European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 3, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Q lung cancer Down among . Men Page 7 n timeless Tibet see daily Magazine n baseball s Bill Veeck Dies at 71 Page 24 the stars vol. 44. No. 259 Friday. January 3, 19b6 Autho alted unofficial q 8693 a Reagan swaps Tel greetings with Gorbachev Washington a president Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail Gorba Chev broadcast new year s greetings to each other s nations wednesday promising to continue the search for peace but acknowledging differences Over How to reduce the threat of nuclear War. Sec photos Pige 3 related Story. Page 28. The unprecedented exchanges were taped last week and televised simultaneously Al i . Est in the United slates on All the major commercial television net works and at 9 . Moscow time in the soviet Union. Each talk lasted about five each Leader spoke in his native language. The telecasts leu lured simultaneous trans lations. Roughly six weeks after the two me Geneva Switzerland both Rei Gauff Gorbachev referred to that summer oiling they Hope the search for Peao ill grow and Bear fruit in 1986. Rengan s speech was re first by an american president Taffy soviet populace since a televised 8peccri by president Nixon during hlt1972 visit to Moscow. Never had the leaders of the uni Ley it tics and the soviet Union such a message Exchange. But s work together to make i a year of peace. There is no belter goal for 1986 or for any year he we Gorbachev said for Truff soviet people the year 1986 Marks the of a new stage in carrying out our coi plans. Those Are peaceful plans we1 made them known to the whole Wor he said one of the main ache of the Summit is thai As Lar frs and As human beings we were Polo Lake the first Steps toward of cunning mistrust and to activate the Reagan said Kopitc the obvious Dis my Summit we left Geneva with a Blier understanding of one an Othra Janif the goals we have. We Gorbachev offered few specifics a arms control Reagan said the to leaders had agreed to seek agreements on the principle of 50 percent reductions in offensive nuclear arms and interim agreement on intermediate Range nuclear Buth men referred to the stalled at tempts to negotiate nuclear arms reduction. A key clicking Point has been Rea Gan s so called Star wars plan for research into anti missile defences with the soviets insisting on a ban on such plans while the United states contends that its program is Only in answer to Simi Lar soviet research. Referring to the program Reagan said. See greetings on Page �8 life 71 of a Safe a it v ifsissj.? 4- of pcs phyla by Gui Schue minho is holding the Winter ii All depends on How Many College fool Ball bowl winners you picked in the stars and stripes super bowl contest held Over the holidays. A crewel contest workers Are now checking 96,800 entries received before ftnaiin.1 deadline. The Winner to of a Noiin a Jaii. 10, will ret Cive a trip for two Tol Lor leans for the super bowl Louisiana sup Rome on Jin. 26. Rich Clitu ring the in pcs. Other tournament out oses Queen Abnee by her Crown jumping Watts to up Colato 97th of roses Par Idem Caluri wednesday. Rose Boh bowl Stor Dort sports khad Afy fire fens to declare War in Mideast it Libya is hit Paris a libyan Leader col. Moa mar Kheda by who has been accused of harbouring a terrorist group blamed Tor attacks on airports in Rome and Vienna aus Tria said retaliation against Libya would Lead to an interminable War in the Middle East and Mediterranean. Khad Afy told a news conference in Tripoli. Libya that his country would nol riposte Wilh a limited action to an aggression against Libya but would declare War in the Region. If an aggression was committed against Libya it would be the beginning of the end he said. It would be the beginning of an interminable his comments were broadcast on France s Antenne Deus television network wednesday and reported by Jan a the official libyan news Agency. Khad Afy accused the United slates and Israel of led ing the world to he said any attack on Libya would cause it to declare War in the Mediterranean sea and in All the Middle East the French network said. . And israeli officials have said they believe a pales Tinian faction headed by Palestine liberation Organiza Tion renegade Abu Nidal and reportedly based in Libya was responsible for last Friday s terrorist attacks near the Airport Check in counters of Israel s Al Al airlines. Eighteen people including five americans and an israeli were killed and about 120 others were injured. Four of the seven terrorists died. Israeli prime minister Shimon Peres told the Knesset or parliament in Jerusalem wednesday that Libya is a slate that deals in and he called for International sanctions against in. He vowed Israel will act with Oil the Means at its disposal preemptive operations direct confrontation and punitive measures to combat palestinian attacks. Khad Afy categorically rejected All the accusations of terrorism directed against the Jan a said. The struggle of the palestinian people is the sacred action of a people who have suffered injustice and whose inn has been taken by Force and by Jana quoted khad Afy As saying. The two terrorists who survived the Vienna attack told investigators they were members of Abu Nidal s faction officials said while the Man charged As he Lone surviving terrorist in Rome reportedly Lold investigators Libya sup ported he attack. Jana on sunday described the assaults As Brave and but tuesday the libyan embassy in Rome issued a statement saying Libya condemns terrorism. Reports on the news conference did not directly mention the Airport attacks but Jana quoted khad Afy As saying that palestinians Are acting As 3 reply to what the israeli fighter planes did in Tunisia when they massacred palestinians israeli planes bombed Plo Headquarters in Tunisia last oct. 1. Killing at least 60 people. Israel made the attack in retaliation for the killing of three israelis on a yacht in Cyprus several Days earlier. Khad Afy said if Israel retaliates for the Airport attacks there would be another reply against them Al the hands see khad Afy on Page 28
