European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 4, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse A a 28 a the stars and stripes �?~1 wednesday thursday july 4/5,1990 by Tavid Tarrant Bri Els Bureau Brussels bum a. President Bush and his Natol partners meet thursday and Friday to Jeb rate the end of the cold War and cd tinder How den6 allies to make nuclear arms a weapons of last lies in to Cement new ties with old Eastern Europe. The meeting in London will like result in several Concrete changes in nato defense strategy As Well As spell out the alliances new political responsibilities according to a senior nato the Agenda at the moment is about As historic As we can think of a Back probably at least 30 years. Were now in an Era of Progress and realization of the goals that we set for ourselves a the official said. Its new tasks will include creating new Between the former avowed enemies in Eastern and West a pm. Europe officials at nato head use of nuclear weapons to deter a Marf quarters said. That would Mark an adjustment from the current doctrine of a flexible response a which allows an Early first Sive enemy attack. The new York times also if amp red that Bush has proposed do editing pastern european and Ujj soviet Diplo a to nato although they would not we permitted become members of the Amienee. At nat63>eadquarters in Brus Sels Diplo to a firmed that the issues we get disc us at the London Summit. A these Arel Terly ideas that a floating around Dof a is simply it lbt possible for us to Cement on a it is a time when the Alliance cml # them a one Diplomat said. Nym Ity. Among the tasks Bush and the other leaders of two 16-member Alliance will be to cof Sider an overhaul of natos War Esfi Chinery. The Washington Post and the new York to safes quoted sources monday who indicate a that Bush wants the United states and its Western Europe the Summit occurs during of the most crucial periods in a 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 i. 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 dip Tomat said. One Issue that will be debated at the meeting concerns How far nato uld go to signal that its intentions Eastern Europe Are peaceful. A disk nato countries have said they Youj d like the Alliance to make a declaration Fqy non aggression toward Eastern europ amp or to sign a pact to such effect. A a nato diff boat said Many nato members Felt the time was Ripe for sending a signal of peaceful intent to Eastern Al rope. Bush to broach nuclear strategy Kennebunkport Maine a president Bosh said tuesday that he would discuss a proposal to use nato nuclear forces Only As a last resort when the allies meet in London later this week. Bush refused to confirm that the United states was offering such a proposal. But when asked about reports that a change in nuclear strategy was on the Agenda he said a efm ready to discuss that with a was things change we want to be sure that everybody understands that nato is the Factor that we think it should be and will be a he told reporters after meeting with top advisers at his Seaside vacation Home he said he has t talked to Allied leaders about the matter of nato s so called flexible response strategy of using nuclear weapons in a mix with conventional arms a wait i think the general approach that we re proposing seems to be getting wide beef from Page 1 beef a she said. Despite Quot Hobsons observation though the Sale of . Beef a Sqq to skyrocketed since the meat first went on Sale at a he Adful of stores in West Germany on saturday. Mannheim was actually the first of six army stores to Start self non 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 darting july 16 or 17. The meat counter in Mam Heim seemed to be doing a brisk business tuesday. Bur Deputy commissary officer Jean v. Temblor said sales dare about Normal for the week after a military payday. A people Are buying at a Norma Pace a temblor said although she agreed with Hob up that the new american beef is lot tastier than the beef commissaries had been Selling. All that me twas bought in Europe usually in West Germany England and Ireland and occasionally in Yugoslavia. A this meat is More tender to Cut Quot temblor said. A a it a the <8f-Fcrence Between grass fed beet. And the . Corn fed be eff grass fed is More stringy a a a a Hobson said she thinks Only a matter of time before ice members and their so american beef can be us Start nos is Are Jerk ufos re Rudebaugh member How tasty buying it up. Quot i think maybe when people take it Home see Quot she said. A and when they Cook it there la be no other customers said Keg i 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 some As they have been albanian. Diplomat had sudden Allaman entered the polish embassy said. Why so Many a1 by rushed to the embassies. The incident a reminiscent of events last year in which East germans owned Western embassies in Eastern Europe. A a Schumacher said one a in was wounded in the leg late sunday night As Abb far guards fired at refugees at the West German com Pond. A seventy nine people fled into the amp of impound monday night and Early tuesday Schumacher said the 79 i fugues succeeded in Emring the compound either by climbing the Wall or by breaking it Down with truck. V a in both cases the albanian Security guards tried to hinder them by using their weapons the spokesman said. A he added a nobody will be expelled from the embassy against his Mecca Sandra to the new Sel Germany comm a amps Jim Werheim and her son Christophers look Over of . Beef at the Mannheim West on tuesday. Paying for european beef. A the . Beef looks Good Quot said Jeanette Holmes whose husband workd us a transportation unit in Mannheim. ,.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 Knees 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 going Home and a to a going to be really Nice having something from the pets commissary officiate said . Beef deliveries to military commissaries Kyll be subsidized by the . Government for at least the next three years and that should keep prices from Gol a 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 Otner 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 Page 1number collapsed unconscious and some died. There was also a Stampede Quot said the witness who spoke on condition of anonymity. He said he helped carry victims to ambulances waiting by the tunnels exits but that he did not know How Many of the stricken were dead and How Many were simply unconscious. The pedestrian Walkway runs under part of a Mountain but sometimes cars use it As a shortcut filling it with choking fumes sources said. As the scope of the disaster became apparent ambulances and Security forces rushed to the Tunnel which joins Mecca and the Pilgrim tent City of Mina. A thousands of the pilgrims thronged through the Tunnel of Mon Essem causing severe congestion within the Tunnel As the pressure was beyond its capacity a state run Riyadh radio said. The official saudi press Agency quoted King fahd As saying the pilgrims had failed to follow safety rules a issued m Good time ahead of the pilgrimage but he pledged to work for better safety. The Tunnel is part of $15 billion Dollar development Elan for the holy Sites including other tunnels and Over Ead Bridges to move pilgrims in a More orderly fashion. The King said the disaster caused grief to moslem everywhere. A but i reiterate that it is the inescapable will of god Quot he said
