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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, January 19, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 19, 19ss the stars and stripes Page 9 Battles continue to rage in South Yemen Manama Bahrain f a tank Bailies broke Oul Friday Between government and rebel forces in marxist South Yemen after soviet sponsored reconciliation talk collapsed Gulf based Arab and Western diplomatic sources reported. Foreign diplomatic missions mainly the soviet British French and West German were reported to be Coor Diruhi ing efforts to evacuate their nationals from the embattled capital Aden. The sources said that heavily armed hostile tribes were descending on Aden the capital from nearby Hills. Tribal warriors of conflicting allegiances were marching on Aden mainly from three of the six provinces thai were merged into what became South Yemen in 1967. It appeared that a fierce tank Bailie broke Oul at a Highway Junction near the Aden Airport Road where forces of the iwo tribes of Dhali and a can collided As they came Down from the Hills these sources said. The Navy was said to be on the Side of the government of president Alt Nasser Mohammed while the air Force army and militias were reported to be split in the 5-Day. Old a niggle for supremacy in the re sea coup airy reports from Sanaa North Yemen indicated that units of the army have moved with their vehicles on the iwo belligerent sides. The Dhali tribesmen Are Kinsmen of vice chairman of presidium Ali amur one of the four leaders of the coup attempt that reportedly was triggered last monday. Defense minister Saleh Muslih. Who was implicated in the coup attempt was said to belong to the Northern Dhali province. Tribes of the Eastern province of a Valcq also were reported to have joined Dhali in the rebellion. The a can and had Ramout provinces were reported to have Hided with Mohammed. The Kuwait news Agency monitored in Bahrain said i he soviet sponsored cease fire talks which look place be tween representatives of both sides thursday Hail failed because the president insisted that All coup Leader be exiled. The coup attempt announced by radio Aden monday before ii went off it air was led by alar along with former president Abdul Faduah Kir rail. A hard line marxist ideologue who a returned to Aden Only last year after five years of exile in Moscow As .1 Stopgap measure however the ruling yemeni socialist parly had set of a five member comr Thiec of neutrals which has been appealing for Calm and seeking nor Ruil Iraklion of the situation tilt differences Between the iwo sides could be resolved. Arab ant Western diplomats in he Region said he differences have been simmering Over Mohammed s in creasing cooperation Wilh pro Western neighbors of his impoverished country. Radical members of the ruling party in which Ismail was reinstated at soviet Behest lust year also were known to be critical of Mohammed s bid to liberalize the Economy. A new version of How the coup at tempt was spa Rcd was published in the saudi arabian newspaper Al share Ai a sat which said that t military plane returning from the province of Hadr Amoul exploded in midair and killed All 60 armed forces officers aboard. Act inn. R � Tuu artist s sketch show tar mitigation system which a Ltd like Drivers to find their by through i or City streets or across a foreign country Wilh Nul using a map. Car navigation system Cou Zolend map Reading London a with a dash Oai navigation system developed in Britain lariats of the future might be Able to through a Maze of unfamiliar City St actor a foreign country without j read map or asking directions. A the in car electronic Campi unil is Ca Pable of being keyed by cd Gokler into a i Pacific map the Mil keys i Fey said. The British electronics Opl Pany said a Digi Tal display panel fitted Nufrie dashboard pro Vides the Driver with a else instructions such As turn left at react action take route 33 next Oil a Mel Forks Bear  the device Wjt be Given its first Public  London in february Ples sey said a waver providing car Nunufar lure is Urr villing to 3d�p he system. It will Btl least five years before Al s Avail Able introduction line curs. Plessy said the unit also could be adapted far use in police cars Security vehicles urn Erable to terrorist attacks or military aircraft needing instant Compass readings in an Aerial dogfight. Automobile manufacturers have Long been searching without commercial Success for a moderately cheap and accurate car navigation system. For 20 years or so people have been looking for a practical car navigation sys tem without having a satellite Antenna on the roof plessej1 spokesman Richard Gardner said in an interview. Obviously this is quite a break  he said. The really difficult work which has been designing the system has now gone  the Pressey adaptive Compass equipment or Pace would add about 1720 to the Cost of a new car compared Wilh 525,700 fur a professional gyr Compass used for navigation in advanced military vehicles or aircraft Pressey said in a news release. Although the Compa a plans to offer Pace to car manufacturer Gardner said i m sure in due course Youv i be Able to incorporate the unit in  All the Driver will need to knot forc he sets out across town or country is references of the starting Point and the Tina lion. The Grid numbers Are entered m the unit s miniature push Button computer after that there should be no Marc need for a Road mop or stopping at Gai stations to ask the Way Pressey said. The 9-by-Mnch unit uses specially de signed software capable of correcting false readings that might occur when driving up a Steep Hill which creates magnetic distortions or when a Large metallic object is passed in a City Street such As a bus or truck Plessy said the Compass controlled by a microprocessor constantly monitors the vehicle s Speed direction and Elevation. Pressey said a map of Britain has already been digitalized and can be incorporated into the system s software. But Unce a map of the world has been digitalized a Motorist might be Able to find his Way As easily in Boston As in Baghdad by incorporating the appropriate software. Pressey estimated it would take 26 min Iles to fit each navigation system into a Luction Linc car. A new dashboard probably have to be designed to fit Ogal Jshii latins it said. To flu Ives the unit might also be linked to a Radiwon Smitter that could pinpoint the vehicle s Luco a anywhere in the world. In Comba attract the Compass unit Sinsiang response Yghi give pilots a Lime advantage . In an Aerial Duel a Pilot usually must Damn few seconds for the inboard Compass told just itself after vigorous Maneu vers before a hussite can be fired with accuracy  
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