European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 25, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a a the stars and stripes wednesday july 25,1990pactprom Page 1 Cori Gress about it within 60 Days for it to take effect the official said. The treaty continues a defense relationship Between the two nato allies that began in 1953. The pact guarantees that the United states will defend Greece from attack by a hostile country. The . Administration has also agreed to seek congressional approval for an Aid package that would provide Greece with about $345 million in assistance to buy . Military equipment Supply surplus planes and destroyers Worth about $1 billion and write off about $50 million in past debts for military purchases. Parliament approved the defense treaty by the narrowest of margins shortly after Midnight monday following a three Day debate. A simple majority of the 300-member parliament was required for ratification. All 151 deputies from the ruling conservative new democratic party voted in favor of the treaty. It was opposed by 144 communist socialist and environmentalist deputies. Four Dep Utica were absent and one abstained. The treaty allows the United states to continue operating two major military bases on Crete a a naval support facility at Souda Bay and Iraklion air station near the Village of gouges. Two bases near Athens a a Navy communications station at Nea Makri and hell Nikon a a have been slated for closure by the defense department As a Cost cutting measure. Numerous relay stations throughout Greece will also close. On Crete a coalition of leftist groups opposed to the . Bases staged demonstrations in Kha Nia that lasted into the night. As Many As 2,500 people took part in the protests according to witnesses and journalists at the  fired tear Gas to prevent demonstrators from entering a municipal building to. Deliver a petition the Public order ministry said. Clashes then broke out and three police officers suffered gunshot wounds the ministry said monday night. Another five officers were injured by gasoline bombs and stones hurled by demonstrators the ministry said. A Hospital source said 10 civilians were treated for respiratory problems caused by the tear Gas and another 40 people received treatment for minor injuries. A police official in Khania said eight people were arrested during the disturbances. Demonstrators set three police vehicles and part of the municipal building on fire with gasoline bombs lighted fires in Central Khania and engaged in repeated skirmishes with police late into the night witnesses said. Police fired into the air they said. The previous treaty expired in december 1988, but it was extended As negotiations continued through several changes of government in Greece. Seventeen rounds of talks under the socialist government of Premier Andreas Papandreou proved fruitless. The talks were put on hold last year when coalition governments held Power. The conservative government elected april 8, and the United states reached agreement in principle on May 30 after two rounds of talks. On monday Papandreou called for a referendum on the defense agreement and warned it could Hurt Greece a relations with nearby countries. A Crete is being turned into a fortress a he said. Quot it provides the possibility of the United states undertaking air operations out of the nato area against countries of the Middle East and North  Premier Constantine i Tsitakis denied the agreement harmed relations with other  Page 1 gence strength a Tough trial court judge with a great Legal mind and an impartial Quality that will serve the court Well calling Souter a a remarkable judge of keen intellect and the highest ability a Bush said monday that he and his advisers had deemed it a inappropriate to ask Souter his views on specific issues. That will be the task of the Senate judiciary committee expected to hold hearings in september. Souter 50, spent a dozen years As a state judge before joining the Boston based 1st . Circuit court of appeals on april 30. If confirmed he would Nee Home the court s 105th Justice and its sixth Bachelor. Nowr married he lives alone on the family farm near Weare n.h., where he moved from the Boston suburb of Melrose mass., when he was 11. Souter has a reputation Back Home for brilliance and Diligence. Outside new Hampshire he a barely known. The president moved quickly in announcing his intention to nominate Souter to replace Justice William j. Brennan 84, who retired Friday because of ill health. A if he is confirmed Souter s vote May prove decisive for the future of legalized abortion As four of the remaining eight justices appear ready to overturn the 1973 Roe is. Wade decision that made abortion a constitutional right. Souter has not yet had to Rule directly on abortion. Abortion rights groups already have demanded that the Senate hearings focus on Souter a abortion views the increasingly conservative court also has been closely split on such issues As civil rights and criminal Justice. As a member of the new Hampshire supreme court for seven years Souter established himself As a close to the Vest judicial conservative. In one of the rare civil rights cases in which he participated Souter joined the state courts ruling in 1987 that said homosexuals May be barred from becoming adoptive or Foster parents. But the state court ruling also said that homosexuals May not be barred from running Day care centers. In a 1986 Case Souter joined the majority in ruling that doctors have a responsibility to test for birth defects and inform pregnant women of the option of abortion. In a concurring opinion Souter questioned the Impact the decision would have on doctors who oppose abortion on moral grounds. He said such physicians should not have to choose a Between rendering services that they morally condemn and leaving their profession in order to escape malpractice  Pago 1 als transported to the site a Atwood said in a statement. The announcement Means that the planned move of munitions to the tiny Pacific Ocean Island can take place As scheduled said Pentagon spokesman it. Col. Steven Roy. The atoll is about 700 Miles Southwest of Hawaii. Atwood certified that the Plant had destroyed More than 600 rockets and 4,000 pounds of nerve agents during its first test runs Roy said. Shortly after it began operating in Early july the Plant shut Down for about a week because positive chemical readings in its mechanical equipment room were picked up on automated monitoring equipment. The problems were traced to minor equipment malfunctions that were quickly corrected Roy said. A the Plant went Back on line july 14, and there have been no problems since a he said. Operational testing of the Plant is scheduled to continue for 16 months Atwood said in the statement. The defense appropriations act for fiscal 1990 required the Pentagon to certify to Congress that the Plant functioned properly before any chemical munitions were withdrawn from West Germany. The weapons will be removed from West Germany in a operation that involves trucks trains and ships. The trucks will travel a variety of routes for safety and Security reasons from Clausen to Miessau about 30 Miles away he said. The shortest route is a 25-mile stretch Over autobahn 62, which is still under construction and autobahn 6. The other Likely route is a 37-mile stretch using autobahn 8 toward  and then autobahn 6 to Miessau. Each Convoy will include 20 flatbed trucks loaded with the chemical weapons stored in airtight steel containers. Those containers Are packed in steel military vans. Each Convoy also will include 60 escort trucks including German and . Security forces emergency Crews and decontamination teams. Boyle said there would be about 30 convoys running one a Day in a flier  has listed a number of rules that will affect Drivers who encounter the convoys which will be about 4 /2 Miles Long. The restrictions include on the autobahn Drivers May not pass the Convoy. A travellers on the other Side of the autobahn cannot go faster than 60 Kilometres per hour or 37 Mph. A entrances to the autobahn and rest stops will be closed off when the convoys pass by. The containers will be loaded onto special trains at Miessau for the trip North to no Denham on the North sea. At the port they will be reloaded onto . Navy ships for transport to Johnston atoll. Officials said the removal operation was expected to be completed before october. West Germany Chancellor Helmut Kohl and then president Reagan agreed in 1986 to remove the weapons by 1992. President Bush advanced the timetable to 1990. Green party not giving up fight to delay Transfer of nerve agents Bonn West Germany a amps a West Germany a Green party is refusing to give up in its Battle to Stop the transport of . Chemical weapons out of the country. The party will ask a higher court in Munster to study the Case. The greens lost the first round in the Effort Friday when an administrative court in Cologne rejected the party a request for an injunction against the operation. The party maintains that the operation endangers the West German population and that the withdrawal should be delayed until further Security precautions Are made. The decision to pursue an Appeal was announced tuesday by the greens spokesman in Bonn who said he expects the court in Munster to act quickly. The Case being represented by attorney Gunter Urbanczyk of Mannheim on behalf of 12 West German citizens has the backing of the entire Green party. West German officials have announced that the first Convoy in the operation will hit the Road thursday. 1 the chemical weapons Are to be transported from the Clausen army depot by truck to a Railhead at Miessau where they will be stored until they can Bel moved by rail to the North sea port at no Denham. From there the unused shells will be shipped to the Johnston atoll for destruction. Withdrawal of shells prompts stiffer flight limits Eckenbach West Germany a amps a Safe officials have extended flight restrictions Over the Miessau army depot to match restrictions in effect Over the Clausen army depot during this Summers withdrawal of chemical weapons. A initially the flying limits around Miessau were smaller than those around the Clausen depot a said sgt. 1st class Harry Sarles an army spokesman for the operation. A now both have the same  the limits allow no flying for a radius of nearly five Miles 7.5 Kilometres and an Altitude of 6,600 feet. The extended limits around Miessau will have Little effect on flight operations at nearby Ramstein a said Brig. Gen. Richard Swope the commander of the 31 oth air div at Ramstein. Because of the restrictions flight operations officials at Ramstein made a Small adjustment to an instrument departure Point which pilots use in bad weather. The officials moved the turning Point two Miles Northwest of its original location Swope said. That change does not affect the Mission or flight safety he added. I truck convoys will take the 100,000 artillery Shell filled with the nerve agents Sarin and vex from Clausen to the Railhead at Miessau. Once All the shells have reached Miessau they will be loaded onto  taken to the seaport at no Denham. The shells will i slowed on Navy ships for the voyage to the Johnston atoll in the Pacific Ocean where they will be Del stroked