European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse U.s., soviets Ink historic to reduce nuclear missiles Geneva apr with a stroke of the pen a actually with 1,200 strokes of the pen a . And soviet chief delegates on monday initiated a landmark treaty slashing the superpowers Long Range nuclear weapons arsenals. The initiating ceremony in a chandelier lit Hall of the soviet Mission came two Days before president Bush and president Mikhail s. Gorbachev were to formally sign the Accord at their Moscow Summit. The finished pact nine years in the making and More than 600 pages Long is considered the longest and most complicated arms Accord Ever negotiated. It is to first superpower treaty actually reducing the number of Long Range nuclear weapons targeted at each Side. Each of the chief negotiators had to initial about 300 pages in each of four copies of the strategic arms reduction treat or Start. Members of the . And soviet teams worked until Early monday morning to Complete the text of the treaty and related documents wrapping up their work Only hours before the ceremony began. Both sides hailed the pact As a step Forward in .-soviet relations. The chief . Negotiator Linton f. Brooks said the treaty would help both countries to a continue on the path of co operation and a we have met our Mutual goals the risk of War will be decreased and the stability of our strategic relationship increased. The world is a better place because of our work a said Brooks who once commanded a missile carrying nuclear powered submarine. His soviet counterpart Yuri Nazarin said history will prove the pact a equally see pact on Page 2 Yeltsin to take seat at superpower Summit. A in i Ltd a i a. . I j a. A a. A a. V -1a. . Vit Quot. 1.1. /.1. 1. A. I \ f a. 1 president Bush accompanied by his wife Barbara gestures As he leaves the White House for a flight to Moscow. Moscow apr the russian federations growing political clout won its newly elected president Boris n. Yeltsin a seat at the superpower Summit alongside the . And soviet presidents soviet officials said monday. The officials also said they thought a the time was Ripe for a peace conference involving Israel and its Arab neighbors. But they would not predict whether president Bush and soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev would Issue a joint statement calling for such a meeting. Bush took off from Washington Early monday aboard air Force one his specially outfitted 747 Jet. Bush his wife Barbara and top aides were scheduled to arrive in Moscow at 9 30 . The Summit was to open today with a face to face meeting Between Bush and Gorbachev to discuss the Middle East arms control and soviet political and economic problems said Kremlin spokesman Vitaly Ignatenko. Shortly after noon the superpower presidents will be joined by Yeltsin and president Nur Saltan Naza Bayev of Kazakhstan the second largest soviet Republic geographically and site of the country a main nuclear weapons testing facility. A president Yeltsin is invited to what is a really historic Summit along with president Naza Bayev and other comrades a Ignatenko said. A a meeting like this should have appropriate Yeltsin and Naza Bayev the two most important Republican leaders will be the first Heads of government of any of the 15 soviet republics to participate in a superpower Summit. The invitation Marks a significant step toward the Central governments sharing Power with the republics. A fall those taking part in the negotiations have the Opportunity to discuss freely any subject that is full fledged participation in these talks. And that is Why these outstanding statesmen have been invited to attend a said Ignatenko. Yeltsin and Naza Bayev will attend today a preliminary meeting followed by a working luncheon although see Summit on Page 2dahmer draws map to pinpoint Ohio victim Akron Ohio a Jeffrey l. Dahmer Drew detectives a map of his parents former Home to locate the remains of what May be his first mutilation slaying victim a a Hitchhiker killed with a Barbell 13 years ago authorities say. Authorities plan to use the map tuesday when they excavate the Yard in suburban Bath township for the remains of Steven Mark Hicks 19. A human Bone was found on the property last year by its current owner but it was not immediately determined if it was Hicks. A we feel at this time it May have been his first victim a said sheriff David Troutman. Dahmer 31, has admitted drugging killing and dismembering 11 people whose remains were found in his Mil Waukee apartment last week police said. Wisconsin authorities have said he May have killed and dismembered As Many As 17 men Over the past decade. On sunday Troutman said Dahmer told authorities his first victim was Hicks a 19-year-old from suburban Coventry township who was hitchhiking to a Rock concert june 18, 1978, when he accepted a ride from 18-year-old Dahmer to the Home of Dahmer a parents. Dahmer said the two shared a few Beers and when Hicks wanted to leave he hit him Over the head with a Barbell Troutman said. He strangled Hicks with the Barbell Cut up the body and buried the remains the sheriff said. In a three hour interview saturday Dahmer identified a photo of Hicks and Drew a map of his parents former Home pinpointing where the remains were buried on the wooded two acre property Troutman said. A the gave us information in reference see Dahmer on Page 2
