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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 1, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes d Good old Charlie hat a birthday Page 3 d what 3% pay hike Means to you Page 8 q v corp youth in the spotlight pages 14-15 the stirs authorized unofficial publication of. Vol. 44, no. 166 tuesday october 1, 1985 e doily Ond so Woy d 8693 a four soviets kidnapped in Beirut Beirut a three soviet Diplo mat and a doctor working at the soviet embassy were kidnapped by gunmen from embassy cars in two separate incidents in moslem West Beirut monday a soviet embassy spokesman said. The can were later found abandoned some distance from the scenes of the kidnappings and police said empty Cartridge cases were found in one of them. The embassy spokesman declined to give details of the kidnappings but Beirut radio stations said the incidents occurred around 1 . Witnesses to one of the kidnappings said one of the embassy cars was intercepted by several gunmen who dragged two soviets out of it firing handguns at their feet. They said the two were bundled into another car and driven off while one gunman drove the embassy car away. There was no immediate eyewitness re port on the second incident the embassy spokesman said we Are making no comment. We have contacted the concerned authorities in Lebanon 1 lebanese authorities identified the Diplo Mats As second Secretary Valeri Kornov Commerce attache Oleg Sprinc and Cul Tural attache Arkady Kazakov. The physician was identified As Nicolai Veroski. They Are the first soviet citizens known to have been kidnapped in Beirut since moslem gunmen began seizing foreigners in january 1984. Thirty five foreigners have been abducted in that period and 14 six Ameri cans four frenchmen three britons and an italian Are still missing. They Are believed held by islamic jihad or islamic holy War a shiite moslem organization linked to Iran s revolutionary re Gime. Fifteen other Kidnap victims were re leased and two a dutch roman Catholic priest and a British teacher were found dead. No one survived via ton administration inspector examines of i Cessna 208 caravan that crashed sunday killing he Pilot and 16 Parach Board. The plane had been grounded two a because of fuel contamination. See Story Page after Takeoff from Rural Georgia Airfield . Will make confess a of k/cfnao0ers Washington a make Concession to the kid Lebanon but is owling to Taj release the Whitew Puse presidential Spock Tea comment on a report that time is running demands that 17 per released before the Speakes repeated the stated refusal off to coi change for the Kifyak victims in itch states refuses to is of six americans in any party to obtain their onday. Rry Speakes was asked to Cirul of an abductors warning for the United states to meet of the kuwaiti government be Are freed. Igan administration s often ions to terrorists in sex lease. However he jaded we re Vang to talk to any party in order to out Altheir Safe and a wept  he Rufusc dub say whether the a cd states has been in direct cont Arvith the kidnappers. The Cal Liffor the kidnappers rep oddly said the hos tages soon full be shown to journalists Helhe first time. We wild of course Welcome any inv hand evidence of the win being and the actual situation am the hostages said stakes. X the resident s goal Speakes added is Thompt and Safe please of All the  i concerns the demands of the terrorists c is Dill known he told reporters. The . Go a not negotiate concessions with terrorists or Givi cation or give in to terrorists  fourteen westerners Are missing in Lebanon. And Poce profess continue in Germany Frankfurt up1 demonstrators gathered monday for a third straight night of anti police protests that have left a Trail of destruction looting and bloodshed and brought More than 300 arrests in 15 cities police Laid. A spokesman in Frankfurt said about 200 mostly Young protesters set up a Vigil at the spot where a demonstrator was knocked Down and killed by a police water Cannon truck saturday. They set up a Candle lit Flower Laden table in the Street with a picture of the dead Man who died during a protest against a meeting in Frankfurt of the extreme right Wing National democratic party. About 2,000 demonstrators some hooded and masked marched through Frankfurt City Center near the main Railroad station late sunday night and Early monday shout ing murderers at hundreds of police in full riot gear with night Sticks drawn. As the crowd stoned police senior offi cers ordered Baton charges backed with water Cannon protesters smashed windows in Banks shops stores and office buildings and looted jewelery and grocery stores to see protests on Page 28 army gets 46,000 new hard Stripe sergeants Mij Ilch Bureau Munich yesterday spec. 5 Guinersin to Medina was just another specialist. Today who. He answers the phone in the Munich pc soc will be As  med Narlins about 46,000 other army specialists five and six who today traded in their specialist insignia for he Medina will remain a i is been doing for his five years in believes in him in Are decoration. The stripes nest is will give specialists More respect in the army Chain of command and in crease chances for leadership positions. People tend to listen to you More seriously if you re hard Stripe Medina said. Our opinion will mean some thing " Tion is indicative of a i the army since it began the  the1950s. At that time soldiers i grades were considered just that s Cia lists. The real leaders were the sergeants the hard stripers. Under that initial system All specialists no matter what their pay Grade " which the army considered 10 m St Giitl or above. That Structure continued until 1969, ten the army changed the enlisted lure so that a specialist was one  equivalent hard Stripe no. It  however the see  28  
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