European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 a a the stars and stripes thursday january 24,1991 dec delays $1ion in Aid to soviets by David Tarrant Brussels Bureau Brussels Belgium a european governments Are delaying a $1 billion Aid program to the soviet Union As part of growing International protest against the military crackdown in the Baltic states officials said. V the action by the 12-member european Community will not Stop All Aid Between Europe and the soviet Union. But officials said it is meant to considerably slow Down relations pending events in Lithuania and Latvia where a soviet military crackdown has resulted in at East 19 deaths since Jan. 14. The european parliament meeting tuesday in Strasbourg France delayed the programs primarily designed to provide emergency food Aid to the soviet Union. Parliament officials said they would review their decision in a month. Meanwhile nato ambassadors who met wednesday did not take any specific action to Back up their recent protests of the soviet crackdown a nato source said. But he said they Are continuing to Monitor the situation Between the soviet Union and the provinces of Lithuania Latvia and Estonia the official said. One of the measures being considered by the 16-member Alliance is to a tighten up on some of the contacts proposed during last years London Summit the source said. Several countries including the United states Are also considering using the con Ference on Security and cooperation in Europe Quot As a Way to Force the soviets to respond to possible human rights violations in the Baltic sources said. The process would involve one or More members of the conference a 35-member organization who would ask the soviet Union to explain How its actions conform to its commitments on human and political rights under Csc. The soviet Union a member of the Csc would have to respond to the inquiry. Spy suspect to be detained until probe ends Karlsruhe Germany a amps a an pm a Loyee at the . Mission in Berlin who was arrested this month on suspicion of spying for the soviets will remain in custody until the investigation is Complete a prosecution spokesman said wednesday. A a we be decided the evidence against Stephen Laufer is grave enough to warrant holding him a said the spokesman for the Federal prosecutors office in Karlsruhe. Laufer 36, is suspected of relaying information to the soviet intelligence Agency from 1977 to Early 1990, the spokesman said. The German prosecutors office suspects Laufer met with the Kab agents five to six times a year and delivered information on the political mood in the City while working As a Volunteer journalist for several Berlin newspapers in 1987, Laufer was a speech writer for Eber hard Diepgen then the Christian democratic lord mayor of West Berlin. At that time Laufer had Access to Diepgen a Public appointments As Well As related strategy talks and negotiations the spokesman said. / in 1988, Laufer a naturalized German i Izen born in South Africa began working for the press Section of the . Mission in Berlin. A at the moment a the spokesman said a we have no idea How Long the investigation will take. But or. Laufer will be with us until its  from Page 1 tacks and additional missile raids. _ for instance Cheney said destroying iraqis Mobile scud missile launchers has proved More difficult than expected. A a a a a. A a a a a a. Both he and Powell said however that . Forces were doing Well in All phases of the Campaign including knocking out iraqis ability to produce nuclear biological and chemical weapons. Earlier wednesday . And British officials said they were eroding iraqi president Saddam Hussein a ability to launch scud missiles on his neighbors. Although Pentagon official Pete Williams said it was impossible to destroy All of iraqis scud missile launchers British maj. Gen. Alex Harley called tuesday a a particularly successful Day in the Effort to Knock out the launchers. Williams told a a lbs this morning that the iraqi launchers had proved particularly elusive targets in the air  the right scud launcher is a Tittle bit like finding one flatbed truck in All of Texas a he said. Saddam has repeatedly tried to link any settlement of the persian Gulf conflict to an israeli withdrawal from occupied Arab lands a a formulation the United states has rejected. Iraq has threatened to tie its treatment of prisoners of War to the Arab israeli conflict. Iraqi radio said the iraqi government would abide by the Geneva conventions Only if a the same is applied to the people of  Iraq says it has moved american pos to help shield strategic Sites against Allied air strikes. In another development an Oil Field in Southern Kuwait that was ignited by iraqi occupiers was still raging wednesday Oil Industry executives said in Bahrain. The . Military had confirmed that several kuwaiti Oil facilities were burning tuesday and said heavy smoke from the fires could hamper attacks on iraqi troop positions. On wednesday Iran blamed the burning Oil facilities for a Greasy a Black rain that fell on its territory about 145 Miles from Kuwait. In saudi Arabia the principal staging ground for the mighty Allied War Effort against Iraq the skies were hazy but Clearing Early wednesday and . Warplanes thundered off on More bombing runs. Iran a islamic Republic news Agency said Allied warplanes wednesday pounded the iraqi port City of Basra a site of iraqis military Headquarters for the Kuwait theater a and the nearby Faw Oil Center. The Agency said explosions could be heard in the iranian City of Khorran Mshar 25 Miles away. Peter Arnett of Cable news network reported wednesday from Baghdad that despite the bombing life in the iraqi capital was regaining some semblance of normalcy. A a a a a a. V. A  a a a a a �.���. A a some food stores were open water trucks were making the rounds and lines of Drivers waited to buy gasoline he said in a report cleared by iraqi censors. However iraqis Oil ministry said in a radio announcement that it was suspending Sale of gasoline a for a Short period starting wednesday. Meanwhile in Tel Aviv the israeli Cabinet met following wednesdays missile attack did not Issue a statement. Initial reports on tuesdays attack on Tel Aviv said the Patriot missiles missed the incoming scud. But wednesday Brig. Gen. Uri ram commander of israelis air defences said a Patriot missile struck the iraqi missile but failed to blow up its warhead. The warhead directly hit one apartment building and damaged about 20 others wounding about 100 people israeli officials said. Three people died of heart attacks. In other developments wednesday a Iraq closed its Border with Jordan blocking the exodus of thousands of foreigners fleeing heavy Allied bombing. A a powerful explosion killed a guard in a partly French owned Bank in Baalbek Lebanon the traditional stronghold of the fundamentalist shiite Hezbollah or party of god. The Early morning blast occurred a few hours after a bomb went off outside the French embassy in West Beirut causing damage but no casualties. Both explosions were suspected to have been linked to the Gulf  from Page 1 letter the text of which was released by Ina and monitored in Nicosia. This a aggressive conduct by your government came to top premeditated hostile acts against Iraq which started when Turkey Cut off the iraqi pipeline and confiscated food and medical shipments belonging to Iraq a Aziz said. He was referring to the  Trade embargo that Turkey enforced against Iraq after the aug. 2 occupation of Kuwait. Turkey also halted the flow of an estimated 1.2 million barrels of iraqi Oil through a trans Turkey pipeline to the Mediterranean for Export. Aziz called turkeys stand a shameful. And unprecedented in the history of relations Between the two  he added a the sole motive for this act is a desire to Kneel to the United states which is launching a treacherous aggression against Iraq and its  he held turkish president Turgut Ozal responsible for a dragging Turkey into american schemes and pursuing a policy that contradicts. The basis of Good neighbourly relations.�?�. A a. A . And other Allied aircraft have used in Ciurlik a to strike targets in Iraq As part of the air Campaign to Force Saddam Hussein to relinquish Kuwait. Terrorist actions in Turkey have been escalating since the Gulf War began and the country has been edging closer to joining the allies. In related news bombs exploded wednesday morning in the buildings of two . Organizations in instant but slightly injuring one turkish employee and causing extensive damage. There were no immediate claims of responsibility but officials have expressed fears of terrorist attacks in Turkey because of the War. The sem official Anatolia news Agency said that the first explosion occurred at the offices of the american Board a missionary group that has been running schools and a publishing House in Turkey since the 19th Century. Anatolia said three people disarmed and tied up a policeman and a guard at the Entrance and the walked up to the fourth floor. Then they bound employees planted an explosive device and left said the report. A turkish woman Tulin Cember was injured slightly in the blast it said. A the second explosion came 10 minutes later in the offices of an american shipping company Abs causing damage Anatolia reported. The attackers tied up people at the building and placed an explosive that went off after they left the dispatch said. A a on tuesday bombs exploded at a nato maintenance facility in Istanbul. A turkish underground leftist group claimed responsibility for the explosions. Soon by Crystal Laureano staff writer Twenty nine cent Stamps will be available at military Post offices Quot throughout Europe within the next several Days army and air Force postal officials said wednesday. The Cost to mail letters and postcards will jump 4 cents on sunday feb. 3, the . Postal service announced tuesday. Because All Post offices Are closed on sundays the rates actually increase feb. 4. First class letters mailed on or after that Date must carry 29-cent postage for the first ounce. The Cost for each additional ounce will Rise from 20 cents to 23 cents. Postcard rates will increase from 15 cents to 19 cents. Army and air Force postal officials in Europe say 20-stamp booklets and stamp sheets have been on hand in anticipation of the rate hikes. However the new Stamps could not be distributed to military Post offices until the . Postal service publicly announced the new rates and their effective Date an air Force employee said. The Stamps that initially will be available do not carry a Price because the new rate was not known at the time they were printed. The Stamps which picture tulips Are labelled with the letter f. They Are the sixth in the series of letter designated Stamps used when rates Are changed. Military Post offices also have nomination Stamps that can be added to 15-cent and 25-cent Stamps to equal the new rates officials from both services said. The rate increases will also affect newspapers and magazines which trave by second class mail and third class advertising material.  of the rate increases the costs for priority mail and express mail also will increase