European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                At a glance Joe Whitney an american Basket Ball player and aspiring musician holds his daughter Lauren Blake. See sunday Magazine for five stories about people recounting 1991.River hits Hood Peak residents of Wharton Texas watched the Colorado River Inch closer to some Homes but got Relief when the rain swollen River crested lower than expected. A Page 4fbi reassessing its efforts in the Wake of the disintegration of the soviet Union the Fri is studying a major realignment to devote More time to Domestic crime. A Page 5hunting safer group says accidental shootings have been Cut by More than half in the past 20 years according to a Hunting organization. A Page 6immigration fraud the immigration fraud Industry has grown into a vast web of counterfeit document Mills and Shady immigration offices. A Page 7dramatic Rescue with All the intrigue of an episode of Rescue 911, a . Sergeant in Izmir Turkey was saved minutes before succumbing to a Gas leak. A Page 10robin Hood in . The Robin Hood foundation a fledgling City Charity founded by three Young Wall Street whizzes has been helping Small time organizations since 1987. A Page 14beer Battle brewing the Bush administration plans to impose duties on Canadian Beer to retaliate for Canadas restrictions on . Beer. Page 17 Index a.  Abby Ann Landers. Vow it a Ltd Ivy ivies Al i. 20 commentary. Faces no places. 20 letters. Money matters. 17 Mutual. 18-19 sports. 22-28 weather. 11 Commonwealth membership in nato opposed by official Bonn Germany up a German defense minister Gerhard Stoltenberg rejected a proposal saturday that the Commonwealth of Independent states in the former soviet Union be made a member of nato. He told the Welt am sonntag new spa Eer in an interview that for the foreseeable future such a proposal should not even be discussed because of social and National tension in the former soviet Union and in Southeast Europe. Stoltenberg was asked to comment on a proposal by Egon Bahr considered a disarmament expert by the opposition social democratic party that nato take Steps to Grant membership to the Commonwealth within four years. He replied that nato is More than a forum for political debates and coordination but is an Alliance with firm military obligations for Mutual assistance. A considering the Many serious National and social tensions in the former soviet Union but also in Southeast Europe it is not conceivable that the member states of nato could assume such Alliance obligations for that Region this Side and the other Side of the urals a Stoltenberg said. He said it is not the task of nato but of the conference on Security and cooperation in Europe and the North Atlantic cooperation Council to promote stability in the Commonwealth. Stoltenberg said the warnings Given of the danger of serious Domestic conflicts and of disintegration in the former soviet Union must be taken seriously. He said Commonwealth statements on the Central control of the roughly 27,000 soviet nuclear weapons Are a a positive but need clarification of some important details. One Point that should be clarified he said is whether Kazakhstan and other republics insist on a decisive voice in control of strategic nuclear weapons. Stoltenberg said Germany also wants the 50,000 tons of chemical weapons that were under soviet control to be brought under Central control. He called the danger of the spread of soviet nuclear technology to other countries by the tens of thousands of soviet nuclear scientists and technicians a a very serious  a there Are reports which have to be taken seriously of recruitment of soviet scientists by Middle East nations a Stoltenberg  from Page 1 four documents on a unified armed forces a Commonwealth defense Council a military oath and the status of service members the inter fax news Agency reported. It appeared Ukraine Moldova and Azerbaijan would be allowed to form their own armies. The agreements also covered the troubled soviet space program russian foreign minister Andrei Kozarev told Tass. Few details were released. But the agreements will form the basis for a meeting of Commonwealth leaders on monday in Minsk Belarus. Yevgeny Shaposhnikov interim military commander of the Commonwealth has been fighting for preservation of a unified armed forces. But he told Central television after fridays meeting that Commonwealth defense ministers have decided to take into account the intention of Ukraine Moldova and Azerbaijan to create their own armed forces. While the republics cockeyed to strengthen their military positions other nations kept a close watch on the disposition of the vast soviet nuclear Arsenal which now belongs to at least four republics. Defense Secretary Dick Cheney acknowledged Friday that tactical nuclear weapons spread around the disintegrated superpower could be More difficult to control than missile based weapons. But Cheney said he saw no reason for serious concern. A to Date we done to have any reason to believe that there is a problem there a he told Cable news network. A that is they be Given us every Assurance that they re working on that Issue As  . Officials have said there Are 27,000 nuclear warheads in Russia Ukraine Belarus and Kazakhstan. But Cheney indicated that Many smaller nuclear devices May be distributed throughout the Commonwealth. Underscoring the military mane vering the aircraft Carrier Admiral Kuznetsov docked thursday in the Northern russian port of Murmansk Tass reported Friday. The snip a formerly called the Tbilisi a left ukrainian Waters dec. 2, according to defense magazines. Flight International reported earlier in the month that the ships departure was intended to assure that it did not fall into Ukraine a hands. The Kuznetsov is one of the Crown jewels of the Fleet. It is the Only soviet aircraft Carrier that can accommodate modern fighter jets such As the Mig-29. On Friday former soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev found How soon the trappings of Power can disappear. Gorbachev who resigned wednesday went to his third floor Kremlin office Friday morning to clean out his desk and remove personal papers. But he found Yeltsin already installed with his own nameplate on the door according to the Izvestia newspaper and the russian information  from Page 1 Trio tic human being you could imagine Quot she said. A this country was everything and he would do anything for his country. That a the  forensic experts intended to positively identify the remains at the air bases mortuary the largest operated by the military. Afterwards they were to be prepared for burial. Lebanon a chief pathologist or. Ahmed Harati had said the remains were no More than a a cheap of disjointed  however he was Able to tentatively identify them based on medical charts supplied by the United states. In Washington on Friday the Cia acknowledged that Buckley was one of its members. The Clandestine intelligence Agency said he had been a senior Cia official when he was kidnapped by pro iranian shiite Muslim radicals m March 1984. He is believed to have died the next year after being tortured. Buckley a body was found Early Friday near the Beirut Airport by lebanese police acting on an Anonymous Telephone tip. It was wrapped in Cotton bandages and shrouded in a Brown Blanket tied with plastic rope. Buckley of Medford mass., was one of the first americans abducted and one of eight westerners known to have died in Captivity since the hostage ordeal began in 1984. The last living american held captive Terry Anderson chief Middle East correspondent of the associated press was freed dec. 4. The remains of Marine it. Col William r. Higgins who was in Lebanon As a . Observer when he was abducted arrived at the base on Christmas eve. Tentative plans were being made for one ceremony at Andrews fab near Washington to Honor both Buckley and Higgins said a government official who spoke on condition of  from Page 1 that killed 19 Quail. Bush flew into Chase after inspecting flood damage in Central Texas. The president later praised Beeville town leaders for fighting to save the Airfield. Many Beeville residents say they blame Washington politics but not necessarily Bush for closing the Navy Airfield Here instead of one elsewhere. A i think they blame Congress a said Lori Manuel who runs an office Supply store that gets 7 percent of its monthly business from Chase Field. A really us local people think that possibly something better than the . Government will come in and Supply new  at the Barbecue hosted by Bee county Republican leaders Jay Kimbrough and Daniel Ouellette Bush listened to coun try and Western music and Shook hands with local residents at the Bee county Rodeo Arena. He also talked about the nations struggling Economy. Bush said that although 1992 was an election year his state of the Union address next month will encourage Congress to put aside partisan issues and work a to get this sluggish Economy on the  a i am absolutely confident that we will do exactly that a he said. A i am absolutely confident that this country is going to turn around that this Economy will be Back on track and in a absolutely confident that you the american peo ele want me to continue to Lead a to ave America be the Leader around the  Bush told the Barbecue crowd he does t mind what he called recent attacks on his presidency by the Media and said he enjoys his Job. After the Barbecue Bush and his Hunting buddies stopped off for a Beer at a local dance Hall. Surprised patrons gave the president bar napkins and Ball Caps to autograph when be and his entourage pulled into the Texas grand a amp a club. Bush bought a Pitcher of Beer drank one Glass and left. He said he had told his wife who did no to go on the Texas trip that he would be Home Early Friday night