European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 06, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday january 6,1990 Case against Noriega is Strong Bush says a is. Army doctor examines i reluctant girl on the streets of Panama City Panama. Continued from Page 1 roughly 14,000 would Rcman in place. Noriega was arraigned on drug charges on thursday in Miami where a judge entered a plea of innocent on his behalf. Noriega says his prosecution is illegal be cause he is a head of state. Bush offered a fresh defense of his decision to Send lop aides to China secretly in july and again last month. Many members of Congress have said the Best Way to Deal with China is to isolate it diplomatically in response to the brutal crackdown on pro democracy forces last june in Tiana men Square. Bush said he does t see it that Way. Back to Panama tic told a reporter he did t Sec any other situations looming that Call for the use of american military Force. But with Noriega in custody in Miami the focus shifted thursday to the judicial system and his arraignment on charges of accepting a $4.6 million bribe from colom Bian drug lords and related crimes. Meanwhile a senior official who spoke anonymously gave reporters new details about Noriega s surrender. Bush had stressed that the Leader surren dered voluntarily but the official said the Vatican gave Noriega a noon thursday deadline to leave the embassy. The a pal Nuncio had said that his Asylum or w iat have you would expire by noon today Friday meaning he would no longer be a Welcome guest the official said. In Panama City Panama Rev. Javier Villanueva assistant to the papal Nuncio said it was made hear to Noriega that if head not Given himself up. The panamanian government not the . Government would have been invited to Send in forces to take him  news briefs former Camp inmates leave Vietnam for . Bangkok Thailand a hundreds of vietnamese who helped the americans during the Vietnam War and paid for it with years in re education Camps after the communist Vic tory Are in route to new lives in the United Stales. Three chartered jets brought the first 156 for Mer Camp inmates and their families to Bangkok on Friday from to Chi Minh City formerly Saigon. Another 151 were expected saturday. Nearly 2,000 vietnamese including family members arc scheduled to leave their Homeland by March said Richard Kochur head of the Thailand office of the International Organiza Tion for migration. His Agency handles medical processing and transportation of the refugees. For years hundreds of thousands of Vietnam Ese were subjected to a spartan regimen of Man Ual labor and political study for serving the . Backed government of South Vietnam which fell in april 1975. Senator Calls on s. Korea to boost Burden sharing Seoul South Korea up South Korea should significantly increase its defense contributions to help Long term adjustments in the level and Structure of american forces there sen. John Mccain said Friday. The Arizona Republican who helped draft Burden sharing amendments last year that have since been passed into Law said he believed that japanese and South korean leaders supported a Security partnership with the United Stales based on Cost sharing principles. Mccain said South Korea also should use its growing economic strength to provide foreign assistance to countries of importance to the United states and its allies. Soviets from Page 1 needed to ensure coexistence they said. Gen. Edward Meyer retired army chief of staff and Moderator of the conference said the Challenge before the military on both sides is to define doctrines and strategy. The Opportunity is now on the military s Side to make a difference. There will be great political and economic pressure to make those changes he said. While Star Dubov called for a nuclear free demo cratic world Jean Felix Pagan on the diplomatic adviser to the French minister of defense stressed French Security would continue to depend on nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons Are not weapons of War Felix Pagan on said. Engine from Northwest Jet found Madison Fla. A an engine that dropped off a Northwest airlines jetliner was found Friday afternoon on a wooded cattle farm near this North Flor Ida town Federal officials said. The 3,500-Pound Pratt & Whitney engine was spotted by a Madison county sheriffs helicopter Pilot and immediately secured until a Federal air safety investigator arrived Friday night. He said the engine would be inspected and the moved to the nearest maintenance facility for further examination. Sheriff s deputies said the engine was found on the property of a rancher who reported hearing a loud crash thursday. Deputies were not Able to follow up on the tip until after heavy fog cleared late Friday morning. The engine one of three from a Boeing 727, fell off thursday s flight 5 from Miami to Minneapolis. The flight was diverted to Tampa and landed safely with 139 passengers and six Crew members on Board. Officials believe the engine will provide the Best evidence on what caused the mishap. Investigators found the Forward right lavatory had leaked Blue tinted water Over the outside of the air Craft. At the 35,000-foot Altitude where the right Tail mounted engine fell off the fluid could have Frozen and entered the intake of the engine an official said. But Boeing spokesman Tom Cole in Seattle noted that engines on a 727 arc designed to break off if Sud Den vibrations threaten to tear a plane apart and the so called Blue ice could cause such vibrations. Blue ice is a definite possibility he said. Twice before when engines fell off Boeing 727s 9n a dal Las to san Diego flight in 1985 and on a flight Over Sierra Blanca Texas in 1975 lavatory ice was raised As a possible cause he said. The flight Crew initially believed the no. 3 engine had Shui off and they made several attempts to restart it flying for several minutes without realizing the engine had fallen off said Andrew Alston a National transportation safety Board investigator. The Crew All stated that they heard a loud noise and that the plane awed to the right Alston said. They Felt since there was no massive pitching of the aircraft that the engine had just shut  arms from Page 1 Bush administration believes that a conventional forces Cut would still Benefit the situation in Europe even if that threat were to disappear. We want to destroy As much military equip ment As possible the official said. That destruction has become a major technical problem in dealing with reducing the number of tanks. Tanks Are designed not to be destroyed and you can t just Cut them up the official said. Some ideas that have been suggested arc to dump the armoured vehicles into the oceans fill them with Concrete or to dismantle them and disperse the parts. The current negotiations Deal Only with main Bat the tanks armoured troop carriers and artillery. But the negotiators have been instructed to draw up a draft treaty in which further military systems including fighter bombers and helicopters could be simply plugged  that would mean the new reductions would use the same counting rules and the same kind of verification system. The key Issue to be addressed at the next Vienna negotiating session is to pin Down the exact definition of a heavy tank. Both sides arc pushing tech Nical descriptions that would tend to omit some of their weapons but officials said that the differences have been narrowed. Under one draft treaty now on the table any be Cle weighing Over 20 tons and carrying a gun with a Caliper larger than 75mm would be counted As a tank. Although each military Alliance would be allowed to retain 40.000 tanks under a . Proposal the soviets would be limited to fewer than 3,200 stationed outside their own territory. Gorbachev lithuanians grapple Moscow a president Mikhail s. Gorbachev has put off appointments with foreign visitors for the time being to Deal with Domestic unrest and a political crisis in Lithuania a source said Friday. It s right said one senior communist party offi Cial when asked about news reports that Gorbachev had postponed planned meetings with Britain s opposition Leader and other foreign dignitaries. We have Many problems right  the party official speaking on condition of anonymity cited disturbances along the iranian Border and the lithuanian communist party s decision to break away from the ruling National party headed by Gorbachev. Soviet azerbaijanis have tried for four Days to Force open the Frontier and reunite with their ethnic Breth Ren in Iran tearing Down guard towers and prompting the Kab to reinforce Security along the Frontier. A protest organizer said thursday the demonstrators were in Retreat. Gorbachev met for More than five hours thursday with lithuanian party leaders who said afterwards he failed to Sway them from their decision to split from the 20 million member ruling party and pursue local Independence. The policy making Central committee of the National party has directed Gorbachev to go to Lithuania to try to mend the split. The no. 2 party Leader in Lithuania Vladimir Berlioz of said the visit would begin wednesday and last through Friday