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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 22, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Beef up allies urged indifferent to the falling Snow that gradually covers these stoic Republican Cuba Routs occupiers of embassy Miami a cuban troops firing tear Gas stormed the ecuadorian embassy in Havana Early saturday and seized 14 cubans who occupied the embassy eight Days ago in a bid for political radio Havana in a broadcast monitored in radio Havana said there were no serious injuries and no shots fired by the cuban assault but the Spanish news Agency efe quoted witnesses As saying some of the cuban occupiers were taken away in Amu during the process of the detention of the no firearms were and none of them suffered any radio Havana feb said the assault made at the request of the ecuadorian it came one Day after the cuban occupiers released their last ecuadorian ambassador Jorge Perez Concha fran Cisco an and Mercedes a cuban employed As a Secretary at the the occupiers also surren dered their weapons the news Agency efe said the assault was launched after police and firemen surrounded the embassy and two water Cannon were moved into it said the water which fire High pressure streams of were believed used in the the Agency said a cuban official lived to be president Fidel Castro or his defense minister Raul Castro watched the assault from a nearby efe quoted a cuban government report continued on Back Page snowmen of the guard guards at Pariss orly Airport present arms in impeccable they came to Greet tunisian Premier Mohamed a photo Dod official warns of Russ might Munich up Deputy Secre tary of defense Frank Carlucci warned sat urday that soviet military strength far exceeds Moscow defense needs and urged reluctant european allies to counter the threat by increasing troop strength and de sense in a Clear message to the Carlucci said America would not raise defense spending to protect Europe unless euro peans did so Carlucci issued the warnings in a speech to the 18th a weekend seminar of some 140 defense the soviet buildup in Europe clearly exceeds any rational requirement for de he it bears All the Marks of an offensive military consistent with soviet military much greater Allied Effort is required if we Are to continue to deter soviet and other threats to our common and vital the Deputy defense Secretary is the first leading Pentagon official to visit Germany since the Reagan administration took the new administration will increase de sense spending and has taken a Tough line against Moscow both policies which have met resistance and Lack of understanding in a Europe reluctant to follow Carlucci blamed both americans and europeans for what he saw As the wests continued on Back Page the authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces 308 february if 21855 a of Heidelberg Ball plan to seize officers reported Ever hear of tropical Germany up Baad Erme Inhof terrorists have plans to seize As hostages american military commanders in Europe attending a Ball in romantic Heidel Berg the West German news mag Azine Der Spiegel said the plans were revealed in an interview with terrorist Pete Juergen arrested last month in Boock said the plans for the hostage Tak ing originated in 1979 and were hatched by the few members of the Baader Meinhoff terrorist group still at Large As a sweeping finale to a decade of in the it was estimated that Between 10 and 20 leading terrorists still Are at Large and cautioned they still could mount a major the members of the red army faction founded by Andreas Baader and Ulrike planned to take hostage top american military men and West Ger Man guests attending a Ball held annually in Heidelberg Castle the weekend before Mardi Boock they plotted to hold the guests make demands on the Bonn government and shoot the captives one by one if the demands were not Boock the terrorists wanted to blow up the Boock they had agreed their demands would not be met and were prepared to die along with their he said there had never been a definite year when the plans should be carried but emphasized the terrorists were confident of Success because there was Little Security at the two members of the group had at tended the Ball three years ago to Check Security Boock Der Spiegel said it interviewed Boock in a Hamburg where he awaits charges for alleged involvement in terrorist indications the terrorists planned a raid continued on Back Page penguins r new York up if you think your children have every toy imaginable and you dont know what you could possibly get them for next no need to de toy manufacturers Are always coming up with new sometimes quite unbelievable just take a walk through the annual fair of the toy manufacturers of running this week in new York you can find a Sola powered Model train built into a leather attache for the More an English is offering old fashioned rocking horses made out of one Model runs its More of an says com Pany representative you can have fun with it and its sure to appreciate in or for the child who thinks rocking up continued on Back Page  
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