European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 4, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a the stars and stripes wednesday thursday july 4/5,1990 by David Tarrant Brussels Bureau Brussels Belgium a president Bush and his nato partners meet thursday and Friday to celebrate the end of the cold War and consider How to Cement new ties with old enemies in Eastern Europe. The meeting in London will Likely result in several Concrete changes in nato defense strategy As Well As spell out the alliances new political responsibilities according to a senior nato Diplomat. A the Agenda at the moment is about As historic As we can think of a Back probably at least 30 years. We re now in an Era of Progress and realization of the goals that we set for ourselves a the official said. A it is a time when the Alliance will be rethinking its purposes and redirecting its efforts Quot said the Diplomat who spoke on the condition of anonymity. Among the tasks for Bush and the other leaders of the 16-member Alliance will be to consider an overhaul of natos War machinery. The Washington Post and the new York times quoted sources monday who indicated that Bush wants the United states and its Western Europe allies to make nuclear arms a weapons of last  that would Mark an adjustment from the current doctrine of a flexible response a which allows an Early first use of nuclear weapons to deter a Mas Sive enemy attack. Quot. The new York times also reported that Bush has proposed accrediting Eastern european and soviet diplomats to nato although they would not be permitted to become members of the Alliance. At nato s Headquarters in Brussels diplomats confirmed that the issues it full be discussed at the London Summit. A these Are clearly ideas that Are floating around but it is simply not possible for us to comment on them a one Diplomat said. The Summit occurs during one of the most crucial periods in natos 41-year history. Several of its members Are involved in the negotiations on German unification called the 2-plus-4 talks. Meanwhile arms control talks covering conventional nuclear and chemical weapons Are being held. The Atlantic Alliance wants to redirect its responsibilities in the new Europe in which it will no longer be an Alliance focused solely on military de sense. Its new tasks will include creating new relationships Between the former avowed enemies in Eastern and Western Europe officials at nato Headquarters said but these officials also cautioned that the Alliance is not simply hurrying to stitch together a Patchwork of new ideas to keep up with events. The London Summit is also the Climax of an extraordinary series of meetings through the Spring in which Allied leaders called for a major overhaul of nato Security strategy and sought to ease soviet worries about German unification. A the goal of the Summit will be to draw All this together a the nato Diplomat said. One Issue that will be debated at the meeting concerns How far nato should go to signal that its intentions toward Eastern Europe Are peaceful. Some nato countries have said they would like the Alliance to make a declaration of non aggression toward Eastern Europe or to sign a pact to such effect. A nato Diplomat said Many nato members Felt the time was Ripe for sending a signal of peaceful intent to Eastern  nato group says Washington tap a the nato Alliance is no longer needed to keep the peace in Europe and should be replaced by a a Security Community of All european nations plus the United states the soviet Union and Canada a private group said tuesday. The proposal by the British american Security information Council would do away with nato and its cold War rival the Warsaw pact which has been fractured by the democracy movements in Eastern Europe. Replacing these military blocs would be a pan european body based on the conference on Security and cooperation in Europe or Csc an existing organization comprised of the two superpowers Canada and All european nations except Albania. Its main role is to consider human rights and economic issues. The report said the Csc should be broadened. Beef from Page 1beef a she said. Despite Hobsons observation though the Sale of . Beef has t skyrocketed since the meat first went on Sale at a handful of stores in West Germany on saturday. Mannheim was actually the first of six army stores to Start Selling the beef. Five air Force commissaries including Ramstein a should put . Beef on Sale next week. All other commissaries in West Germany England the Netherlands and Belgium will have . Beef on their shelves starting july 16 or 17. The meat counter in Mannheim seemed to be doing a brisk business tuesday. But Deputy commissary officer Jean v. Temblor said sales were about Normal for the week after a military payday. A people Are buying at a Normal Pace a temblor said although she agreed with Hobson that the new american beef is a lot tastier than the beef commissaries had been Selling. All that meat was bought in Europe usually in West Germany England and Ireland and occasionally in Yugoslavia. A this meat is More tender to Clit Quot temblor said. A a it a the difference Between grass fed beef and the . Corn fed beef. Grass fed is More  Hobson said she thinks its Only a matter of time before set Rudebaugh ice members and their spouses remember How tasty american beef can be and Start buying it up. A i think maybe when people take it Home  see a she said. A and when they Cook it there la be no  other customers said  keep a close Eye on prices As the . Beef replaces european cuts in military stores. On tuesday most shoppers in Mannheim said prices were roughly the same As they have been paying for european beef. A the . Beef looks Good a said Jeanette Holmes whose husband works in a transportation unit in Mannheim. A normally the ground beef they sell looks Brown. This looks fresher. If prices done to go up everything will be  Gwendolyn Blevins whose husband sgt. Joe a. Blevins is a military policeman in Mannheim said she might even be willing to pay a few pennies More for better beef. A if the meat tastes better and we re Able to get it regularly it would be Worth it a she said. A a in be got to feed a family of four and in a worried about prices going up. But a Little taste of Home might be Worth it Quot added shopper Carol Rudebaugh whose husband Gordon is a tank welder at Sullivan Barracks. A a in be been in Germany three years without albanian from Pago 1 albanians entered the polish embassy the Diplomat said. He declined to say Why so Many albanians had suddenly rushed to the embassies. \ the incident was reminiscent of events last year in which East germans crowded Western embassies m East pm Europe. Schumacher said one person was wounded in the leg late sunday night As albanian guards fired at refugees at the West German compound. Seventy nine people fled into the compound monday night and Early tuesday Schumacher said. He said the 79 refugees succeeded in entering the compound either by climbing the Wall or by breaking it Down with a truck a in both cases the albanian Security guards tried to hinder them by using their weapons the spokesman said. He added a nobody will be expelled from the embassy against his  meccas amps Jim Derheim Sandra Hobson and her son Christopher 5, look Over the new selection of us. Beef at the Mannheim West Germany commissary on tuesday. Going Home and its going to be realty Nice having something from the states  commissary officials said . Beef deliveries to military commissaries will be subsidized by the . Government for at least the next three years and that should keep prices from going up. Reinhard Kunz meat department manager at the Mannheim commissary said . Ground beef is Selling for a few cents More than the european variety but other beef cuts Are Selling for the same or less. He expects that to remain the Case. . Beef is being shipped to military commissaries in much of Europe by order of Congress. Congress issued its directive in retaliation for a european wide ban on the Sale of hormone fed . Beef on the commercial Market. From Pago 1 \ swelled to 5,000. Most victims died of suffocation or were trampled in the ensuing Stampede As temperatures soared to 112 degrees. Sources speaking on condition of anonymity said cars often try to push through the pedestrian Tunnel which is under part of a Mountain As a shortcut adding to suffocating fumes. A there was no explanation for the Power failure in the 500-Yard-Iong, 20-Yard-wide to Essem Tunnel which was built under a $ 15-billion development project launched by the government. Saudi arabians King fahd said monday that the incident a was gods will which is above everything. It was Fate. Had they not died there they would have died elsewhere and at the same predestined moment Quot he said. In Kennebunkport Maine president Bush sent the condolences of the United states to the pilgrims families. In 1986, Security officials found Large quantities of explosives in Mecca indicating some kind of sabotage was planned. The following year the City was shaken by its worst bout of violence Ever. Saudi not police dashed with pilgrims who defied a government ban on political rallies during the religious event. More than 400 people most of them iranians were killed. Last year one Pilgrim was killed and 16 wounded when two bombs exploded in the holy City