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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 29, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Poge 28 the stars and stripes saturday april 29, 1978 ., Germany in Accord on joint tactical concepts Bonn a the defense ministry said thursday the United states and West Germany have agreed on Basic principles of tactical coordination Between their armies in a new step towards defense harmonization. A statement by the ministry said an Accord covering joint tactical concepts similar to joint planning agreements West Germany has reached in the past with other nato Alliance partners was signed in Washington on tuesday. Those signing were  Army chief of staff Gen. Bernard w. Rogers and it. Gen. Horst Hildebrandt. Inspector chief of the West German army. The tactical concepts Are intended to improve cooperation and Mutual support in the Battlefield the so called interoperability the statement said. Package broken Down Compromise reached on Mideast Jet Deal Washington u pm trying to avoid a bruising political Battle the administration Friday broke its Middle East plane package into separate proposals and encouraged Congress to consider them on their individual  although heralded As a Compromise the move to erase the package Label did not go so far As to cancel president Carter threat to kill the whole Deal if Congress re it fuses to sell Jet fighters to saudi Arabia ind Egypt As Well As Israel. I administration officials said however Crter might expand the Compromise eur Ort by allowing Congress to add Assur and make changes designed to i that the saudis cannot use the .et fighters to attack Israel. Effort at conciliation made Public. Before the administration sub i the plane proposals to Congress Tower work a i Ted until Robe is Over Saint marys. W. A. Up a com a official said Friday that work on the a Tower where the scaffolding col i killing 51 workers would be halted a the cause of the Accident is deter finned. Be a number of investigative groups Arci a ducting studies to determine the  said . Millne. Of United Engi peering & construction the resident pro . No cause has been defined to this  rij"6 scaffolding ripped away from Thek fides of the no. 2 Cooling Tower being built by research Cottrell inc. On bound Frook n.j., As part of the Allegheny Bower system s Pleasants Power station. Fifty one workmen plunged 168 feet to their deaths amid a Jumble of Concrete twisted steel and debris. Millne said work on other projects at the sprawling Power Plant will resume monday but the Tower where the Accident occurred will be shut Down until the investigation is concluded. Research Cottrell president Denn Scarl on Jones said in a statement that the company has used the same scaffolding on the no. 1 Tower without incident and the Type of scaffolding has been proven by frequent use Over the last seven  he said the collapse that look place thursday morning is All the More difficult to understand and its cause will not be easy to  a Coltrell spokesman denied suggestions the collapse was triggered by a work Speed up. Came in a letter from Secretary of state Cyrus Vance to sen. Frank Church d Idaho second ranking member of the Senate foreign relations committee. I want to assure you Vance said that the proposed sales to Israel Egypt and saudi Arabia will each be the subject of a separate certification to  he said the administration understand Congress must by Law review each of the proposed sales on their individual merits and that Congress will do so. The administration is not attempting to place conditions or inhibitions on the scope of the congressional review or the action by Congress. We understand that the Congress will want to review these important transactions separately and with great care and we stand ready to facilitate that  previously the administration had said it considered the three Way plane Sale As package. Congress has 30 Days from the Date of submission of the proposal to reject the package or any part of it by majority vote of both houses. Carter s proposal would provide 60 ultramodern k-15 Jet fighters to saudi Arabia 50 older f-5es to Egypt and 15 Fiss plus 75 f-16s to Israel. Total value of the sales would be $4.8 billion. As for what Carter might do should con Gress kill some part of the sales Vance said the president would have to Reserve judgment until he sees what Congress does. B at his news conference tuesday carte said i look Ubon the sales proposals As a package and if Congress should accept a portion of the package and reject another then my intent is to withdraw the  they Are at the same time the pre condition for a further reaching cooperation especially in armaments planning Leader ship and combat principles and i changes in Structure organization and  the defense ministry gave no details about the  German Accord. But observers said it was clearly connected with plans to partially standardize main combat tanks the two armies Are pre paring to introduce. Both West Germany s Leopard Mark 2 and the american pm 1 tank Are to be equipped with american engines and a 120 my smooth bore Cannon developed incest Germany. Rogers and Hildebrandt were also believed to have discussed West Germany s efforts to sell its Gerard anti aircraft system to the United states As a quid pro quo for buying the airborne warning and control system the americans want Ger Many to buy. The Gerard is a Leopard tank equipped with electronic tracking gear and twin 35 millimetre rapid fire Cannon. During recent Bonn talks i a. Defense Secretary Harold Brown said the Rise of the Mark against the Dollar has made the  Sell ing Price too High for Washington s taste. German defense minister Hans Apel is now thought to be basically in favor of buying Azacs a Musili Billon Dollar spying system mounted on converted Boeing 707 jets and meant to let nato peer beyond West Germany s. Borders at plane and troop movements deep inside the soviet bloc. Thursday s defense ministry statement pointedly noted that several West euro Pean allies have Given nato arms standardization a boost by adopting the Gerard and the Roland ground to air missile system a joint French German develop ment. R this illustrates the far reaching significance of Early tactical coordination the statement said. Defense ministry sources who wished to remain unidentified said the Accord to not a binding agreement but a statement of intent by the two sides. Europe ill Stouky in Rel Watt ranting log my .fl.nvxmiwt, Mono Woltti Ihorn and Tai under Taormi. Unit Wom an of bundt to Sund. Frink Stirt hts Tolburg highwnrfs.lontoy7 4lp.m.iw�lmsumi ttfnptritumrkgnm4frm a 41 cop in Wpm i u .1 a a wily Cloudy cd Clou Cly or that involves doing a clinical a few specifically for to be Given Oral isoniazid inh in Small. Continuing for a year then be Given a final make sure they Are  Leighton children who Are not now potfti., be followed up to insure they remain my Uve. 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