European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Central european wrestling the stand stripes vol. 48. No. 306 saturday february 17. 1990 Good morning d 8693 a plans for Germany Roll ahead but nazi victims express great fear Bonn. West Germany a scam rolling toward reunification. West German officials on Friday Ini titled plans for a 16-slate Federal so Stem and a com Mon defense strategy for a single Germany. Related slur its. Pane 2. Daily Magazine while the West germans forged on. An International holocaust awareness group warned that the victims of the last unified Germany had great fear Over the recent Rush toward reunification and appealed to the leaders of both Ger Many to address their concerns. The Simon Wiesenthal Center wrote to Ben Waters Togetf-15e, briton says b . . Bureau the air Force plans to station its new f-i5e Eagle fighter bombers at eng land s Raf bunt Waters. A member of the British parliament said Friday. Eric Manley. A member of the labor party said . And British defense documents indicate that Money requested in the Pentagon s i99i construction Bill will be used to build Al 5e training and Muni Hun facilities at the base. Benl Walers is about 75 Miles Northeast of London. A to and i a air Force officials have hinted that the planes possibly armed with the new spam ii nuclear missiles. May he stationed in Europe but no decision has been announced. However. Archie Hamilton a senior British defense official told the House of commons last week that munitions and Field training facilities Are planned at Ben Waters. The information was printed last week in Hansard the commons official record. Marylew said. Citing a classified portion of the Penta gon s fiscal 1991 budget request. Manley said the in d is asking for funds to build fist munitions and Field training facilities somewhere in the the Only installation cited in the entire budget re quest to receive munitions and Field train ing facilities is Ben Waters. He said. You Don t have to be a Genius to put All this Martin Butcher a specialist on euro see f-15e on Back Page West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and East Ger Man Premier Hans Modrow spelling out 10 measures to ease a i victims concerns. Among the proposals Are establishment of a National education task Force to ensure coverage of the Holo Caust in German textbooks and creation of a Federal Agency to Monitor hate also Friday. West German defense minister Ger hard Stolton Borg discussed a common Security concept that he said was being drafted by his ministry. Defense obligations arc indivisible and cannot he weakened for a whole Stolton Borg said. Adding that military integration would bean important initial step in a smile German stale. He said that a Cornerstone of the joint Force would be its Mern Heirship in nato. The soviet Union however has insisted that a reunited Germany be Neutral. After March 18 elections in East Germany and consultation with the allies. West German and East Ger Man defense officials will meet toward the end of March to work on a joint Security policy. Stoltenberg said. The continued presence of soviet troops in what is see plans on Back Page from tornadoes to ice storms . Struggles against weather Mark Comeaux comforts son Bryan 3. After kinds reeked their new Mobile Home thursday in mire. La. Four other famil members had minor injuries. By the associated press severe thunderstorms in the South spawned tornadoes and caused Hood ing that forced hundreds to evacuate Friday. Thousands in the Midwest and Northeast meanwhile still had no Power alter Snow and ice storms pulled Down Power lines. Flooding that followed As much As 9 inches of rain closed schools Friday in parts of Georgia. Alabama. Ken Hokky and North Carolina. One Man apparently drowned Friday in a High River in North car Olina. Traffic accidents on Slippery roads have killed at least 11 people since wednesday four each in Kansas and Minnesota two in Michigan and one in Missouri. Ice also was blamed for a 20-car Erash in Ari Ona but no body was injured. A Section of interstate if 7 was closed in both directions North of Al Bany. . On Friday after four trucks collided. Snow and ice on runways and ice on wings closed airports in Illinois. Oklahoma. Connecticut. New York and Wisconsin. Snow and Slippery roads closed schools thursday Viniss the country in parts of it suites Asli Inion slate. An Ona. Wisconsin. Michigan. Indiana. Iowa. New Yolk. Ohio. Pennsylvania. New Hampshire. Kan see weather on Back Page Hungary now snubbing alleged spy Conrad b Maryn Tii staff writer spy suspect Clyde Lee Conrad has been Given the cold shoulder by the country that supposedly employed him. The government of Hungary has disavowed any relationship to the retired . Army sergeant first class now being tried for treason in Koblenz West Ger Many. He is accused of Selling nato secrets to the hungarian communist regime ousted in 1989. Las to Kovacs. The hungarian Secretary of state for foreign affairs last month informed . Ambassador Mark Palmer that the hungarian government wished to disassociate itself without qualifications from Conrad according to a news release from the ministry of foreign affairs. The american ambassador was told that the current hungarian government considers the earlier political and military leadership erroneous and contrary to the country s National the release said. West German Federal prosecutors in Frank furl Al lege that Conrad received a million from the Hungar ians and $100,000 from the czechs for spy ing for them from 1975 until his arrest aug. 23. 1988. In a statement issued to the press Kovacs hinted that Hungary no longer is in the spy business. He said the new government considers Security its principal obligation but Only by Means that will not damage relationships Between the countries he said. Hungary expects other coun tries to observe the same rules of the same message was delivered to Alexander Arnot. The West German ambassador to Hungary. Conrad who is represented by attorney Klaus Hummerich. Could receive a life sentence. The comply see spy on Back Page
