European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 21, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday november 21, 1991 the stars and stripes c Page 3nato seeking to Speed arms talks Alliance has new troop Cut proposals officials say Brussels Belgium a nato allies will try to step up the Pace of East West arms control talks by offering shortly new proposals to reduce the number of soldiers in Europe officials said wednesday. In doing so the allies will seek to gain commitments by late March from the United states the soviet Union and 20 other nations to trim their troops and armies stationed in Europe. The negotiations under Way in Vienna Austria Are follow up talks to a historic agreement signed a year ago in Paris to slash the level of tanks artillery and other non nuclear weapons in Europe. The Accord was signed Between the 16 nato nations and the six of the now disbanded Warsaw pact. A the objective of these follow on negotiations is to reach agreement on measures to limit the manpower strength of All the participants a said a nato official. He said the allies proposals which he declined to outline in detail would cover the scope of manpower to be limited by the Accord and would suggest excluding reservists and paramilitary units from the Caps. The allies also will Call for restrictions on the shifting of army troops to naval forces he said. Navies Are not covered by the talks. The official refused to give any proposed figures for troop reductions which will apply to an area ranging from the Atlantic Ocean to the ural mountains deep in the soviet Union. The Caps Are Likely to be politically rather than legally binding partly because of the difficulty of closely monitoring compliance. The negotiations Are to be completed by a meeting in late March of the conference on Security and cooperation in Europe which draws together the United states and Canada with 36 european nations. After that arms control bargaining will be conducted among All 38 Csc nations. Western and Eastern nations have already begun reducing their soldiers in Europe in response to the disappearance of a military threat from the soviet Union. The United states has announced plans to slash its forces to about 150,000 soldiers by the mid-1990s, which is half the level of recent years. Germany has promised to Cap its troops at 370,000 by the Middle of the decade. Before East and West Germany unified the combined forces of the two nations numbered 670,000. The soviet Union too has pledged Sharp troop cuts. The opening of the manpower negotiations was delayed because of a dispute Over soviet compliance with the conventional forces in Europe Accord. Western officials contended the Kremlin moved thousands of tanks outside the treaty area and exempted other units from the official count. The dispute was resolved last june and initial proposals to Cut troop Levels were put on the bargaining table in july. Nations that have ratified the conventional arms treaty so far arc Belgium the Netherlands Canada Czechoslovakia and Germany officials said. In Washington on tuesday the Senate foreign relations committee voted unanimously to approve the cafe Accord. The full Senate is expected to ratify the treaty before adjourning for the year next week. The panel also added the understanding that the United states will seek parallel agreements with any soviet republics that break away from the Moscow  Illinois town ripped again by twister Marion 111. Apr at least one Tornado touched Down in this Southern Illinois Community tuesday ripping the roof off a High school gym damaging houses and injuring two dozen people authorities and witnesses said. John Borgia of the National weather service said More than one Tornado May have struck the town. Scattered Power outages were also reported in the area. A Tornado stuck Marion a City of about 13,000, in 1982, killing 10 people and causing about $81 million in damage. Storms dumped More than 8 inches of rain on the area tuesday the weather service said and Stormy conditions were reported throughout the state. A gust of wind blew the roof off an Auto Dealership in a Chicago suburb. Student Noah Bethel was at Marion senior High school when the gyms roof was torn away. A fall the lights went off then you heard a sound like a sonic Boom like a train going by a Bethel said. A when we went out parts of the ceiling were ripped off the hallways and the roof of the old gym was  there were no reports of injuries at the High school although some students were still there when the Tornado struck at about 4 45 . Once he got outside Bethel said he could see the Motorist Lori Mccraw of Marion iii., is trapped in her Van during Flash floods and a Tornado tuesday night. Tornadoes path through a group of nearby Homes. A there were houses All Over the place All smashed in a Bethel said. A was we pulled out of the parking lot cars were crushed together some of them on top of each other from the  the injured arrived at Marion memorial Hospital in a steady Stream supervisor Curt Morris said. Between 20 and 25 people were treated but there were no re ports of deaths or major injuries he said. Officials evacuated the Friendship nursing Home because of flooding associated with the storm sheriffs dispatcher George Reed said. No nursing Home residents were injured. Independent first . And los Angeles a Fox broadcasting co. Made to history in airing network televisions first condom commercial. The 15-second spot for Carter Wallace inc s Trojan Brand condoms aired on sunday during the situation comedy Herman a head. The commercial while never specifically mentioning aids advocates using a prophylactic a to help reduce the  for the last decade the networks have banned condom commercials As part of their prohibition against birth control advertising. But after magic Johnson an network airs for condoms bounced nov. 7 he was infected with the aids virus Fox said it had agreed weeks earlier to accept commercials that promote condoms solely As a Means of preventing disease not As a method of birth control. Abc and lbs later said they were reconsidering their policies. Abc said it wont re evaluate its ban. Sundays commercial broadcast was aired sooner than expected and came from an unexpected source. Schmid laboratories which makes Ramses and Yourex condoms had originally approached Fox six months ago and persuaded network executives to accept prophylactic commercials dealing with aids  set to Grant soviets $1.5 billion in new credits Washington apr president Bush planned wednesday to authorize an additional $1.5 billion in credits allowing the soviet Union to buy american Grain this Winter the White House said. A formal announcement was to be made after the administration completed its consultations. The package in the works for weeks is intended to help the soviet Union Deal with expected food shortages in the coming months. White House press Secretary Marlin Fitzwater said the Aid would be distributed to individual soviet republics As Well As to the Central government. The announcement came As democratic and Republican senators warned of an impending political and social crisis in the soviet Union and called for a political truce on the Issue of Aid. Richard g. Lugar r-ind., and David l. Boren d-okla., said Congress and the administration should put aside political considerations and regard soviet Aid As a National Security investment. A we simply must not be Frozen in place at this Point in time Quot Boren said in. A floor speech. Quot history will judge us and the american people will judge us particularly in the next generation if we do not do something now. Famine and political decay in the Soviel Union could Lead to a struggle for control of the country a nearly 30,000 nuclear weapons including a widely dispersed Arsenal of tactical warheads sources said a we can either seize the Opportunity to help those who now control the weapons to Mothball or destroy them  said a for we can witness a quantum leap in proliferation of weapons of mass destruction in the next few1 years