European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday june 17, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 3 Mission lost and found imagine standing in the Middle of somewhere but not knowing where you sure or exactly where you re going. You re alone with Only a map and a Compass As your guides. Staff sgt. Aubrey Benn of the 3rd in 5th Cav regt in Kirch Gons ponders that predicament Friday above left before starting out on the land navigation course at the Ranger Camp near Eckel Hausen West Germany. Benn like his classmates has four hours to find different coordinates that take him through knee deep grass up Steep Hills and along lonely trails above. The course which winds through three Kilometres of Countryside requires Benn to frequently consult his Compass left. A amps photos by Scott a. Mill Arbush now favors 3rd world fund to save Ozone Washington apr the Bush administration in a policy reversal said Friday that it would go along with other Industrial countries and help create a $100 million fund to Aid poor nations in phasing out Ozone depleting chemicals. The proposed fund would be administered by the world Bank Over three years. An administration source said the United states would contribute $25 million. . Opposition to the fund had threatened to disrupt an International conference this week in London at which participating nations will consider changes to strengthen the 1987 treaty to phase out chlorofluorocarbons or rfcs by the turn of the Century. The ranking Republican on the Senate environment and Public works committee sen. John Cha fee of Rhode Island called the announcement a tremendously Good news coming As it does a on the eve of the London  before fridays announcement the administration had maintained that any assistance to third world nations for phasing out rfcs should come from existing world Bank resources and not new funds. Earlier Mustafa k. Tolba of Egypt head of the . Environment program said . Opposition to the financial Aid fund suggested by a number of european countries last month threatened to unravel the Montreal protocol the 1987 treaty that Calls for reducing Reliance on Ozone destroying chemicals such As rfcs. Many scientists say the rfcs used widely As refrigerants and aerosol propellants Are depleting the Ozone layer which protects the Earth from harmful Levels of ultraviolet rays. While specifics of the . Proposal were not released the fund is expected to have resources of $100 million Over three years with the . Contribution about $25 million said one source who requested anonymity. Fridays announcement was a shift from last month when administration officials said no new Aid should be directed to developing countries to reduce production of rfcs. Elaborating on fridays announcement White House spokesman Peter Hart said there have been continuing discussions about this Issue within the administration and a a we be heard from other governments. We have found that we re at a Point where we feel such a fund is  . Officials recognized that failing to help the developing nations a particularly such heavy Csc producers As China and India a would alienate them and keep them from signing the pending update of the Montreal protocol one administration source said. A Linchpin of the new proposal Calls for eliminating rfcs by the year 2000, a position Bush endorsed during his presidential Campaign. The proposed fund would help poor countries convert from Csc use to other chemicals. One of the countries pressuring the United states to Back helping poor nations was Britain an administration source said. Bush officials Are optimistic that the other Montreal protocol nations will agree to the plan. Specifics such As How the Aid would be granted will be worked out in the London negotiations. . Officials Are expected to push for a system under which the largest contributors would have the most say in where the Money goes. A world Bank official hailed the White House announcement As a the beginning of a Chance for real dialogue on the Csc question. The official who also spoke on the condition of anonymity said that a a you be just got to have some sort of positive incentives for the poor countries to comply. The White House statement was put out under the name of chief of staff John Sununu who has been criticized by environmentalists for blocking other environmental initiatives. Environmentalists have also criticized the administration for what they Call foot dragging on eliminating  of Radical palestinian group Dies in shootout Tyre Lebanon apr a commander in Abu Nidal a Radical palestinian organization was slain saturday in a shootout with a rival faction. Police said Omar Hamadeh commander of the Fatah revolutionary Council for the Tyre Region was killed in machine gun exchanges with Fatah a Force of the palestinian liberation organization. The fighting took place in the Rashi Adiyeh refugee Camp 50 Miles South of Beirut. Hamadeh a bodyguard was wounded police said. They said Hamadeh a death led to intensified clashes with machine guns and hand grenades inside the Camp. Ras Hidiyeh is Home to 18,500 palestinian refugees registered with the United nations and also houses an unknown number of unregistered refugees and other occupants. The fighting followed the assassination of a Plo official at his Home in Ras Hidiyeh on Friday. No group has claimed responsibility for the killing. But a Plo statement blamed it on a israeli collaborators seeking to trigger a War Between Yasser Arafat a loyalists and opponents in the Camps. Fatah revolutionary Council and Fatah Are at Odds because of a bitter feud Over policy Between Abu Nidal whose real name is Sabri Al Banna and Arafat. Abu Nidal a group is outside the Plo which brings together a number of palestinian guerrilla groups the largest being Arafat a Fatah