European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 6, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                1942-1992 50 years of service vol. 51, no. 50 35$ saturday june 6,1992 d 8693 republics of arms cuts a demonstrator is held on the ground during a scuffle with police following a violent protest against the nato meeting in Oslo Norway on thursday. Sex soviet tanks artillery targeted Oslo Norway apr following through with the Kremlin a arms control commitments Russia and other former soviet republics signed a historic treaty Friday to slash tanks artillery and other non nuclear weapons. A we Are partners now a said norwegian foreign minister Thorvald Stoltenburg at the solemn ceremony attended by nato nations and their former Warsaw pact adversaries. Russia and seven other former soviet republics signed the conventional forces in Europe Accord helping ease Western fears about the Fate of the tens of thousands of weapons stockpiled by the once mighty superpower. Stoltenberg said the ceremony a sets the stage for full implementation of the  the landmark treaty was signed in november 1990 by the 16 nato nations and the six members of the now defunct Warsaw pact including the soviet onion. But with the breakup of the soviet onion it never went into effect. The agreement Calls for reductions in the enormous see republics on Page 2jobless rate rises to 7.5% Washington a the nations unemployment rate surged to 7.5 percent in May the highest level in nearly eight years As the weak labor Market was unable to accommodate a huge influx of Job seekers the government said Friday. The labor department said the May unemployment rate was 0.3 percentage Point higher than the april level of 7.2 percent. The big deterioration caught economists by Surprise. Many had been expecting the jobless rate to hold steady. However the number of people looking for work shot up by 330,000. This big increase coupled with a slight decline in the number of jobs sent the number of unemployed up by 349,000 to 9.5 million. That was the highest number of americans out of work since october 1983. The jobless rate of 7.5 percent was the highest . Unemployment 1991 Bush says Perot s bid to be Flash in the pan Washington a president Bush says Ross Perot May be popular now but once the Texas billionaire is pinned Down on the issues a the guv in the neighbourhood a will return to Bush on election Day. At a news conference thursday night Bush said he would not yet take on the Independent presidential hopeful who is favored by As much As a third of potential voters in nationwide Public opinion polls. Souke . Dept of labor aps amps unemployment rate since August 1984. The 7.5 percent jobless rate was also up by More than 2 percentage Points from the 5.2 percent unemployment rate in june 1990, the month before the coun see jobless on Page 2. High Iii opposition to the persian Gulf War and lobbying connections to Congress that belie Perot a claims to be a Washington outsider. A i have the Confidence that it wont be ius the republicans that will be supporting me it will be the Guy in the neighbourhood a by the time election Day arrives in november Bush said. The president sought to portray him self above the political fray. He said he had not even a teen in the playing Fields during the primary season despite the fact that he barnstormer across the House backs Quot defense conversion Quot Aid by the los Angeles times Washington the House approved a $1 billion a defense conversion program thursday designed to ease the Impact of Pentagon spending cuts on the Economy. The plan endorsed by the democratic leadership would provide Aid to defense contractors local governments and Laid off military personnel and defense workers. It was touted As a counter to a plan proposed by president Bush that is Only one fifth the size. Approval of the conversion program came on a vote of 275-105 As lawmakers from both parties worried about Job losses rushed to support the measure. The vote came As the House and the Senate worked separately to put together the Pentagon a spending plans for fiscal 1993. On another Issue the House approved an amendment to impose a one year moratorium on testing of nuclear weapons by the United states a a move Long sought by liberals but rejected by pre Vious congresses. Proponents argued that the moratorium was needed if the United states is to persuade other countries to adhere to the nuclear non proliferation treaty a Bush has advocated. The vote was 237-1g7. The combination of measures appeared Likely to intensify the administrations displeasure with the defense Bill which would Cut the presidents military budget by $7 billion and Force the Pentagon to make sharper cuts in the number see defense on Page 2 South before the super tuesday primaries in March and paid repeated visits to new Hampshire and other primary election states. During the news conference a which Only can of the major networks chose to carry live a Bush also a renewed his attack on what he Calls environmental extremists. He said he is watching out for american jobs in opposing any treaty on global warming that is tougher or More costly than the one he will sign next week at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro Brazil. A and if they done to understand it in Rio too bad a he added in reference to criticism his decision is receiving from other Summit participants. A expressed Hopes sure to be fulfilled that the Republican platform committee will retain a Strong anti abortion Plank that reflects his personal View. A said a prudence and caution prevents military action at this time in Yugoslavia where . Economic sanctions Nave so far failed to Stop the serbian supported see Bush on Page 2 coming Romo now future Shock crazy ideas can develop into Clever equipment especially with the  Magazine