European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 30, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 o the stars and stripes monday september 30, 1985 Pentagon studies new my Basing plan missiles hidden among Many silos Washington if l k studying a new plan that some so May provide a politically acceptable and military a blk base for the my missile according to Congress Iona and Reagan administration officials. The Basing idea entails fitting the new Multi warhead missiles with armoured suits and hiding them among a Large number of cheaply constructed underground silos. A Reagan administration official familiar with the mis Sile program said Friday that the plan was receiving serious High level attention in the Pentagon although it has not won Universal approval. Officials said the method could be used As Well for a smaller single warhead mis dubbed Midge than. The plan which joins More than schemes devised and scrapped Over lhc0vtiecndc, has some similarities to an earlier proof Avord by presi Dent Carter that involved Shurj inc missiles on heavy trucks among a not work apr telc shelters. That idea was by president Reagan after officials in Thoj porn states where it was to be located in enormous amount of land required i instead endorsed a scheme to place the missiles in deep silos packed close together on the theory that attacking missiles would blow each other up and allow some american missiles to escape. The program was rejected by Congress amid widespread ridicule of its design y plan is to put the my missiles in old i " Man slow Mylea hat critics have s them Vul Crawe meet Lei the officials said plan for armouring the missiles lhcmsclvcrtj0nhatflwjqwasgctting its strongest a. former . Executive who was recent of defense for research and Congi it s a very interesting concept Hicks confirmed in an interview. I feel reasonably positive about it but not enough to say it will work until i see More data come legislation pending in Congress and expected to pass soon would limit the air Force to deploying 50 my mis Siles unless it can design a new Basing Mode that stands a Chance of withstanding a soviet attack. Supporters of the new scheme say it would make a Surprise attack unappealing by forcing soviet War plan ners to target dozens of empty holes to be sure of knocking out the missiles. Sen. Pete Wilson r-calif., who is a Strong supporter of the my disc a the proposal to reporters Fridi Iii ill fir a said he believed it was potentially previous my Basing proposals or a plan to mount the midget Man missiles on armoured launchers that would patrol vast areas of Federal land. One administration official speaking on the condition he not be named expressed annoyance that Wilson was publicizing the program saying it was too Sketchly devel oped to stand up to Public scrutiny. Dillon s doing the concept a disservice by surfacing it a a said. At this stage it sounds a Little crazy and laughed out of administration officials fib magi j the program said the main question to be an secretto Emu cd research was How much nuclear blast the tors could withstand. That would determine How the filled and empty silos would have to be spaced to Force attackers to waste a warhead on each silo. Land and Cost arc the issues said one official. He said preliminary estimates were that hundreds of silos could be put comfortably on an existing air Force base whereas the earlier scheme involved buying thousands of Square Miles of private land. Reagan says he welcomes soviet offer to Cut nukes Washington a president Rea Gan saturday welcomed a new soviet proposal to reduce strategic nuclear weapons but said he hoped it will be free of preconditions and other obstacles to the soviets Are due to begin detailing the proposal which administration sources said amount to a so percent cutback at the negotiating table monday in Geneva Switzerland. Reagan in his weekly radio address said there is no reason real reductions cannot begin he said it is important that the counterproposal address our concerns about reductions and stability just As we have sought to address soviet concerns and we Hope it will be free of preconditions and other obstacles to Only a Bare outline of the proposal was contained in a letter from soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev delivered to Reagan at the White House on Friday by foreign minister Eduard a. Shevardnadze. Reagan injected a note of caution saying it remained to be seen whether the soviets would put conditions on a cutback in . And soviet Long Range missiles bombers and submarines. The main soviet goal in the slow moving negotiations is to restrain Reagan s strategic defense initiative which is aimed at protect ing the United slates from missile attacks. The soviets warning that the program known As Star wars could extend the nuclear arms race into space have made limiting it their principal goal in Geneva. A soviet spokesman Vladimir Lomeiko stressed on Friday that the two sides had agreed to Deal with both offensive and defensive systems simultaneously. Reagan recently ruled out any restrictions on . Research testing and development of the ski program. Arms control is one of the principal is sues Reagan and Gorbachev will discuss at their nov. 19-20 Summit in Geneva. To facilitate preparations Reagan said the two governments had agreed to assign senior officials to coordinate on the Agenda. And he said he gave Shevardnadze some new ideas to make the Summit successful. Riots from Page 1 after police shot and seriously wounded a Black Mother of six Cherry Groce 38, in her bedroom after police kicked Down the front door at 7 . Searching for a Man on a firearms charge. Relatives said he was mrs. Grace s son Michael 18, who was not at Home at the time. Mrs. Groce was reported in serious condition saturday night in the intensive care unit of St. Thomas Hospital. Unfounded Rumor that she had died swept the streets of Brixton fueling the violence. Scotland Yard called the shooting an Accident and said in a statement we deeply regret this tragic Home Secre tary Douglas kurd whose office is in charge of police ordered an immediate in Quiry. Police said mrs. Groce was struck in the left shoulder by a single .38-Calibcr Bullet but relatives said she was shot twice in the Back and May never walk again. Circumstances surrounding the shooting were unclear. Deputy assistant commissioner Richard Wells said mrs. Groce was shot Only two to three seconds after two armed officers burst into her Home. The officer who fired the weapon was identified As inspector Douglas Lovelock 42, a 21-year Veteran who received a Brav Ery award in 1984 for action during an armed robbery. Crowds started gathering outside the Groce Home after the shooting and a series of scuffles broke out. In one incident wit Nesses said about 10 Black men wearing masks and track suits beat up a motorcycle messenger and a photographer. Later More than 100 youths marched to the police station about a half mile away and pelted the building with bricks rocks and bottles. After riot police dispersed the crowd youths went on a rampage hurling gasoline bombs at riot police and overturning cars and setting them ablaze. Motorists were dragged from cars which were then crashed into burning barricades. Police closed the local subway train station and shopkeepers shuttered their storefronts. At least a dozen stores were ransacked including four jewelry stores a major drugstore a department store and an electronics store. At one musical equipment Center a Black youth ran out holding a set of Drums and another had a guitar Slung Over his Shoul Der. A cry went up they be got the jewel ers and a gang of about 30 youths cheered and ran off toward the store. No details were divulged. The offer is the closest the soviets have come so far in meeting . Goals for deep cutbacks in Long Range bombers missiles and submarines. The Outlook for an agreement in Geneva remained unclear be cause the soviets continue to insist on severe limitations on the Star wars pro Gram. However the letter appears to represent a serious Effort by the soviets to break the arms negotiating deadlock. Until now the Reagan administration has accused Moscow of playing a propaganda game making Public statements about a willingness to curb the arms race but not offering anything worthwhile at the bar gaining table. Secretary of state George Shultz however characterized the latest soviet position As a counterproposal to positions taken by the . Side and said it was welcomed by the Reagan administration. Lomeiko at a separate briefing did not describe the latest soviet move As a new proposal. He said the soviet delegation in Geneva will put Forward Concrete proposals and that Gorbachev s letter to Reagan was certainly important and we Hope use sat of Romp above the in announcing the Nat Board president George Hanford noted one of the most important Facton in High or Low scores is the number of students who take the test. 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