European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 26, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 stars and stripes sunday january 26, 1986 Thatcher fights for her political survival London Dpi prime minister Margaret Thatcher under attack As deceitful and inept saturday sought to Rescue herself and her government from the worst crisis of Confidence in six years of Power. Opposition politicians targeted her for a torrent of accusations after the resignation of Trade Secretary Leon Brittan Over a leaked letter left her exposed and her administration deeply mired in challenges to its credibility. Thatcher worked at 10 Downing Street on a crucial speech she will deliver Mon Day in an emergency parliamentary de Bate called by the opposition labor party to capitalize on the government s sudden disarray. Thatcher s plight already is drawing comparison with president Nixon s role in the watergate scandal. It is her conduct which i on trial her honesty which is in doubt her word which we can no longer accept without proof Roy Halter sly labor s Deputy Leader told a rally. The deception is not in doubt. The Cru Cial question is for How Long was the prime minister actively and intentionally deceiving the country the Thatcher Era is Over and is ending shabbily said Liberal party Leader David steel. The lesson we should draw is that Britain docs not thrive under the regime of one dominating  with each new squalid disclosure of deception chicanery manipulation and conspiracy we now have revealed to us the True nature of the style of government to which this country is subjected said labors Home affairs spokesman Gerald Kaufman. Labor s left Wing former chairman Eric Hoffer called on Thatcher to resign and said her position is  she like Brittan should resign and the people be allowed to vote on the future of the country Heffer said. Brit an was the second senior Cabinet minister to resign amid the unlikely Politi Cal juror spawned by rival Rescue plans for Westland an engineering firm and Brit Ain s Only helicopter maker. Michael desc Tinc walked out As defense Secretary two weeks ago accusing Thatcher of autocratic Rule stifling debate in the Cabinet Over Westland and ignoring vital defense and technology issues. The merits of Rescue deals were quickly overshadowed however when Thatcher acknowledged last week that Anttan leaked a confidential letter to undermine Het Ellne and that she had approved of the move. In a struggling speech to parliament Thatcher tried to defend Brittan again a chorus of jeers of derision and Iho uti of Rotten shameful and resign from the opposition benches. Brit an quit after influential members of his own party called for his sacrifice de Spile Thatcher s attempts to persuade him to stay. As watergate felled a president so Westland Gate could topple the prime min ister said the pro government daily express. Fri seeks missing army weapons research Engineer Dover . Dpi the Fri has entered the search for a missing army weapons research Engineer who reportedly had Access to top secret information a Mili tary spokesman said. Gary Gnibus 31, a mechanical Engineer and mid level executive at the . Army armament research and development Center in Northern new Jersey lost reported for work on dec. 13, base Public affairs officer Jerry Whittaker said. Gnibus has worked at the Center since 1980 and is currently assigned to the fire support armament Center at the base bet Ter known As the Pic tinny Arsenal Whit taker said Friday. He said the Fri is investigating the Dis appearance because the Arsenal is a Federal installation. Fri spokesman Bob Lenehan in the Newark ., Field office said the Bureau is aware of the situation and looking into it but declined any further comment. Gnibus reportedly has not been seen since he left his Dumont nj., Home for work on dec. 16. His wife Deborah filed a missing persons report with police on dec. 26. She has declined comment on the Case. Whittaker said that Gnibus has a Security clearance but declined to confirm reports from Dumont police that the Engineer was cleared for top secret information. Police said they had received that report from fed eral  army and the Fri also declined comment on whether foul play or espionage might be involved in the disappearance. As far As i know the investigation would determine that Whittaker said. We Don t have any information like  Whittaker said the armory is the site of at least one research project related to the Reagan seeks bipartisan backing of drive for Harlem to Hawaii full employment Washington a president Reagan setting Forth a goal of full employment from Harlem to Hawaii called for bipartisan support saturday for eco nomic policies he said can make 1986 the year of opportunities for  delivering his weekly radio address from the Oval office of the White House the president said he was spending this week end finishing up some lost minute work on the state of the Union speech he will deliver to Congress tuesday. This will be my fifth state of the Union address he said. It s almost getting to be old hat. In each address i have been mindful of one unchanging fact he said. I May be a Republican president and be mighty proud of it but i need the help of republicans and democrats in the Congress if we Are going to solve the serious problems con fronting our  recalling congressional passage of his tax and budget cuts in 1981, Reagan said we came together As a nation All of us cooperated to Rescue a country in distress and bring America Back. So now we look ahead again with High Hopes that we can build on our Success and work in bipartisan spirit to make 1986 the year of opportunities for America a year of opportunities to create a future of unlimited Opportunity a year to unite for full employ ment from Harlem to Hawaii so that every . Medical examiner files suit against the times new York a or. Elliott Gross new York City s chief medical examiner has charged the new York times several of its employees and others with libel in a ssi2 million suit. Gross charged the 17 defendants including the times four of its employees several pathologists and medical examiners with libel slander and conspiracy to libel. The papers did not specify Why Gross was suing but the action apparently stems from a series of articles last Jan uary by times reporter Philip Shenon about the medical examiner s office. American who seeks work can find  he said let us join hands republicans and democrats and go Forward together vowing not to flinch from the difficult but Wise decisions that await us to get govern ment spending under control to make our tax system a Model for greater simplicity fairness and growth and to prepare Ameri Ca for a prosperous future in a world that is free and at  in the democratic response sen. Carl Levin of Michigan said Reagan is simply misreading the mood of people by continuing to push for tax cuts. Me said a recent poll that he commissioned showed that 59 percent of those surveyed favored reducing the budget deficit while 31 percent thought tax cuts were More important. It in t that people want their taxes raised. They Aren t crazy. But they do want to see tax Reform combined with deficit reduction not with tax cuts he said. Turning to foreign affairs the president said we need to do All that is required of us to make America secure. In this storm tossed world of terrorists and totalitarian America must always Champion  red army faction attacks predicted Saa Bruecken Germany a Germany s chief Federal prosecutor in a newspaper interview released Friday warned that the country s leftist terrorists May carry out More deadly attacks on us. And nato targets this year. In an interview with the Saar Bruecker Zeitung prosecutor Kurt Rubman was quoted As saying that the red army fac Tion leftist terrorist gang had achieved a new dimension of  the newspaper sent excerpts of the inter View by telex to news agencies prior to its publication saturday. Rebman was quoted As saying that the red army faction had recruited new Mem Bers acquired More weapons and established links with foreign leftist terrorists. The gang suffered considerable losses in 1984 and 198s, but lost year it claimed responsibility for the first time since 1977, for attacks which killed people Rebman was quoted As saying. About 20 hard Core red army fac Tion members and More than 200 sympathizers Are preparing to carry out More deadly attacks in 1986 against ., nato and German targets he was quoted As saying. Among other attacks in 1984, the red army faction and direct action of France claimed joint responsibility for a car bomb attack at Rhein main a Germany on aug. 8, in which two americans were killed Ana 20 people injured. The red army faction also claimed responsibility for the murder of a . Soldier whose identity card the gang said it used Tenter the base. On feb. 1, 1985, two terrorists shot and killed prominent Munich industrialist Ernst Zimmermann at his Home and the red army faction claimed responsibility for the Shanghai cracks Down peking a More than 55,000 gamblers have turned themselves in to Shanghai police since a gambling crack Down began in december according to a Shanghai newspaper. The Xinmin evening news said repentant gamblers were spared criminal sentences under an amnesty offer. President s strategic defense initiative or Star wars space defense system. He declined to detail the projects on which Gnu bus was working before his disappearance. Pic tinny Arsenal the largest employer in Morris county with 6,000 civilian and 300 military employees is the army s Pri Mary Center for research and development on gun armament systems munitions and tools and equipment used to maintain the weaponry. The base is also the location of other portions of the army s armament munitions and chemical come. News update cruise missile found cold Lake Alberta. A a recovery team has found the unarmed . Cruise missile that crashed seven Miles Short of its target during a test flight and broke into three parts a Canadian forces spokesman said. The crash of the missile As it neared the end of its 1,500-mile flight Over Northwestern Canada terrain hat is similar to some in the soviet Union led is. A Force officials to scrap plans for another test this week. The missile was found in a heavily wooded area on the Primrose Lake air weapons Range about 173 Miles Northeast of Edmonton. Chemical weapons Washington a the army has announced it ii launching a major environmental Impact Stady of How Best to dispose of aging Stock piles of chemical weapons. The army said it hoped to com plete a draft statement by late sum Mer after analysing the impacts associated with alternate courses of action for destroying the chemical munitions and  the United states has not produced chemical weapons since 1969. Prompting warnings by the defense department that the nation s exulting stockpile of chemical weapons had become outdated and in Many in stances dangerous to store. Monthly deficit shrinks Washington a the us. Government s monthly budget deficit shrank to $14.66 billion in december Down 56 percent from the november imbalance because of surge in tax payments the Treasury department has reported. However the deficit still totalled $75.13 billion for the first three months of the fiscal year 5 percent ahead of a year earlier