European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 19, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside tribes n bicycling through the Loire Valley daily Magazine 3 twins release drug plagued Pitcher Steve Howe Page 21 q rioting flares at closed South african schools Page 28 the stars and stripes vol. 44, no. 154 thursday september 19, 1985 d 8693 a ski testing won t be blocked in Geneva Summit Reagan says Washington a president Reagan on tuesday night ruled out any Summit agreement with the soviet Union that would Block testing and development of his controversial strategic defense Ini tint ivc missile defense system. But the president answering questions at his first formal news conference in three months said he would be willing to negotiate with soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev Over inc deployment of the multimillion Dol Lar 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 lest of an Ameri can Anli 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 satellites Reagan said he was taking his prospective Summit meeting seriously and said this has got to be More than just get a 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 sur Gery july 13, the 74-year-old president president Reagan in his first prime time to appearance since cancer surgery. Sported he usual Rudd Cheeks and in gracefully showing no sin of the Milt Ness that was quite apparent in the i 1 i Jilin ing the operation. Reagan said there v As going on in the t nitco1 states and other countries As i result a recent i intelligence official in West . And he rejected further increases in a Ern Nuti funds for research into aids the deadly disease of Itie immune Sli in. Asked if he worm permit a school aged child of his own to attend school with a victim of acquired immune a Elicieo a drome lie outlined arguments on both sides of the Issue. I m i m not faced with thai he Aid. Reagan strode Down a red Carpel to his podium in the Hast room of the while House and opened the session with a Call for free and fair Trade for he cautioned that a mindless Stampede toward protectionism will be a one Way trip toward economic disaster with numerous Bills pending in Congress to Stap restrictions on american trading partners the president said free Trade can Lead to a decade of growth and creation of 10 million new jobs in this country. At the same time he said that if other nations Lake advantage ing they belie cd the while House might release its own statement. Pentagon sources said ram had been prepared to address any questions about the Mailer at his news Ain see Poseidon on Page 28 Syria claims . Reneged on hostage Deal Washington a Syria has accused the United states of failing to Honor an understanding on release of 39 hostages from a hijacked Twa Airliner in june and Aid it will not try any longer to win free Dom for seven other american captives a state department official disclosed tues Day. The official said the syrians made known their sense of displeasure in mid july after it became Clear that Israel would not immediately release All of the More than 750 shiite and palestinian prisoners held at in Atli prison. The last prisoners were eventually released last week 10 weeks after the americans aboard the Twa 727 were re leased. The official said it in t known whether the release of the last Batch of prisoners by Israel will prompt the syrians to give assist Ance now. They said we had renewed on the Deal which we really had to said the state department official who spoke Only on Condi Tion he not be identified. But he acknowledged that we let the syrians assume there was a Deal As a Way of getting action on the hostage the syrians played a key role in winning Freedom for the Airliner hostages. Israel had insisted All along there was no connection Between the release of the Twa hostages and the release of the Atli prison ers because Israel had planned to let them All go free anyway. The United slates also disclaimed any linkage although Syria believed something different according to the state department official. The seven kidnapped americans Are Terry Anderson 37, chief Middle East correspondent for the associated press William Buckley. 56, a political officer at the . in Beirut David Jacob sen 54, administrator of the american University Hospital in Beirut the Rev. Lawrence Martin Junco 50, director of Catholic Relief services in Lebanon Peter Kilburn 60, a librarian at Ameri can University Thomas Sutherland 54, acting Dean of agriculture Al the univer sity and the Rev. Benjamin Weir 61, a presbyterian missionary
