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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, December 5, 1991

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 5, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                B the stars and stripes thursday decembers 1991 Israel fails to show at . Talks disappointed syrians palestinians meet briefly Washington a syrian and palestinian delegates met wednesday for a second round of Mideast peace talks at the state department but quickly left when Israel their negotiating adversary did not show up. Quot we Are very much disappointed the other  did not appear a syrians chief envoy Muwaffaq Allaf said As his delegation departed after attending the meeting for about 20 minutes. He said his delegation decided to leave after being formally told by . Officials that the israelis did not plan to show up. Asked what the next Steps will be he said Quot it depends on our consultation with the United states the soviet Union and other  promising to join the talks at the state department next week Israel offered last minute concessions. Prime minister Yitzhak Shamir in a Quot Goodwill gesture Quot apparently intended to deflect criticism of israelis absence dropped his insistence that Middle East peace negotiations with each of the three Arab delegations be held on separate dates. And the israeli ambassador to the United states Zalman shovel said Israel will make far reaching proposals on palestinian self Rule when the israeli delegation arrives next week. Previously the israelis had said the Washington talks should be limited to procedural matters. Israel said it would not attend because it needed until monday to prepare for the talks with the Arab delegations. Benjamin Netanyahu a Shamir aide was to present Israel s position separately at a news conference in Washington. Although Israel was not present at the negotiating table it sent scouts to hear what the Arab delegates had to say to reporters upon their entry and exit from the building. The session began away from Media scrutiny. State department spokeswoman Margaret d. Tutwiler said tuesday that reporters and television cameras would be kept out because a we Are not going to play the empty chair game. We think that is below the Belt and we Are not going to participate in  syrians Allaf was asked on arrival Why he came to the state department when there was no one to negotiate with. A we were invited to come on this Day a he said. A we Are coming because we Are sincere in our quest for peace. A we came All this distance in order to try to achieve peace and this is what we intend to do. We came to discuss peace in All its aspects a he added. A if we done to find them Well have to discuss with the co sponsors what is the next step a said Ghassan Khatib a member of the palestinian delegation. 1st minuteman ii pulled from silo for deactivation red owl . Apr an air Force Crew on tuesday pulled the first minuteman ii missile from the first icbms silo to be deactivated in the plan to Cut Back on the country a nuclear weapons. On a windswept Hilltop about 100 Miles Northeast of Ellsworth fab ., a truck with a Winch removed the 57-foot-Long intercontinental ballistic missile from its underground silo. The operation took much of the Day. A it went real smooth a said maj. Steve Slough of the 44th missile Wing. A was cold As it was in a surprised we did no to have some kind of equipment  staff sgt. Michael Rose chief of the team handling the missile said temperatures in the teens slowed the work. A you be got to take care so you Don t get frostbite a he said. All Iso single warhead minuteman us at Ellsworth plus another Iso each at Malmstrom fab mont., and Whiteman fab mo., will be removed Over the next several years. The missiles at the Montana base will be replaced by newer Multi warhead minuteman i missiles. Two bases in North Dakota already have the More advanced weapons. The missiles and warheads will be shipped to other locations for dismantling and storage. The underground silos scattered across the Western South Dakota Prairie will be filled and covered. A we won the cold War and this is sign of it a said maj. Steve Slough of the 44th missile Wing. A the Best weapons system is the one you never have to fight  president Bush announced plans to phase out the aging missiles when he proposed his 1992 budget. Officials said deactivating the minuteman 11 system was for budgetary reasons and not part of an arms a crewman walks past a minuteman ii As it is pulled from its silo at Ellsworth fab . Control agreement with the soviet Union. It. Warren Gray flight commander at the Center that controls some of the missiles being deactivated said his Crews no longer have the keys and codes required to launch missiles. A at this Point we  launch them if we wanted to a he added. The 44th missile Wing at Ellsworth first became operational in 1963.Cheney will visit sex Warsaw allies Washington apr defense Secretary Dick Cheney was to depart wednesday on a 10-Day trip around the Globe including the first Ever visit by a Pentagon chief to Hungary and Czechoslovakia the Pentagon announced on tuesday. Cheney will a explore ways to improve contacts with the former members of the soviet led Warsaw pact Alliance and support their efforts to Aid democratic reforms in their military organizations Pentagon spokesman Pete Williams said. Cheney a first Stop is Hawaii where he will hold two Days of discussions with the Navy Stop Pacific commanders and attend saturdays ceremonies marking the japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He then departs for Hungary for talks monday and tuesday. In Prague Cheney will meet president Vaclav Havel the spokesman said. The defense Secretary then travels to Brussels Belgium for a two Day meeting of the North Atlantic treaty organization. Swiss Nanny charged with killing . Baby mount pleasant . A a Young Swiss Nanny killed a baby in her care by setting Are to her employers Home while they were at work police said. Olivia Riner 20, of Wettinger Switzerland was arraigned tuesday on murder and arson charges in the death of 3-month-old Kristi Fischer and was jailed without bail. Riner had worked for William and Denise Fischer since nov. 1. Police chief Paul Oliva said it appeared Riner set fire to the three bedrooms in the Fischer so Home. He said Burns were found on the child a body indicating the Nanny May have doused her with accelerant and ignited it. A her record is impeccable from beginning to end Quot said a shocked Louise Jakobsson chairwoman of the . Foundation of Cambridge mass., which runs . A pair the Agency that screened Riner and placed her with the Fischer. She described Riner As a an absolutely Lovely  revamps guidelines for aids infected doctors Atlanta apr bowing to criticism from health professionals the Federal centers for disease control is abandoning a plan to draw up a list of procedures that aids infected doctors should not perform. The Agency instead is proposing general recommendations and Case by Case decisions. A a we re taking a different approach a or. James Curran head of the centers aids task Force said tuesday. Under the proposed guidelines which have not yet been made Public each Case involving invasive procedures would be evaluated on the basis of whether an infected health care worker could safely perform the procedure Curran said. The cd recommended in july that All doctors and dentists be tested for aids and that those found to be infected refrain from a exposure prone Quot procedures except with the consent of the patient and outside experts. Such procedures Are those in which the doctors hands or instruments enter the patients body or touch mucous membranes. At a hearing last month to draw up a list of exposure prone procedures the nations medical societies harshly criticized those recommendations and Curran said the new proposal was a response to those concerns. Curran did not specify who would make the Case by Case evaluations under the new guidelines. But the new York times which obtained a copy of the proposed guidelines reported wednesday that local committees of experts would be asked to advise the infected workers. At last months meeting Only the american medical association supported the earlier proposals and then Only for caesarean deliveries. In total opposition were the Amer dental association the american 1 Kos a surgeons the american col of physicians the american Aca Deir orthopaedic surgeons and More thai other organizations. The cd does not have refills Powers but health workers usually c ply with its guidelines. The cd cd a earlier proposal came j it was Learned that a Florida dentist died of aids had infected five of i tents. Those infections Are the known cases of doctor to patient it Mission of the aids virus  
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