European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes ormer sen. Jacob javits dead at 81 Page 5 d hostages families make Appeal on Beirut to Page 8 d tar heels Wolf pack upset in College basketball Page 21 authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed Force vol. 44, no. 324 sunday March 9, 1986 i oozy on d sunday q 8693 a the soviet Union s Vega 1 space probe sent this picture Back to Earth last week pm bomb View from space As the probe streaked toward a close Ture was photographed from soviet Televik encounter with Halley s Comet. This Pic Sion after it was released last week by a photo the soviet Institute of space research. See related stories on Page 9. Congress challenged to of plan Reagan continues push for Contra Aid Washington a president Reagan continuing his Tough talk to counter congressional resistance to arming nicaraguan rebels challenged Capitol Hill sat urday to find the courage to vote for his plan or risk communism spreading to . Shores. Reagan one Day after announcing his decision to Send troubleshooter Philip Habib to Central America As a Spe Cial envoy used his weekly radio address to press his Twa promises Normal service by midweek new York a trans world airlines having can celeb half its flights because of a strike by flight attendants has vowed to resume Normal operations by midweek but acknowledged the walkout could Cost $50 million by then. The strike by the 6,000-member Independent federation of flight attendants entered its second Day saturday As Twa and Union leaders looked to the airline s 10,000 machinists As a key to their showdown. The strike which began when the Union rejected de mands for concessions on wages and working hours forced the airline to cancel half its flights Friday Twa chair Man Carl Icahn said. Contrary to what you might have heard All of our employee groups Are supporting us Icahn told a news conference in Washington. Many of them were up All night and they Are working around the  however Only about 100 machinists reported for work Friday morning at Twa s major maintenance Plant in Kansas City mo., where 3,200 members of the International association of machinists repair the airline s Fleet. We have qualified management personnel who have come up through the ranks who Are qualified to work on the aircraft said Twa spokesman Vic  Kansas City. We expect to operate the airline in the next couple of Days at 100 percent of our  but Ken Weber treasurer of International association see Twa on Page 28 Campaign for $100 million in Aid to the Contra rebels. The president s push has been getting a Cool reception from democrats in Congress. In his address Reagan said the upcoming vote on the plan is of supreme importance to . Security. He vowed that his policy can keep Central America free without committing american  history will soon record whether the United states Century old cold records Biown away by the associated press Low temperature records that had stood for As much As a Century toppled saturday Over the North Eastern Quarter of the nation while wind rain and Snow returned to the West. Wind blowing at 20 to 30 Mph combined with the cold to create wind chill temperatures of 20 to 50 below Zero from the Eastern great lakes to new England. Overall records were tied or broken in 25 major reporting cities the National weather service said. Overnight lows fell below Zero in the Northern appalachians and around the great lakes and into the single digits As far South As the Middle Atlantic coast Region. Records that were set in 1883 fell at Boston where it was 7, and at Baltimore which fell to 14, while Washington d.c., tied its 1883 record of 14. Elkins w.va., dropped to a record 13 below Zero and Lansing mich., hit 10 below Zero. In the West up to 5 inches of rain fell in North Ern California and the Northern Sierra Nevada. A Flash flood watch was issued for coastal areas and see cold on Page 28 Congress faced with a powerful soviet bloc Challenge to capture Nicaragua and spread communism throughout Central America stood by and watched or had the Cour age to stand up for Freedom and american Security Rea Gan said. Doling out More of the harsh rhetoric that has marked the weeks of debate Over the Aid package Reagan told see Reagan on Page 28 . Tells soviets to reduce staff at . Mission United nations a the United states or dered the soviet . Mission Friday to Cut its staff drastically Over the next two years saying it is unreasonably Large and poses a threat to . National  the cuts which Are to begin oct. 1, Are to take place in four stages and reduce the number of soviet diplomatic personnel at the United nations by 38 percent from 275to 170 by april 1, 1988. The current size of the soviet . Mission is not warranted by the staffing needs for official . Busi Ness the . Mission said in a note to correspondents. Moreover it poses a threat to . National  the . Mission said the soviet staff is larger than the next two largest missions  the United states has a staff of 126 at the United nations and the chinese have 116. The soviet . Missions unfortunately have continued to engage in activities unrelated to . Business including espionage the note said. The . Mission did not say whether the reduction order was prompted by the uncovering of any soviet espionage activities. The note said Washington did not expect its action to have a negative Impact on .-soviet relations. We look Forward to continuing the efforts begun by president Reagan and general Secretary Mikhail Gor see . On Page 28 Afghanistan the soviets Vietnam Page 14