European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a a the stars and stripes Friday june 22,1990berlin to be focus of 2-plus-4 session ending allies Powers Likely to top talks by de Reavis staff writer foreign ministers at today a second round of talks on Germany a future will discuss ways to abolish the extraordinary rights that the four victors of world War ii have Over Berlin a British Diplomat says. The 2-plus-4 conference in East Berlin is the second of four planned meetings of the two Ger Many and the United states soviet Union Britain and France. The meetings arc designed to work out the foreign policy aspects of German unification. Berlin is a demilitarized City that the wars four victors have divided into four sectors. A when Germany is United with full sovereignty it will also mean the end of the Allied status there a the British Diplomat said. A spokesman for the Berlin City government said the allies a have been Able to prevent anyone from entering the City if they choose. A have prohibited West Berlin from Apo Europe gets approval to fill 109 jobs by Crystal Laureano staff writer rheingau West Germany a the army postal group Europe has received an exemption to the defense department hiring freeze to fill 109 civilian positions an official said thursday. The group requested the exemptions for external hires based on current and projected vacancies said Faith Bell chief of resource management. The postal group also can continue to fill additional vacancies by hiring one person with family member preference for every two vacancies which should keep most positions in the organization filled she said. The family member preference policy is throughout the defense department there Are More than 600 civilian positions in army postal group Europe throughout West Germany Italy Belgium and the Netherlands. Soon after the freeze was announced in january army postal authorities predicted that it could prevent some Post offices from maintaining their level of service. In March one official said window service could be hardest hit but postal officials said thursday that Overall postal service has not been severely reduced. There have been no substantial delays in mail delivery said Ernie Smith chief of postal operations. Some locations May have had a one Day delay of surface mail a the lowest priority of mail a but All letter mail continued to be distributed the Day it arrived at army Post offices he said. By extending the employment of temporary workers hired during the Christmas Holiday season and by working More overtime army Post offices were Able to maintain a level of service close to that provided before the freeze Smith said. In some communities including Frankfurt Pir Masens and Kaiserslautern soldiers assisted in distributing mail. Being governed directly by West Germany a Federal government m Bonn. A have barred West Berlin from having a military. A have prohibited its residents from being drafted into West German armed forces. The current status of Berlin was regulated by the four Powers in their London protocol of 1944. In the protocol All parties agreed that Berlin would belong to none of the four victors occupation zones and that it would have a special status. The East German government with the approval of the soviets violated the protocol in 1949 by declaring East Berlin the capital of the newly founded East German state and integrating it into the communist system. The West German Basic Law of 1949 and the Berlin Constitution of 1950 considers West Berlin a West German state. But the United states Britain and France have declared that position irreconcilable with the four Power status of Berlin and have retained supreme government authority for themselves. Besides Berlin the foreign ministers will discuss Many aspects of the German unification the British Diplomat said. Those aspects include troop reductions and the status of a United Germany in nato but decisions on these issues will be made elsewhere. �?otwo-plus-4 is one of the Many balls that Are up in the air right now a a . Official in Bonn said. A there Are several things that have to fall into place for German unification with full sovereignty to be  among the other elements in the process Are the Vienna talks on slashing conventional forces in Europe and the conference on Security and cooperation in Europe. The 2-plus-4 talks began in Bonn on May 5. A third meeting is planned for july in Paris and a fourth for september in Moscow. During the first meeting the foreign ministers discussed the Central question of a United Germany a membership in nato. In Bonn the diplomats also agreed to invite polish foreign minister Skubiszewski to the Paris ses agree to Krzysztof Sion to discuss the delicate question of Poland a Border with Germany. The question is sensitive because parts of prewar Germany now belong to Poland. The poles want assurances that a United Germany will not Challenge the current Border which is formed by the Oder and Neisse Rivers. The parliaments of East Germany and West Germany have begun to work on resolutions aimed at easing Poland a Border anxieties. West German officials also have predicted that a Border treaty with Poland could be worked out by a United Germany. Since the Bonn session soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze and his West German counterpart Hans Dietrich Genscher have been immersed in discussions on German unification. After a meeting with Genscher on monday Shevardnadze said relations Between the countries were at a turning Point that would help unification. A spokesman for the West German foreign ministry said the session a gave us cause to Hope for relatively Quick Progress for All the relevant Easi West  3 sought in rape Case ludwigs Burg West Germany a amps a police Are searching for three americans who raped and robbed a German woman last weekend after she had asked one of them for a ride Home from a Stuttgart disco. The victim had sought the ride about 5 . Saturday in Stuttgart a Malibu disco police said. As she Rode to Lud Wissburg in the Many a Silver car possibly a Ford Taurus with . Forces plates two other men tried unsuccessfully to rape her. In ludwigs Burg the Driver pulled onto a Field Road near the Boheneck swimming Pool and All three men raped the woman police said. They also stole her identity card personal papers and Money. They pushed the victim out of the car about 6 . And drove off. The woman said the three men were Black. Two were described As slim 6 feet 1 Inch tall and about 25 years old. One wore Gray pants and a White to shirt and had very Short Black hair. The other had a 4-Inch-wide round medallion on a Black string around his neck. The third assailant was a muscular Man of about 30 and about 5 feet 8 inches tall. He had Black hair Cut Short on the sides full on top and covering his neck in the Back. He wore a Bluet shirt. Anyone with information about the incident is asked to Call the ludwigs Burg police at 07141-141575. Police issued this composite sketch of the suspect who wore a round medallion. News update Midway makes port Yokosuka Japan it a the aircraft Carrier Midway docked at its Home base thursday after two shipboard explosions killed two Crew members and injured 16 others nine seriously officials said. Aside from the nine seriously injured who were flown to hospitals ashore seven injured crewmen were treated on the ship the Navy said. Rear . Lyle Bull commander of the 7th fleets Carrier group five told reporters the casualties occurred when a firefighting Crew investigated smoke coming from the storeroom shortly before noon wednesday. The first explosion occurred when they opened the Hatch and entered he said. The Pentagon on thursday identified the dead As Ulric Patrick Johnson of Martinez Calif., and Jeffrey Allan Vierra of Nevada City Calif. Cafes resignations linked to theft Neu Ulm West Germany a amps a seven employees at the Neu Ulm Post Exchange have resigned this year in connection with thefts at the store an army air Force Exchange service spokesman says. The thefts involved More than $6,000 Worth of goods and Cash capt. Wes Davis said wednesday. In addition the criminal investigation come continues to investigate the May 25 break in that netted burglars about $10,000 Worth of jewelry and other items. An army official said the intruders also damaged the Exchange jewelry counters. The first two employees resigned feb. 16 after Exchange officials Learned that clothing was purchased for $173 less than the actual Price. The store discovered it had lost an additional $1,300 through under priced transactions in stereo and electronics goods and three More workers resigned March 7 and 8. Another employee resigned March 24 after an attempt to return for refunds $3,500 Worth of stolen watches and clothing. The most recent resignation occurred May 11 in connection with a $1,180 theft of Money from a Cash Register with manipulated sales figures Davis said. Davis said All seven former employees Elf Lac Asi a re f it at a Rel fluff to repay signed promissory notes pledging to the store for the losses it incurred. Soldiers hanging death ruled a suicide Kaiserslautern West Germany a amps a the hanging death of a 20-year-old Soldier has been ruled a suicide by medical authorities according to a spokeswoman for the 29th area support group. Pfc. David j. Szala was found hanged behind the Vogel Weh main Exchange tuesday morning. An autopsy was com Gleed wednesday at Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center. Investigators also found a note but have not disclosed its contents said Brigitte de Jesus the spokeswoman for the 29th. Szala was assigned to Btry a 1st in 7th air defense arty at Rhine ordnance Barracks As a Turbine engine driven Generator repairman. His unit said he was j Model Soldier and not known to be m any trouble. T. A a Szala is survived by his father Jow m. Szala of Albion Maine. A Roe Mona service was held at the Vogel Weh Chape thursday