European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 18, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday november 18, 1993 world the stars and stripes Pago 13 otters 6 o Santa Santa do you dear Santa my name is Konrad and i want a Lek Trik train for christmas.1 have been very Good Alt year and Drake wants a Puppy. A signed Konrad Tucker dear Santa Claus i was very Good most of the time this year. I wish for a guitar and a race car. Santa Claus i like Vou very Hope mrs. Claus is feeling Good. I wish for a Remote control car kids can drive. I want Jurasic Park toys. I would like some play dough. Santa Gaus i want a Teddy Bear. I want a tent. Sincerely Jeffrey Zielinsky. And Daniel Jenkins 4, sends a letter written by his mom with the following . My daddy told me that if i Don t have any cookies and milk to give you that you la eat a Bologna Sandwich. Is that True Santa also received some very Nice letters from the following Chr Lacook Fixle Lonimer Jackie to Chalone Makayta Desjardine Mark Ralf Joshua Luck Jon Luctta Darren Decker Mlan Dame. Andrew Fleming Stavan Fitzgerald Jessica Burkhammer Amanda Burkhammer Staven Redman Stephanie Niesen Oan Johnaon Brandon Honda Kalan Strunk Maria Jaromay Jeremiah pm naps by. Hammonds Kalty Lewis Megan Carey Ian Jones Allan Smarz Ambur Raber . Stalna Lauran Fisher Paul Warren. Und Sayo. Chevalier Sam Montclair Kevin Franklin Brittany Yocum Emily Johnson Meagan Chewning Raya Lynn Yocum Chris Hammonds Megan Moskwa Myah Carey Patrick judge Emily Smith Brittany Prichard Amanda Kidd Kyle Fisher Lisa Warren Jennifer Zielinsky co to Jones Casey Wacho Jordan Lucht Jessica White Cheryl Fitzgerald Michael Burkhammer Allison Niesen ales Montclair Kyi Bowler Jamie Strunk Patrick Arrington Rosa butter Ian Buttera Courtney Lewis Josh Moskwa. Michelle Carey moby Carpenter Matthew Hays Tiffany Kleymeyer Cory Kidd Michelle Warren Courtney Jackson Elisabeth Zielinsky Britain plans to reduce nuclear Arsenal by 25% London apr Britain will restrict the firepower of its new . Trident missile system and Cut its nuclear arse Nal by 25 percent by the end of the Century a government official announced tuesday. Defense Secretary Malcolm Rifkind said the four new Trident submarines would deploy a maximum of 96 War Heads each Down from the previous maximum of 128 each. The new $15.5 billion system would have no greater firepower than the aging British Polaris nuclear submarines now in use. Quot each submarine will deploy with no More than 96 warheads and May Cany significantly fewer Quot Rifkind said in a speech at the Center for defense studies at King s College of the University of London. He refused to say How Many missiles would be on each sub. "1 can say that when Trident is fully in service the explosive Power of the United kingdoms operational nuclear inventory comprising both strategic Ana sub strategic sys terns will be More than 25 percent Down on the 1990 Fig ure Quot he said. The Polaris subs can Cany up to 192 warheads while the maximum envisaged on Trident is 384. However officials said the warheads on Trident will have a much lower expo Cambridge Parks As ton Sive yield and be More accurate than the Polaris warheads. Rifkind refused to give details. But it was widely sued that the Trident warheads will have half the 200-Kiloton explosive charge of the Polaris warheads. The first Trident submarine Vanguard is due to be fully operational by the end of 1994 or Early 1995. All four Are scheduled to be in service by the turn of the Century. The cutback was the biggest single move by Britain in a progressive erosion of its nuclear Arsenal a tiny compared with that of the former soviet Union or the United states a since the end of the cold War. The Campaign for nuclear disarmament complained that Britain was still Quot the world s worst nuclear prolific a it also protested British plans to adapt the Long Range Trident missiles for Short Range attacks. Quot Trident has 10 times the Power of the Hiroshima bomb Quot the group said in a statement. Quot hardly useful for taking out a Rifkind said Britain and France a Western Europe a Only nuclear Powers a were increasingly cooperating. Despite their different approaches to nato a Britain an enthusiastic member while France refuses to integrate its Force in the Alliance s military command a they had no big differences Over nuclear weapons said Rifkind. Cambridge England apr breaking with a Century of two wheeled tradition the Cambridgeshire county Council has banned bicycles from two Busy streets in the heart of this University town. A bikes it appears Are just too dangerous. A any change to tradition is difficult but i think we have done the right thing to protect pedestrians Quot said David Kelleway a Council member who was part of the majority a cyclist walks her wheels past one of the Bike ban signs. That voted tuesday to make the temporary ban permanent. The. Cycling student gown flapping in the Breeze has been an enduring image of Cambridge and Oxford universities since the bicycle was introduced to Britain in the 19th Century. Generations of future poets priests and prime ministers have found bikes the easiest Way to negotiate the City a narrow streets. Great tangles of bikes Are locked outside College Gates along fences and onto anything else immobile. But 20th-Century Cambridge also is a thriving Hub of Commerce and tourism with More than 3 million visitors a year. And visitors May be surprised by the boldness of some cyclists who weave madly through the jams and walkers can be caught unaware by their Swift and silent approach. To accommodate shoppers several thoroughfares in the City Center have been closed to private cars for years. Eighteen months ago As an Experiment the Council banned cycling in Sidney Street a major shopping strip and Market Street site of a bustling market.2 american diplomats arrested on Athens Street Athens Greece apr greek police arrested two . Diplomats apparently involved in Covert surveillance but released them after the . Ambassador met with Greece a foreign minister. Newspapers in Athens said wednesday that the two diplomats were arrested tuesday night As they climbed into a minivan containing Small arms portable radio transmitters and wigs. The american embassy had no comment and declined to identify the men. A government announcement said foreign minister Carolos Papoulias summoned . Ambassador Thomas Niles after the men were arrested. The two protected by diplomatic immunity were released shortly after the meeting. Papoulias was quoted As saying that Niles had promised to investigate. Government spokesman Evangelos Venizelos said Greece would await the results of american and greek investigations. Police sources who asked not to be. Identified said the two men were apparently involved in a Covert surveillance operation though it was not immediately Clear who was the target. Newspapers in Athens said residents called police fearing that the men were members of a terrorist group after they parked a Small Van outside a Coffee shop four Days ago and failed to move it. The arrests coincided with wednesdays 20th anniversary of a student uprising at polytechnic University in 1973. The military dictatorship that ruled from 1967-74 used tanks and troops to quell the uprising. Greece s deadliest terrorist organization november 17, is named after the Day of the crackdown. The group has claimed responsibility for 18 killings since 1974, including the deaths of four american threaten to pull out of eur corps in War of words Amsterdam Netherlands up a the belgian defense minister threatened tuesday to withdraw his country a backing for the proposed 50,000-Strong eur corps unless dutch becomes one of its official languages. In what could be a Harbinger of riffs As european Community members form closer alliances Leo Delcroix the defense minister of multilingual Belgium strongly rebuked a French general in the eur corps. Delcroix said it was politicians not generals who should decide which languages would be officially used in eur corps communications. The eur corps chief of staff Gen. Francois Clerc earlier said on a French radio program that politicians should stay out of such issues stressing that the euro corps future should not be entangled with political considerations. A belgian defense ministry spokes Man said tuesday that Delcroix was Dis \ Ting Ishing Between an official language and a working language. A the minister just wants to see the dutch language used in official meetings documents and ceremonies Quot said it. Col. Van Den Broel. A the expects to receive a positive response to this Belgium has pledged 12,000 troops to eur corps which is expected to tie operational by october 1995. French and German troops will constitute the bulk of the remainder. Delcroix has taken a stand for what is considered to be one of Europe a minor languages. In addition to the 15 million citizens of the Netherlands 6.5 million residents of Belgium a Flanders Region officially speak dutch. A Belgium has been historically divided along a line that runs Between the French speaking Brussels Region and the dutch speaking Antwerp Region
