European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 22, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes sunday december 22, 1991 at a glance Carol Nutley 37, Panhandle in front of a porno theater in Boston. Nutley says a a what a Christmas another Day. What a a Holiday without family a see stories in the sunday  count grows a former Fairfax county va., Fertility doctor accused of impregnating at least seven patients May have fathered More than 70 children through a sperm donor program. A Page 4l.a.�?Ts Bradley cleared after a 2vtyear investigation of mayor Tom Bradley the Justice department has decided not to indict the mayor on any charges. A Page 6good reviews plot suspect Oliver Stone s new film about president Kennedy a assassination won mostly Good reviews from film critics but controversy continued Over just How tall that tale is. A Page 7drift-net fishing banned the United nations has adopted a Resolution Banning Drift net fishing starting in 1993. A Page a pint is a pint is a pint. A pint of Beer must be a pint of Beer and the head does no to count the British government has decreed. A page9panamanians protest about 7,500 panamanians marched through the streets of Panama City to denounce the . Invasion that toppled dictator Manuel Noriega exactly two years before. A Page 10cut should help nation fridays startling drop in the discount rate engineered by a deeply worried Federal Reserve will Ripple beneficially throughout the nation. Page 17 Index be Abby Ann Landers commentary. Faces a places. Letters. Money matters. Mutual. 18-19 sports. 21-28 weather. 11 experts foresee problems in organizing new military by mur1dith Winder . Bureau the soviet military May still maintain a centralized organization when the Commonwealth comes into existence according to experts on the soviet Union. A my impression is that most of the military wants to stick together with some kind of relationship to this new Commonwealth a said Bill Wallace director of the school of soviet and East european studies at Scotland a Glasgow University. A How exactly that will be achieved is another  Andrew Duncan an analyst with the London based International Institute of strategic studies expressed it in different terms. A soldiers done to really get involved in politics in the soviet Union i believe a Duncan said. A they Are far More interested in seeing the next meal and payday. As Long As they Are being paid and properly fed  probably do what they Are  some countries fear the expected departure of soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev and other changes in the soviet Union might break up the soviet military leading to dispersed control Over nuclear weapons based in various republics. But the experts said those fears Are overstated. Quot there has to be a transition from Union forces to Commonwealth forces a said Henry Dodds editor of Jane a defence intelligence review. A that will take place i guess at Midnight on dec. Wallace thinks a command Structure will emerge linking the military to the presidency of each Republic particularly those where nuclear weapons Are based. A but i imagine one of the problems will be that russian president Boris Yeltsin will want to be top dog in that respect As in others a Wallace said. A but in a pretty sure that Kazakhstan and the Ukraine in particular will want to make sure they have an equal  loyalty will become a key question for some members of the soviet armed forces who he said could be Tom Between ties to their republics or to the larger Commonwealth. A i tend to suspect that in the Ukraine and byelorussian the army will maintain itself and probably have a dual loyalty a Duncan added. A it will still work up the military Chain but it will also be taking soviet from Page 1 Commonwealth. A a second document called the a Palma Ata declaration recognizes the Independence of the 11 former soviet republics and their current Borders Mataev said. A a third agreement says a temporary military command will be formed until dec. 31, the spokesman said. Another meeting of the Commonwealth leaders will be held before then to decide the Issue on a More permanent basis Mataev added. Heading into the signing ceremony at the House of Friendship in the kazakh capital russian president Boris n. Yeltsin smiled broadly gave a thumbs up and said he was a very  the presidents then signed the documents at a round table with Small flags of each Republic in the Middle beneath a huge chandelier. Before the meeting there were warnings of the Tough Road the former republics face even As they create a new Structure after the soviet Union was fatally weakened by the failed August coup. Deputy prime minister Yegor Gaidar russians top economic official said Friday that the participants faced difficult economic problems including formulating credit finance and banking policy. Ukrainian lawmakers also expressed concern about the Commonwealth. The legislature approved strict guidelines aiming to prevent any attempt to strengthen the Commonwealth into a More powerful Union. The guidelines state that Ukraine will not be dissuaded from forming its own armed forces introducing its own currency and creating its own customs transportation and communications systems. Yeltsin the driving Force behind the Commonwealth said Gorbachev will not have a formal position in the Commonwealth and the soviet president has said he does no to want a ceremonial role. Yeltsin said saturday that a we respect Gorbachev and we want him to resign in december As he himself wants to  the russian Leader said he and the other leaders will discuss a fall the necessary material privilege and status for him a the Commonwealth is expected to bring speedy International recognition. Nato and the european Community have indicated they Are nearly ready to recognize the soviet republics As Independent states. The european Community nations could recognize them As Early As monday dutch spokesman dig Sistna said. Orders from the Republic  Dodds and Wallace also believe the republics will move toward setting up Independent forces. A the National guards will come from people native to that Republic who Are in or Nave been in the aimed forces a Dodds said. A so Well see a significant downsizing in the Central Armea forces whether it s Commonwealth or  Wallace foresees some problems when that happens. A it s one thing getting an agreement from senior officers and another thing to get All the officers to agree a he said. What do you actually do with troops do you have some who Are genuinely Commonwealth troops and others that Are strictly ukrainian troops for exam ele this could Lead to a lot of  nuclear weapons apparently will come under the control of the Commonwealth according to Duncan. A they headers All agree that the Commonwealth shall be the collective controller of All the nuclear weapons a Duncan said. A they also keep talking about strategic forces. The trouble is that in the West we use the word a strategic to mean something very specific . Long Range nuclear  he thinks the soviets use the word differently. A so one s not quite sure just How much will be kept centrally a he added. Despite concerns Over the final Structure of the soviet military the experts cautioned not to Overlook the inherent stability that comes from a military organization. A soldiers Don t like breaking up a Duncan said. A everyone will be looking upward to the next colonel or general who will be making quite certain his troops  from Page 1 virus. A Normal healthy adult has about 1,000 to Helper cells Burke said and when that number Falls below 200 a person is considered his positive. Aids is usually diagnosed As developing when less than 100 to Helper cells remain to fight against the intruder virus. However the test group has maintained a stable level of to Helper cells and some of the patients even responded to the treatment by generating additional healthy cells Burke said. Military officials Are delighted with the results which were noted in a new England journal of Medicine article. The military s research is considered unique because his positive military members Are identified earlier than in the civilian population due to regular mandatory testing Burke said. Also military researchers narrow focus on finding a vaccine to prevent new infections in the ranks is a Radical departure from other aids fighting efforts. The department of health and human services the National Institute of health and other Federal organizations concentrate their studies on helping those who have entered the later stages of the disease he said. Yet the budget and size of the military research efforts contrasts sharply with their civilian counterparts. For example the total 1991 Federal budget for aids spending was More than $3.72 billion Only $145 million was allocated for the defense department of that $145 million about $44 million was spent on military research with the rest going for prevention and treatment. The same amount has been approved for next year because of congressional support for the promising program. In one report which went to the president and Congress Pentagon officials openly praised gpl60. A a this vaccine has been successful in the stimulation of new antibodies and other immune responses directed at the aids virus a Secretary of the army Michael . Stone wrote in the defense department s 1990  Danny scientists Are hopeful that these important first Steps May result in a vaccine successful in countering the aids virus and will Lead to a new approach for the control and treatment of viral diseases a Stone wrote. A the army is in the forefront of our National Effort to a Means of fighting aids and As an Institute we constitute a research resource of immense  the military research labs employ about 300 people in the United states. Most Are entered around three research units at Walter Reed the be Thesda naval medical Center in Maryland and at Wilford Hall air Force Morfi Cal Center in san Antonio Texas. Efforts to educate american service members on How to prevent the disease have proven partly successful since the numbers have dropped from a High of about 600 new his positive cases inl966 when testing began Down to about 250 new cases each year now he said