European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 21, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes giving a party see stripes Magazine o marines return to iwo Jima Page 2,3 q women finding Home on Range Page s q Mexico Pitetta Border delays Page 8 q plenty to do in Baum older Page 9 d baseball owners want More 17 vol. 43, no. 308 thursday february 21, 1985 in Oon. Vuk Van d 8693 a Thatcher warns Congress of soviet fear offensive Washington api British prime rim scr Margaret Thatcher predicting hat arms talks Between the superpowers ill be difficult on wednesday warned the Vest to expect a soviet political offensive at curated to create infirmity of purpose to pair resolve and even to arouse fear in in Charu of our let us be under no illusions it is our ring la not their Good will that has rough the soviet Union to the negotiating Ible in Geneva she declared. In an address to a joint session or con Lucky to make it so in Mylko internat Loihuu Airport off Cusco to. The Pue hit. Ami heir Cress the prime minister also firmly endorsed research into president Reagan s controversial anti Misite defense program and praised his four year massive arms buildup which she said induced the soviets to renew their interest in bargaining. Thatcher Aid he nuclear arms talks that open in Geneva on March 12 Between the United states and the soviet Union will be intricate Complex and demanding add ing we should not expect too much too she said we must recognize that we shall face a soviet political offensive de signed to sow differences among us calculated to create infirmity of purpose to impair resolve and even to arouse fear in the hearts of our the prime minister arrived in washing Ion on tuesday night. After her speech she was to begin two Days of meetings with Reagan Ana top administration officials. Suffering from political troubles Al Home Thatcher requested the Opportunity to be come the first prime minister since Winston see Thatcher on Page 24 cruise missile sails Over fishnet raised by protest group Vancouver British Columbia up an unarmed . Cruise missile streaked Carou the Canadian Arctic on a successful i at tuesday sailing High Over protesters who tried to snare the weapon with a huge net hoisted by helium balloons. It was the first Solo test Over Canada Tor the cruise missile which has a special guid Ance system that allows it to Fly Low Over terrain and elude radar. . Military plan Nen chose Canada s North country for the lest because it resembles soviet Siberia. It flew right Over the top of the net said protester George cat lies of Portland Ore. It was to ominous it flies so Tow and so slow. I m still the 22-fool-Long missile was launched from a b-52 bomber Over the Beaufort sea and sped along a 1,500-mile path across the Canadian Arctic at 500 Mph. It parachuted to a soft Landing on Frozen Primrose Lake in northeastern Alberta roughly 4vi hours after launch. It came in right on time a Canadian military spokesman said moments after the missile landed. Well be analysing it for months but for the moment it looks like a Complete the missile zigzagged across the Frozen ground at altitudes ranging Between 1,000 and 4,000 feet accompanied by two monitoring aircraft. Eight protesters from the environmental group Greenpeace hoisted a giant fishnet 300 feet High across the missile s flight path near the tiny Northern Alberta Community of wandering River some 120 Miles North West of the target area in a futile attempt to catch the weapon. The protesters watched the missile Speed by several Hundred feet above the net and 26 radar reflecting weather balloons that Greenpeace hoped would throw the weapon see cruise on Page 24 a i dropped 32,000 fee Pacific icon and Tail Elloa of Chin. Airlines Ocon route from , Taiwan to 747 but was forced to und in san fran los Angeles. Set Story on Page a most dangerous cities include Frankfurt Paris Paris a Paris Frankfurt Copenhagen and Amsterdam Are among the least Safe cities in the world Accord ing to the insurance Center for documentation and information while Tokyo Munich and Chicago Are among the world s safest. More than 155 people out of every 1,000 Are victims of crime or misdemeanours in Paris Frankfurt Copenhagen and Amsterdam. That compares to 23 people out of 1,000 in Tokyo 60 in Chicago and 73 in Munich. The Center which provided the Fig ures in its latest bulletin noted that the statistics for the particular cities Are not a reflection of safety for the country in for example 66 out of every 1,000 French people Are crime victims each year compared to 71 out of every 1,000 germans and 120 out of every 1,000 canadians. Only 14 put of every 1,000 japanese Are crime victims each year and 20 out of every 1,000 italians Are confronted with a crime according to the Center
