European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a the stars and stripes saturday november 17,1990duty train officially ends dec. 7 by Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau another cold War institution will fade into the past dec 7 when . Forces duty trains embark on their final overnight trips Between Frankfurt and Berlin. The army plans to end duty train service on the line in both directions then according to . Military officials in Berlin. Service Between Berlin and Bremer Haven will end next week. The Frankfurt Berlin train usually departs each City every evening except tuesdays and arrives in the destination City in the morning. A contracted bus service will replace the trains on that route and will arrive and depart from each City twice daily a once in the morning and once in the evening. The bus route also will be extended to provide service to Patton Barracks in Heidelberg. The last of the Berlin to Bremerhaven duty trains will leave Berlin on sunday anti arrive in Bremerhaven on monday morning. The train will then depart for Berlin on monday evening arriving tuesday morning. Officials do not plan to replace the Bremerhaven service since they anticipate establishing a program for Inland movement of private vehicles to troops stationed in Berlin later this month. If the program is delayed Berlin military officials expect to make other arrangements to help soldiers travel to and from Breme Haven for vehicle processing. The trains first went into operation in 1945 to assert . Transit rights through soviet occupied East Germany. Travel on the train once required each passenger to carry Flag orders prepared meticulously in Advance but the opening of the Border Between East and West Germany last year led to a simplification of paperwork. Since june one set of Flag orders suffices for an entire train instead of just one passenger. Also since August non commissioned officers have been permitted to serve As train commanders. And since German unification oct. 3, the trains a a a a i0�?zkr have had to Stop and process Papes at soviet checkpoints. That a Evelynl has shortened the trip Between Berlus to the a ther a tip a to Pori to for bus service reservations will be the same As that for the duty tr2 Berlin based or Berlin bound offs travellers then Berlin based Leisure 2 Elers then Berlin sponsored traveler other travellers must show up at the parture Points to be offered remain a seats on a space available basis. 8 reservations for the bus service can he made through the rail transportation offices in Frankfurt and Berlin. N Berlin s mayor won t quit Over split with greens Berlin up a West berlins social democratic mayor Walter Momper vowed Friday to stay in office until dec. 2 elections in spite of the breakup of the City so red Green coalition government. A i see no reason to resign a he said. The alternative Liste a the West Berlin Branch of the left leaning environmentalist Green party a pulled out of its 18-month coalition with the social democratic party on thursday evening following disagreements Over police action during riots earlier in the week. With the loss of 17 Al deputies the spa has 55 seats including Mompere a in the 138-member West Berlin Senate. The breakup of the coalition came Only two weeks before parties face the electorate in City elections the first for the whole of Berlin since 1946. National elections the first in the reunited Germany will be held the same Day. Rank and file members of the Al have been highly critical of wednesdays massive police action against squatters in Eastern  from Page 1 Stroye another nato official said. Adding the equipment already moved out of the Region since negotiations began the treaty altogether reduces weapons in the Region by 100,000, the source said nato countries As a whole must destroy 10,000 pieces of equipment. The total amount of equipment left in Europe following the implementation of the treaty will be about 155,000 pieces a a 40 percent reduction from the present total. Nato will not have to destroy any combat aircraft under the treaty. But the soviet Union alone will have to eliminate 2,000 fighters. This includes interceptors which the soviets had originally wanted to exempt from the negotiations because they considered them defensive. The treaty does not include land based naval aircraft strategic bombers or Carrier based aircraft. The treaty also puts a Cap on what any one country can have in each category of weapons. A in the new Europe which we Are building no single country will have More than one third of the Overall conventional military kit a held by both sides said the second nato official. A and no state should be in a position to dominate Europe by Force of  the nato allies also reached an agreement thursday on a plan for dividing up the weapons remaining after the implementation of the treaty the official said. The totals for each country weren to released. The redistribution will allow the Alliance to keep its newest and Best weapons and will result in a shift from the Central Region were the greatest concentration of weapons exists to the flanks. The Paris Summit will also endorse an agreement of Confidence building measures that will include an Exchange of information among 34 european countries. The Exchange agreement sought since 1984 will cover a variety of military information. Among other things that agreement will establish a conflict prevention Center to resolve concerns about unusual military activities. Atlantis doing Fine in orbit on of s last shuttle Mission Cape canaveral Fla. A Atlantis settled into orbit under a communications blackout after a dazzling night launch of the Pentagon a last secret shuttle Mission. The ship reportedly carried a spy satellite aimed at Iraq. Riding a 700-foot column of yellow flame the shuttle lifted from its Seaside launch pad at 6 48 . Thursday climbed smoothly into darkness slowly dimmed to a speeding Star Ana then winked from View More than 350 Miles downrange. Atlantis five member All military Crew reportedly planned to release a satellite that will focus cameras or electronic signal detectors on the Middle East where american troops stand poised against Iraq. A news blackout has been imposed on the Mission cutting off Public release of communications Between the Crew and Mission control. Only Bare status reports will be issued during the four Day flight. As of midday Friday All appeared to be going Well. A that we re not hearing anything Means that the orbiter and Crew Are doing Fine a Nasa spokeswoman Billie Deason said. It was the first flight in eight months for Atlantis one of two shuttles grounded during the summer because of Hydrogen fuel leaks. Mission control spokesman Jeff Carr described the launch As  National aeronautics and space administration chief Richard truly said it was a just about As smooth a countdown and liftoff As he has Ever seen. A a we be not a Good Bird a healthy Crew and a Good Mission on the Way a he said. The Mission is the seventh and final secret military flight planned for a shuttle. The air Force has said that unmanned rockets principally the Titan 4, will be used in the future to launch secret spy and communications satellites. The Pentagon will use the shuttle twice in 1991, but both missions Are unclassified. Atlantis Crew consists of air Force col. Richard Covey Mission commander Navy cmdr. Frank Culbertson jr., Pilot and army maj. Charles Gemar air Force it. Col Carl Meade and Marine col. Robert Springer All Mission specialists. A although details of Atlantis Mission Are military secrets published reports have identified the cargo As a satellite that will conduct either electronic eavesdropping or photo surveys of the persian Gulf area including Iraq. The reports said that while Atlantis was grounded because of the fuel leaks the air Force satellite was modified for Middle East surveillance. Nasa officials were clearly relieved thursday night. A it puts Atlantis Back into flying status again a said launch director Bob Sieck. A in a few weeks we expect to have Columbia there too. So Well have All three shuttles flying  the third shuttle discovery flew last month. Columbia is being prepared for launch in december. September Trade deficit Down Washington up the  Trade deficit edged Down 3.3 percent to $9.41 billion in september even though the Cost of Oil imports hit a nearly nine year High in the aftermath of iraqis invasion of Kuwait the Commerce department said Friday. A private analysts expected a shortfall of $8.9 billion for september figure follows deficits of $9.73 billion in August and $9.12 billion in july adjusted for seasonal factors. September imports totalled $41.25 billion is. $42.28 Jesus of augus it whj1 e september exports totalled $31.84 billion is. $31.55 billion in August according to the data compiled by the departments census Bureau. The Cost of Oil imports in september not adjusted for seasonal factors totalled $6.18 billion a huge increase of ill a the h so level since about $6.3 billion m october 1981, a Commerce department spokesman said. Prices have skyrocketed since iraqis aug. 2 takeover support from Page 1 to a code name had no . Defense department spokesman Pete Williams said a group of marines would conduct a training exec users part of imminent Thunder about 25 Miles South sunday s a at exercise was expected to begin in a Gable news network interview broadcast thurs of Oil Rich Kuwait. The Trade deficit with the organization of Petroleum exporting countries swelled to $2.84 billion in August is. $2.16 billion in september not adjusted for seasonal factors. The deficit with Oil kingdom saudi Arabia alone nearly doubled to $874 million during the month. Excluding Oil imports totalled $35 billion in september the government reported. Many economists believe exports Are going to be the one Bright spot for the nations Economy during the lean times ahead As Europe Japan and Canada Purchase aircraft chemicals and scientific equipment among other things. A the deficit with Japan Slid to $3.05 billion in september is. $3.78 billion in August but the shortfall with the nations of Western Europe jumped to $882.1 million in september is. $374 million in  us sad he wanted to Send a signal to Saddam Kun Are each serious about getting Iraq out c Many Oil traders monitoring the diplomatic Maneu be rugs and military buildup in the Gulf believed a was not imminent. A the whole thing looks like its gel a ans a Urther and further away a said Brian Tagler a Brcker with Shearson Lehman Brothers inc. The traders opinion was reflected by the fall of of prices. Fear that a War which could devastate Oil installations in the Middle East would soon break out would make prices skyrocket which they have done periodically since iraqis invasion