European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 13, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                April 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 jets intercept 4 soviet bombers off Alaska Alaska up four soviet bombers were intercepted by air Force jets in International air space off Alaska last officials have the four engine propeller powered Bear bomb were intercepted in pairs several hours apart off the Northwestern coast of Alaska by f15 jets from the Galena air Force lash Sanford of the alaskan air i have no idea Why they were Here or what they were Sanford i dont know Why they decided to come by two of the bears designed to carry Airt surface were within 46 Miles of the Alaska land the other two new bears models configured to carry Long Range cruise missiles came within 115 Miles of officials airspace starts three Miles off the but the air Force routinely scrambles fighters from Galena or King Salmon when unidentified aircraft enter a Buffer zone in International officials whether the soviet planes were armed is not they can carry missiles either internally or no missiles were the soviets Are thought to have 25 of the new capable of carrying asx15 Long Range cruise the defense departments soviet military Power handbook carries an introduction by Secretary of defense Caspar Weinberger citing the bears As one of several recent developments in the soviet nuclear under a chapter titled forces for nuclear the handbook reports that the aging Bear production line was modified last year to turn out the new with the reopening of the Bear production the soviets Are producing a new upgraded variant of the Bear Turboprop thereby increasing their Long Range bomber the handbook newly built Bear h bombers have become the launch platform for the now operational Long Range asx15 air launched cruise mis the Bearg also is a relatively new configuration of the bomber designed to carry supersonic Airt surface as4 officials say there Are six to 12 such intercepts in inter National airspace off Alaska each there have been no violations of airspace since the Early san Ford Sanford said the air Force did not establish any radio Contact with the russian and no explanation was offered for the flights by the Sanford said the air Force checks on planes coming near airspace merely to identify aircraft we dont the fighter bases at Galena and King Salmon Are the closest on soil the military has to the soviet escape from detention Center a photo two teenagers flee Over the Fence of a youth detention Center in while a program director attempts to Stop their a family court judge was conducting a tour of the facility while they made their Baker and Meese of run White House staff Santa not president Reagan has announced a major staff reorganization that affirms Donald regans Primacy As White House chief of staff and Grants powerful roles to two key advisers from his first under the James Baker and Edwin Meese will supervise virtually All aspects of Domestic and eco nomic policy through two new the move would eliminate seven Cabinet each headed by a different Secre in its policy matters involving those officials and other White House aides will flow through the new councils to the Cabinet councils to be dropped Deal with Commerce and economic food and human Legal management and administration and natural resources and the Environ in the senior inter Agency group on International economic policy would be the other Cabinet members were said by the White House to be pleased with the Regan will be first among but the attorney and the Treasury will coordinate the development of Domestic and economic polic by other Cabinet Meese and with Michael Deal were the original big three who came to the White House with Reagan in Baker will oversee a new Cabine level group on National and International eco nomic the group will advise the president and coordinate Meese will head a similar Council to advise Reagan on Domestic and social polic and develop such policies in a More comprehensive and integrated the White House the two new councils Are to be composed of other Cabinet members and administration policy issues developed by the councils would go to Regan and then to the Florida county will Spray to thwart me Fly invasion a North Eastern Dade quarantined because authorities believe a Mediterranean fruit Fly infestation is getting started out will be sprayed with the pesticide malathion beginning two male me flies were discovered in a Ca Lamondin a miniature Citrus about two Miles Southeast of opa Locka air port near agriculture officials a 90day quarantine was imposed on a 110squaremile area of Dade ban Ning any fruit shipments out of the the agriculture department we believe a population is getting started out said Linda spokeswoman for the state division of Plant Industry in they Are prolific a female a Edify was discovered in North Miami on prompting an intense trapping females can Lay 80c eggs a Perry this latest find signals that an infestation docs exist in said state agriculture commissioner Doyle we had hoped that female me Fly found last february was a Lone but apparently a population of this sup rest is trying to get Asylum seekers double Berlin up1 the number of people seeking Asylum in West Berlin the first three months of this year More than com pared to the same period last rising fron to the City fire department stands by As stores go up in smoke up a Volunteer fire department stood by for the second time in two months As fire destroyed the property of residents who had not paid an annual membership fire destroyed two furniture stores about 15 Miles South of Little Rock wednesday night As the Salem Volunteer fire depart ment in february the firefighters watched a private residence Burn to the fire chief Ronnie Courtney offered no apologies for the departments policy of re fusing to Battle fires at buildings whose owners have not paid membership dues of a he also said he discouraged fire depart ments from neighbouring communities from intervening wednesday Courtney said the Blaze began about and burned for about Courtney said the owner of the buildings lived at Benton and had let his membership lapse last firefighters from the Benton fire department arrived with a pump truck at the request of the Saline county sheriffs of but Courtney said they were asked to stay out of the i talked to the chief and explained the Courtney 1 told them what the renters had told and he immediately shut his Hose line off and went Back to Ben Benton fire chief Dewell Anderson said Courtney told his men to Back but didst press the we did squirt some water on the build Anderson they did ask us not As far As them not letting us in or they didst try to Stop us from coming they said they Felt like it was tearing Down everything that the depart ment was trying to build a unit from nearby Bryant was told to stay As was a Volunteer department from the Collegeville Anderson said he could see salems Point because membership dues rep resented the Only Way they have to oper but i dont feel like they should inter Fere with any other