European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 14, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Swept off her feet a Shawn Bradley a 7-foot-5 basketball Star at Emery High school does t let a Little thing like height stymie him on the dance floor. He simply lifted Christine Greenwood up to his level a and stood her on a chair a during a slow dance at the school prom in Castle Dale Utah. They finished the dance but not quite Cheek to Cheek. Bradley one of the most heavily recruited High school players recently signed a letter of intent to attend Brigham Young University in   authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed Force Good morning vol. 48, no. 362 saturday april 14, 1990 25c daily and sunday d 8693 threat to Lithuania prompts Bush plea Hamilton Bermuda apr president Bush appealed to Moscow on Friday to Back off from threatened economic sanctions against the breakaway Republic of Lithuania. A now is no time for escalation a Bush said. A it is time for  at a news conference with British prime minister Margaret Thatcher the president commented on a report that soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev had threatened to halt shipments of potential Export materials to Lithuania if officials there did no to halt a want constitutional  Bush stressing that he was reacting to a wire services Brief report on the development called the news a deeply disturbing a but said he had not had a Chance to determine All the facts. On arms control Bush described As a a positive Gorbachev a statement to a . Senatorial delegation in Moscow that he wants to initial an agreement on Long Range nuclear weapons at next months scheduled Summit. The news conference was held after Bush and Thatcher met for about four hours on this British Island off the North american coast. In their two hour morning session they discussed a a full Range of International issues facing the North Atlantic Alliance a presidential press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater said. Both leaders emphasized their support for a reunified Germany within nato. Bush said a United Germany should have a full control Over All its territory without any new restraints imposed by the allies that won world War ii. Asked about an incident earlier this week in which British officials confiscated piping scheduled for shipment to Iraq Thatcher said investigators still Are trying to determine whether the piping is part of a huge gun. See Story on Page 28. A if it were to prove to be part of a gun it would require a permit a she said. On Lithuania Bush said a coercion escalation is not the Way to go. The Way to go is  Gorbachev a economic threat was contained in a letter addressed to Lithuania a government which declared Independence on March ii. The text of the letter provided in English by the official soviet news Agency Tass said shipment of a products that Are sold on external markets for freely convertible currency would be Cut off from Lithuania unless leaders there retreated from recent Steps toward Independence. During the two hour flight to Bermuda Bush noted that Gorbachev and soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze in a meeting with seven democratic senators from Washington had said thursday that Moscow wants to initial a treaty at the May superpower Summit to Cut Long Range nuclear weapons. Bush and Gorbachev will meet for five Days in Washington d.c., beginning May 30. Cheney approves plan to consolidate military commissaries by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a defense Secretary  Cheney approved a plan Friday to consolidate commissary operations of the three military services into a single organization. Cheney said in a statement that the move will increase efficiency and service to commissary patrons while cutting costs the guiding principle in the recent detente management report that outlines ways to streamline various Pentagon operations. A we Are especially concerned that the commissaries operate efficiently because they matter so much to our troops and Meir families especially to enlisted personnel who have to stretch every Dollar in the family budget a Cheney said. Cheney a move was widely regarded As a formality on Capitol Hill. A special commission chaired by it. Chen. Donald Jones Deputy assistant Sec teary of defense for military manpower pm is opel policy recommended con of action in a massive 600-Page report on commissary operations. A run recent bearing of the House rpm to is my Rale welfare and rec cation pane lawmakers expressed enthusiastic support for the idea. Congressional sources said the mar panel almost certainly would have ordered the Pentagon to move Forward with commissary consolidation As part of the fiscal 1991 defense authorization Bill if Cheney had not approved the concept. At the hearing Jones told lawmakers that the Pentagon could save $133 million a year in operations and maintenance funds after consolidation without affecting product prices. The annual operations and maintenance savings would result mostly from the elimination of salaries for about 5,000 employees in a redundant supervisory positions a Jones said. In addition to the annual of amp a savings the Pentagon will get one time savings of Between $300 million and $400 million through streamlined inventory purchasing procedures Jones said. A recommendation on whether the unified commissary organization should be a new defense Agency or a component of an existing Agency should be on Deputy defense Secretary Donald Atwoods desk by mid May Pentagon officials said. The 417 military commissaries run by the services rack up Well Over $5 billion a year in sales and each service had sales increases of at least 2 percent in fiscal 1989 Over the previous year. Sales in the first Quarter of fiscal 1990 continued to Rise officials said. Getting the drop on glaucoma president Bush looking Unwor ried after a physical examination holds a bottle of Eye drops prescribed against a an Early glaucoma found in his left Eye. Doctors said the president was a extremely fit except for the Eye problem which can be controlled by drops taken twice a Day. Sitting with Bush at a White House meeting thursday is Secretary of state James Baker