European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes january 1978 Civ cell Borte Midoleton new York int three retired american admirals have drawn grim Pic lures of the present and future maritime position compared with that of the soviet the who commented in unrelated statements last Are Elmo h Zumwalt former chief of naval opera Lions Worth recently commande Richiel of naval forces in and John who retired As commander of the 2nd Only one of them commented on the Cut in naval appropriations in the for the next fiscal which dropped from s Marl time position compared to soviets mi8 billion to ship construction was Cut from m vessels to Baileys comments were drawn from his sea Power and Western Security which was written Well before details of the defense budget were Wmk Shana Hans were in a speech he is in deliver wednesday it Scro attacked the budget which he said should be a great cause for we simply Lack the capability to defend our Oil line from the Middle he and cant Deal the serious threat to the Atlantic Alli ances it the event of War with the soviet he we would abandon our allies in the Western Pacific and con Cern rate on the defense of Hawaii and pulling most of our ships in the at lactic in a desperate Clort to save the admirals agreed on the danger posed by the soviet Fleet and its land based but they disagreed on the idea makeup of the american which would be the wests largest naval Force in any in a study written for the inter National Institute for strategic studies in predicted that while soviet naval capabilities would the Overall sue of the soviet Fleet would decline by approximately 25 percent in the next 10 to 15 b i j vehicles Ford their Way across the via Sci fort Imperial in following two Days of heavy the More like Venice than Rome downpours were so Tolu it that they overtaxed the cites water As the drains filled the downtown Street became and there were Long traffic in he background is Romes Ancl Eul photo thai crash kills 12 from West Thailand Puli a head on crash Between a Hospital bus and a heavy truck saturday lulled 12 westerners from a missionary including seven two others were hospitalized with serious the from new Australia and died not far from the Mana rom Christian Hospital where they worked in Chanat province Miles North of two entire families were killed the victims included missionary doctors working at the Hospital and their the dead were Ian his wife and two children from Britain John Britain Noel his wife and from Australia Sofia Parry and her two from new zealand Jozi the son of a from Switzerland a woman doctor and another child were reported Oil of Clanger at Mantrom the missionaries had worked in Thailand after some them moved from missions in worst in 4 years at least 11 Are killed in Japan earthquake Tokyo iup1 intermittent temblor saturday prevented rescuers on ii Penin Sula from saving u people trapped under landslides caused by japans worst Earth quake in four police Rescue efforts were to resume police a police spokesman in Shizuoka prov where the Peninsula is said at least 11 persons were confirmed dead in various accidents although ii was the official count so officials fear the toil will Rise As Rescue operations townsfolk and officers of japans self defense forces had to Hall Rescue efforts sunday morning when another tremor measuring on the open ended Richter Chauncey Leake Dies Sas Francisco apr Chauncey an internationally known Pii Neer in pharmacology and a medical Histo has dial of heart failure he was 81 scale jolted Yokohama and neighbouring Agency spokesman said the Shock was second in omens try to a quake that tipped seven on the Richter tsp f temblor Joliet almost the entire Central Region japans Island shortly after noon Pouce said at least 10 persons were f n a family of four was feared killed in one Quaka Law the Peninsula area was struck by a us earthquake in a capabilities will Rise As a consequence of several the Admiral among these Are the building of More Cor vettes armed with the ss9 surface Osur face which has a Range of Iso Miles More than the american Lumpoon missile the introduction of a new class of destroyer escorts Hie launching of several More Kiev class aircraft carriers the production of laser weapons systems Early in the next and an increase to to in the number of the Long Range bombers known in the West As that Are being assigned to the the soviet Bagley Points conceives of its submarine Force primarily As missile carriers u attack surface ships in company with land based aircraft and missile armed surface american naval doctrine Calls for the use of attack submarines against hostile undersea but he soviet Union has also concentrated on Antisubmarine War fare to the the Admiral that there Are now about seven soviet ships or planes far every american attack Summa compared to a ratio of 3 to 1 in balance shifting to All lets Bagley argues hat in View of and other developments in soviet strategic and conventional the balance of Power Between the United Stales and the soviet Union is changing in favor of the latter and military stability Between East and West la being undermined the disagreement among the admirals on the meant of meeting the soviet threat centers on the composition of the and particularly he role of the aircraft car for considers that As a result of the deterioration in the ratio be tween american and soviet sea the earner in War should abandon its familiar role of projecting naval air strength and give priority to sea control but he adds that More ships Are needed to Cor rect the navys including surface vessels with vertical Takeoff and Landing called Many ships will be he if resupply and reinforcement by merchant ships is to be favors cruisers the Admiral also recommends that the halt attack Carrier construction fixing the total at h in company with other Western contract for theron Striction of aircraft carrying anti Summa nne cruisers comparable to the British invincible the design of these he urges should be modified to accommodate cruise missiles As Welt As advanced harrier vol aircraft and the Antisubmarine surveillance helicopter known As a contrary View was offered by Shana who advocates a minimum of 16 Large attach to be financed by cutting tack construction of missile cruisers ant in place of surface he Shanahan also attacked the constr 2 it As an Ejof the doctrinal rigidity which tells us to escort carriers surface escorts instead of a czech should problem when the Driver of the is in skied at 3 at the terminal of a Prague he found Only one passenger a woman in the roads were when the wan labor cried out the fright wed Driver swerved and hit a Lamppost mis was at the Hospital Gate and the inside the Hospital where the baby was bom almost immedi