European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 20, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 a news Brief the stars and stripes tuesday november 20,1990 doonesbury creator bumped from saudi trip new York Kupij cartoonist Gariy Trudeau the creator of a doonesbury a has been bumped from a thanksgiving trip to visit troops in saudi Arabia Newsweek Magazine said sunday. Newsweek said Trudeau was planning to take the Uso sponsored trip with comic Jay Leno but was dropped without explanation from the trips Manifest. The official reason from . Headquarters in Riyadh saudi Arabia was that Trudeau was not barred but his visit was merely postponed a due to logistics and transportation limitations a Newsweek said. Trudeau might have ruffled some feathers however with strips satirizing . Policy in the Gulf the Magazine said. A senior administration official denied the White House knew anything of Trudeau s trip but added a if we had known we would have bumped him too a Newsweek  from Pago 1 solution authorizing an attack to drive iraqi forces from Kuwait. Some . Allies in the persian Gulf crisis including the soviet Union and Germany expressed concern that Bush was Rushing toward War. But prime minister Margaret Thatcher of Britain Reite a i a Quot Wing that Saddam _ _ by from Kuwait. People understand evil has to be stopped. Either he withdraws or the military option has to be used a she said after seeing Bush in Paris where nato and Warsaw pact leaders signed an arms reduction treaty. However soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev said he was sure a Way could be found to avoid War and that he would offer a new ideas in a meeting with Bush monday. Chancellor Helmut Kohl of Germany told Bush on sunday that All options Short of War must first be exhausted. Analysts have said a military strike against iraqi forces is most Likely in Winter because of lower temperatures and generally Calm weather. Sandstorms usually occur in april. Secretary of state James Baker has met in the past week with foreign ministers from Many of the 15 members of the . Security Council seeking support for the Resolution endorsing a military assault if the .-ordered embargo on Trade with Iraq fails. Scores of americans who had been stranded in Iraq and Kuwait left London for Washington monday. Seventy five americans were among the 136 former hostages freed sunday by Iraq and flown to London on a .-chartered flight from from Baghdad. 4 killed when train rams car at crossing in Montana Fromberg Mont. Apr a freight train slowed into a car at a Rural crossing killing All four people in the automobile. The Motorist drove onto the tracks from a dirt Road and apparently did not see the train despite a Stop sign said Highway patrol officer Lance Bourquin. The Burlington Northern train was travelling at 45 Mph he said. Killed in the Accident sunday were George Lewis Seamon 60, and Mary Seamon 56, both of Silesia and Allan Mcphail 73, Ana Ida Mcphail 77, of Joliet. Weather causes military to cancel mock invasion in saudi Arabia a the . Military can celeb a second attempt at a mock invasion on a saudi Beach because of poor weather monday and said it was scrapping the amphibious Man Euver. The Marine assault in water skimming hovercraft was expected to have been one of the dramatic highlights of the first joint .-saudi military exercise code named imminent Thunder. The six Day exercise ends wednesday. The marines had tried to storm the Beach on sunday and monday but head seas and High winds prevented the mock invasion. The . Military said there would not be a third attempt. Maj. Gen. Harry w. Jenkins jr., commander of the 4th Marine expeditionary brigade said he thought sundays amphibious Landing would have gone ahead in a real War but there was no need to risk casualties for a Drill. Some officers aboard the Dock Landing ship Gunston Hall however said similar conditions could thwart planned landings in actual combat. On sunday helicopters from the amphibious assault ship Guam deposited 400 troops in the mock invasion Force on a saudi Beach 80 Miles South of the kuwaiti Border. British French and . Warplanes roared overhead giving simulated air support. Among the troops were 36 saudi arabian marines. Jenkins called the exercise a Success even without the Marine landings because it showed the Allied forces could work together. A i was pleased we be had to glitches As we be had so far because its Toueh in l j everyone together a he said. In t0 of nil iraqi president Saddam Hussein has denounced no exercises As provocative. A Navy cmdr. Christopher j. Ellis of Fairfax Van a the . Adviser to the saudi Navy said he belie news leaks caused the military to move the exec 1 Media reports last week said it would be 10 Miles a the kuwaiti Border. N yet it was still too close to iraqi forces for some to j Rines. A1 a a in a not Gonna lie a in a scared. But if anything j Down in a ready a said pfc. Felipe Williams 1 Jenkins insisted the exercise was not meant to threaten Saddam. But saudi Marine capt. Muhammad All Seeri said he was pleased Only a few dozen saudi my Rines were involved. A we done to want More troops be cause Saddam Hussein might take it too seriously,�?T1 m said. 1 j Marine maj. John Toolan of new York said wanted to use the exercise to Send a message to Sadi dam a a we re ready and capable to carry out our Presil dents  1 defense analysts said imminent thunders main Airal is to test the air strike capability of the multinational Force deployed in the Gulf following iraqis invasion of Kuwait on aug. 2.cfe from Page 1 combat vehicles and aircraft. It also establishes detailed rules on verification and troop monitoring to provide months of warning time for any possible military offensive. A the Opportunity for a Surprise attack is gone a British prime minister Margaret Thatcher said. The leaders also signed three other documents relating to the cafe treaty including a declaration that the 16 nato nations and six countries in the Warsaw pact a Are no longer adversaries will build new partnerships and extend to each other the hand of  the Csc Summit is being likened to the legendary 1814-15 Congress of Vienna where a Host of leaders gathered in the austrian capital to redraw the map of Europe following Napoleons defeat Mitterrand said the 1990 Summit is in Many ways even More Majestic. A this is the first time in history that we experience a change in the european landscape without a War or bloody revolution a he said in the summits opening address. A in View of the storm brewing in other areas of the world German Chancellor Helmut Kohl said a Europe must become a Bedrock of peace and Harmony Security and stability. A in Short Europe must set a Good example a his country a unification was hailed by other Heads of state. The Csc which held its last Summit in Helsinki Finland in 1975, includes All of Europe except Albania plus the United states and Canada. Even tiny Malta and san Marino Are members. The summits Centrepiece the cafe treaty limits nato and the Warsaw pact each to 20,000 tanks 20,000 artillery pieces 30,000 armoured combat vehicles 6,800 aircraft and 2,000 helicopters in four zones from the Atlantic Ocean to the ural mountains. The treaty which was initiated sunday in Vienna after 20 months of negotiations takes effect 10 Days after Ratific cation by All 22 nations. I about 55,000 pieces of heavy armament must be Del stroked. Counting equipment already moved East of the urals by the soviet Union 100,000 pieces will be Del stroked or moved from Europe 90 percent of it by the crumbling Warsaw pact. I meanwhile in Belgium on monday Gen. John Galvin the supreme Allied comander Europe hailed the Cofel treaty As a demonstration of Mutual Good will that Wil enhance Security in Europe. A Galvin issued a statement at supreme headquarter Allied Powers Europe calling the agreement a a Funda of mental Cornerstone in the construction of a new euro i Pean  a it took just 20 months for these talks to reach theirl remarkable goal a he said. A the fact that previous Leisl ambitious arms control efforts languished for years Dean nostrates the Good will that guarantees the Success of the cafe agreement. There will be More to come. A the reductions will bring us to parity of numbers Ial vital areas of military equipment a he continued a Btl is will enhance stability from the Atlantic to the  a new round of the 22-nation cafe talks focusing i troop Levels begins next week in Vienna. Germany Al a ready is committed to a ceiling of 370,000 troops within four years. After 1992, the Vienna talks Are expected to be expanded from 22 nations to All 34 members of the Csc. The summits conclusions will institutionalize the now j homeless Csc As a new pan european Security struck Ture linking East and West in a framework of Trust re consultation. The Csc will have a Small secretariat in Prague Czechoslovakia a conflict prevention Center in Vienna and an election monitoring Agency in Warsaw Poland j creation of a Csc parliamentary body in Strasbourg France also is being urged. _ i Csc leaders will hold summits every two years begin Ning in Helsinki in 1992, while foreign ministers will meet  from Page 1 More than a week after Cheney a announcement. Quot the men Are Down a said Valentine who arrived Here eight weeks ago. Quot they had their Hopes up that by now there a be some Type of action and wed be Home in six months a now we done to  sgt. 1st class Kevin Wangbickler said he arrived Here 62 Days ago on temporary duty orders from Redstone Arsenal near Huntsville Ala. To was told id be Here three to six months. Now in a told ill definitely be Here one year a said the 20-year army Veteran who has a wife and two children. A a in a not Happy but there a nothing i can  reservists originally activated for 89 Days to serve As support personnel said a second three month stint in the desert would financially ruin some of them. Several members of the 1241st adjutant general postal from the Alabama National guard said an additional 90 Days of duty would cause them hardship. The unit has been in saudi Arabia since sept. 11. A a in a losing $8,000 Over a six month period a said sgt. Jim Briggs a mail Carrier in civilian life. A my wife had to take a second Job and put our child in Day  Briggs said creditors dropped his interest rates to 6 percent a but that does no to offset the loss. They re not going to repossess your House tomorrow but you re put in such a bind when you get Back  pfc. Cynthia Nelson said she was in the process of opening a nightclub when her. Unit was activated. A i had to leave it Hane my a she said. S she knew when she joined the Alabama National guard that she might be called to duty but i thought we would help in the event of National disasters Quot she said a a in a sacked we were called to fight for another staff sgt. Bob Garrett of the North Carolina National guard was an associate Dean at Central Carolina Community College when he got the Call. A i thought a of no. Is this for real a ill was like a death in the  i Gulf duty has hit him hard in the pocket Book. He a getting about half his Iio matl salary but the Cost of the mortgage the two i car payments and his songs College Educa a Tion have remained the same. I for at least one however desert shield j is proving to be something of a Boon. Apr a Melissa Benson a physical Educ tip i major at North Carolina Central Universal in Durham was one week into classes Neni the Call came. She had time to a Indra a from classes and get a refund. I a i was in Shock a she said adding that she now sees a positive Side to the deploy ment. A a in a saving Money Here. 1ii go to school and pick up where i left Oil