European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 15, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse D Pentagon urged to reduce secret projects Page 5 d arc hotels getting new look Page 9 q Jack Nicklaus captures i masters Golf title Page 21 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 44, no. 361 tuesday april 15, 1986 1$c Dolly and sunday h 8693 a rally for Marcos a photo supporters of ousted philippine presi Dent Ferdinand Marcos rally sunday at Manila s Rizal Park demanding that he and his wife Imelda be returned from exile in Hawaii. An estimated 60 people were injured when anti riot police tangled with some of the Marcos followers in a Melee of Rock throwing and gunfire. Common Market seeks sanctions against Libya the Hague Netherlands a the 12 common Market countries monday called for diplomatic sanctions against Libya including reductions in embassy staff Levels and tighter visa requirements for libyans. The common Market foreign ministers after meeting for four hours in an emergency session also urged restraint on All sides As the United states considers Mili tary action against Libya which the Rea Gan administration accuses of supporting International terrorism. A communique issued after the meeting which was convened to Deal with the . Libya crisis also called for restrictions on the Freedom of movement of diplomatic and consular the foreign ministers also reaffirmed a Jan. 27 ban on military exports to Libya. In an obvious reference to the threat of a military confrontation in the Mediterranean the nations said that in order to enable the achievement of a political Solu Tion avoiding further escalation of military tension in the Region with All the inherent dangers the 12 underline the need for restraint on All a flotilla of . Air and naval forces is assembled in the Mediterranean on Alert for possible action against Libya which the United states has blamed for fostering terrorism and has labelled a prime suspect in the april 5 bombing of a West Berlin discotheque frequented by . Troops. In London eyewitnesses say Many . Air Force Tanker and transport planes have been flying into Britain for the past three Days and British Media reported monday that the movements indicate a . Military buildup for a possible strike at Libya. A . Air Force spokesman however refused to confirm that any buildup was taking place. As current head of the common Market the dutch called the meeting in response to appeals from Spain and Italy which have been threatened by Libya with reprisals if . Forces attack. We want to do everything we can to avoid a military escalation said an aide to the German foreign minister Hans Dietrich Genscher. It s in everyone s interest to discourage the United states from military action. We Are the closest to Libya said a spokesman for theodores Pangalos the Deputy foreign minister of Greece. Genscher was to Fly to Washington late monday to relay the common Market Posi Tion to president Reagan. Despite its military preparations in the Mediterranean the Reagan administration has emphasized diplomatic efforts to Deal with terrorism. Vernon Walters the . Ambassador to the United nations was sent to consult see sanctions on Page 28 Reagan vows to give support to world s Freedom fighters Bern Switzerland up president Reagan vowed monday on the eve of an East West human rights Confer ence to give All possible support to Freedom movements and fighters around the world. He said he told soviet Leader Mikhail Gorbachev at their Geneva Summit last november that americans at Tach the highest importance to respect for human rights As an essential element of True and lasting in a message delivered by Faith Ryan Whittlesey . Ambassador to Switzerland the president said recent events in Central America and the Philippines showed democracy. Is on the we will continue to do everything we can to nurture new fragile democratic governments and to give support to Freedom fighters on every continent Reagan said. The pledge was made to a parallel conference staged in the Swiss capital by two human rights organizations resistance International and the Andrei Sakharov Institute. At the official 35-nation conference beginning tuesday and lasting six weeks the United states and other West Ern nations were demanding that the soviet bloc Honor commitments on Freer East West travel under the 1975 Helsinki accords. The meeting of experts on human contacts is to re port in Vienna Austria in november to the third full review conference of the Helsinki agreements on european Security and cooperation. . Delegate Michael Novak said ahead of the meeting that he was presenting a mail bag heavy with evidence of pain containing hundreds of appeals from divided families. But american officials said the soviet Union was creating a deadlock even before the conference began by rejecting any open Public sessions. Novak other Western delegates and the Neutral and non aligned countries for their part insisted on a mix of Public plenary sessions and private working group discussions. Officials said the procedural Wrangle probably would not be settled much before the tuesday opening and Possi Bly not even by then. The soviet position reflects their opposition to the con Ference As a whole a us Delegate said. They would dance in the streets if it All ended in a Western participants said they fear the human contacts meeting on easier East West travel mixed marriages and family reunions could result in the same stalemate As other Helsinki follow up conferences. At the parallel conference which will run until wednesday human rights activists included leading soviet dissident Vladimir Bukovsky and French entertainer Yves Montand a former communist sympathizer now opposing Moscow. Dodds so offs is Day of school of Friday sept. 5 by Judy Sarasohn staff writer department of defense dependents schools officials have changed their minds and classes for the 1986-87 school year now will begin Friday. Sept. 5, instead of sept. 15. Dodds originally had planned to delay the Start of school from aug. 25 to sept. 15 As part of efforts to Cut costs and meet requirements of the Gramm Rudman budget balancing Law. But school officials in Europe received a message monday from Dodds in Washington again Chan Ging the Start of the school year. John Davis chief of executive services for the Germany Region said the sept. 5 Date was made possible by reducing the spending floor for repairs and maintenance. This released the funds necessary to open schools 10 Days earlier he said. However the Quality of the schools repair and maintenance program will not be Hurt he said. How students will make up the lost Days was not immediately known. Davis said he was working on a see Dodds on Page 28
