European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 18, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a the stars and stripes saturday. May 18. 1991 at a glance _1 a. A a a a to. French prime minister Edith cres son sits in her Paris office. Cres son a former Cabinet minister and the first woman to head the French government succeeded Michel to card earlier this week. Space station defender vice president Dan Quayle vows to fight to save nasal a space station program after a key House subcommittee voted to kill the $30 billion program. A Page 6 marines hailed thousands of survivors of the Bangladesh Cyclone watched with Joy and bewilderment As the first wave of . Marines arrived. A Page 8 military health care a new program that would give local commanders authority to tap a variety of health care sources should make it easier for military beneficiaries to get medical treatment. A Page 9 unemployment claims Rise fhe number of americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits Rose again in Early May. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers .19 action line. .16 comics. 19-20-21 commentary. .13 crossword. 19 letters. .12 Money matters. .17 sports. 22-28 weather. .11 clarification an article in fridays editions about an army program that Gies free vacations to soldiers in appreciation of their desert storm efforts said the naw did not consider taking part in the program. Navy morale and recreation Otti vials said they were never informed of the army program and therefore did not consider including naw personnel. Nato seeks open markets for major arms purchases by David Tarrant Brussels Bureau Brussels Belgium nato is considering ways to open up the arms Market within the Alliance As its members face an Era of steadily decreasing defense budgets a senior nato official said Friday. Over the next five years nato nations can expect cuts of up to 50 percent in the estimated annual $200 billion spent collectively on defense by the 16-nation Alliance. By allowing More Competition for defense contracts the Alliance can continue to maintain High Quality military forces at lower costs said the official who briefed reporters on the condition of anonymity. Standing in the Way of a Freer Market Are a Host of National Law s and practices aimed at protecting local defense industries the official said. But a nato task Force is recommending proposals that would gradually change such practices and provide incentives for Alliance members to a a shop around on arms purchases the official said. Quot the task Force concluded that it was possible to arrive at a common agreement among the allies on Concrete measures paving the Way towards progressive opening up of the defense Trade  the official said. Quot for nato this is fairly revolutionary  nato delegations Are reviewing the recommendations which include the setting up of a special defense Trade committee to promote Competition and lower costs and establishing a code of conduct to be followed by nato countries trading with each other the official said. After the proposals Are circulated to each Alliance delegation the entire report will be submitted to natos permanent representatives for approval the official said. The task Force which included arms Industry representatives from Alliance countries also identified a detailed list of obstacles to Cross Border Trade. Several of the task Force recommendations will Likely face stiff opposition the official acknowledged. These include formal agreements on defense Trade and the establishment of a nato purchasing Agency. Such proposals would involve a treaty and a we done to want to to in that direction right  said the official. It is More Likely that nato will approve measures that will prod National defense markets to become progressive open to other allies the official said. This will have the effect of allowing a Cotmon like France to compete for a defense contract in Italy where it May previous have been barred. Such Competition will Likely cause different countries to specialize in different products the official said. A every country will be Able to Reserve some things for  he said. W the process also includes measures to protect smaller countries with fledgling defense industries that might otherwise be dwarfed by the United slates. Britain. France and Germany the official said. An earlier . Push to have nato consider ways to establish a common policy for exporting weaponry to unstable areas of the middie East and third world was dropped by the task Force. Officials thought the Issue was More a political question that should also include other arms dealers such As the soviet Union. China. Brazil and Israel the official said. Public transport in Eastern Berlin unsafe for Blacks police head says Berlin up a Public transportation in the Eastern part of Berlin is not Safe for Blacks because of an increasing number of violent attacks on foreigners there and in Eastern Germany the head of the City a police Force said Friday. Quot the fact is anybody with Black skin cannot fee Safe in the Eastern part of the City a said Wolfgang Schinz berlins head of criminal police in an interview with a local Magazine named Kitty. Quot we Are doing everything we can to improve the Security situation on Public  Schinz said. He said violent crime in Berlin was concentrated in a few districts in the City a Eastern part. He said that crime committed by mobs in Eastern Berlin tended to be More brutal and More frequent than in the Western part. Quot this is particularly the Case against foreigners who Are Only a tiny minority in Eastern Berlin a Schinz said. But in comparison with major american cities the crime rate in Berlin is Low. He said. Quot in Western Berlin we have 5.000 robberies a year whereas in Washington. , there Are some 100.000 robberies a  a spokesman for the . Consulate in Berlin said officials were monitoring the situation but there were no plans to Issue travel warnings for Black americans visiting Berlin. There have been a series of attacks on Blacks and other foreigners in former East Germany in recent months. Two weeks ago a mob of German youths broke into a building housing Black africans in the City of Wittenberg. They attacked two namibians and threw them out of a fourth Story window. Both men were severely injured and one remains in a coma. Prior to the attack. Groups of germans and Black africans fought at a local discotheque. In another incident a group of Neo nazis allegedly pushed a 2 6-year-old mozambican off a moving Streetcar in the Dresden on april 1. The Man died of his injuries. A funeral procession for the mozambican attended by 7,000 Dresden residents was attacked by a group of $0 extremists. Last week in the Eastern German City of zittau. A mob a tacked a dorm housing 40 soviet children from chernobyl hurling burning flares and stones at the building. Two of the attackers broke into the dorm and beat a soviet teacher who tried to protect the children. In the Eastern District of Berlin a mob shouting. Quot foreigners set out Quot attacked a 31-year-old soviet tourist in a Streetcar last week. The Man was stabbed in the Back with a knife and critically injured. Royal air Force altering operations in Germany correction Usa eur Public affairs office provided an incorrect title for the person who answered Friday s action line question. Rae Lemmond is the weapons registration specialist at Usa eur vehicle resist re. He Mav be reached at ets 3706210. A London a amps two Royal air Force bases in Germany will close and several flying squadrons will undergo changes Over the next two years. British ministry of defense officials said Friday. The moves Are part of the restructuring of the Raf in Germany. Raf Wildenrath near the dutch Border will be closed by the end of 1992 and Raf Gutersloh will shut Down by december 1993. The officials said. Two f-4 phantom Squadron at Wildenrath will begin to disband Thi summer. The Tornado interdiction strike Force in germans will be reduced from eight squadrons based at Raf Laa Bruch. Germany and Raf Bruggen. Germany to four based at Raf Bruegel. Three of the squadrons at Laur Hruch will he disbanded beginning in september. The fourth will deploy to Raf mar Ham England by the end of this year. Harrier and support helicopter Quot units j Gui Odoh will move to . British bases to close missile Wing to deactivate Raf Greenham common England a amps the last air Force ground launched cruise missile Wing in Europe will deactivate at Greenham common on june 4. Base officials said. A ceremony marking the deactivation of the 501st tac missile Wing and its 10 squadrons will Lake place at the base at 2 Pun. Following the event the 7501st air base no will be activated at Greet Marn to govern the base s remaining . Personnel. J activated in july 19$2. Inc 5 k i it i it it the first Glam Vic to pm a j in Europe. It received its Fdl acct j it pues in. June a it. 1 the last it their  a Ewas set a j pud . Fab. Ariz j Ter Madiate Rarie nuclear Force j trea v a Ovid Mav