European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Vol. 50, no. 105 saturday july 27,1991 authorized unofficial publication , 35c d 8693 a3 slayings in Germany probed for link to Milwaukee murders by the stars and stripes a suspected serial killer in Wisconsin who allegedly used Handcuffs to secure his victims joined the army to become a military policeman but did not finish the police training a spokeswoman with an army personnel Center said Friday. And German authorities said Friday that they Are investigating possible links Between Jeffrey l. Dahmer and at least three unsolved murders that occurred Between 1979 and 1981, when Dahmer was stationed with the army in Baum older Germany. Dahmer 31, was formally charged a Jeffrey l. Dahmer stares straight ahead As charges Are read against him in Milwaukee county circuit court thursday. Thursday in Milwaukee with four counts of murder based on the first four victims police had identified by thursday morning. Three More victims have since been identified. Police were directed to Dahmer a apartment on monday after a Man Tracy Edwards 32, said he had been handcuffed and threatened with a knife. He had gone there for a Beer after meeting Dahmer at a mall. Inside Dahmer a apartment police found seven human skulls and four Heads some in a refrigerator next to an open Box of baking soda. Other body parts were stuffed into a Blue 57-gallon drum. Also found was a Kettle with a what appears to be decomposed hands and other human body parts according to a document filed by the Milwaukee county medical examiners office. Dahmer enlisted in the army on dec. �?29, 1978, through the services delayed entry program and went on Active duty Jan. 12,1979. He signed up to become an my but in May 1979, was sent for medical specialist training after he did not Complete his police schooling said Joyce Wiesner a spokeswoman for the army Reserve personnel Center in St. Louis to. Wiesner did not say Why Dahmer had not completed the training. She emphasized that she could not release information about disciplinary or medical actions. Madeleine Dwoyakowski a spokeswoman for the Baum older military Community said Friday that Dahmer was a medical specialist assigned to the 2nd in 68th army regt 8th inf div Mech be mysteries in Germany suspected serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer was an army medic stationed with the 2nd but 68th army regt 8th inf div Mechin Baum older Germany from july 13,1979, to March 24. 1981. German police Are investigating Dahmer a possible link with at least three unsolved murders near Baum older during that time. Tween july 13, 1979 and March 24, 1981. But she could shed no further Light on Dahmer a military background at Baum older. Records depending upon their nature Are kept no longer than one to three years Dwoyakowski said. Dahmer was discharged from the army As a private first class on March 26, 1981, two Days after he left Baum older where he served most of his army stint of two years two months and 15 Days. He had signed up for a three year enlist see slayings on Page 2bush, Gorbachev May press Israel with talks bids by the associated press president Bush and soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev May Issue invitations to a Middle East peace conference next week even if Israel has not agreed by then to attend a senior . Official said Friday. A that certainly is an option a Brent scowcroft the presidents National Security assistant said at a White House briefing for reporters on the Bush Gorbachev Summit meeting to be held next week in Moscow. Israel has delayed a reply to Bush a terms for a Middle East peace conference. The main sticking Point is whether palestinian arabs from East Jerusalem could attend. The israeli Cabinet is due to meet on sunday. In the meantime . And israeli officials have met in Jerusalem and at the state department in Washington without resolving the dispute. Scowcroft acknowledged that issuing an invitation before Israel had made a decision could Back Israel into a Corner. A there Are downsides to issuing what you might Call Challenge invitations a he said. A and that is when you bring people to a conference sort of against their will because they feel they done to have any  israeli prime minister Yitzhak Shamir on Friday renewed his Welcome of peace talks with Arab slates saying a we must Start negotiations and we want to Start them  but he acknowledged that some sticking Points needed to be resolved before negotiations could Start but he said he hoped Arab israeli peace talks could begin soon. A we Welcome the change that has see Israel on Page 2soviet party leaders of Gorbachev s reforms Moscow apr communist party leaders Friday overwhelmingly approved president Mikhail s. Gorbachev a draft platform to drop the principles of orthodox marxism leninism the state news Agency Tass said. Tass said delegates voted by voice to pass Gorbachev a platform which renounces the party a totalitarian past and supports the concept of private property and a free Market. It also rejects militant atheism and seeks to Inte grate the country into the world Economy. What had been an unexpectedly quiet conference turned somewhat raucous however on its final Day when a speaker tried to Praise the Reform movement led by sex communist Eduard Shevardnadze and was shouted Down by delegates another news Agency reported. Gorbachev meanwhile told the leaders he would take whatever Steps Are necessary including a presidential decree to reverse russian president Boris Yeltsin a edict against communist party activities at factories schools and government offices in the Republic he governs the largest of the 15 republics in the soviet Union. The split in the party that some political observers and commentators expected at the two Day Central committee Assembly failed to materialize but it still could occur at the full party con Gress called for november to consider the new platform. Following thursdays relatively Calm session the closed door meeting turned testy Friday according to the Independent inter fax news Agency. Academician Vladlen Martynov spoke about the need to radicalize the soviet unions economic changes inter fax said. When he praised the democratic Reform movement founded this see reforms on Page 2