European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 7, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday june 7,1990roh, Gorbachev plan to a melt the ice Washington apr South korean president Roh Tae woo said wednesday that he and soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev have agreed to undertake a joint Effort to a melt the ice that still exists from the cold War. Speaking to reporters after conferring with president Bush Roh also said a peace settlement on the korean Peninsula could Lead to further reductions or reallocation of american forces in South Korea. Roh met with Bush two Days after his groundbreaking meeting with Gorbachev in san Francisco the first such encounter since Korea was divided after world War ii. Roh said he and Gorbachev agreed to cooperate a so that we can melt the ice that still exists from the cold War  asked about prospects for reunification with North Korea Roh said that country must first open up and embark on a Reform process. He said Gorbachev a agreed to Combine efforts along that  he said the meeting will help reduce tensions on the Peninsula and expressed Hope it will a help greatly the process of  earlier As the two leaders posed for photographers in the Oval office Bush described As a very important the san Francisco meeting. Roh said he was pleased that the meeting with Gorbachev took place in the United states. Bush received Roh after the South korean had breakfast with vice president Dan Quayle. There was a sense of optimism As Roh flew Here tuesday from san Francisco to Brief Bush on his meeting. A this historic meeting has improved prospects for peace on the korean Peninsula and eventual korean unification a state department Deputy spokesman Richard Boucher said. Roh predicted that the meeting eventually will Lead to full diplomatic relations with Moscow. The administration is hopeful that without the unswerving support of the soviet Union communist North Korea will be More Likely to seek friendlier ties with South Korea and the industrialized West. In his remarks monday Roh noted that the Gorbachev Era in Moscow has brought a generalized easing of East West tensions except in Korea. A the korean Peninsula remains the last area of tension in the cold War a he said. A the cold War on the korean Peninsula now begins to  on tuesday Roh called the meeting a the greatest diplomatic events in South korean history and said efforts would be made to establish ties with another longtime rival China. . Officials expressed Delight with the prospective accommodation Between Seoul and Moscow recalling that it was less than seven years ago that a soviet missile shot Down a Korea commercial jetliner killing All 269 people aboard. In the aftermath soviet american relations hit a Low Point. The Bush administration attached significance to the Roh Gorbachev meeting because Korea has Long been viewed As one of the most Likely areas for an East West showdown. It is an area where tensions often have run High where there Are heavy concentrations of military weapons and where both Moscow and Washington have vital interests. The meeting with Gorbachev occurred just three weeks Short of the 40th anniversary of the outbreak of the korean War a conflict in which the Kremlin was the major arms supplier of North Korea while the United states provided arms and troops for the South. The weapons deliveries by the two superpowers have continued unabated Ever since. One potential Benefit of an eventual accommodation Between the two Korea would be the withdrawal of the 40.000 american troops stationed in South Korea. Of releases b-2 radar profile in Effort to round up support Washington apr the air Force still trying to build support for the stealth bomber said wednesday that the aircraft would appear to be an object no bigger than an insect on a soviet radar Monitor. Gen. Larry d. Welch the air Force chief of staff who faces growing congressional opposition to the b-2 program said the Small Cross Section the aircraft would occupy on a radar screen would enhance its ability to operate without detection in soviet airspace. During testimony before a Senate armed services subcommittee Welch and air Force Secretary Donald Rice unveiled three reports filled with photographs diagrams and graphs to support arguments for the Bat winged bombers which Cost $815 million each. A the b-2s significantly reduced radar Cross Section minimizes the detectability of the b-2 to the Point it can operate with virtual impunity a the air Force said in one report Quot bomber modernization deterrence at the  an unclassified Page in the report describing typical radar Cross sections compared ships aircraft Birds and three insects a the Blue winged Locust the Honeybee and the Alfalfa Caterpillar Butterfly. Pressed to categorize the bomber Welch responded a a it a in the insect  asked which insect he said a we carried this As far As we can in a Public hearing. The air Force has repeatedly said that the b-2 is not invisible and there Are systems that sometimes can detect the aircraft. However Field tests calculations and computer models have shown that the bombers ability to survive is not seriously threatened by such detections air Force officials have said. Rice assured the Senate panel that if the plane fails Low Observability tests scheduled to begin this fall that he would reconsider the program. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney citing a diminished soviet threat to the West and budget pressures proposed on april 27 to Cut the planned total b-2 Purchase from 132 to 75 planes. In the $303 billion defense budget for the fiscal year beginning oct. 1, Cheney Cut the number of stealth bombers to be bought from five to two. Sen. James Exon d-neb., chairman of the Senate subcommittee on strategic forces and nuclear deterrence heralded the testimony from Welch and Rice As a crucial to the continuation of the b-2 bomber  the Senate panel is expected to begin crafting a fiscal 1991 defense Bill later this month. But Exon a b-2 supporter immediately expressed frustration when Rice could not provide specific information on the reduced Cost of the program in fiscal 1991 with the reduction to two aircraft. A million Dollar rain soaks . Following 2 a Bleak and dry years Fargo . Apr after More than two years of praying for rain a in Homes churches and on the Steps of the state Capitol a North Dakotas can see puddles in their wheat Fields. Now they re giving thanks even though its too Early to say the drought is Over. A it was so Bleak and dry for so Long that when we got the rain last week everyone came in with Sunshine on their faces a said Gertrude Buscher executive vice president of the Bank of Beulah. Some folks Are calling it a the million Dollar  Sanford Williams who farms 2,200 acres near Wing in Central North Dakota said 4 inches of rain in the past few Days Are giving his crops new life. A two years ago we did no to pull the Combine out at All. Last year we used the Oats for Hay a said Alvin Braun who farms with his father near Bismarck. Braun got .95 Inch of rain Over the weekend a not As much As he needs but enough to give him Hope. A the drought is hard financially on everybody but i think the mental stress is worse. Just knowing it can rain is really a help a he said. Most of the rain has fallen in the Eastern part of the state. Fargo has reported 5 inches since March 25, nearly half an Inch above Normal. The area got More than 2 inches during a soaking last weekend. Farther West Minot has seen 4lh inches of rain slightly below average and Dickinson has had 2.9 inches a Little More than an Inch below Normal. A i think most people in the state Are cautiously optimistic a it. Gov. Lloyd Omdahl said tuesday. A a there a no doubt its done an awful lot for morale but they realize they need a lot  the Prospect of a third year of drought prompted More than 100 people to gather on the Steps of the Capitol last month to Pray for rain. A rain dance also was held. A we feel christians responded seriously and god has honoured that a said the Rev. Dorn Vetter of Bismarck organizer of the prayer service. While the rain is the main topic of discussion in Coffee shops and on Street Comers farm experts warn that the drought is far from Over. The rain has moistened dry topsoil but it has done Little to restore soil reserves. A study this week found moisture under the top 4 inches of soil still Short Over 97 percent of the state. A a we re starting to catch up in precipitation but its spotty a said Mark Ewens a National weather service forecaster in Fargo. Last year North Dakota crops looked Good until july 1, when temperatures in the 90s and three weeks of no rain burned up the Fields. That could happen again warned James Helm a North Dakota state University agronomist. So far temperatures have been Cool with highs in the 70s. The Cool wet weather also has Hurt one bumper crop a an unwanted one a by slowing the hatching of Grasshoppers that invade during dry spells. Krten  official lifts the lid on hazards from ninja turtles Champaign in. Apr Stop kids done to lift that manhole cover you wont find Raphael or Donatello or any of the teenage mutant ninja turtles Down there. They re just make believe. That message from Champaign school officials came As a Surprise to some first graders found peeking into a sewer in search of the fictional crime ngh ters. The result was a a ninja Turtle alerts sent last week to All elementary schools by Arlene Blank assistant superintendent. A somehow two first Grade girls managed to lift a manhole cover off a said Blank. A by the time the adults got there they had been joined by two first Grade boys. A one of the boys was about to climb Down into the  their motive was simple. A they said they were looking for the teenage mutant ninja turtles a said Blank. A they were very serious about  worried that other children might try the same thing Blank issued the Alert. Her memo asks staff members to talk with pupils from prekindergarten through third Grade and explain that the pizza eating reptiles Are not real. Blank said the youngsters could have been injured or drowned if they had fallen into the rain swollen sewer system. A i think some kids think they exist a said Kevin Fletcher 8. A i done to think they re really alive. I like to think of them As  originally comic Book characters the half Turtle half human ninja warriors Are the hottest kid craze since Batman particularly since the release of a motion picture featuring them in March. The premise dime store pet turtles Are dropped Down a sewer manhole fall into radioactive slime grow to be 6 feet tall and Are trained by a giant ninja rat to defend Liberty. A the ninja turtles Are a Nice Story but that s All they Are a said Blank