European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 2, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 possible Aai Getman Sites slashed to 24 27 locations eliminated from considers on by Norman Black a military writer Washington the air Force said Friday it has reduced from 51 to 24 the number of bases still in the running to become operating Sites for its new Mobile nuclear missile the midget Man. The 24 finalists Are spread among 14 states and will be examined through environmental Impact studies that should Aid in final deployment area decisions late this year the announcement said. The air Force has never disclosed exactly How Many bases it thinks it will need for the midget Man in part because the final decision on whether to build the mis Sile has not been made nor has a final decision been made to place the missile on Mobile truck like launchers. Of the 24 finalist Sites 22 Are military bases and two Are reservations operated by the department of Energy. Twenty three of the 24 Sites Are located in Western states with the exception being Eglin fab in Florida. The 27 bases eliminated from further consideration were found less suitable through a rigorous screening process that considered each area s operational suitability physical size location current mis Sion environmental attributes Sociol eco nomic factors and support service availability the air Force said. The Sites still in the running besides Eglin include Davis Monthan fab Tuc son Ariz. Gila Bend air Force auxiliary Ariz. Luke air Force Range Ariz. Yuma proving ground Ariz. China Lake naval weapons Center Calif. Edwards fab Calif. Fort Irwin Calif. Twenty nine Palms Marine corps base Calif. Holloman fab . White Sands mis Sile Range . And Indian Springs air Force auxiliary Nev. Also Nellis fab Nev. Nellis air Force Range Nev. The Energy depart ment s Nevada test site fort Bliss Texas the Energy department s Hanford site Wash. The Yakima firing Center Wash. . Warren fab which extends across parts of Wyoming Nebraska and Colorado Ellsworth fab . Minot fab . Grand Forks fab . Whiteman fab to. And Malmstrom fab Mont. The midget Man is the nickname for what the Pentagon Calls the Small inter Continental ballistic missile or Sicam. Congress has already approved development of the missile which was recommended by president Reagan s scowcroft commission in 1983 As a Means of modernizing the United states land based missile Force. Unlike the giant my missile the coun try s newest inter Continental missile which can carry 10 nuclear warheads the midget Man is a Small single warhead mis Sile designed for Mobile firing. Congress has supported the project to Date because of that mobility which would make it difficult for the missiles to be targeted by the soviet Union for a first strike attack. So far however no final decision has been made on whether the missiles will be carried on Mobile launch ers or placed in new specially hardened silos. The project has also recently become the subject of some controversy. A special task Force of the defense science Board was ordered to take a fresh look at the missile following a report by the general accounting office that concluded the mis Sile might be too Small to strike some Mili tary targets in the soviet Union. The  also estimated it could Cost $44 billion for a Force of 500 Mobile mis Siles and disclosed other technical prob lems confronting the program such As developing an affordable guidance system that would remain accurate while the mis Sile was moving. At the moment the air Force plans to begin deploying the missile in late 1992. Icy Outlook a photo tourists appear to be standing at the Brink of a Frozen Waterfall at Niagara Falls. Actually they re behind a protective railing at observation Point in new York where freezing temperatures and the blowing Mist from nearby Horseshoe Falls formed this Sheet of ice. 80,000 returns affected tax Man wants proof on iras Chicago a the internal Revenue service wants proof from about 80,000 taxpayers in Illinois Missouri wis Consin and Iowa that they made the Ira contributions claimed on their 1983 income tax returns. If taxpayers cannot prove payments were made into an individual retirement account they will be billed for past due taxes. Single taxpayers May Deposit up to $2,000 a year in an Ira and deduct that amount from their taxable income. Illinois Missouri Wisconsin and Iowa Are the Only states served by the Kansas City mo., processing Center. We Don t have a record of the Ira contributions and we Are trying to learn Why we Don to Steve Mongeluzzo an irs spokesman in Chicago said thursday. I Don t think it is fair to assume it is our  an official of first National Bank of Chicago said the Bank had received about 100 Calls from customers in the past week. First Chicago has complied with All Ira requirements and we re continuing our efforts to Clear the irs apparent confusion regarding 983 reporting the unidentified Bank official told the Chicago Sun times. Irs and banking officials agreed the problem appears to be the result of a computer foul up but the source of the trouble is unclear. Medvid Case leads to demotions Washington a two Border patrol officers who returned soviet Seaman Miroslav Medvid to his ship on oct. 25, after he tried to defect Are being demoted and suspended without pay the immigration and naturalization service said Friday. Ins commissioner Alan c. Nelson said the two officers failed to comply with the Agency s regulations governing such situations and each will be demoted two grades. One of the officers will be suspended for 90 Days he said and the other for 45 Days. After they Are reinstated the two men will remain at the new Orleans duty station Nelson said. The two agents also will be sent for two weeks to the Federal Law enforcement training Center in Brunswick ga., for retraining in their responsibilities. Medvid leaped into the Mississippi River from the soviet Grain freighter marshal Koniaev late in the evening of Dornan regrets Little jew7 remark Washington a rep. Robert Dornan r Calif., offered apologies Friday for any Hurt that i brought to anybody by referring to a soviet news commentator in a House floor speech As a Little  Dornan saying he did not intend his remark to be anti semitic made the apology at a news conference at which representatives of jewish groups and members of Congress of jewish ancestry said they believe Dornan s remarks were inadvertent though ill advised. Dornan repeated complaints that Abc television was wrong to choose Vladimir Posner an employee of radio Moscow to comment on president Reagan s address on defense matters wednesday without identifying Posner As a paid soviet  and Dornan said he continues to regard Posner who is of jewish ancestry As a traitor to soviet jews because of his alleged support of soviet anti semitic policies. Rep. Tom Lantos d-Calif., said he believes Dornan a Correct in his assessment of Posner and said of the con Gressman i know of no individual in this body who has less bigotry in his mind and his heart than Bob  rep. Stephen j. Solarz d-n.y., said he heard Dornan s remarks on thursday and immediately pointed out to him his poor Choice of wording on the  in his anger at Abc and in his highly emotional state he put together a statement which conveyed something he clearly did not intend said Solarz adding that the re Mark should not be allowed to overshadow Bob s Long history of support and involvement with Israel soviet jewry and other jewish causes.". David Brodie a representative of the anti defamation league of b Nai b Rith said it was Plain to me that it the statement was a artful unfortunate inelegant and that what the congressman intended to say was  Brodie said b Nai b Rith is widely regarded As the last word on anti semitism and added As far As Adl is concerned this Case is  i am very much Hurt if i brought Hurt to anyone because of that mistake Dornan said. I apologize for any Hurt that i brought to  oct. 24 near new Orleans. He later jumped from a boat that was ferrying him Back to the freighter. Border patrol agents twice returned Medvid to the soviet ship even though a ukrainian interpreter in new York with whom Medvid spoke by Telephone told officials at the scene that the 25-year-old Seaman was requesting political Asylum. The state department subsequently interviewed med Vid and concluded that he wanted to return to the soviet Union. The 810-foot freighter left port at Reserve la., with Medvid aboard on nov. 9. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. March 2, 1946 the United states and Russia have proposed that the feeding of Germany be placed on a four Power basis instead of the present zonal basis occupation officials in Berlin said. Earlier British authorities slashed German rations sharply explaining that there is not sufficient food on hand to maintain the current rations until the next Harvest. 30 years ago foday. March 2, 1956 president Eisenhower pressed his bid for a second term in the White House by entering the California and Wisconsin state primaries. As was widely expected the president s health is becoming an Issue in the fast developing Campaign. 20 years ago foday. March 2, 1966 a russian rocket hit Venus after another came close enough to gather data about the planet according to Moscow news reports. 10 years ago today. March 2, 1976 in san Francisco the defense neared the end of its Case in the Bank robbery trial of Patricia Hearst