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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 3, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 othe stars and stripes monday february 3,1986 Saratoga makes port Call in Naples. . Saratoga which had join Maneu vers off the libyan coast anchored in the Gulf of Naples on saturday a 6th Fleet spokesman said. Cmdr. James harness told the associated press by Telephone that the ship reached the Naples coast saturday. Port visit but would not say orig in would be anchored in Crew it text Destina Tion. Harness saj4fflcsaratoga had been a i Nikii Iii inti n i in other ships that have docked at various ports in Italy. Saratoga and another air i a. Began operations of Trot  Early Jan. 24, follow Nuh a no a tween the  the nor Lii 0" the Reagan administration has accused Libya of supporting terrorists in particular the palestinian Abu Nidal faction which is held responsible for the bloody attacks at airports in Rome and Vienna Austria on dec. 27. Botha fouls Reform plans in broadcast but critics blast them As meaningless Cape town South Africa Dpi president Pietr w. Botha took up prime time on Black television and radio to pro Mote his plans for limited reforms of South Africa s system of legalized racial discrimination but critics Call the moves meaning less and nothing  Bolha also said he might consider the release of jailed Black nationalist Leader Nelson Mandela if the soviet Union re leased dissidents Andrei Sakharov and Anatoly Suharansky and Angola freed a South african prisoner. The announcement came in Botha s key note speech to parliament Friday and marked the first major policy statement by South Africa s while minority government since August when he disappointed an International audience by failing to announce significant moves to abolish apartheid. Speaking later Friday on television and radio stations aimed Tor South Africa s Blacks Botha called on the average person to join him in negotiating the structures everyone  a National advertising Campaign was to be launched in the country s major newspapers sunday Deputy information minister Louis Nel said. We plan to Market the president s speech in a big Way and we will adjust our Campaign to the reaction to his announce ment he said. Also Friday police shot dead two Black youths and wounded 13 others during anti government violence. A police spokesman said from Pretoria that a Black youth was killed by Shotgun fire and nine other people were wounded and arrested in clashes with police at Jou Berton West of Johannesburg. Another Black Man died and four others were injured in similar clashes with arsonists and Stone throwers in Soweto near Johannesburg and Mam Clodi near Pretoria the spokesman said. Despite the suggestion that change will come it appeared Clear that none of the reforms were expected to move the coun try s Black majority closer to Equality. The president stressed he was committed to ending apartheid but warned South Africa did not need International pressure to effect the changes. Botha promised that the hated pass documents that All Blacks arc obliged to carry would be replaced by a common Iden Tity document for All races. The pass Laws Are considered a key component to the system of apartheid the White minority government s policy of racial segregation and discrimination. Passes provide proof that a Black s pres ence in a specific area is Legal or otherwise. Botha also said legislation would be drafted this year to restore South african citizenship to Blacks in four tribal Home lands regarded by Pretoria As Independent. He said the government would move to implement its Promise to give Blacks the right to own Homes in ghetto areas inside the 87 percent of South Africa zoned for White residence. Botha said that if it were possible to re lease Mandela the african National Congress Leader in the 23rd year of a life sentence for sabotage and treason on humanitarian grounds it should be possible to free the Ihrcke others. But the speech Drew expressions of disappointment. The outlawed Anc dismissed Botha s concessions saying they fell far Short of Black demands. The Botha speech has not come any where near the conditions that have been placed not Only by the Anc but by the International Community As a whole said Anc Secretary general Alfred no in Zimbabwe where he was attending a con Ference. Christiaan Beyers Naude Secretary Gen eral of the South african Council of churches said Botha had lost a Chance to create a new  in is meaningless to talk of equal Educa Tion without equal political rights or title deeds without making the land available he said. Bishop Desmond Tutu 1984 Nobel peace prize Winner and anglican Bishop of Johannesburg said citizenship would be worthless without political rights and a new identity document known by another name would be nothing to Crow  there really is nothing new in it Tutu said. 6 deaths blamed on weather Southern France battered by blizzards Marseilles France a Emer gency operations continued saturday in four regions of Southern France where Bliz Zards caused at least six deaths in two Days. Officials warned that avalanches remained a threat. Related Story Page 27. The weather began cutting an icy Swath thursday from Southwest France to the Alps without sparing the Riviera where one death occurred Early Friday. By saturday it had based in the Oriental pyrenees aude card and arde Chc regions according to the civil Security station at near by Malabre in the bouches do Rhone re Gion. However it appeared to Worsen in Ariego where in Lavelanet the roofs of two stores two factories and a gymnasium col lapsed from the weight of the Snow. Some 1,500 employees of France s stale run electric company continued to work to restore Power to nearly 300,000 people. Major routes were cleared but most secondary roads were impassable leaving numerous Mountain villages Cut off. The French Spanish Border remained blocked by Snow on the Spanish Side with an increasing backlog of trucks trying to Cross officials said. They said the Frontier Between budget from Page 1 Charles Bowsher. A Justice department Challenge to this procedure u awaiting a decision by a three judge panel of the its. Court of appeals in Washington. The department contends it is an unconstitutional delegation of executive authority since Bowsher is an officer of the legislative Branch of government. In fiscal 1987 and subsequent years cuts will be automatic if Congress fails to reduce the deficit targets specified by the Gramm Rudman Law. Reagan reiterated his pledge that his budget will avoid any tax increase laying in Bis radio address we Haven t built 37 months of eco nomic expansion and created Over nine million jobs by raising taxes on the people. We be done it by increasing Opportunity. Of his plans for growth in military spend ing he said the soviets want nothing More than to see America flinch and for Sake the rebuilding program we be worked so hard to get started. We spent five years making cur military More competitive and America secure again. We must not permit this vital work to be undone in the second  Perpignan and Spain would remain closed for up to 48 hours. A French army helicopter meanwhile evacuated vacationers near Perpignan while Rescue helicopters continued to take food to isolated farms in the arde Chc Region authorities said. A helicopter dropped food for cattle in the aude. While blizzard conditions eased meteorological centers warned that heavy wet Snow and winds combined to create a maximum risk of avalanches in the pyrenees Over the next 36 hours. Six people including a father and his 20 month old son have been reported killed by the weather since thursday. On saturday Rescue workers Hunting since thursday night for a skier missing in the hates Alpes North of the worst affected regions gave up their search after High winds made the helicopter search impossible. In Austria an Avalanche destroyed part of an Alpine hotel saturday killing a vacation or and sending four people to a Hospital res Cue officials and medical personnel said. Peter Zich a spokesman for the austrian automobile touring club said about 30 people were Given first Aid on the spot Auto Mobile club and Interior ministry helicopters flew some of the injured to the Innsbruck University clinic for treatment. The Snow slide smashed into the hotel at Obe Gurgi about 24 Miles South of inns Bruck Zich said in a Telephone interview. So imposed economic sanctions against Libya and the country s Leader col. Moa mar khad Afy responded by or Dering All his military forces on Alert and charging that the United slates was plan Jiing to attack his nation. Led the naval Maneu vers an  harness  Mon exact movements of other 6th Fleck Ramett say ing Only that the Coral sea and other ships remain in the  Reagan notes achievements of Blacks in . Washington up presi Dent Reagan commemorated the be ginning of Black history month sat urday saying the experience of Blacks in America has been a prov ing ground for America s ideals. In a statement Reagan said Black history is a Book filled with Rich and unexplored pages which reached a Milestone last month when the nation celebrated the first Federal Holiday in memory of Martin Luther King or. The Holiday was symbolic he said of the struggle of Many americans for full and unfettered recognition of the constitutional rights of All Ameri cans regardless of race or  to make americans aware of these struggles and of All that pre ceded and followed them is a fore most purpose of Black history month. It is also a time to celebrate the achievements of Blacks in every Field from science and the arts to politics and  or diem from Page 1 on a finals you can pocket the differed the big advantage of the Flat atals that tit personnel Don t have to Ilc Nice expenses or keep receipts he said. F tic air Force looks at the Flat file As a tra Delff the official said. Even i More is paid Tut than a service member mends on expenses the air Force reduces me paper work Llpyd on finance centers. M thl other services really Hen t gone along Lith that View the Ocial said. They Al found there was quit a Cost in crease because a lot of people fun t use the Maxi Murl amount they re give1 he sail it s hard to measure Umiat simplifying the system is Worth compared to the extra Money that would a afraid out in Many cases under the Flat Rauby Stem. The test boils Down to wanting those things a Airt each other am seeing which is the bolter option he Saiq the air Force has Conduff a test of Flat rate per Mieir before but Fuher testing was called for in 1936 a come authorization Bill. The Fla rate sys Tefis being tested throughout Khlair fore the official said. The army s Lef of Long Jug plus will also be Scricc wide. 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