European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes Ello see daily Magazine n Heidelberg school wins award Page 2 q Louisiana parishes tight Over Money Page 5 q Nobel laureates Aid heart victim Page 8 q la. Edges Broncos in nil action Page 21 and coming tomorrow first of a two part series suicide in the military the stars and 5trpes vol. 44, no. 236 tuesday december 10, 1985 8693 a Reagan leads final push for passage of tax Bill Washington up president Reagan spearheaded it final lobbying drive for tax overhaul monday prodding House republicans to vote for a democratic Bill or doom our efforts to achieve real tax re form for the american meanwhile the gop members most of whom oppose the measure drafted by the Democrat dominated House ways and Means committee tried to decide what strategy to use when the legislation reaches the House floor probably on wednesday. The republicans have their own alternative tax legislation but that Bill is Given virtually no Chance in the full House where democrats have a firm grip. Instead the focus is on whether enough of the 182 House republicans will vote for the com Mittee Bill to overcome democratic defections. Reagan stepped into the Battle monday sending a letter to House members warning that lax Reform May be dead for several see tax on Page 28 full time Neucom surgeon Post planned by Norman Black Washington a the Penta gon 20 months after an internal investigation found serious readiness problems among its medical commands in Europe is about to create a full Lime general s Slot to improve coordination among the various services informed sources say. Creation of the position was strongly recommended by a medical readiness re View group in april 1984. That group s report and related internal memos Dis closed thut the army and air Force had actually competed to care for the men injured in the 1983 bombing of the Marine Barracks in Beirut Lebanon producing some questionable evacuation decisions. The document attacked the european come for not having a comprehensive integrated plan for providing care to Vic Tims of terrorist according to a Pentagon source who agreed to discuss the matter if not identified the designation of a full time Neucom surgeon was endorsed by the joint chiefs of staff Over the past two weeks. The endorsement has been forwarded to defense Secretary Caspar w. Weinberg or the source added and he s certainly not going to veto the position of Neucom surgeon exists now but it is filled Only on a part time basis by whichever top european surgeon of the air Force Navy or army is senior. Thai system was strongly criticized in the internal readiness investigation As one that allowed the medical departments of each service to conduct peacetime operations and develop readiness plans in pm pm Etc there is no mechanism with cd for achieving efficiencies through Cross cry see surgeon on Page 28 Lennon mourned in n.y., Moscow new York a on the fifth anniversary of the Day John Lennon was shot to death fans gathered to mourn across from his Home. Do cons gathered at the Teardrop shaped Section of Central Park dedicated in Lennon s memory on oct. 9, and known As Strawberry Fields from the beatles song Strawberry Fields through Barren Trees Lennon s admirers could Sec inc spot in front of inc Dakota apart Cal building where he was shot by Mark David Chapman the night of dec. 8, 1980. Chapman is serving a term of 20 years to life at Attica stale prison in upstate new York. Some mourners sat on Strawberry Fields benches and stared. Others gathered near a portable stereo playing beatles records singing while someone played guitar. Most were Loo Young to remember the British invasion thai brought the beatles to the United Stales in 1964. But their emotion was evident As Young women dropped Flowers in the Center of a 10-foot, Black and White Sla Bursi mosaic featuring the word imagine the title of Lennon s biggest Post beatles hit. They say that the crowds get smaller each year. It s sad " said Roger Zygmund 24, of East Brunswick . In Moscow s Lenin Hills meanwhile a popular tourist and weekend skiing Sile soviet police arrested four people sunday in breaking up a gathering of about 25 Young people marking Ine anniversary of Lennon s death. Western reporters at inc scene said the Young people were listening to beatles tunes on a portable tape re Corder. They said thai As the Sonj Back in the was playing six police officers stopped the music and ordered the group to Scalier. A a lilo fans of John Lennon gather Al new York memorial. Dutch parliament told deployment of cruise is Legal the Hague Netherlands a three dutch cd Perls on International Law told parliament monday lha they see no Legal barriers to deployment of new Nat a cruise missiles in the Netherlands. On the first Day of a parliamentary hearing Nisic dam University professor Pictor Kuyper said the dutch treaty governing deployment is not in conflict will existing rules of International the hearing conducted by inc dutch parliament s for eign affairs defense and constitutional affairs commit tees comes More than a month after dutch Premier Ruud Lubbers Center right government decided to accept deployment of up to 48 nato cruise missiles Here in 1988. That decision ended six years of indecision Over the deployment Issue by four successive dutch governments faced with Strong Domestic opposition to nuclear weapons. Parliament has already approved the missile decision but the treaty governing deployment of the american owned and manned missiles is also subject to parliamentary ratification expected to come in february. At monday s session dutch constitutional Law expert pict Kooymans said the proposed treaty did not contain any provisions at Odds with the Constitution. If that had been the Case the treaty would have required a two thirds majority in parliament the extra mar Gin required to change the Constitution. The left Wing opposition in parliament wants a Manda tory two thirds vote claiming that the american military control Over the missiles would infringe on Netherlands see cruise on Page 28 super bowl contest starts Page 26
