European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 27, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes february Brezhnev oks backing for Castro Moscow a soviet president Leonid met thursday with cuban Leader Fidel Castro and that Moscow fully supports Cuba in the face of an anti cuban Campaign by Tass the meeting came amid charges by the Reagan administration that the soviet bloc and Cuba were aiding anti government guerrillas in the Central Amer ican nation of Al in present when the imperialists have launched another antics ban the As is siding with socialist said an official report by the Tass news Agency issued after the Salvador Issue there was no official word on whether the situation in Al Salvador was specifically discussed by the two but the Tass report seemed to suggest the meeting came on the fourth Day of the soviet communist party the Tass account of the meeting said Only that Castro and Brezhnev discussed further development of soviet cuban co operation and other questions concerning the situation in the it said the meeting was held in an atmosphere of cordiality and soviet newspapers published texts of a speech to the party Congress by communist Leader Gus who dismissed american charges about Al Salvador As part of a big Moscow newspapers also spoke of military activity in the Caribbean and indicated the naval movements could eventually be directed against Al the state department has charged the soviet Union with engineering a plan under which Cuba and other soviet allies Are supplying antigovernment guerrillas in Al Salvador with up to 200 tons of american arms and other Materiel captured in Viet Nam and a spokesman for the soviet communist party earlier denounced the state depart ment charges As the soviet Union docs has not and will not provide Al Salvador with spokesman Leonid Zamyatin told a news conference in response to president reagans Deci Sion to link any Summit meeting to soviet behaviour in Al Zamyatin told reporters that to impose conditions is not the Correct approach for a Summit meet we Are not setting any pre Condi during his opening address to the Congress that he would be willing to meet with Reagan to improve the strained relations Between the two Reagan said the alleged soviet role in helping supplying the rebels would be one of the things that should be straightened out before he met at a Summit with air France increasing Paris new York runs Paris a air France has pounced it is increasing concorde supersonic flights Between Paris and new York from seven to 11 per week As of March but abandoning the direct Paris Washington two flights per week to new York will continue to Washington and two others will Fly on to Mexico the airline there had been three flights a week on the Paris Washington two continuing on to Mexico passenger loads on the Washington serv which started supersonic travel Between the United states and dropped off considerably when air France and British airlines finally won permission to Fly con Corde into new it was a rare occurrence when two sets of identical twins decided on a double wedding in South to defend their country double double take Sisters Lyn Center left and Gail Rabi Nowitz married Brothers Brian far left and Jason Jacobsohn in a ceremony at the Waverley the four Are honeymooning together and plan to live in the same beef on reminds germans of role Bonn up Julius commander of the Vii corps in thursday bluntly told West germans that troops Are in their country to defend in an interview in the Magazine of the Hamburg weekly newspaper die Bec ton said older West germans understand but younger ones do his statements came at a time when anti american feeling among some West Ger mans is growing so Strong the Bonn govern ment fears violent attacks on nuclear missile Becton said he was confident his troops in West Germany frequently criticized for poor education and training could live up to their motto of they shall not pass and resist a soviet attack on the but he indicated West germans were slow to show their appreciation of the contribution to the country the older generation in Germany still understands Why we Are Here and that we arc not an occupation Becton but the younger people Haven even heard about 1945 and what we have done what they know comes from Televik on the they see How our tanks Roll through the the Media just talks about but hardly at All about our constant efforts to increase our readiness to Becton he said these efforts meant the soviets would pay one hell of a Price if they at tacked West perhaps the enemy could Force a break but they would pay for it one hell of a said who As head of the army largest Active duty corps is one of the two highest ranking Blacks in the and Allied troops would hold War saw pact forces at Bay until reinforcements arrived from the general his statements seemed More optimistic than those of Frederick com Mander in chief of Usa eur and seventh who last week told a Senate panel in Washington that 15 years of cutbacks had created a hollow army unable to Guaran tee sustained athenians return Home As quake fears fade Athens up caravans of Atheni an families wound Back into their shaken City thursday to find the damage to their Homes and offices less severe than thousands of residents spent the last two nights in the Many inside cars parked along the sea or on country fearing More aftershocks from the tuesday earthquake which measured on the greek ship sinks As Crew sets afire cargo of hash Italy a the greek ship Gianaros carrying a smuggled Load of hashish and devoured by a huge fire set by its Sank in the tyrrhenian 50 Miles off this Central italian port authorities motor vessels of italian customs police failed in their Effort to Tow into a port the 300ton ship and its cargo of drugs Worth an estimated the Crew five greeks and one italian had set the ship and its Load afire after being intercepted by customs they were taken to safety by police boats and Richter there were surprisingly few fatalities or structural damages from an earthquake of such a quake of similar severity struck Southern Italy last november Caus ing thousands of deaths and the destruction of whole the government announced that 16 peo ple had 90 had been injured and three persons were the number of build Ings principally in the Corinth was put at 318 while another mostly old Village suffered in the government and private offices opened and All stores were doing business As but schools remained closed while government engineers checked the buildings for possible a statement by the technical chamber of Greece said the apartment build Ings of Athens behaved very satisfactorily and Only the very old buildings suffered serious the seismological Institute of Athens said that after the first Strong 782 tremors registering Over were the Institute said the aftershocks indicated the worst was but it could not exclude the possibility of another Strong