European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday May 29,1990 news updates Germany armies Berlin a the armies of East Germany and West Germany have established official relations including top level leadership contacts the government run news Agency in East Berlin said monday. For decades the nato Mem Ber West German army was on guard against the Warsaw pact fast German troops. But that is changing As the two countries come closer to formal unification. Following a meeting monday West German defense minister Gerhard Stoltenberg and his East German counterpart Caincr Eppelmann said the new contacts were to begin immediately the fast German news Agency adn reported. According to adn the relations Are to include the adoption and promotion of contacts Between the leaderships formations and units As Well As institutions of both a  the two sides also agreed on intensifying cooperation on Security and disarmament questions. Akihito s Seoul visit Seoul South Korea a most South koreans responding to a newspaper s poll support a visit to Seoul by japanese emperor Aki Hito but they feel that his apology for Japan s colonial Rule of their nation was insufficient the paper reported monday. The Dong a ilbo also said More than 60 percent of the koreans it polled think president Roh Tae woo s just concluded trip to Japan was helpful for better relations be tween the two countries. Dissident wife reunited Taipei Taiwan a Linda Arrigo the american wife of a prominent taiwanese dissident who was released under a presidential amnesty after serving 10 years of a life prison sentence has been reunited with her husband. Arrigo 41, who had previously been barred from entering Taiwan received a warm Welcome from her husband Shih Ming Teh and other opposition leaders when she flew into Taipei Airport from Newyork. Shih 49, was freed May 21 to Mark the inauguration of presi Dent Lee Teng Hui. Shih was convicted of instigating an anti government riot in the Southern taiwanese City of Kaohsiung in 1979. Iraq will hit Back strongly if Israel attacks Saddam says Baghdad Iraq a president Saddam Hussein monday warned Israel that Iraq will use weapons of total destruction against the jewish state if it attacks Iraq with similar , speaking at the opening ses Sion of an emergency Arab Summit said we declare that if Israel commits aggression and attacks then we will Witback strongly. If Israel uses weapons of total destruction then we will use weapons of total destruction against it and we will never give up  Saddam who is hosting the Summit seeking to Muster Arab support for what he perceives to be a Western and Israel Campaign against his country did not specify what weapons he was talking about. But the arabs claim the israelis have up to 200 nuclear weapons. Iraq has been building up its Arsenal of Long Range missiles capable of hitting Israel. The iraqi Leader claims that Iraq now has stocks of binary chemical weapons. In March he threatened to use the against the jewish state if attacked. He accused the United states of financing and encouraging israeli aggression and  the United slates bears a Basic an primary responsibility for the policy of aggression and expansion practice bythe zionist entity against the arabs he declared in Iraq s ornate conference Cen  zionist entity would not be Able to commit aggression and expansion territorially at the expense of the arabs without the military might and political support of the United states he  Bellicose speech echoed the fears of other Arab states including Jordan and set the tone of a Summit that is expected to take a concerted  and seek to Block the anticipated emigration of hundreds of thousands of soviet jews to  Hussein of Jordan one of sad dam s closest allies appealed to Ara leaders to help his hash emite kingdom beef up its wavering Economy and but Tress its military  warned them that abandoning Jordan is abandoning  arabs fear that Many of the soviet jews will be settled in the israeli occupied West Bank and Gaza strip land declared a Palestine state by the Palestin ians in 1988. Jordan which neighbors the Westbank is concerned that Large scale jew ish settlement in the Region will drive palestinians into Jordan and destabilize the  Hussein told the opening session that abandoning Palestine Means forfeiting pan Arab  Summit was bedevilled by old Arab rivalries and there were Clear signs of disagreement Between the hard liners led by Iraq and the moderates including Egypt and saudi Arabia Over How Tough a line they should take against the United  conference was boycotted by Syri an president Hafez Assad Saddam s archrival in the Arab world and presi Dent Elias Herawi of Lebanon. Syrian troops control two thirds of Lebanon. Assad had said he would not attend the Summit held in the capital of his Arab rival because it was too hastily convened without a proper Agenda address ing the myriad  opening of the Summit was delayed by an abortive last minute attempt by libyan Leader col. Moa mar Qadhafi to persuade Assad to attend the Confer ence or at least Send a representative. 6 killed in Boston House Blaze Boston a an immigrant Cou ple their three Young daughters and a Visi Tor at their Home died in the City s deadliest fire in 18 years. Authorities said they suspect the Blaze was started by a cigarette. The fire engulfed the family s wooden duplex within minutes said fire commissioner Leo Stapleton. Firefighters were on the scene about three minutes after the fire was reported Early sunday he said. It was the worst Blaze in the City since1972, when nine firefighters died battling a fire at the hotel vendome Stapleton said. These were old wooden buildings about 100 years old so the fire spread very quickly he said. It raced right up the stairs into the  Stapleton said he suspected a cigarette left in an overstuffed chair might have sparked the Blaze. We know one of the male occupants had been smoking earlier in the eve Ning he said. We think right now the cause was careless  authorities withheld the names of the victims but neighbors and friends identified them As Myles o Neill and his wife Maureen both in their mid-20s their daughters Charlene 4, Stacy 2, and Leanna 8 months and a visitor Patrick Mcgovern. He was the boy Friend of Maureen s sister Diedre who escaped into the adjoining apartment inthe duplex by smashing a window. She was listed in fair condition at the Faulkner Hospital where she was treated for smoke inhalation and Shock. The woman who escaped was very Lucky to get out of there Stapleton said. The apartment contained at least one smoke Detector but its batteries were dead Stapleton said. Neighbors said the o Neils had Emi grated from Galway in Western Ireland. On sunday a Flag flew at half staff i Roslindale Square. The ribbon on a Wreath placed at the door of the gutted duplex read friends from  17 injured when storms topple towers Baton Rouge la. A thunderstorm winds toppled speaker towers at an annual music and arts festival in Juring 27 people authorities said. Several thousand people at the Bato Rouge fest for All were watching a warm up band and waiting for a performance by the temptations when 7-foot-High scaffolding on either Side of the stage came crashing Down sunday afternoon said sgt. Carl Thompson. The stage was covered with a canopy and there were speaker towers on either Side Thompson said. The wind came up and collapsed the  paramedic Mark Olson said two peo ple were hospitalized with facial cuts an broken Bones and 25 others were treated for minor injuries and released. None of the band members were Hurt Olson said. It was mostly the peo ple in the front of the stage Hurt by the speakers tumbling  the temptations show was to have been the festival finale. Officials can celeb the show. The stage platform which was mad of scaffolding was about two stories High Olson said. He estimated the crowd at 5,000. The festival is held for two weekend son streets throughout downtown Baton Rouge. The stage was located in the parking lot of the Baton Rouge Centro plex which is part of the City govern ment building Complex. The storms wreaked havoc through much of the state sunday evening knocking Down Trees and cutting Power to thousands. Winds gusted to 47 Mph in Bato Rouge and 78 Mph in the new Orleans area. About 25,000 people in new or leans were without electricity for at Leas part of the evening said Mike Sanders of new Orleans Public service inc. Power outages also were reported in Central Louisiana. Accounting firm finishing is consolidation study by Mary net staff writer a team studying the feasibility of combining some or All of the operations of the stars and stripes news papers in Europe and the far East is winding up it report. The final draft according to an official of the Amer ican forces information service is scheduled to be delivered to the department of defense by the Middle of july. It will then go to the House armed service subcommittee on readiness. To Complete the report four members of the inter National accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand Are now visiting the european edition of the newspaper. The purpose of the two week visit according to Robertl. Davis afis Deputy assistant director for print Media plans and policy is to assure that their studies properly reflect the views of the . European come the newspaper staff and its readers. The team spent the last two weeks of april getting the same input from the Pacific come and the newspaper staff there. We want to be sure that the report does not reflect just the perspective of the department of defense Davis said monday. A study by the general accounting office in 1986recommended that the two newspapers be consolidated. In 1989, a congressional committee directed that apis implement the recommendations or justify not doing so. Afis hired Coopers & Lybrand one of the eight largest accounting firms in the United states to make an Independent analysis of the issues. Depending on its findings the accounting firm can recommend that the Gao report be implemented i whole or part. It can recommend that future studies be made by the defense department or propose that some sort of legislation be enacted. Davis said that the latter was very unlikely. The team also is looking into whether it makes sense to turn Over operation of the stars and stripes bookstores to the army and air Force Exchange serv ice and to the Navy Exchange system. Bookstore revenues in the Pacific and Europe subsidize operation of the respective newspapers which Are printed at a loss. Transferring the bookstores to the military Exchange systems would require setting up some sort of Revenue sharing arrangement to keep the newspapers running. Including their Bookstore Revenue the two newspapers had Gross sales last year of $89 million