European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes wednesday january 29, 19b6 reporters see Bradley do Well in mock Battle fort mood tews a with the exception of a Silky re or dour and a misfired Shell the controversial Bradley armoured personnel Carrier performed smoothly in a Itchon Starlion staged for reporters by the army. Each of the aluminium sided Bradley vehicles which look like links and run on trends at speeds up to 45 Runph has a Price tag of about $1.3 million. The army began acquiring them in 1981 and now wants More. Hut the plan has drawn Fink from critics who claim that the vehicles designed to carry troops to the combat front Are Loo vulnerable for the modern Battlefield. Army officials on monday used a company of Bradl cys and my Abraim links 10 Stasca mock Battle for cameras and reporters and demonstrate the Bradley i offensive and defensive capabilities such As Oulmonn covering and Over powering enemy vehicles. The Bradley is armed with a 25mm Cannon machine guns and antitank missiles. It performed smoothly on picture Day at fort Hood an event some troops dubbed opera lion . Save our  one Bradley had difficulty opening the rear door from which troops enter and Cuil but most worked As officials hoped. On a test of the antitank missile one Shell misfired and one hit its target squarely. The army began receiving the Bradley in 1981, and thus far has acquired More Truin 2,000. The Pentagon wants 6,832, bit it is Likely to face opposition this Spring because of budget cutbacks. A Eccl tests of the Bradley s  have drawn criticism from congressmen  sen. David Pryor Darl who contends no shots were fired it the weapon we Ike St Points such As rear ammunition holds. The army contends that deficiencies have been overstated or can be  soldiers like sgt James Kasm Owski who have been training in the Bradley disagree As Well. It s completely Safe Back there completely Safe is said. The firepower is inc key to the whole thing. Its  Bradley replace he m113 armoured personnel car Rier which had Only a 50-Calibcr machine gun mounted on a Turret. Rogers suggests Europe develop its own a far wars defense system Brussels Belgium a euro Pean nato nations should consider devel Oping their own Star wars space defense system Gen. Bernard w. Rogers the Alli Nncy s top commander in Europe said tuesday. Rogers Laid a european program patterned after the . Strategic defense initiative commonly called Star wars could assure Western Europe of gelling More of the technological benefits of re search into space based weapons systems. La also would make the europeans less dependent on the United states for Protection from the soviet Union s growing arse Nal of nuclear missiles he said in a speech to the american club of Brus ids. Ii would be better than depending on inc United slates to be placing a dome aver us Here in Europe said Rogers who is supreme Allied commander Europe As Well As chief commander of . Forces in Europe. The a. Program Aims to develop the technology to build a space based defense against soviet ballistic missiles. The Rea Gan administration has said that the sys tem. If in is built could protect both North America and Western Europe by acting As a shield through which soviet missiles could not penetrate. Some european nations however have expressed concern that such a system might be less effective in stopping Shorter Range nuclear missiles aimed Al Western Europe such As the soviet ss-20 missile. The German government has said in favors a european Star wars system which it has dubbed the european defense initiative. But the idea has not garnered much Suji Pori elsewhere in Europe. A european system of space defense As envisioned by inc germans would be de signed to Stop medium Range ballistic mis Siles but not the intercontinental rockets that the . Program Aims to Block. This might Well be the direction we should to Rogers said adding that it would be important for Europe and the United states to coordinate their efforts so we know what each other is doing and Don t duplicate costly research and development efforts. Irs officials will give tax assistance to americans living in Germany by Connie Dickey skit writer . Tax official will provide tax information and guidance on a first come first serve basis in february and March at consulates throughout Germany. In addition the internal Revenue serv ice will hold tax assistance seminars in March in Frankfurt for is. Businessmen retirees non resident aliens and govern ment employees. Dennis Mellon assistant internal reve nue service representative said the sem Inars will include Basic information on preparing us. Tax forms along with a discussion of . Tax Laws of interest to the different groups. Tax forms will not be prepared he said. The seminars at Frankfurt s amerika Haus will be from 9 to 11 . March 3 for businessmen 1 to 3 . March 4 for retirees 9 to 11 . March 5 for non resident aliens i to 3 pm. March 6 for government employees and 9 to 11 . March 7 for businessmen. Melton said the seminars Are not directed at military members since they have tax support available from Legal offices unit tax assistance officers and cer Tain army Community services offices. However he said military members can receive help from Neville Ortiz at the various consulates on a first come first served basis the times and dates arc 4 Munich beginning at 1 . Feb. 6 and All Day feb. 7,10and ii. . 3-14nndfcb. Lfl-19. Berlin. Feb. 21 and feb. 24-27. Frankfurt March 3-7. Hamburg March 11-14 and March Telephone Consulia ions Wilh Ortiz will not be available although lax Calls May be directed to Marcia Shotton internal Rev Enue service american embassy in Bonn 0228-339-2119, from 9 . To 1p.m. And from 1 to 4 . Monday through thurs Day and from 9 . To 1 . Friday. Kohl says visit by israeli Leader shows continuing reconciliation Bonn a Chancellor Helmut Kohl said tuesday that israeli prime min ister Shimon Peres visit shows the jewish state wants to continue on the path of reconciliation with the germans despite the Burden of the nazi past. At a dinner held in Peres Honor on the second Day of his trip to Germany Kohl said relation Between the two countries have deepened since the Chancellor s visit to Israel two years ago we View your visit to us As a sign of readiness to continue with us on the path of reconciliation and cooperation Kohl told Peres in prepared remarks. The Chancellor acknowledged that Ger Man israeli ties Are Stile affected by the memory of the holocaust when the nazis killed an estimated 6 million jews Between 1933 and 1945. We View Ilas our practical responsibility to contribute to building up Israel and to stand at Israel s  we most live with the horrible truth of our own history and learn from it Kohl Jud of the germans Kohl s dinner remarks came after he had met for More than two hours tuesday afternoon with Peres Only the second israeli prime minister to visit West Germany Fol lowing Yitzhak Rabin who visited in 1975, Kohl was in Israel in 191-1. And president Richard von Weizsaecker visited the jewish stale in 1985. Al feres breakfast meeting with Weizsaecker tuesday the two men agreed that israeli president Chaim Herzog should make a trip to Germany in thenor future the German Chancellor rial the Ger mans support the right of All Peoples to self determination. But he added the devel Kohl said it is encouraging ural the countries in the Middle Ball in flick Are re 5? in Marks toe chancello did not address a quest that has irritated recent bilateral " " the israelis have complained that Ger news update Rome Airport Security Rome a authorities Al Rome s Leonardo a Vinci Airport have announced new Security Mea sures to try to prevent terrorist at tack like the one Burc in which 16 people were slain dec. 27. The director of the Airport Raf Faele Casagrandi announced thai passengers and their friends or rela Tives will be approached and hopped if Security personnel think they Are lingering in the arrival or departure terminals he italian news Agency Ansa reported. Passengers and their companions will be observed to see that they go directly on to tie customs clearance station and to the boarding Gate after they Check in their baggage and show their tickets to airline person Nel Ansa said. Casagr Amle Alto asked airline companies to schedule As Many Check in agents As possible to peed up the process Ansa said. Heckler in Ireland Dublin. Ireland a mar Garet a heckler the new us. Ant Bassadore la Ireland has arrived Here and Haj rejected reports that the pasting was a demotion from Ber pre Vious position in president Reagan s Cabinet heckler formerly Secretary of health and human resource told re porters Al the Airport i never Law this As a comedown. I am taking the Job with almost a sense of rever  reports from Washington published in Irish newspapers claimed that heckler was reluctant to Crane to Dublin and that she disagreed with White House chief of staff Donald Regan. Heckler attended negotiations in Washington earlier this month with Irish and British civil servants Over . Cash Aid to the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland estimated at about 350 million pounds $490 Mil lion. Porn ruling rejected Cairo Egypt a the mor als court of Appeal has overturned a lower court ruling confiscating an edition or the thousand and one nights on grounds the Book is a Middle Eastern classic not a sex  three booksellers with Misdemeanour violations of pornography Laws by printing importing and distributing an obscene version of the classic and allegedly adding pornographic paragraphs to u. Three thousand copies of the Book were confiscated and the defendants were fined up to 500 pounds $370 each after the morals court said Egypt s strict obscenity Laws left it no alternative. They appealed the rut ing