European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 10, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes a loser no More Lendl wins open Page 21 n soviets agree to talks on far East Page 2 n Navy seeks views on dress khakis Page 6 d methods of identifying mias  7 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication i vol. 44, no. 145 tuesday september 10, 1985 f daily and 5 undo 0 8693 a rebel military officers stage coup in Thailand Bangkok a rebel military officers seized control of official radio thai land monday morning and announced they had overthrown the elected government. Tank and machine gun fire broke out and Abc news said one of its reporters had been killed. The radio Thailand broadcast said Mili tary units led by a former armed forces supreme commander Gen. Serm Nana Korn. Had moved at 6 . To oust the government of prime minister prom insula Nonda who was on an official visit to Indonesia. It said they had dissolved the Cabinet and parliament and suspended the Constitution. About four hours later intermittent fir ing began at the compound of the first army Region Headquarters in Bangkok. Tanks apparently manned by soldiers supporting the coup opened fire and the sound of machine gun and pistol fire and exploding grenades could be heard. White see coup on Page 28 paper says Sov efs offer % arms Cut Boston a the soviet Union has offered to reduce its strategic missiles and bombers by up to 40 percent Over the next five Yean if the United states bans tests of Star wars weapons during that period the Boston Globe reported sunday. The offer was part of an arms control pact that also included Radical reduction in soviet medium Range missiles and on site inspection an unidentified soviet bloc dip Lomat told the newspaper. The soviets want an agreement in Prin Ciple on the Deal at the Mph Ember Summit Between soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev and president Reagan with details to be negotiated afterwards the Diplomat said. Senior administration official Diplomat s report seemed to  far More detailed description go. Kremlin thinking on an Arun control pact age than they have hero previously the newspaper said. Howler the . Officials reserved  the soviets spell out their promo indirectly. If Hecment in principle were Diplomat told the newspaper soviets would make substantive Prog Russ on such issues As human rights bilateral relations and regional problem areas. The Diplomat said the suggested pact includes a phased reduction of up to 40 per a cent in land and submarine based missiles bid Long Range bombers Over five years. A ban on tests and deployment of the Raga administration s strategic defense initiative also known As Star wars anti missile systems and anti satellite weapons with research permitted. A freeze then a Rollback in the num Ber of medium Range weapons. E on site inspection. . Analysts said talk of a 40 percent Cut in missiles and bombers was higher than Gorbachev s Public reference to a Cut of 25 percent or More but was consistent with recent private soviet hints according to the newspaper. Uplifting experience Mortag i Date pm helps position he allow me Tate sculpted by j. Seward Johnson jr., As it b moved to its permanent Home outside the la offices of Shell Paul Reich & Myera to downtown Philadelphia. The realistic looking statue depots Acup Trout Man holding an umbrella and Hilling a taxi. Dod budget resurfaces As congressional sore Point Washington a the fight Over next year s Pentagon budget which seemed settled weeks ago is Back at the top of the congressional Agenda through the efforts of a group of angry House democrats. Gut cd gutted gutted screamed a letter the angry democrats sent to their colleagues last week. The roup argued in the letter that the pending Compromise rafted by a House Senate Confidence wiped out their efforts at Reform for a sound Basic streamlined de sense the disaffected House members who Are mostly Liberal want a new conference committee to Start Over again on the $302.5 billion military spending Bill. During a series of closed door meetings last week the House democratic leadership agreed to permit a floor vote on the liberals efforts to Cut the defense budget by s10 billion. All 253 House democrats have been invited to a closed door party caucus wednesday morning to discuss the Ris ing anger of some of their colleagues about the proposed Pentagon budget. Recruiting Golf of 1,093 that could be followed As Early As thursday by a vote by the full House to order renewed Senate House Confer ence committee talks on the Pentagon budget which could result in the defense department starting the new fiscal year on oct. 1 without a formal budget. There s a Broad feeling of House members that we be been snookered explained rep. Charles s. Schumer d n.y., one of the most vocal opponents of the $302.5 billion Pentagon budget now on the House floor. Others in the group include reps. Barney Frank d mass. Barbara Boxer a Calif. Marty Russo Dell. Tom Downey . Los Aucoin Dore. And Ronald Del Luis a Calif. The dispute began earlier this summer when the Republican controlled Senate voted for a Bill authorizing the Pentagon to spend $302.5 billion in fiscal 1986. The democratic run House voted for a $292 billion spending plan. A conference committee was called to resolve differences because both Chambers must pass identical Bills. During three weeks of negotiations the House conferees see budget on Page 28 Navy sets its sights on pilots by Norman Black Washington a the Navy in a startling reversal of Fortune has informed its recruiters they must sign up three times As Many Pilot officer candidates in fiscal year 1986 than they did just two years ago. According to officials at the naval recruiting come the service s top officers want to sign up 1,093 Pilot candidates during the year that begins oct. 1 270 More than this year s goal of 823 and More than 750 above the fiscal 1984 goal of 334. The new goal applies to would be pilots recruited beyond the roughly 525 graduates of Reserve officer training corps programs and the . Naval Academy who will elect to enter aviation. The goal Means we be got to put in More hours than there Are in a Day to meet this special need said one officer. What we be got is a Iso degree turnaround the officer continued. In 1983 and 1984, we had Guys standing in line to become pilots. But in fiscal 1985, we see Navy on Page 26