European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 03, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                To East bloc in revolt Bonus Section inside . Begins pulling troops out of Panama authorized unofficial publication for the u i. Armed ponces vol. 48. No. 261 Good morning wednesday january 3, 1990 , 0 8693 a Washington a the Bush administration says it plans to bring . Combat troops Home from Panama in Small groups on a continuing basis following the new year s Day withdraw Al of two artillery units. The president is glad to see some of the troops coming Home and Hopes the rest can leave As soon As  said White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwa tar. Fitzwater on monday announced the return of i4i army troops based a fort Ord Calif., As the president Lew Home after a six Day vacation most of it in Texas. Bush and his Wile. Barbara flew to the Boston area tuesday to attend the Fune ral of Bush s brother in Law Alexander Ellis Iii who died last Friday. Although the soldiers brought Home see Panama on Back Page returning gis declare invasion a Success san Antonio a the first . Troops to pull out of Panama pronounced the invasion a Success tuesday said they were mostly Well received by the Panama Nian people and expressed Relief at making it Back alive. Now they have a democratic govern ment it s what they want. They love americans said army sgt. John Graur 29. Of Fresno Calif. They love what we  fifty six soldiers in camouflage and face paint left Kelly fab Here Early tuesday arriving at their Home base of fort Ord in Monterey. Calif. The troops from the 7th inf div arrived at Kelly on monday from Panama the first organized unit withdrawn since the attack dec. 20. Kelly spokeswoman Phoebe Brown said another 46 soldiers arrived Here Early tuesday and were to leave for fort Ord tuesday evening. As the soldiers left for their Home base 2nd it. John Jaskwhich 23. Of Greenville s.c., said the troops in his Field artillery unit were in Panama two weeks but most of the fighting had calmed Down before they saw action. Jaskwhich. The senior Man in the squad said his prevailing thought was just gel me out alive. Army spec. Melissa Jackson who works in supplies and caught a ride Back to the United states with the artillery unit expressed a similar feeling. It s scary said the 22-\car-old, who was in Panama three months. Any Lime anything like that happens and you in in the midst of it. You get scared la anyone tells you that they weren t scared Clown there they re  lag   Vith near Clow at hand a member of the flight to Belgium. The Soldier is one if Florida army National guard Snow is 15,000 troops coming from the i Niord Anay his Jet Iau after a be War s Etc Stales for Refon i r. See Story. Page 28. East Germany to tear Down rest of Wall Berlin up the Wall that has divided Berlin for the past 28 years will be pulled Down and replaced by Normal Border markings fast Ger Man head of state Manfred Gerlach said tuesday. We have not reached any decision As to when this will be but the Council of ministers will tackle the matter soon Gerlach told the West German daily Bild. The paper said the interview took place shortly after Gerlach drove by he Brandenburg Gate at the Wall with visiting czechoslovakian president Vaclav Havel. Related Story photo Page 8. Built by soviet backed East German troops aug. 13, 1961, the Wall was first breached nov. 9, 989, As the East German authorities were moving away from the stalinist policies that had been their Trade Mark for 40 years. The Wall was the scene of massive new year s celebrations monday with thousands of people dancing on and around it and crossing it freely. Bild also quoted Gerlach As saying he could imag Ine East and West Germany May at a later stage unify As a confederation in a unified  but i would not want to use the word reunification he said. The t att his i l jut r a r Refon i r. 2ymg" i _ Cut troop Levels in Europe by one third Levin urges Washington a the threat to Western fun he said he was told beast German defense t rope posed by the Warsaw pact is so diminished that ister Theodore holi Man that his country s iwo Warsaw Hal . Troops stationed there should be reduced by As much us a third. Sen. C Arl Levin said tuesday. The first phase of negotiations with the Sovi t Union Ammeil Al culling the 305,000 . Troops n Western Europe to 275,000 should be followed Init Dia Tilv with a second round of negotiations to 1 Edu e Force Levels to about 200.000, said Levin chairman f the Senate armed forces subcommittee on conventional forces and Alliance defense. Sen. Sam Nunn chairman of the armed services committee also has called for restructuring and Cut Ting Back . Forces in Western Europe. We should make Clear we an going to Sla there for he foreseeable future but that we want to do so at significantly reduced numbers Levin said. The winds of Freedom have blown Down the Berlin Wall and they Are also blowing apart the Warsaw  he said. The democratic senator from Michigan commented after returning from a visit to Czechoslovakia and East and West Berlin. H Sui fas min site de sense budget will be Cut by about 20 percent Signild ii Nelv deeper than the 10 percent reduction already announced. A significant reduction in . Force Levels in West Ern Kurop an now he made safely because the forces of the Warsaw pact can no longer be relied on to join the soviet Union in a cohesive attack on the West Levin said the Warsaw pact threat is literally  he said referring to the rapid Rise of anti communist pro democracy movements in Poland Hungary East Ger Many Czechoslovakia Bulgaria and Romania. Levin said reductions in . Forces in Europe should be coupled with Large cuts in the . Defense budget and the savings applied to waging the War on drugs reducing the budget deficit improving Educa Tion cleaning up the environment and aiding the newly emerging non communist governments in East Ern Europe to Prosper. We can safely do it and we must do it Levin said of the proposed defense spending cuts. We must shift resources in a significant  Miami tops Grid poll a Page 27