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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes ads sought for West coast d peacetime face execution of lift. Page 5 takes mob Rule p authorized unofficial publication of vol. 44, no. 309 saturday. February 22, 1986 Meo forces do Ond a do d 8693 a Reagan tells Grenada . Will Aid contras a Phol president Regan with Wreath honouring service members. St. Georges Grenada a under a dazzling Caribbean Sun president Reagan on thursday retraced the Steps of american invasion forces that ousted a Radical marxist government from this tiny Island 27 months ago and vowed the United states also must help those Strug gling for Freedom in  Reagan arrived to Honor the 19 servicemen killed in three Days of fighting that forced cuban troops from Gre Nada and led to formation of a democratically elected government. He Laid a Green Wreath with a purple ribbon at the foot of a memorial to the 19, then stepped Back and stood silent for a moment. In a speech later to a cheering Flag waving crowd Reagan likened events in Nicaragua to those that prompted him to order the invasion of Grenada and declared he won t be satisfied until All the people of the americas have joined us in the warm Sunshine of Liberty and  he was introduced As our own National hero our own rescuer by prime minister Herbert Blaize who declared a National Holiday in Honor of the visit. Blaize said Reagan had sent forces at the urging of Caribbean leaders to dig Grenada out of the stinking communist  the audience estimated at More than 20,000 roared approval when Reagan hailed democracy in Grenada and declared when people Are free their rights to speak and to Pray Are protected by Law and the goons Are not run Ning the jails they Are in the  the president who headed Back to Washington immediately after the speech spoke on a stage emblazoned with a Large Green and yellow sign saying Grenada welcomes president Reagan. Small girls dressed in red White and Blue costumes danced with Floral wreaths above their Heads to Welcome him to the outdoor Cricket Park. Reagan flew to Andrews fab outside Washington and returned by helicopter to the White House arriving at about 9 30 . While making no overt threats against Nicaragua. Rea Gan s statements particularly coming on the site of the last open use of . Military forces could hardly be construed As comforting to the leftist government 1,500 Miles to the West. Administration officials have said repeatedly they have no plans to invade Nicaragua but they arc making a concentrated Effort to gain congressional support for $100 million in Aid for contras trying to overthrow the Sandi nista regime in Managua. Reporters with Advance copies of Reagan s speech asked him before it was delivered whether he had any plans to use military Force in Nicaragua. No he replied. I think it s an entirely different situation. We have no  but in his speech Reagan said today in Nicaragua see Reagan on Page 28 Vocker s warning on Dollar disputed a Iii. Photo James Baker Iii clearly no one wants to see a dramatic Ori precipitous drop in the  Washington serve Board chair toned thursday the the danger zone in but top Reagan add Dorset a further Treasury Sec cad . Trade re preset told congressional additional fall in dropped 30 percent cies Over the past Trade deficit. Although both de disagreement with to testimony coming a fied that the Dollar clearly signalled the Tion on the Issue. Asked about the by members of the Mittee Volcker resp enough to know what should  a Federal re in Paul Volcker Cau we Are approaching the fall of the Dollar list ration officials in e. James a. Baker and Totive Clayton cult or Els thursday that an Dollar which has taint foreign Curran would help ease the any fundamental i fed chairman their by after Volcker Tusti id fallen enough ministration s Posi ministration s stance Ite banking com id cd i m not smart the level of the Dollar but he reiterated could rekindle Infra investments out of t Mula Tive decline in the Point of being being destructive i and in a direct n Yeutter that the doll another 10 percent said then i guess with or.  Baker testifying nomic committee Eai he had any Funda the Issue with Volcker talking Only of an of the Dollar not a in clearly no one Wai or precipitous drop in said. Clearly nobody fall. Clearly no one a Confidence. And Yeutter while see Doi that a continued fall and drive foreign suntry. Such a Cule Dollar could pass Recti pc and Start lid. Rence to a claim by should drop at least 15 percent Volcker not in agreement re the joint eco in the Day denied Tal difference on Baker said he was1 continued descent  see a dramatic currency Baker ints to see a free to see a loss of timing he Baker or on Page 28 a lilt photo Paul Volcker i m not smart enough to know what the Letel of the Dollar should  truly named new chief for shuttle program up rear adm. Richard  ilium us umm to Ciufia Jajan the naval space come was named chief. _ Gram thursday and placed in charge of the Agency s inter Nal disaster review. Truly replaced Jesse Moore As associate administrator for space flight. Moore was named director of the Johnson space Center in Houston five Days before the challenger disaster. A truly s assignment came one Day  panel investigating the accidents a Loncey National aeronautics and space Udipi Muon officials including Moore were not inf Jim Strong recommendations that the  Jan. 28 because of unusually cold weather. He truly will head the Nasa shuttle program and Aurec tips of its task Force reviewing the challenger acc Aem Lett big at ment. In both posit succeeds Jesse w. Pointed head of John shuttle column in november 1981. He then served As com a under of challenger in August 1983 before leaving the space Agency on oct. 1, 1983, to become the first com Mander of the naval space come. The no go advice on the launching was issued on the eve of the ill fated flight by Morton Thi Okol inc., the builder of the Booster rocket. The rocket ruptured spew ing a Jet of flame that apparently triggered the explosion. Space Agency sources said Moore and Arnold Aldrich manager. Disaster commission. The third was believed to be the Kennedy space Center launch chief Robert Sieck. Even after Thi Okol officials relented and agreed to the number of Thi Okol engineers still strongly urged 3pmmhkbunch," according to William Rogers chairman of pro Hajji an s commission probing the Accident. Rogers said in a statement  that the Nasa officials also were not aware of the up to Thi Okol s change in   
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