European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2b the stars and stripes saturday february 17,1990 news briefs Reagan shows up in court to give video deposition los Angeles apr former president Reagan waved to reporters but was silent As he entered a Federal your room Friday where he was to face More than Iso questions about his role in the Iran Contra affair. A smiling Reagan emerged from a limousine about 9 30 . And was ushered past reporters and into the courtroom. He was to give a videotaped deposition in the trial of his former National Security adviser. John Poindexter. Poindexter ranked by a half dozen lawyers and Legal aides had entered the courtroom a  minutes earlier. The aides towed in a red cart with boxes of documents. Poindexter goes on rial March 5 on charges in it _ a Lii _ shipment of Hawk missiles to Iran. Or concealing from Congress Oliver North s assistance to the contras and lying about a 1983tadzhik party officials won t let leaders resign Moscow a it a Tadzik communist party officials Friday rejected offers by the re Fiu Blics leaders to resign and the legislature Ormed a committee to investigate More than a dozen deaths in ethnic rioting. Thousands of protesters thursday defied a ban on demonstrations to demand the resignations of leaders in their soviet asian Republic. On wednesday. The party chief Premier and president offered to resign but said they could not quit until the party and local parliament released them. The Tadzik communist party Central committee declined to accept the offers and decided to keep the current leadership said Anatoly Larch of a correspondent for the National newspaper Voz Dushny transport russian for air transport. He had no details of Friday s action. Residents interviewed by Telephone said the streets were quiet Friday in Dushanbe he capital of Kadzhi Kristan. Western reporters have been barred from travelling Lothe  budget lowered Ramstein a. West Germany a amps a Safe s operations and maintenance budget for fiscal 1990 is s86.7 million less than the amount received in the previous year. After Congress finished the defense spending Bill in november Safe s share was s1.0579 billion. That s Down from the s 1.1446 billion received in fiscal 1989, through an editing mistake an article yesterday incorrectly Staico that Safe had Given no details about its fiscal 1990 budget.f-15e Mandela says he a ready to hold talks with de Klerk Soweto South Africa apr african National Congress Leader Nelson Mandela said Friday he is ready to meet president . Do Klerk to try to launch talks on resolving South Africa s racial conflict. Mandela made the comment As the african National Congress announced in Lusaka Zambia that it would Send a delegation to meet de Klerk to prepare for negotiations on ending White minority Rule and sharing Power with Blacks. Mandela said he was ready to play a role in talks on a new political Structure including meeting with do Klerk. He said he did not know when such talks might Lake place and he would have to Consul with the Anc leadership. Quot they the Anc might want me to meet or de Klerk and convey certain messages. This will be decided by them a he said. Mandela who was released feb. 11 alter 27 years in next week for talks and la s role in the jail plans to visit Lusaka probably with the Anc s exiled leaders. I Anc is yet to be determined but he is regarded As the most popular and important Black Leader in South Africa. He said the Anc still wants do Klerk to meet its conditions for talks including releasing All political prisoners and ending a state of emergency. De Klerk who legalized the Anc and other opposition groups feb. 2. Has said Only political prisoners not guilty or violent crimes would be released. Mandela said he believed the Anc and the government could make rapid Progress. Quot we have made in easy for him de Klerk that an agreement should be reached As soon possible. As far As we arc concerned we arc fully prepared to cooperate in easing problems with  Mandela met earlier Friday with diplomatic representatives of about 20 nations including the United states. He outlined his Hopes Tor South Africa during the closed door meeting and urged other nations to help end  from Page 1 the state leaders Are split roughly equally Between Kohl now East Germany is still open to discussion the defense minister said. He suggested a transitional phase Quot during which the West and East German armed forces would cooperate but retain their respective command structures. A but we arc not going to have two different armed forces in a United Germany for Long a Stoltenberg said. The governors of West Germany s 11 Stales met Friday to discuss How a reunited Germany would be administered. They proposed that the East German territory be divided into five states along the Borders of the traditional regions Brandenburg Mecklenburg Sachsen Sachsen an Hall and the Wiltgen. Their promotion of a Strong Federal system but one in which individual states have Broad autonomy and influence Over the Centra government reflects the governors interest in adhering to the West German and . Federal models. West German leaders have acted quickly to present their views on reunification and Many Are predicting agreement on a plan this  from Pago 1 Pear Security at a London based research group on Friday said. A it seems reasonable. That bin Waters will get the  Butcher a staffer on the British american Security information Council said that Basing the planes there would probably mean moving the 81 St tac fighter Wing and its four squadrons of a los. The iwo scat Fise fighter bomber can carry about 24.000 pounds of ordnance including the spam ii. A Short Range tactical air launched nuclear missile. The supersonic plane is designed to work at night and in All weather conditions. Secretary of defense Dick Cheney said in october that the United states was working on Short Range weapons like the spam and the f-15, which could be included in the nato Arsenal. After Cheney s statement. Maj. Gen. Marcus a. Anderson. Commander of the 3rd air Force said that Britain would be a a logical place Quot for the planes which have a Range of about 3,400 Miles. Chianti firm official Dies Brescia. Italy apr Francesco Molonari the innovative general manager of one of Italy s most prestigious Chianti wineries has died at the age of 69, italian Media reported. Molonari died of complications fallowing heart surgery according to the reports. From Page 1 catch trial which started in january May last until May. According to the charges Conrad was enlisted to spy for the hungarian government in the late fall of 1975 while assigned with the St inf div in bad Kreuz Nach West Germany. His Boss at the Lime. . Army sgt 1st class Zollan Szabo now retired recruited him prosecutors say. Szabo was convicted by an austrian court on sept. 29 for gathering military intelligence for a foreign Power. He received a 10-month suspended sentence. Austri arts viewed the ease As primarily a nato matter. Austria is a Neutral nation. Authorities contend the two soldiers funny cd . Army and nato defense secrets to the hungarians through Sandor and Imre Korcsik hungarian born Brothers who arc naturalized swedish citizens. The pc Rasiks were arrested aug. 23, 1988, in Sweden and admitted to being agents of the hungarian secret service. They were sentenced to prison terms of 18 months each for carrying nato defense secrets. Last week. . Army col. Werner Banisch testified about the military documents that Conrad allegedly delivered to the hungarians. He said Conrad had turned Over nato and . Army secret top secret and cosmic top secret material to Hungary and Czechoslovakia some of which involved nuclear operations. Had there been a War. He said the documents would have been invaluable to Warsaw pact countries. Conrad s attorney objected that the classified documents had not been turned Over to a court official for an evaluation of their relevancy to the Case. The judges however ruled that the evidence was Loo Complex to be understood by anyone but a military  from Page 1 Sas Missouri and Oregon. Some of the schools remained closed Friday. More Snow was expected to move through the Pacific Northwest and great lakes on Friday while Snow changing to freezing rain threatened More Power outages in Northern new England. Accumulations reached 8 inches in parts of Wisconsin and Michigan and 7 inches in Vermont on thursday. Craig. Colo got 24 inches mail delivery was cancelled in Champaign Iii. Gov. James r. Thompson declared Champaign county a slate disaster area. Rain and freezing drizzle swept across much of Northern and Central Illinois Friday hampering Utility Crews sent in from Southern Illinois Indianapolis and St. Louis to help restore Power. An ice storm in Erie pa., pulled Down Power lines and tree limbs causing fires and closing schools. All five to stations in the City were knocked Oft the air and two were evacuated for fear their transmission towers would collapse under the weight of the ice. Sections of the South were also hard hit by storms. An apparent Tornado struck Rural Central Alabama on Friday tearing apart a fire department building in Enterprise and destroying several Mobile Homes at Cooper Chilton county sheriff s officers said. Alabama a Shelby co. 0 people from two trailer Parks that were under o to 8 feet of Alabama a Shelby county received More than 9 inches in less than 24 hours and 30 people evacuated water had to be moved twice. It was the third straight week or treacherous weather for Alabama and gov. Guy Hunt on thursday requested a Federal disaster declaration to Aid weather victims. In Georgia a Tornado destroyed 13 Homes and injured 19 people in Carrollton on Friday the National weather service said. And at least 300 people were evacuated Friday from Trion after As much As 9 inches of rain fell. Authorities could not determine if a dam on the Chatt ooga River at Trion had burst because a it s 10 feet under water and the currents arc so fast going across in that they can to see the dam a said a Chatt ooga county so crafts Deputy Tammy Owings. Western North Carolina got up to 6 inches of rain Friday and the body of a Trout Farmer who apparently was swept away from his hatchery was found downstream on the French Broad River police said. Residents of several Low lying areas were evacuated. _ i schools were closed in four Kentucky counties Friday because of High water on roads and 15 to 20 people were evacuated authorities  Tornado that destroyed three Mobile Homes in Louisiana injured five people while another twister thursday destroyed a Home and damaged about 10 others in Topiah county miss