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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday september 26,1985 Shevardnadze urges . To reject space arms United nations up soviet foreign min ister Eduard Shevardnadze urged the United nations tuesday to reject Washington s sinister plans of Star wars and endorse a soviet Star peace proposal for space exploration. On the eve of High level meetings with . Officials the new soviet foreign minister in his first address to the general Assembly accused the United states of seeking military superiority by spreading the arms race to space. Shiva Renud a was to meet Secretary of state George Shult wednesday at the soviet . Mission in new York and then Fly to Washington to Mel president Rea Gan and Shuli As pan of the preparations for the novem Ber .-soviet Summit in Geneva. Switzerland. In his first major address Shevardnadze focused on arms control issues particularly the . Testing of anti satellite weapons and on the strategic defense Initia Tive also known As Star  the project is aimed at developing a system that could destroy attacking incoming nuclear missiles. We perceive the greatest peril in the fact that the nuclear arms race has taken so to speak a fresh Start and is forging ahead. Added to this is the threat of the arms race spreading to outer space. The possibility of the arms race acquiring an uncontrollable Ana irreversible character is becoming real the soviet foreign minister said. To counter the sinister plans of Star wars . Is putting before the International Community a concept of Star peace " he said. The proposal Calls for the peaceful exploration of space under . Auspices. A photo soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze Mak ing Bis Maiden speech to the . General Assembly. Shevardnadze charged that the responsibility for the current state of tensions rests with the United states and its nato allies. He accused them of fueling the Arnu race in offensive arms and military satellites As Well Ai fomenting local  Shutlz who listened attentively and jotted notes during the one hour speech did not comment to reporters after the session. Shevardnadze s Tough tone matched monday s speech by Shultz who charged that the soviets were dragging their feet on arms control negotiations and were practising communist  in his speech Shultz described soviet accusations about . Plans for Star wars As blatantly one sided propaganda. He said 80 percent of All soviet space launches Are military in nature. The soviet foreign minister said his country is interested in a successful outcome of the november Summit meet ing Between Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorba Chev. But he gave no hint of any specific proposals the soviets might be prepared to make at the Summit. Shevardnadze suggested that the soviets might be pre pared to accept on site inspections for some arms control agreements if satellites and other technology Are inadequate. The soviet Union believes it is necessary to provide for adequate measures of verification National in some cases or National in combination with International whenever there is an objective necessity for this. We have As great an interest As anyone else in effective verification or compliance he said. Aids from Page 1 proved the screening of recruits do not appear ready to take that final step As yet the source said the Epi Board s recommendations Are just one part of the Overall policy review although they will Impact heavily said Julian Barber. He said Mavor Hopes to have a policy contesting for aids in the next two or three weeks. Other sources in the medical Community who had been Happy to talk to reporters when the department s top priority was Togel the word out about the risk of aids no longer will speak on the record because of a memo from the defense department s to spokesman Robert Sims. Sims declared that the Pentagon will have Only one spokesman on the subject and that will be Mayer said army it. Col. Pete Warp a Dod spokesman. He said defense officials fear that the prominence of Mili tary medical researchers in news stories could Lead the Public to lose sight of the fact that Congress has said the National Institute for health will be the govern ment s Lead research Agency on aids. The fear is that congressional resentment could jeopardize research funding for the military and the Institute Wyro said. One source explained the Board s recommendation As a reflection of the health hazards facing Scricc members in some parts of the world. If somebody tests positive then it would t be Worth the risk to Send them to Thailand or Africa or someplace he said. In Thailand there Are five or six strains of malaria some we Don t know How to  he noted that the services have begun testing potential recruits and have stopped inoculating recruits who test positive for exposure to aids because live virus vac Cines could injure or kill a person with a weakened immune system. He said tests positive Means that the rigorous Western blot test shows the pres ence of an antibody in the blood produced by exposure to the aids virus. Army research shows that 40 percent of that service s cases resulted from sexual Contact Between men and women with prostitutes in Germany and Korea posing a significant risk of transmitting the disease. Ballet dancer Dies Washington a Eleanore Ai Kins Lipscomb a popular Ballet dancer in the 1920s and 1930s who performed under the name of led ova has died at 76. Cyprus from Page 1 detained by Israel in recent weeks aboard vessels travelling Between Cyprus and Leb anon said Interior minister Constantinos Michaelides who negotiated with them during the nearly 10-hour standoff. Michaelides identified the slain Israelitas Ruven Pazur 53 his wife Esther 50 and Abraham anvers 55. They arrived atthe Marina on sept. 16, he said. Police said the palestinians seized the yacht at 4 30 . And surrendered at 2 15 . A police officer on duty at the Marina heard shooting when the yacht was seized and rushed to it according to a police statement. He was accosted by a pistol wielding Man who told him the gunmen wanted to talk to the French and egyptian ambassadors and International red Cross representatives the statement said. Michaelides said the woman was killed when the palestinians armed with ak-47 assault rifles and grenades took Over the yacht. He said they demanded to be taken to Warnaca Airport along with the two male hostages. The gunmen threatened to kill the hos tages if their demands were not met and twice set deadlines that passed As negotiations continued Michaelides said. Egyptian ambassador Kama Mahmoud Rifaat and two Plo officials identified As Abu Murad and Abu Saleh went aboard the yacht to negotiate about an hour before the surrender. They returned to Shore say ing that the gunmen were insisting on their demands. Rifaat and Michaelides then broke of negotiations for lunch. Then reporters looking Down at the Marina from the roof of the Sun Hall hotel saw the gunmen coming out of the boat wit their hands in the air. Temperatures september h Lehman from Page 1 ministrative  Lehman also said he has ordered the naval investigative service to spend less time pursuing Petty fraud cases and More on espionage and other major cases. Navy investigators were embarrassed when the Fri said in april that it had uncovered a spy Case that is alleged to have operated undetected for nearly 20 years within the Navy and when the customs service reported that sailors based in Southern California had operated a theft ring for five years. Lehman defended Navy investigators  were being stampeded by the Grassley and others that the Topmost priority in the world was finding those toilet seats and hammers and very Little Effort was being addressed to espionage and the kind of espionage style theft that the Al 4 ring  the Secretary said the naval investigative service was a victim of congressional and press hysteria Over some of the trendier headline  Lehman said the recent cases convinced him that the Navy granted Security Clear ances too freely had become careless in handling documents and had not modernized its Security measures to keep up with the Era of computers and satellites that vastly increased traffic in classified  he said the Navy has Cut its Security clearances by More than a fourth and expects to Cut them by half. He said the serv ice has ordered that fewer copies of instruction and repair manuals for sensitive weapons be printed and has undertaken random searches and polygraph tests. But he said the defense department shaving More difficulty controlling the Clear ances held by military contractors and recalled them a greater risk. L a n a 92 m 47 48 80 71 10 66 1037 u 67 75 41 7 a a a a n n 8i54 69 43 61 4? u u u x ii 33 60 37 57 47 a u 30 49 62 73n n u a a 70 to Germany and will Range irom Low 70s � f d 719 South. Sunset thurs Dev 7 15, Sunrise. V 16 . Airmen killed 10 years ago honoured att in. Taleno of Oberlin cd 63 � 64 90 u 4m copts hatan p 50 8 Helbrueck Germany German Sand americans honoured 16 . Airmen wednesday who died Here 10 years ago when their ch-53 helicopter crashed. Town residents Hess Isch Oldendorf a members and German soldiers of he co 2i Panzer brigade attended the Eremo by at which col. Martin. 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