European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 9, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes Friday february 9,1990 Rayu a Quot Quot Quot a ,. Nato presents Bush a troop Cut plan Compromise on reducing aircraft also offered a. M-------1-----j a in plane s capability not its role. A so we put an i lid on combat planes and a flexible lid on i tors Quot the nato official said. By David Tarrant Brussels Bureau nato arms control negotiators on thursday formally proposed president Bush a plan to Cut . And soviet troop Levels in Central Europe to 195,000. At talks in Vienna. Austria. Nato also proposed a Compromise for reducing both nato and soviet bloc aircraft and helicopters that Aims to resolve a longstanding deadlock. The new proposals arc meant a to bring the arms control negotiations in line with the political events As we have observed them and that have developed with such High  a senior nato official said. N Ato s previous positions on manpower and aircraft were made several months before the Eastern european revolution last full which saw the crumbling of  governments throughout the Warsaw pact. The 23 members of nato and the Warsaw pact have compared to the july 13 nato proposal according to the nato official who spoke on the condition that he not be identified. The new aircraft plan sets a limit of 4,700 on combat planes for each Side compared with 5,700 in the previous proposal. In addition the Western plan exempts so called Quot primary Trainer Quot aircraft. The soviets argued that their trainers Are based in regions covered by the agreement while . Training installations Are in the United states. The plan now Calls for keeping careful track of the trainers and specifics that those made in the future must be unarmed. The Alliance proposal also allows 500 air defense interceptors for each Side outside the Overall combat aircraft ceiling of 4,700. Air defense interceptors Over 500 must be counted against the ceiling. This part of the proposal also takes into account a soviet claim that the interceptors which the soviets have in Large quantities Are for a .1 or. To la a i  tart the 3 members01 in Aguano we Warsaw Rati Nave lors i Iii us i oui Tea huh m Tuigg us Minim us a been meeting in Vienna fur almost a year in an in Price purely defensive purposes. The soviets had requested dented Effort to a a h conventional forces in Europe. They be allowed to keep 1,000 such planes. It it a a no i. A 1_ _ i a   Tanil rniapln/1 inn re the new combat aircraft proposal a will establish lower and somewhat different figures for aircraft by us i Turrub to re Guyy a Vuu uw.,1 ,-. Previously the United states had rejected the re a quest arguing that the negotiations had to focus on a absolute intercept ji9, Iii i Nav i Mimi Law. The West also modified an earlier proposal for limits on combat helicopters. The revised proposal Narrows the scope to those attack helicopters with antitank and air to air guided missile launching capability. Quot these types represent the Core of combat potential that helicopters arc associated with a the official said. The proposal keeps the earlier suggested limit of 1,900 combat helicopters for each Side. Before Bush outlined the new plan in his state of the Union speech nato had proposed that . And soviet troop Levels in Europe be Cut to 275,000, a drop of about 30,000 for the United states. _ the new proposal limits the soviets and americans to 195.000 troops in Central Europe. The United states would keep an additional 30,000 troops stationed in Europe but outside the Central zone. Because the United slates has a greater distance to cover in retrieving its forces than the soviets a there is an Clement of deliberate Assam try Here for the larger Region Quot the official said. News update talks on falklands Madrid. Spain apr British and Argentine officials opened two Days of talks on military Confidence building measures in the disputed Falkland islands As both sides moved toward full diplomatic relations. Embassy spokesmen a said thursday. Argentina was to request that Britain drop the 150-Milc military a Protection zone Quot around the falklands. An Argentine embassy spokesman said on condition of anonymity. The Rone has been enforced since Argentina invaded the South Atlantic islands in 1982 and suffered defeat by a British task Force after a 74-Day War. Galvin presses Congress to continue with plan to modernize Lance missile _. A. Aaa 1.1 _ _ a _ a 11 aa/1 Itin i an Nobbs Wiesbaden. West Germany a defense Reu i Iza Tion and marketing office retail sales will be held on Friday in Kai Scislaw can and at by Burg a. The demo at Pitburg a will Host sales from 9 to 11 . In building 513. Merchandise includes books jewelry Home computers. Furniture televisions stereos  recorders and clothing All transactions must be in dollars and sales Are final. Purchases must be removed by 3 . The Day of the retail Sale. The Kaiserslautern demo will hold sales from 8 30 to  100,29th area support group  the former Auto strip Yard. Items for Sale include sporting equipment general merchandise wooden furniture sleeping bags radios and televisions. Only dollars will be accepted and All sales arc final. Customers must remove merchandise on the Day of the Sale. Further information is available from the marketing  a photo caption on the education Page this week switched the names of the two children. Ricky Bakerjr. Was on the left and Miguel Brown was on the right. A a a a Sot  pub Quot h d yesterday in the i a s cd a a Section was incorrect. 3 he armed focus recreation Center in  is   mid Cason specials feb. 11-16 that include Faur Days of ski and Altos l or  instruction. The just for kids a Nocial after also includes four Days of child supervision. By Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a natos top european commander wants Congress to go ahead with plans to modernize the Lance Short Range nuclear missile despite the democratic changes in Eastern Europe. Gen. John r. Galvin told the Senate armed services committee that up Rading the missile is crucial to the a Jato policy of flexible response. The policy Calls for possible escalation from conventional to theater nuclear forces in response to a Warsaw pact attack. Defense critics question the strategy because the Warsaw pact nations no longer appear to be a cohesive military Force. Nato is committed to deploying a re placement to the Lance which has a Range of about 75 Miles by the mid-1990s. The United states is spending $32 million in fiscal 1990 on research and development of the modernized Lance army officials said. That is a $25 million increase from fiscal 1989. For fiscal 1991. The army is seeking $ 112 million for the project. The Alliance s plans Are an explosive Issue among West and East germans who fear an Exchange of Short Range nuclear weapons would be contained almost exclusively to Central Europe. Sen. John Mccain a Ariz a said lie has discussed the Lance Issue with Many europeans Quot and there is no support for the modernization of a weapon to strike Leipzig East German Prague Czechoslovakia or Budapest Hungary Quot but Galvin staunchly defended flexible response As a policy and the Lance As its Cornerstone. He said it is especially important to maintain that policy during the current chaotic period of change in the East. Neither artillery nor aircraft can be relied on exclusively As Short Range nuclear systems Galvin said wednesday. The Range of artillery is too limited while the aircraft which would Fly from a relatively Small number of bases that Are Well known to the soviets Are too vulnerable. Quot the soviets have modernized their aircraft artillery and missiles Quot Galvin said. A a we have modernized our aircraft and artillery but not our missiles. And the missiles arc most important on the Battlefield  a Well Quot Mccain said a a in a sorry to hear that our tactical air capability is not what we have been led to believe in the  Quot = past. South korean crackdown on porn hauls in 200,000 adult magazines Seoul South Korea apr in the country a most sweeping crackdown on illegal pornography police have seized More than 200,000 adult sex magazines Worth $7.3 million and arrested at least 18 people prosecutors said thursday. More than 20,000 of the magazines were copies of Playboy Penthouse and Hustler stolen from a . Army base in Seoul prosecutors said. The magazines Are not available legally in South Korea but Are sold to . Forces through base outlets. Black Market copies sell for $22 to $30 apiece. The Seoul District prosecutors office said that among South korean produced materials in the seizure were 50,000 comic books depicting explicit sex 15,000 magazines with erotic pictures and text 10,000 pornographic books and 5,oo0 sex gadgets and stimulants. Nah Myong us 49, and Ahn Dok Jun 41, who helped run the warehouse for the . 8th army in Seoul were charged with larceny and illegally handing Over to third parties copies of magazines pilfered from the warehouse since 1983. Prosecutor Cho Chung ung said charges against other people were for producing and marketing obscene publications and sex gadgets and illegally dealing in pornographic materials. He said the investigation into organized criminal rings that specialize in underground sex was continuing. On wednesday prosecutors announced the arrest of nine people including a department store president a film Star and a runner up in the miss Korea pageant for allegedly using illegal drugs in sex orgies. South Korea is a conservative Homo Ganeous society with old fashioned values of family marriage and Cen tunes old traditions. Many South koreans Are deeply concerned that their country a increasing affluence and new Western style consumerism Are tearing at the social fabric. Or the government has stepped up efforts in the past year to Weed out illicit drugs pornography and prostitution. Arrests have been made but such activities continue to thrive. Airman snared by drug sting gets 4 months Span Dahlem a West Germany a amps a the first service member tried in connection with a december drug  operation has been sentenced to four months in jail. Senior airman Joseph d. Peters 24, of the 52r.d Mission support so was one of nine Spur Dahlem airmen arrested in the dec. 9 sting. Peters pleaded guilty to one count each of using and possessing hashish in a special court martial at Spang Dahlum on monday a base Legal spokesman said. A military panel also ordered the non combatant evacuation Monitor to forfeit $482 a month for four months. Peters was demoted to airman Basic. The spokesman said at least three other courts martial will result from the joint drug enforcement team operation involving . And West German authorities. Some cases have been disposed of through non judicial punishment and others Are still being investigated. West German suspects were also apprehended in the raids that occurred on and off the base. Other drugs confiscated in the operation were cocaine and amphetamines the spokesman said