European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 25, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday May 25, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 3down with drugs s8.s Poggy Davidson Michael Lyndon an eighth grader at Ramstein Junior High school in Germany carries an anti drug sign As he leads a group of Young people. Michael was one of More than 850 pupils parents and faculty members from the school who participated in the third annual drug free vol Smarch on thursday. The right i lome Ter March is designed to carry the schools anti drug message to others. Marchers walked in groups divided by Grade and carried banners and signs made in their Ramstein advisory program  sign agreement on nuclear cuts 1 Isbon Portugal apr the United states and four former soviet republics signed an agreement saturday to implement a treaty on reducing strategic arsenals a step Secretary of state James a. Raker 111 hailed As reducing the risk of nuclear War. Raker and the four foreign ministers met in a six minute ceremony at a hotel banquet room which ended with the Secretary of state equipping. Quot is that it Quot the protocol binds the four former republics to the terms of the strategic arms reduction treaty accepted by the soviet Union before its disintegration last december. It is Quot one of the most important International documents that have been worked on in recent times Quot russian foreign minister Andrei Kozarev said. The ceremony briefly delayed while foreign ministers met elsewhere in town to discuss Aid to the former soviet Union culminates nearly six months of tedious negotiations. Ukraine Kazakhstan and Belarus have agreed to remove All their Long Range nuclear weapons within seven years. The treaty requires cuts of about 38 percent Overall in the former soviet Arsenal of Long Range nuclear missiles bombers and submarines and about 30 percent of the . Arsenal. And All three countries already have transported All their Short Range nuclear weapons to Russia for dismantling there. A we have Laid the foundations for further stabilizing reductions in strategic offensive arms and expanded the nuclear non proliferation regime a Raker said in a statement. The agreement Quot significantly Lowers the risk of nuclear War a the Secretary of state added. Kozarev said Russia expects the other former soviet republics to a rapidly full ill their pledge to get rid of All their nuclear weapons. Army apologizes to reservist alleging assault Santa be . A the army has apologized to a Soldier and removed a letter of reprimand it placed in her file after she accused a sergeant of sexually assaulting her during the persian Gult War. An initial investigation conducted in saudi Arabia concluded that the sodomy Between army Reserve spec. Jacqueline Ortiz and 1st sgt. David Martinez was consensual army officials said. Both Ortiz 28, and Martinez 41, received letters of reprimand for breaking a policy against fraternization. A brigade commander said Friday that the army a initial findings were incorrect and it was removing the letter of reprimand from Ortiz a file. A i know this has caused you great concern and 1 sincerely apologize for the error a said a letter from Brig. Gen. John m. Gosdin commander of the 420th engr brigade at Bryan Texas which is Ortiz a and Martinez a unit. �?o1 am pleased to now set the record  Ortiz alleged that Martinez forced her to perform Oral sex in january 1991 while the two served in saudi Arabia with Delta co 52nd engr in based in Santa be. Martinez of Albuquerque has denied the allegations. Mis attorney Richard Utman jr., said saturday that he hoped the army would also remove the letter of reprimand from Martinez Stile. A new investigation was requested by rep. Rill Richardson d-., after Ortiz complained about the army a conclusions. A what 1 wanted was the truth to be known and it is proved in this letter Quot Ortiz said Friday. Last month Ortiz sued Martinez for defamation based on comments that the sex act was consensual. Martinez filed a counterclaim denying her allegations As a malicious attempt to harm and humiliate him. German president pushes for open Borders Seville Spain a German president Richard  Wei sticker said saturday that open frontiers Are crucial for his country since it is located in the Center of Europe. Von Wei sticker spoke at a ceremony commemorating German Day at expo �?T92. A we Are a state situated in the heart of Europe and we have nine neighbors. Open frontiers Are a vital necessity for us a the president said. He also praised the Spain a alignment with Germany in the push to create a Frontier free european Community in 1993. Quot just As Columbus set out live centuries ago bound for new discoveries we europeans Are again today on the path toward new horizons a  Wei sticker said. The German Pavilion is one of 110 National pavilions at expo �?T92, the Universal exposition that commemorates Columbus first voyage to the new world 500 years ago this fall. On sunday  Weisi Icker was to travel to Granada before going to Madrid for a private dinner with King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia. The German Pavilion was built by companies from both sides of formerly divided Germany. Among its exhibits Are pieces of the Berlin Wall that split the country for nearly three decades. Von Weizsacker thanked Spain for its help in uniting the two previously planned pavilions for the former West and East Germany. 1 israeli 3 palestinians die during clash in Gaza strip  apr palestinians killed an israeli Soldier in the occupied Gaza strip in a predawn firefight sunday and troops firing Back killed three of the arabs the army said. The clash involving Muslim fundamentalists was one of the worst in months Between israelis and palestinians in the occupied territories. It occurred several hours before an israeli girl was stabbed to death by. A Gazan in a suburb of Tel Aviv. It was unclear however whether the two attacks were linked Arab reports said armed palestinians fired a pistol and threw a hand grenade at soldiers outside a House in Gaza City killing one Border police officer and seriously wounding another. The army said the soldiers had arrived at the City a Sabra Quarter to detain unrest suspects. It said that Quot they encountered a terrorist gang inside one of the Homes a who fired on them killing one of the soldiers. Other troops returned fire and killed three of the palestinians the army statement said. Walesa visits russian Forest where polish officers slain Moscow a polish president Lech Walesa visited a Forest near Katyn on saturday and mourned the thousands of polish army officers massacred there by soviet secret police. A polish officers did not die soldiers deaths. They died at the hands of torturers a the itar to ass news Agency quoted Walesa As saying. More than 4.001 polish officers were killed in the Forest near the Western russian town of Smolensk by Josef Stalin a feared secret police. I he officers captured at the Start of world War ii were shot in the Back of the head and stacked on top of each other in mass Graves. The soviet government refused to admit responsibility for the massacre until 1990 and blamed the nazis instead. Two years ago the government acknowledged that Archive material showed the murders were the work of Stalin a secret police chief Lavrenti Beria Stalin a protege . Merkulov and others