European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 28, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes Balearic Menorca Majorca see stripes Magazine n Hijacker surrenders in 2 d Walters will accept Post at 5 Hup names Mullin player off 17 q today Dollar buys 23 Wandaj Lopes the authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces 343 March 1985 Doh q 8693 a my clears 3rd hurdle funding vote coming up Washington a with three votes Down and one to House speaker Thomas Oneill says the last Hope of stopping further spending for the my mis Sile is to convince conservative democrats that it bears too High a that the Only argument weve got out Oneill said after a slender 219213 House vote tuesday to authorize Bil lion to build 21 my a second House on whether to actually appropriate the my was expected wednesday or were going to try and switch it the Massachusetts Democrat it comes Down to the fact that a lot of conservatives in my party will have to look at the Price other democrats called the vote the highwater Mark for the missile they predicted even if the House votes to appropriate the future administration requests for the my will be and president Reagan will never get the Fleet of 100 my missiles he Reagan hailed the House action As a vote for for a safer future and for Success at the arms control negotiations see my on Page 24 fiery protest allies Back Star wars Luxembourg up nato allies wednesday declared their support for president reagans strategic defense initiative ski and welcomed a invitation to participate in the research program to build an anti missile shield in we support the research program into these tech the aim of which is to enhance stability and deterrence at reduced Levels of offensive nuclear nato defense ministers said in a communique following a today meeting of the alliances 14member nuclear planning this research is in natos Security interest and should they the communique added we Welcome the invitation for allies to consider participation in the research Secretary of defense Caspar Weinberger tuesday invited the nuclear planning group member plus Australia and to reply within 60 Days if they were interested in participating in ski and to identify the specific areas of expertise which they could contribute to the the defense ministers said the ski popularly known a photo As Star wars is prudent in the Light of soviet efforts an unidentified Man who set himself on fire tries to enter the grounds of the South korean embassy in wednesday in a protest of Korea decision to return to China the crewmen of a torpedo boat that strayed into korean Waters Over the six arc members were killed in what is believed to have been a Mutiny the who said he was a retired is in serious condition at a Taipei to develop strategic defense Weinberger assured the allies in return for their the United states would examine Means of defending against the Shorter Range missiles that Are of most concern to the As Well As the inter Conti see allies on Page 24 reportedly was in area formerly Oit limits Washington a the army major shot by a soviet sentry in East Germany was taking photographs of Mili tary equipment in an area that had at one time been of limits to american senior state department and Pentagon officials said the officials the restriction was lifted and they reiterated the american Contention that there was no justification for the slaying of the unarmed Arthur Nicholson we feel the use of deadly Force is totally out of keeping with the the department official told they Are not in a position to defend he they do not carry the soviet Union on tuesday called the shooting regrettable but said Nicholson had been spotted by a sentry while taking photographs through the window of a Stor Berlin a memorial fund has been set up by the military Liaison at the request of the widow of Arthur Nicholson the army linguist who was shot by a soviet sentry in East the fund was requested in lieu of according to staff Lawrence a spokesman at the will Taipei for the Potsdam the official residence of chief of East the Money will be used for an appropriate memorial in Potsdam per Nicholson he the fund was started with about in donations from the according to see fund on Page 24 age building on a restricted soviet military the officials rejected the which was transmitted by the soviet news As designed to justify the killing of according to the the area had been restricted temporarily by the possibly for military the Pentagon official the Liaison mis Sion in East Germany had been notified in writing that the restriction was he said he did not know if Nicholson opened the window to take the photographs or what was inside the under the rules of the the two officials could not be identified by name or asked if Nicholson had opened a window to take pictures of soviet the official i do not know the officials insisted that Nich Olson was not engaged in spying or in a restricted As the soviets have the United states is considering some form of diplomatic retaliation against the soviet Union for the shooting the see major on Page 24
