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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Monday, November 25, 1985

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 25, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday november 25. 1985 the stars and stripes Page 7 Summit talks cordial to combative aides say Washington up the Summit talks be tween president  and Smiel Leader  Gorbachev were alternately  and combative and at one Point dropped into kind of a Funk a news Misc a Ine reports. . Nous &. World report released saturday. Quot ing unidentified my Minisi Ilion aides who it tended list week s Geneva Summit said  asked Gorbachev at one Point during their two Days of talks Why the soviet Leader does nol Trust assurances that the t nil cd states will not attack the soviet Union. Relying on direct quotes and paraphrased remarks provided by the aides the news Maga my said a conversation to this effect followed Gorbachev do you believe that i would t attack you Reagan Well i be got quite a bit of reassurance on that during this session. But any american Leader has to plan based upon the other Side s capabilities. Gorbachev predicted Reagan s Star wars plan to establish an anti nuclear shield in space will be a technological failure and charged thai the real . Interest is in paining a military Adi anlage in . The Maga inc quoted Ciorba Chev is saying you can Sec i am very excited about   in the same session. Reagan had  about contradictions in the belief that  can be maintained Only through the threat of Mutual destruction he Lenorl . Quoting him As saying. I simply cannot condone the notion that human beings can Only keep the peace a threatening to blow each other  Reagan also acknowledged he is very conscious that the soviets fear Star wars is a cover for devel Oping first strike nuclear capability the report said it quoted one administration official As saying by the end of Reagan s presentation. Gorbachev was sitting Back very fixed in Eye Contact with Reagan. He sat and pondered it. He did t say anything for a  then the report said Gorbachev responded in effect i understand exactly what you Are saying but 1 disagree with it. Reagan one aide told the Maga Ine was very sur prised that Gorbachev s assertions about the United  could be so wide of inc  Gorbachev voiced a similar complaint about the United Stales saying Many myths exist about his own country. Later Reagan handed Ciorba Chev a statement pro posing that the two nations arms control negotiators in Geneva seek at least a 50 percent Cut in offensive nuclear weapons an interim agreement on intermediate Range weapons and stronger verification measures. Me also suggested the negotiators be told to discuss moving from offensive to defensive weapons the report Saivii. After Gorbachev read the president s proposal he commented that it would allow Star wars research to continue and said More talks arc needed to resolve Dis agreement Over that Issue. By the end of the first Day. One adviser told the mag a inc. The two men left their fireside meeting place in kind of a  their spirits were revived the aide said by Reagan s observation that they had reached agreements in some areas and by their Exchange of invitations fur future meetings in Moscow and Washington. Bhagwan s Oregon commune disbanding Selling ouf Rajnes Puram Ore. A disciples of Bhagwan so acc Rajnesh faced with debts Legal problems and the Depar Ture of their guru and chief moneymaker say they Are Selling out and moving on. The property is available. Rancho Raj Cesh is for Sale  mayor Swami prom Nirun said after informing the estimated 1,400 disciples remaining Al inc City commune of the decision to disband. Nirun said it was almost a non Deci Sion Given the recent criminal investigations of the 4-year-old commune and the departure of Rajnesh on nov. 14, after he pleaded guilty to charges of Federal Immi Gration fraud. After we looked at the Impact on the Community it was simply nol feasible to keep going Nirun said. Some disciples were crying As they left the closed meeting but others were optimistic. We Are used to excitement in our lives commune spokeswoman a Anand Bhag Wati said. I Sec it As a beginning not an  she added that some Rajnic Saccs were upset that outside forces had forced them to leave the commune which once housed 3.500 people. If you Are sensitive enough you Sec where things arc leading to Bhagwati said. With the Bhagwan gone the main income is gone from the ranch through the festivals and  for much of its income the commune depended on disciples from throughout the world who visited the ranch annually for celebrations and to Sec the Indian guru. Rajnesh has asked his disciples not to Fol Low him to India. Commune officials blamed their prob lems in part on the guru s former personal Swami prom Nirun right mayor of  Speaks with some of he 1,400 disciples remaining at Ibe commune. Secretary. A Anand Sucela. Sheila abruptly left the commune with former mayor Swami Krishna Deva and several other lop leaders in september. A grand jury later indicted her and two other former leaders on charges of attempting to murder Rajnesh s doctor. Deva pleaded guilty Friday to Federal immigration conspiracy and slate wiretap Ping charges in a plea bargain. He also agreed to Aid state and Federal officials investigating other Rajnic chec leaders. Nirun told reporters that commune Mem Bers can leave Rances Puram Al their convenience. He said he expected most to de part in the next two or three weeks. About 35 disciples left saturday on a bus about the same number thai has left daily during inc past week Bhagwati said. A lot of people want to be on their own for a while. Some Are considering establish ing other communes and some arc joining existing communes Bhagwati said. A Crew of about 100 will remain on the 64,000-acre Rancho Rajneesha to maintain buildings and equipment until they can be sold Nirun said. The remaining Street people who arrived Al the commune in ils 1984 sharing a Home program will be Given bus fare to their Home cities Nirun said. Nobody will be left stranded we will take care of each other Bhagwati said. Of no gives birth after crash kills toddler o Fallon. Iii. Up barely 30 minutes after her 22-month-old son died from injuries suffered when her car crashed on an icy Bridge a pregnant woman two weeks overdue gave birth to a healthy  dead child Hugh Simpson was injured about 7 . Friday when a car driven by his Mother. Staff sgt. Yvonne Simpson 27, collided with another Caron a Bridge Over interstate 64. Simpson gave birth at Scott arb in Belleville. Police said Simpson was reported in stable condition. Scott authorities de scribed the new baby As a healthy boy weighing 7 pounds 14 ounces. Fred Stephens the Driver of the other car was listed in fair condition at a hos Pital in Belleville. O Fallon police said Simpson had been going South when her car Slid Side ways on the icy surface of the overpass and crossed into the northbound lanes striking the car driven by Stephens 50. Of Fallon. Simpson and her son were freed from the Auto by firefighters who Cut the child from his restraining scat. The boy suffered cardiac arrest authorities said. Military on Active duty unchanged in october Washington a the Active duty strength of the nation s military services remained virtually unchanged in october the defense Deparl Mcnol re ports. As of oct. 31, the end of inc first month of fiscal 1986, the army air Force Navy and marines had a combined strength of 2,151,361 an increase of 329 from the sept. 30 totals but a jump of 13,060 com pared to the same period a year ago. October s minor increase followed the first decline in Overall strength reported by the Pentagon in nine months. During sep tember the number of men and women on Active duty had dropped by 6,424 compared to August. The latent report also reflected some internal changes among the services that balanced each other out. The Pentagon said the army s strength Rose by 1.593 in octo Ber while the Navy s strength declined by 1,543 and the Marine corps Rosier dropped by 63. The army reported 7x2.3x0 men ind women on Active duty As of oct. 31. While the Navy reported Active duty strength of 569.lh2.the strength of the Marine corps dropped slightly to 197.9 ,2. While that of the air Force Rose by 342 to 601.857. A year ago. Inc army had 781,754 men and women on Active duly the Navy 562,3% the Marine corps 196.879. And the air Force 597.272  
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