European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 08, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse Poge 2 the stars and stripes sunday june 8, 1980 Canada vigilance new defense minister spells out military goals by de Easley stiff writer Lahr. Germany is wild inc a institution ofic Liberal Trudeau administration last March it will be business As usual for canadians in Europe snid j. Gilles Lamontagne Canada s newly appointed minister of National defense on Friday. Lamontagne appointed to the cab inet Post last month spent the past week touring nato Sites in no Wayand Canadian bases in Germany. End ing his visit Friday the 61-year-Oldmontreal native said he could not Tor see Canadian troop increases in Europe and it could be More than two years before major military equipments updated. Lamon Lanc has set goals to increase troop strength in Europe currently 5,500 and update some military equip ment but said Canada s tight 3 percent annual defense increase ceiling would be a major stumbling Block. Lamontagne. A bomber Pilot during world War ii said he could sympathize with Canadian pilots who Are currently forced to Fly outdated aircraft in Europe. New Hornet Jet fighters Purchase from the . Should begin arriving in eurom in 1982, and legislation to pro vide Canada s Navy with faster boats is expected soon he said. But on troop strength Lamonta Newas less optimistic saying Canada would probably have to increase the number of troops in its reserves rather than build up its Active Force. He feels the recent soviet invasion of Afghanistan and unrest in Iran will have a Small effect on the amount of Money canadians will spend on de sense. We will have to be More Vig Ilant he said. Our role in nato is one of deter rence. We Are not Here As a show of strength or to flex our Muscles. Canada is a peaceful country. There is no War no conflict yet but Many of us take it for granted that there will never be a conflict. If the russians have any aggressive ideas they will be opposed by people who have decided to keep their on the Rale of women in Canada military Lamontagne said that 6 to 8 percent of Canada s troops Are women who can enter More than a third of he military s trades. When asked if he a i. Gilles Lamontine our role. Is deterrence Vors women in combat arms jobs. La Montagne said i would prefer to look into each Case individually to see what she can do what we can decisions must be made Teller says by Mike Spear staff writer Wiesbaden Germany is the years just ahead May offer the last Chance for Correct decisions on politics technology and Energy. Or. Edward Teller nuclear physicist and a Developer of the Hydrogen bomb told students at Troy state University graduation ceremonies Here saturday. In the year 2000 there will be seven billion people on Earth who want to live a decent life and yet today we Don t know whether be enough food for them to cat said Teller a senior research fellow at Stanford University s Hoover Institute. Without Energy the developing coun tries will falter and Many people will die of starvation he added. One of the keys to Energy Oil has diplomatic Mission for Carter Wright goes to Nicaragua Washington up president curler Friday sent House democratic Leader Jim Wright on a delicate diplomatic Mission to Central America seeking Friend ship with the left leaning government of Nicaragua and assurances of Early free elections there. The texan left Andrews air Force base,md., on a five Day Mission thai includes meetings with Costa rican president Rod Rigo Carazo Leader of Central America s traditionally most democratic nation. I believe Nicaragua is capable of being saved Wright Lold his House colleagues on Jim Wright inc eve of his departure. Let me i appello you. Have the tools by which i can help Salvage heir Friendship. The House responded by rejecting conservative attempts to Cut $25 million in Security Aid for Nicaragua from the $59.2million in economic and military assistance requested by Carter. The House As part of its authorization of a $5.2 billion foreign Aid Bill eliminated $5.5 million in military funds but approved the remaining $53.7 million in assistance for Nicaragua. Congress earlier authorized $75 million in Aid for Nicaragua s private business Sec Tor. Thai program is part of the 1980 for eign Aid budget. The president has asked me to serve As his personal emissary in an Effort to create closer Friendship and a better working relationship Between our two countries prime minister of Lebanon resigns Beirut a lebanese prime min ister Salim Al Moss resigned saturday Clearing the Way for formation of a National Union government in inc half moslem half Chr Suun nation. Moss a one Lime Bunker said his 12-Man Cabinet of parliamentarians and technocrats should quit so Hal a government of Politi Cal activists could iry to restore Domestic Tranquility. Hoss. 54 and u moslem served As prime minister since the end of the lebanese civil War in december 1976. He told reporters resubmitted his resignation to preside no Elias Sarkis during a Cabinet meeting in the presidential Palace. Wright Lold the House. I expect to elicit some firm assurances on free elections to be held in that country. And the establishment and maintenance of free become woefully Short in Supply he said particularly in third world countries where Progress made in the last 25 years is grinding to a halt. He told the students that the soviet threat in the Middle East should be of Noless concern. If they decide to take Over the greatest storehouse of Oil their influence will have increased beyond what any of us can imag and i must Tell you a. Really scandalous fact. Washington has no contingency plans for action if that should have heard words about drawing lines but we know not with what forces Pecan draw those lines. And i have to add one unhappy fact that the people responsible in Washington do not like to mention the fact that the soviet military forces arc stronger than the military forces of the rest of the world put together. Teller told the students they faced the problem of How to live in a world in which tech nolo Wright then won approval for an Amend Uva m worm calling on the president to report to technology is taking on new and hardly Congress every 90 Days during fiscal 1981 image dimensions. On Nicaragua s Domestic situation include we need the help of this technology ining us human rights climate and whether it " Lra no a m is moving toward free elections. 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