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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Thursday, February 26, 1981

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 26, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes Russ military outlay up february reported lagging in balance of Power Washington up William former undersecretary of defense for research and in a report re leased tuesday cited some difficult prob lems still unsolved in the deteriorating military balance of Power with the who has stayed on As a consultant until his successor is spelled out the bad news in a final report to Congress dated the last Day of the Carter West Germany fears violence against Sites Bonn up the Bonn government has evidence demonstrators soon will March against and other nuclear weapons installations in and fears the pro tests will be government spokesman Kurt Becker said Becker spoke a week after a controversial article in the Magazine Stern published a map of nuclear weapons Sites in Germany and named what it said were the future Sites of Pershing 2 and cruise missiles due to be starting in the article provoked the country largest environmental the citizens initiative for environmental into calling for demonstrations against nuclear weapons the group claims its Calls were backed by the the environmental political party that won per cent of the vote in last years National elec leading officials have expressed extreme concern Over growing youth and the apparent growth of run Ramob crowd ready to confront police at any dem temperatures the Pentagon made it pub Lic he listed these challenges the soviet Union is now out invest ing us by about a 21 the cumulative Gap in military investment Between the United states and the soviet Union during the past decade now approaches Bil the soviet Union is now deploying equipment which increasingly matches the Quality of our deployed the soviet Union now has about twice As great an Effort As we have in Mili tary research and creating a growing risk of technological fund revision Perry made his report in connection with former president Carters request for billion for fiscal 1982 for development and acquisition this was part of Carters billion total for which now is being re Vised by the Reagan Perry said the cumulative billion by which the soviet Union outspent the United states from 1971 through could have provided americas defense with f16 advanced attack xm1 20 guided missile 50 attack 20 Trident submarines with the entire my Mobile mis Sile program and the entire air launched cruise missile program with enough residual funds to add roughly billion per year to the test and evaluation program through the William re information Points to the spot where a bomb went business As usual after bombing Only a dog sensed the big re blast l 43 27 21 37 30 30 38 37 43 35 34 33 34 39 27 27 Molnes 33 23 44 44 33 41 27 City 41 vegas 46 Rock 56 Angeles Beach Paul Orleans York City me Ore Louis Petersburg Lake City Diego Francisco Story and photo by red Grandy photo chief Munich Bill Mahoneyq was Barking and running around the room it was saturday nobody knew Why but they soon found no one doubts that Ani Mals have a sixth three quarters of a mile away a 10to 20pound bomb exploded in Mahoneyq of fice at radio free Europe at exactly i immediately headed for the after a Friend phoned to Tell me what had Mahoney the bomb blast that ripped radio free Europe injured eight police called the blast politically the information services offi cer for re and radio said he had difficulty reaching the it was hard trying to get through the screen of police and the firemen to find out exactly what i finally got through and into the news room and put out the first press release about said a former reporter for the stars and the phones were All out because the bomb was placed next to our Telephone Center but the telex was working he Mahoney called Telephone operator Ingeborg Eberl Eberl was Only 12 feet from the blast but suffered the least injuries of those Hurt in the she was hospitalized for about three with minor and then re Mahoney keeping the station on the air was the toughest problem we faced and Varick our Deputy director for Engi was on the scene to coordinate the he Mahoney said the explosion did not interrupt the broadcasting capabilities and we continued to transmit until we were ordered to leave the building by the to Steele said that when they left we put on program tapes to make some transmissions during our the broadcasters noted that when no transmissions Are received at the various Sites they fill in with their own program by tuesday we were conducting Busi Ness As usual and during lunch time we ate in the canteen next to the Brownout windows that were covered with sheets of said if our Peoples morale was it didst he Byrne berates bullies Chicago up mayor Jane Byrne says she Hopes the news Media enjoyed their bad mannered bullying that forced etiquette chief Noreen Mcbride to quit her Job after Only one id like to know what there was about her that you found so despicable that you people had to beat her Over the head for a Byrne chided reporters at a City Hall news i was going to give you an award i think you had a wonderful con Mcbride stepped Down from the Iob amid disclosures that her background in matters of etiquette was scanty at Best and that she might have won the Job because of her political news update refugee sentenced fort a a cuban Freedom flotilla refugee who said he became disillusioned with life in this country has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for attempting to Hijack an air Florida Jet last Julio Fernando Hernandez Rodriguez was Given the minimum sentence Mon Day by District judge Jose gon Zalez who could have sentenced him to life Rodriguez was arrested 13 at key West International Airport when he passed through a Metal Detector and was found to be carrying a toy while police were questioning Rodriguez alleged fellow conspirators boarded the air plane and hijacked it to prosecutors said the refugees poured gasoline throughout the Jet and forced a flight attendant to sit in a doused seat As they held matches and cigarette lighters near the men were taken off the plane in Havana by cuban police Diggs reassigned a Mer Detroit congressman Charles Diggs was released from a Federal prison Camp Early wednesday and will move to a Halfway House for re leased officials was released from the Maxwell air Force base prison Camp Here after serving seven months of a three year sentence for payroll he was to Check in immediately at the Halfway said Larry acting superintendent of the prison Diggs was once the senior member of Michigan House the pow Erful head of two committees and the nations senior Black he was convicted in 1978 of a payroll kick Back scheme involving he resigned from the House last a year after his colleagues voted 4140 to censure  
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