European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 28, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and stripes monday april 28,1990 Bush tries to reassure Gorbachev pushes benefits of Germany in nato Washington up with Only Days to go before president Bush and soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev begin Summit talks the Bush administration sunday sought to defuse a potential stumbling Block Over German membership in nato. In a series of interviews. Bush and Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii attempted to reassure Gorbachev of the benefits of a reunified Germany joining the nato Alliance of Western nations. In an interview conducted last thursday at the White House by soviet television s Valentin Zorin Bush again said he Hopes to convince Gorbachev that a reunited Germany with full membership in nato will not be a threat to the Kremlin. A Germany in nato not Only is no threat to the soviet Union but preserves the kind of stable Europe that the soviets should Welcome Bush said in the interview broadcast sunday in the soviet Union. Baker in an interview on lbs face the nation echoed Bush s statement that it is the president s Tob to convince Gorbachev that nato is a defensive Alliance and has been a Force for stability in Europe for 40  a Germany with full membership in nato will be a Germany that will not be concerned with establishing its own Security requirements Baker said. And that s very important to Europe and to the soviet  when asked if the soviet Union could Block the reunification of Germany Baker said they be go certain Legal rights As Well As responsibilities As one of the four Allied Powers. He added of course they could refuse to permit those rights and responsibilities to  Brent scowcroft the president s National Security adviser noted that discussions Over the reunification of Germany were Likely to dominate an Agenda that also will include arms control talks the Independence minded Baltic states soviet jewish emigration an Trade relations Between the United states and the soviet Union. I think the fundamental issues at the Summit Are not going to be arms control scowcroft told Abc s this week with David Brinkley on sunday. The fundamental issues Are talking about remaking the political map of Europe and also secondarily what s going on in the soviet  Bush in the interview with soviet television said he anticipates a Frank Tough yet civil Exchange at his four Day Summit with Gorbachev which begins thurs Day. We have a responsibility. For a Broad Agenda of items including world peace Bush said. I be got grandchildren and he s got a family and we can walkabout it As human beings hey what Are we going to do to make things a Little safer " if we argue we will do that pleasantly Bush said of his discussions with Gorbachev. He s a Tough  la listen. I be been around him enough to know that he drives his Point  president again expressed Hope Progress can be made on strategic arms control and cuts in conventional forces in Europe and said the Baltic states drive for Independence is an Issue that cannot be  have to have him understand the constraints on any . President until self determination is visible and forthcoming said Bush who has thus far declined to impose any Tough measures on the soviet Union As a response to Moscow s embargo on Lithia  said at a news conference last week however that he would Likely withhold Normal Trade status fro the soviet Union As Long As the lithuanian question remains unresolved. Bush see him and then i la be Able to Tell you May be mad with me Over some things because we Mohave some differences. But i have said to the american people that i respect what or. Gorbachev has done the Way he s managed and handled the dramatic changes in Eastern  be got some differences Bush added but we re reasonable. We Don t seek anything other than peace and Prosperity for the people of the soviet Union. I be got to convince or. Gorbachev of  shuttle countdown starts astronauts ready to go Cape canaveral Fla. A the space shuttle Columbia s seven astronauts arrived sunday eager to begin a Longcr than usual Mission to explore the mysterious heavenly realm of ultraviolet and a Ray radiation. Well hey we re really glad to be Here Columbia commander Vance Brand told a Small group of journalists and onlookers. We know we have a great ship and we re ready to go. Person ally 1 can t wait to get up there  the Crew the biggest since the 1986 challenger explosion arrived late sunday morning in five Trainer jets from the Johnson space Center in Houston. The countdown for wednesday s launch began As planned at 1 . Sun Day and was proceeding smoothly said Nasa test director Mike Linbach. Lift off is scheduled for 12 38 . No problems have been detected since the shuttle s Cooling system was repaired at the launch pad a Job that delayed the Mission two weeks Linbach said. Air Force forecasters were predicting an 80 percent Chance of favourable weather at launch time. The Columbia will be carrying a $150 million Observatory called the Astro that will be operated continually by four Crew members who Are astronomers. The As Tro s three ultraviolet telescopes and one a Ray Telescope will scan space from the Columbia s payload Bay As the shuttle orbits 218 Miles above Earth. Everything s big on this Mission Brand said. We have a big Crew. We have a lot of Days on orbit nine or 10, and we think a lot of Good and important things to  because of the flight s duration five sets of fuel storage tanks will be used instead of the customary three to provide Power to the orbiting shuttle Leinbach said. It will be the first Mission since 1985 to use components of the space lab a scientific research facility designed for orbiting shuttles. Crewmen will use space lab computers in the rear flight deck to operate the Astro anchored in the payload Bay. No spacewalks Are planned although astronauts Mike lounge and Jeffrey Hoffman Are prepared to venture outside the Cabin if one of the telescopes needs repairs or readjustment. Don t let the fog get in your eyes for the motorcycle rider who has everything anti fogging goggles May soon be on the Market. Although it s not High fashion the newly patented vents goggles use High pressure in the front to exhaust heat and moisture through Low pressure Side Chambers. A general electric plastic Lens is coated for fog and filters ultraviolet Light. Here a technician tests the new device. Reed reunited with Mother 91 Malden mass. A freed hostage Frank Reed s joyous reunion sunday with his 91 year old Mother was tempered with an urgent plea for the speedy release of the six americans still held captive. They Aren t Well he said after arriving at bos ton s Logan International Airport. They Are sick. I Promise you they Are sick. Let us not forget  Reed who has been undergoing medical tests at Andrews fab in Maryland rejoined his Mother for the first time in eight years in a tearful Airport reunion behind closed doors be fore meeting reporters. The Reed family including his wife Nahirna and 9-year-old son Tarek travelled by motorcade to his sister s House in this suburb just North of Boston where cheering neighbors and 100 yellow ribbons awaited the Hometown celebrity. Reed 57, was released april 30 after 44 months in Captivity in Lebanon. Skeleton of suicidal hiker found in Remote Colorado wilderness Boulder Colo. A hikers have discovered the body of a Man who went for a walk in sub freezing temperatures in 1983, after leaving his wife a note saying that he intended to walk until hedged. The remains of Cloyd Ferrall Howard were found in a Remote Jefferson county area thursday by two hikers exploring for Mountain caverns in the Lostcreek wilderness area. Howard was 33 when he left the note for his Wigeon Jan. 29, 1983. Searches failed to turn up any sign of the missing Man until last week. Howard s Skeleton was still partially Clad in jeans and hiking boots. He was identified saturday through dental charts. The Skeleton still had on heavy duty hiking boots jeans a jacket and a digital watch. He had 80 cents in his jeans pocket. We had a Good idea it was Howard because none of the change in his pocket was dated past 1982," said it. Dennis Potter of the Jefferson county sheriffs department. We were amazed at the place where he was found. You could look out Over this ledge and see this Beautiful panoramic Vista. He was lying there fully Skeleton Zed on his Back in a very peaceful repose inside the overhang area he said. Authorities said he hiked four Miles from where he left his vehicle at a Trail head. Temperatures were Well below freezing that Day and several inches of Snow covered the area. He could not have even survived the night the Way he was dressed Potter said. We found no evidence that he built a fire we found no matches or anything else for survival 1 he said. He just climbed up there Lay Down and died probably from