European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Senate votes to lift ban on women in combat by Chuck Vinch Washington Bureau Washington a the Senate on wednesday voted overwhelmingly to repeal the 43-year-old combat exclusion Laws barring women from serving As pilots in Navy and air Force combat aircraft a and then went one Radical step further. Senators also approved by a vote of 96-3, to temporarily waive All combat exclusion Laws and policies a even for army ground combat units a to allow an Independent commission to study the future role of women in the military. A a in what sen. John Warnerr a. Called a one of the most important moments in the history of. The . Armed forces a the Senate a actions dramatically see related Story on Page 3 stretched the previous limits of the debate on women in combat which until now have focused almost solely on the Issue of female combat pilots. Both measures were presented As amendments to the $291 billion defense authorization Bill for fiscal 1992. The amendment to allow women to Pilot combat aircraft sponsored by Sens. William Roth r-del., and Ted Kennedy d-mass., matches a provision already approved by the House which virtually assures it a place in the final version of the authorization Bill. The amendment to create a commission to study the broader issues of women in the military sponsored by Sens. John Glenn a Ohio Sam Nunn d-ga., John see women on Page 2summit ends on note of Confidence Moscow apr presidents Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev said Farewell thursday ending a two Day Summit that produced a landmark arms Deal and pledges of future cooperation but left lingering questions about economics the Baltic states and Cuba. A compared to the bad old Days of the cold War we have less in the Way of differences than Ever and More reason for Hope a Bush said in departure ceremonies in glittering st. Georges Hall in the Kremlin. Gorbachev said the strategic arms treaty signed wednesday a has strengthened the worlds Confidence that common Security can be attained and that the cold War Between East and West will never Start  before the formal goodbye Bush met with diplomats at the . Embassy Complex which has been dogged by years of spy scandals and a political impasse Over what to a see related Story on Page 6 do with a nine Story office Tower so riddled with soviet bugging devices that it has stood vacant for years. He then flew to Kiev capital of the restive ukrainian Republic for a five hour visit. Speaking to the Ukraine a legislature Bush endorsed the april 23 Union treaty reached by Gorbachev and the leaders of nine republics. The treaty would bind the republics together while loosening Central control from Moscow. Bush said the agreement a holds Forth the Hope that republics will Combine greater autonomy with greater voluntary interaction a political social cultural economic a rather than pursuing the hopeless course of  Bush left for Washington after placing a Wreath at the Babi Yar holocaust memorial commemorating the tens see Summit on Page 2 president Bush flanked by two . Marines Speaks in front of the Monument to those slaughtered at Babl Yar. With conditions Israel agrees to peace talks a Jerusalem apr israeli prime minister Yitzhak Shamir on thursday accepted a . Formula for talks with the arabs provided the question of palestinian representation is resolved. Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii said a Mideast peace conference was a no longer simply a  a i will recommend to my government to accept the american proposal a Sha Mir said after meeting for More than an hour with Baker. The next session of Shamire a Cabinet is set for sunday. A that is the a yes we were hoping for from the israelis yes sir a a pleased Baker told reporters. On Friday Baker meets with palestinian representatives in an Effort to obtain their acceptance. The palestinians Are holding out for the right to pick their own delegates to a peace conference while Israel insists on excluding palestinians from East Jerusalem. Baker on his sixth Mission to the Region this year has already enlisted the support of much of the Arab world. Details of the conference which would bring israelis and arabs face to face to Settle their 43-year dispute remain to be worked out he added. A but he added a i think that the Prospect of Arab israeli peace discussions Are no longer simply a  Baker arrived Here earlier in the Day from Moscow where president Bush and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev announced they would seek to Convene a Mideast peace conference in october. He called his meeting with Shamir see Israel on Page 2