European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 stars and stripes sunday March 16, 1986 world leaders pay final tribute to palme Stockholm Sweden a tens of thousands of swedes stood in silence sat urday As the White casket of slain prime minister Olof palme was drawn through the capital s streets from an International funeral to a quiet churchyard burial. Re lated photo Page 3. Great coated soldiers wearing plumed helmets beat Black muffled Drums As teams of Young people pulled palme s cat Falque along its route City Church Bells pealed and red party flags fluttered. New swedish Leader Ingvar Carlsson speaking to a funeral audience of Royalty world leaders and ranking envoys praised palme As a free and powerful Bird killed in full  King Carl Xvi Gustaf standing Over palme s Rose covered casket told swedes their country had lost a voice everyone listened to and . Secretary general Javier Perez de Cuellar described palme As the quintessential Man of  representatives of 120 countries Gath ered in Stockholm for the civic funeral organized by Sweden s governing social democratic party which palme had led for 17 years when he was shot feb. 28. This is the hour to say goodbye to a beloved younger brother said 72-year-old former West German Chancellor Willy Brandt an old Friend and political ally of palme who was 59. Brandt the last of nine speakers at the civic funeral attended by 1,500 guests in City Hall spoke in English. After Reading through his prepared text he told the palme family in norwegian that your loss is our  Brandt spent several years in Norway in the 1930s and 1940s. The slain swedish Leader s widow Fol Lowed the casket from the Hall walking be Side one of her three grown sons. They were followed by 280 bearers of red social democratic District flags who had stood on a Balcony throughout the funeral. Three thousand social democratic Honor guards lined the route of the funeral Cor Tege some bowing their Heads As the casket passed in the fading Light of a cold overcast saturday afternoon. Hundreds of other party Banner bearers also lined the route joining the procession As it progressed to the cemetery of the Adolf Fredrik Church until nearly 1,000 red party flags each trimmed in Black mourning crepe were following the casket. It rested on a red draped cat Falque and was decorated by the same red roses which covered it during the funeral. Palme s family followed the casket in limousines while foreign officials remained at City Hall for Security reasons and to hold informal private meetings. A Man arrested last wednesday for suspected involvement in the killing was to be held at least until sunday Stockholm chief prosecutor . Svensson said while the funeral was under Way. Defense attorneys have described their client As a swedish anticommunist about 35 years old with no criminal record. They have predicted his release. Under the Law he could be held until monday without fur ther action by the prosecutor. . Secretary of state George Shultz met after the ceremony at the soviet embassy with soviet Premier Nicolai i. Ryz Khov. The two agreed that  relations have taken a disappointing turn since the Geneva Summit four months ago. We agreed neither of us is satisfied with developments since that time Shultz said after they met for an hour and 45 minutes which was 45 minutes longer than planned. Ryz Khov said he agreed. It was the first High level talk Between the superpowers since president Reagan and soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorbachev met in Geneva Switzerland in november. Shultz described the session As a very Frank Exchange diplomatic parlance for a session at which participants disagree sharply. But he said both sides agreed that Geneva set a Good basis for the super Powers relationship. Navy conducting Carrier exercise off libyan coast by Norman Black a military writer Washington the United states has notified civil aviation authorities that it is conducting a third aircraft Carrier exer Cise in As Many months off the coast of Libya this weekend. The exercise however is a limited one because Only one aircraft Carrier is under Way in the Mediterranean sea Pentagon sources said Friday. The defense department and Navy Fol lowing Normal practice refused to discuss details of the exercise beyond confirming that a notice of intent to conduct flight operations within the Tripoli flight control Region had been filed on thursday. Carrier flight operations will be con ducted in the Tripoli Region from 7 . Est Friday March 14, to 6 59 . Est sunday March 16," the notice states. All flights will comply with applicable International civil aeronautical organization procedures for flight in International airspace.". Despite the specification of a 7 . Start Friday a Pentagon source said flights by Navy fighters near the libyan coastline had not begun by midday. The Carrier Coral sea has completed a port Call in Naples Italy but has yet to arrive off the libyan coast the source said. Reagan sends a fest verification plan to Gorbachev Washington a president Reagan says he has sent soviet Leader Mik Hail Gorbachev a new very specific and far reaching proposal on nuclear testing that could open the Way to . Ratification of two Long dormant test ban treaties. The proposal announced Friday makes Clear the United states still intends to Deto Nate a nuclear device underground next month. The soviets have put International pres sure on the Reagan administration to re Frain from testing by announcing their own moratorium which Gorbachev said thurs Day would remain in effect until the United states explodes another nuclear device. The official news Agency Tass on sat urday dismissed Reagan s proposal As a move designed to camouflage its obviously negative stand on ending All nuclear explosions. In a written statement issued by the White House Reagan said he gave Gorba Chev a technical description of a new method of detecting and measuring underground nuclear tests. Reagan said the method which he called cortex would enable both superpowers to improve verification and ensure compliance with the never ratified 1974 threshold test ban treaty and the peace Ful nuclear explosion treaty which was signed two years later. The two pacts which both sides have said they would observe but which both have suggested the other has violated limit underground nuclear tests to 150 Kilotons. Nuclear explosions in the atmosphere were banned by a 1963 test ban treaty. The president said he invited the soviet Leader to Send his own experts to the United states nuclear test site in Nevada the third week in april to observe an american test and watch the new detection system in operation. Several non aligned nations As Well As the . House of representatives have been pressing the Reagan administration to ratify the existing treaties and proceed to negotiate a comprehensive treaty that would ban All nuclear tests not just those larger than 150 Kilotons. But Reagan has contended the United states needs to continue testing to catch up with soviet weapons technology. Reagan previously invited the soviets to observe a . Weapons test but he said Friday the new proposal s inclusion of a cortex demonstration and the details provided about the new technology made it unique in its specificity and  the president called cortex a hydrodynamic yield measurement technique that measures the propagation of the under ground Shock wave of a nuclear  Reagan has contended existing verification techniques Are not Good enough to de Termine whether the soviets have violated various arms control treaties including those limiting nuclear weapons As Well As the test ban agreements. He has refused to seek Senate ratification of the test ban agreements insisting that the two superpowers renegotiate their verification provisions. Temperatures renegade ecuadorean general captured Quito Ecuador a an air Force general who seized a military base and called for the president s replacement was under arrest saturday after 2,000 troops retook the base in an assault that left four people dead and nine wounded. The Friday assault on the Quito air base and the capture of Gen. Frank Vargas brought an end to his we Klong confrontation with president Leon Febres Cordero who fired Vargas on March 7 for insubordination. Press reports said the 51-year-old Var Gas who had also been joint armed forces chief until his dismissal was found hiding inside the base commissary by loyalist troops who had stormed the facility. Government spokesman Patricio Queve do said four people were killed and nine wounded during the 90-minute assault to end the new attempt at a  Vargas took Over the base thursday night claiming the government broke an agreement that led to his surrender tues Day after he had barricaded himself inside another military base for five Days. When Vargas surrendered at the Manta air base 150 Miles Southwest of Quito he agreed to stand military trial and remained there until troops supporting him released him thursday night. That night he took Over the Mariscal Sucre air base in Quito asked soldiers to support him and called for the president to be replaced by vice president Blasco Penaherrera. Febres Cordero had fired Vargas after he demanded that the president dismiss his defense minister army Gen. Luis Pineiroo and army commander Gen. Manuel Albuja both of whom Vargas accused of fraudulent management of Public funds. L h33 50 56 6839 60 38 5532 45 30 4946 68 29 4832 47 71 8250 72 34 5244 63 Alban Atlanta Atlantic Cit Boston chicag Cleveland Dallas Denver Detroit Honolulu Houston Kansas Cit Las vegas March 14 l h 49 62 66 82 24 38 56 70 39 41 62 82 52 70 40 62 33 53 45 55 37 50 48 57 45 66 los Angeles Miami Minneapolis new Orleans new York Orlando Phoenix Philadelphia Pittsburgh Portland  Lake City san Francisco Washington european weather Goldwater from Page 1 tee Goldwater wrote. He requested a private meeting with Weinberger to discuss the program saying any discussion involving the Secretary of the Navy can produce nothing but  Gramm said Goldwater believed the Navy was a Strong source of opposition during the recent armed forces reorganization legislation and restructuring of the Mil itary procurement system. I Don t know How that affected this especially Given the comment about Secre tary Lehman Gramm said. A Pentagon spokesman said Weinberger received Goldwater s letter tuesday and had not yet responded. He said the defense department stood by its budget requests for the Home porting program. Congress already has approved $60 Mil lion in funds for initial construction work at Staten Island during the 1986 fiscal year. However Congress last november barred spending of All Home port funds until 90 Days after the Navy submitted a report justifying the need for the program. The report was submitted and the moratorium expired but the Navy agreed at Gold water s request to delay spending the Money until his committee reviewed the program. The committee is expected to hold hearings later this month. Forecast for sunday morning fog and afternoon Haze. The Benelux and Western Germany will have fair to partly Cloudy skies. The Eastern half will have mostly Cloudy skies. High temperatures in the Mld-4.0s to Low 50s lows in the High 20s to mid-30s. Sunset sunday 6 31 Sunrise monday 6 37. Outlook for monday fair to partly Cloudy skies. Continued morn ing fog and afternoon Haze. Temperatures nearly the  recorded saturday 4am 4pm 4am 4pm 32 32 Frankfurt m London m Madrid f Munich Paris f Rome m Adana Amsterdam m Athens m Aviano m Berlin m Bremerhaven Brussels f 45 55 32 48 46 52 45 57 38 45 33 50 30 50 40 50 41 51 36 57 33 43 31 55 45 59 provided by Trarbach. Det. 13, 7th weather so Graben other worldwide temperatures Cairo a Dublin f Helsinki a Jerusalem Lisbon f High low77 55 Montreal r 54 45 Moscow f 28 27 Oslo cd Toronto f 63 45 Vancouver f High Low 36 32 30 18 34 32 39 34 50 36 supplied by the associated press of fair cd Cloudy a partly Cloudy a mostly Cloudy