European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 30, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Is photo by Tony Nauroth sgt. Harvey Witherspoon has inflated ideas about How to decorate a Border Camp for easter. More Pho tos text on Page 3. Q 60 minutes Crew detained Page 5 n students debate world issues Page 9 o yanks botox Swap easier Baylor Page 21 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 44, no. 345 sunday March 30, 1986 1se Ond sunday d 8693 a forces of Freedom doing Well Reagan says Santa Barbara Calif. A president Reagan said saturday that Al though americans easter celebrations have been marred by violence in the Middle East and Central America in both cases the news for the forces of Freedom in his weekly radio address broadcast from his Mountaintop ranch Reagan noted that the 6th Fleet suppressed libyan at tacks in the Gulf of Sidra and nicaraguan guerrillas in Honduras gave the invading communists a resounding nevertheless the president said it is sad to have to be giving this report at such easter time for christians and passover for jews Are meant to be times of spiritual awareness and of deepening encounter with the lord and with the lord s injunction that All nations and people of the world live in peace and Harmony with each other he said. Reagan described libyan attacks on the 6th Fleet As a direct military confrontation provoked by Libya s dictator colonel Moa mar khad Afy who usually prefers to Arm train and direct terrorists who gun Down helpless last week he said colonel khad Afy tried his Luck with some people who could actually defend themselves the . Armed forces our 6th Fleet. I think it is enough to say the Fleet suppressed the at tack with no loss of american life. As if violence in the Mediterranean were not enough we also had word from Central America that forces of the communist government of Nicaragua the Sandi nistas invaded the nearby nation of Honduras in an Effort to destroy nicaraguan Freedom fighters who had taken up Refuge Gorbachev seeks Summit there. Once again the news for the forces of Freedom was Good the president said. The Freedom fighters gave the invading communists a resounding meanwhile controversy Over the presi Dent s policies to fight communists in Cen trial America continue across the country. On monday the Santa Barbara peace resource Center plans a March to the Gates of the ranch 20 Miles North of Santa bar Bara in the Santa Ynez mountains to pro test the administration s support for guerrillas seeking to overthrow Nicaragua s leftist government. Eduardo Cohen a Vietnam Veteran and organizer of the March said close to 100 California veterans Are expected to take part presenting a petition at the Gate say ing that they feel the Only Way to avoid see Reagan on Page 28 in Reagan in Europe Moscow a soviet Leader Mikhail s. Gorba Chev saturday called on president Reagan to meet him in Europe As soon As possible to negotiate a nuclear test ban agreement. He made no mention of the superpower Summit that is supposed to be held in the United states this year which the two leaders announced at their first meeting in Geneva last november. In a nationwide television address Gorbachev said that the soviet Union s unilateral nuclear test moratorium now in effect nearly eight months will expire monday but that no soviet tests will be held unless the United states continues its atomic weapons testing. The United states conducted an underground nuclear explosion in Nevada on March 22. Gorbachev said i am ready to meet president Reagan in the nearest future in London or Rome or in any other european capital that will agree to receive us in order to reach agreement on this question of ending nuclear tests he said he did not see any insurmountable Obsta cles to this political technical or any what is needed is the required political will and under standing of our Mutual responsibility Gorbachev said. We propose to meet Exchange views on this crucial prob Lem and Issue instructions to draft an in Santa Barbara Calif., where Reagan is on vacation White House spokesman Dale Petroskey said there would be no immediate reaction to the Gorbachev announce ment. He said a statement was expected after officials had time to study the soviet Leader s speech. The soviets announced in August a nuclear test moratorium to last through 1985. Gorbachev later extended the unilateral test ban to March 31 and then said the Kremlin would refrain from tests if the United states did. Gorbachev said of the soviet moratorium i can say that it is As before in effect until March 31, 1986. But even after that Date As it was announced we will not conduct nuclear explosions if the United states acts like see Summit on Page 28 plunging Oil prices could leave . Vulnerable report warns Washington up plummeting prices will dramatically increase Oil imports possibly outstripping Domestic production by 2-to-l in 1990 and putting the United states at the mercy of any new open embargo a congressional report warned saturday. The report written by the Library of Congress for sen. Lloyd Bentsen a Texas said a drop in the Price of Oil to $10 a barrel this year barring any other Price change would Lead to a surge in consumption a cutback in Domestic production and an inevitable increase in imports. The report prepared by analyst Bernard Gelb dealt with possible Price drops and their Impact on Domestic production and imports but Bentsen also suggested the potential of a new embargo and its effects. I m talking about a serious National Security problem Bentsen said. How far the Price of Oil is going to go Down How Long it la stay Down How fast it la come Back Are difficult questions to he said the Library of Congress report showed that on a worst Case basis two thirds of the Oil used in this country by 1990 would come from overseas. Now that puts us As vulnerable As we were in the Early 1970s to the open countries Bentsen said. So once again you have a situation where we be become Overly dependent on foreign sources for Oil. That Means we have a serious threat to our National Security and Why i m going to continue to push for an Oil import fee to try and stabilize this. A Bentsen aide said that for the four week period ended March 21, Domestic production averaged about 8.9 million barrels a Day and imports averaged about 2.9 Mil see Oil on Page 28 Alaska mask a photo Al Atkey in t outfitted for a Holdup he s just taking precautions against inhaling volcanic Ash while he shovels his walk in Anchorage Alaska. City officials continued a health Alert Issue thursday after the eruption of the Volcano on the Island of Augustine urging people to stay Home and avoid exercise. They said the Alert would remain i effect through the weekend. Story Page 28.
