European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes monday March 19, 1990 for some cavalry scouts curtailed Border patrols come As a kind of letdown a by Vince Crawley Niernberg Bureau Bundlach West Germany . Army cavalry scouts say they have mixed feelings about having halted regular patrols along the East German Border. For years soldiers from the 2nd and Lith army Cav regts boasted about their a real world Quot Mission of daily surveillance along the Iron curtain. But army officials in Europe stopped regular patrols March 1, reducing the missions to a fraction of what they once were. A we have accepted the fact that. It s an open Border a it. Col. Robert Young said about his sector of the East German Boundary. He commands the 2nd army Cav re gtd a 1st so which has its Headquarters just North of Bayreuth a 30-Minutc drive from East Germany. He pointed out that his soldiers Are still stationed 30 minutes from Warsaw pact units and that the mood of Eastern Europe is still unstable. Capt. Chris Kings amps Ellio Ballon Quot any time you have lessened tensions it s a Good thing a Young said. But a we have to maintain  Youngs troops have a much More practical View of the change. For them it brings less exciting duty and questions about their future in the military. A a it a kind of a letdown a said spec. Larry Kumpe a 2nd army Cav Soldier from Stevens Point wis. A now Well pretty much do the same thing at the order that we do in  Cpl. Rafael Medina a 21-year-old from Chicago said he a wary of the americans new Low profile policy. A i personally think As Long As the East germans Are patrolling we done to really know what they re up to a he said. The reduced patrols Are a like being on the Border with our eyes  others done to think the change is that big a Deal. A basically for the common Soldier it Hasni to really changed that much a said spec. Adam Fuller a Boston resident who serves in troop b in the 2nd army Cav regt a 1st so. A a it a the same Mission As  what a changed is not the Mission but the focus officials said. The cavalry troops Are toning Down surveillance but beefing up their combat roles. Since training dollars Are in Short Supply this results in lower visibility. Youngs soldiers were rehearsing for a rapid deployment exercise last week but to save Money Only a few people went out to their Battle stations in the West German Countryside. The rest stayed in motor pools. The Mission Isnit the Only thing on cavalry troopers minds. Like other sol pfc. Scott Pelton with troop a 1st so 2nd army Cav regt checks Maintenon re records during a training exercise at Bundlach West Germany. Diers they re worried about what peace in Europe Means to professional fighters. The younger soldiers Arentt too concerned said capt. Chris King of troop a. A they want to stay in and they think As Long As they do a Good Job  be  cos and officers he said Are asking a a what a it going to do to my career and my family my paycheck a Kempe said a lot of the soldiers in his unit extended their assignments a just because they like the Border. Now the patrols have changed. That a  sgt. Robert Henning of Louisville ky., said he stresses to soldiers that their Job is still Worth doing. A the Border Mission Isnit what really motivates troops a he said. A soldiers get a feeling of Worth out of any Mission that a  they Are after All cavalry soldiers. And Young predicted that when . Soldiers Start leaving Europe his troops will be the last to go. A cavalry a he said a has always been the last to  a amps Effie Bathen spec. Larry Kempe greyhound decries violence halts Union talks Tucson Ariz. Up a the greyhound bus line broke of talks with its striking Drivers Union sunday accusing the Union of stepping up strike related violence and refusing to Budge on unrealistic wage demands. The Union also accused the company of failing to bargain in Good Faith saying that two Days of weekend talks a the first since the walkout began More than two weeks ago a were a Sham. A during our meetings company representatives refused to make any compromises a any concessions a from their previous unacceptable proposals a said Edward m. Strait president of the amalgamated Council of greyhound local unions. Greyhounds executive vice president p. Anthony Lannie left the talks about an hour after the sunday session began and said company negotiators were returning to their Dallas Headquarters. A a it a broken Oft totally a he said. A there is no plan to get Back  Lannie accused the Union of a a stonewalling on Money issues and said that Quot at least a half dozen new incidents of violence had occurred since the Tucson talks began suit it Day. I hey had nothing new for us today or yesterday while stepping up the violence a he said sunday morning. The two sides had met for roughly nine hours saturday the first talks since about 9,000 bus Drivers and other unionized employees of the nations largest intercity bus line walked off the Job March 2. Late last year greyhound offered the Union a Oliree year contract that included a 6.9 percent increase in wages and benefits in the first year. Union members citing a 22 pc no pay Cut they took when the company was sold in 1987, rejected the offer. Greyhound has hired about 1,000 permanent replacement Drivers m an attempt to return the strike bound company s operations to a near Normal timetable angering Union members. Police have reported numerous incidents of shots fired at buses the most serious March 11 in Jacksonville Fla where seven passengers were Hurt by flying debris when a Bullet hit a greyhound coach. In what police have described As an Accident a striking Driver was killed by a bus driven by a replacement Driver outside a terminal in Northern California. Lannie charged that a Union officer he identified As Fred Ingram punched a replacement Driver Early saturday m Fayetteville . A there is no Way to reach an agreement with people who Are trying to break Down the company through intimidation violence and terrorism a Lannie said. Union representatives changed that the company r turned to the table Over the weekend Only to prevent to Union from filing a charge of unfair labor practice. They also dismissed the alleged Fayetteville incident i a  Paul f. Stucke Schneider one of two Feder mediators assigned to the talks said he would be Contact ing both sides soon in an Effort to reopen talks. A the issues remaining Are serious and they Are Many the mediator said. A and its not unusual at this stage it negotiators for both sides to remain firm in their pos tons. We re not discouraged that its Over for  before the talks convened saturday Strait had said h was optimistic that the discussions might end in a settlement with the Union presenting a new proposal. Strait contended that the Union is most conc me about issues other than Money primarily work rules an grievance procedures. But Lannie said the unions proposals Are too exper Sive. A this Union is simply trying to get something tha they absolutely cannot get a he said a because the company cannot afford to pay it a greyhound carried 22 million passengers last year Pri Marily Low income travellers living in smaller communities. Supermarket fire kills 15, injures 6 in Japan Tokyo a fire erupted in a hours to in Toni  i a i a. A Tokyo apr fire erupted in a supermarket in a Western japanese City sunday killing 15 people and injuring six others fire department and police officials said. A total of 57 fire engines were dispatched to fight the Blaze at the five Story Nagasaki a store in Amagasaki 300 Miles West of Tokyo Amagasaki fire department official Hiroshi Kawamoto said. Kawamoto said the fire broke out on the fourth floor of the supermarket shortly after noon and took about three hours to control. By 4 30, it had been completely extinguished he said. He said All 15 victims probably died of smoke and Gas inhalation although detailed examinations of the bodies had not yet been conducted. Police at the scene said they were mistaken earlier when they reported 16 deaths. The cause of the fire was being investigated. Sundays death toll was the largest in 17 years for a fire at a Large retail store. More than 100 people were killed in a 1973 fire at Taiyo department store in Kumamoto on Japan a southernmost Mam Island of Kyushu. All of the victims sunday were found on the fifth floor where the employees cafeteria offices a storage area and a game Center Are located. Of the six injured two including a 12-year-old boy had jumped from a window on the fifth floor Kawamoto said. He said the two were seriously injured by their fall but details were not immediately available. Kawamoto said there were eight employees and about 15 shop pers on the fourth floor. Kyodo news service quoted complo Shizue Nomura 70, As saying that was having lunch in the employees c Teria with several other staffers at Nooi a i heard the words a fire fire a it tried to flee but smoke suddenly Ca Down on us a she said. Nomura said she and three oth were Able to escape by climbing do from the roof to a neighbouring building Nagasaki a operates 122 Sto throughout the nation