European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 4, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2y the stars and stripes sunday february 4,19903 execs Heads oppose midget Man my by the Washington Post Washington a the three past chairmen of the joint chiefs of staff said Friday that the United states does not need to deploy the midget Man and my Mobile strategic ballistic missile systems. The unanimous testimony of retired Gen. David c. Jones. Gen. John w. Ves sey or. And adm. William j. Crowejr. Raised questions about the political viability of president Bush s proposal for a Large increase in the budget for the two missiles. The testimony also raised questions about the Fate of a future arms Accord with the soviet Union that assumes such missiles will be built several legislators said. A i just do not see the great need for modernization. Right now of the . Land based strategic missile Force said Jones joint chiefs chairman from 1978 to 1982. Quot i guess behind All of my thinking is less concern on the so called vulnerability of our land based missile Force Quot a reference to the notion that Mobile missiles Are Able to elude soviet attack More easily that those in fined silos. Quot i too would cancel the two Mobile  said Cesscy the chairman from 1982 to 1985. A the idea that somebody is going to attack our silo based missile Force. Is just not reasonable a he said because even Complete Success would eliminate just 20 percent of the . Nuclear retaliatory Force. A i would associate myself with Gen. Cesscy s comments a said Crowe the chairman from i98s to 1989, arguing that the deployment of other strategic missiles aboard submarines provides adequate de Terry no to soviet attack. Senate armed services committee chairman Sam Nunn d-ga., warned after hearing their testimony that it is unlikely that both the my and the midget Man missiles will win congressional approval this year. A we Are going to have an arms control position that is out of sync with our strategic planning and our posture a Nunn said. A it is just a  Secretary of defense Dick Cheney strongly defended the two missile proposal Friday. Cheney told editors and reporters at the Washington Post that Quot nothing s changed with respect to the strategic environment. That would justify abandoning them. Cheney argued that while the soviets appear to be restructuring their conventional forces they have not reduced their Arsenal of strategic weapons aimed at the United states. Quot the administration s position is we want to go Forward with both those programs Quot he said adding that a i wish. All those former chairmen had that great advice when they were still  during their tenures All three strongly supported development of Mobile missiles As a less vulnerable land based icbms Force. The defense department has asked for $3 billion in fiscal year 1991 to develop the two missiles. That s nearly double the current budget allocation. Most of the funds would be allocated to the redeployment of so my missiles from underground silos to Railroad cars slated to begin operation in 1993. The midget Man truck based missiles would not begin operation until 1997. . Arms negotiators anticipating continued congressional approval of both systems proposed last year to permit Mobile missile deployments on each Side. The idea was widely viewed As improving the chances for a bilateral Accord because the soviet Union has deployed two Mobile strategic missiles on trucks and rail cars. Political reforms under Way in Eastern Europe have reduced anxiety about the soviet threat however placing new pressures on the . Defense budget and causing a reappraisal of the missile programs by some legislators and strategists. Each former chairman endorsed a potential .-soviet arms control Deal to ban Mobile missiles on both sides that carry multiple nuclear warheads such As the my and the soviet ss-24, but allow the single warhead midget Man and soviet ss-25 to go Forward. Nunn and Brent scowcroft Bush s National Security adviser have argued that the plan would limit any risks associated with soviet cheating on a future arms treaty and that it would move both sides closer to eliminating multiple warhead missiles in silos. Sen. Albert Gore jr., a ten no a said that he found a a great Deal of interest in and enthusiasm lord this idea during recent consultations with senior soviet arms control officials in Moscow. But Cheney argued Friday that a Deal to eliminate the rail Mobile my program was unwise because Quot that program gives you the quickest fix to land based missile vulnerability. It also gives the soviets a temporary advantage in truck based missiles. He added.17 killed when trains collide in w. Germany Frankfurt. West Germany apr two crowded commuter trains collided at the height of the Rush hour outside Frankfurt Friday killing at least 17 people and injuring 72 others police said. Hesse state Interior minister Gottfried mild speaking to reporters at the site of the Accident earlier said rescuers had pulled is bodies from the wreckage. Rescuers were still searching through the wreckage late Friday and an updated police statement later in the evening said 17 people had been killed and 72 injured 37 of them seriously. Walter Hinss a spokesman for the Federal Railroad network said the Accident occurred after one of the engineers apparently overlooked a Stop signal on the heavily used run Between Frankfurt and Wiesbaden. However he said officials were still investigating the cause of the Accident. Some cars derailed and Rescue workers were not sure How Many passengers were trapped in the wreckage he said. The derailed cars also crashed into a Row of parked cars and forced authorities to dose Down a Section of track and to reroute other trains during Rush hour. Africa from Page 1 told them that t Don t think we Christmas with Mandela in  others informed about the govern Naf from Page 1 Keith Wiles director of morale and recreation for to command. The morale welfare and recreation prom if is one of several military agencies that Rel pm Lily on no appropriated fund employees  operations which include child care cd Etc. Quot we would have Hadst Frelove centers Quot Wiles said citing strict adult to Mfd ratios and training standards for the facilities appropriated fund positions in child care Are cry a of cd from the freeze because they Are . Will said he had expected about 1,000 of a Safe a 7.600 non  fund positions in morale and my nth a thinking expect Mandela a release to come within weeks if not Days. The anti apartheid Leader who is living on a prison farm outside Cape town has been quoted by recent visitors As demanding that the government improve Quot political climate before he leaves pro a the conditions mentioned included the legalization of the african National Congress the release of political detainees the lifting of the National state of emergency decree and an end to political trials and executions. De Klerk appeared  of those demands As Baji Beatch his willingness to  Constitution that be vac Tif by the end of May four pc was scheduled to end. Shaw been worse a Wiles said. Army in Euroll in ploys 100,000 . Foreign National civilians  of whom Are paid from non appropriated  Force of the army air Force Exchange service is  about 23,000 non  fund workers. Safe employs 21,000. A freeze on both appropriated and non approx Natch fund positions would have left Between 4,000 and 5,000 vacancies throughout the command by sept. 30, said John Graham the command s civilian personnel chief. Graham said the policy reversal will slash the number of projected vacancies by about 3,000. The other freeze exemptions Are a All West Berlin vacancies which arc paid for by the West German government. Would give political rights to the Black majority without forcing the White minority to jjjug�i�lrtlt1tti Jyh we Steps the government has. It has proven its Good Faith and the table is Laid for sensible leaders to begin talking about a new dispensation to reach an understanding by Way of dialogue and discussion Quot de Klerk said. A positions in foreign military sales. A positions in Security assistance programs. A participants in the defense department s placement program who have lost their jobs or will lose them because of Force reductions or base closures. Those workers May be hired to fill vacancies in the geographic areas where they Are registered. A individuals who must be hired to comply with an i or settlement in a judicial or administrative pro Cetz.  troubles remain. A we still my Home problems in the appropriated fund areas with  being the primary one Quot Graham said. A an Fth Kyj freeze continuing we re going to have a serious prohm with secretarial and clerical help which is another High Turover  base maintenance contracts in Greece Spain and Turkey Are not directly affected by the hiring freeze. Contributing to thai report Stoll a rift chock Van Chi in Wao Mington and Rott try Sawyn in Quot Quot a a to to it Many Britain dropping a number of beast License plates London apr authorities have dropped the number 666 from car License plates after some motorists complained that the biblical a number of the beast had bedevilled their lives causing everything from fender benders to bad water. Quot its not that we As an organization give any credence to this but we Don t want to be inadvertently causing real distress to people a left Mumford senior executive officer of the policy Branch of the government driving vehicle and licensing Center said Friday. The belief that 666 represents satan comes from chapter 13, verse 18 of the new testament Book of revelation which refers to a the number of the beast for it is the number of a Man and his number is six Hundred threescore and  among those who shun the number Are Ronald and Nancy Reagan who changed their Bel Aire Calif address from 666 to 668 St. Cloud drive after leaving the White House. Complaints also arose in Tennessee in 1988 when the state began using new three digit tags. The Davidson county clerk withdrew 666-numbcred License plates when motorists said they bore the Mark of the Devil. In England a Man from North Wales claimed that within one week his House was burglarized a garbage truck backed into his car and he was told his water Supply was poisoned Mumford said. The Man blamed his troubles on the 666 in his Numberplate. A then there was a lady who claimed the car actually took hold of her and she could t control it. It reversed mounted the Doorstep and squashed her songs Scooter. She said she stopped it Only in time to prevent it crashing into the  he also cited the Case of a Mother of a convicted murderer who said her son had been a a quiet Home Loving boy Quot until his Job required him to drive a Van with 666 in the License plate. The traffic Center decided to Stop issuing new plates containing 666 four months ago but is not recalling those in circulation Mumford said. However a if you were to convince us that the presence of the number is causing you distress we would consider it sympathetically a he added