European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 16, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday March 16, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 debate pits Kennedy against Weinberger Washington a sen. Edward m. Kennedy and defense Secre tary Caspar w. Weinberger locked horns and rhetoric in formal debate Over whether massive defense spending is a Gateway or an obstacle to arms control. Harvard University Friday sponsored the debate As one of several events marking its 350th anniversary. Kennedy d-mass., opened declaring that Over the last five years Weinberger has spent $1 trillion on a wasteful arms buildup while discarding an old Nick  Cap the knife and earning a new one Cap the  Weinberger counter punched saying Kennedy has stood in the Way of arms reduction by fighting High Levels of defense spending he said Are needed to deter a soviet military threat and produce the incentive for arms control agreements. Harvard president Derek Bok declared that both men had proven equally adept in stimulating and informing the audience of Harvard graduates gathered in a government auditorium to hear the debate on a Strong National defense and arms reductions Are they compatible Weinberger a graduate of the class of 1938, covered the 300th anniversary of the University for the Harvard Crimson newspaper in 1936. Kennedy is a 1956 Harvard graduate. In the debate Kennedy said that while Weinberger and president Reagan May favor eventual arms control agreements the administration harbours people who yearn for the end of arms  he said that although prospects for an arms control breakthrough have brightened during Reagan s second term i am concerned because there Are last ditch holdouts within the administration who have opposed All agreements in the past and who Are hostile to Prog Ress in the  Weinberger said Kennedy was Correct in noting the administration has failed to sign any arms control agreement i five years. We did t sign any arms control agreement the defense chief said. We Are trying to get a Good  arms reductions said Weinberger can Only be achieved by regaining of our military strength which i have to say was opposed by the  i would suggest that by any reason Able Standard we have met the test of strength Many times Over Kennedy re plied. And i would also suggest that More dollars does t necessarily mean More  instead Kennedy insisted the Mili tary spending increases of the Reagan years have proved virtually indigestible leading to waste fraud and scan dal. We have witnessed a wasteful roller coaster approach to defense spending instead of the moderate steady growth that was needed Kennedy Saia. By always crying Bear by always overstating soviet strength and under stating soviet weakness the adm Nistra arms balance Al . Strategic intercontinental ballistic missiles icbms "11.030 1,398 submarine launched ballistic missiles slams 600 954 icbms warheads 12,130 6,420 slim warheads 2,410 heavy bombers 1263 1480 air launched cruise missiles 200 intermediate w i of medium Range launchers 134 441 medium Range bombers 254 553 includes 300 backfire bombers claimed As non strategic by soviets Chicago Tribune graphic sources . Arms control and disarmament Agency Chicago Tribune news reports Tion loses credibility enough is never enough Kennedy said. ". Secretary Weinberger has simply ladled out alarms to the Public and Money to the military. Cap the knife has become Cap the  because of a Coin toss Weinberg Erwon the last word. The soviets he said have no restraints on their arms spending so the United states has no Choice but to at tempt to deter them by keeping its Mili tary Strong. If we Don t do enough we will never know it until it is too late to do anything about it the defense chief said. Lockheed division gets 1st contract for ski program by Norman Black a military writer Washington a division of lock heed corp. Received a $30 million contract Friday to pursue development of a tracking and targeting system for president Rea Gan s Star wars program. The contract was awarded by the air Force and the strategic defense initiative organization to Lockheed missiles and space co. In Sunnyvale Calif. It Calls for the design of the first ski related space based tracking and pointing  the strategic defense initiative or ski is the formal  for the Star wars program. That research Effort seeks to develop lasers and other exotic weapons that could be placed in space or on the ground to shoot Down nuclear missiles fired at the United states or its allies. According to a Pentagon statement the new contract Calls on Lockheed to design an Experiment that would be conducted aboard a future space shuttle flight. Army it. Col. Leon Delorme an ski spokesman said the contract represents an Extension of a program known As Teal Ruby. That Experiment which was scheduled for a space shuttle flight this summer before the Fleet was grounded in the Wake of the challenger Accident Jan. 28, involves tracking air planes from space. The experimental system that Lockheed is to work on will track test rockets during their initial stage of launch he said. The contract includes an option to build experimental equipment after the design phase has been accepted the Pentagon said. The Pentagon also said it had selected two other firms to participate in the pro Gram with Lockheed but formal contracts will not be awarded for a few weeks. Ball aerospace corp. In Boulder colo., has been selected to design hardware for the optical relay of a ground based laser beam propagated through the atmosphere the Pentagon said. Applied technology associates of Albuquerque n.m., will design instruments necessary to measure the effects of these experiments the Pentagon said. Sellers surrenders to Dea to face cocaine charges Newark . A Victoria sell ers the 23-year-old daughter of the late actor Peter Sellers turned herself in Friday to face Federal charges of participating in an International cocaine ring a drug enforcement administration official said. Sellers an actress and Model was indicted wednesday with her Roommate and four other California residents. The indictment says the ring used violence to obtain cocaine and collect drug debts. The investigation was initiated by under cover new Jersey state police troopers whose negotiations with an unidentified ring member led to the january seizure of three kilograms of cocaine in new Jersey. Sellers turned herself in at the drug enforcement administration offices in new Ark Johnnie Granados a Dea agent in los Angeles said. The indictment says the drug ring was led by Sellers Roommate Talent promoter Reed Wallace 30, who was arrested Jan.31 in new York City. Wallace was identified As Sellers agent by Robyn Radonski a Playboy Enterprise spokeswoman. Sellers is the daughter of actress Britt Ekland. Her father died in 1980. No arraignment has been scheduled in the Case said Bill Walsh assistant clerk at the Federal court. Most of the drugs were distributed in California but the ring also operated in new Jersey and other states and in foreign countries that Federal officials declined to school still waiting for Tough of to pay off Jackson miss. A a filly named Tougaloo has t brought Home any dollars for the financially strapped College it was named for but the school is still waiting. First however the thoroughbred has some lessons to learn. A year ago the horse s owner Landon Knight of Akron Ohio promised predominantly Black Tougaloo College in Tougaloo miss., 10 percent of Tougaloo s winnings and the 2-year-old was shipped off to France. Tougaloo went to the Post twice in France carrying the school s colors of Royal Blue and red but finished in the Middle of the pack both times Knight said. So Knight brought Tougaloo Back to the United states. We re starting All Over with her he said. We handed her Over to eclipse award winning Trainer Johnathan Sheppard to see what he can make of  As race horses go she s still Young so or. Knight and the school remain hopeful the school would Welcome any prize Money. It has a $2 million deficit and has looked into Selling off or leasing part of its 460-acre Campus to relieve its financial problems. Anything Tougaloo could bring us would help. It s a rather novel approach to supporting higher education and we appreciate it said Rogers. Identify assistant . Attorney Judy rus sell said after the indictment was released. Wallace is charged with engaging in a continuing criminal Enterprise which car Ries a minimum sentence of 10 years in prison without parole. Sellers and the other defendants face charges including conspiracy to distribute cocaine and to possess cocaine with intent to distribute in Multi kilogram quantities offences that together carry a maximum prison term of 20 years. The indictment says Wallace and Sellers were responsible for a drug related assault in which the victim was hospitalized for More than a week Russell said. Searches of the defendants los Angeles area Homes and vehicles uncovered numer Ous weapons she said. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. March 16, 1946 British prime minister Clement Attlee offered India full Independence either inside or outside the British Empire. 30 years ago today. March 16, 1956 senators from both political parties said the surprising vice presidential write in vote for vice pres ident Richard m. Nixon in the new Hampshire primary indicates he has far More support than Many had believed. 20 years ago today. March 16, 1966 president Johnson signed a Bill authorizing $4.8 billion More to support the War in Vietnam and made a new plea to peking and Hanoi to abandon their hopeless attempts at  10 years ago today. March 16, 1976 dance director Busby Berkeley 80, whose penchant for. Knight became interested in Tougaloo massing Beautiful chorus girls in scanty cos there still will be some purses said Kevin College after learning his father and grand Tumes produced some of Hollywood s most Rogers research associate for the devel father had donated Money to the private elaborate musical films of the 1930s died Ozment office at the 660-student school. Liberal arts school for about 50 years. In Palm Springs Calif