European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 25, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday february 25, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 9 a unusual sight in Athens two of Greece s presidential guards stand out against a rare snowfall during a changing of the guard ceremony at the Tomb of the unknown Soldier in Central Athens on sunday. Unseasonable cold continues to grip much of the Eastern Mediterranean As far South As Northern Israel. For More about european and . Weather see Page 11. Ukraine is invited to join nato panel As Independent state Kiev Ukraine api a nato so arc tary go neral Manfria Wornor on his first visit to the new Commonwealth of Independent states invited Ukraine on sunday to join the Alliance s cooperation Council As an Independent state. Wornor said he would extend the invitation monday to Russia and eventually to All former soviet republics except Georgia which has not yet joined the Commonwealth. It would be the first time that former soviet republics would participate As separate states rather than Commonwealth members. Ukrainian foreign minister Anatoly Zlenko accepted the invitation to Brussels Belgium on March 10. A the cold War is Over. We re turning from confrontation to cooperation a a Worner said at the end of a two Day visit to Kiev. Nato founded the Council last december to strengthen the political and military links among the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. A we see our new objective As providing and projecting stability a Wymer said at a news conference. A that is Why we Are extending the hand of partnership and Friendship. That is Why we Are establishing deep relations with the countries of Central and Eastern the nato chief emphasized the need to ratify and implement the conventional forces in Europe cafe treaty. He said he was optimistic that each Commonwealth state would accept a formula worked out in Brussels two Days ago setting limits on the military hardware it can keep under the treaty. Wornor said he also discussed nuclear proliferation with Zlenko president Leonid Kravchuk the defense minister col. Gen. Konstantin Morozov and other ukrainian leaders. The sides discussed the prevention of weapons proliferation and help for weapons experts he said. Wornor described a foundation that is being set up under nato to provide work for military scientists. He said the foundation would be open to ukrainian specialists As Well As those from All parts of the former soviet Union. A i am very satisfied by the statements declarations and commitments of the ukrainian authorities on this matter a Worner said. New Book claims Juk killed by secret service Friendly fire Baltimore up a a new Book based on research by a former Maryland gun shop owner concludes that president John f. Kennedy was killed by Friendly fire from a secret service agent the Baltimore Sun reported sunday. Howard Donahue 69, claimed that ballistic evidence indicates the agent was responding to the sound of gunshots on nov. 22,1963, and hit Kennedy by mistake. Donahue a Story is in the Book mortal error the shot that killed Juk written by Bonar Menninger and published by St. Martins press. It is scheduled to be released wednesday with an initial printing of 125,000 copies. Various assassination experts and secret service officials discounted the Book. David Belin former lawyer to the Warren commission said it is a just wrong a the Sun said. A i hate the word a cover up a a Donahue told the Sun. A it sounds so sinister. But the government was Between a Rock and a hard place. They Aid not want to admit that Kennedy was shot in the head by their own Man. They tried to cover it up with the Warren Donahue believes Lee Harvey Oswald the Lone gunman identified by the Warren commission shot at Kennedy but did not kill him the Sun said. Donahue said an agent Riding in the follow car of the Dallas motorcade a Rose heroically to return fire on the12th rides Cape canaveral Fla. A a military satellite capable of guiding warplanes ships and tanks with an accuracy of 50 feet or better circled Earth on monday after a ride on a Delta rocket. The rocket hoisted the $65 million Nav Star satellite sunday evening after a half year delay caused by flawed positioning mechanisms in other Nav Star Craft including one in orbit. The satellite is the 12th in a series of 24. It will take about two Days for the satellite to reach its final 12,500-mile-High orbit. The positioning problems were corrected by adding extra lubricant the air Force said. Engineers believe the trouble resulted from the equipments Long time in storage. Assassin but instead accidentally triggered a round in the wrong direction a the newspaper said. The newspaper said the agent has retired and lives in the Washington d.c., area but did not use his name. He did not cooperate in writing the Book the Sun said. Larry Howard director of the Juk assassination Center in Dallas and a firearms consultant on the film Juk said Donahue a theory is ridiculous. He said the fatal shot came from the Grassy Knoll. Donahue a firearms enthusiast who took part in a 1967 re enactment of the assassination for lbs operated a Towson gun shop for 12 years. In 1981, he left the business Ana became a firearms examiner. The Sun said Donahue believes Oswald fired twice a not three times a at Kennedy. His first Bullet struck the pavement spraying the limousine with fragments including some that struck Kennedy in the head. A second the so called a magic Bullet Quot penetrated Kennedy a neck probably a mortal wound and hit former Texas gov. John Connally. At that Point the newspaper said an agent in a follow up Cadillac stood up with an ar-15 assault Rifle later to be known As the m-16 Rifle. She turned toward Oswald a Perch in the Texas school Book Dej Posi toy the agent slipped backward and the gun fired striking Kennedy Donahue said. . Military forces relied heavily on Nav Star global positioning system satellites during the persian Gulf War. Troops tuned in to the networks radio signals with Small receivers. The satellites guided operators of jets ships submarines and tanks with an accuracy of within 50 feet and sometimes 10 feet. The satellites contain atomic clocks with an error rate of one second every 300,000 years. The air Force wants to have All 24 advanced Nav Star satellites in orbit by 1994. A launch is planned every two to three months for the remaining 12 Craft. The first went up in 1989. Five earlier less sophisticated navigational satellites still Are functioning. Nav Star military satellite into orbit on Delta rocket nuclear threat Strong As Ever doctors warn Boston apr despite the end of the cold War the International physicians for the prevention of nuclear War says this is no time to relax. Leaders of the Nobel peace prize winning group cited the danger of former soviet nuclear scientists Selling their expertise to hostile Powers and the risk of nuclear weapons being used by some rogue dictator or emerging country. A the likelihood that in my lifetime or my children a lifetime that nuclear weapons will explode and kill Large numbers of people is greater now than it was three or four years ago Quot said executive committee member Lachlan Forrow. The nuclear picture was clearer in the Days when fears of nuclear War focused on the two superpowers members said. Bernard Lown a cardiologist founded the group in 1980 with Yevgeny Chazov physician to three soviet premiers. Five years later it won the Nobel prize for a spreading authoritative information and creating an awareness of the catastrophic consequences of atomic Lown said he wants to refocus the attention of the groups 200,000 doctors. One of his concerns is that too Many former soviet weapons experts Are out of a Job and too Many third world nations Are willing to pay for nuclear technology. A the ultimate morality is hard currency. They could be tempted to sell their services to anyone who offers them hard Cash a Lown said. A you will see a new group emerging a nuclear membership trends which he said serve As a gauge of complacency about nuclear War indicate doctors in Europe and the third world a where membership is up a share his concerns. . Doctors done to. A some places the majority of people believe that the nuclear danger is behind us. Why not give attention to the environment crime aids drugs you name it a Lown said. A they put social concern about nuclear ism and War on the Back Burner until some calamitous event occurs. And you begin
