European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 e the stars and stripes Friday june 19, 1992 at a glance ii Iran Contra special prosecutors have concluded that president Reagan knew Abonit the arms for hostages Swap from the beginning. See Story on Page 4. Atom smasher rejected the House voted on wednesday night to Block continued construction of a $8.3 billion atom smasher in Texas a Page 5 a cop killer protest grows a protest Over cop killer spread wednesday when a Large record store Chain removed the compact disc containing the rap song. A Page 6 residents eat grass people in a battered suburb of Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina have been forced to Start eating grass a commander says. A Page 8 Trade deficit jumps the . Trade deficit reached a 17-month High of $6.97 billion in april with exports falling sharply and imports at the second highest level on record. A Page 17 Index Abby Ann Landers. 19 comics. 19-21 commentary. 13 crossword. 19 faces a no places. 18 letters. 12 Money matters. 17 sports. 22-28 to listings. 27 weather. .11 Yeltsin gets look at farm life during Brief visit to Kansas Wichita Kan. A Boris Yeltsin on thursday toured a meat processing Plant and headed for a Barbecue at a family farm that goes Back generations in his quest to learn How to Lead his country away from collective agriculture. About 300 people cheered the russian a his wife Naina As they emerged from their plane at Mcconnell president Anc fab near Wichita. �?o1 have come Here to learn How you grow your crops and pack your meats because we want to share your experience a Yeltsin said. Sen. Bob Dole r-Kan., who invited Yeltsin to Kansas the nations top wheat producing state appeared at the base with his wife Elizabeth. Yeltsin who Shook hands with people in the crowd gestured to by bombers and said a let those bombers i see Here be never on Alert and be used Only for civilian  Yeltsin donned a red hard hat and a White Smock for a tour of the Dold foods beef and pork processing Plant. He left the Plant for Wichita state University where he spoke to students Row from Page 1 Yeltsin was talking about a Gorbachev said at a news conference at Ben Gurion Airport before ending a five Day visit. Quot this indicates he could not resist joining those who arc working on defaming  a private . Group tracking prisoners of War and soldiers missing in action said the task is difficult. Many captured servicemen Are probably dead their records were Long kept secret and survivors who have since integrated into russian society might not want to be found said Boris Yuthin associate director of the Ark project. Pechora about 900 Miles Northeast of Moscow has two labor Camps and there Are Many More in the surrounding Region Yuthin said. Most were built during Josef Stalin a Era he said. Commission members arc searching for information on 1st it. Robert Martin according to a russian television report. Martin an american Pilot was captured by the North koreans and sentenced to one year in prison for striking an interrogator Yuthin said. No further details about him were available. The pow commission said in March that it had found no evidence of american servicemen from the Vietnam or korean wars in the former soviet Union. But it did produce death certificates of eight americans held in soviet prison Camps following world War ii. It was not known whether they were . Service and faculty describing the arms reduction measures agreed to this week. Meanwhile Elizabeth Dole head of the american red Cross played Host of a welcoming reception for Naina Yeltsin. A i Hope a new Era of relationships Between our countries has begun a the russian first lady said. A we have never been enemies we common people. It was the politicians who called us  after his five hour visit to Kansas Yeltsin was to head to Canada for a state visit. Men or nazi sympathizers. Yeltsin a spokesman Vyacheslav Kostikova has said there May be some survivors among the 2,800 . Citizens who a found themselves on soviet soil after world War i world War ii Korea and Vietnam. A former Kab official questioned whether there was a realistic possibility that any pos would be found. A it is very unlikely that any american captive if there were any would be found alive after so Many years a said a russian Security ministry official speaking on condition of anonymity. Most of the people missing were from world War ii and the official indicated that the hardships of the gulag system May have been too harsh to survive for so Long. Combat from Page 1 of fighter pilots said women should not Fly combat missions. Simpsons briefing included a quote from one fighter Pilot a Captain a i believe women could do their Job in combat. Its their effect on everyone else that should exclude them from combat duty in Alt male  the defense department advisory committee has recommended that the services use a ability rather than gender As the basis for assignments. Jean Appleby Jackson who leads the committee said she was especially pleased with the findings presented under the category a if we went to War  they included a nine of 10 male aircrew members who flew in combat support missions with women would do so again. A eight of 10 female aircrew members would willingly accept a Chance to Fly combat missions. A four of 10 fighter aircrew members would willingly accept the Chance to Fly combat missions with women. A two thirds of female air Force members would willingly go into ground combat. Committee members resolved to support earlier statements from members of the House armed services committee who were unhappy that the services have taken Little action since the ban on women flying aircraft in combat was lifted. The air Force has expressed interest in beginning studies on issues such As different requirements for male and female ejection seats. The committee recommended earlier this year that a particularly in Light of experience in the Navy whose women have been flying combat aircraft since the mid-1970s, no further study is  Simpson said her analysis indicated a widespread concern that the air Force maintain equal standards and requirements during the integration of women into combat roles. Answering criticism from committee members who found a negative tone in Many Survey questions Simpson said a goal of the project was to test acceptance of gender based stereotypes Simpson noted that although some literature indicated Strong support of the stereotype of women lacking a a killer instinct a the Survey did no to support that. Equal numbers 40 percent agreed and disagreed with that statement she said. The testing of stereotypes also highlighted differences in opinion Between male and female fliers. Responding to the proposal that women in combat would increase disciplinary problems because of fraternization 79 percent of male combat pilots agreed and 74 percent of women aviators disagreed. Correction because of a reporting error Debra Cook the cafes Vendor for Ford at Rhein main a was quoted incorrectly in a june 5 Story. Cook should have been quoted As saying cafes had authorized sales personnel to remove cafes new car sales pricing labels from new vehicles not the factory manufacturers retail Price stickers required by . Law. Clarification maj. Gen. Jerry r. Rutherford has been nominated to receive his third Star but the promotion has not yet been confirmed by the Senate. An article thursday on the v corps change of command identified him prematurely As a lieutenant general. Quayle from Page 1 vice president look like a potato head. Until tuesday William had never stayed up late enough to watch the Abc show late night with David Letterman. Once More William was called on to recount what happened to him at a sixth Grade spelling Bee at his school. Introducing William Letterman spoke of the 12-year-old approaching the Chalk Board and a the events that followed terrified an entire  a i was kind of excited to meet the vice president a said the youngster who Speaks English and Spanish. When Quayle called on him he went to the Board and spelled Quot potato correctly. Will Iam said that when he started walking Hack to his chair quack said a a Stop. Go Back and put the a econ Quot potato a Quot that would be traumatic a Letterman said. Quot what did you think a Quot i knew he was wrong. I put the v on  and he said a that a  then he told me to sit  William said he then went to a dictionary. Quot the reporters Caine to me showed them the word in the Book. They were All  William As he has since the incident defended Quayle in his Way Quot i know he a not an  Quayle in an interview wednesday with Kron to of san Francisco said Quot i should have caught the mistake on that spelling Bee card. But As Mark Twain once said a you should never Trust a Man who has Only one Way to spell a word a Ohio gals at the Mark Twain museum in Hannibal mo., could t find the quote nor could experts at the Mark Twain project at the University of Culi to it a a in i at Berkeley. Quot cuts from Page 1 that the Congress could Cut us even More and where do you have to go to get the quickest savings by cutting people. We Are an army of families and we have to  the change Means the military a and the army in particular a will be Able to prepare Long Lead plans leaders could fall Back on if further budget cuts Are approved the sources said. Adjusting the amount of military hardware stationed in Europe also will be considered if a smaller european based Force needs to be reinforced by troops from the Continental United states the sources said. The planning covers the late 1990s and also considers flexibility for . Troops based in the Pacific Region a such As Alaska Hawaii and South Korea the second source said