European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 28, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday. September 28,1989 philippine police break up . Rally Manila Philippines a police hurled tear Gas wednesday to disperse 2,00 1 leftists demonstrating against Vic president Dan Quayle and american military bases in the Philippines. Presi Dent Corazon Aquino accepted a . Offer to discuss the bases future. Quayle called the ambush-slaying.? of two american civilians on tuesday cowardly murders and said a majority of filipinos want the bases to remain. Let me be direct terrorists will not drive americans from the  retold . Service members and their Ami lies at dark a and the naval facilities a Subic Bay the largest of the six american installations in the Philippines. Police fired tear Gas after demonstrators refused to end an anti base rally near the presidential Palace. Riot police also drove Back hundreds of others who tried to March to the main Gate at Clar during Quayle s appearance. Police arrested 157 people for joining anti Quayle rallies in the capital. Opposition to the bases is increasing among filipinos who Sec the facilities As an infringement on National sovereignty. Quayle met for about an hour with Aquino Early wednesday and gave her a letter from president Bush suggesting talks begin in december on allowing the bases to remain after their lease expires in september 1991. Aquino s executive Secretary Catalin macaraig said the government had agreed to the talks and would give Quayle formal notice before he leaves thursday for Malaysia. Any agreement on extending the bases lease must be ratified by two thirds of the 23-Membcr Senate where opposition to the bases is Strong. Aquino who is to visit Washington i november has refused to say whether she will support a lease Extension. She told Quayle she did not want to discuss the bases in detail during her visit. News briefs mailing deadline set for parcels from . Rheingau West Germany the mailing deadline to get parcels from the United states to Europe by surface mail in time for Christmas i oct. 13, army postal officials said. People ordering Holiday gifts from the statesman take advantage of the lower surface mail delivery rates if they order in time to meet the shipping deadline. Stateside families and friends sending gifts overseas also can use surface mail to reduce Holiday mailing costs. Copter forced to land after striking wires lip porn West Germany is a . Army attack helicopter was forced to make a emergency Landing tuesday after it struck wires in a helicopter training area. None of the Crew members of the ah-64apache from Wiesbaden a was injured when the helicopter executed a forced Landing at10 40 . Tuesday near lip porn a town about 15 Miles Northwest of Wiesbaden a Wiesbaden military Community spokeswoman said wednes Day. The aircraft which belongs to the 5th so 6thcav regt 12th aviation Bagade landed on its right Side. Officials Are investigating the Accident. Lightning hit italian Jet aborts Palermo Takeoff Palermo Sicily a a dc-9 jetliner from the italian airline Ati aborted a Takeoff and ran off the runway after it was hit by Light Ning at Palermo s Punta Raisi Airport. There were no injuries airline officials , the italian news Agency Ansa said one passenger with a heart condition was sent Toa Hospital by ambulance. Soviets from Page 1 to the West but this edition uses the word Challenge More often than  the new Book also has dropped references to the soviet desire for global domination that has been highlighted in some pre Vious editions. But at a Pentagon news briefing Cheney cautioned against drawing distinctions about the use of the words threat and Challenge in the Book. Despite the soviet declaration of benign intentions toward the Western democracies soviet military capabilities continue to constitute a major threat to  he said echoing the cautious tone of Many . Officials regarding cuts in troop strength and spending announced by soviet Leader Mikhail Gorba Chev. We cannot react unilaterally to soviet initiative that Are not yet implemented or to proposals which if implemented can easily be reversed Cheney  soviet Union retains enormous military  the Book urges continued support of collective Western Security efforts until the soviets reduce their armed forces to significantly lower  for example despite Gorbachev s stated commit ment to a defensive military doctrine the soviets have increased military spending by about 3 percent a year since 1985. . Defense spending has fallen by More than 11 percent Over the same period mainly because i spending has not matched inflation the report said. The most striking feature of soviet military Power today is the extraordinary momentum of its Offen Sive strategic nuclear Force modernization efforts the. Book said. Cheney listed the Road Mobile ss-25 and the rail Mobile ss-24 intercontinental ballistic missiles As his top concerns in the strategic area noting that the unit de states still is grappling with the selection and fund Jing of a Mobile missile Force and has no comparable systems. 1the soviets also Are deploying the new silo based j ss-18 heavy icbms with at least 10 warheads each and greater accuracy than earlier versions. J in sea based strategic forces the soviets launched additional submarines in the typhoon and Delta in classes last year. New Bear h and Blackjack bombers loaded with air launched cruise missiles with a Range of 1,800 Miles continue to Roll off soviet production lines. Cheney noted that the Book says the likelihood of j conflict Between the United states and the soviet Tunion now is perhaps As Low As it has Ever been in j the Post world War ii Era. But he said prudence dictates that we maintain 5 our defences until we re Able to see clearly what new Security environment we re entering. Maintaining our v military strength and resolve seem a Small Price to pay to preserve our Security and  arms pact from Page 1 is just one More manifestation that we Don t have a disconnect with or. Gorbachev on Sovicl-. Relations Bush said. And that spirit will obviously make it much easier to discuss contentious regional issues or arms control  at the same time Bush cautioned that the unite states still has to regard the soviets As an adversary from a military standpoint. I want to have a prudent defense policy bus said. I Don t want to do something naive or silly in defense just because we Are working More closely with the soviets  noted that he has been criticized by democrats for being Loo timid in dealing with arms proposal from the Kremlin. I think the team that 1 have knows what it s doing he  walked at a soviet proposal to go beyond the plan he outlined earlier this week at the United nations for deep cuts in superpower chemical weapon  if he would accept the soviet government s offer to eliminate All Poison Gas from . And soviet arsenals. Bush said no. Absolutely not. We need a certain sense of  has proposed an 80 percent cutback in the . Arsenal if the soviet Union will Cut Back an equal amount. The president also is pushing for an International treaty to eliminate chemical weapons. Beef from Page 1 $28 million in subsidies $14 million in fiscal 1990, $9.4 million in fiscal 1991 and $4.6 million in fiscal 1992. But the question of just How Muchmore expensive the . Beef will be once those subsidies end has become subject of Contention. Estimates by congressional staffers have said that . Beef would Cost twice As much As beef acquired in , a Pentagon official said the figures on which Congress based that As sumption were gathered in 1986, when the Dollar was much stronger on world Money markets making local beef much cheaper to procure for the commissaries. As the Dollar lost value Over the Pas few years local beef became More expensive to buy and the Gap Between .and european beef prices narrowed the official said. At current Exchange rates . Bee would average about 50 percent More than similar cuts of european beef the official said. The defense logistics Agency the army and the air Force have another Point of View. They expect the unsubsidized Cost to Consumers to average 25 percent More than the Price of european beef according to Adam Cohen a spokesman for the defense subsistence Region Europe which buys perishable merchandise for the services. The reason . Commissaries in Europe buy carcass beef which Means Bone and fat remain in the product. The .boxed beef the commissaries will receive on the other hand is  an most Bone and fat have been removed. That Means that although the so called boxed beef costs More than dec subsidized beef when sold wholesale Consumers get More usable meat in a Cut of . Beef than in a local Cut of similar weight said air Force col. Terry Fowler who Heads air Force commissaries in Europe. Prices will actually be the same a commissaries on the East coast of the United Stales after the subsidies run out Fowler said in a statement issued last week. But a stars and stripes Survey of Bee prices at an East coast commissary and one in West Germany this week showed Price differences ranging As High As 152 percent. On the East coast for example flank Steak was Selling for $3.35 per Pound about iwo and a half limes inc Wisl Ger Man Price of $1.33 per Pound. Por Ler House Steak Cost $4.15 per Pound on the Easl coast 91 percent higher or almost double the Cost of $2.17 per Pound in West Germany. The Easl coast commissary also was Selling to Bane Speaks for $4.09 per Pound again about 91 percent More than the $2.14 per Pound being charged in Wesl Germany lean ground beef Wason Sale for $ 1.89 per Pound on inc Easl coast about 61 percent More than the West Germany Price of $ 1.17 per Pound. Bui Rump roast was Selling for $1,85per Pound on the East coast or 21 per cent less than in West Germany where the Price was $2.24 per Pound. Asked about the Price differences Anair Force commissary official said the higher Easl coast prices Likely reflect such factors As Market conditions Cus Tomer demand and Bone Content of thereat. He said those factors were not consid ered in the air Force s projected Price increase of 25 percent but said the serv ice s estimation was still a Good  Congress and the defense department acknowledged that Consumers in Europe Are not going to be Happy about any Price increases when the subsidies end in 1992.but the Pentagon official said commis Saries in All other . Military location worldwide even in the Pacific where logistics often can be complicated be cause of the wide dispersal of bases pay Standard prices for .  dec ban on . Hormone fed beef imports has Given Congress and the Pentagon a convenient Opportunity to bring commissary beef prices in Europe into line with . Military commissaries in other  s not fair for everyone else to pay Standard stateside prices while the peo ple in Europe pay less the Pentagon official said. The Mission of the commissary system is to provide american products at Standard  Cosmu Utlang to Tim report Sun Wiur Deooe Antong Loo Doka in Kilmr Austim adm Germany