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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 17, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Iss ski Europe see stripes Magazine Leri cans share is try prize Page 2 itar wars March  5 tac fire gives accuracy Speed Page 9 royals beat ays in playoffs Page 17 vol. 44. No. 182 thursday october 17, 1985 in 15uotay d 8693 a Senate staff report urges Ted Washington a the Pentagon is riddled with confused urbanization poor Lions arc Crit management and destructive rivalries fare the stud chums a Senate staff report that recon such mends the joint chiefs of staff be abolished and replaced by an advisory Council of senior four Star officers. The 645-Page report by the staff of the armed services " preparation for More civilian leaders in  department Are dominated by in Power and the influence of the staff inc armed services. It  that the uniformed serv enable to Rise to the Levels of close cooperation thai Are needed to conduct of t oper modern War confederations of Sippl a Ith different priorities up rat is and strategies patched together at the last moment the report said. The Pentagon disparaged the study in was carried out by Navy personnel Only Ami it did not involve the kind of joint serv ice cooperation the report discussed. The re port was preceded Anil its main themes underscored in a series of Senate Iver the last two weeks by sen. Ater. A Ari. The committee s Jam Nunn d-cia., itch ranking Denys plying there is dissent within the committee a 1 Nice Tirc about its conclusions. The Pentagon also contended the successful Navy interception last week of an egyptian Airliner with hijackers aboard proves that the present system works and needs no repair. That operation however ers of a Strong military. Support f Abc news released three photos of the four to winians Charr la hijacking in italian cruise ship. They were nut named. Body Edenfi Fleoras slain american was apparently show two times Damascus Syria a a  embassy spokesman said wednesday tha the body which washed ashore in Syria been identified As that of Leon Kling Herr the american passenger who was my Rcd by the hijackers of the italian of Juk liner Achille Lauro and that there Ign stars to be two gunshot wounds in it. A Western Diplomat we spoke on condition of anonymity  had been shot once in the a fax of the head and once in the Back. The body in a to fact coffin draped with an american Flat Las flown to Rome on a special flight film Damascus and was taken to  of Legal Medicine for an aulos the of was seen off at Damascus air port boys ambassador William Eagleton a Dps and italian officials were on hand Kil was unloaded from the a italia Jet liner in Rome. Syrian pathologist a medical examiner retained by the embassy and an Fri agent who arrived in Damascus on tuesday night identified the body based on dental a rays Fin _ prints and physical  . Embassy spokesman John Burgess Klinghoffer apparently Recei Vikone gunshot wound in the head and one Back Daniel Lawler a state depart my spokesman said in Washington. The syrian death certificate will state the cause o death As unknown because no autopsy was performed in that country he said. The four palestinians who hijacked the Achille Lauro oct. 7 have been charged by italian officials with murdering the partially paralysed 69-year-old new yorker but judicial sources have quoted them As deny ing the charge. The Palestine liberation front to which the hijackers claim to belong has said Klinghoffer who was confined to a wheel chair could have died of a heart attack. The body was brought to Damascus from Tartus on tuesday and Western diplomatic sources and a physician said it appeared to have been in the sea for at least a week before washing ashore monday. They said it had been ravaged by fish avid the effects of the Mediterranean Salt water. In other developments tuesday president Reagan speaking in Boise Idaho said the United slates had nothing to apologize for in its interception of the egyptian jetliner carrying the terrors. Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak had be landed an apology to the egyptian people. 1 Leagan in Boise for a political appear was asked if the United states had to apologize for and replied a Csc my Earli clipboard air Force one. White House Stolaman Larry up cakes said Rea Gan had Lold Myftian Ana italian officials that he was pc i Dent he did the right thing in  interception of the Airliner. A. Up cakes also Saio Fae United states would continue in its Metis to extradite Mohammed Abbas the pin tinnian guerrilla Leader whom the United sly a says masterminded the hijacking. The a and Yugoslavia say Abbas has left yug Feria for an undisclosed location. Abbas said in an interview Broadi see body on Mer said the . Military is broken and needs an overhaul in a future War he said the Pentagon s flaws w ill cause americans to die needlessly see report on Page 24 Chrysler workers go out on strike Highland Park Mich. A some  Aulo workers in the United states and Canada went on strike against Chr ser corp. Early wednesday when their contract expired at Midnight follow ing two months of negotiations. It is unfortunate that we have to strike Chrysler corp.," United Auto workers president Owen Pic Bersaida 12 10 . At 32 Chrysler corp plants in the United states 70,000 workers represented by the Law walked out. Ten thousand work ers represented by the United Auto work ers of Canada went on strike at five plants owned by Chrysler Canada Ltd. We believe every Avenue has been explored every alternative has been exam ined Bieber said following a Day of negotiations at Chrysler Headquarters Here. Chrysler Canada and Union negotiators in Toronto had reported some Progress in a Long Day of talks. But l a of Canada president Robert White said after mid night we Are going to bed now and will reconvene at 9 o clock in the  i think it s tragic that this has to Hap pen said Chrysler vice president Thomas Miner. We had parity on the table with the Union in Canada when they walked out. We were Well on our Way toward an agreement  White said the prospects for a Canadian Settle men looked Good until about 8 p.m., when Progress suddenly halted. We just could t do it. I feel troubled by it but we be been through it before he said. White said thai even if negotiators could reach a Quick agreement wednesday at least three Days of production Likely would be lost before the workers could return. He said meetings have been scheduled at All Union locals sunday which will be either strike information sessions or con race ratification Voles. The Union will nol consider breaking off the talks until we re absolutely convinced we re so apart there s no Point in continuing he said. Chrysler workers want economic partly with general motors and Ford workers  
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