European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 16, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Of inside striped q Reagan Calls tariffs threat to Farmers Page 2 q College football results sports Section q earthquake disaster Drill smooth As silk Page 28 the authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 44, no. 151 monday september 16. 1985 ise doily Ond sunday d 8693 a Weinberger says soviets held . Observer in East Germany Washington a defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger denouncing the soviets for failing to control their troops said sunday a . Military observer in East Germany was detained at gunpoint it nine hours after his truck was deliberate.,/ bumped. Weinberger said the incident which happened a few Days ago involved a Soldier in the same unit As maj. Arthur Nichol son a us. Army officer killed by a soviet bloc Soldier earlier this year. The defense Secretary said a protest has been lodged with the soviets and we Hope that ultimately they will do what they say they arc going to do and that is discipline their troops and control their we have had promises by the soviets that they would Tell their people not to use Force Weinberger said. Either they re not keeping their promises or they arc very poorly disciplined. The soviets bumped his truck deliberately where we were supposed to be and doing what we were permitted to do under a treaty that is some 40 years old Wein Berger said on the lbs television program face the it is the third or fourth incident of this kind Weinberger said. When he at tempted to get out and Fin the truck they pushed him Back into the truck and held him at gunpoint and detained him for roughly nine hours and generally behaved in the same Way in which they did when maj. Nicholson was killed and murdered. It s a continuing series of did not give further details of the incident or identify the Soldier member of the . Military Liaison Mission in East Germany. Under a .-Soviel pact a limited num Ber of american soldiers arc permitted to travel in East Germany in return for similar rights by soviet soldiers in West Germany. Most of the work of the missions is to report on military activities on each Side of the Border. Since the shooting of Nicholson outside a base near Potsdam East Germany on March 24, the United states has held a series of meetings with the soviets to com Plain of harassment against members of the . Missions. Asked Why the incident had not been announced by the United states at the time it happened Weinberger said we re try ing our Best to gel the conditions corrected. We re not interested in publicity. We Hope that ultimately they will do what they say they arc going to miss Swipp an wins miss America Crown Atlantic City . A miss Mississippi Susan Akin was crowned miss America 1986 on saturday fulfilling computer prediction that she would win the title. The first runner up was miss South car Olina Sherry Annette Thrift 23, of West Minster. The second runner up was miss Texas Jonna Fitzgerald 21, of Greenville. The third runner up was miss Washington Honey Castro 19, of Moses Lake. The fourth runner up was miss Alabama an Gela Tower 25, of Birmingham. Wearing a lace gown accented with rhinestones and Crystal drops and topped with White Fox the 21-year-old Akin from Meridian cried and blew kisses to the crowd after her name was announced be fore a National television audience and a crowd of 21,300 at convention Hall. Akin was crowned by miss America Sharlene Wells 21, of Salt Lake City. She took her Victory stroll Down the runway Ashorst Gary Collins Sang there she is a pageant hallmark missing for the past three Yean because of a dispute with its composer Over Money. The other finalists were miss Indiana Laurie Jean Broderick 21, of Elkhart miss Kentucky Laurie Janine Keller 21, of Nippa miss Michigan Alecia Rae Masai Koski 23, of Muskegon miss new Mexico Valerie Joy Faber 26, of Hobbs and miss Ohio sue Ellen Cochran 21, of Heath. Susan Akin gets her Crown with help from her predecessor Sharlene Wells. George Miller a retired business professor now living in Bill Vuc wash., said ear Lier this month thai based on his computer analysis Akin had the Best Chance of be coming the fourth woman from Mississippi to become miss America. Miller assigned Odds to All 51 contestants by feeding into his computer their Persona statistics and then comparing them to a composite of the winners from the past 20 years. Akin a senior at the University of Mississippi has said that word of m Iller s Selec Tion thrilled her because she has wanted to be miss America since childhood. One of the judges said she told the judges in her interview that she thought the 7-1 Odds As signed her by Miller also put her at a disadvantage. The Winner who has Hud voice training for 10 years Sang an italian love song you re my in the Talent Competition. She wore a Lilac one shouldered gown with a flowing skirt that was covered with glitter. She said she used to perform magic trick sin Talent Competition for local and state pageants but decided the Small portion of time allotted contestants did not permit her to wow the audience or the judges. In the swimsuit Competition the 5-Fooi-9, 114-Pound Akin wore a while outfit. Earlier last week she captured a preliminary swim see miss on Page 28 7 South african districts report unrest Johannesburg. South Africa a police in a vehicle besieged by a crowd in a township opened fire with shotguns and wounded three people police said sunday. More Black unrest was reported in seven districts including in a White town. Several newspapers meanwhile praised Friday s meeting Between lop businessmen and exiled guerrilla leaders which has provoked the Wrath of the White government. And after a week in which the harassed government announced two reforms of apartheid English language newspapers berated president . Botha for not act ing sooner and possibly heading off limited unctions announced by the United states last week. Unnecessarily late. Groping if a moment of great National woe said the Sun Day Tribune of the government s stated in Tention to restore Vole less citizenship to Blacks from nominally Independent tribal homelands and scrap Laws aimed at keeping Blacks out of White South Africa. In unrest police were besieged saturday night in East London s Duncan Village Black township by youths who forced Theira Mored vehicle to a standstill and tried to steal gasoline police Headquarters in Preto Ria reported. The township where police have shot to death at least 32 Blacks in the last month is among the most turbulent in the country. Seven Blacks were arrested in outbreaks of stoning or arson in Black districts in the Eastern Cape and around Cape town. Port Elizabeth. Durban and the capital. Preto Ria a police communique said. In Riversdale. A White town 160 mile cast of Cape town police dispersed a crowd of Blacks gathered illegally the communique said without elaboration. It was at least the fourth time unrest by Blacks and people of mixed race which has been confined largely to their Segre gated areas through 13 months of anti apartheid rioting has spread to a while District in Cape province. The sunday Tribune said businessmen led by Gavin relly. Chief of South Africa s giant Anglo american mining conglomerate did this country a service by meeting Oliver Tambo Leader of the outlawed Afri can National Congress. It is the main guerrilla movement fighting to topple the government. We have no doubt that or. Tambo will have been Frank chillingly Frank. That is what talking is about the Tribune said. Johannesburg s sunday times whose editor Tertius Myburgh attended the meeting in a Remote game Park in Zambia said there were no deals no agreements sex see s. Africa on Page 28
