European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes april 1036 big nicaraguan military buildup described Washington up the Nicara Guan government increased its Active duty military ranks by on third and imported tons of soviet bloc War equipment last a report issued by the state and defense departments Nicaragua now has the largest military Force in Central the result of a buildup that would have been impossible without massive assistance from Moscow and the report the the sandinista military was released Friday at what would have been a crucial time in the administrations fight for congressional approval of million in military Aid for anti sandinista had the Effort not it follows the conclusions of numerous previous administration reports and charges that the reason for the buildup is to allow the sandinista to intimidate their neigh Bors and suppress democratic since the release of the administrations previous report on Nicaragua military buildup in the sandinista arms buildup has the report Between mid1984 and Early the Active duty Force grew nearly 30 from to More than and the tank and armoured personnel Carrier inventory increased from 240 to More than it the report adds that the addition of a soviet built radar defense system and acquisition of attack helicopters of the Type the soviets Are using in Afghanistan have further increased the military capability of the the soviet bloc delivered tons of military equipment to Nicaragua in part of a steady increase since the report the report says Nicaragua had armed forces members per people in compared to Al Salvador with Guatemala with and Honduras with the buildup demonstrates that the Sand nistas have been intent on building the largest armed forces in Central america1 Ever since the sandinista National liberation front ousted president Anastasio so Moza in july it the flow of arms into Nicaragua since 1979 has provided the sandinista with the largest military Force in the the report this unilateral buildup has been totally out of proportion to the capabilities of Nicaragua copters from Page 1 Tevere As a the decision was made to ground the Fleet pending safety according to initial reports Given to the army by witnesses to thursdays the helicopter was preparing to descend for a Landing when it suddenly pitched downward and lost its Tail sending the main fuselage to the where it exploded into the air Force and Navy also Fly variants of the Black but own a much smaller number of the the Navy has Only about while the air Force has Only the Navy said Friday it had not grounded its but the air Force said it was removing its 10 helicopters from service because of the army in announcing the grounding of its the army also released the identities of the Vic Tims in thursdays the victims were chief warrant officer buddy of chief warrant officer Roy of and Bobby a 54yearold civilian instructor Pilot from the army has said human error has caused 14 of the 22 Classa Black Hawk accidents that have occurred since the helicopters but said that represents the Only identifiable common thursdays besides being the sixth involving a Black Hawk this pushed an already unusually High army aviation Accident rate for 1985 even the prime contractor for the Black Hawk is the Sikorsky division of the United technologies phone Calls to the Divi Sions offices in went unanswered late Friday drugs from Page 1 Caterpillar from Page 1 negotiations and the threat of a trademark infringement Caterpillar paid for Caterpillar but declined to take Over its assets a couple of pet store in said he Ven tured into the uncharted Waters of corporate mirth because caterpillars attitude and image is too he said he wrote the Peoria based trac Tor and construction equipment maker and promised there would be no saying Caterpillar Sells Caterpillar his gag didst play in Caterpillar responded with the threat of an infringe ment i take 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consummated a week is Caterpillar As Zinman alleged we Are not going to comment on said Richard a spokesman for caterpillars trademarks Stober did have a comment on the Rater pillar though its an trivial he it deserves no further attention or time on our and we Are not going to make any further Kohl from Page 1 All Over Europe had been invited and sever Al members of the israeli Knesset parliament also were the Chancellor was expected to talk about German shame for the nazi Holo in which an estimated 6 million jews lost their but Kohl has taken Pride in calling him self the first Chancellor of a postwar Ger Man generation not responsible for the nazis murderous Kohl was 15 years old when world War ii Kohl offended jewish leaders earlier this year when he said that May the Date of nazi Germany marked the Day when the German people also Learned what horrors had been committed in their the Chancellor indicated that most Ger mans did not know about the death those attending sundays ceremony also were to hear speeches by German jewish leaders and Lola a Bergen Belsen she was expected to describe the horrors of the Camp historians at least people British soldiers said the Camp was an inferno when they Liber ated the Camp area bears virtually no vestiges of its the Camps Barracks were burned to the ground by the British in 1945 in an attempt to prevent a typhus epidemic from the former concentration Camp is now a Large circular Park surrounded by fir pedestrian walkways Lead visitors past 14 mass which Are indicated by Stone markers and overgrown with a Stone Monument at one end of the Park Points to the sky in front of a Large Wall filled with memorial inscriptions in 14 German Security police combed the Ber Gen Belsen Camp site but they said they expected no demonstrations from Germany tiny Neo nazi meeting in february Between vice presi Dent George Bush and bahamian the Bahamas and other islands in the Caribbean have been used As staging areas for drug smugglers coming from Colombia and permanent Secretary of the ministry of National Security in the said it was mutually agreed to move against the Bush called the Effort an unprecedented operation to Seal off the Florida coast to and its the Effort involved 26 agencies of both More than 85 Law enforce ment Over 30 a half dozen radar facilities and More than 775 the operation first came to Light last weekend when tourists returning from by 50 Miles East of told of Harbor raids by coast guard and bahamian de sense Force witnesses said military personnel boarded and searched american and Baha Mian vessels anchored at they pulled the patrol boats inside of Bimini Harbor and searched every Ameri can tourist said Keith a University of Miami student who was visit ing they had us open every single Compart every single then they went on land and searched every boat that was tied up to the he British actress Dies England Apac Tress Noele known to a generation of British soap opera fans As the beloved hotel owner Meg Richardson in has died of she was she succumbed after a yearlong fight against the disease and two major stomach temperatures discovery damage probe under Way l h 46 66 64 85 60 76 46 62 65 84 63 83 65 82 40 58 62 82 71 84 67 83 60 84 48 68 Albany Atlanta Atlantic City Boston Chicago Cleveland Dallas Denver Detroit Honolulu Houston Kansas City Las vegas april 19 l h 55 67 70 82 49 84 64 82 65 88 64 85 56 80 62 82 62 85 43 53 33 42 52 60 62 88 los Angeles Miami Minneapolis new Orleans new Vork Orlando Phoenix Philadelphia Pittsburgh Portland Salt Lake City san Francisco Washington Cape a close examination of the discovery shuttle gets under engineers say it will take Sev eral Days to assess the damage sustained and determine whether repairs will affect the billion spaceships next launch in discovery returned to the Kennedy space Center Early Friday after a Milestone we Klong flight that was extended two Days for a dramatic but futile Effort to activate the stranded syncom communications sat related Story on photo on near the end of discovery taxi Down the a Brake and one of two tires on the right main Landing gear blew out in a dramatic burst of Blue smoke and flapping rubber the other three main Landing gear tires were damaged beyond but the major concern entered on the tip of a Wing control Flap that suffered severe heat apparently during the searing Glide Back to chief shuttle Mechanic Kenneth Colley said the most Likely cause of the damage was a Loose heat shield possibly jarred out of place during discovery thundering launch april that allowed tempera Tures of More than degrees to penetrate the Flap discovery tile system suffered More damage than on most shuttle with 123 separate Impact damage caused by particles slamming into the speeding shuttle during but discovery Crew was never in any officials commander Karol Copilot Aid Williams and Crew members Reba Jeffrey David Mcdonnell Douglas Engineer Charles Walker and Jake left the spaceport for Houston about five hours after european weather forecast for sunday partly Cloudy skies in the South with Cloudy skies and widely scattered ral showers in the temperatures will be High tempera Tures Low 40s to Low 50s lows Low to upper Sunset sunday Sunrise monday Outlook for monday mostly Cloudy skies with isolated highs in the Low 40s to lows the Low to upper temperatures recorded saturday 4am 4pm cd f cd 50 68 48 46 so 59 43 64 46 68 so 48 43 46 of Clouds Rran r 4pm 36 66 48 39 48 66 34 68 48 55 so 64 38 63 provided by det 7lh weather tra Bentzar