European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday. February 22,1990 freeze from Page 1 pics. But that did t occur and i think that s  he said the freeze also gave the army a Chance to review staffing at its food i stores and ask do we need the strength that we had in some of those i stores we ought to be i looking at How we re doing our business to see i if there Are some lessons Learned that we can take away from this he said. Col. Paul Phillips the i commander of the army s commissary sys. Tern in Europe said it will take two to three weeks to St. Amaud begin hiring new employees for the 250 vacancies in army commissaries in Europe. Lifting the ban also reduces the need to use troop labor to Stock shelves. Some soldiers saw commissary duty this month in Derheim Germany where a new commissary was to open Phillips said. Con Bulino to Mil poit 1uh Untung Wikum j. Unni i in a Ming Ion ind chock Robu to Frankfurt . Aid for soviet reforms called Best help for czechs recall from Page 1 bottles had Mold under the Caps. On Jan. 31, the com Mand placed a medical hold on bottles marked 12-91, and a second hold was issued feb. 5 that included bottles marked 11-91. A third hold was issued feb. 13 to include All bottles. Further inspections which included an Alp Wassgr bottling Plant pointed toward widespread problem with Many hygienic shortcomings in the bottling pro Cess Stewart  other words dirty bottles those findings prompted the recall which affects Altwasser in All sizes and containers. Stewart said customers should return the product to commissary or cafes outlets for refunds. A spokesman for Alp Wassgr headquartered in the town of Ober Taufen in Southern West Germany said late wednesday that his firm was not aware of the military  Sells about 20,000 cases of Altwasser a month and also Sells other brands of bottled water such As evian spokeswoman Barbara Kirsch said. The recall hits the commissary Supply of bottled water much harder. About 500,000 bottles of Alp Wassgr Are purchased each month for the commissaries said Adam Cohen of the defense subsistence Region Europe. Richard Walker of the army troop support Agency said several other bottled water companies were contacted to obtain an emergency Supply but without  7th medical come conducts regular inspections of food products sold in commissaries cafes outlets and clubs throughout Europe. The command s inspectors also visit contractor facilities and storage Ware houses to ensure compliance. Shuttle launched postponed Cape canaveral Fla. A Nasa wednesday delayed today s launch of the space shuttle Atlantis secret military Mission for at least 24 hours because of the com Mander s health and weather conditions. A Brief statement said the commander Navy capt. John o. Creighton had developed an upper respiratory tract infection. In addition the launch weather is not predicted to be  the National aeronautics and space administration said it would decide today whether to try the launch at the Kennedy space Center on Friday. From Page 1 at her eyes with a handkerchief in the top Row of the visitor s gallery. Speaking through a translator Havel called Czecho Slovakia one of Eastern Europe s wayward children and said it wants to coordinate its return to the eco nomic and political mainstream with Hungary Poland and other nations emerging from 40 years of soviet domination. The United states can Best Aid that return he said by helping the soviet Union on its irreversible but immensely complicated Road to  the More quickly and the More peacefully the so Viet Union begins to move along the Road toward Genu Ine political pluralism and economic Reform the better it will be not just for czechs and slovaks but for the whole world he said. The members of Congress came to their feet when Havel said his country s peaceful revolution was inspired by the . Constitution bin of rights an declaration of Independence. They inspire us to be citizens he  had received a warm Welcome during a 2vi hour meeting with president Bush on tuesday and was returning again to the White House wednesday afternoon before leaving for new York and meeting with business leaders and a Rock concert in his  the speech Havel the first head of state from his country to visit Washington also said he recognized a need for . Troops to stay in Europe. But he added sooner or later Europe must recover an come into its own and decide for itself How Many of whose sold cars it  is leaving the antiquated straitjacket of a world dominated by two superpowers for one in which nations can stand More independently he said. Law makers applauded his conclusion that american troops will be Able to return Home because Europe will at last be Able to stand guard Over  in the meantime he declared Czechoslovakia i returning to  Havel called for the removal of As Many soviet military units As possible from his country before National elections scheduled for  also called for moving up the Helsinki ii International conference now planned for 1992 and turning it into a european peace conference that would finally put a formal end to the second world War and All it unhappy  turning philosophical he said years of repression have Given his countrymen time to Ponder what a truly important and he said americans can learn fro that experience As Well. The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart in the human Power to reflect in human meekness and human responsibility Havel told the lawmakers. We Are still under the Sway of the destructive and vain belief that Man is the Pinnacle of creation and not just a part of it and that therefore everything is  his speech came a Day after Havel got Promise from Bush of Freer Trade Between the two countries and incentives for new investment and economic development. The Bush administration and leading lawmakers also have proposed expanding an Aid program begun last year for Poland and Hungary to include Czecho Slovakia and other countries emerging from soviet . Claibore Pell d-r.i., chairman of the Senate foreign relations committee has proposed sweeten ing the program with an additional $511 million next year and including new countries that meet certain tests for economic and political Reform. Havel did not directly address the question of Ai but at one Point commented that greater stability would Lead to reductions in . Military  millions you give to the East today will soon return to you in the form of billions in savings he said. Kohl from Page 1 tries armed forces should merge and be deployed on the entire territory of a reunited Germany. Every Sovereign state has the right to defend its  Manfred Grolz told the East German newspaper Junge Welt. There Are also Neutral states that have armed forces. I believe that a future Ger Many must be allowed this  Gratz also rejected extending nato s territory Over what is now East Germany but said he did not believe it could become a no Man s  his remarks could further complicate discussions Over the military s role in a United Germany. East Germany and the soviet Union have insisted that the future state be Neutral. West Germany and its Western allies want the coun try to remain in nato. The West German govern ment has said no nato or German troops should be stationed in what is now East Germany. On tuesday most of the 90,000 people who crowded in front of Erfurt s Cathedral for Kohl s speech chanted Helmut Helmut and our Chan cellar Many waved West German flags. There Are fears in East and West of a Germany that would have 80 million inhabitants. And be a tremendous economic Force Kohl said. He also observed that a reunited Germany will have to live with its past with the horrors that were committed in the name of Germany this Century and noted fears that it could again threaten its neighbors. I Lake these fears seriously. Peace will emanate from German soil he said. Germans have been seek ing to assure their european neighbors and the world that a unified Germany will not pose a military threat. In Moscow soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev proposed an International treaty on Germany reunification saying his country has an inalienable right tonsure that it does not sustain moral political or eco nomic damage from a United Germany. In an interview published wednesday in the communist party newspaper pravda. Gorbachev said a United Germany must respect Europe s current Bor Ders and Only the four victorious allies of world War ii can determine Germany s final status. Both Germany Are bound by treaties to respect their current frontiers but a United country would not be and some conservatives in West Germany have suggested that reunification be sought within the 1937 Borders. In 1937, one third of what is now Poland was Ger Man territory. Kohl said he would seek massive investment by West German firms and extend Bonn s social Security safety net to offset the economic chaos caused by what he called "40 years of red dictatorship in East Ger Many. We have created in the Federal Republic West Germany a social Security system that is exemplary in Europe Kohl said. We want this system for people in East Germany As  specifically he promised East germans that they could draw the same unemployment benefits As West germans after reunification and said East germans would get adequate pensions. Retirees would also see the value of their savings protected he said. Red Cross offers refunds to dissatisfied quake donors Stuttgart West Germany is the european Headquarters of the american red Cross has offered to reimburse people who Don t like the Way their California earthquake donations arc being used. But the red Cross also has decided to use All $52.5 million designated for califor Nia earthquake Relief expressly for that Pur pose whether it s in response to the october 1989 earthquake or a future one. The second decision is an attempt to end a dispute Between san Francisco mayor Art Agnos and the red Cross about How red Cross disaster funds Are used. The organization had planned to use Money that was t spent on the quake to respond to other disasters. Agnos has said All the Money designated for use in the California disaster should be spent there. Red Cross expenditures for Earth quake disaster Relief total $12 million so far said Joanne Jones a spokeswoman for the european Headquarters. The red Cross announced tuesday that it is reserving the remaining $40 million for the additional earthquake Bills for continuing Aid to earthquake victims and for earthquake preparedness programs. A i0-niember Relief fund com Mittee is expected to Rule next month on what projects that Money will finance. Donors seeking refunds should Contact Jones at ets 420-7256 or civilian 0711 542452