European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 30, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes wednesday october 30, 1901 at a glance would be gho sties and Ghoulie can Check out a Little costume shop of horrors gangsters and Belles in Frank flirt Germany. Diana Ryan left and Jill Perkins Model costumes from their shop theatris. See halloween stories on pages 1416. Sobbing father testifies the father of a slain Utah tourist became lost in grief while testifying at the murder trial of four youths accused of attacking his family in a new York subway station. A Pago 4 things that go bump Birds drop dead things vanish and those who visit the St. James hotel in Cimarron n.m., say a Quot raging Quot ghost haunts room 18 at the historic Frontier establishment. A Page 5 singing apaches praises capt. Ben Williams sounds like a Salesman who believes in his product when he praises the persian Gulf War performance of ah-64 Apache attack helicopter. A Page 10 gloomy economic View Alan Greenspan the chairman of the Federal Reserve Board said the National Economy has taken a turn for the worse. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers 19 a a a a a 1 v action line. .16 comics. 19-21 commentary. .13 crossword. .19 faces no places .22 letters. .12 Money matters. 17-18 sports. 23-28 to listings. .23 weather. .11 withdrawal of 2nd army Force just a possibility general says Byke Clauson Bremerhaven Bureau Karlstedt Germany a responding to widespread reports that the 2nd army Divis targeted for withdrawal from Germany the units commanding general said monday that he has not received official orders to do so. A yes there is a possibility but what i can to do is quantify How Good that possibility is a Brig. Gen. Paul e. Blackwell said monday. Reports of the units imminent departure Stem from military and Community agencies planning for the possibility of a draw Down he said. A a it a Only prudent that i go through the planning process associated with All this one said. We develop contingency plans just As we develop contingency plans for everything else. Just because you draw up a contingency plan does no to mean you re going to execute it. So in a afraid a lot of the rumours Are because of the planning that a being done a a of roughly 200 people that the unit does not have draw Down orders yet. But he added that if the unit were ordered to leave Germany next summer the first soldiers would not move until april or May. Weisman also said . Army Europe officials had a plan that if implemented fully would reduce the american troop strength in Germany to Zero in increments of 10,000. The 2nd army Divis included in the plan which in its original version had the unit leaving Germany by 1995, he said. He did not say what Date the original plan had for a troop strength of Zero. Weisman also said it was common knowledge that the Pace of withdrawal has been accelerated but he then repeated that the unit has no withdrawal orders. On Friday Usa eur spokeswoman Millie Waters would neither confirm nor deny the existence of the plan saying the command has nothing to add to previously released information. The last Usa eur draw Down announcement was made in August when the command announced the Community anxieties about the units fun planned inactivation of Vii corps the 8th Ture have been heightened by recent re inf div and the 3rd army div. Ports in local German newspapers that the the German Community is concerned soldiers will be leaving soon. The 2nd that if the Karlstedt Post closes the Cavern army div includes about 4,500 soldiers in nearby Bremerhaven also will shut organized into a single armoured brigade a Down. About 100 German civilians Are pm division Headquarters element and several played at the Karlstedt Cavern but about smaller support units. The minus sign Indi 1,200 work at the Post in Bremerhaven. Cates that with Only one brigade the 2nd the chairman of the 543rd area support army Divis smaller than a typical Divi group works Council which represents Sion which has three brigades. About 650 German workers in Bremer hav Council chairman. A there Are a lot of rumours concerning this. Some people say that official announcements will be made in  Blackwell would not say if such an announcement is imminent but said he Hopes one will be made soon. A if there a going to be any kind of announcements i Hope we get them in the near term but i just done to know what the time line of that would be a he said. The 2nd army divas sent representatives to units that Are already in the draw Down process so the Karlstedt unit can learn from their experiences Blackwell said. But he insisted that move does no to mean his unit is about to be withdrawn. A a we be got a plan for the defense of Europe too a he said. A do i think we need it in a not sure we do but its the same kind of  he said he has met recently with local City county and state officials to emphasize he has no official word to pack up his unit but has advised those officials to draw up their own contingency plans he said. He also told them that even if the unit were to be withdrawn it would be a lengthy process. The recent soviet coup attempt further altered the perception of a threat to Europe and that combined with congressionally mandated troop strengths makes the 2nd army divas Likely a candidate for withdrawal As any unit in Germany Blackwell said. A two months ago i would have said the commander of the divisions Lone in said Friday that most of them Are Wor there is no probability but now i am saying brigade the 3rd brigade acknowledged ried about their future employment and there is one said. A but i done to have any the reports during a Community town Hall Are convinced the bases will be closed. Qualifiers in terms of what probability meeting oct. 23, noting that even his own a fall of the people i have talked to in the a a it a not a question of honesty or Dishon children bring rumours Home from school. Last few Days Are confident that Karlstedt esty its a question of facts change As you col. David Weisman told the audience will be closed a said Reinhard Hensel the Progress Over  dec team journeys to besieged Dubrovnik Belgrade Yugoslavia up fighting Between croatian and serbian forces died Down tuesday As Western diplomats left for the medieval fortress town of Dubrovnik to inspect damage from Federal army shelling. The emissaries were also to report on plight of 60,000 besieged residents in the town. The slackening in the civil War came a Day after the 12-nation european Community threatened to impose economic sanctions on Serbia unless the leadership accepted an dec peace plan by nov. 5. Dec officials await a response from serbian president Slobodan Milosevic. Milosevic a government serbian irregulars and the serb dominated Federal military Are backing rebels of Croatia a serbian minority in the War to exclude their areas from Croatia a june 25 declaration of Independence. Croatia a minority serbs have expressed fears of persecution if their links with Serbia Are severed. Croatia contends that Milosevic is directing the rebels and the Federal military in a Campaign to seize parts of its territory for inclusion in a proposed Region a so called a greater  the dec peace plan which has been accepted in principle by the other five yugoslav republics would maintain the current internal Borders of the Balkan federation of 23 million and convert it into a Loose association of Independent states while granting special rights of ethnic minorities. Bush from Page 1 and Gorbachev added that Western experts were still assessing soviet needs. Over the past year the United states has pledged $2.5 billion in credits and Gorbachev has asked for an additional $3.5 billion in loan guarantees and $1 billion in food and medical Aid. Administration officials also said Bush was nearing a decision on approving additional credits for soviet purchases of american Grain. Yet officials said there Are lingering questions about How much assistance the soviets need and whether it should be Iven to the Central government or director to the republics. There also is concern about bickering Over a treaty to coordinate economic affairs. Bush said the two men bad discussed the Ukraine and other republics seeking Independence from the Central soviet government. The president said some of the american food and medical Aid would go to the republics but sidestepped a question of whether that could include regions seeking to establish their own armies. Despite . Hopes that nuclear weapons will be under the control of the Central government the ukrainian parliament is insisting on joint control with Moscow of nuclear weapons based in the Ukraine. Gorbachev and Bush were joining Spain a King Juan Carlos land prime minister Felipe Gonzslez Marquez for dinner later in the Day. Gorbachev said he and Bush had met to a synchronize our watches on a full Range of subjects. It seemed a routine comment a yet remarkable because it underscored the extent to which the United states and the soviet Union have become regular partners in a Range of diplomatic initiatives ranging from arms control to the Middle East peace conference about to begin. Bush brushed off several questions regarding the notion of israelis trading territory for Arab Security guarantees saying a let the parties work All this  he said any comments by him could serve to interfere with the negotiations. Bush arrived in Madrid on tuesday morning after an overnight flight. Gorbachev arrived monday night. Bush and Gorbachev Are scheduled to deliver the opening statements at today a peace talks As co hosts of the  because of an editing error the final quote in mondays Story about a re enactment of the unknown Soldier ceremony was incorrectly attributed. The comment was made by Walt  from Page 1 Tives for a european offensive by the philippine rebels who so far have limited their Campaign to the philippine archipelago. He explained the by do a unaccustomed openness As part of its recent policy of being Frank about a those operations that done to have to be kept  since 1987, communist revolutionaries have killed 10 americans and carried out several minor sabotage actions against . Facilities in the Philippines. The rebels seek to oust the pro american government of president Corazon Aquino who recently campaigned unsuccessfully to retain a . Military presence in the asian country