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News D ige s t Ay.«e ——---— j Bush urges ‘new thinking ’ of Soviets BRUSSELS, Belgium — President Bush said Monday it’s too early to proclaim an end to the Cold War, but added that Mikhail S. Gorbachev’s acceptance of sweeping reform in Eastern Europe “absolutely man dates new thinking” by the West. Wrapping up his weekend summit journey with a slop at NATO Head quarters, Bush also told reporters the United States would maintain “sig nificant military forces in Europe as long as our allies desire our pres ence.” The president said he wants a treaty making initial cuts in the super powers’ conventional forces in Eu rope “in the bank” before seeking deeper reductions. He told NATO leaders he hoped a multinational summit could be convened in Europe next summer to sign such an accord. Conventional forces aside, the United States and Soviet Union are negotiating a proposed 50 percent cut in* long-range nuclear weapons, as well as a proposed ban of chemical weapons. The president spoke as Gorbachev was convening a meeting of a radi cally reordered Warsaw Pact in Moscow to review the weekend summit. The dramatic change in Europe continued uninterrupted during the day, as the Soviet Union and the four other Warsaw Pact nations con demned their own invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. In Leipzig, East Germany, about 2(K),(XX) dem onstrators broke into wild rounds of applause as speakers called for Ger man reunification. Bush and Gorbachev agreed at an unprecedented joint news conference before leaving Malta that their meet ing heralded a new era of cooperation in East-West relations, including arms control and trade. They intend to meet again in the United States in the second half of June. At his news conference, Bush said, “We stand at the threshold of a new era....” but declined to assert the Cold War has ended as Gor bachev suggested. “That day hasn’t arrived,” the president said when asked about Gorbachev’s statement declaring an end to the “epoch of the Cold War.” Barring a utopian development, Bush said, “the United States must stay involved” by keeping troops massed against Warsaw Pact forces. “If you want to project out 100 years, or take some years off of that, you can look to a utopian day when there might be none (U.S. troops in Europe),” he said. “But as I pointed out to them (NATO leaders), that day hasn’t arrived -- and they agree with me.” Dutch Prime Minister Ruud Lub bers said he was impressed by the United States’ “extraordinarily posi tive attitude” toward events in Eu rope. “It has nothing to do with a ‘we are pulling out’ attitude,” he told reporters. “On the contrary, they are again promising a meaningful pres ence (in Europe).” British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said Bush ’ s speech ‘ ‘ was so full of meat that we really should consider it very carefully before we reply to it.” She has urged a more cautious altitude than some allies toward events unfolding in Eastern Europe. Czech demonstrators reject new government PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia -- More than 150,000 demonstrators chanting “They must go!” rejected the new Communist-dominated gov ernment Monday and demanded free elections in a roaring show of support for the opposition. Also on Monday, thousands of tourists from Czechoslovakia freely visited the West for the first time in decades after the government lifted most travel restrictions. Demonstrators massed in central Wcnccslas Square for the first lime since Nov. 27, when a nationwide general strike forced the government to grant historic concessions. That demonstration capped 11 straight days of rallies in Czechoslovakia. Monday’s demonstrators waved red, white and blue national flags and applauded opposition demands for elections by July and a second gen eral strike on Dec. 11 if there is no new government by Sunday. “Resign! Resign!” they chanted. The turnout at the rally and smaller ones elsewhere was a clear signal to the government that the opposition has massive popular sup port for its demands for real democ racy. They were protesting the new coalition government named Sun day, which brought only five non Communists into the 21-member Cabinet and left Communists in con trol of all key ministries. Thirteen were holdovers from the previous Communist Cabinet. In an indication the government may respond to demands for new ministers, First Deputy Premier Bohumil Urban met with two opposi tion representatives to negotiate a new meeting with Communist Pre mier Ladislav Adamcc later this week. Frantisek Pitra, the premier of the Czech republican government, asked for more time to consider changes at the republic level, postponing an announcement originally scheduled for Monday night. The governments of the Czech and Slovak republics control key areas such as justice and education in their respective regions. Eleven of the 17 ministers under Pitra in the Czech republic have sub mitted their resignations, including the unpopular ministers of education and justice, the stale news agency CTK reported. A parliamentary commission re ported on its investigation into police brutality against student demonstra tors on Nov. 17. It concluded that police used inappropriate force and seriously injured peaceful demon strators. It said some police on duty ihen may face charges of assault and abuse of office. Pentagon says Soviets detained U. S. officer team WASHINGTON - Soviet mili tary personnel in East Germany detained a team of U.S. military officers for 7 1/2 hours on the eve of President Bush’s summit with Soviet President Mikhail Gor bachev, the Pentagon said Mon day. “There were no U.S. or Soviet injuries. U.S. personnel were re leased later that day. The incident is under investigation,” Pentagon Spokesman Navy Ltr. Cmdr. Ken Satterfield said. Satterfield said the U.S. team was ‘‘on their assigned mission” which involved observing installa tions in East Germany. It was not immediately clear how many U.S. and Soviet personnel were in volved in the incident The spokesman said die vehicle in which the U.S. team was riding was detained and ‘‘a tire was punc tured with a bayonet.” Satterfield said the team was not threatened by the Soviets. The incident had not been an nounced by U.S. authorities, and Pentagon officials offered infor mation about it when queried by The Associated Press. ‘‘They don’t want to elevate this,” said one Pentagon source, referring to efforts by U.S. offi cials to minimize the incident at a time of improving U.S.-Soviet re lations. Bush and Gorbachev met over the weekend in Malta and said their talks heralded a reduction in East-West tensions. Satterfield said he was not aware that any official protest had been filed over the detention. 1 t_LiLJ_-_ am Mr ( I Andy Manhart Dally Nebraskan ■ Antique carousels breaking up MIDDLEBURY, Conn. - For 70 years, the hand-carved wooden animals of the Quassy Amusement Park carousel transported giggling children on fanciful trips that al ways ended where they began But the brightly colored horses, zebras, lions and giraffes went to auction in October and were par celed out one by one to places far flung - such as New Jersey, Ala bama and Washington. The four dozen animals aboard the 18-ton merry-go-round that had been near the shores of Lake Quassapaug in Middlebury, Conn., for as long as most people could remember, fetched a total of $638,000. Experts say a buying frenzy among private art collectors has caused the value of antique carou sels to skyrocket, increasing the temptation for small amusement parks to sell their prized rides. George Frantzis Sr., co-owner of Quassy, says his family-run park could no longer afford to maintain or insure the ride. He adds that a recent theft of one of the wooden horses hastened the deci sion to sell. “We will replace the old merry-go-round with a new fiber glass one that is safer for our pa trons and allows for greater iase in operation,” the 62-year-old Frantzis said. “It wasn’t an easy decision. I grew up on that carou sel. But 99 percent of the people who ride the carousel don’t have the vaguest idea of its history. To them it’s just a ride that goes fast, a fun ride.” To carousel lovers and history buffs, the loss of another merry go-round means the destruction of an important link to America’s past. In the early part of this century, there were 6,(XX) carousels, ac cording to William Manns, a na tional carousel expert in Katonah, N.Y. Now, there arc only about six dozen carousels similar to Quassy’s, and two-thirds of those are in danger of being sold to sat isfy antique art collectors, Manns says. ' “We don’t have that many cul tural landmarks in our nation,” he says. “The little carousel, in its own way, has contributed to our beginnings. If it goes its 47 differ ent ways, it will never be brought back together.” E. Germans try to secure evidence for trials of ousted Communist Party leaders EAST BERLIN -- East Germans outraged by the corruption of ousted Communist Party leaders tried to storm secret police offices Monday to make certain evidence for criminal trials is not removed. Prosecutors blocked access by the former officials to evidence that could be used against them in the widening corruption investigation. State television showed pictures of people joining police at luxurious government guest houses and at warehouses in East Berlin and Potsdam to block any efforts to re move documents. Officials appealed for calm as people tried to force their way into secret police offices in Erfurt. In Leipzig, where about 200,000 people attended a rally calling for German unification, 30 demonstra tors were allowed inside the secret police headquarters, including oppo sition leader Wolfgang Schnur. East Germany’s official ADN news agency said the group was let in “after massive demands of demon strators who had surrounded the building.’’ It said the protesters pre sented their grievances and departed but 2(X) other demonstrators who re fused to leave were permitted inside later to tour the building. Parts of the building were sealed off to prevent documents from being smuggled out and Schnur said citi zens would take part in making sure the papers remained there. Wolfgang Schwanitz, new chief of national security, ordered flights to Romania halted because of reports that sensitive material was being smuggled to the Warsaw Pact ally, whose leader, Nicolac Ccauscscu, has rejected reform. Officials said there was no proof documents were being sent there. Opposition sources said earlier that important documents were taken from party headquarters to Schocn fold airport for flights to Romania. Premier Hans Modrow, who * emerged as the leading political fig- I ure one day after the entire Conimu- : nisi Party leadership resigned, was ^ not in East Germany. He led a three member delegation to the Warsaw Pact summit in Moscow. At the huge Leipzig rally, the crowd applauded and cheered as speakers called for a united Ger many. Demonstrators waved dozens of West German flags in front of the secret police headquarters. One flag was draped over a surveillance cam era mounted outside the headquar ters. Filipino rebels offer to allow hundreds to leave seized district MANILA, Philippines - Rebel soldiers Monday offered to allow hundreds of foreigners to leave hotels in the financial district, seized last weekend by mutineers seeking to topple President Cora/.on Aquino. Late Monday, two bombs ex ploded in the capital, wounding two people. It was unclear if they were related to the coup attempt, which began Friday and has killed at least 70 people. Hundreds of Americans and other foreigners were pinned down in homes and hotels in the posh Makati district, where forces loyal to Aquino contained the mutineers to 22 build ings. About 400 rebels continued to occupy Mactan Air Base in Cebu, 350 miles south of Manila. Their leader refused to surrender and threatened to blow up the base’s planes. The United States provided fresh . . t. . * - * • * • « military supplies to the Aquino gov ernment and promised $25,000 in assistance for civilian hospitals, said Richard Boucher, a State Department spokesman in Washington. In Manila, a statement from a rebel spokesman, Capt. Albert Yen, telephoned to news organizations, said the insurgents would release the lorcigners to dispel suspicions they were being held hostage. The statement said the foreigners would be free to leave the hotels at 10 a.m. today (9 p.m. EST Monday) and would be taken to Manila’s air port aboard shuttle buses. There was no word if foreign embassies had been informed of the offer. Ycn said the move did not indicate the rebels were about to end their four-day bid to oust Aquino. “That’s the farthest thing that we could do,’’ he said. “We pledged dur lives to this cause. 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