European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 03, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes Phil silvers Dies see Page 5 d South Africa limits press Pago 2 q soviets beef up Pacific Fleet Page 28 d Hahn upsets Blob org in semis p. 23 vol. 44, no. 199 author it Knop Finiol publication for Thi  med Fouch sunday november 3, 1985 Lac ool a q 8693 a Treasury taps Trust funds to cover social Security Washington a the Treasury put or Cash has been forced to tap into social Security s investment to cover the recipients checks after Congress tailed to agree on a Bill to renew the government s borrowing authority. The House and Senate left for the week end deeply divided Over competing demo cratic and Republican versions of a balanced budget plan attached to a Bill needed for a Long term increase in the National debt which has reached its Legal limit. The House moved Friday to avoid divest ment of the Trust funds with a temporary debt increase Bill but the Senate rejecting the House language Aston Loose missed the mid night deadline anyway before passing its own version. The Treasury then redeemed $15 Bil lion in social Security investments and s2 Bil lion from other rust funds. As far As Treasury is concerned we needed to have action by Midnight spokeswoman Kim Hogg ird said. The Dis investment transaction was completed at  with the Trust funds tapped the govern see funds on Page 28 Reagan oks soviet arms Cut proposal Washington up president Reagan publicly accepted the soviet Union s proposal for a 50 percent reduction in most offensive missiles saturday but he said his Call for a fresh Start in superpower relations would depend on Summit Progress in other areas. In by weekly radio address made from his Retreat at Camp David md., Reagan for the first time publicly stated his agreement Wiki the soviet offer presented to him in a september meeting with soviet foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze. But he made Clear that other obstacles remained before an agreement can be reached at the arms control talks in Geneva Switzerland or in his Summit meeting nov. 19-20 with soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Judged against our own very careful criteria for reach ing a sound arms control agreement we found the soviet counterproposal had some flaws and in some ways was one sided he said. But building on the positive elements the president said we therefore have accepted the so percent reduction proposal by the soviets in a counteroffer presented in Geneva on Friday. Initial soviet reaction to the proposal was negative saying that Reagan was not willing to give in on his strategic defense initiative the space defense system commonly called Star  the soviets consider it a major stumbling Block in negotiations. Reagan said the reduction must be applied to systems which Are  . Officials have complained see Reagan on Page 28 dog Days Louisiana style two Ion ire stranded by flooding in new Orleans in the Wake of Hurricane Juan which hit Southeastern Louisiana with five Days of by watery winds Blob tides and 10 to 12 inches of rain. At co. Edwin Edward request. Presi Dent Reagan on Friday declared to fret parishes disaster areas. Edwards Esti mated losses at about is billion. Six deaths were blamed on the storm soviet Soldier inside . Kabul embassy Shannon Ireland a a 19 year old soviet Soldier slipped into the . Embassy in Kabul Afghanistan and the soviet backed government has surrounded the compound with soldiers and searchlights Secretary of state George p. Shultz said saturday. Electricity also has been Cut off he said. Inside the embassy the Soldier who slipped in through an open Gate on Friday is talking to american diplomats about his options Shultz said. The Soldier who had been on guard duly at radio Kabul near the embassy seemed confused saying at first that he wanted to go Home. Our posture is to do our Best took after his interests Shutlz said. He discussed the incident before his plane stopped Here to refuel on the was from Washington to Helsinki Finland. There Shutlz planned to spend the week end before flying to Moscow on monday for pre Summit talks with soviet Leader Mik Hail s. Gorbachev and foreign minister Eduard Shevardnadze. The incident involving the soviet Soldier a private who was not otherwise identified followed the strange Case of a 22-year-old see soviet on Page 28 Happy birthday Earth and Many billions More Chicago a for some people a 40th birthday party is a big Deal. But that s a piece of cake compared to the Milestone a College geology department celebrated Mother Earth s 4.6-Billionlh birthday Complete with Marble cake and ancient Fos Sil party favors. No one knows Earth s age for sure it could be off by 100 million years or so but that did t Stop professors and students at the University of Illinois geological sciences department from having a Little fun with the party on Friday. The revel was the sixth annual Earth birthday party put on by the University. This is actually a kind of Tongue in Cheek occasion. We Don t take it seriously said professor Norman Smith. Geologists say the earths age is around 4,6 billion years but they would never be so bold As to pin it Down to an exact Day let alone a time he said. But in the 17th Century Irish theologian James Ussher proclaimed solemnly that the Earth was created at 9 . On oct. 26,404 b.c., Smith said. Ussher made his pronouncement based on a scholarly study of the Bible Smith said. He counted up the began " this year the party was held six Days late so it would t interfere with students see birthday on Page 28