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President Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev shake hands Wednesday in London. Their countries uly 31 LONDON, ENGLAND (AP) -President Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev agreed Wednesday on a treaty to make historic cuts in their intercontinental nuclear weapons and said they would meet in a Moscow summit at the end of the month. "We have moved far away from the threat of nuclear war. It is our Gorbachev gets help, not cash: 8A common victory," Gorbachev said at a cordial news conference that concluded his luncheon with Bush. "There was compromise on all sides," said Bush.

He said the summit would be held July 30 and 31, and would also cover matters other than arms control, including the Soviet economy, human rights, regional disputes and terrorism. 30 Percent Cut The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty would slash long-range nuclear bombers, missiles and submarines by about 30 percent overall. Past U.S.-Soviet accords only dented their buildup rather than reducing their total. The final issue in a decade of painstaking negotiations fell into place in the twinkling of an eye over lunch when Bush and Gorbachev approved a settlement on how much explosive force or throw-weight certain new missiles could pack. "He came with a deal-maker," Bush said.

He told reporters he had been prepared to leave London without a missile-reduction treaty and have negotiations resume afterward. "It was a mutually satisfactory solution," Bush said. "It wasn't a case of winners and losers." "Good Deal" The president called the treaty "a good deal" that ought to "sail through" Senate ratification. Bush, Baker and other U.S. officials declined to provide specific details on resolution of the last issue definition of new missiles.

Baker said U.S. and Soviet negotiators in Geneva had been instructed "to do their very best to complete the full treaty text for the presidents to sign in Moscow when they have their summit." seiJ summi! Treaty highlights The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) slashes superpower long-range nuclear arsenals by an average of 30 percent. Here are some highlights: The Soviet Union would take a 35 percent cut in the number of warheads for long-range nuclear weapons (down from 11, 000). The U.S. total would drop about 25 percent (from Of the new totals for each side, no more than 4,900 warheads could be on intercontinental ballistic missiles and submarine-launched ballistic missiles.

The United States will be allowed an additional 4,360 warheads on bombers and cruise missiles; the Soviets an additional 2,040. Sea-launched cruise missiles are exempt from any restrictions in START. But a side agreement will set a ceiling of 880 missiles each. No direct limits on the number of nuclear-armed submarines. Reductions will take place over seven years.

Mobile missile production plants will be monitored to safeguard against cheating. Information from missile flight tests will be exchanged. Asked by a reporter whether there could still be a hang-up, Baker replied: "There will be a summit and we anticipate their very best will be good enough." Another senior Bush administration official said Foreign Minister Alexander Bessmertnykh had brought "some new positions" from Moscow. Bessmertnykh requested a 15-minute meeting with Baker at the U.S. ambassador's residence in mid-morning.

There they discussed the revised Soviet stand on throw-weight. Then, in a session lasting only three minutes, Bush, Baker, U.S. Nationai Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft and Bessmertnykh confirmed the terms. Sealed the Deal Next, Gorbachev sealed the deal during a lunch with Bush that dealt mostly with the faltering Soviet econ- TREATY Please turn to Page SA Drivers can't speed through renewal lines WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) The Senate voted to give itself a $23,200 annual pay raise Wednesday night in exchange for giving up thousands of dollars in speaking fees that two-thirds of the senators accept from special interest groups.

surprise amendment adding the pay raise to an appropriations bill was approved 53-45 after supporters characterized it as a measure only to "equalize" Senate salaries with those paid House members. Upwa Republican Sen. Charles Grassley voted against the measure. Iowa Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin voted for it.

Grassley said salaries should not be raised until lawmakers show they can balance the federal budget and run the government efficiently. "If equity means that we have to further raise salaries, then I guess I'm not for equity," Grassley said. "Two wrongs don't make a right. Just because the House has done something that may not be right and gets paid more that doesn't mean we should do it." The Evening News Leaders of both parties agreed to bring the potentially politically explosive issue to the Senate floor well after the evening network news and the departure of most reporters from the Capitol. The raise, almost certain to become law, would close the gap between the $101,900 that senators now pay themselves and the $125,100 paid to the 435 members of the House of Representatives.

"Maybe we're all overpaid," said Republican Leader Bob Dole of Kansas. "But we can't cut House salaries, and I believe most people in my state will understand there ought to be parity." Majority Leader George Mitchell, D-Maine, acknowledged that the vote would be widely criticized but addded that in banning honoraria, it also will "restore the integrity of this institution in the public view." Criticism was quick. "Hypocrisy, Greed" "The Senate has sunk to new levels of hypocrisy, greed and arrogance in the face of massive deficits, cutbacks, bailouts, scandals and rising unemployment," said consumer advocate Ralph Nader. Twenty-eight Democrats and 25 Republicans voted for the increase. Against it were 27 Democrats and 18 Republicans.

Of the 32 senators seeking re-election next year, 23 voted against the raise and only eight voted for it. Rules Committee Chairman Wendell Ford, did not vote but said he was against it. Two other senators PAY RAISE Please turn to Page ISA Senate votes to 6K abortion counseling From Register Wire Services WASHINGTON, D.C. Ducking a chance to go on record, the Senate Wednesday approved a bill that would overturn a ban on abortion counseling at federally funded family planning clinics. The Senate approved the bill by voice vote.

Democratic leaders and the Bush administration didn't want a roll-call vote that would pin down lawmakers on the explosive issue. Something similar happened in the House last month. The measure came to the floor as part of a larger money bill and, at the urging of the administration, leaders made no effort to delete it, thus avoiding a roll call. "This is just round one," said Senate Republican leader Bob Dole of Kansas. The voice vote kept alive the question of whether there are enough votes to override a threatened veto by President Bush and irritated partisans on both sides of the issue.

"I'm outraged at the spinelessness of the U.S. Senate," said Judy Brown of the anti-abortion American Life Lobby. It sends a very weak message to President Bush." Planned Parenthood lobbyist William Hamilton was less vehement. "We would have preferred a recorded vote," he said. The closest thing to a test vote on the abortion "gag rule" came Tuesday on an administration-backed ABORTION Please turn to Page ISA By JOHN CARLSON Peter Wilson stopped by Wednesday to have his driver's license renewed.

It was not a positive experience. Wilson could have visited the hospital and had his gall bladder removed in the time it took him to walk out with a new Iowa driver's license. "Two hours to get a driver's license renewed talk about said Wilson, aJVest Des Moines insurance salesman. This is not a happy summer in the Iowa Department of Transportation driver's license offices. People are coming in droves, waiting in seemingly endless lines, complaining and snarling about the long waits.

Some are showing up a half hour before the doors open, hoping to minimize the time they waste. Others get the word the wait will top 90 minutes and they head for a nearby supermarket or department store to do a little shopping. Then they come back, wait a little longer, and finally make it to the front of the line. "A Real Problem" "We recognize we have a real problem here," said the DOT'S Shirley Andre. "People are waiting a long time to get their licenses too long.

But things will get better. That we can promise." Iowans are jamming into offices in Des Moines, Burlington, Sioux City, Waterloo and virtually every city in Iowa with a permanent driver's license station. DOT officials say several things have caused the problem, including new federal rules for drivers of commercial vehicles and the usual summertime glut that hits when driver education students qualify for their long-awaited licenses. Gosch: Ring of pedophiles took Johnny The long lines are blamed on a glut of two-, four- and six-year licenses all due for renewal this summer. But the chief problem, Andre said, is that the six-year licenses issued to some Iowans in the mid-1980s are now coming up for renewal along with the usual number who are renewing their two-year and four-year licenses.

"Not Budget Cuts" "We issued about 481,000 licenses in fiscal year 1990," said Andre. "We issued 741,000 In fiscal year 1991, and the greatest reason for that is the six-year licenses are expiring. It is not, I repeat, not, due to any budget cuts or layoffs, which is what some people are thinking" All of which means people like Wilson and others who cooled their heels at the Sherwood Forest license station in Windsor Heights walked out angry an hour or two or more after they walked in. "I don't know who to blame," said Judy Hensyel of Des Moines, who spent an hour and a half waiting with her husband, Gary, and their two children. "It's not the fault of the people working here.

They are doing their LINES Please turn to Page 12A BILL 0 fc Insurance concerns in Iowa With the industry suffering a "crisis of confidence," insurance companies in Iowa and across the nation are bracing for a possible wave of nervous policyholders cashing in their policies. Four big U.S. life insurers have failed this year, raising concerns that policyholders will look for what they consider safer places for their money. But experts say there won't be a repeat of the woes suffered by the savings and loan industry. Strong insurance companies such as Iowa's could even benefit as consumers switch companies.

If a company does fail, the state has a program to protect Iowa policyholders with a pool of money collected from insurance companies. STORIES: Page 7S. NEIBERGALLThe Register Long legal delays frustrate accuser in assault case By FRANK SANTIAGO The mother of Johnny Gosch, who has been missing almost nine years, said Wednesday she believes four men took her son, and one of the four is a local person. Noreen Gosch said information gathered recently by a private investigator indicates that the abductors planned the kidnapping for some time and carried it out with precision, using a van and cars and whisking the boy from the city undetected. She said the four are pedophiles or worked with pedophiles.

Gosch, who was 12 when he was last seen on his newspaper route near his home in West Des Moines, was taken for money and was to be used in pornography or for sex, she said, "There are so many aspects to this, but we think we're dealing with hard- GOSCH Please turn to Page ISA By ANNE CAROTHERS-KAY Rtflsttf Staff Writer Rex Krause was arrested in Des Moines on domestic assault charges Tuesday. It took 28 days, phone calls to a host of authorities including the governor's office and a level of desperation that drove his ex-wife to get a gun. "I don't know what happened to all these new reforms, because I'm not seeing any of them," a frustrated Sherri Krause said earlier this week. "Somebody ought to know that this is what you go through. Something ought to be changed." "You Can't Get Anywhere" "This is why so many women are getting killed, because you can't get anywhere," said Krause, 37, who finally got Polk County Attorney John Sarcone's attention when she complained to State Ombudsman William Angrick earlier this week.

Based on that complaint, Sarcone had a warrant issued for Rex Krause on Monday afternoon. He was arrested the next afternoon. Even though he was released from jail ABUSE Please turn to Page 9A 4 i4w4s. a. "I'm to the point now, I have a loaded gun in my house," said Sberrl Kraose, who kept calling authorities until her ex-husband was arrested on domestic assault charges.

She said she was threatened and harassed by her ex-husband..