European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 17, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday october 17. 1985 the stars and stripes Page 5 jitters before the jokes six year old Connie Llyd Borg if Cam Bridge mass., appears to be nervous and she has Rood reason. She is await ing her turn in the kids climb contest sponsored by Ringling Bros and bar num & Bailey circus. The contest was held at the John Hancock Observatory in Boston. To Here i m staying fed chairman tells group Washington a Paul a. Volcker said tuesday Hal he intends to stay on As inc chairman of inc Federal Reserve Board ending speculation that he might become president of the world Bank. To slightly misquote the great Ameri can writer Mark Twain the reports of my demise arc greatly exaggerated Volcker told a business conference sponsored by the american Stock Exchange. Volcker whose term runs through a gust 1987, was asked b a member of the audience about the rumours of an impending Job switch to the world Bank. Nato countries vote to support Star wars research san Francisco a representatives of the i it nato countries have overwhelmingly approved a Resolution support ing research into president Reagan s Sar wars strategic defense program. . Arms control adviser Paul ii. Nie old the delegates before the 91-12 vote on tuesday that the program was vital. Today there is no available alternative to this Means of deterrence and thus it is inc necessary and. Moral course for us to take he said. Star wars or strategic defense initiative is a multimillion Dollar program to build defences against missiles. In a prepared statement to the 3lst an Nual session of the North Atlantic Assem Bly nit a reaffirmed . Commitment to the 1972 anti ballistic missile treaty while pointing out that in bans deployment of defensive space weapons but not research. "sd1 is a research program that is investigating the Fca Sibilio of new defensive technologies both t Arlo and he said. The program is and will continue to be conducted in full conformity with the abm treat nit a said it would take at least 10 years i m Here. I m staying. Nothing is for Ever but that is the Way things Are at the moment he said. He called the world Bank a very prestigious institution for which i have great re the question arose some time ago whether that was an appropriate place that i might think about. And in spite of All those things i said about it my answer is no Volcker added. The world Bank s president . Clau sen announced last week that he will retire when his term expires next july. Until deployment can even be discussed. The results of the Soi research pro Gram will provide the information and data base necessary of future administrations and Congress to make an informed Deci Sion sometime in the next decade about whether to begin to shift toward an offence defense mix placing greater Reliance on de sense than at present he said. Nit a said the initiative must be devel oped to help avoid the threat of nuclear retaliation and thai ski would help Europe s defences. Because we Are examining systems that could defend both Kuropcak and . Terri tory Liu rope would receive the direct Bene fits which result for increased uncertainty for potential he said. European governments that deploy . Cruise and Pershing ii nuclear missiles want to have a part in developing Reagan s Strat egy for his november Summit meeting with soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev. Reagan is planning to meet with Leader from great Britain West Germany. Italy and Japan in new York on oct. 24 to Dis cuss the . Approach to the Summit meet Ings. 650 people return Home As noxious fumes dissipate , a
