European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Authorized unofficial publication for the . A to Focht Good Moran a vol. 48. No. 307 sunday february 18, 1990 25. My s.m., d 8693 a inside stripes d lawmaker would halt Italy fighter base Page 3 d no quibbling artist loves character Page 9 d prep basketball championships pages 25,26 d pravda says violence threatens Reform Page 28 Sis run by Mcginn Vasile Marine. Survived with friends help romanian tells of torture editor s note reporter Randy Mcclaln recently spent 10 Days i Romania. This is the first of his reports. More stories Are in today Sally Magazine starting on pane 13. A final instalment will appear monday by Randy Mcclain staff writer Brasov. Romania Vasile Marine Learned firsthand How vicious the Security forces of dictator Nicolas Caus Csc could  More than five years. I was persecuted. I was taken two or three times a week by the Accuri late to a special room for torture where you had a Choice to talker to  said the 45-year-old  Brasov. Romania. Still fears for his life. He said  see torture on Back Page w. Germans soviets stalled Over nato role in reunification West Berlin a foreign min ister Hans Dietrich guns Char on sat urday ruled out Basing nato troops i what is now East Germany while the Kremlin insisted a unified Germany can not be part of the Western Alliance. In Bonn a lop adviser to Chancellor Helmut Kohl was quoted As saying that East Germany is about to slip into eco nomic  the soviet Union has been hardening its stance against nato membership for a United Germany reaching an impasse that could slow the Breakneck Pace of joining the two nations. Poland s insistence on a role in guid ing the process has created another potential stumbling Block. For their part West German officials say they have no intention of turning their backs on the North Atlantic treaty organization. West Germany has been seeking to hasten the Pace of unification Sparker East German pro tests that Bonn has been heavy handed in its dealings wit hits troubled neigh Bor. In the financial capital of Frank Furt West German economics min ister Helmut Haus Smann criticized East German pre Mier Hans mod Genscher Row s rejection of Quick introduction of the West German Mark in the troubled  Back Home with the West German Mark in your Luggage is one of the greatest gifts there is Haussmann said referring to Modrow s trip to Bonn earlier in the  added a free Market oriented country like Hungary would know How to appreciate such an  East germans have said they Realie thai unification is inevitable and they have been making plans to join the two countries and the City of  includes East German plans to tear Down a 1.2-mile stretch of the Berlin Wall Between the Reich Stag the former parliament building and the checkpoint Charlie  Szalc Mcnol from the West Berlin City see nato on Back Page a loan plan Calls for Down payments by Janet Howells Tierne Washington Bureau Washington the veterans and minis ration wants to require Down pay ments on Home Loans. The proposal would eliminate one of the Hallmarks of the a loan system but officials said in was necessary to slim the tide of defaults on mortgages backed by the administration. Critics in Congress say the Rule change would Prev Cal Many veterans from buying Homes. The no Down payment provision is a Keystone of the program because vet Erans Are generally hard pressed to save enough up front Home Purchase Money after leaving their jobs and education behind to serve in the Mili tary said rep. Harley o. Staggers d . Staggers said 59 percent of All Veter ans no approached the a for Morl see a loan on Back Page Reagan Back on to in testimony videotaped for Iran Contra trial los Angeles a Ronald Rea Gan was in front of the camera again with lawyers hanging on his every words the former president produced a videotaped version of his recollection of the Iran Contra affair. Reagan testified behind closed doors for about six hours Friday and returned for a second session saturday answering questions about his role in the Iran con tra affair the failed arms for hostages Deal during Reagan s second term. Reagan was compelled to testify in the Case by . District judge Harold Greene who is presiding Over the trial of former while House National Security adviser John m. Poinc Eicr in Washington. The former president s Blue luxury car pulled up in a pounding rainstorm about 9 30 . Saturday. Pom Dexter who had arrived by taxi about is minutes earlier bounded through the rain and past a throng of reporters on his Way into the courthouse. The former president was to face 154 questions which were drawn from 183 submitted to the court by defense  Beckler. The judge will allow the attorney to add follow up questions if Nec Essary. In deference to the former president Greene allowed Reagan 79, to give videotaped testimony near his Bel air area Home rather than requiring him to appear at Poindexter s Washington trial. The former Security adviser goes on trial March 5 on charges of concealing from Congress assistance from his for Mer aide Oliver North to the Nicara Guan Contra rebels. He is also charged with lying Aboul a 1985 shipment of Hawk missiles to Iran. Poindexter sought the former chief executive s testimony to support his con Tention thai his Secrel activities had been authorized by Reagan. I think he was very fair in his Testi Mony Beckler said of the president As he left court. Greene threw out 29 of Beckler s questions because they lacked relevance or touched Loo closely to National secrets. Texas Jones says indy hit the Mark Johnson City Tenn. A filmmaker George local was pretty much on target with Indiana Jones according to a former Baptist preacher whose archaeological treks inspired the movie character. But Wendyl Jones founder of the Institute for Judaic Christian re search in Arlington. Texas said toe movie hero had just a Little bit More sex than i have in my  Jones 59, said that on a trip in the 1960s a writer accompanied him to do research for a Story. That Story eventually made its Way to Lucas who turned it into the Indi Ana Jones movies. The former pastor of Duncan Chapel Baptist Church near Euza by Teton in Eastern Tennessee said the movie raiders of the lost Ark taught people about the biblical Ark of the covenant better than any preach  the real Jones said he had to con tend with collapses Cave ins and big Ger Boulden than Indiana Jones encountered but a does t know How dose he is to finding the Ark the Chest Coeta Ianth the two atone tablets in scribed with the ten . He said the movies bad Given him somewhat of an image Proem. I dont come in with a Buu whip and a pistol be explained. I leave them both in my