European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 16, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes tuesday july 16, 1991 / a a at a glance men looking Tor a better method of birth control Are turning to a simple operation that is burdened by some misconceptions a the Vasectomy. See Story on Page 14. Movie takes off despite scattered violence Columbia pictures was expecting the film Boyz n the Hood to Gross about $9.3 million during its first three Days in the nations Heaters. A Page 6 stamping out drug mail . Postal officials Are intensifying their efforts to Stop drug suppliers who use the nations mails As an inexpensive and fast Way to Supply their customers. A Page 7 building new Era in Berlin a former . Ambassador is Busy turning the Berlin area that served As the cold War Gateway to the West into a postwar business Gateway to the East. A Page 8banking merger planned chemical banking corp. And manufacturers Hanover corp. Have announced a stunning merger that will create the nation s second largest banking company with assets of $135 billion. A Page 10health debate studied Wall Street analysts think the debate Over the nation s expensive health care system May exert More influence on the Economy and financial markets. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers. 19 action line. 16 comics. 19-21 commentary. 13 crossword. 19 letters. 12 Money matters. .17 sports. 22-28 to listings. .27 weather. 11 Bush optimistic final obstacle can be solved in arms pact Washington apr american and soviet experts Are taking a final Stab at overcoming one remaining obstacle to a landmark nuclear arms reduction treaty. President Bush said monday that he was encouraged but that the dispute was an important one. The two sides almost completed a strategic arms reduction treaty slashing by 30 percent their Long Range bombers submarines and nuclear missiles but they fell slightly Short sunday. A the Long journey of nine years is coming really to an end a soviet foreign minister Alexander Bessmer Nyoh said at the conclusion of four Days of talks with Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii and teams of physicists engineers and military officers from both countries. Bessmer Nyoh with _ Baker at his Side told reporters that there remains a one very technical aspect of a problem to Deal with and i Hope we will finish it soon. A negotiating teams were meeting monday in Geneva without Baker arid Bessmer Nyoh in an Effort to work out the remaining obstacle. The two Likely will take up the Issue again in London on wednesday while Bush and soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev hold informal talks following a seven nation economic Summit. Bush in London for the Summit said monday that he had talked at length with Baker about the Pace of the negotiations. A a it a encouraging a one Point remaining but an important one a he said. Asked if the obstacles could be overcome in time for a july Summit with Gorbachev he said a i think we re going to be talking about it a the experts Are going to be talking about it a before i see president Gorbachev  Baker said sunday that the United states refuses to be rushed into accepting an arms pact. The treaty a deals with the strategic balance of the next 15 to 20 years and we re determined to get it right a Baker said. Presidential spokesman Marlin fit wafer told reporters in London that Bush was a obviously encouraged that they made As much Progress As they  but he repeated the administrations position that a summer Summit Between Bush and Gorbachev will not be held without a completed agreement. Analysts differed on whether the remaining Issue was really substantive or was minor but was being left unresolved to give Bush and Gorbachev a significant achievement to announce in  it seems to be easy to resolve Given that they be agreed on the increase in throw weight a said Dunbar Lockwood of the private non profit arms control association. Baker disagreed saying a you can have an Issue that is substantive but very very technical at the same  the remaining problem pertains to a throw weight a which Means the amount of payload a missile can deliver at a certain Range. The sides agreed that a 21 percent increase in a missiles throw weight would define it As a new missile. But they were at Odds Over other aspects of the formula defining throw weight. Baker would not say what those were but they appear to pertain to a missiles length or Range. Link assumes command of 3rd of Raf Mildenhall England a amps a maj. Gen. Charles d. Link took command of the 3rd air Force on monday calling it the a Premier Berend air Force in the  links predecessor Mai. Gen. Marcus a. Anderson had held the position since june 1988. Anderson will assume command thursday of the air Force operational and test evaluation Center at Kirtland fab n.m., where All new and modified air Force weapons systems Are tested. Gen. Robert c. Oaks commander of the . Air forces in Europe presided at the ceremony at Raf Mildenhall. In his speech Oaks told link a you will find 3rd air Force like the rest of Safe in a time of rapid change and distinct  in 1989, 3rd air Force had 26,829 Active duty personnel and nine major air Force bases. By 1994, four major bases Are projected to remain open and it is estimated that 15,000 airmen will be stationed in England. Examples of four aircraft due to leave 3rd air Force in the next two years were parked on the flight line outside the hangar where the ceremony was held. They were an ec-135 airborne command and control aircraft an of Lulf fighter bomber an of 111 radar jamming aircraft and an a-10 anti tank aircraft. The ec-135s, All based at Mildenhall Are to leave by Early 1992, according to the . European come. The of Lulfs based at Lakenheath and the Folles and the of ills based at upper hey Ford Are to leave by the end of 1992, according to an announcement by the Pentagon made in february. The a los based at Raf Alconbury Raf Benwa ters and Raf Woodbridge will be gone by Early 1993. The first f-15e strike eagles the aircraft replacing the Falls at Lakenheath Are expected to arrive by february 1992, according to a base spokesman. Ben Waters and Woodbridge Are to be returned to the British ministry of defense and Alconbury is to become Headquarters for the 39th special operation Wing now at Rhein main a Germany. In his speech link said a i know Gen. Oaks and Gen. Anderson have set a very Good course for this ship. As i work my Way to the Bridge ill try hard not to bump into the rudder  links previous assignment involved dual roles As commandant. Air War College and vice commander air University at Maxwell fab  from Page 1 crumbling soviet Economy. A a there a no one Here who wants to Send or. Gorbachev away discouraged and there a no one Here who wants to Send him away with a big fat Check a British foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd said. Hurd interviewed monday on abcs Good morning am Crick said Gorbachev must implement an economic Reform plan before the West provides anything beyond technical Aid. Germany along with France and Italy to a lesser extent favors giving Gorbachev a Large dose of financial Aid. Bush discussed the Issue during morning meetings with Kohl and italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti. A the must be Given enough Aid to succeed a and Straightaway Quot French president Francois Mitterrand said after talks sunday with Bush at Rambouillet 60 Miles outside Paris. The soviet communist party daily pravda said monday that the West should help the soviet Union make the difficult transition to a Market Economy. It devoted nearly an entire Page to the meeting in London. The soviet Union a is successfully going from totalitarianism to democracy. Under these conditions it is necessary and advantageous for the West to ease its difficult transition to the Market a pravda said. A Gorbachev adviser said monday that the soviet presidents standing at Home could be endangered if he returns empty handed. A i am talking about risk coming from some opposite forces coming from conservative forces and risk of social uprising a Yevgeny Primakow said in an interview with British broadcasting corp.  from Page 1 commander of the Allied operation to save the kurd. Shalikashvil and Garner stood at attention As the . Flag was lowered Over the former iraqi army compound that had been Allied Headquarters near the Border town of Zakhoo. Kurd who demonstrated Over the weekend against the Allied withdrawal did not stage any protests monday. The kurd also opposed an Allied decision allowing Irani Border guards to resume duty at the Border with Turkey. It was not Clear when the iraqis would return. The allies warned Iraq not to move troops into the Security zone and not to Fly aircraft North of the 36th parallel a a much larger area than the original 36,000-Square-mile Safe Haven. Shalikashvil said the iraqis also had been told not to Seal off the Border. He said he had heard no complaints from kurdish leaders. Almost All of the 450,000 refugees who fled to Turkey have returned to their Home areas and hundreds of thousands of the 1.2 million who fled to Iran Are reported to be coming Back As Well. A i think our Mission has been extremely successful a said Fred Cuny a disaster assistance consultant working for the . State department. A for the first time in history we took an emerging refugee situation and stopped it cold in its  Cuny said that the allies confined themselves to the Security zone to not offend the iraqi sense of sovereignty