European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 25, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 inside stripes q army action Tor  d Rockin this summer around Magazine q today Dollar buys 23 the Star Sands pipes authorized unofficial publication for the armed forces 8 april 1985 Doh and sunday d 8693 a Dole to Reagan cancel visit to Pitburg cemetery Washington a Senate re publican Leader Robert Dole called on president Reagan wednesday to cancel his planned visit to a German military Ceme Tery in interviewed on the no ctr today Dole said he had made it Clear that i think its a i think they should find another Dole commented after published reports that reagans aides Are seeking a Way to scrap the cemetery visit and that the presi Dent had personally appealed to German Chancellor Helmut Kohl to delete the Stop from next months Dole noted that several led by Howard want to bring to the floor a Resolution formally expressing our concern about the Pitburg i dont think that Dole but i would Hope the president could find some Way to find an alternate site or to cancel the the new York times reported wednes Day that a private message had been been sent to Kohl seeking an alternative to the May 5 visit to the where 47 members of the nazi is Are the planned visit has drawn widespread particularly from american jew ish leaders and veterans the citing unidentified White House said the sent Dur ing the was signed either by National Security adviser Robert Mcfarlane or one of Mcfarlane Reagan was said to be irritated about the the new York daily news that Reagan had weighed in himself with making a direct a peal to cancel the Pitburg Stop in their 20 minute Telephone conversation but the daily news quoted an unidentified administration official As saying Kohl refused to the asked if the presidential re quest had been it was we Kohl wont the Washington Post quoted top Republican political strategists As saying there is a Strong consensus among them that Reagan should abandon plans to Lay a Wreath at that Story reported that the who spoke on condition they not be Ridenti said first lady Nancy Reagan had privately expressed concern about the Ceme Tery visit and indicated she would like to Stem the White House Deputy press Secretary Robert asked for comment on the times and Post theres no change in the schedule and no planning for a Farewell to Lebanon a photo israeli armoured vehicles Are on their Way out of Lebanon after leaving positions in the Bekaan the israelis now occupy a strip 15 Miles wide in the West and 9 Miles in the the forces Are participating in the second stage of israels pull out from in the next they Are expected to leave Nicholson took photos of tank on earlier Western source says Bonn not a Western Intelli gence source said tuesday that the army major who was shot and killed last month by a soviet sentry in East Germany had carried out an earlier spy Mission in which he sneaked into a soviet tank and photographed its the who has intimate knowledge of the operations of the unit to which the major was said in a specially planned operation Arthur Nicholson took advantage of the Drunken revelry of soviet troops on new years eve at a base in East the source said the american officer slipped into tank shed and photographed not their very latest but the Western source said he believes the russians were not aware of the american officers he declined to name the base or the kind of tank a 37yearold Russia speak ing was attached to the 14man american military Liaison Mission based in outside East since members of the Mission have been allowed to roam in the former soviet Ccu pied zone of conducting what amounts to sanctioned under similar British and French teams also tour the East German on the Lookout for soviet and East German Maneu vers and missile the soviet Union has three similar military missions accredited to the erstwhile Ameri French and British sectors of what is now West members of the Western Liaison units Are famed for their risk taking and occasionally dangerous which in East Ger Many have entailed temporary car ramming and scuffles with soviet and East German a year a French Soldier was killed near Halle in East Germany when his car was rammed Headon by a heavy duty East German military vehicle in what some members of the Liaison teams regarded As a thinly disguised after complaints by French military the soviet military was said to have promised to pre vent similar according to Western although both the soviet and North at lactic treaty organization commands de Clare certain areas of limits for members see Nicholson on Page 24 legislation takes aim at Gray Market on import cars by Bob Hoyer staff writer legislation that could bring a halt to the import of Gray Market foreign cars by late summer is under consideration in both houses of much to the Surprise of the foreign car a Bill that would ban the direct import of foreign specification cars that must be converted to air pollution and safety standards was introduced in the Senate last hearings on a House Resolution containing a similar ban Are scheduled to begin both pieces of legislation would eliminate the individual import and conversion of foreign specification cars a provision that would prevent members of the Mili tary from future imports of such under current Law it is Legal for individuals to import foreign specification cars under pending certification of air pollution standards by the environmental Protection Agency and certification of safety standards by the department of during the past four demands of the Gray mar Ket have fostered a conversion Industry of modification firms in the United states and now that Industry is being jeopardized by the pending in an official at the automobile importers compliance association said a vote on the Senate Bill could come As Early As if passed by both houses and signed by the we could see a ban on such imports by August or sep said Joseph director of operations for which represents More than 350 car conver Sion this is the most serious threat yet to the conversion if either of these Bills pass in their present the Gray Market would be Normandy that would mean that businessmen and tourists could not bring Back a foreign specification Mercedes Benz has mounted a Campaign to Stop see legislation on Page 24