European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 25, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 c the stars and stripes wednesday March 25, 1992 at a glance Karlsruhe High schools Christian Jacobs warms up his tuba at the honors music festival in bad kissing in Germany. See Story on Page 16.usair crash probed Federal investigators Are looking into Why a us air Jet that crashed on a runway and Slid into a frigid Bay killing 27 people was not de iced a third time after waiting a half hour in a snowstorm to take off. A Page 4animal sacrifice ban the supreme court agreed monday to decide the Validity of a Florida City s ban on animal sacrifice in religious ceremonies. A Page 5baton blows called justified an expert in police tactics testified monday that every Baton blow delivered to Rodney King on the videotape of his beating by police officers was appropriate and justified. A Page 6huge Bank merger of d the Federal Reserve Board on monday approved the record breaking merger of ban America corp. And Security Pacific corp., which would create the second largest Bank company in the nation after  Page 20 Index Abby Ann Landers .21 action line. .18 comics. 22-23 commentary. .13 crossword. 21 a a a a a \ faces n places .24 letters. .12 Money matters .20 sports. 25-32 to listings. .31 weather. .11 nato expected to ask Canada to reconsider pullout of forces Brussels Belgium a the nato allies probably will ask Canada to re evaluate plans to withdraw All its forces from Europe but they Are not optimistic about prospects for a reversal diplomats said tuesday. Diplomats said no final decision has been made but officials at the 16-nation North Atlantic treaty organization feel Canada should be asked to take another look at its pullout plans. Canadian finance minister Don Mazankowski announced last month that the nation would scrap a task Force of 1,100 soldiers that was to remain in Europe after 1994. He said the move was part of a package of new spending cuts. European allies fear the Canadian action could encourage the United states to pull More of us troops out of Europe. With the end of the cold War the United states already has announced plans to halve its european based Force to 150,000 by 1995. Some members of Congress contend Many More soldiers should be withdrawn because of reduced military tension and the need to pare the Federal budget deficit. Since Canada announced its decision nato officials have been examining its Impact on the alliances forces. Other nations May be forced to revise their plans to fill the Gap caused by the Canadian pullout officials said. During the meetings diplomats said officials have indicated an interest in asking Canada to review its position. A i think there will be an exhortation to Canada to reconsider a said a senior Alliance Diplomat insisting on anonymity. A but its not with any great expectation that the High level political decision is going to be reversed a another Diplomat also demanding anonymity said nato has not yet formally responded to the Canadian withdrawal. The Issue will be discussed at a May meeting of the alliances defense ministers. Nato Secretary general Manfred Worner has already expressed Quot considerable regret at the Canadian decision Canada has had troops in Europe for All but five years since 1939. Retired civilian with St Nick following Dies a memorial is set for april 2 for a retired american government architect popularly known As Santa Claus in the Central German Region. Don Rogers 68, died of a heart attack March 19 at the Stadter Inkenhaus in Worms Germany. Rogers with flowing Gray Beard and Bushy eyebrows was considered a Looka Tike for Santa Claus and spent his Christmas seasons volunteering As old St. Nick at social functions and parties. Rogers retired in Worms in 1984 after 33 years of civil service. He had designed facilities at Remote communications Sites in Europe for the 5th signal cum at Worms before he  Page 1 attack aircraft and Long Range cruise missiles. Cheney said military ties will be maintained through periodic military exercises. In addition stockpiles for . Air and amphibious forces will be maintained Ana improvement will be made in the Pentagon a ability to get troops to the Region quickly. Cheney said the United states must look out for what he termed its a Lon term  he added that the United states must realize that the Region is not one that will a let us disengage in week or a month or even a  a i think we will be there throughout my  a for the next Century a he said a i done to see any Prospect that the persian Gulf Region Isnit going to be an area of vital strategic interest to the United states and our friends around the  Rogers Rogers is survived by Fen Germany and tin Rogers and his wife Betty were avid members of the Heidelberg and Worms wandering clubs. Playing the part of the clubs Mascot he often set up a table called a big Gie Stisch from where he distributed pamphlets promoting the sport of Volks marching. His wife in Otho air four children Judy Rogers 42, a psychologist at Princeton University clinic in new Jersey Deborah wills 38, a librarian at George Marshall space flight Center at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville Ala. Or. Robin Rogers an associate professor of chemistry at Northern Illinois University in Dekalb 111 and Holly Rogers 27, director for girls at the fold a Christ Center teen age Home at Lyndonville it and four grandchildren. The april 2 memorial will be held at 2 . At the Ost Hofen cemetery about six Miles North of Worms on Highway b-9. Mrs. Rogers asked that donations be made to a heart fund in lieu of  Page 1 Europe by sept. 30, the end of the current fiscal year and 150,000 troops by the end of fiscal 1995. At the height of the military buildup in the mid-1980s, the United states had More than 326,000 service members in Europe. Galvin be seethed lawmakers to look at the events of the past two years from the Point of View of the troops in Europe. A take a sergeant a Tanker perhaps who shipped his family to Germany a he said Quot this Isnit a sophisticated College graduate with a . He probably does no to speak the language. He gets his family settled maybe on the German Economy. A then we Send him to the persian Gulf with Vii corps leaving behind his family which May not be excelling at assimilating into the local culture a he said. When the Soldier returns from the Gulf War he is told his unit is drawing Down and he has to move his family Back to the United states in the Middle of a school year Galvin said. A the May have to Send his family to live with his parents for a while if there is no housing at the new installation which Means his kids May have to miss five or six months of school a he said. A the has to take care of the household goods and Selling his car when Many of the other 76,999 troops returning this year Are trying to sell theirs a he said a then when he gets Back to the states he does no to even know if hell be Able to stay in the army. A a that a the situation now and we have a lot of unhappy and confused people Quot he said. A if we moved any faster it would get out of hand. I could not control it. We would break the  Galvin said the draw Down in Europe could not be carried out in anything approaching an orderly fashion if its Pace were increased a we Are at the limit right now a he said a to increase the Pace would not Only require extraordinary measures As Well As increased costs but would adversely affect our service members and their  correction because of an editing error a photo caption on Page 15 tuesday was incorrect. Debbie Martinko did not receive a full refund from Chrysler corp. For her Dodge Van. Rather the manufacturer deducted 15 cents a mile for the 22,800 Miles on the car. She paid $19,761 and was refunded $16,341.reactorfrom Page 1 reactors which Are mandatory in the United states and other nations. More serious leaks occurred at two other soviet plants last year but neither caused contamination outside the plants said Yuri Rogoshin of the state atomic Security commission. Neighbouring Finland appealed for International action to improve the safety of russian nuclear plants. But the finnish government said Only one of its monitoring stations detected a a a minutes Rise in radiation at High altitudes tuesday while others registered no increases. Foreign experts agreed with russian officials that it appeared the incident was not too serious. A there is no danger at All a said Larisa Khu Dikova a mayoral spokeswoman in St. Petersburg a City of 4.5 million people 50 Miles East of the Plant in Sosnow Bor. Still school officials ordered kindergartens to keep children indoors today and advised parents to put iodine in their children a milk. The thyroid glands of Young children Are particularly vulnerable to radioactive iodine but can be made less susceptible with doses of Normal potassium iodine. A just to be on the Safe Side i did not allow the kids to be taken outside in the afternoon and gave each half a Pill of iodine a said Olga Morozova principal of Nursery school no. 2 in St. Petersburg. Nikolai Pinchuk chief Engineer at an electrical equipment Plant said a there was no panic at the factory but just to be on the Safe Side we recommended that our staff take three drops of iodine in a Glass of  the leak occurred at 2 37 . In Graphite tubing in the building housing the plants no. 3 reactor the itar Tass news Agency reported. The inter fax news Agency said Levels of radioactive iodine inside the building were 10 times Normal but a the radiation level around the station remained within allowable  Yelena Mir Ushenko of the russian ministry of atomic Energy called the leak a a third class incident Quot on the seven Point International atomic Energy Agency scale