European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 4, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Bad news for some Hope fans a Page 2 the St amp Randi stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces Good morning vol. 49, no. 20 Friday May 4, 1990 a 2sc Dally and sunday d 8693 . Cancels plan to modernize nuke missiles artillery in Europe by David Tarrant Brussels Bureau Brussels Belgium a the United states has decided to cancel plans to modernize its ground based nuclear missiles and nuclear artillery in Europe the Bush administration announced thursday. It will also Speed up the timetable for negotiations with the soviet Union in the Short Range missile Force in Europe. In simultaneous news conferences in Washington and at nato Headquarters in Brussels president Bush and Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii said the decision reflected the changed circumstances in Europe. A the overriding principle guiding the decision. Is that of the importance of adapting nato politically and militarily to the changing realities in Europe a Baker said at nato. He outlined the negotiations plan which was to be detailed in a speech Friday by Bush for the foreign ministers of the 16-member Alliance thursday. Nato Secretary general Manfred Womer said the proposal had received a very Broad and Strong support among the ministers. The Bush administration also proposed a nato Heads of state Summit for the end of june in London to launch a review of key questions facing the Alliance Baker said. The Bush administrations Call for speeding up talks on Short Range missiles comes a year after nato leaders agreed to postpone a decision on modernizing the Lance missile system until 1992. After lengthy and see plan on Back pager Sfanjani rules out talks with a stubborn . Nicosia Cyprus apr iranian president Hashemi a Sfanjani on thursday branded the Bush administration a a stubborn frustrated child for refusing to make a Goodwill gesture in response to the release of two american hostages in Lebanon. See related Story Page 2. He also declared in a speech broadcast by Tehran radio monitored in Nicosia that a Iran does not want relations with the United states and we welcomed severing ties. We Are not prepared to talk to rats Anjanie a comments made in an address to a group of teachers in Tehran appeared to Rule out the possibility of a dialogue with the United states after 11 years of hostility. But his Sharp attack also indicated that a Sfanjani Leader of Iran a so called pragmatists was under mounting pressure from anti Western radicals angered at Iran a role in the release of the two americans held by pro iranian shiite moslem militants in Lebanon. Robert Polhill 55, of new York was freed april 22. Eight Days later Frank Reed 57, of Malden mass., was released. Sixteen other westerners six of them americans Are believed to still be captive in Lebanon. Most Are believed held by factions linked to the iranian backed Hezbollah or party of god. A Sfanjani admitted that the lebanese groups who freed Polhill and Reed had done so a at our suggestion. They could have. Rejected our advice. But they accepted our rats Anjanie a comments echoed remarks on wednesday by Iran a spiritual Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei that Tehran is against talks with the United states. Khamenei said that a the islamic Republic government would not possibly do so without my president Bush said thursday he was cheered by the release of two american hostages but was unwilling to make any conciliatory gestures toward Iran at this time. He said he was prepared to a do anything that be perceived As negotiating for the release of Tehran radio reporting other parts of rats Anjanie a speech quoted him As saying a someone should have taken the first step to solve the hostage Issue. The expectation was that a government like the United states which is a big government would step in and solve the Issue. But Here the lebanese warriors seized the initiative and released the hostages without complains overseas went a overboard a amps Dave Didio Here a the Page overseas put out to atone for its lighthearted contest that struck a nerve at cafes. By Randy Mcclain staff writer can cafes take a joke apparently not. That a the lesson the editorial staff of overseas Magazine Learned after a humor column poking fun at the Exchange services real and imagined inefficiencies appeared on the publications a Aback talk Page last month. Twenty make believe cafes slogans penned by overseas readers were published in april and Exchange service officials in Dallas went into a Tizzy. Among the selections printed were a lines r us a a if we done to got it you can to get it and a closed for your the winning entry a a it a the Giessen computers fault a netted its creator Bill Swisher of Frankfurt West Germany a $25 grand prize. Cafes was not amused. Murry Greenwald co owner of the Magazine said he received several Calls of complaint from Exchange service officials in the United states. He declined to name the complainers identifying them Only As a basically it was perceived As a bashing of cafes a said Greenwald who added that he and business partner Andy Anderson of Leiden West Germany apologized to the Exchange service for overstepping the Bounds of Good humor. Overseas a an 83,000-circulation Magazine that features travel articles car reviews and entertainment news a is distributed on military installations and at cafes exchanges throughout Europe. A sometimes humor does no to do what it sets out see cafes on Back Page
