European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 31, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                To so amp 1942-1992 ripes 50 years of service vol. 51, no. 257 350 thursday december 31,1992 b d 8693 Abush Yeltsin Call Summit to sign nuclear arms pact Washington a president Bush and russian president Boris n. Yeltsin will hold a Black sea Summit this weekend to sign a historic treaty requiring the destruction of thousands of Long Range nuclear weapons. A this treaty is Good for All Mankind a Bush said in a Rose Garden announcement. Yeltsin in remarks relayed by rus Sian officials said the Start ii treaty was the a document of the  Bush said the pact would Cut Long Range nuclear arsenals by two thirds Over the next several years. The treaty is the most far reaching Accord in the Brief history of nuclear disarmament and the signing Summit will Cap a breathtaking series of agreements that coincided with Bush a term in office and the demise of the soviet world. The pact bans All land based nuclear missiles with multiple warheads designed to hit several targets simultaneously and includes these other provisions a the . And russian arsenals of strategic nuclear warheads now about 20,000 combined would be pared by about two thirds by 2003, or earlier. A the most fearsome russian weapons heavy ss-18 missiles would be eliminated a 154 of them under the strategic arms reduction treaty of 1991 and now the last 154 under Start ii. A the United states would retain seaborne multiple warhead missiles Assur see Summit on Page 2 Somalia bound troops bid families Germany so Long by Effie Bathen staff writer Wiesbaden Germany a most of the v corps soldiers joining the american led . Forces in Somalia said Farewell to loved ones wednesday As they looked toward Mogadishu. More than 460 soldiers got ready to Start their journey to the famine plagued country after separate ceremonies in Gie Belstadt Wiesbaden and Mannheim. On wednesday night 208 members of task Force 5-158 were scheduled to leave Rhein main a on a commercial charter flight. Today another 258 were scheduled to leave on another charter to join them. The remaining soldiers in the task Force Are to be deployed by new years Day said v corps spokesman it. Col. Richard Bridges. Some 155 members of the task Force which eventually will total about 700 people already Are in Somalia for operation restore Hope. A your Mission will be to provide medevac support to the 10th Mountain division which will probably be expanded to support any Type of coalition forces that would be Down there who would need medevac support Quot said maj. Pauline Knapp commander of the 7th medical Comdr a 159th medical co air ambulance. Soldiers from that unit made up most of those leaving Wiesbaden on wednesday. The unit will come under the immediate control of the aviation brigade of the 10th Mountain div Light already in Somalia from fort drum . A this is better than when he went to desert shield a said Jemean Hunt at the Wiesbaden deployment ceremony referring to the deployment of her husband Lonnie in the International humanitarian Effort. Hunt held her 6-month-old daughter Skyla in her Lap while she found her husband in the formation. He stood under the backdrop of a 20-foot american Flag. Her husband had prayed that he Jason Dunmore 4, and Bis Mother Christina give deploying soldiers could do something to help somalis Ltd the 159th medic no co air ambulance packets from the Uso. The see troops on Page 2 packets contained Handy items such As toothpaste and suntan lotion. Bush visit puts Somalia forces on High Alert Mogadishu Somalia apr american troops and secret service personnel rushed wednesday to prepare for the new years visit of president Bush to one of the most chaotic Lawless towns in the world. Razor wire barriers were being Strung at the Sites Bush will visit in Mogadishu sandbags were being placed around new gun pits and machine gun posts and marines were extending and tightening their control. A we Are very concerned about the presidents Security when he visits Here a said a Marine spokesman col. See related stories on Pago 9 Fred Peck. �?o1 doubt if any american president has Ever visited a nation in such turmoil and such a state of anarchy. A we Are doing everything we can to assure his  the warlords who have been vying for control of Mogadishu and a strongman accused of massacring hundreds of rivals have accepted invitations to .-Spon-sored talks next week an Agency spokesman said wednesday. The spokesman Farouk Maywalt described the two Day conference in Addis Ababa the capital of neighbouring Ethiopia As an a informal preparatory meeting see visit on Page 2 coming tomorrow take another look at the top stories of 1992 in Friday s Holiday edition of the stars and stripes. A 36-Page special Section will feature a month by month Recap and include a collection of the Best photographs by stars and stripes staff members