European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 19, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 28 the stars and stripes Friday september 19, 1980 600 . Paratroopers drop in on forge by Greenway Stuart staff writer Luehne Germany is a positive step toward the rapid deploy ment Force was taken at 3 10 . Thurs Day when 600 fort Bragg paratrooper streamed out of eight c 141 transports like human dolls in a double string into a Valley 35 Miles from Hannover. Cast into the winds the troopers bumped each other and twirled their legs like puppets trying to get oriented in the largest intercontinental troop drop in his the airborne combat battalion team dropped silently Between a canal and an expressway to establish their beachhead in the autumn forge exercise spcarpoint80. It was the first time heavy support equipment ids howitzers and their towing Gamma goats had been transported Ana dropped across the Atlantic by two converted c-i4ib3 which refuelled twice in midair and returned directly to Pope air Force base without Landing after the drop. The c-14ibs Are c-141 jets that have been stretched 23 feet in length and fitted with air refuelling capability said Brig. Gen. Robert d. Springer 322nd air lift div Mac commander. The stretched models provide 30 percent More payload and personnel capacity at si.8s will discuss nuclear missiles ., Russia to hold arms Cut talks continued from Page i Sions. Relations Between the two nations have been poor since soviet troops intervened in Afghanistan last december. Central to the upcoming talks Are the soviet ss-20 missiles targeted on Western Europe and the american missiles aimed at soviet territory to be deployed beginning on Iran Carter said at thursday s news conference that he could not predict when the 52 american hostages would be re leased. He said that depends in part on unilateral actions by the iranian government. But he said now that there is a govern ment in Tehran and the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini Iran s islamic Leader has out lined his demands the situation has improved. Carter again ruled out any apologies Toiran for past . Policy. The United states is not going to apologize he said. And yet. Carter said he is agreeable to a presentation of Iran s grievances to a legitimate forum. On the presidential Campaign Carter said he docs not think his Republican oppo nent Ronald Reagan is a racist in  Carter defended his criticism of Reagan s statements on the Kun flux klan and state rights saying they were code words for racism for Many people. � i did not raise these issues Carter said. I think my Campaign is very moderate  no i Don t think he s running a Campaign of racism or  do not think my of Wnent is a racist in any degree carte said in answer to a question. Carter said he was not running a mean Campaign. Iran. Continued from Page i Tage crisis earlier this week voted to form a commission to study the Issue and it was not immediately Clear if thursday s de Bate was related to the panel s creation. Tehran radio reported that the debate on the general aspects of the hostage crisis was called to a halt by majlis speaker hush Chi a Sfanjani who ordered a closed session for a briefing on the Situa Tion in the West of the  the session on the Border War with Iraq came As Tehran radio reported both sides were locked in fighting along the fron tier. Iraq wednesday revoked its 1975 Bor Der agreement with Iran and vowed to re assert its sovereignty Over a waterway leading to the City of Abadan site of the world s largest Oil refinery. Tehran radio warned earlier thursday that Iran will not release the hostages easily despite Washington s agreement to accede to an International airing of Iran s grievances against the United states. America must give in to our de mands the radio said including a is. Apology to Iran in a list of demands that must tie met before the americans can be released. Tuesday Carter told some 400 Southern Black leaders in a political speech from the pulpit of Atlanta s Ebenezer Baptist Church you be been in this Campaign the stirring of hate and the rebirth of code words like states rights in a speech in Mississippi and a Campaign reference to the Kun this u a message that creates a Cloud on the political horizon. Hatred has no place in this  Carter stood by his earlier decision not to debate Reagan and Anderson unless he can debate Reagan on on on at least once. The other two men have refused that offer. He said he would be glad to have a debate with my Republican opponent. In the White House or any other political forum As soon As  Reagan counterattacked on his return wednesday from two Days of campaigning in Texas by again challenging Carter to join him and Anderson for the debate scheduled sunday. Reagan raised the Challenge at a news conference his first in More than three weeks at Dulles Airport Washington immediately on arrival from Texas. He used the Opportunity to repeat his criticisms of Carter s defense economic and Energy policies. Apparently or. Carter would like to hide his record and performance from the Cuba returning 2 hijackers to . Custody Washington up making Good on its crackdown on air plane hijackers the cuban government thursday agreed to re turn immediately two hijackers to the United slates for prosecution the state depart ment said. A Small is. Government Jet left Washington for Havana to pick up the two hijackers who were to be flown to Columbia s.c., to face charges of air piracy. The Hwo hijackers both cuban refugees identified Only As c. Perez and j. Vega wednesday splashed gasoline around the Cabin of a Delta air lines 737 jetliner and forced it to Fly to Cuba As it was about Toland in Columbia. It was the latest in a rash of recent hijackings to Cuba and the Castro govern ment said in a Havana radio broadcast ear Lier in the Day it would crack Down on  acts. A state department spokesman called it a positive  the official cuban newspaper grandma called the exodus of More than 120,000 cubans to the United states via the refugee sea life that began in april definitive and said All the refugees who have returned on hijacked airliners were immediately arrested and put in  sports in Brief thursday s baseball National league Homalon 10. Cincinnati 1 american people Reagan said. Reagan said that Carter who two Days earlier had accused him of appealing to racism and hatred refused every proposal for debate that he had made in the course of negotiations. Carter promised to stay on a moderate course in campaigning and not attack his opponents personally. He was asked about his brother Billy s $220,000 loan from Libya and said that he was not connected with that in any Way. I have never accepted any Loans from an organization that s owned or controlled by a foreign government or a foreign National he said. Carter was pressed twice by report ers about the bitterness of his recent exchanges with Reagan and asked if he did not think he was running a mean Campaign. Obviously during the heat of a Campaign there is give and take on both sides he said. The incumbent. Is almost always the subject of the most enthusiastic attacks by those who seek his office. Quite often those charges from those who seek to re place someone Are either accepted As the Normal course in a political Campaign or ignored. When an incumbent. Responds that immediately is Given the highest possible notice an  As for political polls which show him gaining on or ahead of Reagan car Ter said you All have seen in the last year the extreme volatility of Public opinion polls. I would guess they would be up Ana Dow Between now and nov. 4." he said a unique situation exists in general election. As we approach nov. 4 there is a continual sobering among americans about who is going to run the country for the Netfour years. The issues begin to become Paramount. The personal characteristics of the Candi dates. Become less important. The ques Tion comes Down to who cares More about me and my family in the future. And who is most Likely to keep this country at  British prime minister will visit Yugoslavia Belgrade Yugoslavia a mar Garet Thatcher Britain s prime minister will pay an official visit to Yugoslavia sept.24-26, the government announced. Thatcher will talk with Premier Veselin Djuranovic and of her officials it was announced. It will be Thatcher s second visit to Yugoslavia since she was elected in May 1979. Central Europe Fot Kui or Ftuer. I Rev Dourov Tun we Mont taif no thu Nooi Tan. Him to Mac pm a. Sunui Frkan l 7j3 Jiu surtout Suurman m 1st my. Time Tor Utu Jorv mowing cwt Tot to id. Of to noon atm Cuenca o  by Miro. Tim 4wn4pmu u is is n a a. U u Cwi a. 0 my Savuno. M few fun in Murt. Lend m Mun Kip  u no a a a i a a � a pm lev it oud a Sci Ltd