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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                C Navy employee aces spy charges Page 5 3 outfit can get enemy in a Jam Page 8 q testing babies for intelligence Page 17 the stars and stripes vol. 44. No. 219 saturday november 23, 1985 in you d 8693 a a measure of progress7 made on arms control Reagan says Washington a president Reagan Back Home from the Summit told a joint session of Congress thursday night he had a constructive meeting with Mikhail Gorbachev and together the two made a Mea sure of Progress on arms control. But the president said. "1 can t claim we had a meeting of the minds generally and his description of the arms understandings included Only the modest provisions car ried in a joint statement issued from Geneva Switzerland. While we still have a Long Way to go. We re at least heading in the right direction Reagan told the nationally televised session. I gained a better perspective i feel he did.  Back Home after the first  Summit meeting in six years Reagan declared that he. As Well As everyone was impatient for results in the drive to improve super Power relations. But he quickly cautioned thai Good will and Good Hopes do not always yield lasting results. Quick fixes Don t fix big  we Don t want a phony peace or a frail peace the president said. We did not go in Pursuit of some kind of illusory detente. We can t be satisfied with cosmetic improvements that won t stand the Tysl of time. We want real  the speech capped a 20-hour Day for Reagan that included a Long trans Atlantic flight across six time ones. Of Ven so. The 74-year-old president looked anything but tired As he strode into the House of representatives Cham Ber to a prolonged standing ovation from the members of Congress. The cheers Rose again when House speaker Thomas p. O Neill d-mass., formally introduced the president. Rea Gan was interrupted for applause about 15 times during his speech including once when he saluted his wife Nancy who blood to acknowledge the cheers. After the president spoke. Sen. George Mitchell. D Maine said the speech reflected the Summit itself. There was Little substance but much Hope for improved relations in the  sen. Nancy Kassebaum r-kan., said while tangible accomplishments from the talks appear modest she believes the Summit opened the Way for serious negotiations on a series of critical issues from a detailed rms con .5 Ion construction funds of d by f  Swift Washington Bureau Washington the defense department will have about sk.5 billion to spend on military construction this car $600 million for 5,000 units oath including $60. Family housing around the Globe. House and Senate have agreed. The fiscal 1986 military construction appropriation Bill Calls for funding mobilization hospitals child care centers More than 40.000 new Barracks spaces and new and improved Industrial and operations facilities. The Compromise reached on some Smyj disagreements Between the two Chambers versions of the measure cuts Aboul si.8 billion from the figure thai president Rea Gan had requested. The conference report agreed to by negotiators from each chamber cleared its see funds on Pago 28 a photo vice president George Rush la Cal and House speaker Thomas o Neill applaud president Reagan thursday during his speech to a joint session of Congress. Tool and strategic defense to regional conflicts and human  the Summit has not resolved our problems but it has created an Opportunity to find solutions Kassebaum said. Sen. William Cohen. A Mainc called Reagan s re Marks a very Good speech thai was not full of promises but was a realistic appraisal of the task  sen. Alan Cranston d-calif., said i did l expect a lot of substance. I was t  in All. The president summed up his trip this Way a new realism spawned the Summit the Summit itself was a Good Start and now our byword must be steady As we  Reagan s report to the nation followed a Summit that produced agreements to meet again next year in washing ton and the year after in Moscow and accords on issues such As cultural exchanges and establishment of new diplomatic facilities. But the two leaders failed to break their deadlock on the main business of superpower arms control and Reagan said on the Issue of so called Star wars the two leaders had a very direct Exchange. Or. Gorbachev insisted that we might use a strategic defense system to put offensive weapons into space and establish nuclear superiority the president said. I made it Clear that ski strategic defense initiative had Noth ing to do with offensive  Reagan also said he restated his proposal for open laboratories for scientists from the soviet Union and the United states to observe each other s research on strategic defense systems. Reagan thus ended his three Day venture into superpower sum Mitry with a flourish. He began the Day with Gorbachev in Geneva then moved on to a meeting with nato allies in Brussels. Belgium and finally Home for the speech. In All. Reagan spent More than hours while travelling 4.260 Miles in the air. Reagan s plane. Air t Oree one. Landed at Andrews fab. Outside Washington in a Light Dri be at k.40 . List. The president and his wife. Nancy were greeted by vice president George hush. O Neill and Senate majority Leader Robert Dole. After handshakes the reagans and other dignitaries boarded a presidential see Reagan on Page 28 Rioto by track Bahe rolling on into Winter a bicycle is somewhat out of its element blanketing most of Germany Friday two major league soccer games. The Snow sitting atop a pile of Snow on a Heidel snarled traffic caused countless fender accumulated up to 8 inches deep in the Berg sidewalk. A second Day of snowfall benders and forced the cancellation of Central Highlands  
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