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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 16, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes thursday january in 1986 German police arrest 2 More terror suspects Karlsruhe. Germany a German Atli Grilies arrested two suspected supporters of he terrorist red army faction Weihin a Day after capturing one of the most wanted members of the leftist gang the German Federal prosecutor s office said wednesday. Alexander Prechtl spokesman for the prosecutor said a 35-year-old woman was afre led monday evening and a 25-year-old woman was taken into custody just after noon tuesday. Both arrests were in Frankfurt he said. Prechtel identified the 35-year-old woman As Angela  but would not identify the other who was re leased from custody. Prec Helcl said senftleber was believed to be a Field supporter of inc red army faction not a hard Core member of the gang. Field supporters of the group in the past Hove. Tor exam pie provided apartment Safe houses for fugitive members. Questioning and had Ive custody pc the older woman was undergoing Cju esl not Yel formally been placed in investigate elite said. Sven Reuter a spokesman for the German Federal of fice of investigation in Wiesbaden said the arrest of Sefl Leber was a follow up to the arrest at Annelie Decker in Hannover on monday. Becker is & reputed gang member who was on the most wanted list Becker was believed to have gone underground in 1984 and was most recently thought to be living in Frankfurt according to Prechtel. Reuter said police found Becker had inserted her own photograph in the identification papers of Moniva Rosskopf born on feb. 2,1950, in Offenburg. Rosskopf had lost her identification papers and has no connection to the red army faction a cuter said. Becker and senftleber have been friends since 1980, he said. Both women took part in the demonstration in Iha Frankfurt theater on March 21,1981, to support the Hun Ger strike of imprisoned red army faction members Reuter said. The 25-year-old woman arrested in Frankfurt is a Stu Dent who was arrested in 1984 in connection with support ing the red army faction a cuter said. The red army faction hits claimed responsibility Tor numerous attacks against . And German target in the past is years. One was the bombing at Rhein Mart a outside Frankfurt in August in which two american were killed and 20 people hurl. Deficit from Pago 1 projected by the two budget offices exceeds the Grumm Rudman deficit target for 1935 of ii72 billion by at least s2q billion. In this Case the average of the two Esti mates s2i0.5 billion was $48.i billion Over the target meaning that the cuts will take place automatically March 1 unless Congress moves to Block them or a Federal court issues a slay. A three judge Federal pane is weighing a constitutional Challenge to the Law by several members of Congress and a Federal employees Union. The Case is expected to wind up before the supreme court before March i. For this year alone. Congress limited the Overall Impact of the budget cuts to $20 billion far All of fiscal 1986 that works out to $11.7 billion for the period of March i oct. To thai portion of the fiscal year affected by the required cuts. Ithe Law says the cuts Mutt be evenly divided Between defense and Domestic pro Grams. However a decision by president Reagan to shield All military personnel from any staff cutbacks resulted in the slightly higher percentage of cuu for the remainder of Pentagon programs. The first round of spending cuts under the Gramm Rudian budget balancing Law May Force hiring freezes throughput the Federal government require layoffs in same agencies and result in thousands of individual program cuts . Official say. That will be the net effect of a $11,7 billion reduction in government spending according to senior Agency officials who spoke tuesday on condition they not be named. At thai the reductions will not approach those that will come in subsequent fiscal Yean when the Gramm Rudman act takes full effect. Hiring freezes were expected to be instituted throughout the government with Lay offs Likely tit a number of agencies Accord ing to several government officials who also spoke Only on the condition of anonymity. Labor department spokesman David de merest said we Don t have a lot of flexibility from one program to  he said there would be some picking and choosing within specific programs but that generally the percentage cuts were fined across the Board. The bomb co report wednesday cell mated for each Agency How far its program would have to be Cut both in actual appropriations for fiscal 1986 and in spending authority which can ewer several years but does not provide for the appropriation of any funds. Budget authority figures Are normally higher than appropriations figures. The Pentagon would take the largest Tongie Cut slashing about ii 3.9 billion from Ifni ton and military spending authority. Actual appropriation cuu this year would total 15,4 billion. The report estimates a $168 million Cut in spending authority for the employment and training administration of the depart in enl of labor a s229.7 million Cut in student Aid and a $40.4 million Cut in the Federal vocational and adult education program. Soviets from Page 1 August and expired Jan. I the announcement was made at the be ginning of the wifi Heiy television news pro Gram. The statement by Gorbachev was read by an announcer. The soviet usion i proposing a Slep by step and consistent process of ridding the Earth of nuclear weapons to be implemented and completed within the next is years be fore the end of this Century Gorbachev Laid. Gorbachev said the first Stag of the plan was for each Side to reduce by half the nuclear arms that can reach each other s territory a stage that would occur within the next five to eight years. But the statement said such a reduction is possible Only if the soviet Union and inc United states mutually renounce the development testing and deployment of space strike  it was a reference to the United states Elan to study a space based defense system known As Star  the first stage of the soviet plan would involve adoption and implementation of the decision on the Complete elimination of inter mediate Range missiles of the .s.r. And the .a. In the european zone both Ballis tic and cruise missiles Gorbachev said. At the second stage which should Start no later than 1990 and last for five to seven years the other nuclear Powers will begin to engage in nuclear disarmament the soviet Leader said. They would pledge to freeze All their nuclear arms and not to have them in Ute territories of other  the reference apparently was to the in dependent nuclear forces of France and Britain. Gorbachev said after the superpowers have reduced their relevant arms by so percent All nuclear Powers would be called on to eliminate their tactical nuclear arms. The third stage to begin no later than damage from Page 1 . Army troops especially those coming from the Stales. He suggested bringing pots of Coffee to cold soldiers As a simple gesture of Friendship. The military is going out of its Way to prevent Man Euver damage pause said. We should do what we can to make sure they carry Good memories Home with  the Chancellor s office is the highest German authority in Bavaria for Man Euver related issues. Property loss or damage in previous re forger exercises ranged Between is million Ana $8 million . Army Man Euver dam age specialists say. Some claims from last year Are still not resolved. Even if certain Sentinel is scaled Down from a Field training exercise including full mane vering across Fields and through Woods in condition Green to a command Post exercise in condition red the most important objectives of certain Sentinel already have been met said maj. Gen. Rudolf Meyer German Mili tary District i commander. The results fix certain Sentinel will generate remain to be seen Meyer said. The exercise is Only the conclusion of a yearlong successful development of trustful cooperation the objectives include improvement of Mutual knowledge of Structure doctrines procedures possibilities and limitations among exercise participants. Chambers said the exercise will concentrate on defensive training. Chambers said the 73,000 soldiers participating in the Winter exercise will see a number of first including the participation of a brigade size army Reserve unit Wisconsin s 32nd sep Arate Mech inf brigade. Close proximity to Warsaw pact Bor Ders. One exercise planner said a 3 to 314 mile Buffer zone will be maintained. Active participation by the German Border police. Participation by the German army with Liaison contacts Down to brigade level in . And Canadian army units. The most extensive sampling of soil to determine mane vering conditions Green Amber or red. Specialists will Monitor to sampling Sites throughout the Maneu Kerbox. Use of the Usa eur automated weather system. Use of the army s tactical fire control system tac fire by All artillery players at All Levels. Participation by i rocket system battalion. Multiple launch Pershing from Page 1 solid fuel propellant in the rocket s motor. Nuclear warheads were not involved in the Accident which occurred Al a maintenance site near Heilbronn in South Central Germany said the report. The population was not endangered at any Point the report said. The document confirmed a preliminary report last april that named Static electricity As the cause of the incident. It ruled out other possible causes such As faulty handling mechanical failure an electrical abort circuit or sabotage. Wednesday s report said All penning 2 missiles brought to Germany after the Acci Dent were modified to avoid the chances of such a Static electric charge. The Pershing already in Germany Are currently being modified a their deploy ment Sites the report said. The remedial measures to the weapons Are intended to avoid electrical charges in the motor As much As possible and to improve the grounding system the report said More detailed instructions also Are being issued for the handling of the missiles the report said. When All the modification Are finished regular exercises with the missiles can resume presumably in the next few months said Lothar Ruehl the no. 3 Man in the defense mini try. 1995, Gorbachev said Calls for elimination of All remaining nuclear weapon on Earth and a Universal agreement not to bring them into being again. The official Tass news Agency carried portions of got Baches s statement shortly after the television announcement began including the three Moth test ban Extension. Such a moratorium will remain in effect even further if the United slates for its part also stops nuclear Tesu Gorbachev said. Gorbachev s statement repeated the Kremlin s insistence that weapons be kept out of space. We Are against weapon in space be said. Our material and intellectual capabilities make it possible for the soviet Union to develop any weapon if we Are compelled to do this Gorbachev said. 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