European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday March 18, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 7 marines take offensive in War on terror someone somewhere is frying of kill you by Norman Black a military writer Washington you Are overseas a Marine driving Down the Highway when you spot a one car Acci Dent involving a woman who appears to be injured. Do you Stop what if you re Turri to your residence after work and find a package addressed to you sitting outside your door or you spot someone who appears to be a fellow Marine on base but he needs a shave and a haircut. What do you do for nearly two years now from Boot Camp to the command and staff College those scenarios and others like them have been held up to marines As danger Sig nals potential signs of terrorist attack. Working under the motto complacency kills the Marine corps recently expanded its terrorism education program to include a special correspondence course for which More than 5,200 marines have signed up. The marines Are hardly alone in emphasizing the dangers of terrorism. The army air Force and Navy also have increased their instructional efforts and issued new directives governing such things As How servicemen should travel overseas. The state department also requires its diplomats heading overseas to attend special seminars on coping with violence  but the Marine corps Effort is grounded on particularly rough experience. The oct. 23, 1983, bombing of a Marine Barracks in Beirut Lebanon still stands As the most devastating terrorist attack Ever launched against the . Military with 241 dead. And Over and beyond combat zone deployments . Embassies worldwide Are guarded by marines. Four of them were gunned Down last june 19 while sitting at a sidewalk cafe in san Salvador. According to one of the instructional manuals those four marines were approached shortly before the attack by a Man who engaged them in a Short conversation and then  witnesses reported that this Man observed the marines for a few More minutes from a distance. Ten min utes later terrorists pulled up in a pickup truck jumped out right in front of the marines table and started firing automatic  the lesson even randomly selected targets Are usually watched briefly before the incident occurs. Counter surveillance is simply constant  the courses being taught by the Marine corps first begun in 1984, preach a conclusion that officers concede is a regrettable sign of the times vigilance Means forget Ting the american lifestyle. Avoid Riding elevators. Avoid using Public transportation. Avoid showing off material wealth. Drive an inconspicuous vehicle. Vary where you Park. Don t place your family name on your car or Home. Maintain an unlisted phone number. Do not stay in hotel rooms located on the first floor. Do not accept unsolicited pack Ages. Never open doors to unscheduled  one training manual attempts to impress on marines How easily they can become a target by reciting a terrorist  it reads when you Are hungry it is foolish to Hunt a Tiger when there Are plenty of sheep to be  no person is immune to the threat the manual states. Studies have shown that by simply avoiding routines and varying when where and How you do daily tasks you reduce your chances of becoming a victim by 65  the objectives of the Effort Are to have every Marine thoroughly aware of the threat and to provide realistic and Complete training and education while also provid ing commanders with accurate intelligence concerning terrorist activities says it. Col. John m. Shotwell a Marine spokesman. The Marine corps also has improved physical Security at its bases particularly air stations and facilities housing arms ammunition and explosives. It has also increased the size of the Marine corps military police and acquired additional teams of dogs to sniff out explosives Shotwell says. He says the most important part of the Effort is to teach marines they no Are longer Safe overseas no mat Ter where they Are. The attitude it will never happen to me increases the potential of becoming a target the manuals say. Someone somewhere is trying to kill  steel firm s workers asked to of profit sharing plan Pittsburgh not a contract agreement Between the United Steelwork ers of America and the Ltd steel co. Will increase the steelmaker s Cash flow by an estimated $140 million in the first year its chief negotiator estimates. This is a Large step in our program to re turn the company to full financial health said the negotiator a. Cole Tremain Ltd s vice president of Industrial relations. It rep resents a very meaningful contribution on the part of the company s  the agreement on a new 40-month con tract was reached late saturday with presi dents of local unions at 24 Ltd plants in seven states voting approval 32 to 6 shortly before a self imposed Midnight deadline. The package was approved sunday by the executive Board of the United steel workers. To take effect it must be ratified by about 30,000 Ltd employees who will vote by mail. Ballots Are to be counted april 2, four months before the current contract expires. Approval predicted Anthony Rainaldi the Union director in charge of the negotiations said he was confident the package would be approved. Although the pact will Cost employees an estimated $3.15 an hour which they will recoup through a combination of profit sharing and Stock it will shave about $3.60 an hour off Ltd s total labor expenses of $25.19 when taxes and administrative costs Are included. Average hourly wages will be reduced to $11.73 from $12.87. . Steel Industry imports in percent of Market share 30% Union workers in thousands of members 350 197577 79 81 83 85 Chicago Tribune graphic source american Iron and steel Institute 1975 77 79 81 83 85 for six months of 1985 Ltd steel a unit of the Ltd corp. Of Dallas said it would set aside 10 percent of the first $100 million in annual profits and 20 percent of profits above $100 million for employees. The unit reported a $227 Mil lion operating loss in 1985. If the profit Pool is not Large enough to cover the Cost of concessions the company will contribute shares of a newly created Ltd steel preferred Stock into a Trust account for each employee. The shares can be exchanged for the common Stock of Ltd corp. At $16 each or sold for Cash at the end of a two year period. If our people Are going to make sacrifices their sacrifices should be looked at As investments and workers should be treated like investors and receive recognition of the rights that flow from that Lynn Williams president of the United steel workers said in praising the agreement. The agreement maintains pension pro Grams for an estimated 62,000 retirees and includes provisions for reducing the use of overtime and outside contractors As ways to bring Laid off steel workers Back to work. It also provides that 8,700 steel workers at certain plants that have been idled or Cut Back qualify for special pension or separa Tion benefits. Williams said he expects the settlement will influence ongoing negotiations with five other companies whose contracts with the Union expire july 31, but he declined to discuss specifics. Four companies have established a March 31 settlement goal. The United states steel corp., the nation s largest producer has so far abstained from formal talks. 300 return to jobs Ltd in an Extension of an interim agreement signed in late january when the Union agreed to defer scheduled wage and Cost of living increases promised to reduce overtime paid to Active employees and re Call Laid off workers. Since the interim agreement about 300 workers have re turned to jobs the Union says. The contract also provides for a $300,000 annual contribution to a steel crisis fund to be used to lobby for changes in Trade tax and other government policy issues affect ing the steel Industry. Washington service honors americans held in Beirut Washington a hundreds of people attended a Church service in Honor of the americans kidnapped in Lebanon described by the Rev. Jesse Jackson As victims of a faceless  the 90-minute service sunday marked the second year in Captivity for William Buckley and the first for Terry Ander son. I have had a great sense of Comfort today said Peggy say 45, of Batavia n.y., Anderson s sister. The anniversary could have been a real Downer but the outpouring of Hope expressed in the service buoyed her spirits she said. Buckley 57, the political officer at the . Embassy and Anderson 38, the chief Middle East correspondent for the associated press and four others were abducted by a shadowy moslem shiite group known As islamic jihad. The group claimed last october it had executed Buckley but . Officials have not been Able to confirm that. Say and other relatives of the hostages organized the anniversary service at the new York Avenue presbyterian Church four blocks from the White House. At dusk sunday the families held a candlelight Vigil in Lafayette Park across the Street from the White House As president Reagan prepared to deliver a speech to the nation urging support for his Nicaragua program her voice cracking with emotion sue Franceschini of Joliet 111., said we come away from Washington each time More positive that the hostages will soon be free. She is the sister of the Rev. Lawrence Martin Jenco kidnapped in Beirut in january 1984. He worked for the Catholic Relief service. Jeremy Levin the Cable news network Beirut Bureau chief who spent 11 months As a hostage before he escaped in february 1985, urged americans to let Reagan know they won t hold it against him if he moderates his approach to dealing with the captors. The dozen relatives of the hostages wore yellow ribbons with the slogan remember Terry Anderson and sat in the front pews marked by big yellow bows. Many family members have travelled frequently to the nation s capital to meet with administration officials and lawmakers on Capitol Hill in their quest for information about their loved ones. Among those in the Church audience were several state department officials including Robert Oakley the head of the counter terrorism office which is in charge of at tempts to free the americans. As part of the service Eric Jacobsen 29, of Huntington Beach calif., the son of hostage David Jacobsen 54, read aloud the names of the six americans and the Circum stances in which they were captured. The other Kidnap victims Are Peter Kilburn 60, a librarian at the american University in Beirut and Thomas Suther land 54, an agriculture specialist at the same school. Also attending the service was Elaine Collett whose husband Alex a British journalist also is being held