European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 3, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes april Weinberger Calls Nicholson killing calculated act7 by Norman Black Washington a defense Secretary Caspar in the sharpest attack yet on the soviet Union for the death of a army intelligence said tuesday the shooting was a calculated act that amounts to an expression of soviet Weinberger accepted questions about the March 24 death of Arthur Nicholson during a briefing at which he released a new report on soviet military he likened the shooting to the soviet unions 1983 destruction of an unarmed South korean Airliner and said he  accept the idea it resulted from a single trigger Happy you ask if that is a single act of a Lone and 1 have to i dont think its a single Weinberger there was More than one soviet Soldier i think it exemplifies about As completely As you can the differ ence Between the two systems and the brutality of this As we have All called asked then if he would Call the shooting a calculated act or an expression of rus Sian Weinberger replied i think you have to conclude that that is the Case when you look at the fact that More than one so called trigger Happy sen try was you have to look at the number of soviet soldiers who prevented our sergeant who was with our major from taking any kind of medical who refused to give any medical attention and who have Only expressed regret that the Man and presumably regret that they didst get the asked How the army commander in Germany should Deal with his soviet counterpart when they meet to discuss the Weinberger answered i think he should take the approach of waiting until the soviets make some kind of an apology that verges somewhat More slightly on civilized behaviour than Treyve exhibited thus you have the very similar kind of mentality exhibited by the shooting Down of the korean Weinberger it is is the kind of approach that that you should shoot first and ask some questions noting that soldiers Are under or Ders to avoid the use of Force and to merely escort soviet Liaison officers away from restricted Weinberger concluded you have to contrast that with the be Havior of a country which had its Soldier trained to shoot and then encircle the preventing the sergeant who was with our major from giving any kind of medical Aid let him lie on the ground and bleed to death for 50 was shot near a soviet military installation in East affirmative action plan voided by Federal judge Washington not a Federal District judge monday struck Down an affirmative action plan adopted by the District of Colum Bia fire ruling that it illegally used quotas to Foster the promotion of Blacks and thus violated the rights of judge Charles Richey said his ruling addressed a question never decided by the supreme court whether a governmental unit May voluntarily use racial preferences in employment the hiring quotas adopted by the fire department were minimally the judge under both the Constitution and title v11 of the civil rights act of which prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of sex or National Richey that he was not comfortable with such racially based distinct the promotional aspects of the affirmative action he violated title this part of the he unnecessarily Tram mels the interests of White who developed a legitimate expectation that they could Advance into the supervisory ranks of the fire having found these aspects Richey did not Rule on the Issue of their constitutional the ruling was a partial Victory for the Rea Gan which has opposed All quo tas based on sex or National riches ruling applies Only to the District of but it might be cited by lawyers and judges in other parts of the As a remedy for employment Many cities and states have adopted affirmative action plans that give some Type of preference based on sex or National Many of the plans have been approved by Federal in 46 such cases where it is the Justice department is seeking to Amend court orders to eliminate the prefer Richey firefighters with Long experience have reason to expect whereas applicants generally have no firm expectation that they will be he there was no official determination of past discrimination in the promotion system of the fire but there was a Clear record of discrimination in and some vestiges of the Bias i under the hiring he no Whites will be he with respect to the plan provides for the advancement of Black firefighters Over White firefighters based solely on race rather than the Case has its roots in a ruling More than two years ago by a hearing examiner in the cites office of human rights that a test used in hiring firefighters had an Adverse Impact on an association of Black firefighters sued the department in March asserting that the department had not remedied those Iran from Page 1 presidents National Security explicitly linked Iran to the shiite extremists in Lebanon in a speech in which he said in the right the United states should use Force against governments that sponsor terrorist in july when David act ing president of the american University in a photo april fooled when the associated press transmitted this photograph from West on March the caption material explained that it was an april fools Day but that note was in and the joke went unnoticed in the news the stars and stripes published the photo in yesterdays editions As a straight news saying police have started tandem bicycle patrols in was freed after being held for a it was revealed that he had spent six months of his Captivity in the american warning to Iran was sent when concern mounted in Washington about the safety of the american hostages and of other americans in the new wave of concern began after a caller who said he represented the islamic holy War organization telephoned a West Ern news Agency in Beirut on 16 to say that one of the american hostages had been sentenced to a month an Anonymous caller had said the americans would be put on earlier in Jeremy an american television reporter for Cable news had escaped from shiite custody in the Baalbek some american officials believe that Syria played a role in allowing Levin to but this has not been As it became Clear last month that the United states would veto a Secu Rity Council Resolution condemning israels actions in Southern the United states sent a Carrier task Force into the the Carrier group is believed to be still on station in the in his speech last told the National strategy information a nongovernmental that there is a direct connection Between Iran and shiite moslem in he said there would be a but he want the element of Surprise is an Adan Mcfarlane we must not Relin Quish in due our actions must speak for we and will abstain from forcible action to preempt or respond to terrorist acts where conditions Merit the use of he said the United states has the forces and capabilities to carry out operations against terrorist if we do not use those forces where their use is clearly Mcfarlane we get neither the direct benefits nor the deterrent value of having such forces in the first we need that we cannot proceed in such a Way that terrorist groups or their Spon sors feel they can make free and unopposed use of violence against last Shultz gave three speeches advocating a tougher military response against but there was seeming disagreement within the with defense Secretary Caspar Wein Berger appearing to be More wary of the use of military Mcfarlane said the United states should be prepared to direct a proportional military response against Bona ride military targets in a state which directs terrorist actions against he in making a determination to attack these military targets we need not terrorists Gas wife found dead from Page 1 husband is in custody Germany the wife of a 3rd inf div Soldier was found dead with multiple Stab wounds a Usa eur spokesman a Friend and the Landlady of the victim discovered the body of the woman in her Home in Heidenfeld near Schweinfurt at about the husband of the described As a suspect in the was apprehended sunday near about 8 Miles South of he is in Mili tary police the victims name is being withheld until notification of next of while slipping across the Swiss Border in january was described by the court As a member of the terrorist they both Are among some three dozen red army faction suspects currently imprisoned in solitary confinement in West members of the red army faction still at Large have taken responsibility in recent months for a series of bombing and arson attacks against military and nato installations that unnerved authorities and caused millions of Marks in the bombing supported for a while by a hunger strike by the imprisoned failed to achieve its stated goal of forcing authorities to Accord to the jailed members the status of prisoners of insist on absolute evidence that the targets were used solely to support nor should we need to prove beyond All reason Able doubt that a particular element or individual in that state is responsible for such terrorist As to Mcfarlane there for sufficient evidence that Radical shiite terrorists Are responsive to iranian guidance for us to hold Tehran responsible for such attacks against United states Citi property and temperatures april 1 l h 33 42 32 64 02 12 42 64 43 60 43 63 36 66 42 65 36 67 34 40 33 3b 30 36 58 76 45 54 30 41 37 45 34 37 44 70 33 61 23 39 30 36 1704 25 49 31 42 67 79 53 74 32 43 62 71 28 49 48 77 Albany Albuquerque Anchorage Atlanta Atlantic City Baltimore Billings Birmingham Boise Boston Buffalo Burlington Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Worth Denver Des Molnes Detroit Fairbanks Fargo Hartford Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Kansas City Las vegas l h 42 62 60 93 41 52 43 58 73 81 26 44 39 57 51 70 38 55 49 72 38 58 23 44 64 82 40 61 60 90 32 39 31 35 48 70 50 69 30 72 33 51 67 to 37 62 55 87 53 83 48 62 33 42 43 83 49 65 29 58 Little Rock los Angeles Louisville Memphis 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