash crops and knocked out Power and communications. Two coast guard planes carrying fresh water food and lumber arrived in puerto Rico late tuesday and several other Relief flights were planned wednes Day. On monday the Hurricane s 125-Mph winds smashed directly into puerto Rico where officials said 10,000 people were homeless and 25,000 were in shelters. Government and voluntary Relief teams from Texas to new York began sending supplies. The hardest hit islands were still Cut off from Normal communication Early wednesday. Montserrat officials said nearly every building was destroyed including the Only Hospital on the tiny Brit ish Island of 12,000. It s As if a bomb has been dropped in the buildings and everything has been blown out. All Trees arc like  s not a Flower left standing said cmdr. Colin for Brach of the Royal Navy. National Hurricane Center specialist Bob Case said late tuesday that the East coast would feel the storm s fringe effects of rain and some Gusty winds at least through thursday night if Hugo stayed on its track parallel to the Baha Mas. It appears there s More and More a likelihood of the Hurricane striking the Southeastern coast during the next thereto four Days Case said from the Center in Coral Gables Fla. Each hour it continues on the track it increases that  season s eighth Hurricane with tropical storm Iris trailing behind could veer into the open Atlantic but other weather systems probably would draw it toward the United states. "1 think Hugo has certainly got people nervous said Kathleen Hale at the dad county Fla., office of emergency management which was flooded with Calls to its Hurricane preparedness hot line. A mount pleasant s.c., hardware store manager said residents grabbed supplies  As batteries masking tape flashlights and lamp Oil. I think people Are taking it seriously said Louis Middleton. There awesome old timers who have memories of Hazel and Oracle hurricanes that hit South Carolina in the 1950s. Others however were taking a wait and see attitude. We have quite a  tourists still but everybody seems pretty Calm said Mabel Gaskins of coastal Ocracoke  of them Are waiting for thursday or Friday to what it  in Myrtle Beach s.c., officials began moving bulldozers to where they would be readily accessible if the storm hit