European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes saturday september 30,1989 Bush praised for european policies . Limits recognized official says by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Burea Stuttgart West Germany the Bush administration has injected fresh life into . Foreign policy by recognizing the limits of american influence and the need for help in combating worldwide problems according to one . Diplomat. Douglas h. Jones the american Consul general i Stuttgart said that president Bush relies on consensus building to make his policies work and that this trait Ismore evident in the president s european policies than in any other  the american chamber of Commerce in West Germany on thursday Jones described the bus approach As a dramatic departure from that of former president Reagan whose attempts to re establish american political supremacy ignored some world wide political and economic changes and led to a sub Stantial increase in the american budget  unlike Reagan Bush welcomes european and Japa Nese participation in seeking solutions for political conflict in Central America. Jones said. Bush also wants european cooperation in fighting drug Traffick ers pollution and International  president also supports the economic integration of the common Market countries in 1992 because it would assure the Western european Prosperity that has been a goal of american foreign policy since world War ii Jones said. But that support requires that europeans incorporate . Interests in their plans re main receptive to external Trade and resist internal protectionist tendencies he  said the United states recognizes that the common Market has developed its own dynamics. Which arc beyond America s Power to influence. This approach gives us however enough latitude to take part in forming european initiatives and thereby to reach our own objectives  in his speech Jones said nato views itself As Botha military and a political Alliance with a task far beyond the cold War concept and policies of containment that of a tension free and secure Europe. Current disarmament proposals arc tools to reach that goal he said. While some american politicians propose removing troops from european nations that appear affluent enough to defend themselves Jones said the unite states realizes that withdrawing from its Inte Matial commitments would Only reduce . Influence with out leading to economic benefits at Home. It is clearly in our interests to remain Jones said. News update israeli soldiers freed Jerusalem a the israeli Armyon Friday reduced the sentences of three soldiers convicted of severely beating a palestinian Man who later died freeing them for the jewish new year s Holiday. The decision by maj. Gen. Matan Vil Nai chief of the Southern command was criticized by liberals who said it could encourage further abuse of palestinians by israeli soldiers. Vilnai reduced the soldiers prison terms from nine months to six months resulting in their immediate release. The three pardoned men 1st  Adler 21, pvt. Ron Hakel 19, and pvt. Yitzhak Kib Budi 20 were convicted of brutality and sentenced on june is to 18 months in prison wit nine months of the term to be sus Pended. Corrections an article yesterday on the origins of world War ii incorrectly identified Brit ish historian Norman Davies. Davies works with the University of London. An panicle on a unit lockup yesterday also gave the wrong name of the com Mander of the 1st in 27th Field arty  West Germany. It. Col. Lonnie b. Adams Heads the , Torr in a spokeswoman master sgt. Cliff Washington was incorrectly identified in an article about the death of a non commissioned  report on the soldiers accused of breaking into the Patch Barracks officer club and commissary identified pfc. Craig s. Simon As one of the two military policemen involved. Pvt. 2 James l. Anderson jr., no Simon was charged in connection with the burglaries. Funeral rites scheduled for Bookstore manager Raf Lakenheath England funeral has been set for Raymond Berry the longtime manager of the base Bookstore who died of a heart attack monday. He was 72. A native of Stanford ky., Berry served with the . Army air corps in England from 1941 to 1946. He rejoined the service in 1948 and retired As a Mas Ter sergeant in 1969. Berry who also worked for the Laken Heath morale welfare and recreation service had managed the Bookstore since 1971. He is survived by his wife Catherine and four sons and a daughter. The funeral is scheduled for 2 30  at the Church of England Church in Barton Mills. The Bookstore will be closed because of the services. Area near troop units a bombed in 1954 test soviet paper says Moscow a the soviet Union dropped an atomic bomb near red army units in 1954 to test the effects of the blast and soldiers ability to fight on irradiated ground a newspaper disclosed Friday. After the atomic strike there were not Only no landmarks left on the Ter rain but the area itself became unrecognizable said the armed forces daily red Star. However the troops Ful filled their assigned tasks  the newspaper said the bomb was dropped from a plane in the South urals. It did not report any casualties or address the Long term health prob lems caused by radiation and How the soldiers May have been affected. In the United states 100 nuclear tests were conducted above ground at the Nevada test site near Las Vega prior to 1963, when president Kennedy signed the treaty Banning explosions in the atmosphere. In april 22, 19s2. A bomb was dropped from a . Air plane and detonated in the air As news reporters Saton bleachers watching. The event was seen live on network television. Scores of soldiers who were assigned to the . Test site during the above ground explosions have sought compensation from Congress for illnesses they Trace to the testing. Red Star said Foxholes and fire trenches Many with overhead covers and deep underground shelters wit double doors were built for the sol Diers equipment and ammunition involved in the soviet exercise. The newspaper said the bomb was exploded because of the cold War and at a time when nato forces in Europe were expanding by bringing West Ger Many into the defense Alliance. It never occurred to us to question any measure meant to bolster the army s Batlle worthiness and the coun try s defense capability red Sta said. The newspaper s expose was titled the explosion we can now talk  although testing of the atomic device was reported by the official Tass news Agency three Days after i took place there was no mention then that troops were  the time the effects of radiation were the least understood aspect of atomic weapons the report said. The bomb was exploded 500 meters aboveground leaving Little radioactive contamination the newspaper  Bulgarin who was then so Viet defense minister described the test As successful red Star said. Since 1963, All . Nuclear test shave been buried in holes drilled be Neath the Nevada desert or in tunnels carved into hillsides. Poland will dismantle police squads that enforced communist repression Warsaw Poland a the Inte rior ministry said Friday that it will Dis band the Zomo riot police Poland widely scorned paramilitary units Long associated with the communist govern ment s repression of opposition activists. The  police with Shields an Batons were especially Active following the imposition of martial Law in Decem Ber 1981. The Interior ministry which control the police is still run by the communists one of four Cabinet posts retained by the party after the formation this month of the East bloc s first non Corn Monist cd government under prime minister Tadusz Mazowicki. The decision to disband the Zomo was made to save Money and remove an irritation to society said Wojcicch Garstka a ministry spokesman. The Zomo squads will be replaced by special preventive patrol units of the civic militia As the Force is called which will be established in 22 of Poland s 49 provinces the state Pap news Agency said. In addition the Power to deploy the forces will be removed from provincial police chiefs and reserved for the office of the prime minister a government presidium or the Interior ministry Garstka said. Interior minister Czeslaw Kiszczak had said earlier this month in parliamentary hearings that he saw a need for some Force trained to maintain Public order. We assume at the same time these arc indispensable troops because some danger for social peace and order will remain at Large scale that will have to be approached with mobilized troops Garstka said. Iam talking. About various big events first of All sports  the Zomo which stands in polish for motorized units of the citizens militia had been used most to disband anti communist demonstrations during the years the government tried to suppress Solidarity and other opposition groups following mar tial Law on dec. 13,1981. The squads would spill out of armore trucks and double step in ranks the officers hidden behind helmets with face guard Sand Large Shields. Alerts of Zomo Zomo would turn Heads of protesters and onlookers and Send tension through a crowd As the troops moved Forward to Force archers to Retreat the Zomo have been controlled by Kiszczak during his eight years As Interior minister a Post he retained in the new government after stepping Down As prime min ister in August following a future Effort to form a communist led government no gets 8 months in car Accident death Raf upper Heyford England is a 29-year-old air Force staff sergeant has been sentenced to eight months in prison after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter. Staff sgt. James Lindell an aircraft maintenance technician assigned to the 520th aircraft generation so also received a bad conduct discharge and was reduced to the rank of airman first class during a general court martial thursday. The charge stemmed from a july 1 Acci Dent near the town of Steeple Aston. Lindell lost control of his Auto and ran off the  Only passenger in the car 25-year-old airman 1st class Edward King was killed when the vehicle rolled Over. A test administered by British police showed Lindeh s blood alcohol level was More than twice that allowed by Law. The eight year Veteran who is a native of new Harmony ind., will serve his sentence at Raf Lakenheath s military prison Thornton said