European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 8, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 b the stars and stripes wednesday january 8, 1992 at a glance Here a Yarima Good As she looked As a member of a Stone age tribe in Venezuela before marrying an anthropologist and moving to new Jersey. This Winter she plans to visit her tribe. See Story on pages 14-15. Blackout in . A massive blackout in the Washington area lasted two hours monday snarling Rush hour traffic and bringing an unexpected end to the workday. A Page 4 record number of murders More than 24,000 americans were murdered in the United states last year a study showed. A Page 5 panel to meet in Indochina a special Senate committee that is looking into cases of americans still missing from the Vietnam War plans to hold hearings in Indochina. A Page 6 arabs return to talks the Arab delegations will return to Washington to resume mid East peace talks after the . Security Council condemned israelis planned deportation of 12 palestinians. A Page b Church abetted suspect roman Catholic officials helped one of Frances most notorious suspected War criminals evade Justice for decades officials say. A Page 9 videophone to debut the picture phone that Tomor Rowland Marvel of Disneyland in the 1960s, is Here a Well almost. At amp to plans to Start Selling a videophone in May for $1,500. A Page 18 Index Abby Ann Landers 19 action line.16 comics.1921 commentary.13 crossword .19 faces a no places .22 letters .12 Money matters 17-18 sports.23-28 7v listings.27 weather.11 Bush from Page 1 they wanted favors from Tokyo. In a Symbol of . Determination to break Down Trade barriers Bush brought a delegation of 18 business executives including the chiefs of Chrysler Ford and general motors. The businessmen followed behind the president in a procession of Solidarity Down the Steps of air Force one. Quot we done to have to apologize to anybody a Chrysler chairman Lee Iacocca said. Nor do they want Quot or. Miyazawa a sympathy a added general motors chairman Robert Stempel in a reference to prime minister Kiichi Miyazawa a statement of compassion for the struggling . Auto Industry. A to say we Are coming to Japan to get a souvenir or we re going to sit around and accept whatever favors they can bestow on us a that a not the game a Iacocca said. Quot the game is you be got to change the Basic trading relationship Between these two  the Trade showdown in Tokyo is the finale of Bush a 12-Day tour through Asia and Australia. Strapped by a recession and sinking popularity ratings Bush is under intense political pressure to bring Home Trade concessions from Japan. Miyazawa who also faces an important election test this year appears determined to make Bush s visit a Success. For a Start Nissan motor co. Announced plans to sell up to 3 000 Ford minivans and other autos a year in Japan and to increase purchases of .-made Auto parts. Other major japanese automakers also Are to open their Domestic dealerships to . Automakers. F More broadly Noboru Hatakeyama vice minister of the ministry of International Trade and Industry said 88 japanese companies plan to increase their annual world imports by $10 billion by fiscal year 1993. But he said the government had no Power to in Furre Rich voluntary targets and he would not estimate How much of it my increase might come from the United states. After a welcoming ceremony today Bush will visit with emperor Akihito and hold talks with Miyazawa. Before returning Home Friday Bush also is to announce an agreement with Japan on a proclamation outlining a joint blueprint for solving major world problems. A a. Abush will deliver a speech Here Friday morning to sum up his trip and also will speak about the trip in a speech at the Commerce department immediately after his return to Washington. There was unprecedented Security for Bush a visit. The National police Agency said about 26,000 officers were assigned to protect the president. Farmers staged rallies throughout Japan in protest of Bush s demand that Japan ease its ban on Rice imports. Separately Japan a powerful farm lobby bought a full Page newspaper advertisement arguing that agriculture deserves special Trade Protection because of its cultural importance. Relief from Page 1 Russia Are showing up on the Black Market the government said monday it will Send a special team to help ensure the Aid is delivered to needy people. The newspaper Bild am sonntag reported sunday that a Quot considerable portion of German Winter Aid for russians Quot is being stolen and sold to the suffering at exorbitant prices by Black marketeers. Dieter Vogel spokesman for Chancellor Helmut Kohl confirmed that 10 German Supply specialists would travel to Russia this week to investigate ways to ensure that the goods reach their destinations. Quot the Federal government attaches a great Deal of importance to making sure the goods Are correctly distributed he said. Specialists from the  eventually might be sent to Russia to help oversee the distribution of goods Vogel said he said the foreign Trade and agricultural ministers of the  will discuss distribution problems during a meeting in Brussels Belgium on Friday. The Canadian forces also plan to begin flying Basic medical sup plies for infants children and the elderly to hospitals in Russia Ukraine Lithuania Latvia and Estonia later this month. The Canadian red Cross is coordinating that Effort and the flights will originate at Canadian forces base Uplands in Ontario. Foreign ministers of the 16 nato nations agreed last month to use the Alliance to help coordinate Aid shipments to the former soviet Union. Nato expects to facilitate transport of Relief supplies from a variety of sources such As the red Cross and european Community. Staff writers Joseph Owen in Stuttgart and Rosemary Sawyer in Brussels contributed to this report 250,000 service members still in Europe by Vince Crawley staff writer about 250,000 service members remain in Europe fewer than previous estimates according to updated military figures. The army in Europe dipped below 150,000 soldiers by the beginning of the year Down from More than 210,000 before troop cuts began said Millie Waters a spokeswoman at the army a european Headquarters in Heidelberg Germany. The Pentagon last week said that 40,300 soldiers had returned to the states by Jan. 1, but this figure included Quot Only those who Are connected to the draw Down a Waters said. Many others went Home on routine duly moves or left the army when their enlistments expired Waters said. This includes the thousands of Quot Stop loss sol t Diers who because of the persian Gulf deployment were retained after their enlistments ended. Officials said these peole were the top priority for shipment ome when the draw Downs began last summer. The Pentagon Aims to reduce Europe based troops from All military branches to 150,000 by october 1995, Down from about 340,000 in the late 1980s. The army is taking the bulk of the manpower cuts and officials expect to reach the target of 92,200 Long before 1995. One fifth of the air forces people have also departed Europe a spokesman said. About 71,500 airmen were stationed in Europe in september and the numbers should not be much lower now said it. Col. . Crowley a spokesman with the commands Headquarters at Ramstein a Germany. A Navy spokeswoman in Naples Italy said tuesday that 27,000 Navy people and marines Are assigned on european Shore duty or aboard ships in the Mediterranean Down from about 35,000 in the late 1980s. A spokesman for the . European come the top military Headquarters in Europe did not have current theater wide troop strengths. He said the command numbered 270,400 people in Early autumn. One Hundred battalions each numbering Between 550 and 900 soldiers were scheduled for to leave Between november 1990 and october 1992. Of those 45 departed the past three months. New units have not been publicly announced but Many Are already quietly preparing to withdraw. U.s., South Korea drop military exercise Seoul South Korea a the defense ministry announced tuesday that the annual military exercises with the United states will be cancelled this year now that communist North Korea has agreed to sign a nuclear safeguards agreement. In a statement relayed by its official news Agency North Korea said it would Quot faithfully fulfil its obligations under the nuclear non proliferation treaty and thus make an Active contribution to the cause of completely eliminating nuclear weapons from the Globe and defending peace and Security in  news reports in South Korea said North Korea was expected to have the Accord with the Vienna based International atomic Energy Agency ratified by Jan. 30. North Korea is one of the worlds few remaining hard line communist countries. It has been under world pressure to sign a safeguards agreement with the Vienna Agency and open its nuclear facilities to outside inspections. International experts believe North Korea is a few years away from being Able to make a crude atomic bomb. North Korea insists its nuclear program is for peaceful use Only. Coup plotters in Iraq executed report says Athens up Iraq reportedly executed at least 80 army officers accused of participating in a plot to overthrow president Saddam Hussein in a coup d�?T6tat, Iran a state owned islamic Republic news Agency said tuesday. Quoting a source dose to the supreme Assembly of the islamic revolution in Iraq or Sari the news Agency said the iraqi authorities also executed 76 people charged with taking part in anti Saddam demonstrations in the holy City of Karbala. The irn a report came about two weeks after iraqi opposition leaders met in Damascus apparently at the invitation of Sari and Drew up a plan to overthrow Saddam. Sari is a Tehran based umbrella organization for iraqi rebel groups. An Irna report monitored in Athens said Quot at least 80 senior iraqi army offi cers accused of involvement in a Faile coup attempt against the Baghdad a it Gime have been  the news Agency did not say when the coup attempt occurred or was planned i occur and when or where the execution were carried out. Of the civilians executed for Particia ing in a demonstration in Karbala seve Al were said to be children aged 10 to 15