European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 30, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Inside stripes p Reagan arrives for talks in Indonesia Page 3 p to Jackson picked no. 1 in or. Draft sports Page 21 d today s Dollar still buys 2.16 Marks rates Page 27 the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol. 45, no. 13 wednesday april 30, 1986 to  Ond sunday d 8693 a soviets say nuke Accident killed 2 other reports claim thousands dead by the associated press the soviet Union announced tuesday that two people were killed in the chernobyl nuclear Power Plant Accident near Kiev but unofficial sources were putting the death toll at Between 2,000 and 3,000. Eighty people died immediately and some 2,000 peo ple died on the Way to hospitals a soviet woman with Hospital and Rescue team contacts told United press inter National in a Telephone interview. She said buses from Kiev and two air planes and one helicopter participated in the evacuation of the 10,000 to 15,000 people living in Prip Yat where the chernobyl nuclear reactor is located. She said local authorities also called in the military to assist in the aftermath of the soviet Union s worst nuclear disaster. The whole october Hospital in Kiev is packed with people who suffer from radiation sickness she said. A Western Diplomat said it was impossible to assess the report of 2,000 people dead but said the figure is in the Ballpark of rumours coming from the  several Western embassies reported that westerners had phoned from Kiev to say up to 3,000 people were dead but embassy spokesmen said they considered the reports  it is impossible to assess this report the Diplomat said. On the one hand it is a Rural area but on the other hand about 50,000 people live in the area. It is not impossible it is a chilling  a statement by the soviet government distributed by the official news Agency Tass said the radiation Situa Moscow nuclear plan Accident Tion at the Plant had been stabilized and necessary medical Aid had been Given to those affected. Two persons were killed during the Accident the statement said. It did not indicate How Many people were exposed to radiation. Prip Yat a new town that evolved with the Plant has a population of about 25,000. Earlier tuesday the soviet government appealed for advice from two countries in fighting a fire at the Plant. The soviets called the Accident in the Ukraine a disaster and said victims were receiving Aid. A foreign ministry spokesman warned that travel to Kiev 60 Miles South of the Plant might be dangerous. Officials in West Germany and Sweden said the soviet Union had asked for help in the Accident which sent a radioactive Cloud above Scandinavia More than 750 Miles away to the Northwest. Experts and officials in the United states said that the disaster was almost certainly a fuel meltdown that caused fatalities and that radioactivity could pose a Long term health risk in the area and possibly affect the Dnieper River. Tass first reported the Accident monday in a four sen tence dispatch saying one of the Plant s atomic reactors was damaged and measures were being taken to eliminate the  it did not say How serious the Accident was or when it occurred. Abnormally High radiation Levels were first detected sunday in Finland and were also reported in Den Mark and Sweden. An official of a German atomic Energy lobbying group see nuclear on Page 28 Weinberger says women Foo a babe for combat by Norman Black a military writer Washington defense Secretary Caspar w. Weinberger after announcing the Navy had decided to open some More seagoing jobs to women said monday he could never support the idea of women serv ing in combat. That May be an unpopular stand to take,11 Weinberger said during an appear Ance before the defense advisory commit tee on women in the services. But i think it s proper for you to know about it. Either i m too old fashioned or something else is wrong with me but i Sim ply feel that that is not a proper utilization. And i think again to be perfectly Frank about it and spread All of my old fashioned views before you i think women Are too valuable to be in  Weinberger quickly added however he thought the military can do a better Job of using women and that he is committed to this. He also said the threat posed by terror ism to american forces overseas would not Lead to the withdrawal of women from jobs in which they were already serving. Weinberger noted that seven air Force women had participated in the Aerial re fueling operation for bombers that struck Libya. The United states Hopes such military action won t be necessary in the future Weinberger said. But if it is we will As i be said be Able to utilize them in a num Ber of different aspects of those responsive  certainly in the preparation and the planning and in the support phases of the libyan bombing women were fully uti  Weinberger discussed his views at a semiannual meeting of the advisory Council which is charged with searching out barriers to military careers for women. Before taking questions he announced that the Navy had just decided it could open to women jobs aboard certain ships operated by the military sea lift come. Calling the decision a considerable breakthrough Weinberger said there will be some 320 billets on those ships made available  these Are Steps that we re taking and things that we re doing because we think they re right to do and because we know they add enormously to our  he said. Weinberger said he supports the idea of allowing More women in support roles de spite what he called an internal reluctance to place them in jobs in which they see women on Page 28 Rhein main s Security proving Tough on Luggage gis by Wendy Bourland staff writer Rhein main a Germany a Soldier who left his bags unattended at the military Airlift come Ter Minal was detained by Security police and the bag of another enlisted Man was blown up when authorities spotted a wire hanging from it a base spokesman said tuesday. Both incidents were part of strict enforcement of a base policy against leaving bags unattended following the bombing of a West Berlin discotheque april 5 and the . Raid on Libya april 15. A Soldier was not allowed to take his permanent change of station flight out of Germany saturday after he left his bags unattended despite warnings from the terminal staff and posted warnings. Terminal personnel identified the Man through bag Gage tags and paged him without Success said master sgt. Dave Mcmahon of the Rhein main Public affairs office. They then contacted Security police who apprehended the Man. The Security police detained the individual and released him to the 21st replacement in which in processes most army personnel in Europe. Mcmahon did not know tuesday How Long the Soldier was detained. Rhein main Security police considered charging him with failure to obey a posted order but did not because he is moving to a new station Mcmahon said. Earlier last week a Soldier assigned to cod 3rd in 36th inf in Kirc Goens left a bag directly under a warn ing sign in the terminal. The bag had what looked to terminal staff like a wire hanging out of it Mcmahon said. The bag was treated As a possible terrorist device and see Security on Page 28 cafes Gas Dropp. " " to ,.  " a f /