European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                July 1985 the stars and stripes Page 5 car returned to Mother los Angeles a a 9 year old boy who was asleep in his mothers car when it was stolen Early sunday was found Safe eight hours police received an Anonymous tip that led them to the car and Marcus Barbee was reunited with his at a police station after being found about a mile from where the car was said sheriffs Janet Mary Barbee had driven a relative Home Early leaving the child in the seat As she escorted the relative to the someone jumped into the car and sped Williams said the department had no she said that the child slept through most of the incident and Only recalls someone getting into the car and driving services reducing number of Security clearances 10 Washington a the armed forces Are reporting no problems hitting the target of reducing Security clearances 10 percent in the Battle against but some officials say deeper cuts might require Tough changes in the pentagons document classification with million americans allowed a Cess to military you just know there Are a lot of people with clearances that can be withdrawn without causing any said a High ranking Pentagon we All acknowledge that too Many of these clearances have been but were going to reach a Point where you slow the flow of work if you carry this too far youre fighting a Well entrenched said the he spoke on condition he not be theres already some talk about the need to change a few said a Navy officer who also requested for right now our ship moves Are classified so youve got to have that its going to be mighty hard to keep cutting clearances if information like that is the 10 percent targets were set after the arrest of former Navy warrant officer John Walker and three other men on charges of passing military secrets to the soviet each held at least a secret clearance while in the but Only one of the four had Ever been re investigated to maintain his clearance a process that is supposed to occur every five the aim of reducing the number of uni formed and civilian personnel with Clear ances is to Cut potential sources for espionage and free investigators to perform More thorough and timely background the army and air Force were told by de sense Secretary Caspar Weinberger to have a minimum 10 percent reduction by Navy Secretary John Lehman demanded a 10 percent Cut within his service Nixon says he considered using nukes new York up former president Nixon said in an interview that he considered using nuclear weapons four times during his including a massive escalation to end the Vietnam in the interview on nuclear diplomacy to Mark the 40th anniversary of the bombing of Nixon told time Magazine he believes the world is safer now than in and the bomb made us the United states a world president from 1969 to 1974 and vice president from 1953 to also called the former soviet Leader Nikita Khrushchev the most Brilliant world Leader i have Ever one of his top priorities upon taking of Nixon was bringing an end to the Vietnam War while seeking improved relations with the one of the options was the nuclear of in other massive escalation either bombing the dikes or the nuclear of Nixon he said he rejected both a nuclear attack and a bombing of the dikes in North Viet where he estimated a million people would have because the targets involved were not military he also said conventional weapons could have accomplished the same military objectives As nuclear he said massive escalation would destroy any chances for moving Forward with the soviets and Nixon Nixon said he also considered nuclear weapons when the soviets threatened to intervene in the Middle East during the 1973 Ara israeli War and that it was his Deci Sion to order nuclear forces on theres been a lot of second guessing that it was someone it was Nixon the third consideration of nuclear options came during an intensification of the soviet chinese Border Nixon said the United states indicated to Moscow it would not tolerate a move to destroy chivas nuclear Nixon during the 1971 India Pakistan the United states was concerned that China might intervene on the Side of triggering a soviet intervention for there was no question what we would have Nixon without elaborate immediately and Progress reports from every Navy command by july me set a final goal of a 50 percent speaking for the Phil Soucy we Haven heard of any special problems so we do not anticipate any problems in meeting the said Jim Obrien of the air Steve a Navy said although the data is not completely As the indications Are that this initial reduction will exceed the 10 percent a Navy speaking on condition he not be said that other goals in lehmans directive have not been simple Lehman for that More lie Detector tests be administered and that briefcases carried by Navy person Nel be searched at those things Are still hanging fire awaiting implementing the officer its not easy to change All this Patrick said he doubted the Navy could Engineer a 50 per cent Cut in the near no one would be happier than myself to be proven wrong on said vice chairman of the Senate intelligence com but youre going to have to redo our whole system of classifying material before youre going to get anywhere close to Ive seen a photograph from time mag Azine marked top i dont want to discourage the Navy from said Britt the pentagons director of Security but its hard to see How there could be that Many people in the Navy that have clearances that dont need there be other ways to achieve major said William who chairs a subcommittee that recommended a 50 percent reduction in since Many of those holding clearances need to see classified material very you could set up special procedures for he Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today july 1945 lbs reported it had Learned from very responsible officials in Washington that the big three would Issue a statement within the next few Days outlining their surrender terms to 30 years ago today july 1955 in president Eisenhower followed up his dramatic disarmament proposal with an Appeal to Russia to tear Down the Iron curtain and permit free Contact with the 20 years ago today july 1965 the soviet government in Moscow said that a Western organization has recruited russian citizens As agents for an underground organization that engages in espionage and 70 years ago today july 1975 political unrest in Spain continued As mobs attacked local communist party Headquarters and the party militants in at least eight different towns within the last 24 75 campers rescued after flood Capitol reef National Utah a about 75 campers stranded for More than 24 hours after a Flash flood knocked out a Bridge were helped safely across a makeshift crossing made of Utility officials the temporary Bridge Over the Fremont River in the Southern part of Capitol reef National Park was completed about said Utah Highway patrol spokeswoman Barbara the who had been stranded since water rushed through after heavy Rains left soon she one Way ticket a photo two fugitives leave a bus with undercover agents after boarding what they thought would be a free bus trip to Atlantic instead they went to a Manhattan jail saturday As part of a ruse by Federal and local Law enforcement undercover agents operating the phony tour bus arrested 21 fugitives who responded to flyers saying they had won the trip and the notifications were sent to about