European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and Stripe thursday August 2,1990 san Diego apr three soviet warships steamed into san Diego Harbor on tuesday greeted by 2i-gun salutes curious citizenry and a Greenpeace anti nuclear flotilla. 1 admirals from both sides exchanged talk of International cooperation and joint military exercises. The sailors swapped sea stories hats and pins. A tips great to share ideas about the things that they do and what we do Quot said Seaman apprentice Reginald White 23, who chatted with the soviets through an interpreter about the Price of uniforms and seamen a pay. A they really like meeting people a said while who hails from Houston. A i think this visit will show people that we can gel along together Quot two soviet destroyers Admiral Vinogradov and the Boyc Voy and the Supply ship Argun docked tuesday morning. It was the second such port visit of the Glas nost Era. After a 30-minute ceremony punctuated by a flyover by the Navy a Blue Angels . And soviet sailors mingled on a pier separating their ships. A swarm of Greenpeace protesters met the ships carrying the groups anti nuclear message. Members of the group said they weren t protesting the visit a though the ships presumably arc capable of carrying nuclear weapons a but were using the occasion to promote their position. Adm. Gennady Khz atom commander of the soviet Pacific Fleet spoke of the benefits of warming superpower relations. �?o1 think we have a Good Prospect for cooperation Between the fleets that possibly could Lead to military exercises a Khz atom said. A there have been changes and we arc trying to View each other As friends instead a of the thawing of the cold War an ongoing economic crisis in the soviet Union and glasnost have led to a sealing Down of the soviet military that Khz atom said would reduce the size of his Fleet. The visit is mostly a Goodwill Lour. The soviets will visit three Navy Host ships area military installations and tourist attractions. American and soviet sailors also will compete in volleyball and soccer matches. The three . Ships hosting the soviets arc the Merrill a destroyer the Mcclusky a guided missile frigate and the Leahy a Cruiser. The official Host for the visit is adm. Charlesr Larson commander in chief of the . Pacific Fleet. A my goal is to create a belter understanding Between us Quot Larson said. Quot we May not agree on everything. But this gives us an Opportunity to understand heir Armstrong Back at work after heart operation Washington apr sen. William Armstrong has returned to work while recovering from surgery following a a mind Bunirt Sutack Quot his a office said tuesday. Aides to the Colorado Republican said Armstrong was released from Walter eed army medical Center on monday night. Ilis office said in a statement that last thursday he was Quot successfully treated with angioplasty a a medical procedure used to dear blocked arteries to the heart. Quot he has resumed Quot driving and other Normal activities a the statement said a but upon the adv ice of his physicians he will follow a reduced work schedule Lor a Brief period of it said Armstrong is expected to recover fully within two to four weeks. Armstrong 33, is in the final year of his second term Ami has announced he will not run deaths in Utah linked to nuclear tests Salt Lake City up a fallout from above ground nuclear tests in Nevada is Likely responsible Tor 3 percent to n percent of the deaths from leukaemia in 1952 to i in i rese Niehei s have said. A study by scientists at the i n in i sity of Utah found a weak Overall association Between Lallo Tii and leukaemia but a mendicant link Between the tests and cases of leukaemia among people who were Muter the age of a when they were exposed and who died within id years of exposure. Die study was the first to estimate the dose of radioactive by individuals Fiona a w proximately us Nuu Jear tests the United states government Eara led out to Mil 19>1 to 195,3. A Jar -4 Iff v a. So. F 4k. F. »�?�., a i 1, is a Sieuw if map the Blue Angels Fly Over the soviet missile Cruiser Admiral Vinogradov at welcoming ceremonies tuesday. Where we both arc coming from.�?�. Soviet officials gave reporters military officials and vips hours of the decks of their destroyers showing off the firepower and handing out soviet literature. Local residents have volunteered to serve As translators and about 8,000 others were Lucky enough to land free tickets to tour one of the soviet ships wednesday through Friday. The visit is the soviet Navy a second to the United Stales since adm. William Crowe former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and Marshall Sergei Fakhro Meyer former soviet chief of staff met in 1988 to set the groundwork for the exchanges. Three soviet ships visited Norfolk va., last july and three . Warships visited the Black sea port of Sevastopol last August. Three ships from the . Pacific Fleet Are scheduled to make a similar visit sept i0-14 to Vladivostok the soviet unions main Pacific finds there a o Coll for its tiny Poger of w York up a in a technological breakthrough that Motorola is banking on to create a new consumer Market the company tuesday introduced its 2-ounce wrist watch pager. The pager which looks Tike a Large watch and displays usual digital watch functions including an alarm can store up to eight messages and is compatible with All the existing paging systems in the United states. The wrist watch pager officially entered the . Market aug. I and is Selling through Mobile communications operators at a suggested retail Price of a less than $300,&Quot said the Schaumburg 111., company a combining both pager and wrist watch functions it is a Marvel of miniaturization that will make paging More convenient for millions of current and new users a said a company executive Morion Topfer. Motorola also signed an agreement with Timex group ltd., the leading . Watch distributor to sell the pager within two years a a bid to bring the devices beyond the corporate realm and into everyday personal life. A right now we know that personal use of paging is not As common As us business use a said Jerry Leonard general manager of Motorola s paging division. A pm he need to stay in touch is important to people on the go in All walks of by presenting a pager that resembles a common Wiist Wadieh. Motorola Hopes to substantially increase its Market share of the potentially huge business a a i he whist Wake pager May Haxe the potential to shut paging to a consumer demand Myket a i said. Motorola Exee Unixes Send there Are 9 million pagers in operation in the United states today a the wodds largest Market a while 130 million watches Are sold in the country every year. The company said that in preliminary tests the pager was very Well received by parents a group a the pager can handle data from up to eight callers. A that could be easily reached by their children or the baby Sitter. Other users said the watch display is particularly Handy when the owner is paged while driving. The pager s very Small dimensions a 2.5 inches by 1.7 inches a and its Liny circuits require precision assembling he device is produced by robots at a fully automated Plant in Boynton Beach Fla. Quot through robotic Assembly we also Hope to attain six Sigma Quality a or not More than to defects per million paths produced a during the products lifetime Quot company executives said. Unlike Oiler pagers which usually need to operate in a Xeric us position the wrist wat he pager is multidirectional and inaction regardless of the position of the users wrist. The Deuce has two Aften Nas. One on the Side of the face the other in the w wristband. The pager is powered by a Small Battery that can provide 45 Days of continuous use company Otti vials said. A
