European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 10, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes tuesday May 10. 1994 by Nigel Tandy Deutsche Presse agent or Bonn Germany a forty nine years after the end of world War ii a Date was set monday for the final withdrawal of russian troops from Germany in Advance of the visit by russian president Boris Yeltsin this week. Yeltsin will be accompanied by a Large delegation including foreign minister Andrei Kozarev and russian defense minister Pavel Grachev. A the official Farewell will take place aug. 31 in Berlin and in the City of Weimar which was chosen because of its history of German russian cultural relations. German spokesman Dieter Vogel confirmed that the occasion will be separate from the Farewell organized by russians former wartime allies France Britain and the United states. The aug. 31 Date has annoyed Russia s Berlin commander who spoke out against the planned celebrations As a break from protocol. The allies Are to hold their Farewell sept. 8 in Berlin. The disapproval has been echoed by members of Germany a opposition social democratic party who regret that Russia has been excluded from the Farewell event making the aug. 31 event a of second rate  Yeltsin said recently that he would Welcome a a counter move by Germany after the russian withdrawal a namely that Germany join a . Peacekeeping Force in the Commonwealth of Independent states the United nations has continued to refuse sending peacekeeping troops to Azerbaijan Georgia Armenia and Moldova however. A \ a a after All we Are All europeans a Yeltsin argued in an interview in Der Spiegel Magazine. Germany also has been under pressure recently from France its european Union partner which is urging Germany to begin to play a wider military role in Europe. 2 Neutral nations join nato part Brussels Belgium a Finland and Sweden on monday enrolled in natos new partnership for peace program becoming the first traditionally Neutral nations to do so. Foreign ministers Heikki Haavisto of Finland and Margaretha at Dugglas of Sweden signed up for the program at a ceremony at the 16-nation North Atlantic treaty organization. Haavisto said the program a will bring us closer to the goal of a United free and secure  of Dugglas described it a was an important and constructive response by nato to the demands for adaptation to a new european  the partnership plan was approved at a january Summit of president Clinton and other Alliance leaders As a Way mainly to draw former Warsaw pact adversaries closer but without granting them membership. A so far 15 East european nations have joined the project which will allow them to take part for the first time in nato military exercises peacekeeping and other nato activities. Sweden and Finland Are the first West europeans to join. In doing so the nordic nations Are loosening a Long standing policy of no alignment and neutrality. A Yeltsin said the russian troop withdrawal offers Germany the Opportunity to play a More Active role a to Send troops and not just in  at the recent Anglo German Summit in London Ger. Tin joint Mili tary exercises in Hungary As part of natos partnership Many announced that it would be taking part in joint Mili a a Hungary As part of natos w for peace program. The russian government has confirmed that it is ready to join the partnership for peace a program devised by nato for military cooperation with the states of the former soviet bloc. Grachev is due to visit Brussels Belgium on May 24, providing an Opportunity to sign up. German Chancellor Helmut Kohl has made it Clear that Germany would make strenuous efforts to open further the eur formerly known As the european Community to the countries of Central Europe. He rejected the idea that the eur be turned into a a glorified free Trade area and said it was unthinkable that Germany a Eastern Border with Poland should remain the Eastern Border of the european Union. This will be Yeltsin a a second visit to Germany. He first came in 1991 just after he Defeated the Putsch that also brought him to Power. The withdrawal of russian troops from former East Germany effectively Marks the final step to full German sovereignty. Yeltsin summed it up by saying that a Russia and Germany have the largest populations in Europe. How they act towards one another is of great importance for the Des tiny of the whole  police and building workers at the Massachusetts Institute of technology on monday try to figure out How to dismantle a Wood Fra me lockup of a police Cruiser which was placed As a prank atop the dome of the schools administration building. Cruise to new Cambridge mass. Up what appeared to be a Campus police Cruiser was spotted monday morning on top of the dome of the administration building at the Massachusetts Institute of technology. It turned out to be Wood Frame lockup painted to look like a Cruiser Complete with a logo and phone number. One person who climbed a ladder to inspect the a a car said there was a mannequin of an Mit police officer inside with some dunking donuts an Mit parking ticket on the Windshield and a Power line allowing someone below to turn on the vehicles Blue tights and Siren. A. The climber said parts of the Cruiser mock up were clearly marked As to where they fit so it was obvious it was brought up the dome and assembled there. A a everything a labelled. Obviously some brain thought went into it a he said. A they went for the full effect on this that a for sure a he said. A helicopter Pilot who flew Over the dome said it a looked very  Mit officials were figuring out How to disassemble the Cruiser and bring it Down. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the prank. It was not the first time the Mit dome has been used by student pranksters. In the past a mock up of a cow and a functioning Telephone Booth were placed atop the  drops Gates from King s suit los Angeles a a judge monday dismissed former police chief Daryl Gates As a defendant in Rodney Kings lawsuit saying Kings lawyers failed to prove maliciousness on the part of Gates in Kings beating a bad management is not enough a said . District judge John Davies. A allowing racism is not enough. Poor supervision is not enough. There is no evidence of  Davies also dismissed four bystander officers from the suit on grounds that their role was too minor to make them liable for paying King punitive damages. The dismissals left Only six defendants from whom King can collect potential punitive damages. Originally there were 15 defendants Kings Side dropped four defendants last week. Mondays action left the four officers originally charged in Kings beating and two bystander officers Rolando Solano and Louis Turiaga. Davies said that the Only evidence presented against Gates was the Christopher commission report which while prepared by a leaders of great competence a tailed to place blame on Gates for what happened on March 3,1991. A the plaintiffs have failed to prove that or. Gates acted maliciously or out of spite or was callously indifferent to the rights and safety of others a the judge said. The jury hearing the Case has already awarded King $3.8 million in compensatory damages to be paid by the City. Those damages cover actual losses while punitive damages Are meant to punish wrongdoing. The punitive damages phase has Only individuals As defendants. The judge said the Only evidence presented against Gates beside the report was the testimony of Louis Reiter a retired Deputy police chief who castigated Gates for poor management and a willingness to Overlook racism and excessive Force among his officers. The judge said that was not enough to make Gates culpable for punitive damages