European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 30, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 a the stars and stripes wednesday december 30, 1992 the is tank unit commanded by Joachim Peiper above drove a deadly stake deep into american lines during the Battle of the bulge. See Story on pages 1416. Governor indicted Alabama gov. Guy Hunt has been indicted on charges of taking $200,000 from his inaugural fund for personal  Page 5 army criticized the . Army needs to be More concerned about endangered animals and plants a study  Page 6 ban guns . Told the parents of a japanese boy shot to death in Louisiana have collected 1 million signatures in a drive to ban guns in american  Page 8 troubling times ahead americans soon May see their cherished High expectations become disturbing Low  Page 17 Index or to our readers Abby Ann Landers .19 comics.19-21 commentary.13 crossword.19 faces a no places.22 letters.12 Money matters 17-18 sports.23-28 to listings .27 weather .11 arms from Page 1 and to the  Hamilton speaking on Fox morning news said that a it certainly gives a Good Send off for president Bush As he leaves the  Eagleburger left open the possibility of further negotiations to Fine tune the agreement. A a it a up to the presidents to look at the documents and see if we be made sufficient Progress to sign an agreement a he said. A if there Are changes they would want to suggest obviously wed have to come Back together  Kozarev said Eagleburger had Given reporters an accurate description of the situation. A so please now wait for news from president Bush and president Yeltsin he said. Neither Eagleburger nor Kozarev provided details on How the last technical problems were resolved. Eagleburger and Kozarev had a working dinner until Midnight monday while experts on the two sides discussed the remaining issues and brought periodic reports to them. Eagleburger met at the russian Mission for More than three hours monday with Kozarev and russian defense minister Pavel s. Grachev and then they had lunch together while experts from the two sides held a working  from Page 1 striking distance of Iraq by weeks end. The Carrier has 85 combat aircraft and a Crew of about 6,500. A the movement of the Kitty Hawk is in response to iraqis disregard for the United nations resolutions establishing a no Fly zone South of the 32nd parallel a said army maj Bryan Whitman. The Carrier is sailing with the guided missile Cruiser Leahy and the fast combat support ship Sacramento. Spokesmen at the Pentagon and at the Florida Headquarters of the Central come refused tuesday to confirm reports that a Squadron of Navy fighter jets had flown ahead of the Kitty Hawk to bases in saudi Arabia that Host ., French and British forces. Those troops enforce the  flight ban in Southern Iraq imposed to halt attacks on shiite moslem by Saddam Hussein a forces. Twenty ships and 11,000 . Military personnel Are supporting operations in the persian Gulf area Whitman said. They make up joint task Force Southwest Asia joint task Force provide Relief in Somalia and provide Comfort in Turkey. Operation provide comforts combined task Force was not placed on a heightened Alert As a result of iraqi encroachments into the no Fly zone in Southern Iraq a coalition spokesman at task Force Headquarters at in Ciurlik a Turkey said tuesday. Operation provide Comfort began in april 1991 As a persian Gulf War coalition attempt to Aid iraqi kurd who fled to Turkey after a failed rebellion against Saddam Hussein. The coalition is enforcing a no Fly zone Over Northern Iraq above the 36th parallel. The task Force at in Ciurlik includes 75 aircraft that have flown 14,000 missions during 1992, most of them armed reconnaissance sorties according to the operations combined information Bureau. Ships and other units of the . Navy a 6th Fleet also Are not on heightened Alert a Navy spokesman said. The Kitty Hawk belongs to . Military a Pacific come. Contributing to this report staff writers Ray Rowden in Washington and Gary Miller in Naples Italy nato from Page 1 nato Cost sharing the stars and stripes on new years Day will be a combined Issue for Jan. 1 and 2. The newspaper will double up on the comics crosswords Ann Landers and dear Abby so you wont miss any of your favorite features. All stripes bookstores will be closed on new years Day but you can still get your combined edition trom vending machines. There will be no newspaper Jan. 2 because of the new years Holiday. 1 he stars and stripes will resume publishing sunday Jan. 3. Problem 1 think for All of us who arc devoted to making the Alliance work a Cheney said in Brussels earlier this month. A second Only perhaps to our commitment of forces the infrastructure fund is at the heart of the reality of what we do in terms of our coordinated military and Security  that infrastructure program would be a right at the top Quot of items Cheney will discuss with his successor before he leaves office Jan. 20, he said. Wisconsin democratic rep. Los Aspin has been nominated by president elect Clinton to replace Cheney. Even with such emphasis it is Likely that lawmakers on Capitol Hill will be eager for european nations to pick up a greater share of defense costs. The United states now funds about 27 percent of Alliance infrastructure projects More than any other member. Rep. Patricia Schroeder d-colo., said the allies a always want u. Here hut they done to want to contribute any More to keep us Here and at some Point you be got to say that a harder and harder to sell Hack Home when you look at the economic crisis we re having at  its also difficult to justify defense spending in Europe when . Bases Are closing and . Military construction projects in Europe have been put on hold Schroeder said during a summer visit to nato Headquarters. The parliaments of the other allies Are under similar pressure to carve so called peace dividends from defense budgets. Alliance officials expect to spend about $1.3 billion on infrastructure projects next year. A a there a this big pressure on the defense budget because in the optical sense the great big enemy is gone a said the nato official referring to the break up of the soviet Union and Warsaw pact. In particular officials question whether Congress Cut from Bush a $221 million request set an example for allies. Quot obviously All these worries have entered into everybody a Heads Quot said a . Here Are the percentages of infrastructure funding borne by each nato ally. The Allied Cost sharing formula is based loosely on each country s Gross National product. Netherlands. Norway 5.14% v 3.14% 7.99% . 12.09% Germany 26.54% . 27.42% Greece Luxembourg Portugal Turkey Denmark 3.72% others Belgium 2% 5.59% Canada 6.36% note France. Spam and Iceland do not participate in nato s integrated military Structure. On occasion however they help lurid select infrastructure projects that slightly alters Cost shares. Source nato facts and figures official. A the infrastructure program cannot survive without a viable . Financial contribution to it and a certain degree of . Leadership. To suggest that the . Can withdraw from the infrastructure program and that the program would continue is probably a Little bit  allies were initially shocked and upset at the $61 million authorization but they came to understand the current pressures upon politicians during this election year the . Official said. Their dismay was fuelled because the allies had changed the rules regarding infrastructure spending to accommodate the United states. The nations defense ministers agreed in May that infrastructure funds traditionally reserved for capital acquisitions could be used for some operation and maintenance expenses such As the Upkeep of . Equipment stored in Europe for wartime use. Since natos current funding will not cover any new projects such Upkeep costs estimated to be about $250 million a year will continue to be borne by the United states. However the concept of natos picking up More expenses associated with troop deployment in member countries Likely will draw attention when officials meet next year. A we think that when we redefine the infrastructure program we will redefine an infrastructure program that really reflects the View of the american people the american Congress the american administration regarding How Burden sharing should occur in the �?T90s,�?� said the . Official. A and that probably Means that the europeans should be doing  rather than attempt to readjust the percentage of each nations share costs for communications air defense and command and control systems for example could be commonly funded. The allies also could collectively pay for civilian workers who support reinforcement forces at staging areas airports and reception areas the official suggested. A that s what i would rather present rather than say Why done to we just pay less and make the others pay More a the . Official said. In the meantime military chiefs of natos Europe Atlantic and Channel commands have Cut or deferred about $3 billion in planned projects Many of which were remnants of the Alliance s cold War strategy. An additional paring Down is expected to Cut an additional $1 billion to $2 billion in projects. The Only remaining projects will be those essential to the commanders requirements and others that have progressed to the Point where cancelling them would Cost More than completing them the senior nato official said. The Alliance also is looking to save Money by sharing some facilities with civilian companies during peacetime. A civilian firm could operate an Airfield for example under an agreement that the Airfield could be taken Over by nato in a crisis. While these Steps will help the Alliance save Money further solutions will require a creative  a but a the nato official said Quot that s what we re Here for a