European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 17, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 c the stars and stripes thursday october 17, 1991 Cheney holds talks in Naples on a South Security matters from staff and wire reports Naples Italy a Secretary of defense Dick Cheney met tuesday with . Military and nato officials to discuss Southern Region Security matters at the alliances Allied forces Southern Europe Headquarters in Naples. During his Brief visit Cheney met with a South commander . Jonathan t. Howe 6th Fleet commander vice . William a. Owens and . And Allied visitors air Force it. Col. Mike Callen of the a South Public information division said wednesday. After the meetings at a South Cheney headed to Gaeta about 60 Miles North of Naples to visit Owens who previously served As the defense Secretary a executive assistant a Navy spokesman said. Gaeta is the Home port of Owens flagship the guided missile Cruiser Belknap. Cheney was travelling in Italy in route to Taormina Sicily where he is to attend the nato nuclear planning group mpg meeting thursday and Friday. The meeting to be presided Over by nato Secretary general Gen. Manfred Womer is in preparation for a Summit conference of Heads of state and government making up the Alli Ance to be held in Rome nov. 7-8. The Summit will discuss the reduction of nato forces and nuclear arsenals in line with the revised role of the Alliance resulting from the end of the cold War sources said. The sources said Cheney spoke about aspects of . Nuclear policy with reporters who accompanied him on the plane flight from Washington . To Naples earlier tuesday. In the course of the conversation Cheney rejected soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev a recent Call for a ban on All nuclear tests and for a formal agreement by the . And soviet Union not to be the first to use nuclear weapons. A the deterrence is stronger if you leave the element of uncertainty in the mind of an adversary a sources quoted Cheney As because of this we will avoid signing up for a no first use Cheney said the mpg representatives would consider Gorbachev a suggestion that nuclear bombs in Europe should be moved away from air bases where aircraft capable of launching the bombs Are based. Birds of prey a similar to the one pictured Here a that Are bred in Captivity Are learning to live in the wild at Burg Guttenberg one of the sights in Germany a Neckar River Valley. See stripes Magazine. Colleges boost tuition Public colleges and universities Are hitting students with the biggest tuition increases in eight years As campuses in at least 30 states struggle to make up deep budget Page 4 school Reform upheld Oklahoma voters Defeated a referendum that would have repealed sweeping education Reform Law and accompanying tax increases enacted last Page 6 in step with time the . Government will change Indiana a confusing Patchwork of time zones on oct. 27.�? Page 7 86th on the move the 86th fighter Wing from Ramstein a Germany moved from eighth to fifth place in Overall team standings during the gun smoke Competition at Nellis fab Nev. A Page 9 ism profits drop International business machines corp., blaming global recession and Strong Competition reported that third Quarter earnings fell 85 percent to $172 million Down from $1.1 billion a year ago. A Page 18 Index 1 Abby Ann Landers 15 comics.15-17 commentary.13 crossword .15 faces a no places. 14 letters .12 Money matters.18 sports.19-24 to listings.23 weather.11gunmanfrom Page 1 said it. Danny Johnson at the Bell coun 2 sheriffs office. The Man wielded a lock 9mm semiautomatic pistol authorities said. Other details were not immediately available. Robert Holland 26, a clerk at an Auto parts store next door said he heard the truck going through the cafeteria Page 1 support of Black voters to win re election next year. The exhausting episode left bitter feelings Between some senators and grave questions of political competence among the Senate Stop democratic leaders. Sen. Joseph r. Biden jr., d-del., the Force from Page 1 counter to the strongly held British View that european defense must rest Foremost with nato. Britain and Italy have proposed a we rapid reaction Force but want the organization firmly anchored in nato which includes the United states. Torrejon a Spain a amps a Spanish police have arrested a suspect after a Torrejon airman was severely injured in an apparent hit and run Accident an air Force spokesman said wednesday. Airman 1st class John m. Brunetti 20, was listed in critical condition at a a Hahn a Germany a an airman Here was acquitted Friday of charges of conspiracy and of intentionally burning his car to collect insurance Money. Senior airman Christen h. Christensen of the 583rd Security police so and then a people were running a one Guy came in Here. He said a give me a gun ill go shoot him a a Holland said. A fall the sudden we had people in Here saying a Call the cops a there were cops Jeri Chappelle at Darnall army Community Hospital at fort Hood said a we have gotten six at our Hospital All with gunshot wounds. A we have sent a team of support people to Lubye a to judiciary committee chairman faces renewed Strong criticism for the majority a weak undisciplined questioning of Thomas in weekend hearings. Majority Leader George j. Mitchell a Maine made no Effort to mount organized opposition to a coordinated no holds barred attack on Hills credibility by the White House and gop senators. Women a organizations lobbied hard against Thomas arguing that he would vote to overturn the supreme courts France which favors a european defense Independent of the United states dislikes the British italian proposal. Foreign ministers Roland Dumas of France and Gianni de Michelis of Italy were to meet later wednesday. Other european nations have expressed interest in the Franco German plan. Belgian foreign minister Mark Eyskens said tuesday that it contained a a sufficient arrangement to maintain intense cooperation with did Hospital wednesday suffering from abdominal injuries. He apparently was injured while he was walking on the overpass of a Highway leading from the City of Torrejon to the base said tech. Sgt. Louis Arana Barradas of the base Public affairs office. Police found Brunetti on the overpass about 3 30 . Had been accused of conspiring with another airman to set fire to his 1979 Saab Turbo 99 on March 27, 1990. An informant had told investigators that Christensen had admitted burning his car. During the three Day trial tech sgt. Killeen about 50 Miles North of Austin has a population of 45,000. It is the largest of four towns adjacent to fort Hood the nations largest army Post by land area. The Post which sprawls Over three Texas counties is the Home of two tank divisions. Nearly 100,000 people live on the Post and in the towns that surround it. About 23,000 of them were sent to the persian Gulf War the largest contingent from Texas. 1973 Roe is. Wade decision that legalized abortion. Thomas is Only the second Black Justice Ever and replaces the first a Thurgood Marshall the courts last unabashed Liberal and a civil rights Pioneer. Thomas is an outspoken opponent of affirmative action and other tools for the advancement of Blacks that Marshall championed. Thomas will be the courts youngest member and with a lifetime term could Well serve for 30 years or More. The Spanish government said in an official note that it a implies a renewed push for the construction of a True political the we which is to meet oct. 29 in Bonn currently has no formal link to the Community. France and Germany Are proposing its Headquarters be moved from London to Brussels Belgium to ease coordination with the . Brunetti a resident of Clarksburg w.va., is an avionics technician with the 401st component repair so at Torrejon where he has been stationed since August 1990, Arana Barradas said. Spanish authorities have not released the name of the suspect who is a Spanish citizen Arana Barradas said. John Olsen assistant fire chief at Hahn testified in Christensen a behalf offering evidence that the fire was accidental. The informant it was brought out in court had been attempting to become an agent for the air Force office of special investigations. Airman injured in hit and run Accident airman cleared of insurance scam charges
