European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 06, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stripes sunday october 6,1985page 28 j Reagan refuses to discard Star wars if. . Up president Reagan say ing his dec Csc program could be come a great Mil a disc people of the refused Friday to a " arms control negotiations with the soviet Union. Demands to abandon a program with real potential for strengthening deterrence and enhancing Western Security do not Deal with the real Issue of peace Reagan said at a Republican party fund raising luncheon. What we need arc Good Faith discussions the presi Dent said and we Are seeking to discuss even now the soviets in Geneva the vital relationship a cow Gic offence and 00 his hard line remarks at thc.�tf08-Platc event apparently were intended Toh ii Al Public relations push i pans by Sov Eugi Revti Hail Gorbachev. Stepped up the or Summit posturing thurs Day by publicizing a soviet arms control offer that included a 50 percent Cut in nuclear arsenals a ban on space strike weapons such As the Star wars system and Cut backs in the deployment of medium Range nuclear mis n offered a with mail Taw vict missiles in Europe. It would be � move in missiles a Othni original positions. _ riday he underscored his opposition to the Central Ucman the soviets have put Forth in Geneva the abandonment of stars wars formally known As the Strate Gic defense is the Republican party that has stood up with the help of Many democrats for ski the strategic space shield the president said. We will go Forward with see ing if it cannot be made into a great protector of our people and the people of the taking note of gorbamptfmvrffi6i9yvwtitrreporlcrs, Reagan Nice to Hope that they May have gotten he said he could understand Gorbachev s prediction that hard times would follow the . Deployment of a space defense system. He could probably feel that Way because the soviet about 10 years ahead of us in developing a de he said. We Are working so that we too,,1knsiye shield that kills weapons not people and nolo no up thing him. But we re not going to act Catran me Fach that could deliver to the world a do Fonse against weapons and finally bring us to the realization to should eliminate nuclear weapons entirely he said. Errand from Page 1 in an ornate room in Ely Sec Palace. The French president news Confer ence by saying France s Praez pm is to re main above the threshold or edibility with its Independent nuclear dec res we hardly have an intermediate ear Force he said. France docs not refuse an sex Chan views with the soviet Union but think that it would be there could be a be . Rand said. Gorbachev in a nuclear pack age announced thurs Jupior the first time suggested separate Ujj Vith France and Brit tin on cutting Haj nuclear forces in a euro Pean soviets previously had wanted to Odd Panthe French and British mis Siles in Parthe is. Arsenal in .-sovietarms 1mb in Geneva Switzerland. British foreign Secretary sir Geoffrey Howe said Britain would car the soviet proposition. Gorbachev on a four Daj Pru to France said he had prime min ister Margaret the Kpor of his proposal in writing. A there Isa Armant in France on the need to main and improve the Independent started by a socialist gov in the Early 1950s. The French six missile carrying submarines 34 a Wirag bombers and 18 intermediate Range his Silas in hardened silos. Ilter Rand also told the news conference that no Ould visit Moscow next year . The announcement seemed join Fate a return to a regular pattern of Amnel French soviet Summit meetings Mitterrand came to Power in 1981. Gorbachev s new arms action proposal which he disclosed thursday Aho called for a 50-percent reduction in the u5%ocl soviet missile arsenals. He said the soviet Tun was unilaterally cutting Back on its ss-20 bytes aimed at Western Europe. . Does t know status of Man held in Lebanon Washington a the Reagan administration said Friday that Steven Donahue of Hollywood fla., was being held in Lebanon although he docs not appear to be a political hostage. Pur understanding is that this is not apolitical situation and is in no Way comparable to that of the other american hostages slate department spokesman Bernard Kalb said. He was referring to six other americans being held hostage in Beirut. He said Donahue s wife told the depart ment in Early August that her husband was being held against his will in Lebanon but the department has been unable to confirm the report. A state department official speaking on the condition that he remain Anonymous said it appeared that Donahue was being Buckley from Page 1 purity forces searched the Bekaan after journalists said Buckley might be found there. As of late Friday there was no word of Buckley s Fate. Five other americans held hostage in Lebanon Are believed in the Bekaan. In another development diplomatic sources said More soviet citizens and officials Are expected to be evacuated from Lebanon soon for fear of attacks by mos Lem extremists. The islamic liberation organization a previously unheard of group took responsibility for the kidnapping of four soviet officials on monday and the killing of one of them wednesday. The islamic liberation organization had said it would kill the three remaining hos tages and destroy the soviet embassy if the attack by pro syrian militias on moslem fundamentalists in Tripoli continued. Syrians Moscow s closest Middle East ally. A tenuous syrian sponsored cease fire agreement that slowed fighting in Tripoli on Friday and Early saturday appeared to have satisfied the kidnappers demands. On Friday seven hours before the group said it would blow up the embassy state run Beirut radio said most embassy officials and their dependents left the soviet mis Sion. About 135 members of the soviet embassy mainly women and children but also including Many staff members were evacuated by Road to Damascus from where they will Fly Home to Moscow the radio said. Beirut s pro syrian As share newspaper said three suspects were arrested in the death of the soviet Diplomat. The paper said officials were confident the other soviet hostages would be freed soon. Lebanese president Amin Gemayel sent a letter to soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev Friday denouncing the abductions and the killing of the soviet hostage. Gemayel also contacted the american ambassador to Lebanon Reginald Bartholomew to discuss the Fate of Buckley. The islamic jihad arabic for islamic holy War announced the execution of Buck icy in a statement published Friday by the authoritative Beirut newspaper an Nanar. In Washington Friday president Reagan said the United states was unable to con firm the islamic jihad s claim. There s nov a to confirm Reagan told reporters. Until we have something definite were not going to islamic jihad did not specify where Buckley s body could be found. In the statement published by the newspaper the terror group said the killing was dedicated to the families of moslem and tunisian martyrs of the israeli raid on the Plo Headquarters. At least 73 people died in the israeli at tack with .-made fighter jets. The Plo and islamic jihad have charged that the United states was involved in the raid. Aids h age 1 or diseases although recruits generally for measles and syphilis shortly alter blood is routinely tested at Mari. Civilian blood Banks for signs of the a virus but this is the first time the process has been used for general employment screening. A Pentagon spokesman. Army it. Wyro said 35.000 to 40,000 applicants a month will be tested. He reject rate should be about based on the frequency a to Ettive tests from blood donor Saint applicants Dpi Tood shows the pres ence of Ana Tody to the virus on two tests referred to their physicians tart s directive said. If More thorough examination shows no damage to the body s immune system and no evidence of the disease the applicant could be processed for entry it said. Or. William Mayer assistant Secretary of defense for health affairs said the Lestin needed because recruits with a june system could be sen a feb ured by urine vaccijiatw00fficnas for Small the epidemiological jesting service to being deployed aah cams. Where strains of certain diseases Pui people whose disease fighting have been attacked by the virus. Pentagon spokesmen have said a decision on a military wide aids testing policy is due about mid october. Aids acquired immune deficiency syn drome leaves the body unable to fight disease. The tests show Only exposure to the virus. They do not show the Dis ease. That infected is could spread the disease ugh blood transfusions on the Battle Field. The disease mainly has been spread through sexual Contact blood transfusions and hypodermic Needles such As those used by intravenous drug users research shows. Members of homosexual groups have been particularly loud in their protests saying the testing could be used to find Homo sex ils in the ranks. Has said that the goal of the tests is them of and that results Wiimer find to the medical Community As mucin add Syible in a military environment. Held by criminals. If it weren t Lebanon in a Case like this we would go to the police and say he s being held by criminals said the official. However he said that is impossible in Lebanon because of the Lack of a Central government. The new York times reported Friday that Anthony Haden guest a British writer who reportedly had been abducted by i Christian rights group in Beirut appeared in London saying he had been released but Dona be was still being held by the group. Haden guest said he and Donahue were working on a Book about the drug Trade la Lebanon. Haden guest told Abc that Donahue was on a Mission for the drug enforcement Agency. John was originally a drug dealer Haden guest said. He was caught and made a Deal with the drug enforce ment Agency and i think has been working As a drug enforcement agent Ever a Dea spokesman Robert Feld Karns said Donahue was not a Dea agent but declined to comment on whether Donahue May have been working for the Agency in another capacity such As an informant temperatures l h43 a 47 to 40 41 69 79a a 57 60 41 52 s7 m 46 69 54 57 m 6540 61 73 ii 51 62 64 75 42 68ir a 54 8 42 76 t u 36 6237 42 35 6141 55 70 17 56 u 35 47 70 91 53 70 59 92 45 77 . Vea Denver 01 Milru de Roll Fairbanks Fargo 1 in lord Honolulu Houlton Indiana Phi i Jacksonville Kama Cim Lai vegetal a Lille a l h 71 99a u 51 75m 6 43 61 is 67a n s3 60 6770, fit 57r
