European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 23, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Friday. February 23, 1990 commissaries to have . Beef in june b Chuck Robert stiff writer Frankfurt. West Germany . Beef will hit the shelves at military commissaries in Central Europe on june is. Some 31 million pounds of beef arc to be purchased in May As ordered by a provision in the fiscal 1990defense appropriations Bill said Brig. Gen. Charles e. St. Amaud. Commissaries stopped Selling . Beef in the mid-1970s, except for a test period in 1986 and during a meal surplus in 1987. I think that s Good news for the people Here in Europe who arc entitled to use the commissary sys  said St. Arnaud. Who commands the army s troop support Agency at fort Lee. A. He made the remarks in Frankfurt during a Lour of his service s european food stores. Congress ordered the Sale of . Beef overseas in retaliation or a european ban on beef from hormone fed . Cattle. The american beef is More costly because it is Cut and boxed instead of being sold As a carcass. The department of agriculture will subsidy a the increased Price for three years. Subsidies will be so million the first year s9.4 million the second year and $4.6 million the third according to col. Paul Phillips who Heads the army s european commissary Region. Initially How that should affect the customers is that they should Sec no change in the Price of  said. If any it will just be pennies. After the third year it will be about the same Price As commissaries on the East coast in the United  a Survey conducted by the stars and stripes last fall showed that prices on some cuts or the beef could jump by More than 150 percent once the government subsidies run out. Other cuts however could decline in Price by As much As 21 percent. After three years i Don t know what will happen whether the prices will go up or if there will be a major difference Phillips said. I think that s just too far for us to be Able to  although shoppers Likely will pay More for their beef they will be getting More for their Money he said. Currently beef sold in commissaries is from grass fed cattle bought in eur pc. Which would receive a c grading from the department of agriculture. The imported . Beef will be Grade b. It is vacuum packed and deeply chilled to a temperature a few degree above the freezing Point. This gives the beef a Darker color and different smell Phillips said. Because of the shipping time the beef also will have a Shorter shelf life in the refrigerator he said. But because it is aged it should be More tender and have More flavor. It s a ver Good beef and i think our customers will be Happ Phillips said. St. Arnaud also said he is working to give european commissar shoppers the same Quality service As their counterparts in the United states. Currently that is not always the Case he said. But there arc Many ways that we can be More innovative and creative and we will St. Arnaud said. He said services such As Arnoul chinese food and fresh popu irn that have been added to commissaries in the United Stales also should be available Here. News update Liberick rebels Glenda. Ivory coast up libyan backed liberian rebels led by Charles Taylor have retained control of key Border Crossings in the North of the country two months after an attempt to overthrow the government of president Samuel Doe. Witnesses said tuesday. . And liberian officials have blamed Libya for backing the rebels and providing them with arms. Taylor a former liberian civil servant who ran a state procurement Agency fled the country in 1984when he was accused of embezzling $900.000 of government funds. Mannheim looks to military areas for housing Relief if . Troops leave Canadian gets 1 year for smuggling hashish Lahr. West Germany is a Canadian forces Corporal has been sentenced to a year in prison for trying to smuggle More than 2 pounds of hashish into West Germany in december 1988. Cpl. Bruce p. Pages. 22. Assigned to the 1st Royal Canadian horse arty at Lahr. Remains on duty pending the outcome of his Appeal a forces spokeswoman said. Border police caught pages with 2.19 pounds of hashish and 2.1 ounces of marijuana As he tried to enter West Ger Many from the Netherlands. He was convicted feb. 17 of Possession with the in tent to traffic. His four Day trial was delayed for months because German witnesses were temporarily unavailable the spokeswoman said. Canadian sentenced in hostage taking Solingen. West Germany is a Canadian forces infantryman has been sentenced to five months in prison for holding a waitress hostage with a knife in a Buhl restaurant last april. The Soldier. Cpl. John a Frizell. 30, is assigned to the 3rd in. Royal Canad an Rygl at Canadian forces base Baden Syllm gun. A forces spokeswoman said. Frizill has appealed the sentence handed Down wednesday and a military judge is expected to consider his Appeal today in Lahr. Frizill. Of Baddeck. Nova Scotia had pleaded innocent to a charge of assault with a weapon when his court martial originally began in december. But a de sense request thai Fez cell undergo a psychiatric examination caused a two month postponement of the proceedings. The Corporal changed his plea to guilty when he returned 19 court on tuesday the spokeswoman said. By Crystal Laureano staff writer Mannheim West Germany City officials anticipating major troop cuts Are looking at the Large parcels of land used by the . Army As a source of Relief for Mannheim s housing shortage. We want to use All of our land More  said Lothar quasi mayor for engineering construction ecology and town planning. Therefore we want to look at military areas that May not be used to their full  the need for housing is acute. About 4.000 Mannheim citizens need dwellings immediately and an additional 2,000 will need a Home soon quasi  last has taken his concerns to a Wil Ottemberg state officials. Usa eur representatives Are being invited to meet with state and City officials March 12 in Stuttgart to discuss possible uses of the land if some . Soldiers or units leave Mannheim under sweeping troop cuts being negotiated. The . Army occupies 260 acres i Mannheim. Of the six caverns in the City. Sis Sunn hair officials Are most interested in Spinglli Barracks which is located Between a residential area and open Fields. Planners like the area because it is near the City s merchants restaurants and transportation network. It would therefore re quire less development than parcels of land outside the City quasi said. Brig. Gen. Thomas Jones the Mann Heim Community commander said quasi voiced a casual interest in spinal i Barracks about a year ago but added that no official requests have been made. The Cavern Home for u transportation battalion and propositioned equip ment storage could easily appear to be a spacious parking lot filled with Mil itary trucks and trailers Jones said. Most of the vehicles at Spinglli belong to either the 70th trans in or the com Bat equipment group Europe. The group maintains nato storage Sites for equipment that is issued to units that Are sent to West Germany. Quasi said his inquiries Aren t an indication that he would like for the americans to leave Mannheim. By no Means do i want to underestimate the support of our american friends quasi said. There Are so Man new developments we must discuss Many questions. The . Forces Are Welcome Here. But if there is a possibility of reducing their numbers Here we must discuss  Cheney tells Japan combat troops will stay Tokyo a defense Secretary Dick Cheney assured japanese officials thursday that no . Combat troops would be removed from Japan if reductions in american military forces Here arc ordered a Pentagon spokesman said. The pledge came As Cheney met for More than two hours with his japanese counterpart. Defense minister Juro Matsumoto according to Cheney spokesman Pete Williams. Cheney also met with prime minister Toshiki Kaifu congratulating him on his conservative party s re election Victory in sunday s election. He met separately with foreign minister Taro Nakayama. Cheney was in Japan on the final leg of his two week asian Lour in which he has been consulting with Allied nations about Pentagon proposals to reduce the120,000 . Troops stationed in the Pacific rim by 10 percent to 12 percent. About 50,000 marines sailors sol Diers and air Force personnel Are base Din Japan and Okinawa. Cheney did discuss numbers about a possible troop withdrawal with Matsu Moto Williams said but he provided no details. The Pentagon chief told his japanese counterpart that if we do reduce our forces in the Region it will be done with out affecting our combat capabilities Williams said. Assuring Matsumoto the United states remains committed to helping maintain peace in the Pacific Cheney said America will continue to modern ize and upgrade the forces and military hardware based in the Region. Cheney is due to report to Congress by april 1 with a reassessment of the . Military role in the Pacific. Cheney told the japanese that no final decision has been made on manpower cuts nor which units in Japan might be affected. Such decisions will be made by adm. Huntington Hardisty the . Commander in chief of the Pacific and . Military commanders in a pan in consultation with the allies William said. Williams said the two officials had a very Broad discussion about a possible increase in japanese financial support for americans based Here but no Fig ures no specifics were mentioned. Pacific is editor says report unfair Tokyo a a civilian editor at the Pacific stars and stripes is angry at the Way he was depicted in the newspaper ombudsman s report about the publication s management. I am in the process of preparing a letter to or. Philip Fisic to either re tract what he says or prove it or slay away from me because 1 think he has been unfair said Dewey Bracken who has been a vocal critic to Congress about the Tokyo based paper. Foisie s 30-Page report concentrated mostly on air Force col. Edwin j. Mont Gomery jr., who resigned last week As commander and editor after Reading the report. But it also said Many journalists thought that the newsroom controversy has degenerated into a personal feud and that Many disapprove of the meth ods of the principal  bracket said the report confirmed most of his complaints but he was surprised to learn Hal some in the newsroom thought he was part of the problem As Well As part of the Solu  the report cited instances in which Bracken allegedly permitted military Public affairs officers to read and approve Bureau copy before it was  he s Flat wrong. I did t do it Bracken said. Why did t he come and talk to me about this Foisie a former executive editor of the International Herald Tribune left West Germany on thursday after a two week visit to the european edition of the stars and stripes