European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 27, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 world today the stars and stripes March space weapons the topic at first round of arms talks Geneva a and soviet negotiators began their first series of detailed arms control talks tuesday with a three hour meeting on space and defense the session began just two hours after Max Kam the chief Delegate who also Heads the space and defense weapons returned to Geneva from a lobbying trip to Washington in support of the my the and soviet teams each fielded about one dozen people at tuesdays a spokesman the soviet group was headed by Yuli amusement Park will offer special attraction for Arab visitors England a a seafront amusement Park in this Southeast England resort is preparing for an expected influx of Arab visitors this summer by setting aside a special prayer we get a situation where they get Down on their Knees wherever they happen to be in the Park when the time conies to the Parks general Alan when the Park opens next along with the Cotton rides and other Fairground attractions will be a special area cordoned France of guidelines to build a Cros Schannel link London a the British and French govern ments have agreed on guidelines for a Tunnel across the English Channel or a similar fixed link Between the two Britain department of transport rival planners have until 31 to submit plans for a fixed link across the and the governments Are expected to choose one of the projects by the end of this a joint communique issued in London British and French transportation ministers met in Lon Don to finalize guidelines worked out by a French British study they investigated the idea of building a twin rail Tunnel or a combination of both across the 23mile wide Channel by the end of this Reagan compares Nicaragua to soviet Union under Stalin Washington a president Reagan on Mon Day compared Nicaragua to the soviet Union under Joseph stains Iron accusing the sandinista of using a gulag system to forcibly remove people who dont agree with their marxist in remarks to about 160 people of Central american and South american denounced Nicaragua As a soviet puppet and praised the Contra rebels fighting the leftist sandinista As being the Hope for a True democracy in Central in his the president charged that the Sandinia tas have started the forced movement of tens of thou Sands of people from the villages of Jino Tega and Murra to create free fire pattern of forced relocation and they Are using stains tactic of gulag relocation for those who do not support their Reagan How Many times have we seen this Pat Tern of forced relocation repeated in the in in Cuba and elsewhere gulag describes the system of prison Camps Strung across the soviet Union that were used extensively under soviet Premier from who consolidated his Power by a series of purges that liquidated prominent party leaders and military several weeks the nicaraguan government began a program of moving peasants from Remote explaining that it is unable to protect them from being caught up in combat near the honduran the government says it is relocating the civilian population to minimize saying they cant be de fended adequately against Contra in military and the South vietnamese operated a strategic Hamlet program to move peas ants from the Countryside into villages to defend the peasants and prevent guerrilla in his Reagan read out a list of complaints against the he accused them of crushing personal attacking the nearly wiping out the miskito Indian executing suspected Dis driving leading democrats into exile and forcing Young boys to join the Reagan said the United states once tried to be a Friend of and supported the fight for democracy against the late nicaraguan president Anastasio and were on the Side of democracy Reagan but he said the sandinista spurned the Effort and chose instead to embrace the marxist policies espoused by the soviet terming nicaraguan leaders the eager puppets of the soviet Union and Reagan said the soviet Union has a plan to turn Central America into a Beach head of soviet aggression that could spread terror and instability North and he said the soviet plan Aims to disrupt our vital sea cripple our ability to carry out our commitments to our european allies and Send tens of millions of Refu gees streaming in a human tidal wave across All our asserting in the last five the soviets have provided More military assistance to Cuba and Nicara Gua alone than the United states has provided to All of latin Reagan said it is vital for the United states to stand up against the soviet design to crush the self determination of free Reagan told his listeners that their dream of a demo economically thriving Central America could quickly become a Nightmare if we dont stand behind the Brave men who Are putting their lives on the line to Battle the sandinista in while we were bending Over backward to be Friendly and the sandinista were already conspiring to bring communist revolution to All of Central Reagan after taking the sandinista set up close links with not Only with the soviet Union and Cuba but also East Vietnam and North the Radical states of Iran and Libya also have established military ties with the sandinista in a new Nicara Gua which also harbours members of the red the Eta and other terrorist the group Reagan addressed was identified by the White House As a delegation of private sector leaders from Central America and South As Well As cuban exiles living in the United it was organized by Carlos a cuban exile who Heads a group called concerned citizens for Safe engineers using new runway repair system Bidav Odiehl Bureau Raf England engineers Here have been using some of the first of the air forces newest Materi als and techniques that would be used to repair wartime Airfield bomb Safe officials say the new Concrete measuring 2 meters and weighing will Speed up Crater damage repairs to airfields and will be easier on aircraft travelling on they say the new called advanced rapid runway repair techniques Arrit More productive and up to four times faster than the which uses aluminium another Benefit of the slabs Over the aluminium matting is that they can be used in temporary construction projects on bases with no significant effect on Readi the slabs Are about on eighth the Cost of the aluminium which is never used in air Force Dean Alcon Burys civil engineering who took part in the Safe development of the new said the Arrit will be combined in wartime with the aluminium he said the Concrete easier and faster to put in will be used to repair damage to main runways be cause it provides a smoother the aluminium Mats will be used on taxiways and places where aircraft will not travel As he said the which Are Laid Over the sit about inches above the Normal surface and created bumps and caused structural damage to heavily Laden the Concrete slabs Are Laid so they Are even with the surface of the eliminating the bumps or Well use the Concrete slabs where we need a High Quality Bartel and Well use a simplified matting technique on Bartel said the new method uses fewer people but More equipment for laying the a spokesman for Safe said that the Arrit will allow Crews to repair six run Way craters and six taxiway craters in the time it took to repair three craters with the aluminium who purchased More than of the blocks for the six bases that will use said increased capability is the most important aspect of the new re pair were going to do four times As much he he said another important Factor in the new technique is that it allows repair work to be done in All types of the aluminium matting technique is limited in heavy Rains or air Force officials say since the new method cuts repair time by up to 40 it will double the number of Fly ing missions because of the time the rapid runway repair Crews at air Force bases in Europe Are made up of civil engineers and aug enters from among the Wing commander Larry Foley has already used the new slabs to keep his flying operation running he said that construction at Alconbury has altered the aircraft ground traffic pattern by blocking one of the the 819th civil engr from Raf used the slabs to build an Access Way that will eliminate up to 2vi Miles of extra taxiing for the rf4 and aircraft Poky said he has plans to use More of the slabs for addition is taxiways to be Able to go ahead with a photo for by staff Steve scholar fewer less time Are needed to repair airfields with the new planned six month deployment of 40 Royal air Force Canberra bombers from nearby Raf Wyto while construction con the air began studying the tech Nique at Ramstein in the use of the Concrete slabs originated in officials the slabs Are produced under a nato Standard and therefore can be used among the the slabs Are expected to be used by the air Force at least until when the air Force is expected to have developed a fastest polymer Concrete system for re Safe officials say each of the 13 bases that will be using the new Arrit will have them by december the Only other base now using the Arrit in Europe is the other bases that will be using the new method Are Sera Bach and we Bruecken air bases in Germany Aye Ano Italy and Raf Raf Raf Raf upper Heyford and Raf Woodbridge in the United