European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 17, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 tanks Battle desert heat in Nevada exercise Las a tanks rumbled across the Nevada and California desert in 110degree heat in a scene reminiscent of George patrons training in the Early Days of world War we have to continually rotate said Bob otherwise wed Cook the poor Guy be cause of the Only one of the three crewmen aboard each tank remained completely inside at a the Nevada National guard carried out the exercise Friday on the 130 Miles of desert from Las vegas to fort its reported to be the biggest such exercise since army desert strike ii operations began at the Cali fornia base 35 years no one has tried a March this far across the desert since Patton conducted exercises in the area in the Early said Connie a Public affairs spokeswoman with the 6th army in san the 620 Nevada National guard members who made the desert crossing in armoured personnel jeeps and other were scheduled to join California guardsmen sunday for two weeks of mock desert Battles at fort they will then retrace their desert route to go the Convoy included 43 m48a5 main Battle the Model named after the 54ton patrons entered service in but the tanks used in the exercises have been rebuilt and Given modern electronic Jackson the tanks Are valued at about million he Clouds of dust Rose hundreds of feet in the air As the Convoy rolled across the arid desert and through Mountain its 150 degrees inside those said tank com Mander Michael mopping his brow As he stood in the relatively Cool 110degree desert that steel just traps the heat a Las vegas police said he had been dreading the desert which took nine months of planning and the cooperation of five state and Federal so far it Hast been too he said during a mid morning breather at Roach five Miles from the California state Ashley who is City manager of Las said the tanks had never before been tested under such extreme guardsmen participating in the two week exercise were told to drink a quart of water an hour during the trip across the last year in where the Weathers not near As we had 80 men drop the sixth said the guardsmen Are expected to cover about 400 Miles to and from fort Irwin and during exercises Jackson said that is about As Long As any exercise led by but does not involve As Many men and machines As tie general Smith said the desert exercise could prove invaluable to the youll be Able to Tell the breakdown rate of the equip ment and How the men handle the heat and the Long she you can simulate All you but its hard to simulate the real French windsurfers Thierry Caroni and Frederic Beauchene head out of new York on the wings of the wind a photo Harbor saturday Manning the sails of their adventurers Hope to make the first wind 22foot Craft Salle Des the two surfer crossing of the vandals paint Swastika on asters door los Angeles a a Swastika and the kill were Spray painted on the front door of de asters but the actor was out of town at the police several hours after the late Friday Inci a Man claiming to represent the National socialistic liberation front called the associated press in los saying the group was no suspects police Fred Rembold said there were no Asner is president of the screen actors Mike asters said he was de Asner is probably one of the most compassionate people in the world and also one of the most Misander Asner was in Friday night and where he spoke to a National convention of the american civil liberties the actor has been vocal for a number of Liberal political recently he has promoted an Effort to support food self sufficiency in Buchanan blasts Cuomo As lobbyist new York a Patrick White House director of has accused Mario Cuomo of being a fast talking lobbyist for a reactionary in a letter sent to the new York Buchanan said the democratic governor had surpassed his Normal level of nastiness and falsifications in responding to com ments Buchanan made in favor of president reagans tax Reform Mario Csomos incessant invocations of the the the almost invariably turn up As preambles to budget requests that would augment the Power of his own political class the welfare said he was a spokesman for conserva Tive causes before becoming communications director Early this so we have the distinction Between a presi Dent who wishes to lower tax rates and the fast talking lobbyist for a reactionary liberalism that would kill tax Reform in its rather than surrender a cherished special in Terest exemption that benefits mostly the Buchanan according to the account of his letter appearing in sunday editions of the Bryan a Cuomo press said he believed some Reagan administration officials hoped to discredit Cuomo because he is a Lead ing spokesman against the plans elimination of deductibility of state and local Cuomo had travelled to the san Francisco area for two fundraisers and two one saturday night at the George Moscone scholarship dinner at Hastings College of Law and another sunday at graduation Cere monies at Stanford on june Cuomo accused Buchanan of making stunningly irresponsible remarks in defense of the Reagan tax including one in which he said Buchanan suggested a traditional family was one with a working husband and a wife taking care of the Cuomo seemed most irritated at what he said was Buchanan implication that High tax such As new took a Neo social is i never anticipated much in the Way of decency or accuracy from the commentaries of Mario Buchanan the level of nastiness and the number of falsifications in his press conference of saturday a week ago exceeded his Normal Buchanan declined to say whether Reagan had seen the sheriff begins operation cover up on Florida Beach up opera Tion cover up is under Way at a Beach near the Kennedy space Center following a couple of hot weekends that brought out More than 600 in a get Tough Brevard county authorities Are warning nudists to get effective no nudes were to be Al Lowed at the canaveral National a National Park North of the shuttle launch its All part of sheriff Jake Millers operation cover Miller announced ear Lier in the year the states nudity Laws would not be enforced at play Linda but the sheriff changed his mind when the hot weather came and so did the the crackdown began when Bre Vard county deputies found four they politely got the warning policy continued Friday when six deputies found two the Beach population was limited both Days by occasional the Park was closed Friday night for mondays launch of the space Miller says his deputies will Start issuing citations Miller said no one will be arrested unless they refuse to sign the citations when they Are the Beach is located on Federal and there is no Federal Law against but state Laws also and Miller says they will be spokeswoman Maude Laplante of the sheriffs office said the sheriff believes he has Given sufficient Laplante did not say How Long deputies would remain at the Park on but said there is not enough manpower Avail Able to patrol it All she said the objective is not to arrest but to eliminate nudity on the