European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 16, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday october 16, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 23 Spain unveils air defense Madrid up Spain thursday unveiled a new $70 million computerized air defense system called combat Grande which its designers said has the technical potential to be connected into nato s air defense system. The presentation of the system was made at Torrejon air base outside Madrid by executives of the Hughes aircraft co. And Spain s Campania de Electronica y communication is which designed and in stalled the system through a joint company called combo. The . Air Force acted As the acquisition management Agency for the Spanish government in obtaining the computer controlled electronic network under terms of the 1970 Friendship pact Between the United states and Spain. Combo president Joseph Capobianco told reporters that combat Grande will connect with the air defense system of France and this in turn is connected to the nato system Nadge he said in several weeks Nadge will be Able to see on their screens data from the Spanish system. However col. Anselmo Martinez Pes Quera of the Spanish air Force underlined that the Spanish government will make the decision As to whether or not the potential system integration with nato will take whether or not there is a connection with nato is a political decision Pes Quera told  said however there is a treaty which provides for the integration of the French and Spanish systems. The integration tests will begin  first combat Grande test comple Tion was made sept. 12 and the system is now in a transitional phase moving to wards total operational status under strictly Spanish personnel combo officials  on behalf of the Spanish air Force it. Col. Angel Gonzalez Herrer said our nation s air defense has been greatly enhanced by the combat grand system. It now provides Spain with a Quick positive Means to Stop air attack the system is designed to detect track and identify intruding enemy aircraft evaluate and compile incoming data and guide Spain s fighter interceptor aircraft to assigned targets. The nerve Center for the electronic net work is a Multi consoled combat operations Center and sector operations Center at Tor Rejon. Under a cooperation treaty the . Air Force has joint use of the Torrejon base with the spaniards. Man with Chimp s heart called in Good condition Cape town South Africa up Benjamin Fortes who thursday received the heart of a Chimpanzee in a twin heart operation was described As in quite Satis factory condition a groote Schuur Hospi Fukuda says japanese plan to step up imports Tokyo a prime minister Takeo Fukuda under . And other International pressure to reduce Japan s massive Trade surplus says his government will soon announce measures to increase imports on an emergency basis. The prime minister answering questions before a parliamentary budget com Mittee said the amount of emergency imports still had not been determined. He said the plan would be announced As soon As a decision is made. Sources had said earlier that Japan was planning to reduce its Trade surplus the excess of exports Over imports by about $700 million by the end of the year to ease world pressure on the yen. The value of the yen Rose to a postwar record High of 253 to the Dollar Friday on the Tokyo foreign Exchange Market follow ing an announcement that this country had a $1.071 billion Trade surplus in september. . Officials have contended that the yen is overvalued and that Japan must step up imports in order to help restore the Trade balance in other industrialized nations. According to government sources the additional imports under consideration in clude about 30.2million barrels of crude Oil valued at $400 million. Nonferrous metals such As Copper and Zinc Ore valued at $100 million. About 1,400 tons of uranium Ore valued at $120 million. Some 230,000 tons of agricultural products such As wheat and Corn valued at $23 million. Other measures being considered reportedly include subsidizing the import of aircraft and expansion of import quotas on27 other kinds of goods including 22 Agri cultural and Marine products. Tal spokes Man said saturday. Fortes 59, and a resident of Cape town was the first person to receive a Chimpanzee heart in the Piggy Back technique developed by Pioneer heart surgeon or. Christiaan Barnard. Chimpanzee hearts have been used on two previous occasions in the . In 1964 and again in France in 1969 but were rejected quickly and the patients died within hours. Barnard attempted to implant the heart of a Baboon in an italian woman earlier this year and discovered the smaller heart did not have the capacity to circulate blood through the human system. The woman died within a few hours of the operation. The heart surgeon said he would try the animal heart transplant again with the larger heart of a Chimpanzee. Fortes was returned to the operating room Friday for surgery to fix a bleeding Point but no further complications have been  in South Africa expressed disapproval of the use of animal hearts for medical purposes. Chimpanzees Are an endangered species. It would be a tragedy if they were to be eliminated for the Sake of heart transplants that might not even work said a spokesman for the Inderst poort veterinary research inst  a spokesman for the society for the prevention of cruelty to animals said there is nothing society can do to prevent medical  Sadat optimistic on Geneva Day an denies any Plo Accord Tel Aviv up foreign minister Myshe Dayan said saturday there is no written agreement with the . That the Palestine liberation organization will not take part in the Geneva peace conference but that if the arabs insist on Plo representation there won t be a  in an interview on the state run radio Dayan also said his talks in Washington with president Carter were Tough because Carter told him Israel is preventing peace More than Syria. It s especially Tough when the presi Dent of the United states blames Israel for preventing peace even More than Syria and i know the syrian position Dayan said. We will not sit under any circumstances with the Plo but i did t say the United states signed something like that Dayan said when asked whether there were any . Guarantees that the Plo would not be represented at Geneva. In Cairo meanwhile. President Anwar Sadat said saturday he is very very optimistic about the prospects of Success of the american led Middle East peace Initia Tive because of the incredible and unprecedented position taken by Carter on the palestinian Issue. Sadat discounted the possibility of an israeli suprise military attack on the arabs at present but said egyptian armed forces nevertheless Are on constant Alert and ready at All  the peace process has begun to move Forward Sadat told a jordanian press delegation. Israel is afraid of peace but i am convinced that everything is on  i am very very optimistic he said Basing this on the american attitude West european support of the Arab stance and Israel s International isolation at pre , state department spokesman Hodding Carter Iii said the working paper Between Israel and the ., hammered out by Carter Dayan and Secretary of state Cyrus Vance does t foreclose any thing and that there is no .-Israel agreement on barring the Plo from  if he was sure the Plo would not be at Geneva Dayan said "100 per cent or there won t be a Geneva. I m sure the americans know it and the arabs know it we won t sit with the Plo adding either they give up on Plo representation or there won t be a Geneva peace conference a foreign ministry source said while Israel and the . Did not sign a protocol barring the Plo from Geneva the very fact that the working paper rests on . Security Council resolutions 242 and 338, which do not mention the Plo or a pales Tinian state makes it at least Clear there is an understanding if not an agreement be tween Israel and the United states on this  Dayan said during the interview that Israel would be willing to consider suggestions the other Side May offer about resolving the future of the occupied West Bank of Jordan but he reiterated the position that Israel will not consider the establishment of an Independent palestinian state. He said Israel would consider such Arab suggestions but would feel free to reject anything we did t  president optimistic on Salt Washington up president Carter says . And soviet negotiators Are approaching a settlement in Strate Gic arms talks and rejects the claims of some senators that provisions for checking russian compliance Are inadequate. We Are approaching a settlement with the soviets if they continue to act in As constructive a fashion As they have exhibited in the last few weeks Carter said of the second stage Salt negotiations in an interview transcript released saturday. He noted . And soviet officials Are also working on a comprehensive nuclear test ban agreement and said the Krem Lin still rejects his proposal for total elimination of the tests. But we have already gotten Good sub Stantial Progress i believe assured on a wide Range of .-soviet military issues. Including the test ban and demilitarization of the Indian Ocean he said. Lately. I have been  in the interview conducted by news officials Friday Carter also said i Don t favor and have never favored an Independent palestinian state in the West Bank area or in the Middle East area in presently occupied  he rejected the complaints raised the same Day by sen. Henry Jackson who said efforts to Monitor soviet compliance with arms limitation agreements pose an enormous  we have an adequate Means for verify ing compliance with nuclear agreements not perfect Carter said. He said the . Can accurately pin Point the location of missile silos the number of soviet submarines that can fire ballistic missiles and How Many such projectiles each sub carries. There Are some things that you can t confirm he said but i would say that the balance Between those is of equal con Cern to us and the soviets. I would say our verification capability is adequate. Both we and the soviets recognize that if we Ever cheat and get caught that the consequences Are very  other subjects the president said the joint statement he and Panama s Gen. Omar Torrijos issued Friday clarifying the Panama canal treaties did not Stem from any mis understanding Between them. There Are no differences Between me and Gen. Torrijos or among our negotiators he said and there never have been since the text was  he again attacked opponents of his proposed Energy conservation program saying i am convinced that the Oil and Gas companies through their efforts on Capitol Hill to get More profit. Are trying to get an unwarranted advantage at the expense of the american Consumers and i am just not going to stand for it Glass particles in Lemon cookies we Brucken Germany artificial Lemon flavor Creme Sandwich cookies called sixty cremes have been recalled by european commissaries after a Cus Tomer discovered a particle of Glass in one of the cookies wednesday according to a spokesman for the defense subsistence Region  patrons Are requested to return for credit 1 1/4 Pound packages of the cookies which Are produced by inter bake foods inc. There Are three rows of 20 cookies in a tray wrapped in plastic the spokesman said. On the Back of each package near the sealed end is the digit code 72541 in Black numerals with a White background