European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                These cats vol. 50, no. 285 350 saturday january 25,1992 d 8693 amx elimination expected arms reduction land and submarine based nuclear weapons that could be affected by the president s proposed cuts. Total warheads 1.500 minuteman Iii 3 warheads per missile. 500 launchers. My 10 warheads per missile. 50 launchers. Trident ic-4 8 warheads per missile. 384 launchers on 20 submarines. Trident ii d-5 4-8 warheads per missile. 96 launchers on 4 submarines. Bush to announce deep cuts in atomic Force officials say source new York times a Brian Garrigan from wire reports Washington president Bush plans to announce Steps next week leading to elimination of the nations Force of 50 nuclear tipped my missiles As Well As other substantial cuts and changes in the strategic Arsenal . Officials say. The officials said Bush a announcement part of tuesdays state of the Union address will represent a further response to a Steep drop in the nuclear threat to the United states from the former soviet Union and eventually will save billions of dollars in defense spending. The officials said they expect Bush also to pledge the eventual elimination of two thirds of the 1,500 nuclear warheads now deployed atop minuteman Iii intercontinental ballistic missiles. In addition the president will order cancellation of a new strategic missile the Midge than and a scaling Back of b-2 strategic bomber production. He will also reduce the deployment of warheads on strategic submarines at sea the officials said. Bush will Call for new cuts in strategic nuclear weapons held by four former soviet republics and controlled by Moscow but will order the . Military to proceed with some new nuclear cutbacks even if the republics do not accept his appeals officials said. The republics already have pledged to trim their Overall strategic Force by at least 1,000 More warheads than the United states had previously intended under a bilateral strategic arms reduction treaty the pact is expected to be simple see my on Page 2u.s. Military says it s eager to provide Hope Bonn Germany apr the soviet Union was once their adversary on the other Side of a cold War Divide but . Military officials in Europe said Friday that they Are looking Forward to feeding their former foes. Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii said thursday that the air Force will Fly 54 shipments of emergency Medicine and food to the 12 new states of the old soviet Union starting feb. 10. The first c-5 transports in operation provide Hope Are to take off from Rhein main a near Frankfurt. That san ironic twist of history. Many of the flights in the 1948-49 Berlin Airlift whose food deliveries broke a soviet blockade of the City originated at Rhein main. Forty two years later the base will be giving the same help to its erstwhile adversary. A i think most of the people Here at Rhein main will be very honoured to be party to this and help our former enemy get Back on their feet a base spokesman maj. Stephen Knechtel said in a Telephone interview. A we have a Monument Here at Rhein main to symbolize the Berlin Airlift air Bridge to  a maybe someday Well have another Monument to symbolize the Airlift to the former soviet republics he said. Food for operation provide Hope is expected to come from leftover persian Gulf War rations stored in Europe. A who in the world could have predicted three or four years ago that we would be sending food to Russia a said army it. Col. Galen Morris commander of a facility in Capelle Netherlands that is part of the military traffic management come. The command which coordinated transportation during the persian Gulf War is in charge of the leftover Gulf War food. In a smaller version of the upcoming Airlift the . Air Force flew food from Pisa Italy to St. Petersburg and Moscow last month. Navy cmdr. John Woodhouse spokesman for the . European come in see military on Page 2 notre Dame bus crashes in storm killing 2 athletes South Bend ind. Apr a chartered bus bringing notre Dames female swim team Home from a meet crashed Early Friday just Miles from Campus in a blinding snowstorm. Two team members were killed and 34 people injured. A the bus hit an area of heavy Snow and lost control about a mile West of the South Bend exit a said state South Bend police Cpl. Dennis Boehler. The bus rolled Over into the median rolled Over onto its  several people were pinned in the wreckage for a Short time said Larry Hite a state trooper. A it was pretty Well crunched a said Clay township firefighter John Hayden. The two bodies were pinned in the wreckage toward the rear of the bus he said. The chartered bus carried 37 people 32 swimmers three coaches a student manager and the Driver said see bus on Page 2 rescuers search the wreckage of a chartered bus that crashed Early Friday near South Bend ind