European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 7, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10. The stars and stripes Friday june 7, 1991 Copenhagen Denmark a in. An Effort to help Eastern Europe Bury its Quot communist past the nato allies on thursday offered to increase political and military links with their former War. Saw pact adversaries. /. A a 1 the nato foreign ministers issued a statement endorsing political and military. Discussions on Security with Eastern. Europe an nations. A a. They also endorsed cooperation on scientific and environmental issues and Exchange programs involving legislators journalists educators and others. . Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii and his 15 nato colleagues issued the statement on the first Day of a two Dav meeting Here. Quot a a a a the political declaration on Eastern Europe is part of a new Mission for the Alliance to be adopted formally at a Summit in Rome this fall. A. A your goal is to reach of t to the soviet Union and to the emerging democracies. To demonstrate natos genuine concern for their legitimate Security interests a Baker told the meeting in remarks released to reporters. He said nato a will help build the network of ties that will further integrated those countries with the West last week the nato defense ministers endorsed a new military posture that would be less geared toward defending a soviet led land attack and More responsive to crises including Domestic turmoils in Eastern Europe after 1994, when Moscow is to have withdrawn All its forces from its former East european Aliis nato will Field fewer troops and will deploy a highly Mobile multinational a rapid reaction corps.�?�. A a. A. A British nato official who spoke on condition of anonymity said the corps might be used at the invitation of an East european nation. A there Are very few circumstances in which we would intervene in Eastern Europe unless there was an old style soviet threat or a local disturbance and we were invited to do something a the British official said. The nato statement said the West Ern Alliance would not isolate the soviet Union from its former allies. A French officials said they preferred the 34-nation conference on Security and cooperation in Europe not nato As the main forum for East West political exchanges. But they said they endorsed the nato statement. A Onato must not push too hard too fast a said one official who spoke on condition of anonymity. A we must give the new Csc institutions a Chance to prove  a Concession to France the nato allies said in their statement that the conference on Security and cooperation a plays a Central role in expanding the cooperative relationships across Europe a from Page 1 choose where their kids get child care including religious settings and with religious instruction a Bush told the baptists. A a a a a we fought a Long Lime to preserve Choice for Par cuts. Today it truly becomes a  a a the. New Federal voucher program will double the amount available in Many states to help the working poor pay for child care. Georgia for. Instance which now spends $22 million on child care is counting on getting $21.8 million fro Washington in september. Rive Southern baptists with 15 million members Are America largest protestant denomination and among. Its most conservative. A. A a. V a. The. Delegates  Resolution wednesday demanding that Bush fire National endowment for the arts a air non John Frohnmayer for subsidizing a sacrilegious  they also approved a Resolution denouncing a $25,000. Federal health Grant to a Gay and lesbian group. A a Bush in his speech told of the Legal fight fifth grader Man cute Rethford had to Vendure when Public school officials in Norman okla., tried to Stop her from Reading the Bible during recess. V a a the Day. A child a quiet prayer group during recess becomes an unlawful Assembly something a really wrong a Bush said. A a a in that spirit today i again Call on Congress pass a constitutional amendment permitting voluntary prayer Back into our nations  also reiterated his stand against abortion including his opposition to Federal funding for any abortions except to save a mothers life. Bush also personally supports abortions in cases of rape or incest but not Federal funding. V a a. Whatever we be Learned Over the last few decades its Clear that America is a nation that no longer lacks a moral vocabulary a Bush said. A ideals like decency and virtue Are not longer subject to scorn. A let us ask ourselves in child care in education in crime legislation Are we doing All we can to preserve Faith and family if not we must do More a space Center Houston a Nasa told columbian a astronauts thursday that they May have to perform an emergency spacewalk to fix or remove a Loose Seal that could prevent proper closure of the space shuttles cargo Bay doors. A a we re trying to determine by analysis if Well be Able to close the door safely with the environmental Seal where it is currently a Mission controls Jan Davis told the Crew a we have a lot of Good folks working on that and we re hopeful we can Clear it by analysis.  a a a a a. A a a a. A if we can to there a a possibility that Well do a spacewalk Davis said. She said a spacewalk would not occur before saturday the fourth Day of the nine Day flight. A a. A  cargo Bay doors must be closed tightly for the shuttle to make the fiery re entry through the atmosphere. Two of the astronauts a Tamara Jernig Ari and James Bagian a Are trained in space walking in Case the doors must be closed manually. A television pictures beamed to the ground wednesday showed that several White blankets of insulation had come Loose in the payload Bay. And some weath ers tripping a Long sealing Belt also came Loose along the Edge of one of the doors that covers the Bay during launch and . From Page 1 a a a a a a a. A a Complete the army a treatment program or who refused to participate could be separated. Now those soldiers will be separated. A a Ain overweight policies,.soldiers in the army weight control program who done to meet the Standard of losing three to eight pounds per month and who have no medical reason for their condition will be separated or receive a bar to re enlistment. The old policy states that soldiers could be considered for separation after failing to lose three to eight pounds per month following six months in the program. Similarly soldiers who had failed to maintain body fat standards for one year following removal from the weight control program could be separated. Now such soldiers will be separated. In addition soldiers will be unable to attend professional military schools if they done to meet body fat standards. Previously soldiers deemed capable of attaining the standards by the end of the course or within 30 Days whichever came first were eligible for enrolment. A on the physical fitness test soldiers without medical conditions who fail two consecutive tests will be barred from enlistment or separated. Under the old policy commanders  to separate soldiers who repeatedly failed the test. Finally soldiers who Are kicked out of army professional develop mint courses for misconduct will be barred from re enlisting or separated. Previously such soldiers could be reclassified taken off promotion list barred from re enlisting or separated. Although Goodno said the new policies Are aimed at a enhancing Quality rather than helping the army meet its Force reduction goals she acknowledged that the changes could result in an unknown number of involuntary separations. A a for example about 12,500 soldiers arc currently enrolled in the army weight control program and an additional 9,500 failed their last physical fitness test. She said the Burden is on the soldiers if they can Riivet the new standards they will not be involuntarily separated.,.a. A. A the army must reduce personnel strength from its current level of More than 740,000 to 618,000 by the end of fiscal 1993. The bulk of the reductions a three quarters or More a will be handled through cutbacks in recruiting and voluntary separations but All the services face some forced separation to meet the lower personnel goals. Recent estimates forwarded to Congress by the pen Wagon manpower officials show the army will make the most involuntary separations a nearly 28,000 during fiscal 1992 and fiscal 1993,. Most of those will be made by forcing troops with More than 20 years of service to retire and by tightening re enlistments for first term service members. Congress has directed the Pentagon to consider Only As a last report cutting personnel on their second or subsequent enlistments who have fewer than 20 years. Of service. A. A a a letters from Page 1 a a. A a other bunds and Are to be auctioned by soothe by son june 13, the auction House has identified the seller Only As an american. The letters include a scribbled note in Pencil addressed to a Irish a a nickname for Summersby in which the general evidently asked to spend a free Day with her. A. A How about lunch Tea and dinner today a the note says a if yes who else do you want if any at which Lime How Are you a a the collection to be auctioned consists of autographed photos other mementos and 37 letters 24 of which have never been published according to Selby Kiffer vice president in the books and manuscripts department of soothe by skitter described one of the letters As an a a extraordinary message in which Quot Eisenhower attempts to soften the blow of Summers by a being left behind in Germany after the War while the rest of his staff was transferred with him to his new duty in Washington. In her second Book us Nimersky a former Model wrote of How her Friendship with the general had developed into passion. A a i suppose inevitably we found ourselves in each others arms in an unrestrained embrace a she wrote. A your jackets came off buttons were unbuttoned. It was As if pc were frantic arid we  but she added the general had difficulty consummating the affair. Historians interest in the relationship was spurred by remarks of former president Truman during an interview with Merle Miller for an Oral biography published in 1974. A Truman said then that Eisenhower had written to general of the armies George c. Marshall saying that he wanted to return from Europe to the United states to get a divorce from his wife Mamie and marry Summersby. A according to this account Marshall threatened to run Eisenhower a out of the army and prevent him from a never drawing a peaceful  Summersby we my Eisenhower