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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Tuesday, January 21, 1986

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 21, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 28 w the stars and stripes tuesday january 21, 19bs oilmen say Reagan s embargo won t work Tripoli us l president Reagan s attempt Loim pose economic sanctions against Libya and his order that americans gel out or the country May be collapsing american oilmen said sunday. Libya said Reagan s embargo would not work and threatened to use soviet made ail rigs if american machinery in ils vital Oil Fields is shut Down. Officials and american oilmen said indications had Ari sen from a series of meetings in Europe that . Compa Nies could continue operating in Libya and the . Boy Call itself appeared to boil Down to a ban an exports to Libya. Reluctance by West european nations to Back Reagan s move and Libya s own ability to keep ils ail Industry going and to circumvent an exports ban with the help of Europe and soviet bloc countries could effectively doom the . Sanctions. Some of the 1,500 americans working in Libya showed signs of Balking at Reagan s order that they leave by feb. I or run the risk of spending up to 10 years in prison on i hair return to the United Stales. The whole ii it is collapsing one american oilman old United press International. Another said "11 seems to me like this whale tiling is being  both asked i hit their names be withheld. The oilmen said results of a recent meeting in Paris Between Abdullah a Zadri chairman of Libya s state owned National Oil co. And representative of american minority shareholders in the Oasis Oil co. Including Marathon and Continental indicated the . Firms could keep functioning despite the Boycott. Oasis produces 160,000 barrels of Libya s estimated 1.1 million barrels of daily Oil production diplomats said. Officials said a similar meeting in Switzerland last week Between Mohammed Mon gush head of the secretariat for the s5 billion Greal manmade River project and Glenn Magnusson Legal adviser for the Houston based Brown & Root company decided the american company could stay in business in Libya although without american personnel. Brawn & Root serves As a consultant on the River project showpiece or libyan Leader Moa mar khad Afy s development plans and the perhaps the world s largest and most ambitious water project. Big manmade River is designed to pump 6 million cubic meters of water per Day from beneath Libya s South Ern desert to Ita coastal regions. The american oilmen said they Hud heard reports from King from Page 1 the conference Al Atlanta s Ebenezer Baptist Church where King was pastor until his assassination in 1968. About 200 people some trying to shield candles from a brisk wind held a Vigil at King s crypt at the Martin Luther King or. Center for non violent social change in Atlanta on sunday night. King s widow corp la Scott King was to place a Wreath Al the Tomb monday. The Rev. Ralph Abernathy an aide to King who was at his Side when lie was slain spoke sunday in Anchorage Alaska to a crowd of about 1,000. Even though they were successful kill ing the dreamer they will never kill the dream Aberathy said. About 500 people gathered in a High school in Columbus Ohio to recall King s legacy. Al a rally honouring King at the univer sity of Illinois in Chicago on sunday Raman Catholic Cardinal Joseph Bernar Din told about 5,000 people we Are Here to recommit ourselves to his dream. We must not just remember the dream we must live  also in Chicago gov. James r. Thomp son and mayor Harold Washington announced that a Monument honouring King will be built on a South Side Comer where King worked with the poor during the mid 609. Monday s scheduled observances included living the dream a musical Cele bration by several top recording stars and others in Washington new York City and Atlanta. Performers will include such peo ple As Bob Dylan Joan Baez Quincy Jones the Rev. Jesse Jackson Patti Labelle and More with Harry Belafonte and Bill Cosby is co hosts. I think he would have viewed this holi Day As something to be celebrated in the cause of humanity not As Martin Luther King s birthday said Belafonte who was a close Friend of King. I think he would like to see his work continued nol simply re  the program was to be recorded in All three cities and edited far b two hour nationally televised special monday night As a fund Raiser for the King Center. Belafonte who is also chairman of the Martin Luther King new York slate holi Day commission said the idea for the linked performances in three cities came from Stevie wonder a longtime proponent of a National Holiday for King. In addition to that program Washington was to hold its 17lh City Observance of King s birthday. King s actual birthday was Jan 15. But monday was set a the Federal Holiday. In Philadelphia the City and Jackson s people United to serve humanity planned a Celebration of brotherhood and Freedom. In previous years the City had sponsored a prayer breakfast in Honor of King and push held a separate ecumenical service. A Parade was planned in Birmingham ala., to Kelly Ingram Park where a 14-foot Monument to King Wilt be unveiled and where King spoke and marched in the Early 1960s. His dream liberated Birmingham from itself and began a new Day of love Mutual respect and cooperation the inscription on the statue a cud in part. In South Carolina gov. Dick Riley sen. Ernest Hoines a act National presi Dent William 1. Gibson and other officials were to gather on the grounds of the statehouse in Columbia for speeches and songs honouring King. Elsewhere radio stations throughout Rhode Island agreed to simulcast a two minute excerpt of King s i have a dream speech to be followed by the ring ing of Church Bells throughout the state. Churches also were asked to ring their Bells at noon in Minnesota where gov. Rudy Perpich was to unveil a sculpture of King on the Capitol Steps in St. Paul. The King Holiday symbolizes that we be finally recognized formally what our Constitution recognized legally that All men Are created equal said Ramsey county municipal judge Alberto Miera in St. Paul. However Miera cautioned we re naive if we Don t realize we still Don t treat All students at Lewis and Clark College in Portland ore., planned la begin a five Day fast to protest race discrimination. The fast sponsored by the private College s South Africa action group is aimed at showing support for american and South african Blacks in their struggle for civil rights. Same people protested the idea of a National Holiday far King. Members of North Carolina s White Patriot party and other White supremacist groups marched in front of the slate Capitol in Raleigh an saturday and held a rally in front of a Confederate Monument. Kun flux klansmen held a Parade and Cross burning saturday at Pulaski tenn., where the original klan was formed in 1865. Washington that . Cili cons violating Reagan s embargo might not be prosecuted after All and thai As a result resistance against leaving was stiffening. Some americans with Little overseas experience have begun departing said one oilman but the hard Core Over seas americans with a 30 to 35-year Lime abroad Don l take any notice of these  if the non prosecution reports arc Correct and if Rea Gan is not offering us any jobs said another Why should we leave Libya some complaining of a Lack of information from Washington indicated they intended to depart temporarily to assess the  the oilmen said Libya s Oil Industry the pillar of its Economy could be paralysed if american service Compa Nies pulled out and their rigs shut Down. Mansur bin Nirann chairman of the slate owned sine Oil co., disputed the claim. The arabian Gulf Oil co. Has some soviet  he said. Those Are the Best they have he added but arabian Gulf is very satisfied with  arabian Gulf formerly British Petroleum co., became an Noc subsidiary after it was nationalized under Kha Day s government. Horses i it barn Blazi at\. Tra Belbot . A poly live thorough Fred horses valued at abet Sio million Mccre killed when a fir if swept through 1 wooden barn Al Belm fit Park race t re sunday. Ujj flames Chot 50 feet into to affair and caused a urge Section of the 40bfoot-Long barn to be in said Elmont sire chief James san Becky. The barn s a Dunkler sys tem had Broten Down several is ago. The Blai Orcas reported at 1jk9 a.m., and it took 200 to fighters More Nan an hour to contain it Iba Decky said. 8 most of the horses Buffo cried and Werc found in thai Walls where key had been lied up for the eight ass Jint fire chief John loser Saidh f it looked 1ik% fire Alan the Middle of the Bam he sail it a Slough to make a decision not to Curge inhere and try to get the horses outa g two fees cud two horses War re spied. One of them was pleasant sea m offspring of pleasant Colony who won tile Lucky Derby and the Preakness in 9v. Other pleasant Colony offspring ilk believed to have died in the Blaze aubr Ilies said. The fire broke of in barn 48 on the grounds of Bulmon Mlac largest track in the United states. Temperate .1 is reformer from. Page 1 exercise. Downgrading to a command Field exercise Means that Only unit commanders from company level up will conduct the tactical play. Alternate training will be Given soldiers not involved in the tactical Maneu vers. Aggressor and defending Force Cam minders will follow the original tactical plans of certain Sentinel Vii corps officials said. Also  and air Force Heli copters and air planes will Lake part weather permitting. The downgrade also Means the number of vehicles on the roads will be reduced by about two thirds. It also will greatly limit the number of tracked vehicles such As tanks and armoured personnel carriers permitted to Lake part. Even though two thirds of the vehicles will not be mane vering because the exer Cise has been downgraded there Are still potential safety hazards because of military traffic on the roads and because of the bad weather. Chambers said. He urged soldiers and civilians to drive with extreme caution while the exercise is on. Red Man Euver conditions would allow Only one other option for limiting property damage a Vii corps spokesman said. That option would have restricted All 21,000 vehicles of certain Sentinel to travel an pub Lic roads. A terrain analysis official said wet ground conditions will make streams in the area Rise during the next 10 to 12 hours. Capt. Joe Kroesch said conditions Are expected to remain the same Over the next two Days. Vii corps terrain analysis teams Are Lak ing soil surveys at 39 Sites throughout the Man Euver area. The teams lire using six experimental sensors Kroesch said. They in clude digital read out probes thermometers to measure ground temperatures and Cone  to test the Load bearing strength of the soil. Aloany1 Allietta 1  1 Boiton Chicago Cleveland Willai  Houlon a gnat Lai v i Letan Mefi 71 my nil i y wimp Diw new Ostini new Vork Ortt Loa n Phomvi is  poll howrah in soil Lui City St Fredm sin Juki euro Bantoe liner Ipin from Page 1 the major readiness and Aspin also Luj Wir analysis of a Pri Vale  study that look exception to the argument Hal the Pentagon can ride out fiscal year 1986 bldg out major re mar of fun irrelevant. Will submit a budget that Gravu cent real increase in defense be said a budget thai does not touch social Security and Hal meets the deficit target of $144 Amescu programs a Cut of that magnitude in Domestic pro  he said is patently ridiculous. We t year s presidential budget sub Maui Riyal. I d say this year s budget request a " 4im4d  
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