European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 24, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a a the stars and stripes thursday May 24,1990bush to push Gorbachev on cafe talk getting treaty this year is important Baker says Washington apr president Bush will press soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev at their Summit meeting to revive negotiations to remove tens of thousands of troops and tanks from Europe Secretary of state James Baker said wednesday. Baker outlining Bush a Agenda for the May 31 june 3 Summit also said the president will try to keep the talks on conventional forces in Europe from being impeded by unrest in the breakaway Republic of Lithuania. Baker said it is important that a cafe treaty be signed this year cutting . And soviet non nuclear forces in Europe. Baker failed to make headway on the Issue last week in his own talks in mos cow. . Officials said the soviets were reluctant to conclude the Accord until they were assured there would be reductions in German forces As Well. But Baker said the administration hoped a president to president level of discussions can give some new impetus to the negotiations. On tuesday a senior . Official said it would be difficult to Complete the treaty this year because of the German Issue and also because of soviet concerns about the steadfastness of the East european allies. At a White House news conference wednesday Baker said the treaty being negotiated by nato and the Warsaw pact in Vienna Austria would a change the map of  Baker said it is up to germans to decide a the internal aspects of the unification of East Germany with West Germany. On troop Levels Baker said outsiders could get involved in the discussions but Here too the germans were in charge of their future. Apart from soviet concerns about Germany and the Warsaw pact the treaty also is lagging Over differences about some of the weapons to be reduced and about anti cheating provisions. Baker said the main sticking Point is a dispute Over which aircraft to limit. He also stressed the importance of verification. A at stake is the destruction of tens of thousands of pieces of soviet military equipment a he said. On Lithuania where the soviets have imposed a partial economic Boycott to deter an Independence drive Baker said a Long term improvement in superpower relations depends on a widening democratic values throughout soviet  Baker said soviet policies in Lithuania a May disturb us deeply offending our fundamental  but he said a there is too much at stake. To dismiss cavalierly the potential for  also Baker said the slowdown in conventional arms negotiations would not deter the Bush administration from completing another treaty to Cut Long Range nuclear missiles on both sides. A it is a very Good thing for the United states of America a he said a so Why link it a Bush a son Calls conflict of interest charges a frivolous Washington apr the presidents son Neil Bush on wednesday told a congressional committee investigating the $1 billion collapse of a Colorado Thrift that he never pressured Federal regulators to slow the closing. Bush who served on the Board of directors of the Silverado banking savings and loan association of Denver told the House banking committee that allegations of conflict of interest a Are  a the fact they Are being pursued is baffling to me a said Bush an Oil and Gas Developer who has denied any wrongdoing. Bush appeared As the committee voted to Issue subpoenas to former Silverado executives who failed to testify As requested. A Federal regulator told the committee tuesday that Bush a focal Point of the inquiry into the Silverado failure approved $106 million in Loans to a business associate who defaulted on the entire amount. A there was no conflict of interest a Bush said about those Loans. A i did no to have any financial interest or any interest Neil Bush otherwise in any of the enterprises. Stephen Hershkowitz Deputy director of enforcement for the office of Thrift supervision and other regulators said Silverado made inflated Loans to developers who had to reinvest part of the Money Back into the Thrift. Bush said he never used his influence As a son of then vice president Bush to slow the closing of Silverado and said he made Clear when he joined the Board that he would not be used politically. Bush conceded that his fathers position May have been a Factor in his election to the Board he was a director from August 1985 to August 1988, resigning two weeks after his father won the gop presidential nomination. The a amp a collapsed in december 1988. Bush arrived to testify amid tight Security secret service agents with bomb sniffing dogs had swept through the hearing room several hours earlier. Bush 34, smiled and laughed with a Phalanx of photographers before the hearing began. He was flanked at the witness table by four other former directors of Silverado. White House spokesman Sean Walsh said the president would Nave no comment on the matter and a emr. Bush is a private citizen a he added referring to Neil. Senate decides to maintain ban on nine semiautomatic weapons Washington apr the Senate responding to appeals from police voted wednesday to maintain restrictions on nine semiautomatic weapons As part of its omnibus crime Bill. A there Are too Many Bullet holes in Blue suits. There Are too Many women weeping Over coffins. There Are too Many children without fathers a said sen. Dennis Deconcini a Ariz. The 52-48 vote came As a Sharp defeat for the National Rifle association which had lobbied to kill the curbs in the wide ranging Bill. Officials of the fraternal order of police and other Law enforcement groups had called on the Senate to support the restrictions. The plan bans the import of Norico Mitchell and poly technologies aks israeli military industries Uzi and galil the Beretta ar-70 Fabrique National fal Lar and inc and the steer aug. A it also prohibits Domestic manufacture of the intrater Tec-9 the Street sweeper striker 12 the Colt ar-15 and car-15 and the Mac-10 and Mac-11. Sen. Orrin Hatch a Utah failed in his Effort to delete the curbs from a larger crime Bill that among other things Calls for the death penalty for 30 Federal crimes. The narrow margin prompted critics to Call for a Quick second vote in an Effort to reverse the decision. The Senate voted 50-49 not to reconsider. On the initial Roll Call nine republicans joined 43 democrats in upholding the curbs. Twelve democrats and 36 republicans sought to delete them. The Bush administration opposes the restrictions which would bar the import of five foreign made assault weapons and outlaw . Manufacture of four others. Other provisions would restore the death penalty for 30 Federal crimes including presidential assassination. They would overhaul the system under which courts review the constitutionality of criminal trials and allow courts to consider evidence gathered with flawed warrants if police acted in Good Faith. It would Fine tune the Money laundering Laws and allow death Row inmates to use statistics in appeals claiming their sentences were the result of racial discrimination. The Bill originally was part of the Bush administrations anti come package but has Long since been rewritten by majority democrats in the Senate. The administration now opposes most of the Bill a provision. The Campaign for restrictions on assault weapons began m january 1989, when a deranged Man with an ak-47 Rifle opened fire on a Stockton calif., schoolyard leaving five dead and 30 wounded. Deconcini who two years ago won the nral so legislator of the month award called his Bill a Compromise Between the Lack of any restrictions favored by the gun group and stringent measures being urged by sen. Howard m. Metzenbaum a Ohio and other Liberal lawmakers. The Senate on tuesday overwhelmingly rejected a Metzenbaum move to enlarge the list of restricted assault weapons from nine to 21. Sex University president pleads guilty to making obscene Calls Fairfax in fall a Jovial i n us. Fairfax a. Apr Richard e. Berendzen who has resigned As american University president pleaded guilty wednesday to two Misdemeanour charges of making obscene Telephone Calls from his University office. Fairfax county general District court judge j. Conrad Waters or. Sentenced Berendzen to 30 Days in jail on each charge but suspended All the jail time provided the educator stays out of trouble for one year. A i deeply regret All of this a Berendzen told the judge in his Only comment in court. In a statement read by his attorney Gerard Treanor outside the courthouse Berendzen said the guilty plea concludes a chapter in my life of pain apprehension and  it has been a necessary step one i have taken after much contemplation and with deep regret for my actions a the statement said. Berendzen said he would continue treatment on an outpatient basis at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore As ordered by the court. Commonwealths attorney Robert Horan said Berendzen received the Standard sentence. Berendzen 51, resigned april 8 As president of the Washington d.c., University saying he was exhausted. He was charged May 11 with two Misdemeanour counts of making indecent Calls to residents of a suburban Annandale Home. Fairfax county police filed the charges a week after Berendzen left Johns Hopkins where he reportedly was treated at the sexual disorders clinic. Berendzen made the Calls March 28 and 29 to the Home of a Day care provider married to a Fairfax county police investigator police said. A Nln scene Telephone Calls is punishable by up to a $ 1,000 Fine and one year in jail. The University a Board of trustees said in a statement following Berendzen a resignation that the Harvard educated astronomer quit a in the Best inter behaviour a University after a allegations of improper during the Calls Berendzen talked about a explicit or no a Gross and . Sex with adults and children one of the victims said. .n2l�2 Berendzen released a Short statement apologizing for the embarrassment caused by the Cir skis his resi8nation-he did sincemo611 had Bee Quot president of he University the trustees have appointed or. Milton Greenberg ?1 president and darted a nationwide search for a permanent replacement