European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 26, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Lombard trophy e super bowl action today s sports Section a. Trade minister Page 2 of suicide rate Tea Page 6 the , �utwr�11et unofficial Puli tin Mue . Meo fobcb1 Vot. 44. No. 282 sunday january 26, 1986 fit j is to v in d 8693 a . Planes conducting flights off libyan coast by Richard c. Cross Washington up . Navy planes Friday began War games near libyan o show or resolve 10 libyan Leader Moa mar khad Afy and within hours fours vice built libyan lighters streaked within eyesight of the american pilots. The planes were launched from the air Craft carriers Coral sea and Saratoga in a show of resolve to Man Euver in internal Ion Al airspace despite khad Afy s claims of sovereignly in the urea. Libya immediately warned thai the United states was playing with fire by con ducting the operations so close to its coast. Hours later two libyan Mig-25s and two Mig-23s streaked 200 Miles out from inc libyan coast for what . Officials described As a look at the Navy aircraft. Navy fighters already airborne came within eyeball Range of the migs which immediately turned for Home inc officials said. There were no incidents one official said emphasizing thai there Wai no Navy intercept of the libyan jets. Libya it fighters began patrolling the skies after Daybreak Friday and generally Kepi close to Libya s Shoreline the officials said. Pentagon officials insisted the massing of the 21-ship flotilla and the tactics of he f in fighter bombers f-14 fighters and other aircraft was not intended to provoke libyan forces into a reaction that could spark a Battle similar to the 1981 us. Downing of see planes on Page 28 Lehman freezes Navy s civilian hiring by Norman Black Washington a the Secretary of inc Navy citing the new Bain need budget Law. Has Frozen the Hir ing of civilian workers. The Nuvy action Friday was the most severe taken by of any of the services since Pentagon officials said last week that the defense department s fiscal 1986 budgetors28�.4 billion would have to be Cut by ii 3.3 billion to comply with the new Law. Limited hiring freezes have been imposed Over the past week by the european come in the army and systems card in the air farce. Nuvy Secretary John f. Lehman or s decision was distributed throughout the service on thursday and. With some exceptions imposes a total freeze on the hiring of civilian employees effective  among he exceptions arc the naval intelligence omd the naval Security group and the naval medical come. Lehman said it was Clear that the Navy s budget forts civilian workforce would be Cut under the Gramm Rudman balanced budget act although it was too Early to predict what effect the Law would have on programs. Accordingly in order to minimize the subsequent Impact of Gramm Rudman. And to ensure that civil Ian Levels can be retained in balance with the reduce program Levels a total freeze on the hiring of civilian employees. Is in Force immediately Lehman wrote. The Law passed last month is designed to eliminate the Federal budget deficit Over inc next five years by requiring automatic spending cuts every year that the president and Congress fail to reach certain deficit tar gets. The first cuts under the Law come in the Middle of this fiscal year which starts March i. Last week Pentagon comptroller Robert Helm said president Reagan had decided to a cml military personnel and us Sta wars missile defense program from cuts this year meaning that Alt other accounts would have to be Cut by roughly 4.9 percent. At the Lime Helm said a 4.9 percent reduction could see hiring on Page 28 Pentagon readies contingency plans to leave Philip ones Washington not de cd contingency plans have been drawn Ulmore Navy and air Force units from in Philippines to Guam Okinawa and othe Pacific locations if the United states i forced to leave its philippine bases Accord ing to administration officials. The officials said the plans which were drafted by the . Pacific come in Honolulu within the last year in rur Jome 10 Ilij deteriorating political situation in the Philippines would take three to five Yea Isuf carry Otil. They would Cost several Bil dollars and would greatly comply Cable ploy tent of . Ships and air Cruz a the even of a crisis in the Indian of Earp the officials said however Ihme Pentagon had decided not to a bark any Money in its new five year Hal bal plan to begin preparing facilities alternative Sites. They raid the Derisi As based on the expectation that Rej less of the out come of the feb. 7 Yaj fion in the Philippines the United Saks would remain at its philippine buses Jclark a and Subic boy until at leost_�2 and probably there after. A officials not that the five year plan which has no Jpn made Public contains approximately Bux million for military construction family housing in the Philippines Tbs could be diverted to other Sites if Tull the Cost of relocating from the i would be s3 billion to is billion Ujj to various Pentagon estimates. Hough they arc publicly confident of a Junure at the philippine bases admin Fra link officials say the bases could eventually Blehr Atenci by the growing communist in urgency on the islands or by popular  with the unite states for Ivun Gtimm support of president Ferdinand e. Jereos. The bases Havreen an Issue in the presidential Campaign Vilh the principal opposition ticket headed Corazon c. Aquino favouring a popular ref Brendum on the future of Clark and sub. Marcos who in the past had Hrca Lenew terminate thelease on the bases now furs their continued presence. Pentagon officials said tha if the philippine elections next month Arew Dely seen As corrupt the american Miltak can expect to come under intense Congo signal pressure to make its contingency Pla pub a and begin preliminary constr Cilori Arhat alternative locations. P honors Winnie manzeta Winnie Mandela pfc of jailed african National Conof Leader Nelson Man Delar gives the Robert f. Kennedy memorial Hui rights. Award. John Buchanan it official of the foundation presented the Ittin Friday it Bandon near Johannesburg. She a invited to the United stilts for a ceremony but could not attend because the South Afri can government has restricted her travel