European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 9, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Aides . A rms Washington apr soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev is sending his foreign minister and top general to Washington this week in a redoubled Effort to conclude a strategic arms treaty the White House said monday. Bush called it a a Good sign Quot and said there was ample time to arrange a superpower Summit in Moscow at the end of  peace Quot i have said before that what we want to do is have a Summit meeting with the soviets and in be also said that i want this Start agreement completed Quot Bush told reporters. Quot whether these last difficulties can be ironed out we just done to know. But this should be seen As a Good sign a Bush told reporters As he met with business leaders at the White House on his education plan. A a it a a Good thing that they re coming a said Bush. A there s plenty of time to get this done so that we can have this meeting at the end of  Bush noted that he will also have a Chance to talk with Gorbachev himself next week in London after the economic Summit. Gorbachev relayed word on sunday through his ambassador that he was sending the High powered soviet delegation to try to Hammer out the Star t agreement. Bush sent the soviet president an urgent message on saturday pressing him to act to bring the strategic arms reduction talks to a successful conclusion. A president Gorbachev agreed with the see treaty on Page 10ok d a group of cars moving on the main Road South of the austrian yugoslav Border pass some burned trucks monday. In Slovenia Quot brijun1, Yugoslavia apr slovenian and Federal leaders agreed monday on a formula that would give the Republic limited control of its Borders and Lime to work out secession peacefully. As an indication of Good will Slovenia released its last captured Federal army troops a fewer than 100 officers a the army command announced monday in Belgrade. In Croatia which declared Independence along with Slovenia on june 25, Federal army tanks broke up a firelight sunday Between croatian and serbian fighters. Casualty reports varied but combatant deaths were Pul at about 12. Lighting in Slovenia since the june 25 declarations has left 02 persons death the red Cross said. Sunday was the first time Federal troops opened fire in Croatia to break up fighting Between croats and serbs who have clashed almost daily since Mav. The Village of ten a where the lighting look place was reported quiet monthly. An agreement in principle was reached with slovenian and croatian leaders by Yugoslavia a eight member collective presidency in a meeting on the Island of Bri Juni till Yugoslavia a Adriatic coast. A your Road to full Independence will be Long hut now it is Clear that after three months of negotiations our sovereignly will be full a slovenian president Milan Kucan declared. The official news Agency Tii Jug said Early this evening that the Federal government a the Cabinet and the Federal Premier a monday accepted the  Slovenia on Page 10 base closures to traffic deaths of ties stress of by Deedee Arrington Doke staff writer Ramstein a Germany a stress caused by uncertainties surrounding base closures May have been a Factor in a majority of the air Force traffic fatalities in Europe in the last nine months according to . Air forces in Europe safety officials. Sixteen air Force members died in off duty ground accidents Between oct. 1 a the Start of the 1991 fiscal year a and june 1. Fifteen air Force members were killed in off duty ground accidents during the entire 1990 fiscal year. One was killed in a hiking Accident while the others including one pedestrian died in car accidents. Nine c persons a All killed in car wrecks a were from bases slated to close or strongly rumoured to close Safe officials said. A when we have events of the magnitude that have been occurring in this command Over the last year we find that affects the people. Its just one More concern that a person has to live with a said col. Carl Parlatore a Safe a departing safety director. A nobody goes out and says today i think in a going to take my car at 190 Kilometres and drive it into this  nobody does that. Sometimes the situations will Force a Guy to do that a Parlatore said. Turmoil surrounding the european base closures apparently also affected the so called a fatal profile of the typical air Force traffic fatality officials said. Generally those air Force members most Likely to be killed in a private motor vehicle Accident Are men 2f> and younger who Are e-4 and Helow and single or unaccompanied. But in the first Quarter of this year a number of those Kieth it ear wreck were higher ranking married and older Parlatore said. A after we Analysed that we noticed that these individuals were coming from bases that were scheduled to dose or in fact were strongly rumoured to close a Parlatore said. Chief master sgt. De Baur Safe chief of Groundsel stress on Page 10