European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 19, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2the stars and stripes monday november 19,1990 news update currency devalued Beijing up China announced Friday a 9.57 percent devaluation of its currency the Renmin i Yuan the second devaluation in the past 11 months and an apparent bid to keep Export earnings High while reducing government subsidies. The announcement was made Friday by the state administration of Exchange control and carried by the Xinhua news Agency. The devaluation at 9.57 percent should bring the Renmin i Yuan from its current Exchange rate of 4.72 to the . Dollar to about 5.17 to the  sentenced Washington a a Federal judge has sentenced Jose Dionisio Suarez Esquivel to 12 years in prison for conspiring to assassinate onetime chilean ambassador Orlando letelier. Suarez 51, admitted in september that he gave a blasting Cap to former chilean intelligence agent Michael v. Townley who allegedly masterminded the assassination. Letelier and an associate Ronni Moffitt were killed sept. 21, 1976, when a bomb exploded beneath letelier a car on embassy row..-Germany link basking Ridge . Apr the american Telephone and Telegraph co. Has announced a plan to build the first fiber optic link Between the United states and Germany. The Cable is expected to handle about 100,000 simultaneous Telephone conversations Between the two countries according to a company statement. At amp to and a German telecommunications company Deutsche Bunde Spost Tele Kom Are scheduled to Complete the project in late 1992 or Early 1993, said at amp to spokesman David Bikle. The system would allow at amp to to meet a growing demand for overseas Calls to Europe Bikle  ban approved Luxembourg a the european court of Justice has approved the 1985 european Community a ban on the use of hormones in cattle Breeding which had led to . Trade reprisals. The . Government claiming . Cattle breeders were losing $100 million Worth of meat exports because of the ban had slapped the same amount of tariffs on various european food exports. The Luxembourg court had first voided the european directive mainly for Legal technicalities and the dec had immediately revised its text to comply with the court objections. European producers of pharmaceutical and veterinary products had then attacked the ban before the court claiming there was no scientific evidence that the use of hormones was harmful to humans and that the dec thus had no right to ban them arbitrarily. The court ruled that the concern of european Consumers a expressed by the european parliament the european economic and social committee and various european Consumers associations a was enough to justify the decision of dec ministers to ban hormones. 34 world leaders to sign accords for a new Europe by David Tarrant Brussels Bureau Brussels Belgium when 34 Heads of state walk into a Paris conference room monday they will enter a remodeler Era in Europe. No longer divided by artificial political barriers president Bush and 33 other leaders will set about building an elaborate Security Structure that covers the entire european continent both East and West. Called the conference on Security and cooperation in Europe or Csc the groups three Day Summit is expected to be in Bright contrast to the Stark hues of the cold War according to Secretary of state James Baker. The leaders a from Europe the United states Canada and the soviet Union a Quot will sign three documents of far reaching significance. That will help consolidate the Security and human rights gains of the past year in Europe Baker said at a recent news briefing. The Centrepiece is the conventional forces in Europe treaty which will slash by some 40 percent the conventional military forces of nato and Warsaw pact countries. The United states had made the completion of the treaty a condition for its attendance at the Paris Summit because . Officials saw the agreement As a the essential foundation on which greater Europe cooperation will have to rest a Baker said. The treaty after 20 months of negotiation was finalized thursday. Bush and the other leaders of nato and Warsaw pact countries will also sign a declaration of non aggression which a will in a sense Bury the cold War Hatchet a Baker said. Finally All 34 leaders will sign a document on the future of the Csc inching along a process that first started in Helsinki Finland in 1975. In that year 35 nations signed the Helsinki final act which broke ground in finding ways to resolve problems of Security on the Long divided continent. That first document 15 years ago stemmed from a proposal by the soviet Union for a meeting of every european nation As Well As Canada and the United states. Every country except Albania attended. The Helsinki final act included four sections called a baskets a covering Security economics humanitarian endeavours and a schedule for further meetings. Eventually follow up conferences were held in Belgrade Yugoslavia in 1977 Madrid Spain in 1980 and Vienna Austria in 1986. The new Csc agreement the leaders will sign in Paris is designed to strengthen the institution and give it full time responsibilities. It creates a permanent is in Prague czechoslovak and establishes a conflict Prev Ensi an office of free elections which wis serve voting and promote Des throughout the continent. The strengthening of the Csc Franu work is a one of the new facts of Linch will increasingly condition our adwoa nato official who spoke on the cond Tion of anonymity. Nato officials pm that m a few years arms control talks n longer will be conducted a bloc to bloc Between the Warsaw pact and Natl but wll include All european nations eluding the non aligned countries. Bush s participation in the Paris Sun. Nut will highlight an eight Day trip a takes him to Prague this weekend fori Celebration of Czechoslovakia so a veld revolution one year ago which substituted a democratically elected govern ment for the former communist regime Bush was also to Stop in Germany to Mee with Chancellor Helmut Kohl on Sunda before heading to Paris. After the Summit Bush will travel a a saudi Arabia to meet with . Troop and consult with King fahd. The Presil Dent then Heads to Cairo Egypt Foj meetings with egyptian president Host Mubarak before returning to the White House on nov 23. Arms new Day care rules change waiting game single Parent finds by Rosemary Sawyer staff writer Heidelberg Germany a sgt. Deborah Nash never dreamed when she pulled her son from an army child development Center that it would Lead to his one Way plane ticket Back to the United states. The computer operator with the military trans management come in Bremerhaven Germany was working swing shift at the time. The Odd hours forced her to Transfer 2-year-old Dwight to a baby Sitter each Day when the Center closed at 6 . Eventually she found it was easier to have the baby Sitter care for him All Day and withdrew him from the Center. Sometime after that she started a Day schedule and tried to re enrol him at the Center Only to find the army in Europe changed its waiting list policy. Nash a single Parent no longer shared the highest priority on the waiting list with dual military couples. The policy that went into effect june 1 gives All Active duty serve remembers equal priority on the lists. Defense department civilian workers awaiting child care go on the next list followed by a list of other people eligible to use the facilities. It Wasny to possible for Dwight to stay on with the baby Sitter so by september he was winging his Way to grandmas House in Salisbury my. In that three months time Nash had moved from 49th to 47th on the waiting list. A a they re pulling the Rug out from under us single parents a Nash said. Why should i As a sole Parent be allowed to get any special privileges Over another Mother or father trying to get into a Day care Center because i done to have an option to say a i want to stay  a j in Maryland Dwight goes to a private Day care Center that costs $100 a month More than the Bremerhaven facility. A i just want to understand Why they saw with no warning a Nash said. I his change is just not  for seven weeks . Army Europe officials refused to answer questions about the polity or acknowledge its existence. A May message to commanders obtained recently by the stars and stripes however details the policy. Under the change parents on the waiting lists before june 1 would not a be bumped by new  a the Active duty list will be completely exhausted prior to going to the Dod Cir Vilian list and the Dod civilian list will be exhausted prior to using the All others list a the message said. After a news conference Friday Mark ing the 30th anniversary of natos Cen a trial army group Gen. Crosbie a Saint explained his rationale for the policy change which applies Only to the Arrall command. A i think what really drove me was the a married person who was on the waiting list said a now general i want to make sure i understand this. I have children therefore i am eligible for child care. In a not divorced or in a not a single Parent. 1 and you put me at the rear of the line Quot i said Saint commander of the . Army Europe. A a a would you Tell me Why you Are prejudiced against people who have spouses and children a and i said there s not a Good  1 by eliminating priority for single Par tents and dual military families a i did nil discriminate against somebody a a ill said. A what i did is i refi ised to disc Rifflie Nate against a certain class. I just you re All in there  longtime Dodds educator Dies Wiesbaden Germany a amps a a 28-year Veteran of military overseas schools died in route to his Home in Venice Flat a Frank d. Alt superintendent of schools for the Niernberg District died nov 10 at Keesler fab miss. He had been under Hospital care since april for surgery and treatment in the United states and in Germany. He was medically evacuated nov. 6, Alt had been the superintendent of the Niernberg District since 1983. His Long Ca reer included Tours in France Italy and three locations in Germany. He served in the . Navy in both the Alt Dur no world a ii Alt earned his bachelors and masters the from Purdue University. He Corner sity Fos at Northwest Euni Alt is survived by his wife Yvonne a second Grade teacher at number Al ?-0 hush terse Melita canard of Venice and Lorraine of Tampa Fla. A granddaughter Jacqueline Ballard and two Sisters Rosie Limber go i Glenview 111., and Harriet Hartnett of i Danville  senders for Alt were held  12 in Anniston Ala., his wife a Hometown-1 a memorial service is planned nov. At 5 . At the Darby Chapel in i Iron. Cards and letters May be sent to Yvonne Alt care of Lydia Byars Fairway drive Anniston Ala. 36201. Milieu of Flowers donations May be want a the american cancer society 1325 East Hannon Las vegas Nev. 89119