European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes q stories and photos on certain Sentinel 86 pages 2,3 g part ii military Medicine emergency rooms pages 8, 9 q today s Dollar buys 2.44 Marks rates Page 27 the stirs vol. 44, no. 278 wednesday. January 22, 1988 ii do to i a 0 8693 a drug abuse in military declining Pentagon credits urine fess spot searches penalties by Kauko  Washington not the number of Ameri can military men and women who say they use Marijuan i. The most prevalent of the illicit drugs has declined by two thirds Over Llic last five Yean. In a confidential Pentagon Survey of forces Here und abroad 12 percent said they Hud used marijuana within he preceding 30 Days officials said. Thai compared will the 11 percent in 19x2 and 37 screen in 1980 reported by he Pentagon in earlier surveys in recent interviews Field commanders of the four services also reported that drug abuse among the forces appears to have declined. The Survey using questionnaires and follow up inter views and involving a selected Sample of 23.000 men and women wus conducted by research Triangle m Tibule of North Carolina. I is director Robert m. Bray said the respondents seemed to to accept the Promise of confidentiality and relatively few refused to cooperate. There s always the possibility thai some could be giving us wrong information for fear Llinat answers would reach i hair commanders he acknowledged but he expressed Confidence in the Overall results. The reported decline in drug  among military peo Pic is in line with findings of similar questioning among la Weir civilian Peers although the figures acre lower in the armed forces a Survey for the National Institute of drug abuse reported that 25 percent of High school seniors in Lynx a and i9h5 said they had used marijuana in the preceding 30 Days. Thai Levy Long off came after a steady drop from see drugs an Page 28 libyan teens training for any suicide strike khad Afy might decree Tripoli Libya a assembling machine guns plotting Racket trajectories and conducting suicide missions against targets such As the White House arc pan of the curriculum of All libyan High school students the military commander of a b is school says. We Are ready Lolo carry out any order Iven by the Leader maj. Saced Alt Awe at said monday referring to libyan Leader col. Moa mar Khan by. "1 say this not because i am an army officer any libyan would give you the same  awed Al who Fains students at Ali Awa Rith High school in downtown Tripoli said Bath girls and boys receive two hours of military training each week and a month each summer. With Western reporters looking on he demonstrated his students prowess in an illustration of the growing  of libyan society under khad Afy the students wearing Blue Bercals look less than 50 seconds la dismantle and re assemble their soviet designed Kalashnikov assault guns a squad of about 60 students marched up und Down in a demonstration see teens on Page 20 bomb kills at least 22, injures 100 in Beirut Beirut Lebanon a a car bomb exploded tuesday near an office of presi Dent Amin Gemayel s pm Jange party in a crowded commercial District of Christian East Beirut killing at least 22 people and injuring about 100, police said. The blast caused by an estimated 550 pounds of explosives damaged several buildings set fire to others and destroyed Mare than 30 cars police said. Chief warrant officer Yussef Bitar said thai besides explosives the Mercedes ear wus loaded with gasoline tanks and oxygen bottles to turn it into a massive firebomb. Blood spa hered red Cross rescuers car ried out scores of blackened bodies from the soldering wreckage of buildings and other corpses Lay in ruined automobiles. Bitar had earlier put the death toll at 2.s, but police later changed the figure to at least 22 dead and about 100 wounded. Rescue officials said bodies were still lying inside inc fire blackened buildings and the death toll could Rise the Force of the blast which occurred shortly before noon hurled parked cars into buildings broke windows in a four Block radius and gauged a 19-foot-Dccp Hole in see bomb on Page 28 a Polo Tom and sue Anderson display in Washington a Jill foot ribbon with 7.2ih is urging president Reagan o Siek release of Hosli Trofi in Lebanon. Huge ribbon for Reagan is reminder of hostages Washington a the families of Sis american hostages in Leb anon have a present for president Rea Gan a 900-foot yellow cloth ribbon signed by More than 7,200 people. The families Hope to present their gift to top Reagan adminis Ralian officials As a Way of keeping attention focused on the plight of the missing americans. We would like to wrap in the rib ban around the White mouse but we know it won t fit said Tom Anderson 41, a new York City policeman from Valley Stream . He is the Cousin of hostage Terry Anderson the chief mid dle East correspondent for the associated press. We want to keep the hostage Situa Tion in everyone s mind he said Mon Day. It s easy la forget there Are people suffering Over  Tom Anderson said the Anderson family feels a special urgency because Terry Anderson s father Glenn is Grav Ely ill in a Datavia ., Hospital. Terry Anderson was abducted from the so reels see ribbon on Page 2fl