European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 19, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes climbing the dolomites see stripes Magazine q Randy Barnett s car Corner Page 13 o twins release Pitcher Howe Page 17 g today s Dollar buys 2.89 Marks Page 23 the stars and stripes vol. 44, no. 154 thursday september 19, 1985 do., 0j t q 8693 a Beirut kidnappers free presbyterian missionary Concord . A the Rev. Benjamin Weir who was kidnapped in Leb anon 16 months ago is Back in America Safe with his family president Reagan announced wednesday. Weir 61, a presbyterian missionary was kidnapped in Beirut on May 8, 1984. The White House held out the Prospect that six other americans held captive might also be released but spokesman Edward Djerejian said wednesday that it became apparent late tuesday that no More re leases were  Weir was released to . Authorities in Beirut on saturday the spokesman said without offering any specifics. The president said he will not be satisfied or cease our efforts until All the hos tages the other six. Are  Djeric Jinn said Weir is in Norfolk a. He said that Weir is not hospitalized and that doctors described him As being in Good mental and physical  Weir s release had not been announced earlier the spokesman said because we were concerned making it Public would interfere with whal we hoped would be the imminent release of Liliu Uther  he said the United states made no Deal see Beirut on Page 24 Orr assails Stockman s a pens on blast by Norman Black Washington a air Force Secretary Verne Orr saying thai military morale is extremely High attacked former budget director David a. Stockman on tuesday for  the military pen Sion system. Addressing the annual convention of the air Force association Orr never mentioned Stockman by  but he left no doubt about the identity of this target when he began discussing proposals to Cut Back military pensions. Morale is extremely High said Orr who will retire on nov. 30. There Are some warning Clouds on the horizon How Ever. And one is the rather ill conceived and i think ill thought out attempt to change  he referred to a recent it tar to the military forces by defense Secretary Cas Par Weinberger that told them any change would t affect those who Are now in. But there is scepticism we have not been helped when a Mem Ber of this administration who had the Sanc Tity of divinity school during a time when his comrades were dying in Vietnam called the military pension system a scandal and an outrage " Orr said. Efforts to Contact Stockman for a response on tuesday were unsuccessful. Last feb. 6, during testimony before the Senate budget committee Stockman said the military pension system was too generous and a scandal because lop offi cers were More worried about protecting their pensions than National Security. The veterans of foreign wars immediately denounced Stockman at the Lime As a draft dodger " Pentagon officials including Orr and Weinberger also reacted angrily. But before tuesday neither of them had made such a remark about Stockman s background. Stockman who stepped Down As budget director in july spent two years at har Vard divinity school after graduating from Michigan state in i96h. Before join ing the staff of former rep. John Ander son. A Iii. Because of his divinity school status he received a draft deferment. Orr who served As a Supply corps officer during world War ii suggested that the american Public had been misled about the pension system by the news Media. The average person does t retire from the air Force he said. " i he average per son goes out Long before retirement. Only 13 percent of our people stay in to retire and if this is the great Bonanza that peo ple talk about How come 87 percent of these smart Young americans Don t think it s Good enough to stay around for he added when we can t pay $8.800 to a tech sergeant who has made a do in moves for his country has gone to Remote Loc Lions and has put his life on the line then i think our priorities need to be i  a House Senate conference committee has approved a tentative Compromise that would Cut the Pentagon s $18 billion re quest for military pensions by $2.9 billion. It would Force the Pentagon to restructure the system for future enlisted people. Britain Calls off War of expulsion with soviet Union London a Britain called off its War of expulsion with the soviet Union on wednesday saying it would not depart More soviets in retaliation for the latest ouster of six britons from Moscow. We wish to draw a line under this affair said Christopher Meyer the head of the foreign office news  have no plans at present for further expulsions from  foreign office statement came a few hours after the soviets ordered out five British embassy staff Mem Bers and a journalist in the latest round of tit for Tat expulsions triggered by the defection to Britain of the Kab spy Agency s chief operative in London last week. Meyer said during a news conference that Britain has the firm intention of restoring the British embassy staff in Moscow but he did not say  denied charges that the British decision amounts to backing Down in the face of Kremlin Defiance calling this a curious distortion of  minister Margaret Thatcher insisted that the soviet Union had lost out in the crisis that threatened further damage to Anglo soviet relations. Speaking to reporters in Egypt where she is on an official visit Thatcher said this shows the soviet Union in a pretty poor Light. They were caught red handed and Are now  crisis has brought relations Between the two coun tries to their lowest Point in years and this is the first time see Britain on Page 24 successful test a stationary Titan i missile flies into pieces after a blast from a High powered chemical laser. The user was tested sept. 6 at White Sands missile Range n.m., As part of president Reagan s Star wars program. Geneva Summit wont Block ski tests Reagan says Washington a president Reagan on tues Day night ruled out any Summit agreement with the soviet Union that would Block testing and development of his controversial strategic defense initiative missile defense system. But the president answering questions at his first for Mal news conference in three months said he would be willing to negotiate with soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev Over the deployment of the multimillion Dollar system if that would help rid the world of the nuclear  with the Reagan Gorbachev Summit set for nov. 19-20 in Geneva the president also defended the recent test of an american anti satellite weapon As  he said the soviets have tested such a system and added we could t stand by and allow them to have a monopoly on the ability to shoot Down  Reagan said he was taking his prospective Summit meeting seriously and said this has got to be More than just  but he added he does t plan on giving the soviet Leader a Friendship ring or  it in t necessary that we love or even like each other he said but that it is important for the two superpowers to negotiate. Even so his comments on the Star wars testing appeared to repeat Long held presidential views and thus contradict published reports that a change in policy might be under consideration. Making his first prime time television appearance since undergoing cancer surgery july 13, the 74-year-old presi Dent sported his usual Ruddy checks and walked Graceful see ski on Page 24