European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 14, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a the stars and stripes tuesday january 14, 1992 at a glance troops from an army installation in it tester Germany have done their part to help Shore up depleted blood supplies. See Story on pages 14-15. Heart disease still no. 1 heart attacks strokes and other cardiovascular problems remain the no. 1 cause of death in the United states and Eastern europeans and people who live in the former soviet republics Are at even greater risk according to a report. A Page 4 court stymies extradition a Federal court has blocked the extradition of a former member of the Irish Republican army. A Page 5 weapons remain popular other businesses May feel the gloom of recession but at the annual meeting of the firearms manufacturing Industry the glow of Prosperity was in the air. A Page 6 Buchanan picks up support president Bush a Campaign chairman said new Hampshire s economic troubles Are allowing Patrick Buchanan to pick up support. A Page 7 germans reflect on nazis forty two percent of germans surveyed for a new poll believe that the nazis had their Good sides a news Magazine reported sunday. A Page 8 Auto forecast gloomy . Automakers face continued sluggish sales increased Competition and More red tape in the coming decade the University of Michigan predicted. A Page 17 Index h Abby Ann Landers 20 action line .16 comics.1820 commentary .13 crossword .20 faces no places .10 letters .12 Money matters.17 sports.21-28 to listings.27 weather.11 Cheney from Page 1 3rd inf div commemorative Coin to the Pentagon Stop Man. Barnum chosen to make the presentation because he comes from . Ult a Nair  Home town a has been a a Ion disbanded last year. He says hell stay in the Arm Cheney told tank Crews at Grafen Wohr a Range 117, we re going through some Tough Days. We Hope you 11 Bear with us. He promised the soldiers that the Pentagon is trying to conduct its troop cuts a reasonably a the my Abrams tank crewmen from a co 4th in urn Armor regt Are based in Erlanger Germany. Cheney spent most of his time with them asking about their combat experience in the persian Gulf War. The Gas said they left Germany in new years eve 1990, and fought iraqi Armor at the Battles of Medina Ridge the Northern flank and Al Busty Yah. The Bush administration is still committed to keeping 150,000 troops in Europe after 1995, half the cold War number Cheney told reporters. ,. A we Are going to continue to be very actively involved in nato a Cheney said. A there still will definitely be . Forces deployed Here As Long As our friends in Germany want us Here.,. He went on to say Quot contrary to some of the press reports that i be seen in the last couple of Days we Are not in the posture now where we Are getting ready to announce additional reductions in worldwide troop strength. The president will a have some program changes to announce during his Jan. 28 state of he Union address but Hesey a ill not involve a further reductions in end strength beyond those that have previously been announced a Cheney said the Pentagon is trimming its worldwide Active duty strength from 2.1 million people to about 1.5 million he said. Despite a 25 percent reduction in defense department Man Ower Quot we re still going to need a first class army  close to a a a Nihon men and women in the United states  Cheney said. A it la be More competitive than its Ever been before a the it de be Cretaro  be tougher to get in and you 11 have to meet higher standards to stay. But it�?T8 be the kind of Force that i think people can be proud to be a part of. Cheney said that although dramatic changes have taken place in the former soviet Union a i think it s Clear that we re still going to need significant . Military capability. The can Tow afford Otto do without military capability obviously is a foolish  Cheney said the United states demonstrated its military forces conclusively during the persian Gulf War and training areas particularly the Grafe Wohr gunnery ranges will continue t0ch�ieya1so said he doubts the United states will furlough All the foreign workers at its overseas bases. We be found that the mix we be got Between . Military and German civilians works very Well a he said. A so i would suspect that As Long As we re Here there will always be  prices from Page 1 amount of the increase was not immediately known. Roughly 5,000 people waved soviet flags and carried portraits of Stalin at a demonstration sunday in Moscow scentral Maneth Square. They demanded resurrection of the deceased soviet Union placement of Power a in the hands of the working people and the lowering of prices to what they had been before being allowed to float free on Jan. 2, russian television reported. In St. Petersburg about 100 people ticketed in front of the Winter Palace Olding signs that read a take the coun a m Vela a tin Cliart try a traitors to court a the russian information Agency reported. Russian television said a similar mass meetings of bolsheviks were held in Rostov and Chelyabinsk As Well As in Turkmenistan a capital of Ashkhabad. In Turkmenistan president a Parma Rad Niyazov halved the prices of butter and some meat products radio Moscow said sunday. Butter was Cut to 45 rubles a kilogram 2.2 pounds and sausage to 38 rubles per kilo Ria said. The average wage in the former soviet republics that last month forged a new Commonwealth is about 960 rubles a month. T the number of Street protesters in Moscow and St. Petersburg on sunday was roughly the same As in previous weeks. But the reports of rallies in outlying areas indicated that the hard line groups that organized them May be getting More support. The groups including Nashi ours and Trudo Vaya moskva Moscow labor claim just a few Hundred Core members. There is concern however that communist Power brokers in the provinces who stand to lose fiefdoms established under soviet Rule Are encouraging opposition to Yeltsin a reforms. Russians Deputy prime minister Gennady Burbulis said top russian managers  evaluated at month s end and those who obstruct reforms or Are incompetent will be fired. A we cannot allow regional administration Heads who either cannot fulfil their tasks or for some reason sabotage or ignore them to hold their posts a he said on russian television sunday night. Russians have become increasingly desperate As prices have increased As much As 300 percent in the two weeks since controls were lifted. Russians lifting of controls forced other former soviet republics to follow suit to avoid runs on their stores from those in other republics. Yeltsin made the drastic move to free prices in an attempt to Force the shift of a decaying Economy to Market principles. Poland after throwing off communist control in 1989, undertook a strategy known As a Shock therapy a that included freeing prices As Well As capping wages and making their currency convertible. Tie moves brought initial suffering but now appear to be bearing fruit. Supporters of Yeltsin a strategy say freeing prices will quickly stimulate production and rapidly fill the stores infamously Bare shelves. But some Are expressing scepticism. On sunday Yeltsin Sally russian legislature chairman Ruslan Kha Bulatov was quoted by Ria As saying he was disappointed that the Price liberalization plan a did not solve the problems of empty  he said an increase in prices could result in a precipitous drop in  Page 1 lapse at a state dinner in Tokyo last week. In Kansas City Bush planned to restate . Resolve to lower european agricultural Trade barriers. European Community Trade and farm ministers walked Friday at such a Compromise. Bush also planned this week to Campaign in new Hampshire on wednesday Ana to Lay a Wreath at the Tomb of the Rev. Martin Luther King or. In Atlanta on Friday a two Days after the 63rd anniversary of Kings birth. Bush was still being criticized sunday Over his Mission to Australia and Asia in quest of a jobs jobs  Republican presidential challenger Patrick Buchanan called the trip a  sen. Lloyd Bentsen a Texas said his Senate finance committee will hold a hearing Jan. 22 into the Trade concessions from Japan. Bush said those concessions will create 200,000 . Jobs by 1994. Bentsen called them a too Little a and 10 years too  the farm Bureau boasts 3.9 million members including 90 percent of the nations Farmers. Farm exports have been a Bright spot in the . Trade picture. After weathering hard times in the Early 1980s, Farmers enjoyed record income last year. Recent Low interest rates have helped them reduce their indebtedness. Quot we were a preview of what a happening now to the rest of the country Dean Eckner president of the farm Bureau said in a Telephone interview sunday. A the coasts Are now seeing the recession that the Middle part of the country had in the Early 80s a said Kleckner an Iowa hog and Grain Farmer. Kleckner said he intended to compliment Bush for bringing up the Issue of Japan a closed Rice Market with prime minister Kiichi Miyazawa. Getting the Barrier lifted a would have been too much to expect from the Short trip he said. Federal wetlands policy also is a major Issue at the Farmers meeting. A this wetlands Issue is just driving agriculture up a Wall a Kleckner said. Also the farm Leader said a we re going to express some disappointment to the president. In his acquiescence a year ago to a tax increase after a read my is no new  a ii 3 Gas killed in car crash near Aviano a Aviano Italy a three soldiers were killed in an automobile Accident Early sunday morning about 10 Miles Southwest of Aviano a a base spokesman said monday. The soldiers assigned to co a 502nd aviation regt were apparently Enro Ute to their unit at the air base when their vehicle left the Highway and struck a Concrete Wall said air Force staff sgt. Austin Carter of the base Public affairs office. The vehicle burst into flames upon Impact. The two soldiers in the front seat died at the scene Carter said. Witnesses were unable to assist the soldiers because of the flames. The third Soldier was thrown from the car and later died in a local Hospital Carter said. The soldiers names Are being withheld pending notification of next of Kin. Italian police Are investigating the Accident Carter said