Discover Family, Famous People & Events, Throughout History!

Throughout History

Advanced Search

Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, December 29, 1985

You are currently viewing page 1 of: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, December 29, 1985

   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I q Reagan s 87 budget would Cut a medical benefits Page 9 q Baylor defeats leu 21-7 in Liberty bowl Page 21 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Army d forces vol. 44. No. 254 sunday december 29, 1985 o., Ona i d 8693 a 2 More americans die after attack Ben Ahmed Cha Oval left and Abdul Aziz mar Zouri arc suspects in Friday s attack at lie Airport in Vienna Austria. Rom a the death i in the bloody terrorist attack1 at airports in runic and Vienna. Austria Rose to is when two wounded americans died saturday ind top italian officials called fur a series  new Airport Security measures. At least 121 people were injured in the two attacks which occurred almost simultaneously Friday morning when terrorists opened fire with automatic weapons and tossed grenades near Check in counters   Al airlines at the two airports. Police and Hospital officials said Don a land. 30. Of new port Richey. I la., died at Rome s St. Giovanni hos Pital Early saturday. Later the italian Interior ministry said  Tomarello �7, died in san Camillo Hospital. In Washington. State department spokeswoman Debo Rah Cavin confirmed Tomarello was an american. Her Hometown was not known bul Cavin said Tornarelli s relatives were from Naples. Fla. Apparently the . Embassy says there Are 12 americans remaining in the Hospital. Seven  eight were treated and  Cavin said. . Embassy spokesman Mark Dillen confirmed that Frederick Gage previously reported killed was an Ameri can. Gage. 29,  Madison wis., was a member  the Hoard  directors  capital times co. The other americans killed were 11-year-old Natasha Sophie Simpson daughter  Victor Simpson the a news editor in Rome and John Huo Nocor. 20,  Wilmington Del. They have again bloodied Christmas said italian Premier belting Praxi. Referring to a terrorist attack  a train near Bologna last year that killed 15 people. Five  the 15 slain in Rome s Leonardo a Vinci air see attack  Page 28 a bomb blast tests Star wars technology explosion Sef off beneath Nevada desert Las vegas Nev. A a Hydrogen bomb buried in a Boxcar size canister was detonated in the Nevada desert saturday in a lest  Star wars technology officials said. The bomb with a payload the equivalent  150,000 tons  int was detonated 1,800 feet beneath a desert Mesa at 11 . Said Chris West  the department  . Code named Goldstone it had an explosive punch 10 limes inc Force  the atomic bomb that devastated Hiroshima during world War ii. We had no problems West said. It was Cut and  the Tysl was designed to see if strategic defense in Ilia live laser technology known As Star wars could thwart a nuclear attack. The blast at Pahule Mesa 100 Miles Northwest  Las vegas registered 5.6  the Richter scale according to John m much  the National earthquake information Cen Ter in Boulder Colo. It measured 5.3 at the California Institute  technology in Pasadena Calif. Las vegas metropolitan police said there was no ground movement in Las vegas. There were three weather related delays in the past 10 Days prompting speculation from Moscow  Public pres sure was s ing the Experiment. The first scr Fulcd test was dec. 1 then it was delayed three times before being postponed until after the Christmas holidays. West refused to confirm whether the test was related to the strategic defense initiative program but Pentagon sources confirmed earlier this month that the detonation was related. The previous delays were forced by wind blowing toward realty Nev., and populated areas  California. Although the tests Are conducted underground wind could spread any dust  released Gas. The sources said the test was the fifth in a series de signed to Sec whether a Ray lasers powered by a Hydrogen weapon explosion could be harnessed and focused to Knock Oul enemy missiles. The last previous laser related test was held  March ?3 and was code named cottage. John Pike associate director for space policy at the Washington based federation  scientists has said the firs american i ing laser technology was in 1980. Nuclear test involve Hooili the Pentagon and the department  in orgy the Agency charged with the nuclear testing program have declined to discuss details  such tests saying that the information is classified. Star wars opponents contend that there were Haws in the cottage lest that have Noi been corrected. The Pentagon admits there were technical problems with cottage but ays those problems were addressed before the golds nne shot. The Goldstone Tysl was conducted in one  the Mo-1 Remote areas  the Nevada test site up in the Middle  nothing West said. To the East lies area 51. A government testing ground so secret that the military and the Doi refuse even to acknowledge its existence. Paiute Mesa is the same area where some  the nation s largest tests have taken place and the Remote nature makes it a better place for the big ones West said. The largest test at the site Boxcar with an explosive Force  1.3 Mil lion tons  int was conducted a Short distance from the Goldstone site in april l%8. It was 646lh detonation since january w51 at the Nevada test site which at 1,350 Square Miles. K 30 percent larger than Rhode Island lebanese leaders sign peace Accord Damascus. Syria a leaders  Lebanon s most powerful moslem and Christian militias signed a syrian sponsored armistice agreement saturday de signed to end the 10-year-old lebanese civil War. The militia leaders put their signatures to the peace document at 1 30 . In a Cere Mony held under he auspices  Syria s vice president Abdill Halim Haddam. Druse chieftain Walid Jumblatt signed for the progressive socialist party Justice minister Nabih Barri signed for his shiite moslem amal movement and a lie Hobeika signed for the lebanese forces Christian militia. They Shook hands after the signing while their senior aides hugged kissed and exchanged congratulations. It s Over Berri Lold reporters after the conclusion  the Accord which resulted from three months  tedious negotiations under Haddam s sponsorship. Lebanese radio Stalions interrupted regu Lar programs to announce the signing in a fanfare  Bell ringing hashes calling the Accord a historic document the new Start for  about 40 moslem and Christian politicians attended the signing ceremony at Syria s invitation. Syria s state radio said the signing heralded Lebanon s  this is the first peace Accord concluded by militia chiefs who control inc guns. Scores  previous agreements concluded by militarily powerless politicians All col lapsed in the bloody Trail  the 10-year-old civil War which has claimed More than 100.000 lives. Details  the new Accord were not officially spelled out. Bul militia sources said the proclaimed armistice will be supervised by syrian military observers. The sources also said the agreement stipulates the formation  a new government to write a new Constitution. The new Constitution will introduce re forms to give moslem an equal share in the government parliament army and Judic iary with the christians who have dominated Power since Lebanon s 1943 Independence from trance  
Browse Articles by Decade:
  • Decade