European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 29, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside tribes d West East scholars dig at roots of Wii Page 3 d Flea markets of Europe stripes Magazine d classified ads today stripes Magazine q parliament indicts former Premier Papandreou in Athens Back Page the stars and tripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Ahmed forces Good Ornim vol. 48. No. 165 Friday september 29, 1989 cd m a d 8693 a still threat Dod Erys 0&rfiua/ review 1al 1 defense Secretary Dick Cheney releases copies of soviet military Power at a Washington news conference. Sees Progress by Chuck Vinc Washington Bureau Washington announced changes in soviet Militar doctrine Are a Welcome first step toward de fusing the superpower rivalry but the soviet Union continues to modernize key segments of its defense Arsenal particularly its strategic nuclear forces and remains a formidable threat. Thai s the assessment of the eighth edition of Sovi 1 military Power a 159-Page Book unveiled wednes italian provides an authoritative report on the soviet taste military defense Secretary Dick Cheney . The latest Corbit Talethe Pentagon prepared Book first published in 1981 president Reagan at a time when Many consid ered the soviet Union the Chi Fenju a a i adopts a More optimistic tone than earlier volume so so Justo for example the 1989 version is for change and has a photo of soviet forces retreating from Afghanistan on the cover. Past issues have been Blunt in portraying the soviet Union As an overt threat to the West but this edition uses the word Challenge More often than the new Book also has dropped references to the Sovi see soviets on Back Page one sure what Price of beef a by Chucalo Washington Bureau Washington everyone agrees congressional plan to put . Beef in european commissaries will mean higher prices Al the checkout but How much higher remains the question. Congress citing 1986 test figures says prices would double. But the Pentagon estimates prices will increase so percent while army and air Force commissar officials in Europe say prices win about 25 percent. And a Survey Condo a Way the Sta Sand on the East coast anew Sulc in West Germany this week showed a variance in prices ranging it film 21 percent lower on one Cut to 152 Ilon of hrs under apra pah Oyhat would become part of the fiscal Tion Bill commissaries in Qutb Stock . Beef rather Shaaf Mitty pro cured cuts. and con Gressional Slipow say the . Meat is by than the local products lore expensive. The switch which would take effect sometime during fiscal 1990 if passed by Congress is in retaliation for a european Community ban on the importation of Hor Mone fed . Beef into the 12 dec nations. To Cushion the Impact of i Haj on military Consumers Gross will ?�bris28 million in subsjditl4 million in fiscal million in fiscal 1991 and j.6 million in fiscal 1992. Question of just How much More it Prim of lulls. Beef will be once those subsidies subject of Contention. Estimates by congressional staffers have said . Beef would Cost twice Smuch As beef acquired in Europe. How Ever a Pentagon official said the figures on which Congress based that Assumption were gathered in 1986, when the a 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. Exchange rates . Beef More than similar cuts of official said. The defense logistics Agency the army and inc air Force have another see beef on Back Page artillery misfire kills 3 at fort Sill okla. Fort Sill okla. A artillery fire at a prac Tice Range overshot its target wednesday and struck a group of about 80 soldiers standing in formation killing three and injuring 23 others officials said. One or More rounds exploded outside the fort Sill firing area about 5 . And struck a nearby Rifle Range where the soldiers were training said master sgt. Michael Brown a base spokesman. The unit had completed a tactical training course and was in formation and preparing to Trade place with another unit when a Shell hit 10 to is feet behind the soldiers creating a Crater a Yard wide and a foot deep said col. John Dobbs another base spokesman. Fort Sill officials were trying late wednesday to determine How Many shells hit the soldiers what Type howitzer was being fired and Why the artillery missed its Mark. The error could have been made in More than one Way said Dobbs. The howitzer May have been aimed incorrectly or had the wrong amount of gun powder he said. We have to Analyse the craters and interview All see artillery on Back Page a a giants Clinch division titles sports Page 17
