European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes g certain Sentinel 86 weather gives extra Challenge Page 9 q Mcenroe knocked out of masters tourney Page 21 d today s Dollar buys 2.44 Marks rates Page 27 the mrs and,sfr3pes  Runoff Licul pull cation Fob the . 4rmed forces vol. 44, no. 273 Friday january 17, 1986 Kisona suy 0 8693 a Pentagon faces Belt tightening Gramm Rudman will Force cuts of of East $5.2 billion by Richard c. Gross Washington up the Primm Ludmun Law will Force the Pentagon engaged in the biggest peace time military buildup Ever to live with a smaller budget than he one for the previous year for inc first Lime in 13 years estimates show. The new budget balancing Law will require the de sense department to Mil Back on spending plans by at least s5.2 billion preliminary figures indicated Toul finl spending plans could Cut As much As s1j billion for fiscal however a White House official in an unusually Blunt discussion of budget strategy indicated the Penta gon might pud future request to spare president Rea Gan s cherished strategic defense initiative or Star wars missile defense system from Ilie badge a. Pentagon comptroller Robert Helm was to Brief re porters about the Impact the Gramm Kudman Law would have on the Pentagon for fiscal in which began oct. I Anil ends sept. 30. About 55.2 billion of the cuts come directly out of the Pentagon budget find another s0, billion will come out of nuclear programs run by the Linery department for the military. In late december. Congress authorised j2k9,5 billion for the Pentagon in this fiscal year of which s25 .4 billion is to be spent this year the remainder will be Down payments on new ships and planes which take years to build. The total budget fur fiscal iw5, which ended sept. 30, was s2h4.7 billion. If Ai expected the Pentagon trim 55.2 billion in spending from this year s budget its Sec Pentagon on Page 28 says hell train arabs for suicide attacks Kha Daty Calls Reagan vhf or no. 2 Tripoli Libya a libyan Leader col. Moa mar khad Afy offered to train arabs Tor suicide attacks and condemned president Reagan As a Hitler no. 2" for imposing economic sanctions against Libya. Speaking wednesday before a packed Hall of hundreds of cheering Young people in downtown Tripoli khad Afy again raised the spectre of a possible . Attack. He said Superior american military strength could not defeat the spirit of the nation and its readiness for  Ken Day also vowed to destroy maritime and Aerial navigation routes As Well As . Bases in the Mediterranean and their aircraft carriers if the United Stales plays with fire in the Mediterranean  we can swim in the sen with mines strapped to our bodies and Load mints into Small rubber boats turning them into in Plosive charges khad Afy said in the speech. His speech was broadcast live on state radio and television and quoted by Jana. The libyan news Agency. We will change ourselves into mined whales in the Mediterranean if we decide to die. And the United states will never be Able to destroy an entire people he said. He called on members of Arab group to Volunteer to be trained in Libya for suicide missions and said his country would provide the needed weapons. Khad Afy also told tie students that Libya was a base from which to act on behalf of the palestinian cause. But it was not immediately Clear from see khad Afy on Page 28 a group of female libyan soldiers practice using sub machine runs Al inc women s military Academy in Tripoli Libya . Reserves judgment on soviet arms offer Washington a president Reagan thursday called the soviet Union s sweeping null cur disarmament proposal different from things that we be heard in the past but he reserved judgment on whether it signalled a serious commitment from the Kremlin to negotiate an arms agreement. We re very grateful for the offer Rea Gan said responding to questions during a picture taking session in the Cabinet room. As to whether it will Lead toward Dis armament the president replied we re studying ii with great care and it s going to depend now in what lakes place in Geneva Switzerland he said the new soviet proposal outlined wednesday by Mikhail Gorbachev was Dif Ferent from things that we be heard in the past from leaders in the soviet Union. It s just about the first Lime that anyone s Ever pro posed actually eliminating nuclear  a ked whether the plan represented a see offer on Page 28 weather postpones Columbia s return Cape canaveral Fla. A space shuttle Columbia which Hud trouble leaving Earth had More trouble thursday Lin its return was called off because of a frequent Kennedy spate Center Jins Clouds and rain. We Wilt wave off for 2-1 hours. You re no go for the de orbit Burn mis Sion control communicator Fred Gregory Lold the astronauts. Under titans tred,1 commander Robert Gibson responded on wednesday the so Iubile had been directed to come Home a Lay Early. Looks like you re going to get a tour five Days Gregory said thursday if Columbia Cun l return Here by Sal see Columbia on Page 28