European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes Kiddle fashions see daily Magazine d go gamblers helped by group Page 2 q acne Medicine May harm heart Page 5 q signal school having birthday Page 9 q no. 11owa is. No. 2 Michigan Page 21 the stars and stripes vol. 44. No. 184 saturday october 19, 1985 lie Dally Aid so Joy d 8693 a near clash Between ., italian troops reported Washington a  Com Mandos were prepared to whisk the pales Tinian hijackers of the Achille Lauro to inc United states but backed Down to avoid a shoot out with italian troops according to a broadcast report. Navy f-l4s intercepted an egyptian air liner carrying the four cruise ship hijackers and forced the plane to land at a nato air base in Sicily on oct. 10. Lbs news quoting unidentified  Officials reported thursday that the plane was surrounded by two dozen  Com Mandos who were prepared to overpower the egyptian Crew and put the hijackers and their two palestinian escorts aboard a waiting plane to be flown directly to the United states. At that Point however. Italian troops arrived in Force and a heated argument broke out Between the italian and the american commanders at the scene according to the report. The americans finally gave in the network quoted one source As saying be cause the alternative was a shoot out with our  the night of the intercept the White House said nothing about a confrontation with the italians. It said the capture of the hijackers reflects our close cooperation with an ally and close Friend Italy in com batting International  White House spokesman Michael guest said thursday night we stand by what we said after the egyptian Airliner landed at the is Gonella Sicily air base. Defense Secre tary Caspar Weinberger called the italian defense minister Giovanni Spadolini with word of the  Action lbs said. Weinberger told Spadolini the United states wanted to take custody of the terrorists and Spadolini agreed the network said. A defense department spokesman it. Col. Don Brown acc said the Pentagon had no comment whatsoever on the report. Italian Premier Batlino Praxi who re see near clash on Page 28 services to test All for aids by Cunt Swift and Judy saraso1in stuff writers Washington defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger has decided the Cen trial part of inc department s aids policy All Servic members will be tested. A defense official who asked not to be identified said details of the policy still arc to be worked out and a formal announce ment is expected next week. We just Haven t Fine tuned it yet he said. Related stories pages 4, 5 Active duty members who have been exposed to the virus but show no signs of illness will be placed in a limited service status he said. If the disease itself is discovered the members will be hospitalized he said. The nature of any discharge Servic Mem bars might receive is one of the issues defense officials arc still discussing he said. Acquired immune deficiency syndrome is a condition that destroys a person s Nat ural ability to fight disease. It has left victims vulnerable to deadly rare cancers. Formulating a policy has been difficult because of controversy Over such questions As How results of the tests could affect reputations  careers. The homosexual Community has charged that the Pentagon could use aids testing to identify suspected homosexuals and remove them from the service. Homosexuals have been consid red to be a group at particularly High risk of acquiring aids because of sexual practices Al though studies show increasing evidence of the disease s spread into the heterosexual Community. Or. William Mayer assistant Secretary of defense Tor health affairs has pledged that despite the military s limited ability to assure patients of confidentiality inc test results will not be used that Way. The kind of discharge that Servic Mem Bers too ill to perform their duties could receive could affect disability income and hospitalization at Federal facilities As Well As pensions. Military authorities have promised thai members released because of aids or re lated diseases will not receive unfavourable discharges unless there is additional Evi Dence of homosexual or other forbidden activity. A Board of civilian consultants that gave its recommendations on aids policy to inc Pentagon last month did not recommend testing All Servic members Al this  the armed forces  Board said what the medical Community knows about aids so far did not appear to justify the expense of screening All Active duty members. The Board also cited a Lack of trained medical personnel and logistical requirements. But inc Board called for continuing studies and said it might change its mind if new evidence is discovered. The three services started testing recruit candidates this month. Those who show signs of inc virus on two Icsis arc rejected for service and referred to their physicians. Pentagon says management of military running smoothly Washington up the Penta gon recoiling from a broadside fired by a Senate panel s report recommending sweep ing reforms in the defense bureaucracy says it sees no need to make Basic changes in its Structure. The decision making machinery is run Ning smoothly our civilian and military leadership meshes As rarely in the past Pentagon spokesman Robert Sims said thursday. Civilian control is unquestioned but proper military advice is sought and Given its due  in a 645-Page report that took More than two years to compile the staff of the Senate armed services committee concluded that the joint chiefs of staff should be replaced Congress should meddle less in military affairs and the office of the defense Secretary should be streamlined. Doing away with inc joint chiefs of staff would at first Blush seem Una visa blk Sims said. The study recommended the biggest change in the Pentagon s military and civil Ian bureaucracy since a reorganization in 1958 under the Eisenhower administration. Responding to questions about the detailed study Sims declined to be More critical. He said defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger has appointed a seven member task Force to Analyse the report s recommendations. The Pentagon s general counsel Chap Man Cox will head the panel of six civilians and a military officer who will represent adm. William Crowe the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff he said. Based on our experience of nearly five years we Sec no Naco for the Type of drastic fundamental changes that inc press is re porting As were recommended by the staff study Sims said. Since inc administration came to office in 1981, Sims said we think we be made major improvements. We have put in Force a whole Range of management improvements which were Long  among those improvements Sims said was to include inc Heads of the unified com mands spread from Europe to the Pacific in budgetary decisions affecting their Heaters of operations. The study urged giving those command ers More Power Over their subordinates to eliminate inter Scricc rivalries. Despite the Pentagon s criticism of the study Sims said the report will be studied very carefully and it would take some time for the task Force to Complete its review. While we feel the present Structure is sound we recognize that it can be Fine tuned and we of course Welcome suggestions from qualified sources for further improvements he said. But Sims said the introduction of legis lation aimed at rearranging inc Pentagon s Complex bureaucracy should await a report by president Reagan s Blue ribbon commis Sion on defense management. The 15-Membcr panel is expected to sub Mil an interim report by year s end. The head of the commission former Deputy defense Secretary David Packard said oct. 10 that some management changes Are needed Al the Pentagon. Beeper bullets a Marine carries an m-16 Rifle mounted with a camera size laser unit during simulated combat. The laser beam triggers a Beeper on opposing troops when they Are