European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 1, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes tuesday october 1,1991 at a glance 1myth bundle up to avoid catching a cold. Truth repeated experiments indicate that people left shivering outdoors Are no More Likely to catch a cold than those who stay warm indoors. Medical myths and Why we still believe them. Sec to your health on pages 14-15.charged with dueling a Sailor booked on the rarely invoked 1872 charge of dueling has pleaded not guilty in the fatal shooting of another Man. A Pago 4academic Outlook Bleak the education department said pupils lost ground in achievement Levels in math Reading writing and science Between the Early 1970s and 1980s. By 1990, they were Back at the same level As in the 1970s. A Pago 5quiet rally disrupted about 1,200 abortion opponents in new York had their quiet protest overwhelmed by 4,000 abortion rights demonstrators who marched Down their ranks and engulfed them in a Roar of chants and shouts. A Pago 6gorilla gets lawyer an animal rights group has hired a lawyer for a Gorilla at the Cleveland zoo to try to prevent the animal from being separated from its mate. A Pago 7gas guzzlers on Rise fuel efficiency in 1992 cars is Down from last year s models. A Pago 8terrorists make vow two Middle Eastern extremist groups say they will attack Israel and . Interests in retaliation their rotes in the regional peace process.7 Pago 9 unemployment available unemployment benefits Are waiting for . Civilians who lose their jobs in the military a reduction of forces in  Pago 17 Index a a Tow Row Kowm Abby Ann Landers .20 comics. 18-20 commentary. .13 faces no places .10 letters. .12 Money matters a .17 sports. 21-28 to listings. .27 weather. .11 official clears us mail questions by the stars and stripes Barbara Lutz spokeswoman for the army postal group Europe provided the answers to these frequently asked questions about the new military mailing addresses. A a should everyone have a new address yes if they Are remaining in Europe after the first of the year. If they Are leaving Europe before the end of the year they can continue to use their current address. Am i supposed to have All my address changes in by today no. Oct. 1 is just the Start of the 9v2-month transition period to the new address system. We encourage people to Send out their changes of address during the Normal course of events such As when their Bills arrive when subscriptions Are renewed and when they write to their family and friends. What happens if 1 done to change my address if your Apo number has been changed but you done to change your address by the july 15, 1992, deadline the . Postal service will not Forward the mail overseas. If your Apo did not change but your mail does not conform to the new four line address format it will be rejected by the automated sorting equipment require hand sorting and will therefore be delayed. Can 1 put a armed forces Europe in Stead of a a aet no. A is strictly a state code just like by. Mail with anything other than a two letter state code which matches the zip code will be rejected by the automated sorting system. Again such mail will Likely be delayed because it will have to be sorted by hand. _ Why do i have to change my address if my Apo number does no to change in order to take advantage of the new automated mail sorting system your address must have four lines with specific information on each line. The first line has your name and the second line your unit. The third line of the address must have a unit or car code before the Box number pc for Navy and air Force mail customers the fourth line is the Apo or Fpo number and with the new a state code. Where do i get More change of address cards from your unit mail room or Community Post office. The change of address cards say pen Alty for private use $300.�?� what is private use As Long As you use the cards to change your address it is considered official business. Any other use of the card a such As using it As a postcard to communicate with a Friend a is considered private use. What if i sent in an address change and the company wont accept the hew Apo number a four line address or the state code of a a aet notify your Community postal officer with specifics a name of company where you mailed the address change and their objection. We will make sure that the . Postal service gets that information so they can take care of it on their end. A a a a a a new from Page 1 Tine letter writing to family and friends. There Are two key changes in the address format. One is the army Community mail room car number or the unit number. Army postal patrons will have either the car number or the unit number which must be on the third line of the address in front of the Box number. The air Force and Navy Post offices that began the new system m july use postal service Center pc numbers before the Box number. The other change is in the last line of the address. All military mail destined for Europe the Middle East Africa and Canada will use a in place of by. Nunn proposes cutting b-2s by the los Angeles times Washington in a new blow to president Bush a plan to build 75 b-2 stealth bombers As a Keystone of american military Power influential sen. Sam Nunn said sunday that he now believes the nation requires Only about half that number. Nunn d-ga., who chairs the Senate armed services committee and was formerly a leading advocate for Bush a b-2 funding proposal said the presidents Call Friday night for deep cutbacks in nuclear weapons has reduced the strategic role of the $865 million bomber although the b-2�?Ts conventional role May be expanded As a result of the col lapse of soviet communism Nunn said the air Force needed to re examine How Many of the radar evading warplanes built by Northrop corp. Of los Angeles would be needed. �?o1 done to think we can afford 75,�?� he said on cd so face the nation. A my guess is it la be somewhere in the Range of half of that but they have to come up with what they really want the b-2 to do in this new world we re talking about now after the presidents  in another Surprise Nunn said he had Strong doubts about the future military role of the by bomber and suggested it could be mothballed at a savings of $1 billion a year. Nunns comments came As Senate and House negotiators neared major decisions on the Fate of the b-2 and other weapons systems in concurrent conferences on defense authorization and appropriations Bills. In his dramatic speech Friday Bush specifically asked Congress to provide funds for four More b-2s next year to stay on the path to build a total of 75 of the advanced weapons. The House however has voted to halt b-2 production at 15, saving about $30 billion. In the Senate last week the controversial bomber barely survived a by talks from Page 1 soviet officials said in Moscow that the soviets were prepared to initiate new arms control talks based on Bush a initiative. Asked about the proposed new talks a White House spokesman Bill Harlow said a nothing has been scheduled at this  Bush said the United states would eliminate All ground launched Short Range nuclear weapons withdraw tactical nuclear arms from . Warships and cancel the development of the Mobile my missile. He ordered . Strategic bombers and some intercontinental missiles off Alert. Soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev said saturday that a your assessment of these proposals is positive is very  but he did not specify what actions his country would take in response. Petrovsky said soviet foreign minister Boris Pankin who is in new York for a . General Assembly session has Al ready made Contact with american officials and is ready to Start immediate talks. The first Deputy minister also said Obukho would travel to the United states in october a to put Forward soviet  he did not provide details. Petrovsky added that the foreign ministry was ready to begin talks on limiting underground nuclear tests a proposal the soviet Union has made several times before. In addition the soviets want to explore bilateral efforts to convert defense plants to civilian production and to consider widening the talks to include other nuclear Powers Petrovsky said. A at a certain stage in the process other nuclear states could be involved in the process a he said without mentioning specific countries. Petrovsky indicated the soviet leadership has not abandoned the Hope of eventually eliminating All nuclear weapons As Gorbachev proposed in 1987. A today we have the real Chance of a breakthrough to a nuclear free world and we simply must not miss this Chance a he said. Three votes a another Effort to limit production to 15. With the new fiscal year starting today the conferees will be seeking to reconcile differences in defense spending Bills that will affect not Only the future of the b-2 program but also such major initiatives As the strategic defense initiative or a Star wars a and the now apparently doomed my Mobile missile program. In a related development rep. Patricia Schroeder d-colo., said the Pentagon should save Money by correcting flaws in the by bomber Tather than proceed with additional b-2 buys. The a is she indicated could be used for conventional warfare instead of purchasing the far More costly b-2. A i think the b-2 will be in real trouble a Schroeder a b-2 foe said on in no a news maker sunday program. Schroeder also called for faster reductions in the number of american troops in Western Europe to bring defense outlays Down even  from Page 1 Iraq had produced weapons Grade nuclear material. . Officials have said the papers discovered by the team last week also identified foreign companies that supplied iraqis secret nuclear program. The officials declined to name any of the companies and Kyd said he had no idea How Many foreign firms were named in the documents. Kyd said the nuclear team would be studying the documents this week in Bahrain which is the regional Headquarters of the . Special commission that is overseeing the dismantling of iraqis weapons of mass destruction. Another inspection team is scheduled to go to Baghdad today to track Down iraqi missiles and missile launchers. A new chemical inspection team also is being assembled to Check a weapons facility near Baghdad that the iraqis Saj contains 10,000 chemical arms