European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a the stars and stripes saturday june 16,1990 . Rejects soviet Call for talks this fall on nuclear missile cuts Washington up a the United states rejected a soviet proposal Friday to begin fall negotiations on reducing superpower Short Range nuclear missiles. White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater declared that the administration agreed with the position taken by nato and believed such talks should be held off until after an agreement was reached on reducing conventional forces in Europe. The soviet Union proposed Friday that negotiations be held in the fall to eliminate All Short Range nuclear weapons from Europe said nato officials in Brussels Belgium. Short Range nuclear missiles Are those with ranges of less than 300 Miles. In a written statement Fitzwater noted that president Bush has said the Short nuclear forces talks or inf should begin after the conclusion of a conventional forces Accord known As cafe. Fitzwater also said that a the soviet offer of unilateral cuts. Would be Welcome since it would parallel natos  news updates Hong Kong Bill oked London apr the House of commons approved legislation thursday to allow 50,000 Heads of households from Hong Kong and their families to enter Britain when the Colony is handed Back to China in 1997. Some members of the conservative party fought the governments proposal saying it would flood the country with Hong Kong refugees. In Beijing the chinese government reiterated its objection to the plan expressing a its just and solemn demands with regard to this question a foreign ministry spokeswoman i Jinhua  head Home Bucharest Romania apr president elect Ion Iliescu Friday ordered miners he had summoned to help put Down anti government riots to go Home but Many remained in the capital clubbing anyone they considered a government opponent. Iliescu a swearing in As president was postponed amid the chaos. The miners streamed into Bucharest on thursday after Iliescu called for their help in countering what he called a a fascist forces. The miners beat pedestrians and journalists and raided the offices of opposition parties. The state news Agency rompers said Iliescu met with the miners leaders Friday and ordered them to leave the capital and that miners began boarding buses for Bucharest a Northern railway station. From there they were to return on special trains to their Homes in the Jiu Valley mining Region of Western Romania. But an hour after the announcement miners were still roaming Central  a Page 1 headline yesterday May have caused some confusion regarding travel to Berlin. As the article explained Flag orders no longer Are needed to ride on the . Duty train but they still Are needed by people travelling on the Helmstedt to Berlin autobahn and on the British and French duty trains. A Onato has significantly and unilaterally reduced its nuclear forces Over the past decade a he said. Fitzwater also pointed out that the United states is cancelling the next generation Lance missile a and will not be progressing with the modernization of nuclear artillery in  he said that the soviet Union has a a preponderance of forces in the Short Range category in Europe a and any unilateral reduction can help enhance predictability and  a the position of nato. Is that negotiations on . And soviet inf systems in Europe should begin shortly after a cafe agreement is concluded a he added. He explained that nato strategy is based on maintaining an adequate mix of nuclear and conventional weapons. Nato he reported will be discussing its approach to inf negotiations Over the next few months particularly at the nato Summit meeting july 5-6 in London. Nato officials said talks to address the soviets advantage in Short Range missiles Are a Long overdue but stressed that . Officials Are not ready to negotiate elimination of All ground based Short Range missiles. The United states refers to a Short Range nuclear weapons As Only ground based systems which exclude a new tactical air to surface missile or task now under development the air launched task is designed to protect nato aircraft by firing self propelled missiles capable of reaching the soviet Union from outside soviet airspace. . Strategists consider task the successor to obsolete Lance ground based missiles. However task will not be ready until around 1995, so nato is seeking to keep some of the outdated land based systems in place for the time being. The deployment Issue also has not been settled a Britain says it will accept task equipped aircraft but West Germany has been Balking. A amp Flag fan five year old Jenifer Mcclure shows her patriotic spirit during Flag Day and army birthday observances thursday in Heidelberg West Germany. Some building projects targeted for cutback Are in Early phases by Gary Pomeroy staff writer More than a Quarter of the 207 military construction projects on defense Secretary Dick Cheney a potential hit list Are in the planning or design phase at the european division of the army corps of engineers. Those projects Are mostly in West Germany and include work for the air Force army department of defense dependents schools and military medical facilities corps spokesman Larry Hawthorne said Friday. They include new construction As Well As improvements to existing facilities. The Pentagon announced thursday that Cheney will ask Congress to cancel a substantial number of projects at Home and overseas. Cheney must ask Congress for approval because the projects involve Money already appropriated by lawmakers defense spokesman Glenn flood said. Pentagon officials would not comment Friday on what projects Cheney has put on his list which is expected to be unveiled and sent to Capitol Hill next week. Cheney has also extended for a second time a construction freeze first implemented Jan. 24. The Extension of the building moratorium to nov. 15 caused concern at the corps european division but came As no great Surprise. A we had anticipated the freeze continuing a Hawthorne said at division Headquarters in Frankfurt West Ger Many. A officials in Washington kept us apprised of the situation on a daily basis the continuance was not  the Extension comes just three weeks after the division received permission from the army to reduce its work Force to 689 by cutting 200 people by oct. 1. A if the program continues to drop then the 689 figure will also have to drop by the end of the fiscal year a he said. The division still expects to Complete $491 million in construction by the end of september but predictions for next fiscal year have dropped substantially. At one time $420 million was the target. A a it Snow $260 million and that a based on no new construction through the end of this fiscal year a he said. After that it just Falls off the  contributing to this report staff writer Chuck Vinch in Washington substantial number of projects at Home suing a Hawthorne said at division staff utter it and overseas. Cheney must ask Congress Headquarters in Frankfurt West Ger Washington . Trade deficit appears to be on a Roll downward Mosbacher say Jon up a the . The april numbers adjusted to a to $4 billion in april from $3.6 Imp Lex Hoft St fall c 1 a Kil a it ant Fri coach thai Koa mkt Tia in a Caruti in Fop tic vat to fun Washington up a the . Merchandise Trade deficit fell $1.4 billion in april to $6.9 billion from $8.4 billion in March mainly due to lower imports of cars and Oil the government reported Friday. Commerce Secretary Robert Mosbacher said a the country a Trade deficit appears to be on a Roll a a Roll  some analysts cautioned however that the reduction in the Trade deficit was partly due to a lower consumer demand that is slowing Down the Economy. Mosbacher noted the april Trade shortfall of $6.9 billion 17 percent smaller than March a is the lowest monthly figure since 1983, except for a $6.1 billion level in february. The Secretary predicted this year that the Trade deficit in billions of dollars would fall a to the Low 90s�?� because of a resurgence in exports and an apparent flattening of import growth since the Spring of 1989. During the first four months of the year exports totalled $129.6 billion up 8.9 percent from the same period in 1989. Imports reached $ 160.3 billion up 4.8 percent. The april numbers adjusted to account for seasonal factors brought the deficit to an annual average of $92.2 billion for 1990, Down from $109 billion for 1989 and $118.5 billion for 1988, according to the Commerce departments census Bureau. The Trade deficit with Japan  names airman who died Span Dahlem a West Germany a amps a base officials on Friday released the name of an airman who died thursday As staff sgt. Zan Murphy assigned to the 52nd trans so. A memorial service will be held at 2 . Tuesday at the Span Dahlem base Chapel. Co workers found Murphy 32, dead in his dormitory room at 11 . Thursday. The Imperial Beach calif., native died of accidental suffocation base spokeswoman staff sgt. Paula Rogers said. Officials would not describe the circumstances of the suffocation. To $4 billion in april from $3.6 billion in March. So far this year Japan has enjoyed a $13.6 billion Trade surplus with the United states Down from $16.3 billion in the same period in 1989. Irwin Kellner chief economist at manufacturers Hanover in new York warned that lower imports and exports in april signal a a weakening of the  in april imports fell to $39.2 billion from $41.9 billion in March reflecting lower Cost to purchases foreign Oil. Cars and Auto parts and engines Industrial supplies and materials food feeds capital goods consumer goods and Otner merchandise. Imports of Oil and cars each dropped by a billion. Oil imports fell to $3.8 billion in april and the number of barrels dropped to 226 million from 261 million in March. The april $16.57 average Price per barrel was $ 1.61 less than the $ 1 of in March Price and $2.69 lower than to january to March average once o $19.26, the census Bureau said. The slip in april exports is dangerous because in recent years exports of go Ltd a have been one of the engines of growth the . Economy Kellner said