European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 06, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes sunday october 6, 1985 militiamen search for kidnapped soviets Beirut up1 the soviet embassy pressed authorities saturday to track Down three kidnapped officials threatened with death and militiamen stormed several buildings where the suspected the hostages were held. President Amin Gamay cd amal militia Leader Nabih Bern and Druc chieftain Walid Jumblatt assured soviet charge d affairs Yuri Suslikova they would do All they could to find the officials abducted monday. There was no new word from the kidnappers the islamic liberation organi action who killed a soviet hostage wednesday because syrian backed militiamen besieging the Northern port of Tripoli did not withdraw. They also threat ened to execute their three other soviet hostages. Righting has cased off in the City since a cease fire was announced thursday. Virtually All West Beirut s militias have pledged to search for the officials and an estimated 200 moslem gunmen guard the soviet embassy. In the Bcka Valley police searching for the body of kidnapped . Diplomat William Buckley reported no new clues to his Fate. Another fundamentalist group the islamic jihad said Friday it had executed him in re Venge for tuesday s israeli bombing raid on the Palestine liberation organization Headquarters in Tunisia. Gorbachev ends 4-Day Paris visit Moscow a soviet Leader Mik Hail s. Gorbachev returned to Moscow sat urday after a four Day visit to Paris where he unveiled a new arms proposal and took part in the first news conference by the Kremlin s of Leader in 25 years. In a Brief announcement of Gorbachev s return the official news Agency Tass said he was greeted at the Airport by party and state leaders. Related photo on Page 3. Soviet television earlier showed Gorba Chev and his wife Raisa. Receiving Flowers before their departure from orly Airport in Paris and the soviet Leader reviewing an Honor guard with French prime min ister Laurent Fabius. It was Gorbachev s first visit to a West Ern nation since he became communist parly chief March 11 after the death of Kim Stanlin u. Chernenko. Gorbachev and president Reagan arc scheduled to meet nov. 19-20 in Geneva Switzerland. The soviet Leader used the Paris visit to unveil proposals covering a ban on space strike weapons a 50 percent reduction in missiles capable of reaching the United states and soviet territory and a reduction of soviet ss-20 missiles aimed at Europe. Gorbachev held several meetings with French president Francois Mitterrand and the two held a joint news conference Friday which was telecast on russian Tele vision. Board from Page 1 diseases that could hasten their death. Aids or acquired immune deficiency syndrome destroys a body s immune sys tem and its ability to resist other diseases. There is no known cure. The screening procedure can identify individuals who have been exposed to the disease but cannot de Termine whether they will contract it. The defense department currently has 500,000 personnel stationed outside the United Stales and its territories out of a total Active duty Force of 2.1 million. Until Friday the Board s position on screening All Active duty troops had not been known. The Board comprised of University and Hospital specialists framed its recommendations last month during closed door meetings. The four Page memo obtained Friday however states flatly that not enough is known about aids to justify massive us caning. The Board did support the screening of new recruits As Well As testing blood donations. However such screening for All person Nel is unnecessary based on information currently available relative to the threat of the illness to others or the limitations of personnel to perform their duties it continues. Moreover the Prospect of screening All Active military members. At this Lime is not envisioned As feasible not Only be cause of the logistical and economical requirements but especially because of the limited availability of trained personnel and medical the Board also concluded that based on current knowledge the necessary close con tact that occurs among military personnel in performing their jobs should not raise fears of infection. Environmental contacts in military operational settings such As tanks submarines and aircraft Are not regarded As significant risks for infection. The Board recommends that additional education be provided on techniques to minimize the transmission of this infection in order to reduce unfounded the Pentagon s greatest concerns about aids involve the need to immunize troops against other diseases and the need to pre serve the purity of blood supplies during wartime when direct Soldier to Soldier transfusions would be necessary. Army chief of staff Gen. John a. Wick Ham or. Has been described by several sources As already convinced the disease poses such a threat that screening must be extended to All troops. There has been no indication that Mayer and Taft arc ready to take that step As yet however and the Board s report May buttress their position. Buckley 57, the . Embassy s chief political officer was believed held in the Bcka after his kidnapping March 16, 1984. About 100 soviet citizens were evacuated from Beirut saturday. Diplomatic sources said saturday the wives of two of the kidnapped soviets opted to stay. Lebanese politicians linked to the pro soviet govern ment of Syria the main foreign influence in Lebanon were Quick to offer condolences to the soviets but the kidnappers appear to have considerable support from Ordi nary lebanese. Hopes fading for trapped mexican boy Mexico City up Hopes of res cuing a 9-year-old boy trapped under Tofu of rubble for 17 Days faded saturday As Rescue tunnels collapsed a few feet from him and he failed to answer rescuers Calls. Giant cranes were brought in to lift huge Concrete slabs off the pile of the rubble in an attempt to reach the boy who Rescue a believe is 9-Ycar-old Luis Ramon Nafarrete Maldonado. He was buried when the first of two major earthquakes struck Mexico on sept 19 and toppled an adjoining eight Story Tex tile factory onto the top of his apartment House collapsing the building. Rescuers said they had Contact with the boy before Dawn but he later failed to re Spond to them raising doubts that he Wai still alive. Perhaps he is asleep Volunteer worker Arturo Romano said hopefully. At least 7,000 people were killed in the quakes and hundreds of others Are missing and feared dead beneath tons of rubble. Temperatures senator from Page 1 namely much of that payment goes to the soviet Union he said. Wallop noted the United states spends about 6 percent of its Gross National product on defense while the rest of the Alliance spends about 4 percent. Europe for its part seems to have placed its bets for the future on buying off a soviet Union against which it no longer prepares seriously to defend itself he said. Wallop s comments Drew a Sharp response from Peter Cort crier a member of the bundestag in West Germany. Cor crier said West europeans should not take All of the blame for the problems of nato and said that Western Europe car ried much of the Burden for military de sense of the Alliance during the 1970s. He also questioned whether the United states also was t supporting soviet military efforts through its Grain sales. He told Wallop that West germans have a different world View because of delicate relations with East Germany and concern Over the welfare of germans living in the soviet Union. Wallop said the soviet Union has built a convincing superiority in modern weapon systems and political leaders in the Alliance have not been willing to do what is Nec Essary to counter that threat he said the Alliance has fallen significantly behind in nuclear capacity and he chastised West european leaders for failure to support president Reagan s strategic de sense efforts also known As Star a substantial part of Europe s body pol Itic has convinced itself that the United states is As much a danger to Europe As the soviet Union he added. Late sports Toronto a the Toronto Blue jays a product of baseball expansion nine seasons ago. Clinched their first american league East championship saturday beat ing new York 5-1, which eliminated the second place Yankees. St. Louis a the St. Louis cardinals nailed Down the National league East title with a 7-1 Triumph saturday Over the Chicago cubs. College football Arkansas 41, Texas Christian 0 army 59, Yale 16 Boston College 20, Rutgers 10 Georgia tech 31, North Carolina 0 Illinois 31. Ohio St. 28 Indiana 26. Northwestern 7 Michigan 33, Wisconsin 6 Oklahoma 41, Kansas St. 6 Oklahoma stale 25, Tulsa 13 Penn 46, Columbia 14 Tennessee 31, Wake Forest 29 l h 52 61 47 71 m u64 i 61 68 59 69 33 61 53 79 36 74 53 56 46 74 52 63 77 84 60 by 47 57 47 73 44 77 61 73 34 53 44 61 46 67 n 36 42 56 50 55 72 89 66 by 47 61 73 90 4t 60 Albany Albuquerqu Anchorage anal Atlantic cily Baltimore Billing Birmingham Oln Boilon butial Burlington cart Arlelon . Charleston Cincinnati Clevelan Dallas Al. 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In explaining his abstention Walters said despite our deep and abiding Friendship for the tunisian government and people my government cannot support this Resolution disproportionately placing All blame for this latest round of the rising spiral of violence in the Middle East onto Only one set of shoulders while also not holding at fault those responsible for the terrorist acts which provoked Arab and soviet sources said a . Veto was averted after Tunisia agreed to a num Ber of amendments in the More strongly worded original draft. On past occasions the United states has voted for condemnation of israeli actions such As the 1981 bombing of a nuclear reactor in Iraq and the incursions into Beirut Lebanon in Vio lation of a september 1982 truce. Tunisian foreign minister Beji Caides Sebesi told reporters after the vote this Resolution was the absolute minimum and we expected More from the United states As a great a Well placed Arab Diplomat speaking privately said he had been told by Ameri cans that tunisian president Habib Bour Guiba ordered his ambassador in washing ton to pack his bags in Case of an american veto in the Security Council. Instead of condemning Israel itself the final version of Friday s Resolution vigorously condemns the act of armed aggression perpetrated by Israel against tunisian territory in flagrant violation of the charter of the United nations International Law and. Norms of european weather forecast for sunday parity Cloudy la Elf in Northern half of Germany and la Benelux. Thu we Ern Naif will Hove to slav Cloudy and i h under it or pm. Hiah Lempera Lurt a to Tow 70t tows Tow to mid-40i. Suftiet552, Lune monday 63v Outlook Lor monday Cloud v i Kitty and honoured rain Shower in no Germany and the Benelux. Remaining area wit partly Cloudy. Temperatures will be cooler. Temperatures recorded saturday 4am ten Copenhagen Pfrank Lurt r London p Madrid Munich p Parli Rome p Adana farm Leerdam p Athens i a via no a Oberlin p b r erne r Haven. A is m �50 54 of 51 4am 4pm 61 86 55 43 68 75 64 73 59 68 t 55 65brustelt, p 57 64 provided by Del 13. 7lh weather 50.trarbach. Other worldwide Lemper Alujev High Low Cairo f 8ft 66 Montreal cd Dublin cd 64 48 Moscow Deli Ink. 57 52 Otto d Jerusalem Toronto d Lisbon cd 73 63 Vancouver d supplied by the at touted prof Lair a Polly Cloudy a Moilov clouded Dorow 2,8a a a 44
