European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 07, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Bush lauds Gorbachev s plan to sharply Cut nuclear Arsenal from wire reports Washington a in the gathering Rush toward drastically reduced nuclear arsenals the soviet Union matched president Bush a Radical cuts in Short Range weapons and then went several Steps further. President Bush applauded soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev a moves saturday but said a there is plenty of work to do before the two leaders meet at a superpower Summit. Gorbachev announced sweeping cuts in tactical nuclear weapons on land and sea to match reductions offered by Bush the soviet news Agency Tass reported. Gorbachev made the announcement after meeting with a . Delegation headed by undersecretary of state Reginald Bartholomew. Gorbachev said in a statement that the soviet Union would a a liquidate All nuclear artillery and nuclear warheads from tactical rockets. A move nuclear tipped Zenith missiles to a Central base and destroy a some of  a remove All tactical nuclear weapons from ships and from a multipurpose  a moreover we Are suggesting to the United states to soviet Leader denounces anti semitism Moscow a president Mikhail s. Gorbachev in a landmark statement sharply condemned anti semitism and bemoaned soviet jewish emigration saying it resulted from government and Public failure to speak out against hatred for the jews. A Gorbachev a statement issued saturday night was read at a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of the world War ii nazi massacre of jews at Babi Yar on the outskirts of the ukrainian capital of Kiev. A the second world War Means countless victims. Their sheer number is shocking. And among tens of millions of dead there Are almost 6 million jews a representatives of a great nation dispersed by the will of Fate across the planet a Gorbachev said in the statement which was also carried by the state news Agency Tass. A Babi Yar is an evidence that both on our soil and throughout Europe jews have always been among the nazis first victims a he said. More than 30,000 jews were rounded up and machine gunned to death by the nazis at the Babi Yar Ravine on the night of sept. 29-30,1941. A the nazis have speculated on the vilest feelings see soviet on Page 2 fully liquidate on a bilateral basis All tactical nuclear weapons of the Navy a the statement said. A we could also on a bilateral basis remove from the Forward military aviation units All nuclear weapons and place them at centralized  Gorbachev said heavy bombers similar to the . Long Range b-52 and by bombers a will not be on Battle Alert. Their nuclear weapons will be kept at army  speaking with reporters As he arrived Back at the White House on saturday evening Bush was clearly see Bush on Page 2encouraging words Sis Jim Darf aim Dorothy Nelms helps Randy Jenkins 10, and Erin Adams 9, overcome shyness in telling pupils about themselves at Atterberry elementary school in Frankfurt Germany. Nelms a private consultant who advises the . Government on equal employment Opportunity matters has been visiting the Frankfurt Community. See Story on Page 9. Connecticut tax foes spit at gov. Weicker Hartford Conn. A tens of thousands of protesters shouting a repeal repeal a rallied saturday against a new income tax pushed through by gov. Lowell p. Weicker jr., who was jostled and spit at when he waded into the crowd. About 40,000 people jammed the Capitol a South Lawn. Some yelled that Weicker should be impeached. Three life size plywood tanks their cannons trained on the Capitol were painted with slogans denouncing Weicker. A a Wall of shame beneath the governors Capitol office bore the names of the 75 state representatives and 18 senators who voted for the tax. Weicker an Independent refused to let lawmakers go Home for the summer until they approved the 4.5 percent state income tax in August. Lawmakers had passed three budgets without the income tax but Weicker vetoed All of them. Weicker waded into the crowd unannounced two hours before the rally began but he was shouted Down with chants of a get lost and a go  Security guards hustled him into the Capitol see Weicker on Page 2 housing Complex gives vets new lease on life new York up it was a Long hard Road for Veteran Dennis Gaskin who left his Home to serve in Germany during the Vietnam War but became addicted to drugs and alcohol and lost his family. Today Gaskin is looking Forward to a new life a reunion with his wife Martha and his 10-year-old daughter Andrea and the Chance to give something Back for the blessings he is receiving. Gaskin 38, a resident of the veterans residence a shelter for homeless men run by the salvation army in Long Island City Queens is one of 19 veterans chosen to move into permanent housing that was fought for by Black veterans for social Justice a Brooklyn based advocacy group. The Veteran arms apartments a 19-unit rehabilitated Complex in Brooklyn will begin housing veterans and their families this week. It is the first permanent housing Reha see vets on Page 2braves win title a see sports Page 28